Ok my lovelies, I didn't really have an idea for this chapter I just kinda went with the flow on this Chapter. But that's pretty much what I did on my first chapters and they turned out pretty good. So, let's cross our fingers and prey that something awesome comes out of my brain. It was honestly the best time for me to write this chapter. It takes place during episode 12, "The Storm," and as I'm writing it, and major thunder storm comes to my area. The Fates knows I'm writing this fanfiction! O.o It's a little trippy really.

P.S. to Guest, whoever you might be, I love you so much for catching all my references! You ever got Spirit Gun! I promise there are more to come. I hope you catch them all.

Happy Reading!

ALICE'S POV

I woke up suddenly when Momo ran across my stomach in the middle of the night. Aang, Katara, and Sokka were all awake as well.

Sokka shot up, still sleepy, holding his dagger and boomerang to the ready, "What's going on?" He looked around. "Did we get captured again?"

"It's nothing. I just had a bad dream." Aang curled up and turned his back to us, "Go back to sleep."

Sokka went to lay back down, "Don't have to tell me twice."

My heart was still beating too fast from Momo's sneak attack to go back to sleep. Katara was trying to talk to Aang and see if he was okay. He didn't seem like he wanted to talk about it. Sokka said something about his dreams, but no one really replied so he went back to sleep.

I closed my eyes and listened to the waves, and I finally drifted back to sleep. When I woke up again, the sun was rising. Katara, Sokka, and I started getting everything together to leave.

Aang seemed to be in a better mood when he saw what a pretty day it was, "Look at those clear skies, buddy! Should be some smooth flying."

Katara dumped the food bag upside down, nothing but crumbs. Momo hurried to gobble them up. "Well, we better smoothly fly ourselves to a market, 'cause we're out of food."

Sokka helped me up on Appa's back, "Guys, wait. This was in my dream. We shouldn't go to the market."

"What happened in your dream?" Katara asked.

"Oh, I have to hear this," I crossed my arms and waited.

"Food eats people!" He looked bug-eyed and frightens, "Also, Momo could talk. You said some very unkind things," he pointed at Momo.

"Be nice to Momo," I scolded him and swatted his hand away.

"He was the one being mean to me," He pouted and sat down next to me.

"Ah, come on, Sokka, look at him. He's just so cute. Look at his little hands and his adorable ears." I picked up Momo and rubbed his head.

"Typical girl, always thinking little animals are cute." Sokka huffed.

"Don't worry Momo; he's just jealous that his big ears aren't as cute as yours." I spoke in a baby voice to the cute flying lemur. He purred as I scratched his ears.

"Hey! My ears are cute!" Sokka pulled at his ears, "And they are not that big, are they?"

I looked up at him, "I'm sorry, Sokka, did you say something?"

"I know you heard me, Ally!" He pointed at me.

"I'm sorry I didn't hear you, Sokka, my ears aren't that big." I spoke innocently.

"You know what, we're not friends anymore!" Sokka snapped.

I looked up shocked, "We were friends?"

The look on his face was priceless; it was a mixture between completely shocked and about to cry. I nearly fell off Appa laughing, good thing we weren't in the air yet or that would have been disastrous. Not the way I wanted to go.

"I'm just playing with you Sokka; you have nice, normal sized ears." I patted his knee softly.

"You really don't think they're that big?" Sokka asked.

"Well they're not big as Momo's, but they fit you perfectly."

All jokes went out the window or saddle when we took off. I grabbed Sokka's are and he just laughed at me. It will be a cold day in hell before I got used to this.

FILI'S POV

Today was pretty boring. Well, the past six days had been boring. We had been doing nothing but sailing, with no sign of Aang or anything else remotely interesting. Everyone was getting pretty testy. I did my best not to get on Zuko's bad side. Things between him and I had been going pretty smoothly lately. Well up until now that is.

He was searching the skies with his spy glass. I was just watching him, and thinking of all kinds of bad pirate jokes to torture him with.

"What are you looking at?" He cut a glare at me from the corner of his eyes. Why did he have to talk? He made me forget all my jokes.

"Fussy pants, have I ever told you how glorious your ponytail looks flowing in the wind. I mean really, look at that; just think how much better it would look if you had a full head of hair."

He growled at me, "Felicity, it has been weeks since we've seen any sign of the Avatar. Could you say something helpful just this once? What was all that you said about 'future-knowing wisdom'?"

"I would love to help you, Zuko, but it's not like I have a calendar in my head. I just have facts about what will happen in the near future." Man, not one comment about the ponytail. I really thought that was some of my best work.

He just continued to glare at me.

"Ok, fussy pants, I see how it is. You called down the thunder, buddy. Are you looking for trouble? I'm an all-you-can-eat salad bar, take a bite." I punched his shoulder lightly and held up my fists.

"I can't do this with you right now, Felicity."

"Ah, come one, Zuko, I was just trying to lighten the mood. You know you're more of a fussy pants than ever."

He just huffed and shook his head at me, then went back to searching the skies with his spy glass.

Iroh walked out of deck and looked up at the sky and sniffed the air, "There is a storm coming. A big one."

"You're out of your mind, Uncle. The weather's perfect. There's not a cloud in sight." Zuko walked over to his uncle.

"I don't know, Zuko. My grandfather has the saying when the air is thick and humid like this, 'It smells like rain.' I think Uncle Iroh is right, as a matter of fact, I know he's right." The air really did smell like rain, it was thick and heavy. I took a deep breath and nodded at him. "There you go. The great and powerful future-knowing one has spoken."

"A storm is approaching from the north. I suggest we alter our course and head southwest." Iroh turned to us.

"We know the Avatar is traveling northward, so we will do the same." Zuko wasn't going to listen to me. Honestly, what else is new?

Iroh pleaded with him, "Prince Zuko, consider the safety of the crew."

"The safety of the crew doesn't matter!" At the moment Lieutenant Jee walked up on deck and raised an eye brow at Zuko. Zuko, in turn, walked over to him and looked him square in the eyes, "Finding the Avatar is far more important than any individual's safety." He walked away leaving Jee glaring at his back.

"Honestly, what am I going to do with him if he doesn't learn to play nice with others?" I smiled at Jee, "Excuse me." Then I ran after Zuko. "Hold up, fussy pants."

He just stopped but didn't turn to me, "What do you want, Felicity?"

"You don't have to push me away, you know?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." He walked to his room.

I followed him and closed the door behind me.

"What are you doing?" He didn't look very comfortable to be alone with me in his room.

"Oh, grow up, fussy pants, you've been in my room before. You slept in my room with me, remember?"

"Don't say it like that," He blushed and looked away from me.

I had to hold in my laugh, "What's wrong, Zuko? It was completely innocent."

"I know that. I slept on the floor."

"I know, you could have slept in the bed. I'm a wonderful cuddler." I just giggled when he looked up at me, shocked and wide-eyed. "But to the point, just because I tell you something that disagrees with you, or whatever, doesn't mean you have to push me away. We won't always get along, but I will never lie to you."

I walked over to him and took his hands in mine. I stared down at them as I spoke, "I thought we were becoming friends, maybe even…" I stopped and he looked at me like he wanted to know what I was going to say.

"Maybe even what?" He squeezed my hands, "What, Felicity?"

I took a deep breath, "Close friends. I mean do you think I'd let just anyone sleep on my floor?" What are you doing, Fili? You can't start something like that. He has a future that you promised yourself you wouldn't change, remember?

He just nodded, "I do trust you. I've never really had friends and, I know I feel close to you. But you have to understand, I have to find the Avatar at all costs."

"I do understand that, Zuko," I reach up and touch his scarred cheek.

He tensed up and pulled away, "No, you don't."

"This is going to sound crazy, but I saw it, when this happened. I know that you can't go back without him, and I promise you, you will go home one day."

"What do you mean? How could you have seen it," He turned away from me. He almost sounded angry at me for even bring it up.

"It's hard to explain. My point is, you have to be careful; you're still just a human, and I don't want to see you get hurt."

He turned to me again but before he could say anything we heard a lot of commotion coming from the deck, "What is going out there?"

We hurried out to the deck. There were so many men on deck including Lieutenant Jee and Uncle Iroh. As we walked out on deck we could see the dark clouds rolling in. Man, why do I have to be on a ship? I would get some good sleep if I wasn't going to be thrown around a ship all night.

As we watched the clouds roll in, Lieutenant Jee's temper got the best of him, "Looks like your uncle was right about the storm after all."

Oh, crap!

Iroh didn't want Zuko to lose temper as well, "Lucky guess."

"Zuko, calm down, please," face palm! Why does no one ever listen to me?

Zuko stormed over to Jee, "Lieutenant! You'd better learn some respect," He jabbed two fingers into Jee's chest, "or I'll teach it to you."

"What do you know about respect? The way you talk to everyone around here, from your hard-working crew to your esteemed uncle, shows you know nothing about respect." Iroh was signaling for Jee to stop talking but it was no use. "You don't care about anyone but yourself! Then again, what should I expect from a spoiled prince?"

Zuko turned around on his heels and extended his right arm as if preparing to firebend. Lieutenant Jee does the same. Both Jee and Zuko wrist blocked each other's arms. When their armor hit each other it made a clang and smoke raised from Zuko's hand.

"Stop, please, both of you calm down." Men!

Luckily, Iroh broke them up, "Enough! We're all a bit tired from being at sea so long. I'm sure after a bowl of noodles, everyone will feel much better." Jee walked away and was followed by the other men.

"I don't need your help keeping order on my ship." Zuko turned his back and straightened as he watched the clouds. Iroh put a comforting hand on Zuko's right shoulder, but Zuko shrugged it off and walked away.

Iroh looked at me, "You take care of him, and I'll go talk to the men."

"You got it," I nodded at him as he walked away. I walked over to Zuko. He was still mad, but that never stopped me before. "Are you going to shrug me off too?" He turned away from me.

"So, you're going to play the quiet game now? You're pretty good at it, I have to say." I leaned over on the railing. "Well, be quiet all you want, it doesn't change the fact that we have a huge storm in front of us, and it is going to be a bad one, fussy pants."

"Stop calling me that." He said seriously.

"Ok, as soon as you stop being a fussy pants, I stop calling you a fussy pants." I said very matter-of-factly.

"I'm not in the mood for this right now, Felicity."

"When are you ever? I knew you were going to head into this that's why I'm not going to hold it against you. I'm just here to tell you that it's ok; you're an intensely focused person. You have your reasons, but we need to get ready for this storm. It's going to be bad." I reached out and took his hand, "Ok?"

He just nodded and pulled his hand away, "I said not now, leave me alone!" Then he turned to walk back to his room.

"I get it you need you're space, but when you're ready to talk I'm here," I followed him inside behind me the rain began to fall on deck. Great, I better go hide my tea-cup. Things are about to get greasy.

ALICE'S POV

"Oh, shiitake mushrooms! Guys I'm not too fond of the look of those clouds." I looked over at Aang. Sokka was helping an old fisherman load his boat, and was going to go out to sea to help him fish. We were out of money so Sokka thought it would be an easy job. It would have been until the clouds popped up.

"Sokka, please; you know Felicity isn't the only one who knows about what's going to happen in the future. She knows more than I do," Cause she's watched the show more than me and I haven't read the comics yet, "but I still know a thing or two."

"Just calm down, I'll do this and we will have money to eat," He picked up a box. "Besides, I don't believe in all that future, fortune-telling stuff anyway."

"Alice is right," Aang looked at the clouds then turned to Sokka. "Sokka, maybe this isn't such a good idea. Look at the sky."

Sokka wasn't going to listen to us. He kept loading the boat, "I said I was going to do this job. I can't back out just because of some bad weather."

The fisherman's wife wasn't standing too far away, "The boy with the tattoos has some sense. You should listen to him!"

"Boy with tattoos?" The fisherman turned and looked at Aang, "Airbender tattoos. Well, I'll be a hog monkey's uncle. You're the Avatar, ain't ya?"

Hog monkeys? That sounds like something I never want to run into.

Katara and Aang smiled, "That's right."

"Well, don't be so smiley about it." Katara and Aang's smiles quickly turned to frowns, "The Avatar disappeared for a hundred years! You turned your back on the world!" The fisherman scolded Aang and I felt my mother's instincts kick in.

"Don't yell at him! Aang would never turn his back on anyone." Katara stepped up.

The fisherman didn't stop, he wasn't afraid of a young girl. That's a mistake he won't ever make again. While he and Katara yelled I clinched my fists, "How dare you! You don't know anything." I walked right up to him; I lifted my hand to poke his shoulder. When I did the boat began to rock harder. The waves got stronger and stronger with every motion of my hands. "You don't know Aang or what he's been through. You don't know anything!"

"Now you calm down, little lady." The fisherman growled. He looked back at his ship being tossed by the waves.

Sokka, who was still in the boat, was holding onto the railing, "Yeah, Alice, please calm down. I don't want to be tossed overboard."

"No! This old man has gone too far." I stomped my foot and the boat hit the dock, "Aang is the most selfless person I've ever met and I won't stand here and let you insult him, you crotchety old man!" I growled and the water began to rise and spill over the dock, "You'll regret those words by the end of this storm."

When I turned to Katara, she was gapping at me. "Alice, how did you?"

"Come on, Katara, let's go find our Avatar. He needs us." I jumped up on Appa's back.

"And you're a horrible old man!" She jumped up and sat on Appa's head, "Appa, yip yip!"

"You tell him, Katara! show him your 'grrr' face." I glared down at the old man.

It wasn't long after we started flying that the rain stared. Katara looked back at me, I was still pretty mad at the old man.

"Um, Alice?" She looked at me wide-eyed.

"Yeah, what's up?" I had my arms crossed in front of my chest. She pointed at me; I didn't know what she was pointing at until I looked around. It was pouring rain, but I was completely dry. "Whoa?!" As soon as I uncrossed my arms and looked around, the rain decided I had gone long enough without getting wet.

"Why didn't you tell me you were a waterbender?" She laughed and went back to looking for Aang.

"I honestly didn't know." Could it be true? Am I ready a waterbender? Sweeeet!

When we finally spotted the cave Aang was hiding in, Katara made a fire and I gave Aang a big hug. He told us everything. The poor kid, he's just a boy and they put all that pressure on his shoulders. He's twelve; he shouldn't have to deal with that so soon. I understand the world needed him, but did they really need to take his childhood from him.

The storm wasn't letting up. Soon the fisherman's wife found us, and she told us that her husband and Sokka hadn't come back. We didn't have any time to lose.

FILI'S POV

"I've tried talking to him, Uncle Iroh, he won't listen to me. I think he just needs sometime alone." I followed Uncle Iroh through the ship.

"You are probably right, but there are a few things I need to talk to the crew about." He nodded as we reached the boiler room.

"I'm sick of taking his orders! I'm tired of chasing his Avatar! I mean, who does Zuko think he is?" Jee was sitting around a fire talking to some of the other men.

"Do you really want to know?" Iroh asked when he reached the stairs.

Jee stood straight up, "General Iroh. We were just-"

He started but Uncle Iroh cut him off, "It's okay. May I join you?"

Jee motions at an empty seat, "Of course, sir."

Uncle Iroh sat down and began the story of how Zuko got his scar, "Try to understand. My nephew is a complicated young man. He has been through much."

I didn't want to hear it. I had already seen it before; hearing it again would just be terrible, but I sat there quietly while Uncle Iroh spoke.

SOME TIME LATER…

"I always thought that Prince Zuko was in a training accident." Jee hung his head, now realizing what he had said to Zuko.

Iroh shook his head and explained, "It was no accident. After the duel, the Fire Lord said that by refusing to fight, Zuko had shown shameful weakness. As punishment, he was banished and sent to capture the Avatar. Only then could he return with his honor."

"So that's why he's so obsessed. Capturing the Avatar is the only chance he has of things returning to normal." Jee nodded. He finally understood why Zuko did and said those things.

I stood up; 'I'm going to see him.' I told Uncle Iroh.

As I left I heard him tell the man, "Things will never return to normal. But the important thing is the Avatar gives Zuko hope."

I hurried up the stairs and down the hallways as I headed towards Zuko's quarters. I knocked lightly, but there was no answer. 'It's me, Zuko.'

'Come in,' it was like he was whispering.

I opened the door to see him meditating, "I can come back later?"

"No, its fine," he took a deep breath, "you being here it…it's calming."

"Thanks, I guess," I walked up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder. I didn't want to say anything to mess up his concentration, so I sat down next to him. I closed my eyes and sat quietly.

It wasn't long before there was a loud crash on board.

"Lightning, Zuko, we've been hit by lightning!"

He stood up, "Get somewhere safe."

He ran to the door but I caught his arm, "So, stay by your side? Got it!"

He looked confused for a moment, but then he smiled, nodded, and we ran out on deck.

"Where were we hit?" Zuko called out as we reach the deck.

"I don't know," Jee was struggling to stay up.

"Look," Iroh pointed up at the tower.

"The helmsman!" Zuko shouted. The helmsman was holding onto the broken railing. Zuko and Lieutenant Jee started climbing up a ladder to help the helmsman, trying to get to him before he fell. Lightning was about to strike down on the middle of the ship, but Iroh redirected it so it would not damage the ship.

"Are you ok, Uncle Iroh?" I almost laughed when I saw him. His hair was standing on end, but other than that, he was unharmed.

Just then Appa flew overhead, "The Avatar!"

Jee was behind him ready for anything, "What do you want to do, sir?"

"Let him go. We need to get this ship to safety." Zuko turned to Uncle Iroh.

"Then we must head directly into the eye of the storm." Iroh pointed towards the eye.

That was easier said than done. The waves just seemed to get worse and worse before we finally made it to the eye.

Zuko stared out into the calm of the eye. "Uncle, I'm sorry."

Iroh simply smiled and placed a comforting hand on Zuko's shoulder, "Your apology is accepted." He patted his shoulder again before walking away.

"I'm proud of you, Fussy pants," I walked up to him and nudged his arm.

"Thank you and I'm sorry to you as well. I shouldn't have pushed you away like that. You were only trying to cheer me up and you have always been by my side."

"Zuko, you've come a long way since we met and I'll take full credit for that, but you have to realize that I'm going to be here, especially when you don't want me to be." I looked out at the water, "If you really want me to forgive you, then there's something you must do for me."

"And what is that?"

"Grow you hair out," I gave him my best puppy dog eyes.

"Ugh, not this again."

"Come on, fussy pants, it will look great. Trust me, I know it will." I shook his arm. "You're going to do it eventually, why not start now?"

"How do you know I'm going to do it?" He looked down at me and I gave him a really look, "Never mind, 'future knowing-wisdom,' right?"

"You have learned much, my young padawan." I laughed at him. "Well, I'm off to bed, you should be too. You have a busy next few days ahead of you."

"What do you mean?" He asked as I was walking away. "Felicity?"

ZUKO'S POV

"Felicity, answer me!"

She just waved at me over her shoulder as she walked to the door.

Before I could go after her, I heard a strange sound behind me coming from the water. What now?

All of the sudden a something came jetting out of the sea. It was Avatar's flying creature. I saw him, him and all his little friends. I looked him right in the eyes. Then a girl I didn't recognize was looking over at my ship.

Just before they disappeared she called out, "Felicity!" Then they were gone.

How did she….? She wasn't one of the Avatar's other friends, the two from the Water tribe. How could she know Felicity?

Felicity ran back outside and looked around the deck, "Zuko did you…..?" She looked like she was about to cry. "I thought I heard…. But it couldn't be, there's no way."

"What is it?" she wasn't making any sense at all. She looked sad all of a sudden.

She shook her head and ran her fingers through her hair, "It's nothing, I'm just sleepy," she laughed. "I'm hearing things." She walked back inside.

"Wait, Felicity, what did you mean about, I would be busy the next few days?" I went after her.

"I'll tell you tomorrow, fussy pant. Now let me go to bed before I go crazy." She closed her door behind her.

I wasn't sure if I should tell her or not. It was probably just that water tribe girl anyways.