The 3rd Fire Nation Betrayer

Ok, so here's the 7th chapter of my fanfiction, I hope you enjoy it!
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"Why does this have to take so long?!?" Naomi asked, steamed.

"You know what? I'm tired of your complaining! Just shut up!!" Toph yelled, sitting up and facing Naomi.

"Sorry…" Naomi said.

"You better be sorry! If you say anyth-"

"Toph… Please stop yelling. I'm too tired to think," Sokka said. Toph glared at him, then lied back down.

"We are all tired… Just try to get some sleep, we'll get there soon," Aang said quietly. The group quickly closed their eyes and slept.

Naomi's Dream

Naomi was playing peacefully in the room of her warm home. She stared outside a large window and saw smoke rise above a forest. This was common in a fire nation village, of course, but during the summer, you could never be too careful. Naomi walked slowly out of the open door with a tiny catbunny and into the middle of the village.

"Mom!" Naomi yelled, her squeaky 2-year-old voice quiet. A middle-aged woman walked towards the girl. "Mom!" Naomi pointed at the smoke.

"Oh, Naomi, don't worry. Everything will be fine!" The woman said, picking up Naomi and her pet. "It's nothing." Naomi started to hear distant screams from the forest area. The woman holding her, who was her mom, suddenly had a worried look on her face. "I hope…" Tanks and other war vehicles started approaching the front of the village. They were shooting fire at the houses, making helpless families run out. Naomi's mother ran towards an empty field that only had a big cave surrounded by rocks except a thing walkway. Naomi's mother put her child and the catbunny inside the cave. "Please be safe. I'll be back… I hope," Her mother said, saying the last part quietly.

"Mommy?" Naomi said, reaching for her mother. Naomi's mom kissed her forehead, hugged her, and then walked away, tears streaming down her face. Naomi started to cry.

"Mom!"

A couple hours later, Naomi finally found her way out of the cave, still carrying her catbunny. She looked up and saw a dark, ash-filled area. She walked towards it, tears appearing in her eyes.

"Mommy?!? Daddy?!?" Naomi screamed. She coughed from all the ashes. "Where is everybody?" Naomi stared at where her house used to be. Two shapes appeared above the ashes of her used-to-be house. They were in the shape of her parents. "Mom? Dad?" Naomi said quietly, walking up to her parents.

"Naomi, honey," Naomi's mother started. "I'm sorry… The fire nation has attacked the village. Nobody lived, not even us. I am very sorry sweetie."

"We tried so hard. The thing is we wanted you to be safe, so you could live a good life. It was just so if this happened, you would be all right. We will be with you though. Your catbunny is with you, and we and all our powers will be with it," Naomi's father said lovingly.

"What?" Naomi asked.

"Naomi, live a nice life, make lots of friends, and just hope the Avatar comes back. We will be with you in Lucky, so don't be frightened. When you have your catbunny with you, you will have our powers. You will understand when we visit you when you are older," Naomi's mother said. The two spirits of Naomi's parents went into the catbunny. Naomi stared at her pet, her eyes wide.

"Mom! Dad! Anybody?!?"

"Naomi wake up! Naomi?!?" Sokka yelled, shaking Naomi.

"Huh?" Naomi wiped her tear-stained face.

"You were crying and yelling in your sleep," Katara said, a worried look on her face.

"Sorry… Bad dream," Naomi said, resting her head on her hands again.

"There it is!" Aang yelled happily, pointing at a giant ice land.

"That's the Southern Water Tribe?" Naomi asked, a little excited.

"Yes that is! I can't believe we're back!" Katara said, grinning. "Here Sokka," Katara said, handing Sokka his coat. Katara put on her own and waited to land. Appa was guided onto a giant slab of concrete. Katara, Sokka and Aang jumped off, greeting the people that came up. Naomi and Toph just sat there, mostly because it was too cold to move. Naomi finally slid down, keeping herself against Appa's warm fur. Toph followed, doing the same thing. Katara walked toward them with thick, long coats and handed one to each of them. Naomi and Toph happily put the warm clothing on.

"Wow, it's cold here," Toph said, shivering. "Oh, and does anybody have shoes I could use? I'm barefooted here!" Aang quickly brought boots up to Toph, who quickly put them on. "Thank you!" Toph said, walking around. "But it's hard to see things."

"Well… Just try," Sokka said.

"Hey, could Naomi and I go get something else? We are wearing shorts and skirts here!" Toph complained.

"Fine…" Aang said, pulling out a few gold coins and handed them to Toph and Naomi.

"Thanks!" The two girls walked towards a shop and stayed in there for a few minutes. When they walked out, they were wearing all blue. They had on thick pants and long-sleeved shirts. The usual water nation clothing. They both walked towards the others, who were finishing their hellos.

"As much as I want to keep this money, it's yours," Naomi said. She handed the few copper coins she had left from change. Aang put them in his bag.

"Jay Lee, do you know where Gran-Gran is?" Katara asked.

"Somewhere over there. Last time I saw her, she was cooking," Jay Lee said after hugging her old friends.

"AANG!" Young children ran up to Aang, their arms spread out in the air. The kids ran up and hugged Aang.

"Oh, hi!" Aang said, hugging everybody back. Sokka smiled, and then dragged Aang towards the water nation village.

"Come on guys, let's go!" Sokka yelled, waving for the rest to follow him. When they reached the village, Sokka led the group to a small house where they walked inside. At the fire was an elderly lady. She looked up and smiled broadly at her visitors.

"Sokka, Katara, Aang!" Gran-Gran said happily. She stood up and hugged her grand kids and their friend. "And who are these people?" Gran-Gran asked, talking about Naomi and Toph. Naomi, making sure her red outfit wasn't showing, pulled her coat together tighter.

"Oh, that's Naomi," Katara waved her hand towards Naomi. "And this is Toph," A hand pointed at Toph.

"Hello Naomi and Toph," Gran-Gran said, shaking the girls' hands.

"Something smells nice," Sokka said hungrily, looking at the pot of food. Katara rolled her eyes, and then smiled.

"Yes, I'm making dogseal soup," Gran-Gran said happily. Naomi's eyes widened.

'Uh… I don't eat a lot of meat,' she thought, looking around.

"Gran-Gran, Aang's a vegetarian! Don't you remember?" Katara said.

"Well, if somebody would have sent a letter before they came, I wouldn't have made this!" Gran-Gran said.

'Why didn't we send a letter?' Naomi thought. 'This is the worst thing I've ever smelled…'

"Oh, I guess we need something else… Sokka, could you go get something for me?" Gran-Gran asked, handing Sokka a basket.

"Fine… Uh… Does anybody want to come?" Sokka asked, looking around the room.

"I will!" Naomi said happily. 'Anything to get me out of here…' she thought. Naomi put her bag down with her other clothes and her catbunny and followed Sokka out of the house and into the cold outside. They walked right outside the village where there were a few plants. "So, what is there here? How can anything thrive in this chunk of ice?" Naomi asked.

"It's possible," Sokka said, shrugging. "I don't really know myself actually." Sokka walked onto a frozen river, walking towards a big bush of berries across the way. "Oh, look out for the thin-"

"Ah!" Naomi screamed. Sokka quickly turned around, but it was too late. Naomi fell through thin ice and into the freezing water. Naomi's head was under the water for a few seconds before she had the strength to swim to the top. She gasped for air, putting her soaked arm on the ice. Sokka quickly, but carefully walked towards Naomi and grabbed her mitten-covered hand, using a technique so that he wouldn't slip. Sokka pulled Naomi out of the water and onto the ice.

"I guess it's too late to finish my warning…" Sokka grinned sheepishly. Naomi didn't respond. She just lied there on the ice, shivering like crazy. Sokka dropped the basket and pulled Naomi up onto her feet and put her arm over his shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll get you back safely." The two slowly made their way back to the house where everybody was chatting. When they saw what happened, everybody ran up to help.

"What happened Sokka?" Katara asked frantically.

"I was a little late for a thin ice warning…" Sokka said quietly. "They really need a sign there!"

"Come on Naomi, lets get you into something else," Gran-Gran said. She took Naomi from Sokka and they both walked into a bedroom, closing the door when they were inside.

"Sokka, you idiot… She could have been killed!" Katara yelled.

"Well, she didn't…"Sokka said.

"Come, on… What happened is now the past. Forget about it. Naomi survived, and that's all that matters," Toph said angrily. "Sokka, just continue getting food."

"Fine… But tell her I am so sorry…" Sokka walked out of the house. The door Naomi and Gran-Gran went in opened.

"Ok… Naomi's fine. Come on in," Gran-Gran said. Aang, Toph, and Katara walked into the room. Naomi was sitting on the side of the bed. "You might be wondering how the clothes got dry… It's water bending. Katara, you should try it sometime."

"So, what happened?" Aang asked.

"Oh, just a few frost bites… Nothing really… They hurt though," Naomi managed to say.

"I could heal them you know," Katara said, walking up to Naomi.

"Katara, if you healed every little wound I had, I wouldn't be able to deal with times when my fire b-" Naomi stopped. She was about to say when my fire bending went against me, but she stopped, knowing nobody told Gran-Gran about Naomi being a fire bender. "Er, when I'm in a fight and stuff… If I get hit by fire, then I'll be able to handle it without crying, which I have been able to do since last year," Naomi smiled.

"Is there something you all would like to tell me?" Gran-Gran asked, staring at Katara.

"Uh, well yes… You see, Naomi is a… She's a fire bender…" Katara said, not returning the look her grandmother gave her.

"Yes, but she has a long story to go with it. You see," Aang said. He told Gran-Gran the story, then smiled at Naomi.

"I see… I'm sorry dear," Gran-Gran said. "Ok, you all run along. Naomi, you should be fine, just be careful. All of you." Aang, Katara, Toph, and Naomi, who picked up her bag holding her clothing and catbunny, walked outside in time to see Sokka arrive with a basket full of berries and vegetables.

"Hurry up Sokka," Naomi said happily.

"Good, you're alright… I didn't kill you,"

"How could you kill me? It was only freezing cold water," Naomi giggled.

"Right…" Sokka said. He walked inside and came out again without the basket. "Where to now?"

"Let's show Naomi and Toph around," Aang said. "I could teach them how to penguin sled!"

"Is that all you can think of?" Katara asked. "Although, it does sound nice. You two would like it."

"Hey, what was your dream about earlier Naomi?" Aang asked curiously.

"Huh? Oh that. Uh, just a small flash back thing… I don't really want to talk about it," Naomi said, blinking away a tear.

"I know what that's like," Aang said, smiling.

"Uh, where now? I'm not getting any younger here!" Toph said impatiently.

"Uh, er…" Sokka said, searching his mind for something.

"PENGUIN SLEDDING!" Aang yelled, grabbing Naomi and Toph's wrists and pulling them towards an area where there were a huge flock of penguins. "Uh, ok, so first, you have to catch one," Aang said, pulling out a small fish. At least fifteen penguins made their way to him. He grabbed one by one of its arms and pulled it away gently to the top of a steep hill. "Ok, next, you sit on it like this," Aang sat on the penguin he chose. "Then," Aang pushed against the ground, making the penguin slide down the hill on its stomach. He yelled with excitement.

"I wanna try!" Naomi said, reaching into Aang's bag he left and retrieving a fish. "Ah!" Naomi yelled as the penguins surrounded her. She gently, yet quickly pulled one away and hopped on it, following Aang.

"Wanna try Toph?" Katara asked, picking up Aang's bag.

"Uh, I don't know…" Toph said, walking back slowly.

"Aw, come on, it'll be fun!" Sokka pulled Toph towards Katara, getting a fish, and gave it to Toph. "There… Have fun!"

"Uh," Toph blurrily pulled one penguin and slid down the hill with Aang and Naomi. She smiled. Katara and Sokka soon followed, Katara carrying Aang's bag. Naomi pulled her own bag onto her lap, making sure her catbunny wasn't scared. It was a little jostled, but she looked fine. When everybody reached the bottom, the penguins ran off and back with the others.

"Hey, what's that?" Naomi asked, pointing at a run-down ship.

"Uh, that's a fire nation ship from a long time ago. Don't go in there… Aang and I both got stuck, and then we escaped, but it's full of booby traps."

"Fine…" Naomi said, looking around. "So, what now?"

Mai and Ty Lee reached the end of the beach, nowhere near the South Pole.

"Great… What will we tell Azula?" Mai asked Ty Lee.

"We should probably go back and look for her. Three minds are better than two!" Ty Lee said cheerfully.

"Yes, but if the third mind is controlling, it can be hard."

"Not if you follow its instructions. Come on Mai; let's go find Azula. Besides, if we go without her," Ty Lee lifted her finger up to her neck and slid it from one side to another.

"I see… Let's go. She should be that way," Mai said, pointing northward. "Hurry. The quicker we get to Azula, the sooner we get to go back to the Avatar. I think he's going to see some old friends in the South Pole." The two girls made their way to the north.

"Oh, Brother, where are you? I know you're in here somewhere," Azula said, looking thoroughly through the trees and bushes. "Come on out." Zuko's eyes opened slowly.

"Huh?" He said quietly. Zuko felt like moving, but was too tired.

"Zu-Zu, come on out," Azula said, her voice louder than it was. "Gr…" Azula's fists glowed, but so she wouldn't burn down the whole forest and expose herself, she held back her temper. "Fine…" She mumbled. "I'll just have to wait."

Ok, Uh... Yah that was a quick chapter update time... thing... Anyway, I hope you liked it, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! Review... Sorry... Anyway, happy holidays, see you next time!