Yay! New chapter. I hope you all enjoy it. I'm sorry it took so long, Serodezha wasn't able to Beta read my story. So, I let Plot Bunnies Rule Beta read my story. Thanks Plot Bunnies Rule!

Me: Hmm, now who should do the disclaimer? How about you Zuko?

Zuko: NO!

Me: Okay, I think I'll just let Azula do it.

Zuko: Don't let her do it!

Azula: Sorry brother, but I get to do it.

Zuko: No you don't.

Azula: Yes I do.

Me: Uh, Katara. Help me out.

Katara: Okay. Sifu Blind Bandit does not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Azula and Zuko: NOOO!! start attacking Katara

Me: You three are acting like a bunch of children.

Now on with the story!

As usual, I woke up before anyone else. It was a calm, warm, and peaceful morning. The birds were singing and the plants were rustling in the gentle breeze, but other than that is was quiet. I walked away from the camp to sit by myself. With all this peace around me I should have felt the same way. The only thing that was taking away that peace was Sokka. He was the only thing that I could think about at the moment. I was debating on whether I still liked him or not, when Katara came and sat down next to me.

"What are you thinking about?" asked Katara.

I was about to ask how she knew I was thinking, but then realized I probably looked like I was thinking. My chin was resting on top of my hand and my legs were criss-crossed with my elbows on my knee. I thought that I might as well tell her, maybe she could help me.

"Sokka," I answered simply.

"You still have a crush on him, even after all these years?"

It was a rhetorical question, but I decided to answer anyways, "Yeah, I do, I wished I'd told him before we parted. Now I don't know what to do."

"I'll see what I can do without telling him. I think he still likes you, you know. He missed you like crazy, when we were at the South Pole. Sometimes, after we sent a letter he would become silent and moody until you sent a reply."

Suddenly, I felt Sokka and Aang standing within earshot of Katara and I. Sokka and Aang walked towards us, stretching and yawning. They were acting suspiciously as if they had heard our conversation. I almost commented on that, but I decided not to.

"Katara, could you start making breakfast I'm..." Sokka said.

Then I earthbended him ten feet into the air and he landed with a loud thud.

"Starved, yes Sokka I know," finished Katara trying to hide her laughter.

I let my laughter out causing Sokka to yell, "IT'S NOT THAT FUNNY!"

"Yeah it is," I smirked.

We all walked to the campsite to prepare breakfast with Sokka grumbling the whole way there. Afterwards, we packed up camp and took off.

After a while with hardly any talking Sokka said awkwardly, "I just noticed that you're still wearing your meteorite bracelet that I gave you."

"Yeah, and?" I encouraged, knowing he had more to say.

"Oh, nothing just, that was so long ago,"

"It was a long time ago," I said, irritable that he didn't turn the comment into a compliment.

Several days went by. We were all happy to be traveling like we did years ago. We talked more and traveled for hours each day. We were flying on Appa and laughing at something that Sokka said. When we got over the laughing fit, we went silent. There was silence around us too. Not a peaceful or awkward silence, but a gloomy and mysterious one.

"Why is it so quiet?" I asked.

"I think we're near the swamp," answered Sokka.

"Actually, we're above it," Aang said.

"How long until we pass over it?" I inquired.

"The rest of the day," Aang said.

I groaned. I wasn't going to be on solid ground for a while.

After flying over the swamp for more than four hours the wind started to pick up. It was sprinkling and I was starting to get chilled, when I heard thunder.

"Hey guys, I think a storm is coming in, a big one," said Sokka.

"Well, there's nothing we can do, were just going to have to fly through it," Aang said.

So, we continued to fly, but just like Sokka said the storm was a big one. The wind was blowing with great force and it was pouring rain. It was so bad that every time the rain hit my skin it stung. Aang was steering Appa, while Katara was trying to waterbend the water away from us. A strong gust of wind smashed into Appa which threw me off. I screamed as I fell and Sokka grabbed my hand and fell with me. I just knew that we were going to die, when suddenly we fell against a bunch of plants. Vines tangled all around me, twisting around my legs, arms, and stomach. I was upright and was still breathing hard when I noticed that Sokka was tangled with me. Coincidentally, he and I were stuck side by side.

"Toph, are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm good, I think we should just wait here for Aang, because I have no idea how far up we are,"

We said nothing for about ten minutes, than I heard a snapping sound.

"Uh oh," I said.

"Uh oh what?"

"As in I think the vines are..."

Before I could finish the vines snapped and we started falling towards the earth again. I screamed and as suddenly as we started falling we stopped. The vines had entangled us again, but now we were on top of each other. I was on the bottom and on my back, while Sokka was on top lying on his stomach. Our heads were very close to each other, I could tell because I could feel his breath. I blushed and guessed that he did the same.

"This is...awkward," Sokka stated.

"You think," I said exasperatedly, as I started blushing more.

"We are only feet away from the ground, maybe I can get us untangled."

He worked on untangling us for about twenty minutes until we were free. We fell to the ground with a thud with Sokka still on top of me.

"Get off! You're squishing me!" I yelled.

He quickly obeyed and helped me stand up. Since we were in a swamp, I was either standing on plants or in swampy water and couldn't see.

"Sokka, I can't see," I told him.

"Well, of course not, you're blind."

I punched him, hard, then said, "You know what I mean. Hold my arm, so I don't slip and fall."

He grabbed my arm and we walked and tried to find someplace dry to stop at. We walked through an area that was covered with waist deep water. I gripped Sokka's arm tighter, then suddenly I felt something grab on to my foot. I screamed as it pulled me under and dragged me. I tried to breath, but ended up swallowing water. My lungs screamed for air and I felt like I was going to pass out, when the creature let go and I was pulled up to the surface. I sputtered and coughed up water. Sokka was holding me with one arm under my knees and the other behind my back.

I wrapped my arms around him and asked, "Would you carry me the rest of the way?"

"Sure," he replied.

Sokka walked around for a while and finally found a large, empty and hollow tree, in which we had plenty of room to lie down. As we lay down, my teeth started chattering and I was shivering. Wordlessly, he came over and wrapped his arms around me to try and keep me warm. I smiled and blushed. Then I fell asleep, glad that of all the people I had to get stuck and lost with, I got lost with Sokka.

I woke up to the sound of Katara's voice, calling Sokka's and my name. His arms were still wrapped around me. So, I squirmed out of his grip and shook Sokka awake. We then exited the hollow tree.

"There they are," said Aang.

I heard Appa groan and feet running towards us. We all hugged each other, then Katara said, "We were so worried. How did you two...well, not get hurt?"

"Vines," was all Sokka said.

"What took you two so long to find us?" I asked.

There was a silence, then Katara answered, "You don't want to know."

I gave her a quizzical look and when she didn't say anymore, decided not to inquire further. Together we got on Appa with Sokka leading me and took off to escape the mysterious swamp.

Wow! That was a long, but fun chapter. Don't forget to review! Okay I'm creating a contest. Basically, you have to write an one-shot about what Katara and Aang did while they were in the swamp. The winner will receive an Avatar one-shot of their choice from Serodezha. She will write any genre and will write about the ships Kataang, Tokka, and Maiko. The due date is April 30th. Winner will be identified by no later than May 5th. Here are the rules for the contest.

It must be Kataang.

Rating must be T or under.

Anyways, PM me if you want to join.