Finally, my FAVORITE charachter tells his point of view. Oh, what would the world do without Zuko's pessimistic sarcasm? I would probably keel over from overexcitedness. Is that even a word? Tee hee! Okay, that was officially a crossover moment between this story and Making Fiends. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY VENDETTA!!! I am going to crawl into a hole and die now...
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"And that's fine with me. Thank you." Nika said and stood up. "And now I have to kick Aang's butt. That is, if Zuko hasn't done it yet for me."
"That's the spirit." I said, and got up to follow the newest member of our little patchwork family.
Chapter 4: Zuko
Night fell. I awoke to the sound of Nika stirring. I was vaguely aware of a faint, orange light illuminating the tent. At that time, I didn't know about the way that Nika reacted when she was thinking about her past, so I was shocked and afraid for her when I saw that her scar was the thing producing the light.
I sat up with a start once I realized this, and, gazing down onto her face, I realized that she was having a nightmare. She was bathed in sweat, and was clawing at her pillow. Her face was scrunched up and she was making soft, pained noises. I wanted to shake her awake, but decided against it. Instead, I rushed over to the tent that Aang, Katara, and Sokka were sharing.
"Aang! Aang, wake up!" I whispered, while shaking him.
"Wha…?" he asked sleepily. "Zuko! What's wrong?" He sat up carefully, not wanting to wake Katara, but nevertheless, he managed to bang his elbow into her ribs, and she woke up anyway. Aang's apologies, mixed with my frantic whispering and Katara's groans of pain, woke Sokka.
Great. I thought. Now that he's awake, we can all have a party.
"What's going on in there?" Toph asked. Perfect. Now she was getting involved, too.
"Shhh! Just c'mon!" I said, and we all walked single file over to our tent. I opened the flap and everyone crowded around me to look inside. I moved them out of the way and let Aang go in.
"What's wrong with her?" he asked.
"I dunno." I said, shrugging, although it was very hard to do in such a cramped space.
"Fix her!" Sokka cried.
"Stop being such a whiny crybaby!" I snapped, and he was quiet.
"I'll do my best." Aang said, glaring at me.
His hand drifted over to her shivering body, but he hesitated. Katara had told all of us about what had happened to Sokka.
"Hurry up! Nothing's gonna happen!" I said.
"How can you be so sure?" he asked.
"Just do it!" I hissed. Aang reached out towards her shoulder. His fingers went lower and lower. It seemed like ages before he finally reached her shirt. But when he did, a blinding flash of blue light exploded in front of our faces. When it finally calmed, Nika's face was more relaxed, and she lay still. However, her scar was no longer orange. Now, it radiated blue. I had only seen this blue twice before. Once at the north pole, when I had tried to… you know, and once in the old Ba Sing Se, when Azula had almost… well, we all know what happened. And both times, Aang had been in the spirit world. So that could only mean…
"Nika is in the spirit world." Aang said, concluding my thought.
"How on earth did she get there? And how is she going to get back?" Katara asked.
"I dunno. I think, somehow I may have channeled my energy into her, and sent her there."
"Well then UN-send her before she gets into trouble!" Toph said suddenly. We all looked at her.
"I… I mean… not that I… care or… anything. This is all waaaay out of my league." she stammered. I smiled.
"Toph's got a point. We should get her back before something happens that we might regret."
Aang walked outside and sat on the floor. "Make sure that no one moves our bodies." he said as a final warning, looking at me. I, in turn looked at Katara, who was visibly nervous. I also remembered the North Pole.
Only a few moments passed and he was in the spirit world. Katara had no reason to worry. The atmosphere remained tranquil throughout the entire night. It was so quiet, that the only one awake was Toph.
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May I offer my sincerest apologies to all of the Toph fans out there before I say this: I think that Toph isn't really one of the main characters. I mean, not that she doesn't rock out loud or anything, but I think that she isn't a big part, as you will be abe to tell in the next few chapters. I am provoking, just so that you will... you guessed it...
REVIEW!!!!
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P.S. Toph deserves her own TV show, that's how awesome she is! But I really don't think that she fits in with the general aura of my story, so she doesn't really have a big part. And to all of you die-hard Toph fans out there, you are going to LOVE chapter 6, which is told in Toph's point of view.
