A/N: BEWARE! THIS WILL BE RATED "M" FOR MATURE!
"The darkest day in Fire Nation history... it's got a date at the top, but it doesn't say anything else." Sokka placed a hand on his chin, examining the parchment before him as he furrowed his brows in thought. "Zuko, does this ring a bell about anything?" He asked, looking over his shoulder to the Fire Prince behind him.
They were all in the middle of a much needed break. It had been Aang's idea to let everyone choose their own mini vacation, and after hearing about a great library filled with rare articles and information about any and everything, Sokka knew exactly where it was that he wanted to go. This was a perfect opportunity to learn more about the Fire Nation and perhaps find a much needed, up to date map that even the Fire Nation citizens themselves lacked, after losing nearly everything in the ship explosion months ago.
They had to fly off into the desert, bringing a professor from Ba Sing Se University with them. The professor himself had made many trips into the desert in search of the library alone, all ending up being unsuccessful. With the help of Appa, they had managed to find it within a matter of hours of flying around.
The majority of the grand library had been buried into the sand, only a single tower was still above ground. While the group of five explored the library, Toph and Iroh stayed behind along side Appa.
"Mm," Zuko hummed, racking his brain of any ideas on what could have happened on that day. "It sounds like something I would have learned about in history class, but I wasn't exactly what you would call an 'honor student'." He admitted shamelessly, shrugging as he did so. Sokka narrowed his eyes and groaned at him with slight annoyance.
"Wow, Zuko, you sure have turned out to be a great big help, you know that?" Sokka teased sarcastically as he carefully slipped the parchment from underneath it's glass cover. He turned, and began to make his way through the isles of books.
"Where are you going?" Zuko called after him, taking long strides to catch up with him. Sokka paused and turned around to face him.
"I wanna know what happened to the Fire Nation on it's darkest day, and since you were too busy lollygagging around in class all day to know, I'm going to where the information on the Fire Nation should be held." He growled, turning back down the isles of the library.
Zuko huffed and rolled his eyes, starting after him. "Well, excuse me for being uninterested in the propaganda they shove into the children's mind in the schools. We could ask Uncle, he probably knows." Sokka groaned and waved Zuko off over his shoulder as he continued making his way through the halls.
"Information on the Fire Nation should be right up here," The warrior stated, cautiously making his way into the room, slowly looking around at the piles of burnt wood and ash. "Are you kidding me!" He cried out, scooping up a handful of ash, letting it fall through his fingers. "Every time! Every time I think I'm a step ahead of the Fire Nation, they're already two steps ahead of me!" He growled out, throwing down the rest of the ash back into the pile of rubble.
Zuko groaned and rolled his eyes and turned around back towards the door at the sound of footsteps behind him. Aang, Katara, and Professor Zei slowly made their way into their room, sadly looking around at the piles of rubble in the room. Zuko leaned and looked between them, noticing one of the Knowledge Seekers standing in the door way.
"I need to know what happened on that day!" Sokka cried out, clinching his fist as he glared down at the all the ash, anger radiating off him already.
"Uh, Sokka," Zuko called, pointing towards the Seeker. The Water Tribe boy turned and looked, raising his brow at the spirit. It whined and turned around, pointing off in a direction.
"Seems as though it's trying to assist you." Zei suggested, motioning towards the creature. Sokka groaned, but followed anyways, the rest of the group following not too far behind.
It ran them through many different aisles and halls, leading them to a large, majestic looking golden door. They stopped in front of it as the fox-like spirit slipped through a small hole in the wall beside the door. Seconds after, the circular door began to turn open before them, the fox sitting down inside the room.
They made their way into the room, watching as the Seeker pressed down on a lever beside a circular table. The group gasped and looked up. The dome ceiling moved, showing the stars and moon move throughout the night.
"It's a planetarium that shows the heavens moving!" Professor Zei breathed out in complete awe of the beauty before him, greatly impressed with what the spirit had brought them to.
"Okay, this is beautiful," Sokka said dully, totally missing the point as to why the Seeker had brought them to this room. "But how does the help us?" He asked.
"Maybe these dials represent dates and times," Katara suggested as she examined the table before her. "Try entering the date from the parchment you took." She said, pointing towards her brother's bag. Sokka hissed and leaned over to her, covering his mouth from the Seeker with his hand.
"Shh!" He scolded, whispering in her ear. "Not in front of the fox! He's with the owl!" He growled through clinched teeth before slowly taking a peak at the date from the document he had hidden away in his bag.
He turned the dials to the correct date and pulled the lever, unsure of what to think about as the mechanisms on the ceiling began to move around.
Aang watched as it stopped suddenly, the moon in front of the sun. "Great," Aang said as he narrowed his eyes. "You broke it."
"It's not broken!" Sokka breathed out as he took a step forwards to stand beside the monk. He carefully examined the sight before him, pointing out that the sun was behind the moon. "It's a Solar Eclipse! Now I get it!" He exclaimed, turning to face Aang as he took his shoulders into his hands, shaking him around as he spoke. "It's the Darkest Day in Fire Nation history because firebenders lose their ability to firebend during a Solar Eclipse! I don't know what happened on that day, but they were powerless against attack!"
Zuko hissed and looked down to his hands, cringing at the thought of not being able to have the option to bend in order to defend himself, of course he was skilled with swords, but they could easily be broken or lost, like the ones from his ship had been. His firebending was something he would always have.
"We've got to tell the Earth King this information! We can wait for the next eclipse and use it against the Fire Nation. They won't be able to do anything about it! The Fire Lord is going down!" Sokka exclaimed, thrilled with the information he had managed to get from the library.
His excitement was short lived, though, as a shadow loomed over him. He gasped and turned around, seeing Wan Shi Tong standing before him.
"You mortals are so predictable," He stated calmly, peering down at the warrior in front of him. "And such terrible liars. You have betrayed my trust! You have just wanted to use the knowledge for evil purposes!" He took a deadly step towards Sokka, leaning over towards him a bit.
"The Fire Nation is evil! You saw what they did to your library!" Sokka cried out, desperately trying to reckon with the angry spirit before him. "We need this information to stop the war!"
"Countless others have abused my library, seeking out weapons, battle strategies, weaknesses to use against their enemies!"
"Please!" Aang piped up. "We're just trying to protect the people we love!"
"And now," Wan Shi Tong started slowly and dangerously, glaring down the group in front of him. "I'm going to protect what I love." The owl spirit stretched out his wings. "I'm taking my knowledge back! No one shall ever abuse it again!"
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"Uh, Toph," Iroh piped up, noticing the tower begin to slip down into the sand.
"Yeah?" She asked, oblivious to what was happening. The sand left her nearly unable to see with her feet properly. It shifted around too much, causing everything to look fuzzy and blurred.
"The library is sinking!" Toph gasped as this information and stood up, taking a long stride towards the tower, slamming her fists into the stone in attempt to stop it. It paused for a moment, but still continued to sink slowly. She released her grip on the tower for a split second in order to bend the sand into a slab of stone, giving herself a secure area to stand on.
Appa let out a loud moan and Iroh turned to see what the problem was now. He let out a small gasp at the sight of three boats of sandbenders making their way towards them.
"What is it now!" Toph whined out, she couldn't really make what was going on behind her, and she knew she couldn't let go of the sinking building and allow her friends to perish inside.
Iroh shifted into a stance as the group of men hopped off their sand-sailers, twirling bags of sand on rope over their heads and by their sides. One group singled out Appa as the other two advanced towards the firebender.
Iroh narrowed his eyes and easily dodged an attack, grabbing the robe and searing the binds in his palm. The sandbender let out a gasp at the sight of his torn rope, but quickly picked up a spare bag, sending it towards Iroh once again, catching the rope around his arm.
The seasoned firebender kept to his ability to himself as long as he could, using hand to hand combat as much as he could, pulling on the rope around his arm, sending the man on the other end into a sand dune. He caught two bags of sand in midair as the flew towards him and pulled on them, having the guys who were still holding on crashing into each other, knocking them both out after having hitting each other so hard.
Iroh only sent a blast of fire their way after one of them bent the sand into stone around his feet. The fire had caught one of the sand-sailers masts on fire, but of course, one of the sandbenders noticed and picked up a wave of sand, snuffing out the fire before it could cause any serious damage. Iroh was trying, but he was far out numbered and being bombarded with rope, sand, and now wind from Appa.
He noticed that the other group had managed to tie the sky bison down after having a hard time with the beasts struggle, and he sent string of fire their way, scorching the ropes. A sandbender groaned out in annoyance and sent a handful amount of sand towards Iroh's face, lodging plenty of sand particles into his eyes, rendering him unable to see.
The general snarled and sent a blind blast of fire out, unknowingly nearly setting one of the bender's wrappings on fire. The sandbender let out a growl and kicked the sand with his heel, shaking the rock around Iroh's ankles, catching him off guard and causing him to fall forwards.
As Iroh caught himself by putting his arms out in front him, hands sinking down into the sand, one of the men used this to their advantage and quickly turned the sand around the firebenders hands to stone. Iroh tugged, but was unable to pull free.
The other group of sandbenders gathered more rope and tied Appa back down as Iroh began to create pressure inside the stone cuffs with his firebending. One of the men noticed and tightened to stone around his hands until the other two groups got away with Appa.
Iroh let out a growl and used his fire breath, sending a blast of fire in the direction he was sure the group that was still there was in, scorching the side of one of the boats. They hopped onto their sand-sailer, easily dodging the line of fire, one of them spitting at the ground just in front of Iroh's face.
They managed to get away as Iroh returned his attention to his hands, tugging and firebending, finally causing enough pressure to crack the rock open. But, by the time he managed to break free, they were far off into the distance, not that he could see them anyways. He let out a sigh of worry and defeat and began working on the rock around his feet.
Toph bit her lip and let out a huff, guilt coming over her. "I could have done more!" She admitted, arms beginning to shake with fatigue from trying to hold up the massive sinking library for so long.
"No," Iroh said softly. "Don't you let that library sink. You're doing great." He assured, taking a swing at the stone around his ankles.
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"He's sinking the library!" Katara pointed out. "We've got to leave!" She grabbed Zuko by the wrist and tugged, pulling him as she bolted out of the planetarium, the rest of the group and the owl not far behind.
"I'm afraid I can't allow that," Wan Shi Tong warned, taking after them. "You already know too much."
As they ran, Zuko pulled away from Katara and pushed Sokka into one of the aisles. He covered himself as a shelf of books fell over him. Wan Shi Tong had his wings stretched out, knocking over racks and racks of books as he took off after the group, passing the two boys, completely unaware that they had managed to slip out of his sight.
"What are you doing!" Sokka scolded, glaring at Zuko.
"Shh!" Zuko snarled as he leaned to the left, making sure the enraged spirit hadn't seen them slip away. "We have to figure out when the next eclipse is going to be! We have to get back to planetarium while he's still distracted from us!" Zuko grabbed Sokka by the arm and slung him out into the main aisle as he shoved pass the rubble, bolting back down through the aisles towards the planetarium room.
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Professor Zei stopped in his tracks and turned around towards the spirit not far behind him. "Please, I beg you, do not destroy your collection of priceless tomes!" Aang quickly turned, sending a stream of air to suck Zei back over to them, away from the owl who struck down with his beak in the exact spot the man had been standing. Wan Shi Tong still pressed forwards, and Aang sent a strong gust of wing towards him, sending him over the edge of the bridge.
"We've got to get back to the surface!" Aang cried out, running down an aisle.
"Wait!" Katara cried out, stopping in her tracks. Aang paused and turned towards her. "Where's Sokka and Zuko!" She asked, frantically looking around for any sign of them.
"They're probably already waiting for us where we came in at, come on!" Aang turned and continued running as he motioned for her and Zei to follow him back the rope they had used to get in through the tower window.
Katara hesitated, but followed anyways.
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"Are you sure this'll work?" Sokka asked as he watched Zuko turn the dials on the table.
"If it shows us past eclipses, why would it not show us future ones?" He asked, glancing at Sokka over his shoulder.
Sokka scoffed and rolled his eyes. "You can't check every date! Move it!" He said, pushing Zuko out of the way.
"You're doing the same thing I was doing!" Zuko scolded, lightly punching Sokka in the arm after seeing him begin to turn the dials.
"I'm checking every date before Sozin's Comet returns, you were just aimlessly turning the dials!" Sokka swatted at him before turning the lever once again.
"Well, don't check every single day! Go by weeks or something until the sun and moon get close enough and then do it day by day!" Zuko growled, pushing Sokka out of the way to take back control over the dials.
Sokka strangled the air in frustration, but allowed him to continue selecting the dates as he watched the sun and moon move closer and closer towards each other.
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"Come on, Katara!" Aang yelled out, he had already made it half way up the rope while she, on the other hand, was still on the floor of the bridge.
"I'm not leaving without Zuko and Sokka!" She growled out, glaring up at him. Aang narrowed his eyes and snarled at her, annoyed by her constantly being worried about Zuko's whereabouts.
"They're probably already out there waiting for us! Come on!" He air bent at her, attempting to lift her upwards. She stepped back, swiftly dodging the suction of the air he had sent her way.
"No! They wouldn't leave us like that!" She turned and gasped, noticing Wan Shi Tong quickly advancing towards her. She took out a string of water to whip him in the face, but before she could the owl suddenly let out a loud cry of pain. He turned, and she saw feathers on his back had been set aflame.
As Zuko sent another blast of fire towards his face, Wan Shi Tong simply turned his head away from the fire, only to be knocked in the head by Sokka's boomerang that swirled in the air from the other direction. The owl had moved straight into the trap, causing the impact to be even stronger, nearly sending himself into unconsciousness right then and there.
The owl screeched and leaned down as he attempted to shake off the attack. Zuko sent a wave of fire just above his head, forcing him to choose between being scorched in the face or leaning down more. Of course, he chose to dodge the attack and put his head further down towards the floor. Zuko cupped his hands together, Sokka put one foot into his hands and sprung out of the firebenders palms after he lifted him upwards. Sokka had a large book in his hands and put all his weight down as he fell through the air, delivering a powerful blow the owl's skull as he landed on his head.
The bird swayed for second, but finally collapsed into unconsciousness, allowing the group to begin their escape together.
As Sokka was making his way up the rope, the sight of the professor in the corner of his eye caught his attention. Zei was sitting in the middle of an aisle, surrounded by piles of books he had plucked from the shelves.
"Professor!" The warrior called out. "Let's go!" He said, motioning upwards.
"I'm not leaving!" He admitted, looking up from his book. "I can't, I've spend far too long searching for this place," He paused, gazing in awe at the shelves and shelves of books around him. "I could spend an eternity in here." He admitted breathlessly.
"Welp, looks like you're going to!" Zuko growled out as he lifted himself up farther up the rope.
"Zuko!" Katara scolded, glaring down at him beneath her. He ignored her and motioned for her to continue her climbing.
They made it out of the library safe and sound, happy to finally be out of there.
"We found out when the next eclipse is!" Sokka informed his sister as he jumped up and down with glee. "It's soon! The Fire Nation is in trouble, now!" He said, taking his sister into a hug.
Zuko furrowed his brow and made his way over to Iroh. "Uncle?" He asked, sitting next to him as he placed a hand on his shoulder. He leaned forwards and noticed the sand caking his uncle's face. Zuko gently wiped away the sand before he looked down, noticing the stone around his feet. He took a hard swing to the rock, splitting it in half. He called for Katara, asking her to clean his uncles eyes the best she could.
"Oh, no." She breathed out, seeping a small blob of clean water from the air for his eyes. "What happened?" She asked softly as she held the water above her hand, having him lean his head down to have his eye inside the water, blinking a few times to try and get as much sand as he could out.
"Sandbenders ambushed us," He informed them of what had happened to him as he continued to try and flush out the sand from his eyes.
Aang looked around frantically, noticing his sky bison was missing. The monk turned slowly towards Toph, asking her where Appa was. He gasped, a terrible wave of fear and worry coming over him as she shook her head at him, unable to verbally tell him that Appa had been taken.
"How could you let them take Appa? Why didn't you do something!" Aang shouted, leaning towards Toph.
"I couldn't! The library was sinking and the sandbenders were bombarding Iroh!" Aang hissed and turned, narrowing his eyes towards Iroh. He saw Katara tending to his eyes and Zuko sitting next to him. The young firebender noticed Aang and sent the daggers right back at him, daring him to accuse his uncle of not trying to save Appa.
Aang took a step towards him anyways, asking him why he didn't do anything to stop them from taking his bison. "I did," Iroh shrugged. "But there were three gliders of them. Two of the groups singled me out and threw sand in my face, I couldn't see after that. I wasn't about to throw around a bunch of fire and risk burning your bison."
"You didn't try!" Aang yelled. "You're one of the greatest war generals in history and a master firebender! You just didn't care!" Zuko stood and stomped over to the enraged monk.
"Don't you dare speak to my uncle like that!" He warned, pushing Aang down into the sand. He growled and began to swing his staff, Katara stepping up and catching it before Aang did anything too stupid.
"Aang, stop it. You know both Iroh and Toph did all they could. Had Toph let go of the library, we'd all be stuck in there forever. If Iroh had focused more Appa, the sandbenders probably would have gotten them both."
Aang growled and stomped as he stood up to face her properly. "That's all you care about ever since you got off that pirate boat! Iroh and Zuko, Zuko and Iroh! What about us! You have no idea what Appa is probably going through right now!"
"You have no idea what Zuko and I went through on that ship!" She said, pointing towards him.
"It couldn't possibly be as bad as what Appa is going through! He's probably scared and alone! What if they're hurting him!"
Katara gasped out in disbelief. She paused, tilting her head at Aang, looking at him wide-eyed. She stomped and her face twisted in anger as she yelled at him, "Zuko and I were scared on that boat! Zuko and I were alone! They nearly beat Zuko to death three times! They couldn't possibly be making Appa do what the pirates forced Zuko and I to do!"
"What! What'd they make you do that's so terrible, Katara!" Before she could answer him, Zuko snatched Aang up by the back of his shirt collar and lifted him, twisting the fabric to have Aang face him.
"Enough," He growled lowly, warning him that he was about to cross a serious line. Aang squirmed out of his gasp and glared out into the distance.
"I'm going after Appa." Before anyone could decline or try to keep him there, he expanded the wings on his glider and took off into the desert alone. Zuko sighed and turned back towards Katara.
She standing there with her hands covering her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes. He walked over to her and took her in his arms, holding her against him.
"We need to get out of here," He said softly. She sniffled and wiped her face with her arm.
"Yeah," She breathed, standing as straight and strong as she could as she pulled away from. "I need to get cleaner water for your uncles eyes, I don't want them getting infected." Her features softened as she helped Iroh up. "How are you doing?" She asked, tending to him would keep her mind off the terrible memories and demons that Aang had woken.
His eyes were still producing tears at a rapid rate, trying desperately to get the rest of the sand out. He assured her that there just irritated and that he should be be fine soon.
"We're the only ones who know about the eclipse," Sokka said, motioning towards the desert in front of him, "We have to get that information to Ba Sing Se." The group nodded and followed as he took lead.
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They had been walking for hours before Toph asked for some water. Katara tried her best to seep as much water as she could from the air, but the middle of the desert wasn't exactly the most humid of places.
"Sorry, Toph." She felt bad, knowing she had barely been able to bend out a mouth full of water for the young earthbender. "The only other water I have is my bending water."
Sokka hummed and looked around him, noticing a single cactus not far from where he was standing. "Not anymore!" He said, making his way over, slicing a piece with his machete before taking a big sip out of the juices that were inside.
"Sokka, no!" Zuko scolded.
"What? There's water inside!" He said, pouring a stream of water from another piece he cut off.
"Water that's full of hallucinogens!" He said, smacking the make shift cup out of the warriors hands.
"Full of whats?" He asked, tilting his head at the firebender before him. Zuko's face and shoulders fell as he watched Sokka's pupils dilate.
Zuko groaned by grabbed Sokka by the arm, tugging on him as they continued on their way through the desert.
They continued walking for hours and the sun was beginning to set before Aang swooped down from the air, rejoining the group after searching for Appa alone. Katara wanted to go comfort him, knowing how scared and worried he must be for Appa, but she was still angry at him for the way he spoke to her earlier. They would find Appa in the future, but they would never be able to change the past.
She huffed and continued moving, the rest of the group all following for a few more hours before she suggested that they should stop for the night.
She managed to slip Sokka's bag over his shoulders without disturbing him, he was too busy having hallucinations to realize what she had done. She plucked a couple scrolls from the collection and found one that had a map of the stars on it. She explained them that she'd use it guide them through the desert and towards the Earth Capitol the best she could and that they would start again after getting a couple of hours of much needed rest.
The waterbender seeped a much water from the air as she could and gave everyone their own mouthful before she settled down next to Zuko, surprised to feel that wasn't absolutely burning up. He explained to her that firebenders could control their own body heat. Naturally heating themselves up in the cold, careful as to not get too hot and melt their insides, and in hot temperatures, carefully not allowing themselves to get too cold and go into hyperthermic shock.
She huffed and rested her cheek down onto her chest. It was odd, usually she would snuggle closer to him for warmth and now she was doing it to try and cool down. She sighed and turned, using his arm to support her head.
"Do you know the stars, Zuko?" She asked softly, trying to not wake the others as she noticed him gazing intensely at the night sky.
"Kind of," He admitted quickly. "That's the Ursa Major." He murmured, pointing to the group of stars around the Big Dipper. She could easily spot this, she had been using the Northern Star to decide the way they were going to travel in. The map she had been using only had the Big Dipper drawn out, dismissing that it was apart of another constellation. "There's Draco," He said, drawing lines between the stars. "The dragon, and there's Lynx,"
She lay there with him for hours as he pointed out the constellations and their names. "Which one's your favorite?" She asked, turning her head to look at him.
He sighed and took a long pause before answering. "The Ursa Major, most definitely."
"Really?" She asked as she snuggled closer to him. "I figured it would have been the dragon."
"No," He shook his head, wrapping his arms around her. "The Ursa Major."
They rested for a few more hours, nodding off every now and then, forcing themselves to get up before it got too far into the night. Katara stood and made her way over to her brother, gently waking him up as Zuko made his way over to his uncle, asking him how his eyes were doing.
Iroh stretched and groaned as he blinked a couple of times. "Ah, much better now. Still a little uncomfortable, but much, much better now." He assured, smiling up at his concerned nephew. Zuko nodded and made his way over to Aang.
"I'm awake." He said.
Zuko narrowed his eyes and huffed. "Well then, get up." He growled, still ticked with the way he had acted earlier.
Zuko made his way over to Katara, lacing their fingers together as they began leading the group through the desert the best they could.
"Ow!" Toph let out a cry of pain as she fell forward, just catching herself before she fell face first into the sand. "I am so sick of not being able to feel where I'm going!" She yelled, rubbing her hurt foot.
"Are you okay?" Aang asked, leaning towards her.
"What idiot buries a boat in the middle of the desert!" She shouted, motioning towards the wood that stuck out from the sand.
Aang motioned for everyone to step back as he swirled the sand around them, revealing a perfectly good sand-sailer. Zuko leaned and noticed some dark patches on the wood.
"This has scorch marks on it. This is probably one of the ones from the people who attacked you, uncle." Zuko said as he climbed into the sand-sailer, pointing out the marks on the side of the boat. "This was lodged into the side of the dune. Looks like your bison is putting up a pretty good fight."
"Great," Aang snapped. "They're probably going to hurt him even more if he does that." He said as he angrily began to use his bending to power the sailer.
"They're probably going to try and sell him to someone in Ba Sing Se. No one with enough money to buy him would want him all beaten up. They'd want him in good condition, so that's how they're going to keep him. Don't worry about it, the sooner we get to Ba Sing Se, the sooner you get your bison." Zuko assured, annoyance seeping out into his words.
He had been feeling a lot better about his decision to stick on the Avatars side. Even though getting chased by an enraged demon owl spirit thing was pretty scary, the fact that he had been one of the only ones to step foot in that library and the adventure in itself was grand, exciting, and thrilling. But the Avatar's attitude wasn't helping come to terms with the choice he had made to stay by him. 'Happiness is a choice," Iroh's voice rang in his ears. 'The bad only outweighs the good if you allow it to.'
They continued pressing forward with help of the sand-sailer, coming across a giant rock in the middle of the desert that was of course, home to a hive of buzzard-wasps. They had been fighting them off greatly, but became surrounded and greatly outnumbered by the angry swarm when sudden waves of sand came up, burying the wasps in the sand below them.
"Where is my bison!" Aang progressed towards the groups of sandbenders in front of him. Toph had told him that the son had been one of the ones who aided in the theft of Appa.
"You said to put a muzzle on him!" Toph yelled as she pointed in the direction she was sure the son was standing in.
"You muzzled Appa!" Aang destroyed their final sand-sailor and pointed his staff towards the son. "Tell me where Appa is!" He demanded, his eyes and tattoos beginning to glow.
"I traded him to some merchants! He's probably in Ba Sing Se by now!"
While everyone else began to move away from Aang, Katara stood by him, gently taking him by the arm.
"We have a lead," She said softly, wrapping her arms around him. "The sooner we get to Ba Sing Se the sooner we can begin looking for him. We'll find him, Aang." The rest of the group stood by, watching as he fell out of the Avatar state and into her arms.
A/N: You guys have no idea how long I sat there looking at screen shots of Katara's map trying to figure out exactly which constellations it showed and which ones it didn't. It of course changed in every one of the shots, but Big Dipper (which is a part of Ursa Major), Draco, and Lynx stay pretty constant. I think it's pretty obvious as to why Zuko would choose Ursa Major over Draco any day.
Oh my gosh imagine Zuko going all Lion King: Simba's Pride while laying there with Katara.
"My father and I used to do this all the time. He says, all the great Fire Lords of the past are up there, watching over us."
Also, I imagine cacti are common in the Fire Nation and that's how Zuko knows about them.
One more chapter and things get different!
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