HAPPY NEW YEAR MY LOVELIES!

So I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter! I admit it was a late Christmas gift more so to the Alikka shippers, but of course I write for all of you awesome readers. Don't worried Chalice shippers there are more Chan flashbacks to come.

I'm going to be doing a little Zuli filler in this Chapter since Zuko and Uncle Iroh are not in 'The Return to Omashu' episode, but what is a Zuko/OC FanFic without Zuko and the OC? But anyways…

I don't know what you guys think about Chp.4 yet, because as of right now I just posted chap.4 and jumped right into writing this so yeah.

So in the spirit of jumping in… Let's do just that…

Happy Reading!

FELICITY'S POV

"Felicity? Felicity, wake up!" Zuko shook me, roughly, awake.

I nearly jumped out of my skin, "Who, what? I didn't do it!"

He just laughed at me for a second.

"Oh my god, Zuko you laughed? Are you okay?" I reached up and touched his forehead to check for a fever, "I didn't know you still knew how to do that."

"Ha, ha," He pushed my hand away. "The sun is coming up."

I leaned back and looked outside the cave we had found to make camp in, "Oh, wow, would you look at that. Night, fussy pants!" I quickly laid my head back down and covered my face with Zuko's red shirt.

"No!" He snatched the shirt off my head.

I jerked my hands over my face and hissed at him.

Zuko just laughed again, "Did you just hiss at me like a pythonaconda?"

"I was going for more of a felineaconda…" I grinned and laid my head back down then snatched the shirt back from him.

"I don't know why I even try to understand the things you say," He sounded somewhat annoyed but also amused.

"Me neither, now…. Shoo, shoo!" I made a 'go away' hand gesture, but he jerked the shirt out of my hands again, "Ughhh… What do you want from me?"

"Well, I…" He paused for a moment and scratched the back of his head, "I need you to show me how to…fish."

"Fish? You woke me up because you want me to teach you how to fish?" I gave him a not so happy look. I looked over to other side of the cave where Uncle Iroh was still sleeping, "Why does Uncle get to sleep? I thought firebenders rose with the sun. I have been deceived, this is false advertising. I'm putting my foot down… I'm going back to sleep." I waved my arms about and pointed my finger at him.

"Felicity, I need your help. You said you wanted to help me reach my future, right? Well my future has fishing in it," Zuko stared down at me with a cocky little smirk.

"Ooh….fine, fine, fine," I stood up and pulled my hair back in one of the clips Song gave me. I looked over at him and he was still grinning with his arms crossed at his chest, "You stop being so cute." I pushed him slightly. "Are you happy? I'm up! Now, Grasshopper Zuko, you better learn fast. I expect many delicious fish dinners out of you."

Zuko quickly regained his balance, "Once I'm back in the Fire Nation you'll have whatever kind of dinners you want."

I looked up at him with a lifted eye brow as I pulled my phone out of my bag, "Really, now?"

"Well, umm, that is…if you want to come to the Fire Nation. I…" Zuko took two steps back.

"There's the fussy pants I remember," I laughed as I put an earbud in my ear. "Well, until then…delicious, fresh fish dinners. Whenever we get settled for a little while I'll make you and Uncle Iroh something from my world."

We made our way down through the woods until we reached the river. When we reached the bank I pulled off my shoes and stepped down in the shallow water, "Oh, ah, cold, cold…"

"What did you expect?" Zuko just shook his head at me.

"Silence mortal," I splashed water over at him, but I missed. "Man, what I wouldn't give to be a waterbender right now. You would be toast. Wet, mushy, soggy, wet toast."

He shook his head again, "Are you going to teach me how to fish or not."

"Right, well first things first, get a long branch. Make sure it's as straight as possible," I looked around for a rock small enough to be a weight. After we had found everything I needed I put together a fishing pole. Last time we were in the town I traded one of the combs Zhao had for me for fishing line and hooks, "Okay, now the teaching can begin. Zuko, cut this ham into squares for me, please."

"Why, we can eat this," He asked as I handed him the hunk of ham and a knife.

I nodded, "Yes, and so can the fish, unless you want to hunt for worms and various bugs for bait."

Zuko looked around across the grass and made a disgusted face, "Fine."

Everything looked perfect, "Alright, now the next step is not something I can simply teach you. You have to learn it on your own." I cast out the line and tightened the slack so I could feel if I had a bite.

"And what's that?" Zuko crossed his arms as he watched me.

I stared out at the water, keeping my eyes fixed on my make-shift cork, "Patience, Grasshopper, the key to fishing is patience."

"I'm patient," He snapped.

I nodded towards the cork, "Which way is the wind blowing?"

"West, why?" He shrugged.

I grinned out at the water, "Perfect, the wind's in the west they bite the best."

"Right?" Zuko stared out at the water and huffed. He sat down and watched the cork, "What's taking so long?"

I giggled at him for a bit, "Shhhh…..you're frightening the food."

TWO HOURS LATER

"Hope you're hungry, Uncle," I smiled as I held up the line of fish.

"I'm starving," Uncle Iroh rubbed his hands together.

"Good!" I sat down and pulled off one of the fish and started to clean them, "There's six fish so that's," I counted in my head, "four pieces each."

"Where did you two get them?" Uncle asked as he rebuild our fire.

Zuko sat next to me as I filleted the fish, "What are you talking about four pieces each?"

"Watch and learn, fussy pants." I filleted the fish one side at a time, "I'm proud of you, by the way. Thanks to your quick learning we have two more fish."

"Thank you for teaching me," Zuko took one of the fish and as he watched me, started to help me fillet the fish.

I know it had nothing to do with being a Fire Lord, but at least I was able to teach him something.

ALICE'S POV

The city was a hard site to bare. I wasn't with them the first time they came here, but still I knew this was a safe haven for them. Sokka, Katara, and Aang had good memories here.

Aang just stared out at the city, "I can't believe it. I know the War has spread far," He look over at us with the saddest eyes, "but Omashu always seemed ... untouchable."

Sokka turned to him, "Up until now it was. Now Ba Sing Se is the only great Earth Kingdom stronghold left." He crossed his arms over his chest.

"Aang, it's going to be ok," I reached over and touched Aang's shoulder. "I know it looks bad, but I promised the people are safe. It's going to get better."

Katara didn't seem to understand where I was going with my pep-talk, "This is horrible, but Alice is right it will be okay. We should move on."

"No, I'm going in to find Bumi." Aang slammed his staff to the ground.

Sokka reached out and caught Aang, "Aang, stop. We don't even know if Bumi's still..."

"What? If he's still what?" Aang snapped, angrily.

I shook my head behind Aang's back.

Sokka saw my face and answered, unsurely, "A-around."

"I know you had your heart set on Bumi, but there are other people who can teach you earthbending." Katara tried to talk since into the boy.

"This isn't about finding a teacher. This is about finding my friend." Aang stood his ground on this and I was proud of him.

"I'm with Aang," I put my hand of his shoulder.

Aang smiled up at me, "Thanks, Alice, I have a plan on how to get in."

"It will work, I know it will," I winked.

Aang led us to the outer rim of the city as he explained the secret passage into the lower part of the city, "Well, it should be around here somewhere."

"A secret passage? Why didn't we just use this last time?" Sokka asked Aang a bit annoyed.

Aang popped open the tunnel's entrance to reveal that it was full of sewage, "That answer your question?"

"Ewww…" Sokka jumped back to avoid getting splashed.

Aang and Katara lead our group into the sewage tunnel. As Aang used an airbending ball, Katara and I used waterbending to keep the sewage carefully away. When we climbed out of the tunnel, Sokka was covered head to toe in the sewer tunnel slime. Katara gave him a quick waterbending bath, and Aang quickly dried him off. I felt a little bad that we had forgot about Sokka in the tunnel, but at the same time it was funny seeing him with purple pentapui stuck to him.

But of course, that didn't keep him from freaking out, "Ahh! They won't let go! Help!"

Aang tackled Sokka, "Shh! Stop making so much noise. It's just a purple pentapus." Aang removed the first pentapus by lightly rubbing its head. It made the cutest little noise before letting go.

"Oh, oh me next, I wanna do it!" I hopped over to the boys. I reached over and held Sokka's face still as I rubbed the pentapus on his cheek.

"Ah, thanks, Alice," Sokka blushed.

As he reached to the back of his neck for the last pentapus several Fire Nation guards walked in our direction, "Hey! What are you kids doing out past curfew?"

I pulled Aang behind me, "Hide your arrow, fast."

"Sorry. We were just on our way home." Katara bowed. We all quickly turned and I made sure Aang was in front of me.

"Wait, what's the matter with him?" The guard asked after he noticed the marks from the pentapus.

"Pentapox, Katara, tell them he has pentapox," I whispered behind Katara's back.

She nodded, "Uh, he has pentapox, sir." The guard reached out for Sokka, "Umm, it's highly contagious."

I bumped Sokka's back, and he stepped forward, "Oh, it's so awful. I'm dying."

Katara looked confused for a moment, "Uh, and deadly!"

The other two guards backed away, "Hey, I think I heard of pentapox! Didn't your cousin Chang die of it?"

The first guard quickly backed away when Sokka started coughing on him, "We'd better go wash our hands, and burn our clothes."

As they ran off we all grinned at each other. Aang was still holding a pentapus, "Thank you, sewer friend."

"I'mmmm keep'n him!" I petted the pentapus I was holding.

Sokka crossed his arms, "Where are you going to keep him?"

"I don't know!" I held the little guy closer to me, "But I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine." I stuck my tongue out at him. "Is that okay, Squishy, are you down with that?" I cooed at him in a squeaky little voice and in return he made a cute little squeaky noise, "Ah, he loves me! We're in love! Aunt Wu, was right!"

"That's very romantic," Katara said in her normal, supportive way, "But I don't think that's what Aunt Wu meant."

Sokka laughed, "Yeah, you can't marry a pentapus, Alice."

I wish I had a guitar to swing at him, "IT'S TRUE LOVE!"

Sokka reached over, took Squishy out of my hands, and dropped him back in the sewer.

"Squishy?" I gasped down at the sewer hole then glared back up at Sokka, "How could you!?"

"That was pretty mean, Sokka," Aang agreed.

"It was a pentapus," Sokka gaped as Katara, Aang, and I walked down the street. Katara comforted me as Aang ran to catch up. "It was just a pentapus!"

FELICITY'S POV

Zuko, Uncle, and I decided to go to the nearby village's market. Well, really I begged Zuko until he caved. The woods were too quiet I wanted to see people and just move around. I loved the busier villages when the street lamps were all lit.

I hurried out along the street and Zuko called out to me, "Don't get too far!"

"Yes, dad," I rolled my eyes. When I rounded the corner it was like being on Bourbon St. in New Orleans. There were small shops and restaurants and street performers on either side of the street. In the middle were clumps of people gathered in varies places listening to the different acts. It was amazing to watch, there were musicians and dancers there was even a living statue act. I had to see more.

"Felicity, don't ever think about it," Zuko caught my arm and pulled me back to his side.

I had to admit I was caught off guard, "Zu…I mean Lee, I thought we agreed that our relationship would be a friendship."

"Don't start with your teases. I know what you were planning, and I wont allow it," Zuko hissed under his breathe.

"What are you…..Oh!" I looked back at the street. This was a street for performers, and I didn't hear a singer anywhere. "Lee, you're a genius!"

"No, I'm not, because you aren't going to sing." Zuko squeezed my arm lightly.

I jumped in place, "Oh, come on! There's so many performers the crowd probably won't even hear me…"

"That's just another reason not to try," He tried to pull me back around the corner.

Uncle Iroh finally caught up to us on the street, "What is Fel…I mean Jia going to try?"

"Nothing…"

"Lee thinks I should sing!" I jumped in.

"Really?" Uncle looked over at Zuko surprised.

"No," Zuko started.

"I wasn't going to because I didn't think I would be good or loud enough to get anyone's attention," I looked down at the ground.

"That's ridiculous," Uncle put his hand on my shoulder, "You are a beautiful singer. I haven't got to hear you since before the North."

"Thank you, Uncle," I smiled. I pulled my arm out of Zuko's reach.

"Fel…Jia, stop," Zuko tried to catch me again. 'You shouldn't do this!'

I stopped a few feet away and turned to him, 'Trust me just this once. I love to sing, Zuko, it's the one thing that truly makes me happy. It's one of the few things I shine at. I could do anything else, my firebending is terrible, musicbending is too risky and tiring, but singing makes me happy.' I looked back at the street, 'Allow me this one happiness, please, Zuko. You don't know what it means to me to sing.'

I knew he was angry, but he just nodded.

I was so glad he wasn't going to stop me that I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around his neck, "Thank you!"

He froze in place, "I…jus…just go before I change my mind."

I let him go and hurried down the street to find a good spot, 'Where to go? Where to go? And….What to sing?'

ZUKO'S POV

'Just pick something so we can go!' I knew I was going to regret this, but she did look happy. I felt a nudge at my side. It was Uncle, and he had this grin on his face. It looked just like the one Felicity had when she was up to something.

"Not one word, Uncle," I snapped, "This won't happen again."

Uncle nodded, "Right, just like you will never trust her again, or hug her again, or ask her for advice, and…"

"All right, that's enough," I didn't wait to hear anymore. Felicity looked like she had found an empty spot on the street right next to a group of musicians. She started talking to them for a moment. They were an odd group. There was a man playing a lute, another playing a drum, and a woman playing a flute, then two others just dancing out rhythm with the music. They were wearing brightly colored clothes and flower necklaces.

When I got close enough I heard Felicity laugh, "Nice to meet you, Chong. It's good to meet a fellow music lover."

"Right you are, golden girl, you remind me of another girl who loved the sounds not too long ago," He scratched his head, "I can't remember her name, but she loved the song about the Two Lover's Cave."

"It's a good song, but do you mind if I sing here?" Felicity pointed down at the street.

"Sing away," The lute player strummed his lute quickly.

She ran over to me and gave me her bag after she pulled out her tea-cup, "Watch this for me, okay?"

"Fine, hurry up," I looped my arm and head through the strap of the bag.

She smiled over at me when she got back to the other side of the street then closed her eyes and took a deep breathe…

(Thank you for the Music - Amanda Seyfried from Mamma Mia!)

"I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore

When I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before

But I have a talent, a wonderful thing

cause everyone listens when I start to sing

I'm so grateful and proud

All I want is to sing it out loud"

I don't know why she pretends to think she's not good enough to get the attention of everyone there. Before she even finish the first verse many of the passers-by had stopped to listen. She did however look surprised when more and more people began to listen.

"So I say

Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing

Thanks for all the joy they're bringing

Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty

What would life be?

Without a song or a dance what are we?

So I say thank you for the music

For giving it to me…"

After the chorus, even some of the other performers had stop their playing to listen. Her voice carried well over the crowd. Even though there were so many people between us it sounded like she was standing right in front of me. Like she was singing to me and no one else was there.

"I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair

I wanna sing it out to everybody

What a joy, what a life, what a chance!"

I couldn't help but smile when the tea-cup began to jingle as she sang louder.

"Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing

Thanks for all the joy they're bringing

Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty

What would life be?

Without a song or a dance what are we?

So I say thank you for the music

For giving it to me

So I say thank you for the music

For giving it to me"

There was a brief moment of silence when Felicity finish her song. She bowed and then the clapping began. She had the biggest smile I had ever seen.

Uncle came up behind me, "She does look beautiful over there."

"Yes, she really does," I nodded slowly. I jumped when I realized what I had just said, but Uncle didn't say a thing just stared over at her.

Suddenly, three tall men were approaching her through the crowd, "Uncle?"

"I see, let's go."

Felicity didn't even see us, but if the men tried anything Uncle and I were right there. When we reached her the man in the front was holding her hand and introducing himself. "Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Quon, I am an entrepreneur from Ba sing Se. You have quite the voice, my dear. Have you ever thought about singing professionally?"

"Well, of course, but I can't," Felicity slid her hand out of his.

"Why not, you could take Ba Sing Se by storm," Quon continued. "You'll never want for anything and I can get you a home in the upper ring of the city."

"Don't get me wrong, that all sounds wonderful, but there is someone who needs me." She picked up the tea-cup and stared down at it, "He would never say it out loud, but I want to be there to help him whenever he needs me."

"Your boyfriend is more than welcome to come with you," Quon put his jeweled hand on Felicity's shoulder.

"He's not my boyfriend," She laughed then got serious again, "He's meant to be with someone else, but there are a lot of things he needs to do and learn. So I'll be right there to help. I'm sorry, if it were that easy I would go with you, but I can't."

Quon nodded and smiled, "Well, if you are ever in Ba Sing Se, or if you ever change your mind just look me up." He set a pouch in her tea-cup before turning to leave.

"I will, thank you," Felicity bowed. She waited until the trio was gone before she turned around, "Jeezy chreezy, Fussy Pants, scare me to death, why don't cha?"

"What was that all about?" I nodded towards the men.

"What?" She looked back at Quon and his men, "Oh, nothing he was just a nice rich guy that liked my singing. See, look, we're going to get pretty far with this haul. Are you hungry?"

"Save your money, I'll go fishing if I'm hungry," It burned me up inside when she would spend her money on me. It didn't feel right. I used to take care of her, now she had taken on my old role and it made me feel useless.

"You know I can hear you right, now?" She cocked her head to the side, "You don't have to be ashamed. I don't mind…"

"Well, I do!" I didn't mean to yell at her, "Stay out of my head. I hate that more than anything else."

"I can't help it, Fussy pants, sometimes you just think so hard and loud about something it just pops in my head. I'm sorry." She reached out for me, but I backed away and handed her bag back to her.

"We need to get out of here, you've drawn too much attention," I quickly changed the subject. "Put your money away before someone tries to rob you."

"It's our money," She gave me a slightly angry look.

I pulled my gaze away from hers, "Where's Uncle?"

We spent most of the night looking for Uncle Iroh. When we finally found him he was playing Pai Sho in a tea house at the end of the performer's street. Felicity and I didn't speak much to each other after that. We had said enough tonight anyways.

ALICE'S POV

We got straight to work on trying to find Bumi. I didn't really say anything about where he was because until the not-so-successful trade with Azula and her group I really didn't know where he was being kept.

As we snuck our way through the city we found ourselves at the higher portion of the city. Below was Mai, her mother, little brother, and their escorts. Great, Mai! I am not looking forward to what happens when she and Felicity go toe to toe… Well… On the other hand, "Nevermind, I'm good with it."

"What did you say, Alice?" Katara looked back at me.

"What? Oh, nothing, just thinking out loud, sorry," I shook my head quickly.

Above us there was a rumble of rocks the resistance had pushed down the slope of the building towards Mai and her family. Aang quickly thwarted the attack, but all it earned us was being chased down by Mai had her crazy throwing knives. For a girl that is as unbearably boring as Mai, she had some awesome skills with those arrows and knives of hers.

She spread her arms and, aming at Aang sent tiny arrows flying from her wrists. Aang quickly jumped up, avoiding the attack. As we tried to make our escape, Mai's two guards stared climbing the latters to chase after us.

"Katara!" I called as she turned on her heels and opened her water pouch. As she did I pulled half of the water to myself and whipped the guard to the right. Katara whipped the guard to the left. When that was done Katara and I made an ice wall to block Mai. Mai just jump over the ice, but it was enough time for Katara and me to get past Aang. He blasted the construction scaffolding causing it to collapse. It still didn't stop Mai. We had all regrouped and prepared ourselves to fight her when the ground fell from under our feet.

As we fell a hit my head on something just hard enough to cause the room to go dark. I had never been knocked out before, but it was a lot like sleeping. As in quickly and painfully falling to sleep in the blink of an eye when you didn't want to.

FLASHBACK – the Northern Water Tribe

I'm never going to get used to how it was here. No matter how much I bundled up I was still freezing.

It had been two days since I went to the prison to see Chan. I almost talked myself out of going again, but there was just something about the last time we talked that I wasn't quiet sure about. It was almost like he was putting on a mask.

When I walked into the cell where he was being held I was suddenly welcomed by a wave of heat. Chan was sitting in the middle of his cell in a meditation pose. His shirt was folded neatly on the bed and he wasn't wearing any shoes. I knew he was the cause of the heat when I saw him sitting there. Heat coiled off of his skin. I could literally see it swirling through the air.

"Chan, can you hear me?" I sat down on the bench outside the cells' bars. "Hello?" When he didn't answer for a moment I stood up to leave and walked to the door.

"Don't go," I heard him whisper behind me. "You being here, it's peaceful."

"Okay?" I sat back down and waited quietly.

He took a deep breath and opened his eyes to look up at me, "I'm glad to see you again, Lady Alice."

"Really, Chan, just call me Alice. Better yet call me Ally." I insisted. It was sweet, but I really could do without the title.

He looked very unsure for a moment then, he stood up and bowed before turning to get his shirt, "If only my father could see me now, and the disgrace his son has become. My mother would probably die of embarrassment." His normally carefree smile faded into a serious, ashamed glare at the ground. "I'm sorry, it's just how I was raised. It will take some time for me to get used to it. Lady Felicity didn't like to be called Lady either, but I was taught to always respect my betters."

"That's just it, Chan, I'm not your better. I'm just Alice, a simple girl that's not really supposed to be here," I smiled. "Let me guess, you had strict parents that always wanted, even pressured you to succeed, and when you didn't they took it as a poor reflection on themselves."

"Yes," Chan pulled his shirt over his head, "How did you know that?"

"I'm a psychology major," I just grinned. Looks like I had been learning a thing or two at school, "Well that, and my mother is the same way."

"What is a psychology major?" He sat down next to the bar next to me.

"It's the study of the human mind and their behaviors," I tried to explain as simply as I could.

Chan seemed to understand, he nodded, "That sounds like it would be very interesting. So you can meet people and figure out parts of their life by examining their traits?"

I had to admit I was pleasantly surprised, "Yes!"

"And what can you tell about me?" He straightened his back and held up his head.

"Well, you are well educated." It was an easy enough. He seemed to approve the comment because he grinned and nodded. "You're strong and extremely energetic, the way you keep yourself has an air of nobility to it so you are not someone of low birth. Your family is probably a prominent one. That will also explain why your parents put so much pressure on you to succeed. You are probably the kind of person that needs to win, not really for yourself but to make your family proud, and the way to speak seems like you're just telling me what I want to hear and what you think will make me happy. This is also probably because of your parents, most controlling parents think that negative comments or emotions as personal afflictions." I stopped and look a deep breath, "So am I close."

His confident grin had faded, "Spot on, actually. I didn't think I was so easy to read."

"Oh, you're not, you hide it well, but there are some things that stand out," I cocked my head to the side. "Sorry if I said anything that bothered you."

"No, not at all," He was blank for a moment like he was trying to figure out the best face to put on next.

I reached through the bars and took his hand, "Don't try so hard. You can just be yourself around me, there's no need to impress me."

He gave me a relieved look, "I have to say, Lady Alice, you have taken me a bit off guard."

"Chan…"

"I mean, Ally," He smiled.

I gave him a quick, playful glare, "You did that on purpose."

"You tell me," Chan's smile got even bigger, but then he suddenly looked serious. In a seriously too sexy for my own good, kinda way. "How long can you stay with me today? I've missed your company."

"I can stay a little bit longer," I blushed slightly, but I shook myself out of it. "Stop that."

"What?" He straightened.

"You just…eh… stop being so perfect." I growled. He started to laugh, but I stopped him, "No, don't laugh, I'm serious. I want to get to know you, but no one is this perfect."

"What do you want me to do then?" He looked confused.

"Nothing, just… show me the Chan no one sees. The Chan you are when no one is looking." I scratched the back of my head. "Let me get to know the real you."

"It's not a pretty picture," He shook his head.

"I don't care. It's real, be real with me if you want me to keep coming back to see you." I stood up and turned to the door.

"Wait, Alice," He reached through the bars and caught my hand, "I don't know how. All I've ever been taught all my life was to be someone that would make my family proud."

"Then think about it." I squeezed his hand, "You have to decide who you want to be, and what kind of person you would be proud of." I smiled again. "Maybe while you're figuring out who you are, I'll figure out who I am too."

"What do you mean?" Chan questioned but didn't let go of my hand.

I stared down at his hand and mine, "I'll be back tomorrow." I slide my fingers away from his. It wasn't until I said it out loud that I realized I wasn't really talking to him. I was talking to myself. I had always been Felicity's little sister. Now I wanted to be Alice.

"Alice?" Chan called, but I forced myself to keep walking "Wait, Alice!"

NORMAL TIME

"Alice! Alice, are you okay?" Katara, Aang, and Sokka did their best to gently wake me.

"Mm…five more minutes," I waved them off.

Katara smiled, "She's fine. You really had us worried. Can you stand?"

"Yeah, my head hurts. Who hit me?" I took Aang and Sokka's hands and they helped me to my feet.

"No one, Alice," Sokka laughed.

"Oh, okay good. I wouldn't want to have to rough someone up," I held up my fists, but staggered back.

The Omashu Solider, Yung, motioned at the ground, "Maybe she needs to sit back down.

Aang laughed, "Good idea. So what is going on here. So, is King Bumi with you guys? Is he leading the resistance?"

Yung suddenly became very angry, "Of course not! The day of the invasion, we readied ourselves for battle. We were prepared to defend our city ... to fight for our lives and for our freedom. But before we even had a chance, King Bumi surrendered." Yung looked at all of us and explained what happened, "It doesn't matter now. Fighting the Fire Nation is the only path to freedom. And freedom is worth dying for."

Aang looked somewhat sad, "Actually there's another path to freedom. You could leave Omashu. You're directing all your energy to fight the Fire Nation. But you're outnumbered. You can't win. Now's the time to retreat, so you can live to fight another day."

Yung made a powerful hand gesture, "You don't understand. They've taken our home, and we have to fight them at any cost!"

I couldn't help but speak up, "You might be willing to pay that price, but what about all these citizens? They aren't soldiers, how are they supposed to fight?"

One of the other soldiers stepped up, "Yeah, I don't know, Yung, living to fight another day is startin' to sound pretty good to me."

The other fighter nodded, "Yeah, I'm with the kids."

Yung looked around the room, "Fine. But there's thousands of citizens that need to leave. How're we going to get them all out?"

"Suckers!" Sokka jumped in, "You're all about to come down with a nasty case of pentapox."

It took forever to gather up enough pentapui to stick to everyone. I stared down at the bucket full of cute little, purple pentapui, "Ah, Squishy, I will never forget you."

Sokka groaned next to me, "Not that again, there's tons of them just get another one."

"How dare you, Sokka! Do you think I am so fickle that I could simply replace Squishy just like that?" I jerked up and stomped my foot.

"It shouldn't be all that hard. Just look at how many there are," He held up the bucket.

"Given, they are all very cute, but Squishy will always hold a special place in my heart," I huffed at him and stuck out my tongue.

"Oh, come on, Alice," Sokka laughed. He shook his head and turned to the crowd who were all covered in spots, "The marks make ya look sick, but you gotta act sick too. Ya gotta sell it!" Right after he gave his instructions an old man went hobbling by groaning in pain as he cluched his back. "Now that's what I'm talkin' about."

The old man smiled back at Sokka, "Years of practice."

Sokka nodded at the old man then turned back to all of us, "Okay everyone! Into sick formation."

Now time for the fun to start. I put on my best zombie impression as we made our way out of the city.

FELICITY'S POV

"I'm proud of you, Zuko, a little more practice and you will be an first rate fisherman." I laughed as he caught his fourth fish.

"Don't tease, this is just so we can eat nothing more." Zuko lifted his chin.

I nodded, "I agree, but still you're doing great."

"Felicity, can I ask you something?" Zuko looked down at me as I sat next to his rock on the ground.

"Of course, Fussy pants," I smiled up at him.

He pulled in his line and sat down next to me on the bank of the river, "You know Uncle and I heard what that man said to you last night, about singing in Ba Sing Se. Why didn't you go with him? He could have given you a better life."

"Because I would rather be sitting right here on the bank of this river with you doing nothing of importance at all, than alone in Ba Sing Se." I smiled out over the water just enjoying the sun on my face.

"But why?" He asked again, "What we had between us is over now…."

I looked over at him, "That doesn't mean I stopped caring." I took a deep breath and sighed before hopping up to my feet. "So, what do you say, fussy pants, should we get back to Uncle or…uh, I have a better idea." I walked over to my bag and took my notebook and two pencils out, "It's been a long time since you worked on learning my writing."

"Felicity," He groaned.

"Nope, I don't want to hear that." I sat down next to him again. "Okay, here." I handed him the three pieces of paper I had torn out of my notebook for him so long ago."

"You still have these?" Zuko gapped at me.

"Yes, and you should have had them to practice," I opened my notebook. "Okay, so what makes the 'Ca' sound?"

Zuko groaned again, "A 'K' and sometimes a 'C,' like in the words 'cat' or 'call.'"

"Very good," I clapped. "Looks like you remember a thing or two."

We sat on the bank of the river and went through the alphabet twice. It was moments like these that made me forget our fight and how everything had changed between us. We were just back in his room talking together. What I wouldn't give to have those days back, but with him growing his hair out, of course. But, I had to face the facts. Zuko wasn't mine. He never would be, but at least I could say, for a little while, he was.

Hello all my darlings,

I've decided to make this chapter a two-parter because it has gotten so long. I got a little carried away with myself. I wanted to put so much in here I forgot the episode. But at least I can give you all something much sooner!

It looks like the votes for Alikka and Chalice are 50/50. I love seeing how you guys are pulling for. I wanted to give the Chalice shippers something this time. Chan seemed so perfect but Alice can see through that mask. My sister is really good at that, honestly.

*FUN FACT* Quon is actually the man who later gives Uncle Iroh his own tea shop!

But anyways...I hope you all have a wonderful new year and I will see you next time!