AN: I am so sorry that this is taking me to dang long for you guys. At first I just lost all faith for this story, but once again, I am regaining my faith. My life has been through a whole lot of crap, and my emotions have been through a giant roller coaster. I have also been working with on Fiction Press with some other story ideas at the same time, so my mind hasn't been all here or all there. I apologize for whether or not this is pure crap, and if you do not approve of it, but I do hope that you guys like this. If you guys would like to read my Fiction Press story, my username is TrueRebellion14 and my story is called, "Here is Where the Ends Meet". Thanks you guys for staying with me on this.

Chapter 17

Katara's POV

The air was dusty and I could not see absolutely a thing with the amount of darkness that was in the room. Feeling around the room, I could feel that three walls surrounded me on my left, back, and right. To my front, I could sense that there was a free space, and I walked toward it. As I continued walking (more like stumbling) my way down the passageway, I suddenly felt my foot stubbing a rise in the stairs.

"Damn it!"

Feeling around me as much as I could, I could tell that the whole thing led to a staircase. With my foot, numb, I carefully made my way up the staircase, and when I saw a sudden glow above me, I began walking faster and faster toward the light, until suddenly there were no more steps and I was soon falling flat on my face.

Glancing around at my surroundings, I saw that there was a torch sitting in a fixture along the wall, but that it was the only one down the hallway. Feeling my way around the wall, I looked to see if there was another way out of the dark passage. It wasn't until I heard the sound of a click that the wall moved a bit. Looking up, I saw that by pressing all of my weight on the panel the door opened, so I continued to push the wall bit by bit, until finally there was enough space for me to climb into the next room.

Searching around the also very dark room for a door, I saw the shimmer of a window with the curtains moving, closed from the moonlight, grabbing the two pieces of fabric, I pulled them apart, and saw Yue was glowing exceptionally bright tonight, even if she was slightly smaller tonight.

The room was small, and I could see that there were three doors in the room, but both were unable to distinguish as to whether or not if it led out or not. Picking the one closer to me, I grabbed onto the door handle and pulled onto the heavy door with all of my might.

What I saw, I would never be able to stop myself form seeing ever again…

Zhong's POV

Mai was just so beautiful in this very moment, I mean, not that she isn't beautiful every single day, but right now, she just looks so…peaceful. She doesn't have any worries right now as she is sleeping, and I can't help but feel guilty that she can't feel like that every single day of her life, with me. Glancing around the room, I look at all of the clothes that are just strewn across the floor in our haste to be together, and I lightly chuckle.

Closing my eyes, I fiddle with her silky, raven hair and begin to try falling asleep.

"CLICK! CLICK! BUMP!"

My eyes snapped opened, and I would have jumped from the bed if Mai wasn't wrapped around me right now, but I feel her tense up, and she looks up at me.

"What was that?"

"I don't know, but wait right here."

Getting up from the bed, I pull on a pair of my lighter pants, and went over to the door. Mai was pulling the covers over her chest. Walking quietly over to the door, I listened for any sudden noise, but I couldn't hear anything. Looking back over to Mai, I gestured for her to be quiet, and I pushed open the door, getting into a quick stance.

Looking around the room, I couldn't see anything, it wasn't until I heard a shifting, that I blasted the person with fire, and I heard a scream.

Katara's POV

Old wrappings hung around the entire room, dry and ugly, I wanted to vomit everywhere, but apparently someone did that a long time ago way before me. The whole place smelled disgusting, and I couldn't stand it anymore.

I bet Zuko doesn't know about this.

Closing the door, it made a sort of banging noise, and pretty soon I was looking at the next two doors, deciding on which to open next. Looking back to the door I just opened, I decided to go with the one on the farthest side rather than right next to the bathroom door. Grasping the handle, I held my breath, but before I could pull the door that I never opened swung open, and all I could see was a blast of fire and also I heard a scream echoing through the air.

AN 2: So anyways thanks you guys for everything, I will be continuing on with my story, and I do hope that you will like it. Please review!