Suddenly a wave of many-colored; frothing plasma apeard over the horizon. It grew closer and closer until it was almost on top of him. Aang (sensing this was not a friendly force) spun around sprinted back into the forest. It swallowed up the tree's he had passed seconds before, ever gaining on him.

The tree's became thicker and aang dodged nimbly around them. For a second time the tree's laid up and aang stumbled into a clearing. He braced himself for the substance to wash over him, but it never came. The wave had just vanished. Aang let out a breath of relief and turned back to his surroundings. The clearing as aang had expected it to be was completely empty. The ground was sandy and parched. In other words: Lifeless. But surely not as lifeless as the (used to be) forest behind him. Aang knelt down slowly letting some of the sand slip through his glowing blue hand. He noticed that the ground snaked forward in front of him creating a trail. A split second later aang decided to follow it, having no idea where to begin his search.

As he walked he thought about his previous excursion into the spirit world...

and there you go! hope you like it! next chapter might be out later today. If not, tomorrow. as always: PLEASE REVIEW! i love hearing your in-put. :)

n.a. brun