Aang shuddered. He knew the spirit world had brought him there for a reason, but he was afraid of what he would find inside. Aang spun on his heel to go back, But his guide was gone. The trail had disappeared.

He shook himself. There was nothing to be afraid of aang thought. It's just an empty cave anyway. So he slowly inched down the slop that led to the base of the tree. The ground started shifting under-neath his feet, until it gave way and aang fell flat on his face right in front of the taunting darkness. "er...yeah." aang mutterd awkardly standing back up. He instinctively flicked his wrist to create a small light to see by, but nothing happend and he sighed. Seized with a sudden moment of courage he walked straight into the cave.