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I am finally able to update since I just started my summer break so expect more chapters :D

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It had been a week since the Unagi hunt and Azula was ready to leave the island to go on another hunt, this time Zuko couldn't help but agree. The people of Kyoshi but the firebender could feel a sense of distrust coming from the villagers.

They began loading their things onto a boat and double checking their supplies when they heard a voice call out from the distance. Azula turned and saw Sokka running towards them with a bag slung over his shoulders "Hey wait up!" he shouted out.

Zuko sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose as he chucked his bag onto the boat and turned to see the Water Tribe teen approaching the two hunters. "Wait." He panted out, leaning over and taking deep breaths of air.

"Did you need anything Sokka?" Zuko asked crossing his arms. Sokka stood up and adjusted the strap of his bag on his shoulder "Actually there is." He said turning to the Firebender "Did you actually think you'll leave without me?"

Azula and Zuko gave each other questioning glances "Excuse me?" the huntress asked.

"Oh come on guys! We made a pretty great team that last hunt, imagine if we stuck together-"

"No" Zuko said cutting the tan boy off "We don't work well in groups"'

Sokka crossed his arms "Look, you aren't exactly Mister Idea Guy when it comes to pressure on a hunt, I'm good at making plans and I'm sure Azula could agree with me too" He said nodding his head towards the girl who narrowed her eyes at the boy. "But not the point, besides I already broke things off with Suki and I REALLY cannot stay here." He said glancing nervously behind him towards the small village.

Zuko sighed and glanced at Azula who shrugged at him. He realized there was no way they would get rid of The Water Tribe boy. "Fine, just no funny business." The firebender said pointing a finger at Sokka's chest.

Sokka rolled his eyes and pushed Zuko's finger away "Yeah yeah I get it Jerkbender." He said then turned to Azula and winked. Azula chuckled 'Jerkbender, nice nickname.' She thought.

Soon the trio was out at sea and it seemed like the perfect day to be out. "So where to next?" Azula asked as she plopped down on the deck of the boat.

Sokka and Zuko were sparring with swords and from what the huntress could see, her brother was beating the Water Tribe boy. Sokka pulled away from Zuko and turned to Azula "I heard about this case out in the North Pole, not sure if you guys are up for it."

Zuko rolled his eyes "Just tell us"

"Well I heard from a man who was from the North talking about a curse and how he had to move away with his family. So I decided to question him and found out some crazy things."

"What kind of curse?" The huntress asked

Sokka threw his sword up to block Zuko's surprise attack "Whoa there buddy, nice try." He said with a chuckle while Zuko smirked as their swords clamped against each other.

The Hunter turned to Azula and smiled "Anyways, it's a spiritual curse, given by a Spirit from the Spirit world. Unfortunately these curses aren't the easiest to break, it requires release from the Spirit itself." He said glancing away from Azula just in time to knock Zuko on his back.

"Yeild?" he asks.

Zuko narrows his eyes "Yeild."

With a grin Sokka throws down his sword and lays on the deck "So on every full moon there are strange attacks by numerous amounts of wolves who somehow enter the city, which I think are part of the curse."

"What do you think it is?" Azula asked looking over at Zuko who has already opened the book to research. She knew there was no point in trying to talk to him.

"Wolf Shifters." Sokka said.

"Wolf Shifters?" She repeated skeptically. "Yeah okay, I think you've landed too many blows to the head. There are no such thing."

Sokka chuckled "Really? Of all the things you've come across, you would think you wouldn't have doubts that any supernatural creature exist. Wolf Shifters are real."

The huntress crossed her arms and turned her head, annoyed by the boy's presence. She hated his charm and his stupid humor. But he was right, why shouldn't she believe in Wolf Shifters, surely if Blood Benders exist Wolf Shifters do to. Sokka glanced at her from the corner of his eye nervously.

"My grandmother, who was also a huntress, told me stories of how the Moon Spirit was turning her worshipers into wolves, to serve as her minions during the Full Moon where her powers were at their peak."

He paused to see if he was still paying attention, to his surprise she was turned to face him with her face ontop of her knees, staring intently at him "And then?" she asked.

"She said it spread through the village and caused chaos."

FLASHBACK

"Kanna! The village is being attacked!" a warrior said entering her tent as she sharpened her spear. With a gasp of fear she quickly grabbed her weapon and along with a small dagger.

Screams could be heard all through the village along with howls and growls. "Kanna! We must protect the women and children" her husband Akio said running up to her. She could see the blood stains on his parka.

"What's going on?" she asked as they began to run through the large village. This has never happened in the South before, no attacks like this. Wolves were never this close to the homes, they were just as afraid as humans were to them. It didn't make any sense.

"Chief, get over here." One of Akio's men called out. Kanna and Akio ran to the edge of the village where they saw Yutta, Akio's right hand man withering on the floor in pain.

"Akio, help me!" he cried out.

Her husband ran over to him before the sound of flesh ripping and bones moving caused him to stop and stare in horror as his best friend turned into a wolf right in front of him.

His glowing Silver eyes stared at Akio's ice blue ones before it growled and pounced. "No!" Kanna says as she runs with spear in hand.

She was too late, its razor sharp claws dug into her husband's chest, coming out his back. Akio turned his head to his wife and looked into her eyes "I love you Kanna." He said. She ran to catch him before he hit the snow "Wake up Akio, you can't leave us, you can't!" she pleads and begs.

Suddenly seeing red, Kanna began to chase the grey wolf as it ran through the village in search of its next victim. Feeling lost the huntress ran to the town square in search of the wolf.

"Mamma!" a small voice cried out.

Kanna's heart stopped, she knew that voice. With a sudden burst of energy she ran to the outside of her home where she saw the same wolf with its back arched and teeth bared staring at her six year old son who was up against the igloo.

"Hakoda, sweetheart, do not move a muscle." Kanna commands to her son.

"Mom, I'm scared." He says, he bright blue eyes wide with fear as he kept his eyes on the large wolf.

"Don't be, remember you are a warrior, we aren't scared of anything." She says giving him and encouraging smile.

He looks away from the wolf for a second to nod his head at his mother. "Now, you're going to run Hakoda, okay?"

Her son looked over at the wolf in fear "No, no, don't look at him, just at me Hakoda."

The six year old looked at his mother "Okay." He said in a small voice.

"Now!" she yelled.

Faster than he has ever ran, Hakoda ran through the wolf's legs and into his mother's arms. The wolf turned to them preparing to pounce. "This is for Akio you bastard." Kanna said as she held her spear up and ran towards the wolf.

PRESENT

"So that was the day our village lost its Chief and the day we destroyed all the wolf shifters along with gaining knowledge of them." Sokka says as he watched the sun begin to set.

"Wow, so you know how to find and hunt these things?" Zuko asks. The water tribe boy turned and nodded.

"It's not an easy task, we need to find some sort of Priest in the North Pole or someone who has connection to the Spirit World so we can talk to the Spirit who is the cause of all this." Sokka said.

"Well we're going to need a plan, what if we come across Shifters?" Azula asked.

"Don't use being on them, it doesn't really work unless you make an ice dagger, weapons are preferable. Aim for the neck or back of the head, those are soft spots and you'll most likely kill them with the first strike." Sokka said as he pulled out a piece of paper and drew a smaller scale of a Wolf Shifter.

He pointed at the soft spots and made sure to emphasize on the claws "Those and the teeth are what you have to worry about, once their teeth are latched on to you most likely that body part will come off or you'll die. The claws are very sharp, they can go straight through your body and kill you instantly."

Zuko glanced at his sister worriedly, these Shifters seemed more dangerous than he thought. If they were that bad, how could the entire city of the North Pole survive?

"One more thing." Sokka said looking up at the siblings, his face serious "If you see someone Shift in front of your eyes don't hesitate to kill them, once they are wolves they are shifters for the rest of their lives, there's no use to sparing them. They aren't thinking, it's like the wolf possesses them and takes over their body."

Azula looked away, she wouldn't know how to handle seeing a person shift in front of her, especially a child. But she knew she was going to have to do it, for the sake of keeping others safe. That's what her father taught her.

"How long until we get to the North Pole?" Zuko asked.

"We're in the North Pole already dummy head." Azula said rolling her eyes "The city itself is still a few more house away."

Zuko and Sokka groaned in annoyance "Is there land anywhere near?"

Azula knocked them both on their heads and looked around and noticed the last pieces of land nearby "There." She says pointing.

Sokka steers the ship towards the small island and stops at the sandshore. "Great Sokka, now we're going to have to push the ship back into sea when we leave." Zuko said.

"Hey! There's no dock nearby and if we dropped anchor at sea we would of have to swim to shore so don't get grumpy with me Jerkbender!"

Zuko and Sokka were glaring at each other standing chest to chest angrily. Azula rolled her eyes and shoved them away from each other "Listen of you two want to keep fighting like a bunch of girls then by all means continue but I'm going to hunt for food, you know so we can survive." She said adjusting her bow and arrows on her back and headed into the forest.

"Wait Azula we didn't even walk the perimeter we don't know what's out there." Zuko said.

"Then go look around!" She shouted annoyed.

The firebender's shoulder slumped and grumbled, grabbing his sword and obeyed his sisters orders. "Come on Sokka or do you want to stay here alone?"

The water tribe boy grabbed his spear and followed the steaming boy.

They walked in silence until Sokka decided he was tired of not speaking "So what's your story Fire Boy?"

Zuko glanced at Sokka from the corner of his eye "I'm sure you've heard the stories." He said dismissively.

"Yeah but who know' if they're true."

The firebender groaned "Look, my mom died when I was younger then my dad took us away from Palace life to raise us to hunt supernatural beings as a way to avenge our mother. That's all to know."

Sokka was about to reply when he heard a cry. He looked over at Zuko who had grown pale "Azula!"

They ran through the snowy forest and saw a figure lying on the ground. The skidded to a halt when they noticed a blue parka instead of Azula's red one.

They hid behind some bushes as they watched the girl, knowing they should help but they didn't know if she was a monster or not.

"Damn it." She hissed as she sat up and cradled her leg.

Zuko watched closely as she laid back down with a sigh. He saw she had wild, long, thick brown hair, tan skin, and from what he could see very blue eyes. "Zuko what do we do?" Sokka asked.

"Damn you snowy terrain, damn you waterbending for sucking, damn you bow and arrow for not working, and damn you wolves for attacking me." She growled out as she tended to her wound.

A small whimper left her mouth as she put cold ice on her bitten leg. Zuko stared at the girl and knew what he had to do.

Getting out of the bushes he slowly approached the girl.

Her eyes widened as she readied her bow "Whoa whoa whoa! Don't get near me!" she screamed "I wont hesitate to shoot." She threatened.

"Whoa there sister, we aren't going to hurt you." Sokka said ducking down, Zuko grabbed his shoulder and dragged him back a few steps.

"Just lower your weapon, I'm Zuko and this is Sokka." The firebender said gesturing to his companion.

She lowed her bow before letting out a hiss and looked down at her leg. "Come on we have to get you to a safe place and my sister can tend to your wound." Zuko said getting closer to her.

The blue eyed girl looked at him skeptically before nodding her head allowing the stranger to pick her up in his arms.

"What's your name?" Zuko asked looking down at her and noticed she was nervously looking around before meeting his golden eyes.

"Katara." She said.

"Well you're in good hands now Katara." He said before turning to Sokka who was watching Katara with furrowed eyebrows.

"Sokka?"

"Yeah?" The water tribe bow asked.

"Grab her things and let's find Azula." Zuko said gesturing to Katara's bow and arrow along with her small sack.

"So what are you doing out here alone?" the hunter asked the small girl his arms.

"I'm on a mission." She said crossing her arms.

"Mission?"

"I'm on a case about Wolf Shifters. I was on my way to the North Pole when my boat was attacked by some rouge wolves who decided that I was their next meal but I managed to escape them. They didn't leave without a taste of me I guess." She said looking down at her bleeding leg.

"Wait. You're a hunter?" Sokka asked.

She looked over Zuko's shoulder to look at the blue eyed boy "Yeah, I have been since I was a child."

"Where are you from?" Sokka asked raising an eyebrow.

"South Pole." She said quietly "But I was raised in the Earth Kingdom on a small farm, let's just say it wasn't the best place to live especially with monsters roaming the place."

"How do you know you're from the South?" he couldn't help but asked.

She gave him a 'are you stupid' look before pointing at her eyes "Blue eyes, tan skin? Plus I have this." She pulled down her parka around her neck to reveal a necklace.

"My mother's necklace!" they both said.

"What?" they said together again.

Zuko looked nervously between the two "I think you just discovered you have a long lost sibling."

The two blue eyed teens stared at each other "I have a brother?" she asked in a small voice.

"I guess so." He said with a grin.

Tears flowed down her eyes "Nice to meet you brother."

He chuckled and ruffled her hair "You too little sis."

Zuko smiled and realsed they were near the camp, he could smell meat cooking and hear a fire going "It seems like Azula has everything ready for us."

As they neared the make shift camp, Azula looked up from her work to see her brother carrying a girl. She couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. She stood up and brushed her pants and approached the two boys "When I told you to check the perimeter I didn't expect a girl back." She said crossing her arms.

"Well turns out she's Sokka's long lost sister." Zuko said as he set Katara down by the fire.

"Her leg's injured, can you patch her up Azula?" Sokka asked looking into her eyes.

She tried not to blush and nodded her head, kneeling down in front of Katara and grabbing her sack that had healing herbs in it.

Zuko watched Katara with an intense gaze, she seemed so different from all the huntresses, why was she alone? Katara felt his gaze and blushed nervously before smiling at him.

He smiled back before looking away and rubbing the back of his neck.

The Hunter had a feeling that this mission was going to be interesting.

Yay Katara is here!

Sorry for the lack of big monster hunting in this Chapter but it is Part 1 and i felt the need to include the back story about the Shifters with Sokka's family.

And to talk about Kanna's husband since she ran away from the North Pole she never married Pakku so she had to have had a husband or something since she had Hakoda.

Anyways just wanted to clear that up.

Next Chapter is Part 2: The group finally makes it to the North Pole where they meet Yue. Azula is jealous and Zuko's little crush on Katara escalates. Not to forget the Wolf- Shifters and the Moon Spirit.