I woke a little before dawn, stretching like a cat. Agni, I love that ache as i stretched first thing in the morning. It reasures me I'm alive. I heard a sort of grunt and looked at ty in some strange acrobatic form dead asleep. That girl is so confusing, she sleeps like the dead but constantly moves around like a small antzy insect in her waking hours. I got up and looked around getting an idea of how far off we might be from the temple. Stealing some time to myself I strech, try to wake up, and while no ones around to judge me... admire the view. Not too bad for a day that i'm assuming will go down as a waste. I spend the next few minutes sighing and thinking about zuko. then just as light started to peak over the horizon, i woke ty. Its probably taken me an hour or two to feel like moving. Not ty though, she just hopped up looked at me with a big grin that just seemed to fit her next questions perfectly.

"i can't wait, i wonder if they'll like us? do you think that one cute guy is there? oh i bet their all funny? don't you mai? I think they might even make you smile. Except for the water tribe girl... she was kinda scary. Not like azula, but in a way that i wanna stay on her good side. Her hair is really pretty though. I wonder if she likes pink? oh agni mai, i'm so excited, when do we go? huh? huh?" ty asked jumping up and down as we walked, quickly making me regret waking her. While we walk towards our destination, she continues to inform me of useless information. Like what she dreamed about, or her favorite animal from the circus, or how many nuts she can gather while doing a handstand. I had to resist the urge to knock her out and just carry her the rest of the way. Unfortunatly she's suprisingly heavy and i'm feeling pretty crappy each growing minute. I guess i'll just have to put up with her for now.

"i don't know. stop asking." i said about ten minutes later, as we finally cleared the tree's looking into a canyon. i sighed knowing it would be a workout climbing down to the temple. i grabed two lare knives and handed them to ty then grabbing two of my own. we slowly decended using the knives to grab support into the walls. when we finally reached the ground i looked around mesmerized by the beauty of this place.

"its so beautiful..."i said aloud imediately regretting it as my voice echoed the walls loudly and ty giggled at my ease to confess a feeling in front of her.

"careful mai, wouldn't want anyone to find out you actually feel." ty continued to giggle sending echos through the chambers.

"ty shhh they still hate us remember? we're still the enemy as far as they know. lets go try to find the avatar." i said grabbing for the knives in her hands, before i was suddenly overwhelmed with pain and weakness. i fell to my knees gasping. It was interesting because I really thought I was doing better. I hadn't felt much pain through the hike, only disgust at how much i was sweating. I think it was sweat anyway.

"MAI! are you ok?" ty lee yelled a little too loudly. i knew we were screwed as soon as i saw the look on the water tribe girls face when she walked around the corner finding us. I twisted again to try standing but found the world around me spinning and a sharp pain in my ribs. I probably should've wrapped them tighter. oops.