I still don't own LoK nor Anastasia.

Also, thanks to my reviwers! You brighten my days!

Anastasia knew what was coming as the waters rushed into the room that they were in and swept Iroh back towards her. this time, she didn't even try to fight the horrific flashbacks that forced their way to the front of her mind and vision.

She could feel herself drowning, she could feel the water entering her lungs at long last as she could have sworn that Rasputin was dragging her down into the lake with her. she felt herself becoming cold, distant, and yet there were hands upon her, hands that she could have sworn were Demitri's.

"Anastasia!" she heard someone yell through the waters, the voice bubbling as the rush of air escaped his mouth, and she realized that this was not Demitri at all. "Anastasia!"

She jerked her eyes open to find the familiar firebender in front of her losing consciousness as he tried to get her out of the boat that they were in. she steeled herself and tried to force her way out to the top, only to feel herself fading in a like manner that he had been. As one last way of thanking him, she curled her arms around his waist and hugged him.

She had just felt her head go limp on his shoulder next to his head when she was jerked up by the waist by a cord of some sort, and then another one shift waters past her. she didn't want to die, not like this, not with Rasputin somehow attacking her again. but she couldn't fight back, she couldn't do anything, and it hurt her inside.

But it wasn't Rasputin attacking her that she was feeling, it was Korra and Lin working together. Luckily for the Avatar, Lin was awake and looking for Lightning Bolt Zolt when she'd felt his seismic weight at the docks. She had followed, or attempted to, only to be driven back by a waterbender. Korra was around her and had created a large air bubble for the two of them as they rode Naga, and it was she who had insisted that they go inside the capsized boat, insisting that Aang wanted it.

As Lin saw the unmistakable form of Anastasia's hair floating in the waters, she sent out a metal cord to wrap around the duchess' waist and bring her back. it was only when she did so that she noticed the limp form of General Iroh, and used another cord to bring him back into the air bubble as well. Try as Korra might, she needed to get to the surface in order to get the two the help that they needed. Lin knew this, and used metalbending to create a giant rip in the boat.

"What about the other one?" Korra asked looking back, and Lin looked over her shoulder.

"Let him drown. He's a criminal anyways," she said uncaringly, "Just get us to the surface."

"Alright, Naga! Up!" Korra ordered, and the polar bear dog swam towards the surface as best that she could with four passengers and one of them wearing metal.

Korra let down the water bubble immediately as they resurfaced and began focusing on waterbending the water out of Iroh's and Anastasia's lungs. The two were deathly pale, and even Lin knew that they would probably die if they didn't get them to land. Lin urged the polar bear dog to go back to the nearest section of land was. Zuko, Katara, Tenzin, and Pema had all woken up in worry and premonition on Air Temple Island, or from one of the others moving about. It was as Katara was looking out over the waters that she saw the polar bear dog and knew what had happened immediately.

Naga lay down as she reached the shore of Air Temple Island, sensing that her mistress needed her two patients on the ground. Korra began waterbending the water out of Anastasia's lungs first, while Lin began doing compression's on Iroh's chest as if to get him to breathe again. right as Iroh began coughing up the offending water, Korra managed to finally get all the water out of Anastasia's lungs.

But even though the two had nearly drowned and were now coughing and sputtering nonsense, they were still unconscious since there was water in their sinuses still. Iroh flipped himself over in a mass of pain as he awoke first. As he did so, water began pouring out of his nose and mouth so fast and so badly it was as though the two were waterfalls, and he didn't have any time to catch a breath as they drained.

Anastasia, however, remained unconscious. He looked over to find Korra waterbending the water out of the princess's sinuses and airways through her nose in the least painful way possible. It was only then that Anastasia began coughing horribly and struggled in an attempt to open her eyes in vain.

Iroh lay back wearily, and could have sworn his ears had the roaring of waves flooding through them. He rolled over onto one side to let his ear drain, or try to drain, and then onto the other. it was to his relief that Korra used waterbending on his ears to pop them and get most of the unwanted salt water out of them.

"Iroh!" he could have sworn he heard, and he tried to get out a reply.

To his dismay all that came out was a very frog-like croak, which Korra would have laughed at if the situation weren't so dire. He then saw a blue form arrive, and looked up to find a shimmering Master Katara. Unfortunately for him, his world was still spinning and creating hallucinations, and so when he focused his eyes on one locations – Katara – his stomach immediately demanded release of its contents.

He forced himself onto his hands and knees and began vomiting uncontrollably, coughing and sputtering in disgust and pain. Anastasia was following in suit, although on her side, and he noticed that she was staring at him the whole time. but right as he felt as though he could stand, and as he tried to do so, he felt his entire body shut itself down and the ground rushing up to meet him.

So, what now? Well, I'm still working on that. I'm wringing out multiple fanfics during college here, so please bear with me when my updates are slow!