((Rebecca's P.O.V))

"Come on, boy! We've got a long way to go, faster!" I heard Aang yell out. I rolled over on my back and faced up at the sky. It was now a sky blue but the sun was not completely in the center of the sky yet.

"I wonder how long I was asleep," I muttered under my breath as I let out a silent yawn. Judging from the position of the sky my guess was that only a couple of hours passed by. I looked around and saw that Katara and Sokka were at one edge of the saddle looking down at the water, while Aang was concentrating on steering Appa. Brianna, on the other hand, was playing with Momo by throwing a small apple from her hands teasing the poor creature.

"Aang, we got trouble!" Katara suddenly cried out.

"Yeah and its gaining fast," Sokka added in a panic. I sat myself up as I looked behind to see what kind of trouble we were in, since I couldn't really remember what happened in this episode since I didn't really watch it. I spotted a familiar Fire Navy Ship that I recognized as Prince Zuko's. I saw something being lit on fire on what looked like a catapult.

"Well this would be a good time to wake up," I said and stood up as I looked down at the Fire Nation ship. I saw Prince Zuko commanding his troops to fire more of the hot object at us in hopes to shoot Appa down.

"Fire ball" Katara cried out as she too spotted the large flaming ball aimed for us.

"Don't worry I got it," I said, which caught everyone's attention making them realize that I was now awake. I quickly placed my hand over my charm and summoned out my staff. I spun it around then swung it downwards, creating a wave of air fly shoot towards the fire ball. It sliced the flying object in half and each side darted past us on both sides of Appa, leaving us unharmed.

"Rebecca, you're awake!" Brianna shouted, pointing out the obvious.

"Umm you're welcome?" I said pretending that she thanked me instead of hearing that strange comment. Just then an awful smell entered my nose making me have to cover my mouth and nose with my hands.

"We have to get out of Zuko's range before he shoots another hot stinker at us!" Katara said as she covered her own nose.

"Can't you make Appa go any faster?" Sokka asked complaining.

"Yeah," Aang said as he covered his own nose "but there's just one little problem. There's a blockade ahead." We all looked ahead and saw a large line of Fire Navy ships about ten times bigger than Zuko's own ship. "If we fly north we can go around the Fire Nation ships and avoid the blockade, it's the only way."

"There's no time." Katara said aware of the tight schedule we had.

"This is exactly why I didn't want you to come. It's too dangerous!" Aang said rather angrily as he stressed about our safety.

"And that's exactly why we're here," Katara said confidently.

"Let's run this blockade," Sokka said rather excitedly.

"Like you guys are one to talk. Appa, Aang, and I are the only ones working to make sure guys don't get hit by a fire ball," I shouted at Sokka, a bit annoyed by his comment.

"Appa yip, yip!" Aang shouted making the bison fly towards the line of ships. I walked over towards the middle of the saddle as I got into a steady position. I had my guard up ready for more smelly fire balls to be targeted at us.

"Something's wrong," I muttered to Gin. "They should have spotted us by now."

"It sounds as if you want to get fired at," he said hearing the eager tone in my voice, making me let out a small snicker.

"Well I wouldn't be completely lying if I said I did." Just as I said this Commander Zhao must have commanded his men to fire for a swarm of fire balls were released. They flew out towards us, all scorching red and left a trail of smoke. "Ah well, looks like my wish came true."

"Have fun," I heard Gin snicker from my charm.

"No need for you to tell me twice," I spun my staff around a couple of times, to loosen up, before I went back into a fighting stance. Appa got ready to try and dodge all the flaming balls of destruction. I targeted any fire ball that looked like they were going to strike us, breaking them before they could even come near us.

I couldn't help but feel excited fighting, because was about one of the only things I was somewhat confident. With my aggressive and competitive personality fight came naturally. Although I don't really enjoy fighting people, I'm more of a target practice type of person. It's strange but relaxes me and I enjoyed it.

It was then two fire balls collided into each other which sent smaller chunks that fell on Appa's fur, which burned him. Katara, Sokka, and Momo had to put out quickly put them out by patting them with their hands.

"Appa, are you okay?" Aang asked his somewhat burned bison. Appa gave him a small roar as Aang directed him to fly up towards the clouds.

"Sorry Appa, I didn't see that one coming," I said as I dropped my stance.

"Don't worry about it. It's not your fault," Aang told me but concentrated on flying us to safety.

"Rebecca, don't let your guard down," Gin told me in a stern tone.

"Don't worry I didn't." It seemed as though Zhao had perfect timing, because another swarm of fire balls come from under the clouds and were like a sneak attack. "Aang I can't block these fire balls if they're coming from under us!" I yelled to him while he continued concentrating of steering Appa.

"I'm on it!" Aang shouted just as two fire balls came from under us and collided into each other causing an explosion that startled Appa. Appa's sudden jerk sent Sokka flying out of the saddle.

"Sokka!" Aang shouted as he made Appa dive down towards the ocean, in attempt to catch our falling friend. Appa quickly was able to dive down fast enough so that we beat Sokka to the fall and were under him. I quickly grabbed his collar while Katara grabbed his hand.

"Get in here!" I yelled at Sokka as I pulled him back into the saddle. "You dumb ass, do me a favor stay down and out of trouble!" I yelled at the idiot Water Tribe boy.

"Rebecca!" Brianna cried out as she pointed behind me. I turned around and saw fireballs with trails of smoke coming toward us.

"Shit," I cursed under my breath. I looked to my side and saw that we were still skimming the waters which gave me an idea. I quickly jumped off of the saddle and onto the water surface. I touched the water as I ran around Appa dragging a string of water with me. I hopped onto Appa's head next to Aang and wrapped the water around my arms like they were snakes. "Now let's hope this works," I muttered under my breath. I spotted a fire ball coming towards us and placed a fist out in front of me aimed at the target. I then relaxed my hand by releasing it from a fist form, which sent a thick pump of water that pushed the fire ball into the ocean. "Hmm I see, I think I've got the hang of this," I said as water on my arm stretched out to replace the water that I shot out. While Appa continued to dodge as many fire balls as he could I tried assisting him by shooting down anything that looked like they were going to hit us.

"Rebecca, they only have one more fire ball left!" Brianna shouted happily.

"Good, because it looks like I only have one shot left in me," I said as I looked down at left arm which had a decent amount of water. I raised my fist up pointing towards the fire ball.

"Target locked and…." Just as I released my grip Appa suddenly flung himself up which caught me off guard. I stumbled but caught my balance and unfortunately missed the target completely. "Damn it," I shouted as I Aang ran off of Appa's head towards the fire ball. He shot air out of his foot that broke the fireball into tiny ash pieces. Aang stumbled backwards, because of the impact, and landed at the edge of Appa's back. I let out a small sigh as I turned my attention towards the ships ahead. I easily spotted him from his higher ranking uniform on the leading ship. I turned to Brianna as I motioned for her to get to the middle of the saddle. "We need a misty cover," I said hinting her.

"Oh okay, no problem" Brianna said not realizing what I meant. Once again I jumped off of Appa and slide my hands against the cold water surface. I jumped back onto Appa's head as I got ready to swirl a huge chain of water that circled around Appa.

"Brianna now, everyone else duck!" I shouted as I released the water from my hands, and it spun around Appa. Everyone did as I had instructed and ducked down while covering their heads. Brianna took a deep breath and exhaled out a long whip of fire and circled herself around hitting the wall of water, which caused it to turn into steam when the two elements touched. The steam stretched out until it itself became a fog as Appa flew us off to safety undetected. "Good job Brianna," I said as we came into a clearing. I looked back at the small area surrounded by the steam and was unable to see any ships following.

"We made it!" Aang exclaimed with excitement.

"We got into the Fire Nation," Sokka said with disbelief. "Great."

"What would you have rather have been captured by Fire Nation?" Brianna teased the poor teenager. "You should just be grateful that we didn't leave you or you would have been either burnt to a crisp or fish food."

"Brianna, stop scaring the poor guy." I said as I sat down at the edge of the saddle across from Aang.

"How can you two be so calm?" Sokka asked as he looked at us. "Don't you understand we're in the Fire Nation?" Sokka shouted as he waved his arms around.

"Calm down Sokka," Katara tried to stop her brother from embarrassing himself. I turned towards Aang as I ignored the chatter box while letting out a small sigh.

"How long do we have until we get to the island?" I asked Aang while Sokka began to talk louder trying to catch my attention.

"I don't know it may take hours," Aang replied a bit worried about the possibility of missing the chance to meet Roku. I stared at my master, who was clearly upset even though his back was facing me. I placed my right hand gently over his head as I slowly patted it.

"You don't have to worry about not getting there on time. If we're a little late then we can make up the time by running at full speed. I'll even carry the others if you want," I said joking about the last sentence. Aang let out a small laugh as I placed my hand to my side. Aang motioned me to sit next to him while steered Appa. I obeyed and sat by his left side on top of Appa's head. We both sat in silence while the three in the saddle talked amongst themselves.

After a few hours of flying I felt something lean against my shoulder. I looked to the corner of my eye I saw that it was Aang.

"Sorry, I'm a bit tired." He told me as he let out a yawn.

"Its fine, you can go to sleep." I said with a small smile.

"Thanks."