This is after we escape the pirates and are safe at the area we had set up camp.


"I used to kinda look up to pirates, but those guys are terrible," Aang said as we all got settled from our little flight. I raised an eyebrow as Brianna and I returned Gin and Nyoko back into their charms.

"The only pirate that I know is worthy of being looked up to is Jack Sparrow," I whispered to Brianna, making her and Nyoko laugh.

"I know, that's why I took this," Katara said smiling as she showed the rest of them the scroll that she had stolen. The two looked at Katara with their jaws dropped.

"No way," Aang said with disbelief.

"Isn't it great?" Katara exclaimed without a care in the world.

"No wonder they were trying to hack us up. You stole their water bending scroll," Sokka scolded his younger sister.

"I prefer to think of it as high-risk trading," Katara said mocking the pirate that took us into their ship.

"Good one, Katara" Aang said while laughing.

"Sokka, where do you think they got it? They stole it from a water bender," Katara said in her defense.

"Two wrongs don't make a right," I said completely agreeing with Sokka.

"I thought you were on my side!" Katara shouted angrily at me.

"I said I saw you steal it. I never implied that I agreed to what you did. Perhaps if you hadn't stolen it for a personal gain I wouldn't be so against it," I said emotionlessly. Katara glare became more intense but I just looked at her with a blank expression.

"So what, you're saying I'm a thief?" Katara shouted angered at my aloof behavior. "Those pirates stole it first!" I rolled my eyes as I listened to Katara trying to defend herself. This was ironic really, because I knew that one day she would be the one scolding someone that said she cheated a cheater.

"It doesn't matter," Sokka said coming to my rescue. "You put all of our lives in danger just so you could learn some stupid, fancy splashes!"

"These are real water bending forms. You know how crucial it is for Aang to learn water bending," Katara said as she changed targets.

"Whatever," Sokka said angrily, after finding nothing he could say in his defense. I could see that he wasn't very pleased with his sister's actions, which was understandable. He quickly turned away from Aang and his sister and stomped angrily away.

"Well, what's done is done. We have it. We might as well learn from it," Aang said trying to find something positive in all this. I rolled my eyes as I walked over towards Brianna.

"You better be happy," I said as I looked over at Katara who continued to glare at me.

"I would be if Katara wasn't being such a bitch to you," she said, glaring at the back of Katara's head. "I swear I wouldn't have wanted for her to steal it if I had known," she said.

"Sure whatever you say," I said, even though I knew some part of her was overjoyed with the idea of Katara and Zuko meeting one another. I watched as Katara and Aang looked through the scroll in order to find anything that might have looked interesting to them.

"I just want to try this one move first and then it's all yours," Katara said as she took the scroll into her hands.

"I thought the scroll was stolen so Aang could learn water bending," I muttered under my breath as I leaned against a tree.

"The single water whip" Katara said as she looked at the scroll as Aang held it up "looks doable." I watched as Katara struggled to bend up water from the river. She tried to form the stream of water the way that it was instructed in the picture. She failed and instead whipped herself in the forehead leaving a small mark which eventually faded. I heard Sokka and Brianna loudly laugh in the back while I quietly chuckled to myself.

"What's so funny?" Katara said eyeing us all angrily.

"I'm sorry, but you deserve that," Sokka said, not feeling guilty whatsoever, and turned to Aang. "You've been duped. She's only interested in teaching herself."

"Aang will get his turn once I figure out the water whip!" Katara shouted at Sokka.

"Again the reason for stealing the scroll was so that who could learn from it?" I rephrased my earlier sentence, but this time I was loud enough so that everyone could hear me. Katara glared back at me, but again I just gave her another blank expression. She turned back towards the river and tried the move once again. This time she had no problem gathering the water, but she did something wrong with the stance. She tried forcing the water to go into a direction but ended up using the water whipped on Momo's butt, causing the poor creature pain.

"Why can't I get this stupid move?" Katara shouted not affected at all by the fact that she just hurt Momo.

"You'll get it," Aang said as he placed the scroll down on a stump behind him. Katara lowered her head and gave Aang a displeased look, as he walked towards the river bank. "You just gotta shift your weight through the stances," Aang said as he easily and gracefully mastered the water whip without any problem. "There. See, the key to bending is…."

"Will you please shut your air hole!" Katara suddenly shouted at him. "Believe it or not, your infinite wisdom gets a little old sometimes. Why don't we just throw the scroll away since you're so naturally gifted!" The three of us bystanders looked over at Katara, all wearing displeased looks. "What?" Katara asked as if she had done nothing wrong. She looked over to Aang and saw that he looked frightened as well as on the verge of tears.

"Oh my gosh Aang, I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me, but you know what, it won't happen again." She took the scroll from the stump and rolled it up and handed it to Aang. "Here, this is yours. I don't want to have anything to do with it anymore."

"It's okay Katara" Aang said as he easily accepted her apology. I silently walked over towards them as I tapped Katara on the shoulder. I must not have been hiding my anger because Katara took a step back when she saw me.

"Just because you're frustrated doesn't mean you can take it out on others," I said in a dark voice. "You're struggling with your water bending then it's understandable that you'd be mad, but that doesn't give you the right to take it out on people who have more talent than you." I could hear Brianna laughing in the background as she walked over to us.

"Rebecca's in mother mode again," she told the two as she continued to laugh. "She always gets like this when it comes to Aang and me," Brianna said happily.

"It's not like I can help it since you both act like children," I said in an emotionless voice.

"But we are children," Aang and Brianna said happily. I let out a small sigh as the two of them laughed amongst themselves. I turned back to Katara who stood there quietly watching us.

"Don't take it to heart," I said in my normal voice, which was neither angry nor sincere. "The reason Aang can master water bending faster than you is because his body recalls the moves." This got everyone's attention as they all got ready for another one of my explanations. "As you all are well aware of, Aang is the reincarnation of all the avatars before him. Kyoshi and Roku are only two of many. It could only be natural that learning certain elements would be easy for him, however there will be some that he will have trouble with for various reasons," I said referring to both the elements earth and fire.

"Why is it when you explain something everyone listens to you?" Sokka said both jealous and complimenting me.

"Because she's good at that," Brianna said quickly. "She's good at explaining unlike you and me." Sokka gave her a displeasing look but didn't say anything. Everyone laughed at his expression while I decided to talk to the only sane person at the time.

"I don't think I can last much longer with this group," I said to Gin as I closed my eyes.

"What happened to that positive attitude you had just a few weeks ago?" Gin said in a low voice. I opened one eye as I watched the three provoking Sokka a few feet away.

"It died the next week," I said only half joking. I heard Gin let out a small chuckle.

"Will it ever be reborn?" I closed my eyes again and just listened to the group laugh amongst themselves as a small smile formed on my lips.

"Well it's not like it's impossible."

((OOOO))

"You know Brianna is going to have your head for interfering," Gin said as I looked down from the tree branch for Katara.

"Why, I'm doing nothing wrong" I said as I continued to scan the ground. "All I'm going to do is prevent Zuko from finding us. That is my duty."

"So you're going to try and help Katara master the water whip?" Gin asked completely reading my thoughts. I nodded my head as I spotted Katara walking towards the river bank.

"And here comes my pupil now," I said as I jumped down from the tree.

"Shoot! Come on water, work with me here!" I heard Katara scream out frustratingly as I walked up to her.

"Couldn't sleep?" I asked, surprising her causing her to drop the water stream. She gave out a nervous laugh as I crossed my arms. I let out a sigh as I walked over to her. "You're doing it all wrong." I went to the river as I touched its surface and took a small orb of water that floated in my hands as I moved my fingers. "You can't force the water to work with you. You have to work with that element. That goes for all bending." I placed the water back down into the river as I walked over towards the scroll and studied the water whip. I got into the first stance as I demonstrated it to her.

"Bending stances reflect on a certain element. Like water bending stances they are made to look like what the element is. Water is bendable and graceful which is why you have to make sure your moves flow," I said as I finished completely the water whips stances. "The same goes for the other elements. Air bending has quick and swift moves, earth bending is distinct and definite, and fire bending is strong and punctual. While fire and air bending rely mostly on breathing, water and earth have to focus on their movements," I said completing my explanation.

"Well you've clearly given this some thought," Katara said as I walked back over towards the scroll.

"It just takes an open mind," I said as I rolled the scroll up. "We'll continue the lesson tomorrow. I'll try and help you as much as I can." I suddenly heard rowboats pulling up to the banks. "Shit," I muttered under my breath. I crept over towards a nearby bush as I peeked through the leaves. My guess was completely on the mark. I spotted the ship and recognized it to be the pirate's ship.

"No let go of me!" I heard Katara suddenly scream. I whirled around and saw Katara being held by a pirate who was hit by Katara's water bending. Zuko then grabbed her hands as he blocked her way.

"I'll save you from the pirates," he told Katara.

"That's nice but I think she'd rather take my offer of saving her from the pirates and Fire Nation," I said as I straightened my back. Zuko turned around with Katara's hands behind her back.

"You," Zuko said rather surprised.

"I have a name you know," I said as I raised my eyebrow. "I'm Rebecca, Girl of One Nation," I said proudly.

"What an interesting name," I heard a creepy voice from behind me. I glanced behind me as I spotted the captain of the pirates. I quickly jumped back towards the water as I stood on top of its surface. "You just keep getting better and better, why not join me and my men?" he asked, admiring my ability. "

"No thanks," I said in a rather disgusted voice.

"Fine then. Men, grab her!" he commanded. A group of pirates came running out of their hiding spots all trying to capture me.

"Well this will be easy," I said as a small smirk formed on my lips. I crouched down and touched the surface of the water as I breathed in and out a slow, deep breath. Suddenly the water's surface before me began turning into ice and completely trapped the pirates. I touched the water surface from behind me, which wasn't frozen, and spun myself up.

"Hold it!" I suddenly heard Zuko shout. He motioned his guards to take Katara as one held a small flame of fire under her chin. "If you don't want your friend to get hurt I suggest you surrender now." I glared down at the water then looked back at Katara who looked terrified. I gave out a sigh of defeat as I slowly walked back towards the shore. Zuko immediately met up with me as he grabbed my right arm and pulled me towards two more guards. "Surround her with the special metal then set it on fire. We don't want them to escape."