I had planned to finish this chapter earlier this week but I had gotten my wisdom teeth removed. Avatar was not the first thing to come into my mind, until today.

Now, because I am a horrible person and or friend...I had forgotten Brianna's birthday was yesterday. I thought it was today. Yes, epic fail on my part. So yeah, tomorrow she's going to be having a party so if anyone wants to wish her a happy birthday she'll see it tomorrow.

On a side note. This title is really awkward...okay that's all, enjoy the short chapter.


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

"Nice try, Pupil Sangok. A couple of more years and you might be ready to fight a sea sponge" Pakku said after another one of his students lost to Katara. It was pretty sad seeing as how she was the newest member of the class. Master Pakku freed the boy from the ice entangled around him, causing him to fall face first into the snow. "Would anyone care for a rematch with Katara?" I looked over to the side where the seven other defeated boys sat. Some of them were soaked to the bone, covered in snow, and others still partly frozen. They all remained silent, none of them wanted to volunteer for the rematch.

"If only Rebecca were here," I complained. "She'd be able to face up against Katara no problem. There's no doubt that she would even win."

"She's busy guarding the princess," Nyoko reminded me from inside the charm. I let out a huff. Each day I was getting more and more frustrated. I couldn't even remember the last time I saw her.

"Yeah but come on! I haven't seen Rebecca in days. She's always guarding Yue. She's even staying in the temple for crying out loud. We never get to see her anymore!" I moaned and buried my head in the snow, pretending it was a pillow. The cold snow felt nice on my skin, it kept my face from overheating.

"Katara, you have advanced more quickly than any student I have ever trained." I heard Pakku praise. "You have proven that with fierce determination, passion and hard work you can accomplish anything. Raw talent alone is not enough." By the way his voice changed it was pretty obvious he was talking about Aang. I picked up my head from the snow and saw Aang lazily lying in the snow. He was playing with Momo by circling an air sphere over his head with the lemur sitting on it.

"Pupil Aang," Pakku shouted.

"Yes, Master Pakku?" Aang quickly stopped bending, causing Momo to land onto of his head. Pakku stared at him not amused.

"Care to step into the sparring circle? I figure since you've found time to play with house pets you must have already mastered water bending." Momo must have realized Pakku was annoyed because glided off Aang to the small snow bank behind them.

"I wouldn't say mastered," Aang said rather cocky. He bended himself up from the ground and gave Pakku a cheeky smile. "But check this out!" Aang placed his hands on the ground and spun around until his entire body was covered in snow, forming a snowman. Too bad the form didn't last long though. Momo had pounced at Aang's head causing them to fall back on the ground. Katara and Pakku looked down at the young Avatar disapproving while Aang continued to enjoy his time in the snow.

"Ah, I wish Rebecca was here" I said with a laugh. It felt lonely being the only person that found the situation funny. "It's no fun laughing alone."

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

I rubbed my hands together to keep myself warm. I had always been one for the cold but I guess I can't withstand all low temperatures like I thought I could. Although it's not something I would admit to someone aloud.

"Rebecca, you know you don't have to be so far away from us" I heard Sokka say from about five meters away. I looked up from the ground up at the two lovebirds.

"It's easy to spot danger at a distance," I told him. "Besides it's not like I can jump into the conversation" I mumbled. Although the two had just been talking comparing their villages, I felt like there was a force telling me to back off. Now I knew why people hated to be the third wheel. It was awkward and odd. I wondered if a professional bodyguard would feel like this if they were in my situation. At one point they had asked me about my village. I just told them facts I knew about the North and South Poles. It didn't really answer their question, but I wasn't in the mood to talk about my world just yet. Sokka shrugged his shoulders and jumped onto the side railing of the bridge.

"So they don't have palaces in the Southern Tribe?" Yue continued their conversation while watching Sokka walk on the railing.

"Are you kidding? I grew up in a block of ice" he said and sat down. "It's not exactly a cultural hub." Yue couldn't help but smile and placed her hand on Sokka's shoulder. However, it didn't take her long to remember her place. She slowly pulled her hand back, her smile gone.

"Sokka, this is wrong" she said sounding guilty.

"What's wrong, we're taking a walk" Sokka assured her.

"I'm engaged" she told him and turned her head away. "It just feels…." She couldn't finish her sentence, probably worried that it would come out wrong and offend Sokka. There was an awkward silence but Sokka managed to come up with an idea to cheer Yue up.

"I know what you need. You need to meet my good friend Appa!"

"Who?" Yue asked curiously. You could tell she was excited by the look in her eyes.

"This way," I said taking her arm then motioned Sokka to follow. Besides Aang, I was one of our friends that frequently visited the giant bison. I'd probably see him at least three times a day, usually to make sure he gets a proper meal. Sometimes I would bring snacks for Appa to eat. It was hard trying to find the time to sneak away but I usually did it when the royal family had their meals together. They did have a room full of bodyguards. I doubt there was any real problems and if there were the chief would have told me. I led them to the pens where the villagers kept their white buffalo like creatures. It was easy to spot Appa since he was the only one of his kind. He eating his usual large stake of grass and leaves and gave me a friendly nudge when I stood by him.

"Appa and I go way back. Don't we boy?" Sokka said only to be pounced on a second later. Sokka screamed with Appa pinned down. "Easy!" Appa just ignored him and continued licking him. "Down boy. No, up!"

"Looks like you haven't been giving Appa enough attention," Yue laughed as Sokka struggled to break free. The poor guy was half covered in saliva. Well, I wasn't going to help him up. I shook my head and walked to Appa.

"Hey Appa, sorry I'm a bit late. Yue wanted to skip breakfast and hang out with Sokka" I said, stroking his cheek. Appa let go of Sokka and pressed his nose against my cheek, nudging it around playfully. I let out a small laugh and pet him under his neck.

"Appa really seems to like you," Yue said.

"Not really," I told her still scratching Appa's neck "I just spoil him. Aang doesn't like it but I can't help it. He does the most work out of all of us. Although it hard to believe sometimes since people here have seen him do is eat and sleep." I laughed and saw Sokka brushing off the snow on his clothes. "But I know for sure that Appa definitely likes me more than Sokka. He rarely ever shows any affection to Appa."

"Yeah well, I'm sorry I can't hug something that's ten times bigger than me," Sokka yelled.

"You have a problem with fat people?" I joked.

"I'm friends with you aren't I?" he said with a smirk cross his face. It only lasted for about three seconds. I figured Yue had given him a look because she was right behind me. "And when she means fat she means …someone's who is well rounded. Uh, yeah! That's what it means in her world, right?" He turned to me, looking for support. I couldn't back him up. Not because I didn't want to but because of the fact that what he said sounded so stupid. I couldn't find my words. Sokka hung his head in dismay, making me laugh.

"That's what happens when you're being a smartass. Although, I'm not really one to talk."

"What is a smartass?" Yue asked confused.

"A type of someone who talks back by making smart remarks," Sokka told her. "It's a word people from her world use."

"And he's not making facts up this time" I told her and patted Sokka on the back. "You guys are finally getting our language huh? But that's enough about my world. Sokka, you wanted to give Yue a ride right?"

"Oh right!" I helped Sokka prepare Appa by putting his saddle. We didn't need the Princess flying off. Even Sokka knew that was one thing not to do when trying to empress a girl. One we finished Sokka helped Yue up onto the saddle before he climbed in to join her. "You coming Rebecca?" he asked when he noticed that I had moved from my spot.

"Nah I'm good," I said declining his offer. "You guys can go. I'm sure the Princess will be fine with you. Plus even if you do screw something up, I trust Appa enough to fix whatever you screw up." Sokka glared at me then decided not to force me on, but he was probably thanking me. I was pretty sure he wanted as much alone time with her as he could get. Then again they weren't going to be completely alone since Appa was flying them.

"So how does this work?" Yue asked looking at the reins.

"You hanging on tight?" Sokka asked and she responded with a nod. "Yip, yip" he said slowly with a smirk across his face, and Appa took off to the sky.

"Oh my goodness" I heard Yue scream before they were out of hearing range. I watched the three fly into the distance while I leaned against the pen's wall. A nearby white buffalo noticed me and slowly crept to my side. I looked over at it as it sniffed my shoulder. I gentle lifted my hand letting it sniff my palm. Once it got a whiff of me it lightly licked me and I petted its nose while staring up the sky. It didn't long before something had caught my attention. Dark clouds in the sky began approaching the village. Dark snowflake slowly began falling from them. The falling snow mixed with the pure white banks, turning them into a dark grey. The clear running water around me slowly changed black water. It reminded me of something I would have seen in my world. Pollution wasn't something I had missed. I recalled how Sokka had explained that falling soot mixed snow meant that the Fire Nation was coming. This also meant Zhao would be leading the army. And that Zuko wouldn't be that far behind him.


I'm warning you now. There four chapters for this episode are probably going to be some of the shorter chapters. It's the next episode when I have a lot more to say. Hopefully I won't have you guys waiting months for that episode. But I probably will because I'm a horrible person :D