Hello people of the Internet, long time no see?

Sokka: LONG TIME NO SEE?! YOU LEFT US WITH AI-LI AND RIVKAH FOR ALMOST 4 MONTHS NOW?! YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY THEY ARE!

Me: Shut up, I was busy.

Sokka: But you had time to update your other fanfictions...

Me: I had writers block.

Sokka: We all know that's crap, you've had this chapter planned since Oct-

Katara: Shhh...at least she's here now, Sokka. She could've just ditched us.

Me: I could have left you with Rivkah forever on a deserted island...

Anyway, sorry guys! I really was busy and I was sick this week, if I wasn't this chapter would've been up sooner. Now, Mako?

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Mako?

Ai-Li: Rivkah took him...

Me: Oh...oh...well get her away from him! Bolin!

Bolin: Yes?

Me: Say Mako's part, please.

Bolin: Sure thing May! May does not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or Avatar: The Legend of Korra. She only owns Ai-Li, Rivkah and this story. "Out of Time" is Rated T for cursing. If someone uses or steals any part of this fanfiction or plot, May will come find you.

Me: Oh! I almost forgot! This chapter goes out to my friend Josh. This was supposed to be up for his birthday in October, but like I said, I was busy. So, Happy Super-Belated Birthday!

So here is what some of you guys have been waiting for! Enjoy3

Previously on "Out of Time":

"But you seem so strong for a girl waterbender." Sokka said in disbelief. Seeing the look on Korra's face he quickly retracted his statement. "I mean- when we were up there all the girls seemed so...weak. I thought that they wouldn't let the girls fight." Korra looked a little shocked so I took over.

"Well Korra's the exception." I said quickly. "Bolin's an earthbender. Mako, Rivkah and I are firebenders and Jinora doesn't bend."

"She could've fooled me!" Toph said, smiling. Everyone was laughing, well maybe we might be able to trick them after all.

Katara's P.O.V.

"Katara, I need to talk to you." I looked up from where I was talking to Korra and frowned at Toph.

"Now?"

"Now." I sighed as I got up and followed Toph outside the shop. She led me towards one of the other buildings. "I don't trust them." she stated, not looking at me.

"Huh, why? They seem nice." She turned to me and looked me straight in the face.

"Ai-Li and Korra were lying, Katara. I can tell when people are lying remember? Ai-Li's really good at it too, her heart beat barely picked up. I only realized that she was lying when I heard the panic in her voice."

"What exactly were they lying about?" I asked, I can't judge them yet, maybe they have a good reason for lying...

"Well Korra lied about being from the Northern Water Tribe, that part is clear to me at least...The other thing she lied about was strange. When you asked her about being a waterbender, her heart beat quickened, and then it calmed down slightly when she answered she was. It only seemed like she was only partly lying."

"What do you mean partly lying, Toph. You can't be partly lying when it comes down to bending. She's either a waterbender or she isn't!" Toph threw her hands up in the air.

"Jeez, don't shoot the messenger. I just thought you should know."

I took a deep breath and tried to slow my hammering pulse. "Did Bolin lie about knowing the peace keepers?"

"No."

"Katara! Toph! Sokka says that dinner is ready!" Ai-Li called.

"Let's keep this to ourselves, okay?" I whispered to Toph as Ai-Li came around the corner, smiling happily. She waved to us, her porcelain skin tinted with a weird glow in the moonlight. We joined her and walked back to the tea shop. Toph was about to follow Ai-Li inside when I reached out and grabbed her arm. "What exactly did Ai-Li lie about?"

"She said that Twinkletoes number two doesn't airbend." I froze in my place, Aang wasn't alone after all! My eyes traveled between Jinora and Aang who were conversing quietly, to Ai-Li who was laughing with Rivkah, Sokka and Suki.

"Katara, are you okay?" I heard Zuko say quietly from behind me. I plastered a smile on my face as Toph and Ai-Li's earlier words echoed in my head.

"How do we know to trust you though?" Toph asked.

"You don't." Ai-Li said simply.

"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry about me." I replied, still smiling. Sokka got up from where he was sitting and raised his tea cup in the air.

"I'd like to propose a toast." He announced. "To old and new friends!" Everyone in the room raised their glasses, including me.

"To old and new friends!" We all echoed.

"And to more lies." I mumbled quietly to myself. Ai-Li was right, I don't trust her at all.

Ai-Li's P.O.V.

"Alright, is everyone here?" I whispered quietly. We were outside by the fountain, it was four hours before sunrise. We had all agreed earlier that this would be the best time to meet, being that everyone else would be asleep at this ungodly hour.

"No, Bolin and Mako are missing." Korra whispered back.

"Rivkah, go with Korra and drag their lazy butts out of bed. Jinora, help me check the perimeter, we need to make sure that no one hears us."

We parted ways and Jinora checked the small courtyard. I ran inside and opened the door to each room quietly, checking if everyone was asleep. They were. By the time I got back outside, my bare feet were aching and Rivkah, Korra, Mako and Bolin had joined Jinora in waiting for me by the fountain. Mako looked irritated, he had a fierce scowl on his face and Bolin looked- well he looked like Bolin. Upon seeing me, Bolin walked up to me, took my hand and kissed it.

"Thanks you for saving my life earlier, Princess. I am forever in debt to your kindn-" I withdrew my hand from his lips and smirked downwards at him.

"Save it for someone who actually wants it, Bolin." I walked over to the fountains edge, sat on it, and turning toward the rock in the middle, stuck my feet in the cool water. I sighed softly as I moved the water in circles with my feet, my hands propping me up on the edge.

I knew that they were waiting for me to say something, waiting for me to answer all their questions, but the problem is that I probably won't be able to answer any of them. Faced with this dilemma, I just decided to straight out tell them what I know.

"Okay, so its probably obvious to all of us that we somehow traveled seventy years backward in time through a-"

"WE'RE SEVENTY YEARS IN THE PAST! WHEN DID THIS HAPPENED!" Bolin shouted, he was starting to hyperventilate. Rivkah quickly clamped her hand over his mouth and smiled softly.

"Shhh, sweets it's okay, Li will explain everything shortly." His breathing started to slow and she released him. Rivkah's calming tone changed as her smile faded. "Now scream one more time, and I will punch you in the face." She snarled and Bolin scrambled to hide behind Mako and Korra, whose eyes were wide. Then she turned to me and nodded.

"Let me re-phrase my earlier statement. I think it was obvious to MOST of us that we traveled seventy years back in time through a portal."

"A port-al?" Jinora asked.

"A portal." I repeated. "They are rarely spotted, but depending on where one appears, it can take you forward or backward through any point in time. Most of the time, a portal only appears to the holder of its memorizes, but they can appear to almost anyon-"

"What do you mean, that that thing just came up and abducted all of us, out-of-the-blue?" Mako asked, outraged.

"Basically..." I trailed off, as I opened my mouth to say something, Jinora quickly cut me off.

"How-how do we even get back?"

"No one knows." I replied, simply.

"How do you know so much about these things anyway?" Korra asked, standing up straight and pointing her finger in my face. I threw my arms up in disbelief.

"You didn't let me get to that part!" Korra backed off and crossed her arms. She chose to focus on the full moon, instead of me. Frustrated, I took a deep breath. "My grandfather, former Fire Lord Zuko, has been studying these things for years. He never told Rivkah and I exactly why, he just taught us about it." I shrugged. "He probably knew that this was going to happen."

"Wait. Then can't he help us now?" Bolin asked eagerly, hope shining in his eyes.

"Nope, because that means giving away who we are, and I highly doubt that he knows now."

"Ai-Li's right." Everyone turned towards Mako, jaws wide open. He scoffed at us. "What? She is. If what she says is true, the whole reason Zuko probably found out about these portals in the first place is because of us being here."

We all sat in silence for a moment.

"So we're stuck here for now?" Jinora asked, she had tears in her eyes. At that moment I saw the fear in her eyes. I walked over and hugged her, I know how that felt, once upon a time.

"I'm afraid so sweetie."

"So now what? We have no way to get home, and we can't stay here forever!" Bolin screeched.

"Shhh!" Mako, Jinora, Korra and Rivkah glared at Bolin. I let go of Jinora and stood up.

"I know we can't, but while we're here, I plan on seeing who these 'Peace Keepers' are. I have never heard of them mentioned in any of the texts I've read and I'm curious to find out why."

"Me too, I know for a fact that Tenzin never mentioned them." Jinora nodded in agreement to Korra's statement.

"So are we all in?" I put my hand out in the middle and it was soon joined by Rivkah's, Jinora's, Korra's and Bolin's hands. I looked at Mako expectantly, who rolled his eyes and smirked as he put his hand in. "Okay! Operation Find-Out-Who-or-What-the-Peace-Keepers-Are is now a go! Let's go team Avatar!" Rivkah and Bolin whooped as we all broke our hands apart, grinning at each other. Mako's grin soon turned into a look of worry as he contemplated some things inside his head.

"Wait. How are we going to get this information?"

I smiled wickedly, as Rivkah died of laughter in the background.

No One's P.O.V

The sun was just beginning to rise at the prison inside the mountains where former Fire Lord Ozai and his daughter were being held.

Azula rolled around on the stone floor inside her cell and groaned. How many days has it been since she was imprisoned here by her own brother and that girl? How long has it been since her father was defeated by the Avatar? Oh, how she wanted to burn someone so bad. No. She wanted to do worse than that, she wanted to destroy. She wanted revenge.

Ahhh, what sweet comfort that one word brought her. First, she would go after Mai and Ty Lee. She would make them feel the pain and the fury that she felt when they betrayed her. Next would be Zuko, she would show him what it means to betray family. After that, the Avatar, to take back her country. Lastly, she would get revenge on her. The girl who completely and utterly humiliated Azula by defeating her. Azula let out a roar and shot fire into the air, just thinking about that girl infuriated her.

Suddenly, she heard the soft turn of a doorknob and a young man about her age walked in. In the light of the flame, she could see his profile clearly, short blond hair and brown eyes. He was dressed in a prison guards' outfit with a blood red cape attached to the black and was smiling right at her. He moved quickly toward her cage and unlocked it, swinging the door opened and moving toward her. Azula growled at him, she wasn't sure if this was an assassination attempt or not.

"Shhh, we only have a ten minute window to get out of here, they are changing guards soon." The young man spoke quickly and quietly, reaching her and unlocking the chains that had bound her arms and feet to the floor. He pulled her up and walked out of the cell. "Quickly! You can still bend, right?" she nodded as he checked the hallways. "All clear, let's go!" He grabbed Azula's hand and pulled her down the long stone hallway. Azula heard shouts behind them, but the young man kept running only stopping occasionally to take out a few guards. She noted in the back of her mind that he was a firebender as they ran outside. The light of the rising sun blinded her.

"Hurry up! The bridge is rising!" They ran side-by-side, dodging the fireballs that were being flung at them from the guards on the stone wall. Azula admired his strength and his agility as he redirected the fireballs that were heading towards her. Azula used fire from her hands to propel her to the other side. For a second, she thought that the young man was stuck and started to laugh but, he was shortly next. He glared at her as they escaped out of the wall and ran towards the stairs on the other side of the crater.

More guards faced them as they reached the stairs and Azula decided that it was her turn to shine, the blue fire that shot from her hands hit everyone of her targets with startling accuracy as they ran up the stairs. She caught the young man giving her a nod of approval which only fueled her fire even more. Soon enough they reached the top of the crater and a small airship was waiting for them. The young man reached the airship and started to check it, making sure it wasn't damaged.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't destroy you right now." Azula turned to him with blue fire in her hands. Upon seeing this, the young man sighed and approached her.

"Because your sister sent me, and she would be very angry if you were to kill her best fighter." Azula sighed in defeat and the fire in her hands disappeared.

"Finally. Take me to her."

"It would be my pleasure, Princess." he bowed and they both got into the ship and flew away.

Okay, I know this chapter isn't that great (especially the part with Toph and Katara), but I struggled with putting this chapter into words and making it flow. I hope you guys semi-liked it and I look forward to your questions/comments in the reviews! Thanks for reading and have a Happy New Year! ~May