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Chapter 1:

Destiny Takes It Toll

The fire nation fleet has been sailing for days with no news about the avatar. There was no trace of him. It was as if he had just dropped off the phase of the planet. Each day found the fleet sailing aimlessly with no idea on where to go, and today was no better. They continued sailing on with no avail. Prince Zuko was on deck staring out into the endless sea. This was getting them nowhere fast and he felt like he would go insane if his feet didn't walk on land soon. Come out Avatar.

"Prince Zuko, you should really try this tea," Iroh said cheerfully as he approached and took no notice of Zuko's fist clenching and unclenching. "No thank you," was Zuko's only response as he continued to look out into the sea. Iroh shrugged and took a sip of his tea.

They stood there for what seemed like ages until Iroh spoke, "We should find somewhere to stop soon. We're running out of supplies and quite frankly seeing nothing but water every time I look around is driving me nuts."

"Just was I was thinking uncle, just what I was thinking."

"There's a small town around here. Perhaps it'd be wise to stop there, don't you agree?"

Zuko turned to his uncle with an unreadable expression on his face, "That's fine. We have nothing better to do anyway." He sighed as he began to walk away, "And besides, I was getting tired of seeing all this water as well."


Katara, who had been staring off into space, was brought back into reality when someone kept shouting her name.

"Katara. Katara? Katara!"

She turned to see Aang waving his hand frantically in front of her and Sokka staring at her curiously. "Did you want something?" she asked ignoring the fact that Sokka was still staring at her like she was a being from another planet.

"We were just saying that we should land. There's a small town not too far from here. Should we go there?"

"Yes, I don't see why not."

Chapter 1... Complete! Are the going to meet up? The title of the chapter should tell you something about that. Don't forget to review!