Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Air Bender, nor its characters or plot. This is based on the anime/cartoon.

Summary: When Sokka and Katara find and wake the Avatar from his 100 year sleep in the ice they find someone else after a dark beam follows the white one. The Kyōshi has been summoned to the avatar, but after 100 years without the avatar no one has taught the current Kyōshi what she needs to know in order to help the avatar. But there's something that makes this Kyōshi special, something that was supposed to be a simple joke but granted her terrible powers. OC/Zuko Slight OC/Sokka. Rated M just in case.

Little author's note: First A:TLAB fanfic, but obviously not my first fanfic. The girl on the cover is the OC, kinda hard to see sorry. Just a heads up also Kyōshi (not to be confused with Kyoshi) means "Teacher" in Japanese and before someone corrects me and says "No, Sensei is teacher." There are different ways to say words.

In a two person canoe, out among icebergs, was a teenage boy named Sokka. He had a shaven head except for a bit in the front and a pony-tail. He stood in the canoe, looking down into the water with a spear ready. The other occupant was a girl, Sokka's younger sister, named Katara. Both wore blue and white overcoats. The canoe drifted slowly as the boy concentrated on fishing. Beside the canoe a fish swam close to the surface.

"It's not getting away from me this time." Sokka said. "Watch and learn, Katara. This is how you catch a fish." Katara leaned over the edge to see a fish. She removed her left glove hesitantly. She took a deep breath and, with a look of trepidation, began to motion with her exposed hand. Suddenly, a globe of water, containing the fish, burst out of the water.

"Sokka, look!"

"Shh. Katara, you're gonna scare it away." Sokka whispered. "Mmmm… I can already smell it cookin'."

"But Sokka!" Katara exclaimed, trying to maintain control of the globe. "I caught one!" she struggled with the globe of water and it floated closer to Sokka, who raised his spear to strike a fish. When he cocked his arm back he burst the bubble of water. The fish fell back into the sea and Sokka got drenched. "Hey!"

"Ugh!" Sokka turned around to look at Katara. "Why is it that everytime you play with magic water I get soaked?" Sokka asked very exasperated.

"It's not magic water. It's water bending, and it's-" Sokka cut her off.

"Yeah, yeah an ancient art unique to our culture, blah blah blah. Look, I'm just saying that if I had weird powers, I'd keep my weirdness to myself." Sokka said squeezing the water out of his hair.

"You're calling me weird? I'm not that one who makes muscles at myself every time I see my reflection in the water." Sokka, who had been doing just that, turned and gave Katara a look. Suddenly the boat was bumped; the two looked up to see they'd entered an ice packed area. They began to work frantically to maneuver the canoe between the icebergs.

"Ahh!"

"Watch out!" Katara shouted. "Go left! Go left!" They thread the canoe through the ice pack. Icebergs were colliding all around them. Each time they managed to avoid getting crushed but their safety margins were decreasing rapidly. Finally the canoe was crushed when three icebergs collided at once. Sokka and Katara jumped out in time and onto one of the icebergs. They were stuck in an ice field at the mercy of the currents. "You call that left?" Katara asked.

"You don't like my steering. Well, maybe you should have water bended us out of the ice."

"So it's my fault?" Katara stood up.

"I knew I should have left you home leave it to the girl to screw things up." Katara pointed at her brother, her anger boiling over.

"You are the most sexist, immature, nut brained..." As she got more excited, the iceberg on which they were sitting began to heave as she swung her arms about. Behind them a huge iceberg cracked. "Ugh, I'm embarrassed to be related to you! Ever since Mom died I've been doing all the work around camp while you've been off playing soldier!"

"Uh... Katara?" Sokka said noticing the cracking ice behind her.

"I even wash all the clothes! Have you ever smelled your dirty socks? Let me tell you, NOT PLEASANT!"

"Katara! Settle down!"

"No, that's it. I'm done helping you. From now on, you're on your own!" By the end she was screaming. As she finished, the iceberg behind her split open entirely. It disintegrated and the major pieces fell into the water, pushing their iceberg away. They held on desperately until the iceberg settled.

"Okay, you've gone from weird to freakish, Katara." Sokka said as they lay on their piece of ice.

"You mean I did that?" Katara asked shocked.

"Yup. Congratulations." They both were leaning over the edge of the iceberg raft. Suddenly, the water just in front of them began to glow an incandescent blue. They moved backwards on their raft as another, lighter colored iceberg broke the surface. As the new iceberg settled, Katara walked to edge of their iceberg raft to get a better look. Deep in the ice, she could see the figure of a boy in a meditation pose. He had white arrows on his fists and on his bald head. Suddenly, his eyes opened with a glow and his arrow markings glow white.

"He's alive! We have to help." Katara said grabbing Sokka's hockey stick type spear, pulling up her hood and turning to go to the boy.

"Katara! Get back here! We don't know what that thing is!" Sokka called. Katara ignored him and skipped across a few little icebergs to arrive at the one in which the boy was trapped. Sokka followed. She began to use the hockey stick to whack the ice. After a few big whacks, she cracked open the ice. It looked like air was released, as if the iceberg had a hollow chamber within it. The iceberg then cracked from top to bottom and exploded open. A huge shaft of white blue light shot straight into the heavens. Somewhere nearby the shaft of light the aurora australis could be clearly seen in the background. The foreground was occupied by a herd of tiger seals, which reared themselves up and roared at the phenomenon.

An iron hulled battleship with a spiked prow cutting through the sea was also nearby. It was apparently steam powered as it had a single smokestack. The foredeck was much longer than the afterdeck. The bridge appeared to be several decks above the main deck. On the foredeck dressed in red with armor, also shaven-headed except for a pony-tail, staring intently at the shaft of light in front of the ship was a young man, Prince Zuko. His face, still illuminated by the shaft of light, was badly scarred around his left eye. The light from the light shaft dissipated.

"Finally." He turned to face his uncle, Iroh, an older man seated cross legged at a low table. He was drinking tea and playing a game with tiles that had the elements on them . "Uncle, do you realize what this means?"

"I won't get to finish my game?" Iroh asked, sadly.

"It means my search - it's about to come to an end." Iroh groans. "That light came from an incredibly powerful source. It has to be him!"

"Or it's just the celestial lights. We've been down this road before, Prince Zuko. I don't want you to get too excited over nothing. Please, sit. Why don't you enjoy a cup of calming jasmine tea?" Iroh asked.

"I don't need any calming tea!" Zuko said, exploding in anger. "I need to capture the Avatar. Helmsman, head a course for the light!" He turned to look back at the light.

Back on the ice Sokka was still shielding his sister from the blast that just dissipated. They looked up to see residual blue light still swirling around the top of what was left of the iceberg. Suddenly, the boy appeared, his eyes and arrow markings still aglow. Sokka raised his spear at the boy.

"Stop!" The boy stood up as the glow and residual energy faded. He seemed to pass out and slid down the side of the ruined iceberg to Sokka and Katara, who lunged forward and catch him as he fell. Sokka poked the boy in the head with the blunt end of his weapon.

"Stop it!" Katara said. She gave Sokka the Heisman and turned to the boy. She gently turned him over so that he was lying on his back. He began to wake up. He slowly opened his eyes.

"I need to ask you something." The boy whispered in a weak voice

"What?" Katara asked.

"Please... come closer." The boy said still whispering.

"What is it?"

"Will you go penguin sledding with me?" The boy's voice changed to a normal, even excited voice.

"Uh... sure. I guess." Aang airbended himself to his feet as he started to rub the back of his head.)

"Ahh!" Sokka exclaimed back up.

"What's going on here?" Aang asked.

"You tell us! How'd you get in the ice?" Sokka started poking Aang with his spear again. "And why aren't you frozen?"

"I'm not sure." Aang said batting the spear away, absently. Aang gasped as a low, animal like noise was heard. and began to frantically climb back up the ruined iceberg. He jumped over the lip of what was in fact now a crater and landed on a huge furry animal. "Appa! Are you all right? Wake up, buddy." Aang said. He leaned down and opened one of the beast's eyes. He closed it again. Aang hopped down and tried to lift the animal's huge head, but without effect. Katara and Sokka came around the corner and their mouths dropped in shock as the saw the monster, whose mouth opened and licked the boy trying to wake him up. "Haha! You're okay!" He hugged Appa. Appa occupied most of the crater left by the explosion. He was a huge flying bison with six legs and horns like a steer. He got up and shook himself off a bit.

"What is that thing?" Sokka asked.

"This is Appa, my flying bison."

"Right. And this is Katara, my flying sister." Aang was about to reply, but doesn't as Appa began to sneeze. Aang ducked in time as Appa proceeded to sneeze all over Sokka. "Ewww! Aahh!" Sokka, covered in snot, tried to get rid of it by rolling around on the ice and snow.

"Don't worry. It'll wash out." Aang said.

"Ugh!"

"So, do you guys live around here?"

"Don't answer that! Did you see that crazy bolt of light? He was probably trying to signal the Fire Navy."

"Oh, yeah, I'm sure he's a spy for the Fire Navy. You can tell by that evil look in his eye." Katara said. Aang smiled innocently. "The paranoid one is my brother, Sokka. You never told us your name."

"I'm A... aaaahhhh... ahhhhhh... aaah aaah aaah AAAAAAACHOOOO!" As Aang sneezed he zoomed of the ground far into the air. He responded to her question after he landed to the whistling sound of a bomb dropping. "I'm Aang." He sniffled and rubbed his nose.

"You just sneezed... and flew ten feet in the air." Sokka said incredulously.

"Really? It felt higher than that."

"You're an airbender!" Katara said with a gasp.

"Sure am." Aang said.

"Giant light beams... flying bison... airbenders... I think I've got Midnight Sun Madness. I'm going home to where stuff makes sense." Sokka turned to walk off, but was stopped when, from the other side of the iceberg Aang and Appa came out of, a another beam shot up into the sky. This one was black and purple instead of the white light that had come from Aang. "Oh what now?!" Sokka exclaimed. Aang tilted his head in confusion and when the beam dissipated, he airbended over the iceberg.

"Hey!" He popped his head around the corner. "You guys should see this!" He said before going back. Katara started to head over.

"Katara!" Sokka exclaimed. "That light looked bad, it was all black and evil looking, I don't think you should go over there."

"Aang's over there and he's fine." She said not looking back at him. She disappeared behind the iceberg. Sokka opened his mouth then closed it with a scowl. He sighed and ran after Katara. "What is it Aang?" Katara asked walking over to where the young air bender was crouched over something. He looked back at her.

"It's a girl."

"What another ice person?" Sokka asked. Katara walked over and saw a teenage girl lying unconscious against the ice

"Do you know her?" Aang asked.

"I was about to ask you that." Katara said. The girl looked to be about 16-17 with black hair with small braids decorating it. She was pale and had black clothing. The top covered her arms and it had a purple design going around the top of her arms and her chest and a bit over her stomach. She wore black pants with similar purple lines and had black boots that went up to her knees.

"Is she dead?" Sokka asked. Aang put his ear by her mouth then sat up again.

"She's breathing." Aang said. Sokka extended his spear to poke her when Katara shot him a look. Suddenly the girls eyes opened wide and she gasped, sitting up. "Woah! Are you okay?" Wide purple eyes met curious brown ones.

"Your eyes…" Katara said. The girl looked at her.

"Okay that's not normal!" Sokka exclaimed, jumping back, seeing her eyes.

"What's your name?" Katara asked. The girl looked back to Aang who was watching her curiously.

"You're the Av-" Aang's eyes widened and he reached to covered her mouth when she stopped talking, noticing his reaction. "Where am I?"

"We're asking the questions." Sokka said. "What's your name?" He leaned over a bit to look at her.

"Kira Akuma." She said blinking at him. She looked around at her surroundings.

"Great, 'killer demon' just what we needed." Sokka muttered standing up. Kira grinned. "See! She even has fangs!" Sokka pointed.

"I just have sharp canines." She said poking them.

"Whatever! I'm going home!" Sokka said before walking back around the iceberg.

"Don't mind my brother Sokka." Katara said. "My name's Katara."

"I'm Aang!" Aang said happily. "I kinda just met them a few minutes ago too." He added with a smile.

"I'm gonna go make sure Sokka doesn't fall in the water." Katara said before walking after Sokka. Once she was out of sight Aang looked at Kira.

"How did you know?" He asked. Kira shrugged.

"I just had this feeling." She said, not understanding it herself. Aang stood and held out a hand and helped her up.

"How old are you?"

"Um 17."

"Are you a bender?" The two started to walk around the iceberg.

"In a way."

"What does that mean?" Aang asked raising an eyebrow. Before Kira could answer they heard Sokka whining. They looked over to see him stopped at the icebergs edge. In front of the iceberg was only sea and ice. "Well, if you guys are stuck Appa and I can give you a lift." Aang said. Aang airbended himself onto Appa's head, then to the top of his back where rested an enormous saddle. Reigns were attached to both of Appa's great horns. Kira smiled, it being her first time seeing a flying bison, – she'd only read about them and heard stories from her grandfather – and she ran over and climbed up.

"We'd love a ride! Thanks!" Katara said as Kira helped her on.

"Oh, no... I am not getting on that fluffy snot monster." Sokka said.

"Are you hoping some other kind of monster will come along and give you a ride home? You know... before you freeze to death?" Sokka started to say something and gave up before he did. He sighed. Kira held out her hand to help him up but he ignored it and did it best to climb up. Kira snickered and he finally got on. Katara and Kira looked excited. Sokka looked grumpy, with his arms folded across his chest.

"Okay. First time flyers, hold on tight! Appa, yip yip!" Aang said. Aang shook the reigns and Appa made a low rumble. He flapped his huge beaver tail and then launched into the air. He spread his legs wide, but then came right back down into the water with a huge splash. He began to swim them forward. "Come on, Appa. Yip yip." Aang said shaking the reigns. Katara crawled toward the front of the saddle while Sokka leaned back against the back and Kira stretched her legs in the center.

"Wow. That was truly amazing." Sokka said.

"Appa's just tired. A little rest and he'll be soaring through the sky. You'll see." He made a "soaring through the sky" motion with his hand, his eyes finally rested on Katara. He left them there, a smile on his face as he looked at her.

"Why are you smiling at me like that?" Katara asked.

"Oh... I was smiling?" He asked looking embarrassed.

"Uuuuugh." Sokka said letting his head fall back.

Zuko, was on the spotting deck off the bridge looking forward, and was approached by Iroh. It was now night.

"I'm going to bed now." Iroh said before making an exaggerated yawn. "Yep. A man needs his rest. Prince Zuko, you need some sleep. Even if you're right and the Avatar is alive, you won't find him. Your father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all tried and failed."

"Because their honor didn't hinge on the Avatar's capture. Mine does. This coward's hundred years in hiding are over."

Appa was still swimming, his friends on his back. Aang lay back on top of Appa's head. Katara, in the saddle on Appa's back with her brother and Kira, crawled forward and looked down from the saddle at Aang. Sokka was laying in the back with Kira in front of him, both were asleep.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey. Whatcha thinkin' about?

"I guess I was wondering – your being an airbender and all – if you had any idea what happened to the Avatar."

"Uhh... no. I didn't know him... I mean, I knew people that knew him, but I didn't. Sorry." Aang said looking disconcerted.

"Okay. Just curious. Goodnight."

"Sleep tight." Katara turned away and Aang also looked away, an expression of fear on his face.

DREAM
Aang wakes up on top of Appa, in the saddle, with a gasp. He looks around at a storm. He's suddenly in the middle, rain pouring down with lightning flashing all around him. He gripped onto Appa's reigns and screamed as they plunged into the sea.

"Aaahhh!" They came up briefly for air, Appa groaned, but they were once again driven under the storm tossed waves. As they drifted downward, Aang dropped Appa's reigns and began to lose consciousness. Suddenly, Aang's eyes and markings glow white. He put his hands together and he froze himself and Appa in a huge ball of ice.

"Aang! Aang, wake up!" Katara said. Aang woke up gasping. "It's okay. We're in the village now. Come on, get ready. Everyone's waiting to meet you." Aang got up and put on his shirt and hood. Katara looked at his airbender tattoos. She grabbed Aang by the hand and dragged him outside. He carried a staff with him.

"Whaaaa!" A small crowd had gathered outside the small hut he was in to greet him. It was composed of women of various ages and children. Sokka sat outside the hut sharpening a boomerang. Kira sat a few feet from him. Everyone had met her earlier as Aang was still asleep

"Aang, this is the entire village. Entire village, Aang." Katara said. Aang bowed to them in a friendly manner, but the people pulled back from him anyway.

"Uh... why are they all looking at me like that? Did Appa sneeze on me?" He looked down at his clothes. An old woman walked forward.

"Well, no one has seen an airbender in a hundred years. We thought they were extinct until my granddaughter and grandson found you."

"'Extinct'?" Aang asked.

"Aang, this is my grandmother." Katara said

"Call me Gran Gran." Sokka grabbed Aang's staff.

"What is this, a weapon? You can't stab anything with this."

"It's not for stabbing. " He created a jet of air that sucked the staff back into his hand. "It's for airbending." Aang opened the staff into a glider with red wings. Sokka jumped.

"Magic trick! Do it again!" A little girl said.

"Not magic, airbending. It lets me control the air currents around my glider and fly."

"You know, last time I checked, humans can't fly." Sokka said.

"Check again!" Aang launched himself into the air with his glider. He soared through the air, doing loops as the villagers on the ground pointed to him in wonder.

"Whoa... it's flying... it's amazing!" Aang looked down at Katara who smiled at him. He was so enthralled with her attention that slammed right into Sokka's guard tower.

"Oof!" He pulled his head out of the tower and fell to the ground with his glider.

"My watchtower!" Sokka gasped.

"That was amazing." Katara said. She helped Aang back to his feet. He twirled his glider shut as Sokka examined the damaged tower behind him. After Aang closed the glider a huge bank of snow buried Sokka.

"Great. You're an airbender, Katara's a waterbender, together you can just waste time all day long." Sokka said. Kira walked over and held out a hand to help him up. He gave her a look that said 'I still don't trust you.' And she pulled her hand back.

"You're a waterbender!" Aang said to Katara.

"Well... sort of. Not yet."

"All right. No more playing. Come on, Katara, you have chores." Gran Gran said. Gran Gran led Katara away.

"I told you! He's the real thing, Gran Gran! I finally found a bender to teach me."

"Katara, try not to put all your hopes in this boy."

"But he's special. I can tell. I sense he's filled with much wisdom." She looked over to her right. Aang had his tongue frozen to his staff, children gathered around him.

"Sthee? Now my tongue ith thuck to my sthaff." A child next to him grabbed the staff and yanks, but Aang's tongue stayed stuck. The children clapped. Kira stood nearby watching. A little girl came up to her.

"Can you do stuff too?" Kira looked down at the little girl and blinked.

"Uh- well." Aang looked over after getting his tongue free.

"Didn't you say you could bend too?" The rest of the children looked over at Kira.

"Uh well I can- I mean it's not- um…"

"Show us." The children all said.

"Um…" Kira looked at Aang who looked at her curiously. She looked over at Sokka who stopped fixing his tower to watch suspiciously. "Alright."

"Yay!" The children cheered. Kira swallowed and held her hand out, palm facing the remains of Sokka's watch tower. The snow began to move and after a moment the tower was fixed, only looking slightly different. The children clapped and Sokka looked at the tower with a smile. Kira smiled noticing but Sokka stopped and coughed slightly.

"What kind of bender are you?" Aang asked. "Water? Air?" He asked a bit hopefully. Kira shook her head. Aang blinked. "You can't be earth or fire though… that was snow." He said trying to think of what she was. He put a hand to his head. "My head hurts." The children giggled.

"Do more tricks." They said to Aang as Kira walked away over to Sokka.

"Do I get a thank you?" She asked.

"I could've fixed it." He said crossing his arms and looking away. Kira smirked and held up her hand again. The snow began to move slightly. "No no no don't!" Sokka said turning to look at her with wide eyes. She grinned. "Fine…thanks." He muttered so softly she could barely hear it. She shrugged.

"Close enough."

Zuko's ship cut through the waves. He was facing two Fire Navy seamen. Iroh sat nearby.

"Again." Iroh said. Zuko blasted fire from his hands at the guards, but missed. Then the guards attacked Zuko with blasts of fire from their fists, but Zuko dodged. He back flipped over the guards to land behind them.

"Ha! Heeya!" Iroh sighed and got up.

"No! Power in firebending comes from the breath. Not the muscles. The breath becomes energy in the body. The energy extends past your limbs and becomes fire." Iroh demonstrated, releasing a controlling plume of flame that burst in front of Zuko, but did not hit him. "Get it right this time."

"Enough. I've been drilling this sequence all day. Teach me the next set. I'm more than ready."

"No, you are impatient. You have yet to master your basics." Iroh said. "Drill it again!" He added forcefully.

"Grrrr... huh!" Zuko blasted one of the guards backwards with a gout of fire. "The sages tell us that the Avatar is the last airbender. He must be over a hundred years old by now. He's had a century to master the four elements. I'll need more than basic firebending to defeat him. You WILL teach me the advanced set!"

"Very well. But first I must finish my roast duck." Iroh began eating. "Num num... num..."

Sokka paced back and forth addressing an audience.

"Now men, it's important that you show no fear when you face a firebender. In the Water Tribe, we fight to the last man standing. For without courage, how can we call ourselves men?" The audience he was addressing was a group of six children, most of whom were toddlers. A little boy raised his hand.

"I gotta pee!"

"Listen! Until your fathers return from the war, they're counting on you to be the men of this tribe. And that means no potty breaks." Sokka said.

"But I really gotta go." Sokka sighed.

"Okay... who else has to go?" All six raised their hands. Sokka slapped his forehead in disgust as all six exited to the right. Katara entered from the left.

"Have you seen Aang? Gran Gran said he disappeared over an hour ago." Aang emerged from a small igloo type bathroom stall. He adjusted his pants and smiled at the trip of boys coming to use the toilet.

"Wow! Everything freezes in there!" Aang said gesturing over his shoulder at the toilet

"Hahaha!" The children laughed.

"Ugh! Katara, get him out of here. This lesson is for warriors only." Sokka said.

"Wheeee!" A kid said. The two looked over to see Appa, Aang on his back. They had propped up his tail using a makeshift sawhorse. A kid has used Appa's back and tail as a slide to land in a pile of snow. The children, and soon Katara, all started laughing.

"Stop! Stop it right now!" Sokka said before looking at Aang. "What's wrong with you? We don't have time for fun and games with a war going on."

"What war?" Aang asked. He hopped down off Appa. "What are you talking about?"

"You're kidding, right?" Aang's gaze shifted slightly off of Sokka to look at something beyond him

"PENGUIN!" He shouted. There was a penguin in distance, visible between Sokka and Katara. The penguin, aware that it had been spotted, made an excited noise and turned to waddle away. Aang used his airbending skill to run at unbelievable speed toward the horizon where the penguin had just been.

"He's kidding, right?" Sokka asked.

Katara entered a beach, loaded with penguins who waddle around squawking, looking for Aang.

"Aang?" Aang was chasing some penguins, but was unable to catch them as the waddled away.

"Haha! Hey, come on little guy. Wanna go sledding?" Aang lunged, but fell flat on his face. He got back up as Katara approached "Oof! Heh heh, I have a way with animals." He put his arms out and waddled in imitation of the four flippered penguins. "Yarp! Yarp yarp! Yarp! Yarp yarp! Yarp!" Katara giggled.

"Hahaha... Aang, I'll help you catch a penguin if you teach me waterbending."

"You got a deal! Just one little problem. I'm an airbender, not a waterbender. Isn't there someone in your tribe who can teach you?" Katara looked away with sadness.

"No. You're looking at the only waterbender on the whole South Pole."

"This isn't right. A waterbender needs to master water. What about the North Pole? There's another Water Tribe up there, right? Maybe they have waterbenders who could teach you."

"Maybe. But we haven't had contact with our sister tribe in a long time. It's not exactly 'turn right at the second glacier.' It's on the other side of the world."

"But you forget: I have a flying bison. Appa and I can personally fly you to the North Pole. Katara, we're gonna find you a master!"

"That's..." She started to say happily but her tone turned uncertain. "I mean, I don't know. I've never left home before."

"Well, you think about it. But in the meantime, can you teach me to catch one of these penguins?"

"Okay, listen closely my young pupil." She said in a mock teacherly tone. "Catching penguins is an ancient and sacred art. Observe." She produced a little fish from her coat and tossed it at Aang. He was instantly surrounded by a horde of hungry penguins.

In the late afternoon all was quiet. Suddenly, Katara and Aang rocketed off the ice bank, each sitting atop a penguin. They landed on the bank below and continued down at high speed on the penguin's belly. Aang and his penguin took a jump off a small ramp, eventually landing in front of Katara. She took the jump and landed near him. They laughed and whooped happily.

"I haven't done this since I was a kid!" Katara said

"You still are a kid!" Aang said. They continued to rocket across the frozen landscape, eventually entering system of ice tunnels. The tunnels had periodic gaps where sunlight poured through. They emerged from the tunnels and got off their mounts, which stood up and dizzily wander away making little chirping noises. They walked forward, looking at something in front of them. "Whoa... what is that?" They looked up at a huge ship locked in the ice in front of them. It was a derelict Fire Navy ship, silhouetted by the sun behind it.

"A Fire Navy ship, and a very bad memory for my people." Katara said deathly serious. Aang began to walk to the ship. "Aang, stop! We're not allowed to go near it. The ship could be booby trapped.

"If you wanna be a bender, you have to let go of fear." Aang said looking back at her. She looked uncertain, then followed him to the ship. They climbed up and enter the ship through a gaping hole in one of the forward compartments below the water line. They walked around the dark corridors inside past many a darkened room.

"This ship has haunted my tribe since Gran Gran was a little girl. It was part of the Fire Nation's first attacks."

"Okay, back up. I have friends all over the world, even in the Fire Nation. I've never seen any war."

"Aang, how long were you in that iceberg?"

"I don't know... a few days, maybe?"

"I think it was more like a hundred years!"

"What? That's impossible. Do I look like a hundred-twelve year old man to you?"

"Think about it. The war is a century old. You don't know about it because, somehow, you were in there that whole time. It's the only explanation." Aang put his hand to his head and walked backward. Stunned by this realization, he sunk to the floor.

"A hundred years! I can't believe it." Katara kneeled next to him.

"I'm sorry, Aang. Maybe somehow there's a bright side to all this."

"I did get to meet you." Katara smiled.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." She helped him back to his feet and they started walking once again.

Aang entered a darkened room on the ship, Katara behind in the hallway.)

"Aang? Let's head back. This place is creepy."

"Huh?" Aang's foot dragged a trip wire on the floor. Behind them the door was blocked by a grate that drops from the ceiling. They grabbed it just after it fell shut. They were trapped. "What's that you said about booby traps?" Around them, machinery in the room started to operate. Gauges showed steam pressure and wheels began to turn. Steam began to pour out of some of the equipment. Suddenly, a bright flare explodes out of the Fire Navy ship and into the sky, leaving a trail of smoke behind it. Aang and Katara looked out the window of the ship's bridge. "Uh oh." When the flare reached its zenith it exploded with a small shower of sparks. Aang looked to the ceiling and saw a big hole. "Hold on tight!" He grabbed Katara, who cried out in surprise, and launched them both through the hole in the ceiling. He landed with her in his arms on top of the bridge.

On Zuko's ship he looked through the lens of a telescope. The telescope followed the flare down for a few moments, before shifting downwards to show Aang hopping down the ship and the ice which encased it to the ground below, Katara still in his arms.

"The last airbender." Zuko said. "Quite agile for his old age. Wake my uncle! Tell him I found the Avatar..." Zuko looked back into his telescope to see Aang and Katara running across the ice away from the ship. He then scaned left quickly, then pulled it back right to focus on Katara's village. "...as well as his hiding place." Zuko's left eye, the scarred one, arched in determination.

I'm doing an episode a chapter. Not much about Kira in this but there will be more explained in time. (Probably within the next two chapters.)

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