Sokka's p.o.v

After Bato we were looking for food but I hadn't had any luck. Sky'd been looking for tracks but hadn't spotted any yet when we found a news board.

"Hey look its a festival.", Aang says "Maybe there's food there."

"Whoa you wanna go to a fire nation festival where there all excited about there fire!", I shout as Kai looks at the board.

"Guy's that's not a great idea.", Sky says holding up a wanted poster for Aang.

"It should be fine, we'll go in check it out and leave before anything bad can happen.", Katara says.

"Ya and this may be my only chance to see some real fire bending.", Aang says.

"Ya cause we always leave before trouble happens.", I say rolling my eyes as Sky leans on me.

"Ya , if we draw any attention it won't be a good thing.", Sky says telling me she knows something and is trying to dissuade us from danger.

Eventually much to my protest we go in anyways. Sky me and my sister all wear dark hooded cloaks and Aang, well he pulls his shirt over his head. Luckily we were able to get masks in the village. Then we found a food vendor selling fire flakes and I took a hand full as did Sky and put them in our mouths, and in minutes my mouth was burning and Sky was offering me a piece of bread.

"Here this'll take the heat out.", she says.

"Thanks.", I reply.

"Your welcome.", she says.

We make our way to a stage show where a fire bender is doing tricks.

"Careful Sokka, cause stuffs about to go down.", she says taking my hand and twining her fingers with mine as Katara's about to be dragged on stage.

I notice her wary look as she watches as Aang freaks and jumps on stage air blasting a flaming rope away from Katara.

"It's the Avatar get him!", shouts a guard and Sky face palms.

"You tried to warn us.", I say as we hop on stage and begin our escape as Aang blows the whistle then an explosives guy helps us in our exit as we hop on Appa and his stuff detonates.

"You know your way around a bomb.", I say.

"I should.", he says.

"Hey your fire nation!", I shout then he begins telling us about this former general who deserted the fire nation.

Eventually we land and Sky watches as we talk and some guards lead the bomber off.

We all decide to sleep the night and in the morning Aang goes to speak to the bender. And before we know it he's trying to teach Aang fire bending.

Sky's p.o.v.

Stupid Jeong Jeong , stupid Aang. I've been keeping close tabs on Aang's training to prevent Katara from being hurt.

"Hey you look tense.", Sokka says plopping by me as I'm making new arrows.

"I am, you know sometimes I hate knowing the future.", I say looking in the water.

"Hey what ever it is we'll be ok.", he says slinging an arm around me and I nod.

"Speaking of stuff, Sokka what are we. We kiss when no ones looking, and I'm just wondering.", I say setting my stuff down a moment.

"Well that's a good question, I've never been in a relationship before.", he says " I guess your my girlfriend, well if you want to be" as he blushes rubbing his head sheepishly.

"Yea I'd like to be.", I say as he leans in and gives me a sweet kiss.

Then I hear Aang excited about moving fire and my eyes widen and I jump up startling Sokka running as Aang tries to do the performer's firebending trick. I manage to connect with Katara pulling her out of the way just as the flames connect with my back causing me to cry out in pain as Katara helps support me as Aang starts to apologize profusely.

"You burned Sky, and almost hurt my sister!", Sokka shouts pushing Aang away "I told you this was a bad idea and here you are playin around.!'

"Sky I'm so sorry!", Aang shouts crying.

"I need to get in the water.", I whimper so low only Katara can hear me.

"Sokka help me get Sky in the water.", she says as Sokka hurries over to me, helping getting my back in the water as Katara's hands glow and she heals it amazed at her new ability.

I whimper a little as she works her magic and slowly and Sokka leans by my ear whispering comforting things in my ear as it eases up.

"You have a gift.", Jeong Jeong says to Katara explaining how he wished he was a waterbender, because his element is all distruction.

"No Jeong Jeong, it's only what you do with your gift.", I say as I upright myself.

"Fire is also life, not just destruction. Never be ashamed of your gift. An airbender can be just as distructive if they choose, for instance the body needs it to breath but you bend the air out or so it stops moving, then there's tornados. Airbenders can destroy tons with use of that mass of destructive power.

Waterbenders can make blizards, tsunamis, or worse. Then earth benders can swallow someone up in the earth.", I say " for every good thing every element has it also has a destructive aspect, it's just due to this war we only remember the destruction."

At that a large fireball comes at us and we all dodge.

"Get out of here i'll slow him down!", Jeong Jeong shouts and we run.

"Katara grab Aang, me and Sky will grab Appa!", Sokka says and we nod her running for the hut while me and the water tribe warrior run for the flying bison.

When we reach Sokka I grab him and airbend us aboard and he grabs the reigns as we head to pick up our friends.

"That hit was for Katara.", he says as our eyes lock "Thanks."

I nod back and jump down grabbing my waterbending friend when we get close airbending her aboard as well.

Eventually the entire area is burning and Aang hops aboard after Zhao's ships are ablaze.

"Where's Jeong Jeong?", he says.

"Long gone, but we'll see him again soon.", I say.

"Oh hey Aang you've been burned.", Katara says healing it.

"That's some great water.", he says.

Eventually we get a more than safe distance away before we stop for the night to camp. I sit there digging through my bag since the burn went through my shirts and sigh.

"Here.", Sokka says handing me one of his as I look up at him. "You can't walk around with that big of a whole in the back of your top." and I nod at him.

"You know sometimes with the trail of crazy stuff that happens Zuko doesn't find us that way.", I say and he sits by me and smirks.

"Ya he has been gone awhile.", he says.

"Ya well I made sure we won't see him until the North Pole.", I say smirking as he looks at me puzzled. "After what I did to him, he's not very happy with me anyways." at which I giggle.

"What did you do to Zuko?", he asks.

"Dropped him in a very deep hole, and threw perfume on him.", I say.

"Sky that could have been dangerous.", he says.

"Ya but it kept you guys safe and stopped the monastery from being burned down.", I say "Besides what good is all this stuff I can't tell you if I can't even act on it."

"I forget that sometimes, how hard is it. You know, knowing our future when you can't tell us?", he says.

"Harder then you know. And there so much I wish I could tell but I can't. So much I want to change but don't know if I can. And then there's so much I have done that may have altered things. I don't even know if we'll still be this close after the north pole and you see the princess.

In the story you fall for her.", I say pulling my knees to my chin.

"I may not know much Sky , but I doubt this princess could be half as incredible as you.", he says putting a hand on my shoulder as he scoots closer. "Sky your a once in a lifetime girl, and anyone's be an idiot to give you up."