Iroh and I walked through the forest as we tracked Zuko, just then earth slide up from under us. We both fall, I almost unsheathed my sword, however, I remembered this was Toph!

"That really hurt my tail bone." Iroh sighed as he rubbed it, Iroh walked near and saw it was two simple travelers.

Later we all drank tea together. "Here is your tea." Iroh smiled as he poured it for her. "You seem a like too young to be traveling alone." Iroh fished with a head tilt.

"You seem a like too old." Toph replied before she drank. Iroh and I both had to laugh.

"Perhaps I am. But I am grateful I have my friend here." Iroh put a hand on my shoulder, I needed some support from Iroh. Especially now.

"I know what your think, I look like I can't handle myself." Toph replied with an annoyed tone.

"I wasn't thinking that."

"You wouldn't even let me pour my own cup of tea." Toph asked with her eyes still to the ground.

"Trust me he does that to me too." I answered with a grin.

"I poured your tea because I wanted to, and for no other reason."

"People see me and think I'm weak, they want to take care of me. But I can take care of myself by myself." Toph pointed at herself with determination.

"You sound like my nephew, always thinking you need to do things on your own. Without anyone's support. There is nothing wrong with letting people who love you help you. Not that I love, I just met you." We all laugh to that one.

"So were's your nephew?"

"We've been tracking him actually." Iroh answered looking over to me. He knew what was going on in my head, he knew how I felt about Zuko.

"Is he lost?" Toph asked with her little girl voice.

"Yes, a little bit. His life has recently changed and he going through very difficult times. He is trying to figure out who he is, and he went away."

"So now your following him." Toph added.

"I know he doesn't want us around right now. But if he needs us, we'll be there."

"Your nephew is very lucky. Even if he doesn't know it. Thank you." Toph said, before grabbing her things.

"My pleasure, sharing tea with a fascinating stranger is one of life's true delights." Iroh replied with a bright smile.

"No, thank you for what you said. I helped me."

"I'm glad." Iroh answered.

"Oh and about your nephew, maybe you should tell him that you need him too."

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We tracked Zuko to a old busted up town, where he, Azula, and The Gaang were fighting in a three way. We caught Azula when she was on the run. Iroh pushes her over with his stomach, while I kicked her in the gut. I felt really good about how it landed. Azula gasped for breath one more time before her back was to a wall.

"Well look at this. Enemies and traitors all working together. I'm done. I know when I'm beaten. You got me, a princess surrenders with honor." Azula raised her hands in surrender.

All of us, Zuko, Iroh, the Gaang, all stood against her. Just then I realized I wasn't keeping my eyes on her, but I had already made my mistake.

I looked back to see bright blue flame hit my chest.

I immediately groaned from all the pain, it felt cold yet it was unbelievably hot.

"Get away from us!" Zuko hissed at the Gaang as they walked closer, I could only assume Azula got away.

"Zuko, Katara can help my sister!" I heard Kyo shout back.

They were all in shock, they didn't know we were siblings. I could see the panic in Kyo and Zuko's eyes, Kyo wasn't backing off.

"Leave!" Zuko bent flames at them. I couldn't hold on anymore, and my eyes shut tight.

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"No! She is my sister!" I shouted back as I walked through the flames to get to my little sis. Her eyes were shut, I immediately checked her pulse.

"Katara do something!" I was starting to panic, this didn't happen in the show.

I shook as Katara started to heal Mia's wound. I looked over to see Zuko was no less tense for Mia.

"I don't think there's anymore I can do." Katara looked over to me.

"Then get out of here." Zuko groaned at us.

I looked at my little sister before walking away with the Gaang. I could only hope she'd be okay.

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I found myself in tall grass, and a cool wind. I looked up to see a man, tall and stern. I didn't know who he was, hey I did! This man was my father in this world. He was smiling down at me, I could feel the joy it gave me when he picked me up.

My big brother Kyo ran up and started punching dad with soft ones. We all started laughing, I looked over to see my mom.

She looked tired yet beautiful, maybe because she held a infant in her arms.

We lived on a colony farm, we were wearing green however. I felt how happy I was in my dad's arms, something I forgot about back home.

"Mia!" I heard my brother shout at me.

"What?!" I replied, he continued to nagmy leg.

"Mia?" I heard again, only now it was clear it was Zuko's voice. "Mia?" He asked as he tilted his head. "You were unconscious. Azula did this to you. It was surprise attack." Zuko added.

"Yeah not so surprising." I replied with a groan as I tried to get up.

"No, you should rest." Zuko softly stated, putting a hand on my shoulder.

"Here drink some tea." Iroh handed me a small cup.

"You all right?" Zuko asked, as I drank some really good tea.

"I'm good I guess. It actually doesn't hurt that bad." I replied touching it, it was slight pain.

"Thanks to the Water Tribe girl who healed you." Iroh said, Zuko looked the other way. It clearly bothered him that his enemies helped us.

"Oh, well, I guess I have to tell her thanks next time I see her." I tried to get back up but let out a groan.

"Mia, you can rest in here while Uncle and I train." Zuko put a warm hand on my shoulder again.

"Alright." I replied with a sigh as I sat back down.

Zuko and Iroh trained and we left the next day. On the way we got attacked by some "old friends."

"Too bad you don't have any old friends who don't want to attack you." Zuko said to Iroh as we ran away from them.

"Mmm old friends who don't want to attack me?" Iroh asked himself deep in thought.

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We arrived in a town in the desert and went in the tavern. We sat at a table and looked around at mysterious characters till Zuko snapped; "Nobody here is gonna help us. These people just look like filthy wanderers" He hissed at Iroh for talking him into going in.

"So do we. Ah, this is interesting, I think I found our friend." Iroh looked over to a table just across the room, it was a old man sitting there by himself with Pi Sho. He stood up to walk over.

"You bought us here to gamble on Pi Sho?" Zuko held him back for just a moment, meanwhile I noticed the two men in the back staring at us, and one was holding the other back. Those were the men tracking down Toph.

"I don't think this is a gamble." Iroh walked over and bowed at the bald man. "May I have this game?"

The old man nodded and signaled him to sit. "The guest has the first move."

Iroh immediately moved his white lotus tile, which made the old man stop for a second.

"I see you favor the white lotus gambit. not many still cling to the ancient ways." He said this as if it was a test.

And Iroh replied a certain way like it was an answer to a code; "Those who do can always find a friend." The old man looked more and more interested, while Zuko was just lost.

Meanwhile I knew exactly what was happening, but I had to act like I didn't.

"Then let us play." They started moving pieces like it was a race, till it became a lotus flower on the board. "Welcome brother. The white lotus opens wide to those who know her secrets." The old man bowed at Iroh and he back.

"What are you old gas bags talking about?" Zuko demanded some answers, but he got Iroh's evading replies.

"I always tried to tell you that Pi Sho is more then just a game." He held the lotus tile in his hand with a firm grip, and a smile from ear to ear.

I turned to see the two bounty hunters now right behind me. "It's over, you three fugitives are coming with me." The tough (I never got his name.) one pointed at Zuko and me, who was getting ready to ram him.

"I knew it! you three are wanted criminals with a giant bounty on your heads!" The old man stepped in front of them, making himself as loud as possible yet not where he was shouting.

"I thought you said he would help?!" Zuko hissed at Iroh while clenching his jaw.

"Just watch." Iroh replied, I on the other hand had to smirk, it was working perfectly.

"You think you're going to capture them and get all that gold?" He almost shouted the last part, then everyone in the tavern pricked up.

Once they heard gold they're was no reason not to attack. It turned to a fight between two earth benders, thieves and mercenaries.

We ran out of all the confusion and walked the streets freely, he took us to another part of the village and led us in a flower shop.

"It is a honor to welcome such a high ranking member of the white lotus. Being a grand master you must know so many secrets." The old man asked, when he closed the door and walked in the shop.

It was a small flower shop. It was full of flowers and pots.

"Now that you played Pi Sho are you gonna do some flower arranging or is someone in this club gonna offer some real help?" Zuko waved his arms around and almost shouted in frustration.

"You must forgive my nephew he is not an initiate and has little appreciation for the cryptic arts." Iroh told the old man as they walked to a door at the end of the small flower shop.

"Who knocks at the guarded gate?" A man asks through the door window, with a whispering tone.

"One who as eaten the fruit and tasted its mysteries." Iroh had a blank expression on his face.

Zuko was about to walk in but the door was shut in front of him. Iroh quickly opened the window again. "I'm afraid it's members only, wait out here."

Zuko sighed and leaned on a wall while I sat on the ground. Zuko looked over to a flower right next him and smelt a smell he rather liked.

"You seem pretty riled up when all that happen?" I asked, leaning on whatever I was leaning on.

"When what happened?" Zuko replied.

"When I got hit."

"Why would I not be?! You're my friend." Zuko defended as he had his arms folded. But the way he said "Friend" made me grow a smile from one ear, he cared about me. That was something. However... sisterzoned and now... friend-zone. Better than nothing.

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The next morning I woke to find Zuko was leaning on me, asleep. I didn't want to move, or even breath. I wanted to stay right there.

Just then Iroh opened the door and Zuko opened his eyes to find his head on my shoulder. He quickly got up and acted like that didn't happen.

"What's going on? Is the club meeting over?" Zuko asked as he cleared his throat.

"Everything is taken care of, we're heading to Ba Sing Se." Iroh calmly said, with his hands in his sleeves.

"Ba Sing Se?" Zuko looked over to me, I had no reaction however.

"The city is filled with refugees, no one will notice three more." The old man added.

"We could hide in plain sight there. And it's the safest place in the world from the Fire Nation. Even I couldn't break through to the city." Iroh said, trying to put a bright side to things for Zuko.

"I have the passports for our guests but there are two men out on the street looking for them." A young man walked in holding the passports in his hand. We looked out to see the same two earth benders from the night before.

"Would you move your feet!" Zuko whispered to me. As we sat in a huge flower pot, but not big enough. The white lotus snuck us out with ease.

"I can't move." I defended, I tried to move then I realized my hands were on his abs!

"Mia, where are your hands?" Zuko asked, giving me the treatment.

"Huh... on your chest." I replied I didn't want to move them. I could feel the firm flex of- oh right.

"Yeah, get them off." Zuko hissed with an uncountable tone.

"I can't move." I quickly replied, I how would I move from something like this?

Zuko sighed, and we had a long way to go.

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We had no problem getting on a secret ferry to Ba Sing Se, the boat wasn't beaten up but it wasn't nice either.

"Who would have thought after all these years, I'd return to the scene of my worst military disaster, as a tourist" Iroh's serious voice turning into excitement at the end didn't please Zuko one bit.

"Look around we're not tourists we're refugees." He sipped the contents of his bowl and gagged. "Ugh! I'm sick of eating rotten food sleeping in the dirt. I'm tried of living like this!" Zuko said frustrated. We had been living like this for sometime, I still hated it. Even if we were going to Ba Sing Se, I knew things weren't as good there either.

"Aren't we all?" A voice asked, a voice that sent a chill up my spin, that was Jet. "My names Jet and these are my freedom fighters, Smellerbee and Longshot." Jet suddenly came from out of the shadows, quickly introducing himself.

"Hello." Zuko almost whispered, he hid his frustration best he could. He didn't look at them, Jet on the other hand walked closer to me.

"Here's the deal, I hear the captain's eating like a king while the refugees have to eat off the scraps, doesn't seem fair does it?" Jet asked with grin as he stood next to me. I was starting to get vibes as he looked me, I felt like backing up but that would just be obvious.

"What sort of king is he eating like?" Iroh asked, it was obvious he missed his royal meals.

"The fat, happy kind." Jet replied as he leaned on the ship rails. Iroh started drooling at the very thought of a happy fat king.

"You want to help us liberate some food?" Jet asked in my direction.

I looked over to Zuko, he threw the bowl of stuff in the water and turned to jet. "We're in."

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That night we snuck in, Jet was right. There was plenty of food for the boat. Jet, Zuko, and I got all we could before we heard Smellerbee warn us about a guard. We zip lined down the rope jet used the hooks of his swords, Zuko used the back sides of his sword, while I also used my sword to slide down the rope.

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Later when Jet and I were handing out the food Zuko and Iroh sat with Smellerbee and Longshot. "So what did you do before all this happened?" Jet asked, with a grin.

"Huh we were, farmers." I quickly replied, I hoped my face didn't show that I was lying.

"My family were farmers, till the Fire Nation killed them." Jet stopped handing out food and didn't look at me.

"That's terrible, Jet..." I had a memory of Kyo leaving the farm with Jet and the freedom fighters. "Hey did you know Kyo?" I asked.

"Yeah, for a long time. Why?" He asked, giving out more food.

"His my brother."

"No way! He was a really good fighter, he left the freedom fighters with the Avatar recently." Jet answered.

"Really? Why?" I fished, I wanted him to confess.

"I'd rather not talk about it." Jet backed away again, I was clearly hitting buttons. "Kyo, never to told me he had a sister, and a pretty one at that." Jet pulled the grain from his mouth, I left off a slight smile.

All I could feel was, this was awkward. I didn't dislike Jet he actually looked rather good, but he was creepy once you got to know him. And I had my eye on a better prize.

Speaking off better prizes, I looked over to see Zuko was glaring at us. I quickly fixed my hair and sat next to him.

"Why are you all red?" He asked, I immediately started to panic.

"I'm not red!" I defended as I touched my checks. They were red, I was starting to blush even more.

"From what I heard people eat like this every night in Be Sing Sa, I can't wait to set my eyes on that giant wall." Jet said, as he sat next to me.

"It is a magnificent sight." Iroh thought back to when he almost took Ba Sing Se.

"So you've been there before?" Jet asked, holding bread.

"Once when I was a different man." Iroh looked down, reminded of all the things he did.

"I've done some things in my past that I'm not proud of, but that's why I'm going to Ba Sing Sa, for a second chance." Iroh saw that Jet really meant what he said.

"That's very noble of you. I believe people can change their lives if they want to, I believe in second chances." Iroh looked over at Zuko, who knew what he meant.

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We went to the station the next day, we were finally almost in Ba Sing Se. "So Mr. Lee, Ms. Urla and Mr. uh m moasy is it?" The pass card lady asked sitting like a giant in her chair.

"It pronounced Mushi." Iroh pointed up with a smile from one side to the other.

"You telling me how to do my job?" She suddenly became hostile at Iroh but he quickly got closer.

"Uh no, no, but may I just say your like a flower in bloom your beauty is intoxicating." Her Face was certainly intoxicating, Zuko hit his forehead while I hid a giggle.

"Your pretty easy on the eyes yourself, handsome. Welcome to Ba Sing Sa." She stamped all the tickets and Iroh grabbed them with a smile while Zuko had the complete opposite.

"I'm gonna forget I saw that." He snatched the tickets out of his hands, meanwhile I quickly grabbed Zuko's arm.

"What are you doing?!" Zuko suddenly grew stiff and red.

"It's fine and we won't get as much attention this way." I didn't let go, even when we where sitting down waiting for the train.

"So you guys got plans once you're inside the city?" Jet asked, sitting right next to me.

"Get your hot tea here. Hottest tea in Ba Sing Sa." A street merchant shouted, which caught Iroh's attention.

"Oh jasmine please." Iroh held up a hand for the tea maker.

"Get jobs, I suppose." I replied to Jet.

"Bah! Coldest tea in Ba Sing Sa is more like it. What a disgrace" Iroh suddenly said, spitting out the tea.

"Hey could I talk to you for a second." Jet asked me and walked near Longshot and Smellerbee. Me and Zuko walked over there with dragging attitudes.

"We have a much better chance of making it in the city if we stick together, y'all want to join the freedom fighters?" Jet was so clueless of who Zuko was, which was good but we couldn't join.

"Thanks but I don't think you want us in your gang." Zuko spoke for me. Besides it meant they'd just stir up trouble.

"C'mon on we made a great team getting that captain's food. Think of all the good we can do for these refugees." Jet added looking over to me.

"I said no." Zuko walked off, but I looked back at Jet, who looked very disappointed.

"What about you, Urla? He doesn't speak for you." Jet folded his arms.

"Yeah he did, sorry." I waved at him before following Zuko.

"Have it your way." Jet turned back to his friends.

"You like him. don't you?" Zuko snapped as I walked next him.

"What? No! Why would I like Jet?!" I Almost squealed before realizing Iroh fire bended his tea!

Zuko went up and slapped the tea cup out of Iroh's hands. "What are you doing fire bending your tea, for a wise old man that was a pretty stupid move!" Zuko clenched his jaw.

"I know you're not supposed to cry over spilt tea but... that's so sad." Iroh shed a few tears before the train arrived.

As we walked inside, I knew I would have to change things. I would make a difference if I would be of any use to anyone.