Monster by: Lady Gaga

" AH! It's all tangled!" 

I jolted up from my sleep when I heard Sokka exclaimed his annoyance loudly. I groan, rubbing my eyes a bit before looking around. I was still in the tent, and from the sound of my friends, they were up too. After pulling my shirt on without the long-sleeve undershirt, I moved out of the tent with a yawn. " What's going on?" I asked with another yawn.

" Morning Mirza," They all greeted, while Sokka grumbled as he held the now useless fishing stick. " Aang tangled up my fishing line, and there's a big fish in the water taunting me with his stupid green face!" I nod a bit, half-listening as I comb my fingers through my dark hair. It was getting longer, almost to my hips. Maybe I should cut it?

" I put it to good use though!" Aang said as he walked towards me holding up a necklace and I immediately stop brushing my hair with my fingers. It was beautifully woven into a necklace with a tiny shell in the middle of it. " Here Mirza, I made it for you because you lost your necklace." I smiled at the thoughtfulness of the Avatar and gently took it in my hands. " You're a peach Aang." I slowly latched it around my neck and hummed as it clipped on. It wasn't too tight or too loose. I looked to the beaming Airbender and smiled, I gently pat his head and he laughs at the gesture. " I love it."

" Great, Aang." Sokka huffed, glaring at the Airbender out of annoyance, " Maybe instead of saving the world, you can go into the jewelry-making business." Sokka said sarcastically. Aang shrugs a bit, "I don't see why I can't do both." Sokka rolled his eyes a bit before turning back to the water when a fish pops out and into the water. With another attempt, Sokka throws the fishing pole into the water and missed the green fish. The fish kept flopping in the water and Sokka grows, getting his knife out and stomps into the water, " Stop taunting me!"

" He's just jealous Aang," I said once I finished braiding my hair and watched Sokka's poor attempts at catching breakfast. " He has that silly white necklace while mine will become a family heirloom." Sokka pops out from the water, shooting me a glare before diving back in when the fish reappears and disappears into the water. " See? Necklace jealousy."

" You look so nice Mirza." Katara smiles as she walked to my side, " Do you think you can make me one too Aang?" Aang flushed a tiny bit and beams. " Of course! All I need is more string and I can make you one too!" He said in a heartbeat, rubbing his nape a bit with the biggest and dopiest smile he had. He's so cute trying to impress her!

" Smoochie, Smoochie!" Sokka made kissing noises and had the fish in his arms. But the fish slips out, smacking Sokka in the face, and went back into the water. I laugh at him as Katara rolled her eyes at her brother's antics. " Stop teasing him, Sokka, Aangs just a good friend." Aang's face drops a bit as Momo lands on his shoulder with a chirp. " Just like Momo." She said as she gently pets Momo's head. 

"Sorry, buddy," I said, patting Aang's shoulder, not sure Katara was obvious to Aang's affection or just friendzone him on purpose. Sokka came out of the water finally, crossing his arms over his chest as he pouts. He was soaking wet and probably upset that he lost a fight to a fish.

There was a sudden snarl, Momo's ears perked up before hurrying and flew towards the noise with Aang in the toe. We all hurried to the scene on the other side of the rocks and. We hurried around faster when Aang said someone was being attacked by a Platypus bear. A rather large creature that can crush two cabbages with one paw. Aang landed on another rock and the man who was being attacked calmly evaded all the animal's attacks as it snarled. I watched him with awe and shock, How could someone be that calm when they're being attacked?! It's like he waited for this, or he practices for this moment!

" Well, Hello there!" The man greeted us, smiling calmly as he dodged another attack aimed at his head. " Nice Day, isn't it?"

" Make the nose and he'll run off!" Aang shouted to the man worriedly.

" No, play dead! He'll lose interest!" Sokka shouted afterward and I shake my head. " He can't do that! That only works on Polar bear-dogs!" I called after, not all animals think alike, and this animal had to be more violent than any Polar bear-dog. " Just keep dodging around! He'll lose interest in you as a target!" I called to the man who moved from another swipe. 

" OOH! Close one~" The man smiled and the animal growls more in annoyance. 

" Run downhill and climb a tree!" Katara called out to the man. " No! Punch him in the bill!" Sokka said after her just as Aang added, " And then run in Zig-Zags!" The nomad added as he pointed at random places. I watched still, in awe as the man moved away from the swipes more with a laugh or two. This had to be planned! No one laughs when they're about to die! The Platypus bear goes swiping at the head and the man bends down as the claws cut a large chunk of wood out of the tree behind him. Aang gasped before moving forwards in between the raging animal and blows air to stop him for a moment. Holding his hands forwards with a commanding voice, " Woah there!" The animal growls about to swipe when a roar came from behind. It freezes for a moment and lays in an egg, slowly the once violent animal retreats into the water and swims away.

" Oh. Maybe it couldn't give birth?" I said as Sokka shrugs as he hurried towards the egg and picked it up. " Sokka..." I began but he shakes his head as he sniffed it. It just came out its ass..and you smell it?

" No, it's lunch!" Sokka said before eyeing the older man who was still smiling, " lucky for you, we came along." Hugging the egg closely to his chest, as if the man was gonna steal it from him.

"Thanks, but everything was already under control. Not to worry. Aunt Wu predicted I'd have a safe journey." The man said, pressing his hands together and bows. "Aunt who?" I and Aang voiced together. " No, Aunt Wu," He corrected us, "She's the fortuneteller from my village, awful nice knowing your future." I cocked an eyebrow at the man, sure, if there is an Avatar who can bend all four elements and be the bridge between spirits and people then I'm sure some people have other abilities. Then there are scam-artistes too.

" Wow, it must be." Katara muttered before beaming, " That explains why you were so calm."

" But the fortuneteller was wrong!" Sokka quickly disagreed, "You didn't have a save journey; you could've been killed!"

" Then again she was right," I spoke up as Sokka quickly turns to me with a pout, " If it weren't for us or Aang getting in the way, the guy could've died if he were to miscalculated a step or two." Like I thought, the guy knew something was gonna happen on the trip and prepared for the worst of it like a random Platypus bear.

" Ah, a smart one, yes, if it weren't for you, I would've been dinner." The man said with another smile on his face. " But I wasn't killed today, All right, have a good one!" The man said as he began walking away only to stop and turns back to us. " Oh, and Aunt Wu said that if I met any travelers to get them this." The man pulled the object off his back and hands it to Aang who takes it and looked over it curiously. " Open it," I said as Aang began ripping off the paper quickly.

"Maybe we should go see Aunt Wu and learn our fortunes, It could be fun," Katara said as she watched the man leave and I hummed, thinking it over. " Please, Mirza?"

" HUH?! Why does Mirza get to decide?" Sokka asked loudly, almost dropping the egg and I looked at him. " Plus, Fortune-telling is nonsense! It's all fake, smoke and mirrors!" 

" I say we go, because I am the OLDEST, here," I said, not bring up the fact that Aang was the oldest one in the group actually. " She asked me because she knows I don't trust fortunetellers either, but then again we have time to waste anyway. The North Pole will be there, believe or not Sokka."

" But, I was the leader before you decided to catch a ride with Zuko, probably have a good ol' time playing around !" Sokka huffed, turning his head up a bit which started to make me mad. " Like I had a choice, you little yapping-"

" What do you know? An umbrella!" Aang smiled as he opens the orange umbrella and holds it under his head. The sky darkens and lightning struck as it began to ran. I take the umbrella and held it over me, being the tallest as Aang stuck to my side. Katara bends a water ark over her head to stop the rain and heads under the umbrella with me, " That proves it!" Katara beams, seemingly ignoring Sokka's comments.

" Hey!" Sokka exclaimed offended as he held the egg over his head to shield him. " And No, it doesn't! You can't really tell the future!" Sokka disagreed as we began to walk in the same direction as the happy man. "I guess you're not really getting wet then." I retort just as Sokka lost grip on the egg, and it lands on his face. Now he smelled like butt-egg and soaked. We kept walking towards the direction of the village and Sokka moping beside us.

"Just admit you might be wrong, and you can come under the umbrella." I sighed and looked at Sokka who huffed a bit more. " Stop dragging this out, come under the umbrella, or get sick and die."

"Look, I'm going to predict the future now." Sokka huffed, gesturing to the sky, " It's going to keep drizzling~" It kept raining for a few minutes more, " See?" Another second later, the rain just stops and the sun comes back out as some birds chirping. I closed the umbrella.

" Not everyone has the gift, Sokka." Aang grins, " Who knows, maybe he can and Sokka's just too dumb to use it." I said and ignored the look he shot at me as I began walking ahead. I was probably being petty but Sokka would think I would actually leave with Zuko, on my own record with the flame head.  I wasn't really complaining either, who else could say they had lessons from the Prince of the Fire Nation? No one, end of the story.

We kept walking on the path, Sokka quietly grumbling about how stupid this was. Soon there was a large entrance to the village that the guy came from, we entered but caught the eye of a guy who stood in front of a huge door. "Aunt Wu is expecting you." He said, bowing and gesturing to the door behind him.

"Really?" Katara gasped, walking forward with Aang beside her and I walked behind them. I was excited too but with the guy saying this woman was expecting us, it gave me some doubt but enough to say Sokka was right. The door opens and politely removed our shoes when the guy said, I placed mine down as a young girl came out. Her hair tied into large pigtails and wore a slightly layered pink dress, mixed with a few dark purples. 

"My name is Meng, and I'm Aunt Wu's assistant." Meng introduced herself, though her eyes went wide once she looked at Aang, lips parted a bit. I shake my head at her shocked face, amused at the puppy dog look she was giving him. Poor kid, too bad Aang is already in love with my obvious friend.  

"Hehe, you said that too? Looks like this love line is a love triangle." Sokka muttered to me, nudging me but I huffed, turning my head upwards, not wanting to talk to him about the Zuko comment, Just to mess with him.

"Come on, Mirza! Are you still sore about that?" Sokka whines as we take the lead and sit down on the mats they provided us. " Mirza!"

He called out to me but stops when Meng offered us food, Sokka changed his focus to her but her eyes were solely on Aang who was obvious to Meng's attention. "So what's your name?" She asked, bending down a bit to talk to the Airbender.

"Aang."

"Ah! That rhymes with Meng!" She gasped, eyes brightening up even more, " And you've got some pretty big ears, don't you?"

"I...I guess." Aang answered, a bit confused.

" Don't be modest, they're huge!" Sokka said, stretching his arms out as I rolled my eyes a bit. " Ignore him Aang, you're ears are perfectly fine, better than a big forehead." Sokka makes a noise of protest and I stuck my tongue at him as Aang covered his ears. Meng takes a few steps backward, smiling a bit.

" Well, Aang, it's very nice to meet you", She smiled, showing the gap in her front teeth. " Very Nice~"

"Likewise." Sokka huffed a bit, stretching his limbs out a bit. " I can't believe  we're in the house of nonsense."

"Try and keep an open mind, Sokka," Katara said, looking at her brother. " There are things in this world that can't be explained. Wouldn't it be nice to have some insight into your future?"

" It would be nice to have some bean curd puffs." He responded with a shrug. 

"Don't mind him, he thinks he knows everything." I sigh, looking to Sokka, eyebrow raised at him. " It must be exhausting carrying your big forehead of yours, huh?"

"My forehead isn't even that big!" Sokka grumbled but covered his forehead with his hand. I was being petty, a lot of it, Katara could've caught on from early ago, with me "playing around" with Zuko. 

"Keep telling yourself that." I hissed at him as he glared at me, and I glared at him back. Aang looked at us nervously before gasping when Meng almost dropped the tray. He grasped one end and she held the other side carefully. Her cheeks flushed red before moving back, "Enjoy your snack!" she giggled nervously before heading away, Sokka listened and began eating whatever was on the tray. 

"Welcome, young travelers!" A woman dressed in layered yellow clothes walked out. Her hair was pulled up into a small headdress and jade earrings. Her makeup was simple and clean, not caked on too much. " Who's next?" She asked, smiling over to us, "Don't be shy."

The boys didn't look up or stand up, I looked to Katara to see if she wanted to first. She smiled back at me, " I guess that's me." She said, standing up slowly, following after the older woman with a smile on her face. 

"Not bad! Not bad!" Sokka said, a mouthful of food as he ate and talked. I looked in the direction where Katara and Aunt Wu left. Sokka kept eating, crumbs spilling everywhere, and even offered Aang some. "Mhm?"

"No thanks, I'm good on puffs," Aang said, shaking his head with a forced smile but Sokka shrugs and kept eating it. "So...What do you think they're talking about back there?"

"Boring stuff, I'm sure," Sokka answered uninterestedly. 

"Probably the simple things you ask, like when we die, what do we name the first kid, who will she marry and how many babies would she have," I answered, looking to Aang who's eyes went wide for a moment and stood up from the ground. "Aang?"

"I gotta find a bathroom." He answered me quickly before hurrying off from us, I shake my head, a smile coming to my lips. He's probably left to go snoop about Katara's future and if it matched his own.

"What's with you?" Sokka asked, laying on Aang's seat, eyes looking to me with the million-dollar question. " You're just insulting me now."

"Well, maybe it you almost straight out telling Katara that I'm a fire bender, she ignored you but it still makes me angry." I huffed, looking at the floorboard. "And honestly, maybe I did have fun playing with fire."

"Mirza." Sokka hissed.

"I felt good, confident even, but I know you're so backward, that you'll hate me sooner or later because of what I bend."

"Mirza, stop talking." Sokka hissed again, throwing a puff at my face, which I let, slides down into my lap. "I don't care that you're finally learning how to bend fire, I'm happy for you. But, out of all the people to teach you, it's Zuko? Come on."

"It's actually his Uncle." I corrected, playing with my sleeve a bit. " He was a general, and good at teaching me things. Zuko only helps with physical stuff."

"Still. I rather prefer Aang than the moody Prince, who could barbeque you in a second." Sokka said, looking at me, nudging me. " I don't care what you do, just don't die if you get captured again. Sorry for being a jerk to you."

"I accept your apology." I smiled as he grins back at me, just as Aang came back. He had a bit more hop in his steps and looked very happy, satisfied even. " Have a good trip?"

"Yeah, when I was in there-"

"EH! I don't want to hear it." Sokka stops him and Aang merely smiling, rubbing his bald head with a cheeky smile. 

"Who's next?" Aunt Wu asked as she came from behind the corner, Katara beaming from beside the older woman. "Okay, let's get this over with," Sokka said, standing up and stretching his arms and back. "Your future is full of struggle and anguished, most of it, self-inflicted." Aunt Wu said, eyeing the boy.

"But you didn't read my palms or anything!" Sokka sputters. 

"I don't need to, it's written all over your face." She said, causing me and Aang to chuckle a bit, Sokka grumbles before picking his teeth with his finger. Her eyes moved to Aang and pointed at him, " You there, come with me." She gestures for him to follow and Katara sits back, her smile still beaming.

"What did she say?" I asked, looking at her.

"Nothing much, but she did tell me who I was gonna marry!" She sighs dreamily, she clasped her hands together and looked at me. " She said he was going to be a powerful bender! Smooth, loving, and enchanting."

"Yawn," Sokka said, I rolled my eyes at him before giving her a smile. So that's why Aang was all giddy, he must've listened in on them. Not bad for a monk.

"Well, I hope he treats you right," I said, nudging her with a small smile. 

"Me too!" Katara agreed, " Though before we finished, she said I would get surprising news at the end of the week."

"News?" I questioned just as Aunt Wu came back, Aang looked a tad bothered and disappointed. 

"Now, come boy, it's your turn." She said, gesturing at me to follow. I stand and follow her down the hallway and she slides the door open to a large room with an empty fire pit in the middle of it. There was a pair of pillows in front of each other beside it. "Sit, sit down." She said as she shuts the door, I did what she said, crossing my legs and she sat across from me.

"Please light the fire." She said, smiling and I looked around for flint but she shakes her head. " Your fire."

"What?" I asked, mouth going dry for a moment.

"Your fire." She repeats, her eyes shine a bit. " For you, reading fire is the easiest way to know your future, along with the bone method like the Avatar. Don't need to look scared, besides, who would I tell that you were a fire bender? The Earth Army has yet to visit us in months."

I looked at her for a moment, putting my hand out to the fire pit, a yellow flame coming to life out of it, and quickly began eating the log in the pit. I stared at it as it began to grow, eating the log, crisping it into a darker shade of brown and soon black. "Now what."

"You faced troubles, you faced hate and hurt all at once." She said, I looked to see her gaze on the fire. " Fire doesn't eat up wood this quickly, usually it takes time for it to burn this wood."

"And?"

"And, it means that you're also learning more about..something. Though, you're in a rush to learn it." She finished before pulling the plate of bones, all different sizes, and shades of white. "Pick a bone." I picked the first one I saw and she gestures to the fire. I throw it in, and watched as it began cracking at both ends of the bone, she hums as the smoke from the fire began to get darker and darker. "Hm, how strange..."

"What? Do I die? Do I start balding early? Am I gonna die?" I began asking but she snapped her eyes towards me. "Uh?"

"You will be met with several decisions that will decide your fate," Aunt Wu said, her voice going higher and serious with each word like she was worried for me. "From the bone-breaking at both ends, there would be a crossroad, at the edge, there will be two different paths for you to follow, you could make the crossroad  that you were born into, to follow or you could take the other road, and make your own destination." She said, just before the smoke grows darker and the log cracks, her focus snapped towards the log, inside was all ash. "Oh...Oh my..just like the Avatar.."

"What? Aang what?" I gasped, blowing the smoke away from my face, waving my hand to stop the smoke from going into my own eye.

"You'll have a fight, a larger one, if Aang does defeat Lord Ozai, then you must defeat his right hand." She said, blowing the smoke as well. "It does not say who it is, but for peace to prosper, then the right hand must also be defeated in battle." 

Zuko...

"...and If I fail?" I asked, blinking away the tears, the thought of having to kill my new possible friend for peace was getting to me. I barely know him enough for a reaction like this...why do I feel upset to kill one of Lord Ozai's spawns?

"Then so shall the Avatar." She finished and dumps sand into the pit, the smoke dying along with the fire. " It is written and it shall be as it is."

I nod, standing up, following her out the room, my head swarming with thought, mutely following after everyone and tuning them out as we leave Aunt Wu, I did not understand. what to do now, would I be willing to hurt Zuko like this? Could I possibly stop Ozai's reign of terror like this? Killing his child for the sake of everyone else? Could I? Zuko is my friend, we saved Aang together and he took the arrow out of my shoulder too! Maybe...Maybe I could direct him onto a better path? Who needs honor anyway? Zuko could help us! Maybe, since Aang needs a firebending teacher after all, and there is a low possibility that a single firebender wouldn't hate Aang. I can't bend for anything, useless fucking bending ability or useless fucking me?

"Mirza?"

"Hm?" I snapped my gaze to Katara, "What?"

"What did Aunt Wu tell you? You've been quiet this whole time." She asked, "Was it something bad?"

"Uh.." I noticed the crowd gathering at some stage and point towards it. " Hey! Look, maybe they're having a show?" I began walking towards it and gotten closer, wanting to get a good look at it, just in case if it was a show. How do I explain that I would have to kill Zuko? They might be relieved, well, minus Aang. Monks from the story always seemed passive, docile, and kind.

"What's with the sky?" Katara asked, the same guy from early that morning answered her, his eyes never leaving the sky at all. "We're waiting for Aunt Wu to come and read the clouds, to predict the fate of the whole Village."

"That cloud looks like a fluffy bunny." Aang points out, and I looked, squinting a bit. It really did look like a bunny or a large momo.

"You better hope it's not a bunny," The guy said, turning towards us, " The bunny cloud forecasts doom and destruction."

"How? Bunnies are the most passive thing alive." I asked, but he turns towards Sokka who glared at the man.

"Do you even hear yourself?" Sokka asked exasperated.

" The cloud reading will tell us if Mt. Makapu will remain dormant for another year or if it will erupt." A woman beside us answered, she must've been listening to Sokka's and the other man's exasperated tones. "We used to have a tradition once a year of going up the mountain to check the volcano ourselves." The man explained, and smiles, obviously relieved that they didn't do that tradition anymore, even when it sounded more logical. "But every since Aunt Wu moved to the village twenty years ago, we have a tradition of not doing that."

"But that sounds smart, you can't just base all your faith on one woman who could possibly be wrong." I got the fact that Aunt Wu was their sort of faith leader in a way, but leaning on her words and putting all that faith into one woman was just stupid and reckless.

"I can't believe you would trust your lives to that crazy, old woman's superstition!" Sokka said as Katara shushed him, "Sh! She's coming!"

The people cheered as Aunt Wu and her older assistant walked past the crowd, some clapping like Katara or softly cheering. I watched, arms crossed as she looked to the sky searching before flipping a few pages in her book. 

"Bending arrow cloud ... good crops this year. Nice big harvest." She announced, causing a farmer to smile and hug his wife happily. 

"Wavy, moon-shaped cloud ... let's see" She moved her finger over the book, " Gonna be a great year for twins!" A pair of twins cheered and high-fived each other with matching grins. Maybe that's why she does it or why they believe in her? I mean, it brings them joy at this time, where war is everywhere.

"And a cumulus cloud with a twisted nob coming off the end of it ..." She reads off before throwing her hands in the air, smiling at the crowd. "The village will not be destroyed by the volcano this year!" The crowd cheered, very happy with the news and I clapped politely with some. They're all happy...

I looked down a bit as the crowd began leaving and Katara following after Aunt Wu, It sounded like she's never wrong, like everything that came out of her mouth is law, and everyone puts so much faith in her. If my fortune and the path I would have to forge would involve killing Zuko then...maybe I should just accept it? Accept that the first person I met outside my homeland, with the same bending abilities, was just not meant to be my friend...

"Mirza? Dude, you keep on blanking out on us," Sokka said, getting in my face and I looked at him, a bit annoyed. " Anyway, I and Aang have to get some dumb flower, wanna come with?" 

"Nah, I..kinda want to be alone for a while, ya know?" I answered and he gave me a shrug.

"Alright, see ya later then, don't blank out again and run into a few walls." I rolled my eyes as I began walking down the market, might as well get some groceries. 

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"One melon please," I order as the men behind the counter nod, handing over the fruit and I placed two pieces of copper on the counter. " Thank you-" There was vibration and it almost let go of the fruit but I saw people rushing back towards the stage like early ago. There were hushed whispers and some were even shaking a bit. Something bad must've happened on the volcano!

Holding the fruit tightly, I hurried with them until I stood there at the crowd, Aang was directing the crowd, he looked serious. "We still can save the village if we act fast."

"Save the village?" I whispered, looking to the mountain and saw black smoke coming from the top of it. "I knew it, she was wrong, that means.." I don't have to kill Zuko after all!

"Sokka has a plan!"

"Lava is gonna flow downhill to this spot. If we can dig a deep enough trench we can channel all the lava away from the village to the river." Sokka explained, pointing to the center of the Village, "If any of you are earthbenders, come with me." Aang said, waving his arm. "Everybody else, grab a shovel!"There was a loud explosion from the top and I dropped the melon, and frown as the juices touched my leg. "Come on! We gotta hurry!"

Everyone rushed around, grabbing shovels and I did too, but a hand grasped my arm, stopping me. " Sokka?"

"Not you, you're half-blind, and if you don't hurry out fast enough then you're cooked," Sokka said, I gasped a bit and moved back, yanking my arm back. "Mirza-"

"I can help, Sokka," I said, looking at him. " I'm not gonna die, plus, I rather die trying than not do anything at all." Sokka sighs, but pressed his hands on my shoulders, giving a meaningful squeeze. " Stay close to me then," Sokka said as he picked up another shovel.

We both head towards the area that the Earth Benders were starting on, I kept an easy pace at digging along with the others. Every minute there was a vibration, each a warning about the volcano, and everyone kept on digging till it reached the water. 

"Dig faster! Dig faster!" Sokka orders, digging the metal shovel into the dirt along with the others, just as lava began coming down. Everyone rushed out of the area just in time, the lava falls into the dirt ditch and began filling it, but the lava was too much. It was slowly beginning to climb up. I looked down along with everyone else.

"It's too much! It's going to overflow!" Katara said, just as another vibration strikes, a larger one making us look up, just as rocks from the mountain began falling. 

"Back up!" I shouted, taking Katara's hand in mine as we hurried back as large rocks land, splashing the lava upwards. I turn back to see Aang jump upwards in the air, gathering the wind around him up there. He comes back down as the first splash of lava was going to hit the houses, but he blows the lava away. This stops it for a moment just as a larger splash was going to hit us. He gathers the air around him, taking a large gulp of air before blowing it around the lava, cooling it and leaves arches of molten rock.

Ash kept falling down but the Lava was stopped, thanks to Aang and his quick thinking.

"Man, sometimes I forget what a powerful bender that kid is," Sokka said, making Katara's face scrunch up a bit. "Wait, What did you say?" Katara asked, looking at her brother.

"Nothing," Sokka said, not looking at her, still staring at Aang awestruck, "Just that Aang is one powerful bender."

"One of the last Airbenders.." I added I've never witnessed an Airbender at work before and seeing Aang practically freezing the rock with air. His bending was just amazing, maybe it was because the kid was the Avatar or Aang is truly powerful.

"I suppose he is.." Katara muttered, gripping my hand a bit tight then how I had it.

Once morning hit, and the lava officially cooled down, it was time to go. The people gathered in the middle of the Village. Aunt Wu stared at Aang expectingly and the Monk bows his head, offering the book. " By the way..we sorta borrowed your book," Aang said, as Katara and Sokka gave nervous smiles as well. She snatched it, " Messed with the clouds, did you?" Her tone a bit snappy before laughing, "Very clever."

"No offense but I hope this taught everyone a lesson about not relying too much on fortune-telling," Sokka said, hands on his hips as he looked at everyone.

"But Aunt Wu predicted the Village wouldn't be destroyed." The calm man said, smiling, " And it wasn't. She was right after all." Sokka speeds over, glaring, "I hate you." Katara leads him away and I looked at the woman who was speaking to Aang about his destiny, the crowd's focus was on the flying bison. Aang gives a smile and hurried off to the large animal, and I walked towards Aunt Wu.

"...Is there a way to stop me from murdering him?" I asked, the woman looked at me and a smile came upon her features. "...I don't know him very well..but he seemed nice to me at least.."

"As I said to the Avatar, you are the one who can change your destiny."Aunt Wu said, patting my shoulder. " Though, I never did get a look at your palm." She moved her hand, and I let her look over my palms, her eyes moved over for a moment, and hummed, "Interesting, you will live a fulfilling life, an excellent job, a large home with a lovely view of a pond and your love line, it says that you'll be more than comfortable with them and a very early marriage or engagement to the man."

"Man?" I whispered, she merely grins a bit. 

"He'll be a powerful bender, a bit hardheaded, but you'll direct him in the right direction." She lets my hand go and I bow to her, I could hear Appa groan. 

"Thank you...so very much!" I said before hurrying towards the largest beast, getting on by his tail and sit in the saddle. 

"What took you so long, Mirza?" Aang asked, holding his staff in his lap.

"Nothing, Aunt Wu never had a chance to look at my palm so, she did a quick reading," I answered with a small smile.

"What did she say?" Sokka asked, eyes a bit narrow, "That you'll live a perfect life with a huge home in the Southern Water tribe?"

"Nah," I shrug, giving a tiny girn, " I'll be living somewhere with my powerful bending husband."

"Oh." Sokka said, before his eyes snapped towards me, wide, "WHAT?!"

"Yup!" I smiled, though my thoughts wander back to Zuko, So I could kill him to save the world, or I could show him..that you can change destiny? I could change his and mine?