Prologue.

"Wow, I haven't been to this place in forever!" Aang said as they flew over a forest near the edge of the earth kingdom on Appa.

"Where?" Toph asked

"This forest, I remember coming here when I was smaller."

"Were there fruit or nut trees there?" Katara asked while stopping Momo from digging through the ration bag "We're running low on food again."

"There probably are." Aang reassured her "we'll land and make camp here for a little while."

"Yeah, if nothing else there's probably animals I can hunt there." Sokka said

They landed and began to make camp. Aang and Sokka went scouting ahead for food or trouble. When Aang noticed something strange, it looked like a stone door covered in weeds.

"Hey Sokka, look over here!" Aang called while clearing off the weeds "it looks like a temple of some sort."

"Yeah so?" Sokka asked "We're looking for food, not temples."

"This could be important though," Aang replied "Hey look, two left hand prints. Here put your hand here and help me push." Sokka moaned but did what Aang asked anyway. No matter how hard they pushed the door wouldn't budge.

"See? The thing is sealed anyway." Sokka said "Probably for a good reason so let's just leave it alone."

"Yeah your prob-" Aang began but as he tried to take his hand away the door wouldn't let go "Sokka it won't let go of my hand!"

"What?! Are you sure?!"

"Yeah! What should we do?!"

"Just wait here I'll go get the others!"

Fifteen minutes later all the others, including Momo and Appa , were there to help. Toph inspected the handprint,

"It's not rock or metal, I can't bend you out of there twinkle toes." She stated. Everyone tried everything they could think of, cutting the door with water, using Sokka's knife as a crowbar, Aang sneezing his way out of it, but none of it worked. Eventually Everyone, even Appa was pulling on Aang trying desperately to free him. They tried that for fifteen minutes before they took a break.

"This day couldn't be going any worse." Sokka moaned.

"The Avatar!" Everyone turned and saw Zuko standing in the grove before them. Sokka gave a discontented scream

"Quick! Figure out how to get Aang out of there!" Katara plead trying to free Aang's hand.

"You won't get away this time!" Zuko exclaimed, sending a ball of fire hit the door to the right of them. As the fire hit the stone a bright white light began to emanate from the door. There were confused screams from everyone. Toph said she could feel the door opening but voices were getting confused and lost. Suddenly the group felt as if they were being separated.

Chapter one: Katara

It was a stormy night in Sindria, Sinbad was looking out at the beach to the south. The storm had started very suddenly, it was odd. It was dark and the darkness was occasionally broken by bolts of lightning. Sin was shocked by the sight of what looked to be a young girl parting a small bit of water, no she couldn't have been parting the water, it must've been a trick of the light. As soon as she got to the beach she collapsed. His interest peaked he ordered her to be brought from the beach into the palace and to be cared for. When she was brought she was in very poor shape. She was unconscious and being carried by Drakon. In her arms she clung to a small, white, bat-like creature. Which was staring with wide yellow eyes and making nervous chittering sounds. Sin Examined her condition, she was breathing very rapidly and shallowly, occasionally she would give a feeble cough. She was wet and smelled of salt and sea foam, she seemed to have a chill from being out in the rain. Sin Ordered her to be cleaned and dried as best they could manage without being invasive. He didn't want to offend this strange visitor. He couldn't help a small nagging feeling in the back of his mind that this girl's arrival meant that something interesting was going to happen.

Katara slowly fluttered her eyes open. She was in a very luxurious looking room laying on top of a soft bed. Her hair was out of it's normal braid and smelled vaguely of soap, although the rest of her smelled like salt water. She was confused and scared, but when she tried to sit up she found she was too weak to move. She tried to call out but her throat was dry and she couldn't get the sound out. She looked to her left and saw a pitcher filled with water on a nightstand. Too weak to pour a glass she used her bending to lift a bubble of water to her mouth. She was about to call out to someone, but there was a sound of a glass shattering and manny scrolls hitting the ground. She turned to the right and saw a man with purple hair and lots of fine jewelry and a blue haired woman standing in the doorway, at their feet was a broken wine glass and a stack of scrolls being stained by the wine.

"How did you do that?!" The woman exclaimed

"What?" Asked Katara, her strength returning enough to sit up.

"You controlled the water without using spells or magoi!" The woman continued

"Mago-what?" Katara asked

"Don't tell me you don't know you're a magician!"

"Magician? No I'm not."

"Yes you are. You'd-" The woman began, but was interrupted by the man.

"Yamahara, you're being a bit rude to our guest." He said to the woman gently "She's just barely regained her strength, and already you're pestering her with questions." The man finished while taking steps to Katara's bedside.

"I am king Sinbad of Sindria." He introduced himself

"Sindria?" Katara asked "What kingdom is this a part of?"

"What? Sindria is it's own kingdom, on this island." Sin replied

"I've never heard of this place." Katara said

"Where are you from?" Sin asked

"I'm Katara, from the southern water tribe."

"Southern…...water…..tribe?" The two puzzled

"You know, the southern water tribe."

"Never heard of it." Sinbad replied earnestly. Before anything else could be said Momo flew in and landed on Katara's shoulder.

"Momo!" Katara exclaimed happily. "It's good to see a familiar face. Wait! Where are the others?!"

"Who?" Asked Sin

" The other people I was traveling with. Aang, he's bald with arrow tattoos and a staff, Sokka my brother, and Toph, she's a blind girl with black hair."

"I'm sorry, but you were the only one to come ashore." Sin finished

"That can't be, there's no way! We were all together!" Katara said

"Well, they probably got swept away by a different current." Sinbad suggested "Where were you shipwrecked?"

"We weren't." Katara said then she explained the forest situation.

"It sounds like what your friend was trying to open was a dungeon, and when that Zuko guy hit it with his fire there was some sort of magoi reaction which triggered spontaneous teleportation." Yamahara said "If that's the case they could be anywhere."

Katara gave a sad sigh and scratched Momo behind his ear, he chittered sadly.

"So if you don't mind my asking," Yamahara continued "How did you control the water without using magoi?!"

"I don't know what magoi is." Katara stated "But I can move the water because I'm a waterbender."

"A waterbender?" Yamahara asked excitedly "Can you explain what that is? Wait! Let me get one of my scrolls so I can write this down." She began looking through the messy pile of wine-soaked scrolls on the floor, casting aside the ones that were completely ruined. Before she could find a scroll that was satisfactory to her Sinbad began to shuttle her out of the room

"Don't pester her now," He said "She only just woke up. And you'll have plenty of time to ask her questions later." He turned to Katara and smiled "Rest as long you need to, people will be in and out to check on you. Once you feel up to it be sure to explore the palace. And I'm sure Yamahara would be grateful if you came to answer her questions. Also your personal belongings are in the chest at the foot of your bed, and there's a bathing room about three doors down the hall on the left."

As they left Katara began to ponder to herself 'Anywhere in the world," she thought 'I wonder how big this world is. How long would it take me to find them?' Sensing her deep and depressing thoughts Momo nuzzled her hand with his nose. Katara smiled at the lemur, "Thanks Momo, if nothing else I have you here."

She was beginning to feel a slight bit stronger, although she wasn't sure if she wanted to leave her room yet. She looked through the box that Sinbad had said her belongings were in. She found her hair ties, waterskin, and her Mother's necklace. Nothing seemed to be out of place.

Sinbad sat at his desk looking over things that Ja'far had said were important, but his mind was only half in it.

'That girl….Katara was her name I think….if what Yamahara said about her was true,' he thought to himself 'She could be a valuable asset. She said she wants to find the people she was traveling with. I could offer to help her with that, and if that's not enough to get her to side with me, I can always use my charm.'

Ja'far came in and interrupted his thoughts

"Have you finished those papers I brought in yet?" He asked

"Nearly." Sin replied "Has anyone checked on Katara lately?"

"Katara?" Ja'far asked puzzled

"The girl we pulled off the beach last night."

"Oh, the girl Yamahara won't shut up about. No, not lately."

"Well someone should, has Yamahara told you about her ability to control water without magoi?" Sin asked.

Ja'far nodded

" I think she could be a valuable tool if that's really the case."

"I suppose I can see your logic there," Ja'far replied "I'll go check on her, you finish those documents."

Sin nodded and returned to work. Ja'far left to check on her.

Katara was sitting on the bed thoughtfully petting Momo when Ja'far came in.

"Excuse me." He said respectfully as he walked in.

"Who's there?" Katara asked.

"My name is Ja'far, I'm another one of Sinbad's generals."

"Oh, why are you here?"

"Sinbad sent me to check on you."

"Really? I didn't think it'd been that long since he was here."

Ja'far shuffled his feet awkwardly wondering what to say next. He noticed the state of Katara's clothes, they were torn, stained, and smelled of salt water and fish.

"If you'd like," Ja'far began "I could find you some clean clothes to change into."

" Oh! No that's ok," Katara said realizing the state she was in "I suppose I should clean up a bit though."

"Only if you're feeling up to it." Ja'far replied. He took that as his cue to go back and report Katara's condition back to Sinbad.

Katara had cleaned her clothes and repaired the most obvious rips and washed herself and put her hair back in order. She left the bathing room and retrieved Momo and her water skin from her room. Then she decided to try and find Yamahara, Katara had questions about where she was and she figured Yamahara was her best bet. The problem being she had absolutely no idea where she was going. The palace was massive and had lots of confusing passageways.

"Geez Momo," Katara said "The only place this big I've ever seen was the earth king's palace. I wonder how important this Sinbad fellow is if he can afford-" Her words were interrupted as she rounded a corner and bumped into a tall muscular man with pink hair.

"Oh I'm sorry." She said.

The man glared.

"Uh, do you think you could help me?" She continued "I'm trying to find….I think Yamahara was her name….but I'm not used to this place and, well."

"Alright, follow me." He replied

"Thank you mr…."

"You can call me Masrur."

"Thank you Masrur, I'm Katara."

Masur nodded, signaling that he'd heard her and they walked on.

Yamahara was organizing things on her shelves when Katara came in.

"Katara," Yamahara began delightedly, dropping everything she was doing "I take it you're feeling better?"

"Yeah." Katara replied. Before she could get another word out she was shuttled to a chair in front of a desk, and even faster than that Yamahara was behind the desk with a quill and parchment. Startled by the sudden movement Momo flew to a nearby shelf and perched there hissing slightly.

"You don't need to worry about him." Katara assured her "He's harmless."

"Okay then," Yamahara replied "Tell me, what exactly is a waterbender? And speak slowly so I can write this down."

"Uhh, I'm not sure how to answer that," Katara said "If I had to describe it, I'd say it's a bit like being like the water, smooth and flowy."

"Uh-huh, Are everyone waterbenders in your land?"

"Oh, no. I'm the last southern waterbender, there are more in the north though. My friend Toph is an earthbender, and there are plenty of non-benders too, like my brother."

"Oh I see!"

"Uh, Yamahara, if you wouldn't mind I have a few questions of my own."

"Oh, of course, ask away."

"Well, the first thing I have to ask is who exactly is this Sinbad guy?"

"Oh, he's the ruler of Sindria. He's conquered several dungeons, and has the djinns to prove it."

"Djinns? What are those?"

"Magical beings that dwell in the treasure rooms of dungeons, they give the dungeon capturer powers, depending on the Djinn the powers vary."

"Oh, they're like spirits."

"What spirits?"

"The spirits that guard our world, some are good, some are bad, but most all of them are powerful."

"Fascinating!"

"So, how far is Sindria from other lands?"

"The closest land is Balabad, and even then it's a little more than a week's voyage."

"That's right, it'll probably take me longer to travel now that I don't have Appa."

"Appa?"

"My friend Aang's flying bison."

"Your friend has a flying what? I bet Pisti would love to see that!"

"Pisti? Who's she?"

"Another one of Sinbad's eight generals. There's Ja'far, Sharrkan, Masrur, Pisti, Spartos, Drakon, Hinahoho, and myself."

"Oh, I see." Katara said.

"So, uh, If it's not asking too much of you, would you mind demonstrating some waterbending for me?" Yamahara asked excitedly.

"Uhh, I suppose."

"Great!" Yamahara mused. She poured a small amount of water into a bowl and set it before Katara. Katara started bending, just moving the water around in the bowl, then she froze it.

"Wow! You froze it! Without an exchange of magoi!"

"You keep using that word, "Magoi", what's that?"

"Well, in short, it's the energy of life. Magicians, like myself, can exchange magoi to perform feats of magic, but if we use too much it can injure us and even kill us."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense, sort of."

Before any other questions could be asked Sinbad came in.

"Ah, I had a feeling you'd be here." He addressed Katara.

"Yes sir, I'm sorry if I wasn't supposed to come into this part of your palace."

"Oh no, you're alright. I was just curious as to whether or not you were feeling better." Sinbad replied.

"Sin, come watch this!" Yamahara interjected "It's amazing!" Sin walked over to the left of Yamahara and watched.

"Do what you did again." She asked Katara. Katara took a deep breath and melted the ice, then began to move it around in the dish, finally she turned the water to steam.

"Wow!" Yamahara squealed "Incredible!"

'Interesting,' Sin thought 'I wonder to what extent these powers of her's go. Sindria is surrounded by sea after all, she could indeed be useful.'

"Fantastic," Sin said "Katara, do you think you could spar with Yam?"

"Huh?Why?" Katara asked.

"She's a water magician, I thought you'd like to have a sparring partner during your stay here."

Before Katara could say anything else Yamahara spoke,

"Oh please Katara, I mean, only if you're feeling up to it of course. But I'd really love it if you would!"

"Uhhh," Katara thought out loud "Sure, I suppose."

Katara wasn't sure what she'd agreed to. They were out in a courtyard, Yam seemed ready and excited, Sinbad was watching and it seemed they'd gathered the attention of a few others, a tan man with white hair as well as Ja'far and Masrur.

"Ready?" Yamahara asked.

"As I'll ever be." Katara swallowed while uncapping her water skin. Yamahara started by casting a simple water projectile spell, Katara knew the smart thing to do was to redirect them back.

"Amazing!" Yam gushed "I've never seen something like that!"

Seeing an opportunity Katara sent ice projectiles whizzing toward Yamahara. They shattered on her borg.

"Good try!" Yam said.

After Katara got over her initial shock, she noticed that one of her icicles had made a small crack in the borg then she knew how to break it. She needed a bit more water than what she had though. Yam sent another round of water projectiles at her, Katara gathered the water together, it was just enough. Katara took her water and sent it rushing in a wave towards Yam and when it reached her she froze it. The force the ice exerted as it shrunk created cracks in Yamahara's borg.

"Astounding! I can't believe you figured out how to do that without using a smashing force!" Yamahara exclaimed. Katara knew that if she were to hit it again it would break. She melted the ice and gathered what water she could, and while Yam was still distracted she used her whip technique to smash the borg. The fight ended shortly after, Katara had won.

"That was one of the most amazing fights I've ever been a part of!" Yamahara squealed

"Well that's certainly flattering." Katara blushed "But, if you really want a good fight you should spar with my master, Paku, sometime."

"You really are impressive Katara." Sinbad said

"Thank you sir." She replied.

"So, I bet you'd like to see more of the island, right?" Sinbad asked.

"Uh, well, I suppose it'd be a good Idea." She replied

"Well then, why don't I show you around?" He continued

"Well, that's a very kind offer," Katara began "But-"

"Let's go then." Sin interrupted.

The market was a very busy place. Katara was used to busy market streets though.

'I suppose,' Katara thought 'A market's a market no matter where you go.' Without warning Sinbad took Katara's hand. Katara pulled away and casted Sin a look of confusion.

"What was with that?!" She asked

"These streets are quite busy," He explained "I just thought we might not want to get separated."

"I can navigate a market. It's something that I actually have to do quite often."

"Oh that's right, I forgot you were a traveler. My apologies" Sin said "Speaking of that, I take it you're going to want to find your friends and brother."

"Yes, it's very important that we get back on our way."

"Really? Is it that important?"

"Yes, why?"

"Well, I was going to tell you you're welcome to stay," Sin began "But, if it's important for you to find them I'd be more than willing to help."

"That's very kind of you, but all I should really need is a map and a small ship."

"Woah, don't be in such a hurry!" Sin grinned " You only just got your strength back, it wouldn't be a wise decision to leave in such a hurry."

Katara smiled back

'I've got to keep her here long enough to develop attachment,' Sinbad thought 'It's the only way.'

"I suppose you're right," Katara said "It wouldn't do my friends any good if I died at sea."

Katara spent probably a good three hours wandering about with Sinbad. She had told him she was feeling weary and wanted to go back to rest. It wasn't a lie, and Sinbad could tell. Katara went back to bed and napped for probably about four hours. When she woke up she was shocked for about five seconds, she still wasn't used to the surroundings of Sindria.

'I can't believe how weak I felt,' She thought 'I guess it really wouldn't be a good idea to go traveling on my own.' Katara got up and decided to walk. Eventually she found her way back to the courtyard and found Momo napping in a tree.

"I'm glad you can relax Momo," She thought outloud "I can't help being worried about Aang and the others. I hope they're okay."

Sensing her emotional distress Momo moved from his branch to her shoulder. Katara gave Momo a happy scratch behind his ear.

"Yo!" A voice said from behind her, it was the tan man with white hair from earlier "You're Katara right?"

"Yeah, who're you?"

"I'm Sharrkan,"

"Oh, you're one of Sinbad's generals, right?"

"One of? That's one way of saying it."

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No, not 'wrong', I think 'uneducated' would be a better choise of words."

"Oh?"

"I happen to be the best swordsman in all of creation."

"Okay then," Katara said skeptically "Is there a particular reason that you needed me?"

"Nothing much, we just thought you'd like to eat. You have to be hungry right?"

"A little, I suppose."

"Well come on then, we're having dinner now."

"Oh, uh,"

"What?"

"Well, I just didn't expect that. Normally when I've stayed with nobles I didn't eat with them."

"Just c'mon, You said you were hungry, so come and eat." Sharrkan said leading Katara on. Katara felt a little awkward during dinner. She was seated at a corner of the table right between Yam and sin, and she didn't know what anything was so she didn't really want to eat very much. But by the same token she was hungry so she ate. Yamahara asked her more questions, but that actually reassured Katara a little bit. For some reason Yam was very calming to Katara. She was so earnestly nice and curios that it made her very at ease. Then there was Sinbad, Sin was slightly off-putting. He seemed to be oddly interested in her, he'd interject randomly into the conversation.

"So The others you were traveling with, how many of them are benders? Other than you." Sin asked out of the blue

"Uh, well...there's Toph an-..." Katara paused, she wasn't sure if she should mention Aang being a bender, She knew him being the avatar might not mean too much to these people, but him being able to bend all of the elements definitely would. She wasn't sure she could trust this Sinbad character.

"What?" Sin asked During her pause

"I Just said, Toph is the only other bender." She corrected hastily.

'She's hiding something.' Sinbad thought 'I suppose I can't expect her to be completely honest with me yet, I just need to get her to trust me.'

Katara was back riding on Appa, it was a warm summer day and the air smelled sweet. Everyone was laughing and it seemed normal enough, but in the blink of an eye the sky turned dark and a storm began to rage. Before she knew what was happening, the sea had swallowed them all.

Katara woke up with cold sweat on her forehead.

"Oh, man, it was only a nightmare." She gasped. After she got a hold of herself she got up and looked out her window. It was late at night, but she knew she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep. She left her room to take a late night walk. The palace looked so different at night, Katara got lost easily.

"Okay this is enough walking around," She muttered to herself "If I could just find my way back to my room that'd make me happy."

Sin was walking back from his study after dealing with a couple dozen more forms.

"Man," Sinbad yawned "Ja'far has really been piling the work on me, I wonder why." As he was walking he noticed Katara darted past.

"Hey wait up." He called after her

"Oh Sinbad," She said.

"What're you doing out here so late?" He asked

"Oh, I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk."

"Well then, mind if I join you."

Katara was going to explain to Sin that she was going back to her room, but he started leading her around before she could get any other words out.

"So how are you liking it here?" He asked

"It's a very beautiful island," Katara said

"I'm glad you think so, I know a place where the view is particularly nice."

"I'm sure it's lovely but-"

"Well then I'll show you." Sinbad finished

'How did this happen?' Katara thought 'I just wanted to go back to bed, how did I end up looking over a cliff with Sinbad?!'

"What did I tell you? Isn't the view nice here?" Sin asked

"Lovely," Katara replied "You really didn't have to take me here though."

"I was coming here anyways." Sin replied. Katara looked out over the ocean. She became absorbed in thought once again. Sinbad took this as an opportunity to start making a move, He very casually reached out his arm and hooked it around Katara. She pushed him away swiftly.

"What was that?!" She asked

"What was what?" Sin replied

"Don't pull that! You put your arm around me!"

"Oh, did you not want me to?"

"No! I didn't! I barely know you! Why would I want you to hold me like that?!" Katara yelled furiously

"I am sorry. I didn't realize you felt that way."

Katara had had enough, without warning she slapped Sinbad across his face. She began to stride away but as she did she called back over her shoulder

"I didn't think I gave any indication that I felt any other way!"

Sin stood in shock for a few moments, it took him a few moments to understand what had just happened

'She really isn't like most other girls I've met,' Sin thought while bewilderedly rubbing his cheek 'This might be a little harder than I thought.'

Katara woke the next morning, she was still a little angry, but it had more or less subsided by that point. She left her room and felt the golden sun on her face, it reminded her of the long lazy days on Appa, she felt longing, but happy at the same time, it was a weird set of emotions. Not sure what else to do with her time Katara went to see if Yamahara wanted to talk.

Sinbad was talking with Ja'far. He'd explained what'd happened the previous night, after Ja'far was done scolding him for his behavior, Sin asked what he should do.

"It sounds like you made her mad, so the first thing you should do is apologize."

"I figured that much." Sin replied.

"And I'd recommend you get to that sooner rather than later." Ja'far added

Sin nodded

"Oh, that's Sin for you." Yam said to Katara

"You're kidding me right? He thinks he can be that grabby with any girl?" Katara asked in shock

"Oh I'm sure he has a reasonable explanation." she replied "Sometimes he just doesn't think."

A knock came to the door, Sinbad let himself in. Katara scowled at him and crossed her arms.

"I, uh, I thought you might be here." He said to Katara "Would you mind if I spoke to you for a moment?"

Katara glared angrily for another moment then went to follow him. The stepped out into the empty hallway.

"What do you want?" Katara asked

"I came to apologize." Sin began "I wasn't in my right mind last night, I shouldn't have behaved the way I did. I hope you can forgive me."

Katara thought for a moment "I suppose I can forgive you if this kind of thing doesn't happen again."

"Of course," Sinbad replied " I can assure you I won't do something so rash again."

The next week or so passed slowly. Katara tried, in vain, to avoid Sinbad. He seemed persistent with spending time with her, and it was irritating. Katara practised a lot with Yamahara and she made pretty good friends with her and liked the other generals well enough, Sharrkan got on her nerves frequently, but she didn't hate him, Hinahoho was kind enough, she didn't run into Drakon or Spartos enough to form an opinion about them one way or the other, Masur was nice, although he was a little unapproachable, and Ja'far was friendly and courteous although he was busy a lot and therefore Katara wasn't able to talk with him often. One day Katara was talking with Yam and Pisti about how she was liking it on the island when Yam brought up something that had never even crossed Katara's mind.

"You know, if you really like everyone here that much, you could just stay."

"What?" Katara asked in shock

"We weren't going to tell you," Pisti began "But, Sin has been saying that if you want to become one of his generals you can. We were just thinking that since you get along with everyone here so well, and we really like you too, that maybe it'd be better for you to just stay here on Sindria."

"That's really sweet of you guys," Katara began "But my friends need me."

"Well, maybe your friends could come here too." Yam replied "I'm sure that Sin wouldn't mind them, the army could always use more forces after all."

"No, that's not going to work either, it's very important that we find a way back home as soon as we possibly can." Katara replied.

"Why is it so important?" Pisti asked

"Because…" Katara struggled to find the right words. "The fire lord is planning something terrible, and we have to stop him."

"That sounds like a big job for such a small group." Yam said. "We might be able to offer some help if you need it."

"That's very kind of you." Katara began "But, we shouldn't really need it."

"Why?" Yamahara asked

Katara sighed "I'm going to tell you something important," she began "But you can't tell Sinbad, I know you probably think that's ridiculous, but please understand, I don't trust him quite yet."

Pisti and Yam thought for a moment and then nodded, Then Katara began explaining the hundred year war and Sozin's comet.

"Oh, that does sound bad." Pisti said.

"A hundred year war…" Yam contemplated out loud. "That almost sounds like-" Before she could finish she was interrupted by a noise that Katara had never heard before, it sounded like some sort of an alarm.

"Oh!" Yam exclaimed "Is it that time already? You ladies will have to excuse me, Sharrkan and I have a pest to take care of."

"C'mon Katara," Pisti said beginning to follow Yam "You should really see this."

Katara followed them outside and she saw what the fuss was about, There was a large sea serpent attacking.

'That's not good.' Katara thought 'Although, it kinda reminds me of the Unagi.'

Katara watched with the others as Sharrkan and Yamahara took care of the whole thing by themselves.

'I don't know why Sin would want me here.' Katara thought "they seem more than capable, and I'm nowhere near that talented.'

Katara didn't have very long to think on that. Because, as she soon learned, the slaying of the serpent meant that there was to be a festival that night. Yam offered her some traditional clothes to wear, but Katara politely declined.

"Not to be rude or anything like that, but I don't think there's enough material there to even qualify as clothes."

Yam chuckled a small bit "That's alright, you don't have to wear it then."

Katara was stunned by how beautiful the island had become, not that it was ever unattractive before. But, the atmosphere a cheer heightened the Sindria's beauty even farther. Katara wandered a bit by herself, listening to music and eating a few different things. Alcohol was being served everywhere, but Katara didn't drink and saw no reason to start. She didn't drink anything she wasn't absolutely sure had no alcohol in it. Which amounted to just water.

Sin had been drinking heavily all night long. The festival was winding down now, and Sin was exhausted. But on his way to his room Sin saw Katara in one of the hallways near the courtyard. He ran over to meet her.

"Hey Katara!" He called out.

"Hello Sinbad." She replied

"Did you enjoy the festivities?" He asked

"Yes, the festival was quite nice."

Sin moved in a little closer to her. Katara cringed as the scent of alcohol hit her.

"Ugh….Have you been drinking?" She asked slightly disgusted.

"Perhaps a small bit" Sin joked.

The pale moonlight made Katara's deep brown hair shine, and her blue eyes shone brilliantly, contrasting with the darkness of night. Sin felt that now was the time to make a big move. Without warning Sinbad pulled Katara close to him and kissed her. His mouth, well trained from years of experience, moved without him even thinking. Each soft movement perfectly executed, and the tender touch of his fingers on the arch of her back. The sweet smell of her hair was intoxicating.

Katara was stunned for a good moment or two. When she recovered She pushed him away.

Sinbad looked at her in confusion "What?" He asked

"Don't 'What?' Me!" Katara yelled in fury "What do you think gives you the right to kiss a girl like that!?"

"Oh? Did I do it a way you didn't like? Because I could try-"

"That's not the problem!" Katara fumed "What made you think it was okay for you to kiss me!"

"Well, normally when I kiss girls they like it so…"

Katara was too furious to listen to anymore of what Sin had to say. In an off-the-hip move she uncapped her waterskin and froze Sin to the ceiling. Katara walked off before Sin could even process what had happened.

Ja'far had been looking for Sinbad all morning. He hadn't been seen all day and Ja'far was beginning to worry something had happened.
'I'm used to Sin shrugging off his duties,' he thought 'But at least I'm normally able to FIND him!'

A drop of water fell from the ceiling and interrupted his thoughts. He looked up and saw Sinbad frozen to the ceiling! And somehow he was asleep!

"Sinbad!" Ja'far exclaimed in shock, waking Sin "You're frozen to the ceiling!"

"Thanks Ja'far, I hadn't noticed." Sin sighed in an annoyed tone "I've been up here all night."

"How did you even get UP there?!"

"Katara stuck me up here."

"What?! Why?!"

"I'm not sure…..I was kinda drunk at the time, something about me kissing her."

Ja'far struck his temple with his palm. Of course that this had happened due to Sin's nature around girls.

"I'm going to find Katara and have her get you down, then you need to patch up what you did." Ja'far

"What?! Can't you just get Yam to do it?" Sinbad almost begged.

"This is more than just getting you down, you need to apologize."

Katara had been talking to Yamahara when Ja'far found her. She was still very upset and said she'd get him down, but didn't want to hear any apology from him.

"I've heard it before and I know now that he doesn't mean a word of it." She explained.

Katara begrudgingly thawed the ice and Sinbad fell to the floor with a wet thud. He got to his feet with as much dignity as he could muster.

"So, Katara, About last night," He began

"Save it." She snapped "I don't want to hear it."

Katara walked off.

'I can't wait to get out of here.' She thought to herself. 'I sure hope the others aren't having this much trouble.'