Hello there again sorry I took so long to get this chapter out, I was studying for my permit and I got it! Anyways I'll try to get the next one out soon.

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Chapter 5

It had been 2 weeks since Katara's capture. And she was utterly bored out of her mind. The only thing that they would allow her to do was clean some insignificant room. She held onto the hope that her best friend and brother would get her out of here, if they find her. They did not let Katara nor Zuko to go above the dark depths of the maiden. She sighed a sigh of desperation and buried her face in her hands.

"What's your problem?" Zuko sneered

"I thought by now I would be out of this hell whole. Do you even know where we are?"

"No."

Zuko slowly looked away. He had no idea where they were docked. And that only made him more anxious. He knew his uncle was a master fire bender and a noble strategist; however he was not as quick and limber as he was when he was younger. Tracking the captures, as his uncle was doing, is probably going to take him longer than expected.

"Ay you two! Ye'r at ye'r stop. Get up!"

The burley man roughly opened the pen and grabbed Katara's arm as the man next to him did the same to Zuko.

"Wait! Where are we going?"Shrieked Katara

"To be traded, welcome to the life of working as a slave"

Slave? Slave?! She had heard rumors of slave trade but she never imagined them to be true. Oh, where were Aang and Sokka?

"Get moving. The captain wants to speak to you befo' we sell ya off"

Katara groaned and got to her feet. She had a feeling that today was not going to be good.

"Sokka we have been searching for weeks, where do you think they took her?"

Aang was atop of Appa directing him where to fly as Sokka was in the saddle, hunched over a map, concentrating.

"Well, we know the pirates have been here, here and here" as he pointed to three areas of the map.

The morning Katara was captured the boys had thought nothing of it. Aang had explained to Sokka that she had gone into town to purchase some supplies. After that they had decided that she was probably shopping around. And they would let her do this of course, since she had been working non-stop to care and feed everyone, they thought that she deserved it.

But as night crept upon them they started to worry. So they headed into the nearby town to search for her. When they reached the entrance they noticed an elderly man who was selling fruits. The same old man who sold Katara the fruit.

When they asked if he had seen a so-tall, brown haired, blue eyed girl he spoke right up.

"Oh her? She was a lovely little lady, very polite. "

They then asked him where they might find her and he replied, "I'm sorry to say but those reckless slave traders kidnapped her"

After about 15 min of Sokka ranting of why no one helped her, he calmed down enough to ask where they were headed, only to get an answer of distaste.

"Some where in the Earth Kingdom I s'ppose"

And that's where they were. Tracking the scum that had taken Katara away from them. They had been to three different coast side villages that had seen sightings of the ship, but it didn't stay long enough for the two to catch up.

"I hope we find her soon. I miss her" Aang said in a whisper. He looked down sadly hoping Sokka had not heard him.

But Sokka had heard him and replied even more softly, "Me too Aang. Me too"

As the both drifted in silence something caught Sokka's eye.

"Hey Aang what's that?"

"It looks like a person. Maybe they know where to look for Katara!" Aang sang excitedly and with that Aang spoke to Appa, "Yip yip"

As the two soared down to the forest floor they held optimism in their hearts. Aang sprang off the bison and leapt over to the man walking towards them.

His smile disappeared and surprise replaced it, "General Iroh?!"

"Hello boys, I desperately need your help"

As the two prisoners neared their destination of what seemed to be their doom, their nerves became more and more tense.

They climbed the wooden steps to the unknown room and were shoved in. Both landed on their hands painfully. As Katara got up, searching through her hair to see who this mysterious captain was, she heard a cackle of a laugh.

"Did you enjoyed your stay on my beauty of a ship?"

When Katara finally managed her hair she almost spit in disgust. This man was bulgy. His face pudgy and pink. Wearing tattered clothing, and shoes that looked two sizes too small for his feet. His hands were fat and swollen. The fingers looked like sausages. He slowly reached out to take Katara's hand but she batted it away quickly, demanding her release.

"Let us go you heathen"

"Let you go? Let you go?! But my dear, if I did that then I would not get paid and if I don't get paid and if my crew doesn't get paid, people can sometimes get hurt."

He smiled a toothless grin and turned around, his hands behind his back. And spoke once more.

"You see, you two may have thought I didn't recognize the two of you, most of the crew has not but I certainly have."He remained silent for only moments then started, "Katara! You were birthed in the Southern water tribe. You are the only true water bender in your village. You have an older brother, father and grandmother. Am I wrong?"

All Katara could do was shake her head side to side as he continued," Your mother gave you the pendent that drapes from your neck before her tragic death. You are now traveling with your brother and the Avatar in search of masters to teach him the elements."

Katara's mouth hung agape, unable to comprehend just really what happened. How did he know all this how would he know all this? It was up surd. But how did he know my mother?

The stout man then turned to Zuko."And Zuko, prince of the Firenation, heir to the thrown, or was anyways. You have a younger sister, Azula is it? Yes and she is a prodigy. Bending fire and lightning to her will with such ease and grace. Something you will never be able to do. Your mother disappeared when you were13 years old, never to be seen again. The next morning your grandfather turned up belly side. You were banished the next year and were challenged to an Agni Ki by your father. Only to be banished for refusing. The last two years you have been searching for the Avatar with your uncle. Have I forgotten anything?"

"No" Zuko replied. His chin set and eyes ablaze with furry, he just stared at the man in front of him.

"See I only tell you this because darlings I know you. I know every detail about you. I'm dangerous to you and you should always remember that. But I could be helpful."

He grinned then continued," Well time is short and its my time to sell the lot of you" With that he gestured the two to be sent away. They left the room in complete silence. Trying to find a loophole of how he had gathered the information. And both were thinking about the

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