𝕊𝕦𝕟 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕚𝕥: 𝕊𝕠𝕜𝕜𝕒 𝕩 𝕆𝕔

Chapter 35- Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters

June kicked her chair and sat back.

"Oh, great, it's Prince Pouty. Where's your creepy grandpa?"

"He's my uncle." Zuko replied. "And he's not here."

"I see you worked things out with your girlfriend." June said, referring to Katara.

"I'm not his girlfriend!"

"She's not my girlfriend!"

"Okay, okay." June says. "Sheesh. I was only teasing. So what do you want?"

"I need your help finding the Avatar." Zuko mumbled.

"Hm." June scoffed. "Doesn't sound too fun."

"Does the end of the world sound like more fun?" Zuko growled.

"Alright. Alright." She sighed and eyed Sokka and I.

"You dating this chump?" She asked. "You're way too pretty to be dating him. Maybe you should get with me."

I blushed. "I-"

"Let's go." June stood up as we followed her out.

"Can you believe what she just said?" Sokka mumbled. "I'm obviously the hot one in this relationship."

I playfully rolled my eyes. "Yeah, you are."

We walked out to see the shirshu and Appa growling at each other.

"Nyla." June called out, feeding her a steak. "Whose my little snuffly wuffly?"

"Okay," June says. "So who's got something with the Avatar's scent on it?"

"I have Aang's staff." Katara said, handing the staff to June, as June held it out for the shirshu to sniff.

The shirshu smelled the staff as she started walking around in circles before stopping and covering her nose.

"Well, what does that mean?" Zuko asked.

"It means your friend's gone." June replied.

"We know he's gone." Toph says. "That's why we're trying to find him."

"No, I mean he's gone gone. He doesn't exist."

"What do you mean Aang doesn't exist?" Sokka asks. "Do you mean he's, you know, dead?"

"Nope," June replies. "We could find him if he were dead. Oh, it's a real head scratcher. See ya."

"Helpful." I scoffed. "Real helpful."

"Wait," Zuko stopped June. "I have another idea. There's only one other person in this world who can help us face the Firelord. I'll be right back with a smell sample."

Zuko came back with Iroh's smelly sandal.

"You saved your uncle's sweaty sandal?" Sokka asked.

I covered my mouth, trying not to throw up.

"I think it's kind of sweet." Toph says.

The shirshu smelled the sandal. "Let's do this."

We flew on Appa and caught up with June and the shirshu.

"We're going to Ba Sing Se?" Zuko asked.

"Your uncle is somewhere beyond the wall. Nyla is getting twitchy, so it can't be too far. Good luck." June winks at me. "My offer still stands."

"Sorry, I'm sticking with my boyfriend." I smiled.

"Suit yourself." She said as she left.

Sokka slid next to me and kissed my cheek. "Best girlfriend ever."