Claire and Rae Meet the Aang Gang

Rae was relieved. Claire had admitted that Rae was "hers" and that no one could take her away. The threat from tomboyish Princess Manaria had faded. The fact that she had been toying with her because she had a crush on her, rather than Claire, totally caught her off guard. She didn't expect that. She wasn't as good with determining people's thoughts, especially when it came to romance. This was unexpected because she had been pursuing Claire since she first reincarnated into this world. This bliss would not last. Unexpected visitors who had just gone through a struggle of their own, saving their world from firebenders who had dominated the world, would be appearing in the Bauer Kingdom.

Something in the universe brought together these two groups, perhaps because the Avatar was the bridge between two worlds or due to who lorded over the multiverse but vowed to never interfere unless absolutely necessary. Whatever the reason, they met one another.

Out of nowhere, a fourteen-year-old young woman with dark brown hair, a bald light-skinned twelve-year-old boy, a twelve-year-old black-haired girl, and a sixteen-year-old young man with dark brown (and black) hair dropped from the sky. They seemed to be losing control until the boy grabbed them all, riding on a movement of air he'd dubbed the "air scooter." Rae and Claire watched this with amazement as these four people came from the sky. They weren't sure why they were there, but Rae was annoyed. They had disrupted a nice time she planned to have with Claire.

Before she could say anything however, Claire went on the attack, wagging her finger. "Now, that is very impertinent the way you descended from the sky...it was very improper...very ungentlemanly." The bald boy turned his head to the side. He was confused. Hadn't her eyes been sparkling when she watched him from the ground with her...girlfriend?

"Weren't you amazed at my air scooter? Isn't it cool what I can do with the air?"

Claire let out her trademark laugh, making Rae tremble in joy. She always loved when Claire acted this way. This personality quirk may have annoyed some, but it would always be precious to her.

"Maybe I did for one split second...but that was a momentary lapse in my judgment...it will never happen again!...hrmph!"

As he was about to extend his hand, the young woman behind him pulled him away. "Let me handle this...sweetie." He nodded. Perhaps she could smooth over things better.

"There's no need to be annoyed...ma'am," she began. She tried to be as polite as she could.

Pointing at herself, she said, "I'm Katara." Then moving to the side a bit, she pointed to the bald boy, "this is my...boyfriend, Aang." The sixteen-year-old man, with a burn scar on left side of his face, spoke. "I'm Zuko."

The light-skinned twelve-year-old girl, with sea foam green glazed-over eyes, grinned. Since she was visually impaired, she relied on her ability to "see" what was around her with her earthbending powers. "I'm Toph. I can't see either of you...because I'm blind...but I really like your laugh, lady!"

Claire was getting a bit more annoyed. Then came the kicker: "Lady, can I touch your face?...I try to get a sense of people when I meet them." Rae came between them. She couldn't let this happen.

"Miss, I won't let you touch my dear Miss Claire's face...that would be a travesty...that's only for me to touch...when we make sweet love!"

Claire tried to play her off. "Rae, you say such silly things...you don't mean," but then added, "I guess I wouldn't mind if you did it with me..."

Rae was a bit taken aback by Claire's boldness, in this instance. She hadn't expected that. She wondered if something was off with Claire, but decided to teaser her instead.