Airbender

Chapter 15: Promises

It was now sometime in the afternoon. My stomach growled and I felt woozy. I haven't eaten anything all day and it was starting to get to me.

Maybe I should have gone back to the gang... We could have gone after Azula together, and I wouldn't be in this situation.

But I wanted to prove myself that I could be useful and I could fight for myself...

I hug my legs close to myself, still sitting in the back of the carriage. Then it comes to a sudden stop. It seems that Azula and her men have stopped to eat and talk about what there's plans are. I slightly peak through the curtain of the carriage and see all of them gathered around several feet away. This was my chance. I very carefully climb out of the carriage and went in the opposite direction to some near by bushes. I hide behind them and observe Azula and the men as they talked about they're next move. I suddenly get a pain in my stomach and I clench it with my hand curling up slightly. This is bad... No food or water in almost a day... My hands start to shake a little bit and my breaths turn to soft pants. Dang it. I need to suck it up... This could ruin my plans to prove myself.

After several minutes of observing Azula one of her men suddenly run up to her from the previous path we were on.

"Your Majesty! It's the avatar! He and his friends have been spotted near by, and they could be hear any minute, looking for us!" The man said slightly panicked. Azula clenched her fists.

"Dang it. Seems like Zuzu and the brats don't know when to quit. We're moving out! Sector one, you do a quick sweep of our surroundings to make sure there's no outsiders near by, then we're on the move again!" She shouts then she gets in her carriage and it rides off.

I gasp seeing that the men will find me unless I move now. I quickly begin to run in the opposite direction, deeper into the woods. My breathing soon turns to panting. Everything around me seemed to spin around and I felt very light head. Before I knew it, everything was black.

"....ok......"
".....Ara..."

Was someone saying my name?

"Ara......are you ok? Can you hear me?" The voice suddenly became clear and I slowly opened my eyes. Everything was kinda fuzzy at first. Then I realized that I was laying on the ground and everyone was around me with worried and now relieved looks on their faces.
"Oh thank goodness. You must have fainted from lack of food and water." Katara says as she slightly lifts my head and gives me some water to drink. It took me a minute to process what was going on and what happened before I passed out. I sit up, my head still feeling a little dizzy. I look around and then realize.... I was tracking Azula... And I then I was running away cause they would have found me...

All of a sudden a wave of anger came over me. Once again I was the one in distress and everyone had come save me. And Azula is probably long gone by now.

"No.....not again." I mutter.

"...what?" Katara said a little surprised but mostly confused. I felt my eyes get a little watery and my throat got choked up. It's almost like something inside of snapped.

"I don't want to be like this... I don't want to be the little kid that keeps needing saving! I want to be a real part of this team!" I stand up, kinda struggling, still feeling kinda dizzy. Katara stands and puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Woh, wait calm down. What are you-"

"I'm tired of being the one that's slowing everyone down! I want to help. Like actually help! I'm going after Azula! And I don't want you guys to stop me." I say sternly as I start to storm off through everyone. I wobble a bit and am about to stumble over when someone kinda catches me. I look up and see that's it's Sokka.