Appa is flying slowly through the open sky with lots of clouds over a river valley. While he's flying, Aang is on his head leaning back and enjoying himself while he has a reed in his mouth while Laphicet and Katara are looking over Appa's side while stretching out on their stomachs while Velvet looks at a map and Sokka is cutting wood.

"Those clouds look so soft, don't they?" Katara asked.

"Yeah. Like you can just jump down and land in a big, soft cottony heap." Laphicet said.

"You two should give it a try." Sokka said.

"You're hilarious." Katara said sarcastically.

"Maybe I should throw you into the clouds and we'll see if you can land there." Velvet said.

"No thank you." Sokka said quickly.

"Think the clouds have any shapes?" Katara asked.

"Maybe. I think I can see..." Laphicet was cut off as he falls off of Appa. "AAAAAAHHHHH!" Laphicet screamed as he falls into the clouds and everyone looks over the side of Appa as Laphicet plunges into a cloud.

"Laphi!" Velvet shouted.

"He can't fly!" Sokka said.

"I got this!" Aang said as he opens his glider and dives after Laphicet.

Ten seconds later Aang and Laphicet get back on Appa and they are both soaking wet.

"Are you alright, Laphicet?" Sokka asked.

"Yes I am." Laphicet answered.

"How did you two get wet?" Sokka asked.

"Turns out the clouds are made of water." Laphicet answered as Aang Airbends to dry himself and Laphicet.

"At least you're okay." Katara said.

"Yeah. Thanks, Aang." Laphicet said.

"No problem." Aang said

"Don't scare me like that!" Velvet said both serious and worried. "You could have died!"

"Sorry, but it was an accident..." Laphicet said feeling guilty.

"Promise me that you will be more careful, I can't bare with you gone again." Velvet said.

"I promise." The younger brother said and Velvet let out a sigh of relief before going back to what she was doing.

"She really care about you." Katara said which made Laphicet sigh.

"She's been overprotective since what happened, I'm not the sick boy I was any more." Laphicet explained. "I just want her to be the fearless warrior who freed me from the light of destruction."

"Sokka was and still are overprotective since we began our journey but not as much as Velvet." Katara said.

"I always do what she says. There was this time when Velvet was sleeping and I snuck out. A day earlier, I didn't stay in bed and I was working on copying a book to trade something to give her." Laphicet told her. "When I traded, I wanted so deep down wanted to go to the cape we used to go and do stuff together."

"Like what?" Katara asked.

"Picking flowers for Celica's and our parents' graves, fishing and watching the ocean waves. Velvet would hunt there for prickle boars. I had just sit down not far from the village gate to rest when Velvet came and she did what she did now, but she forgive me and she took the guilt instead." Laphicet continued. "We got to the peek and after a while we got attacked by a daemon and that was when I gave her the comb. It was the last thing I remembered before going unconscious." Katara looked sadly away.

Appa is still flying through the sky but he keeps on flying Katara and Laphicet look ahead at something.

"What's that?" Katara asked, Sokka and Velvet look at what she's looking at and it's a valley around the river that's black instead of green.

"It's like a scar." Sokka said.

Appa lands on the valley and the gang are in a damaged area with burnt tree stumps around the barren landscape and they look around the destroyed area.

"It's so quiet." Sokka said.

"There's no life anywhere." Velvet said.

"Aang? Are you okay?" Laphicet asked.

Sokka and Velvet then see what looks like footprints on the burnt ground and the two examine them.

"Fire Nation." Velvet said.

"Those evil savages make me sick! They have no respect for..." Sokka was cut off by Katara's 'shh'. "What? I don't have the right to be angry?" Katara points at Aang who is very upset.

Aang sinks his knees to the ground and he lets out a huge sigh and he places his hands on the burnt ground.

"Why would anyone do this? How could I let this happen?" Aang asked.

"Aang, you didn't let this happen. It has nothing to do with you." Velvet said.

"Yes it does. It's the Avatar's job to protect nature, but I don't know how to do my job." Aang said.

"That's why we're going to the North Pole. We're going to find you a teacher." Katara said.

"Yeah. A Waterbending teacher, but there's no one who can teach me how to be the Avatar. Monk Gyatso said that Avatar Roku would help me." Aang said.

"The Avatar before you? He died over a hundred years ago. How're you supposed to talk to him?" Sokka asked.

"I don't know..." Aang said and Momo gets on his shoulder and Aang pets his back.

Meanwhile Zuko is in some tall reeds but he goes through them.

"Uncle! Where are you?! It's time to leave! Uncle Iroh!" Zuko called as he emerges out of the tall reeds and enters a clearing area.

Zuko sees Iroh's Fire Nation uniform hanging from a low branch and Zuko sees Iroh in a hot bath in a rock tub and steam is coming out of them.

"Over here." Iroh said.

"Uncle. We need to move on. We're closing in on the Avatar's and the Arte user's trail and I don't want to lose them!" Zuko said.

"You look tired, Prince Zuko. Why don't you join me in these hot springs and soak away your troubles?" Iroh offered.

"My troubles cannot be soaked away! It's time to go!" Zuko said irritated.

"You should take your teacher's advice and relax a little." Iroh said. "The temperature's just right. I heated it myself." He breathes steam out of his nostrils but Zuko swats the steam away.

"Enough! We need to go now! Out of the water." Zuko said.

"Very well." Iroh said. "If you say so." He rise but Zuko quickly covers his eyes.

"On second thought, you can take another few minutes, but be back at the ship in half an hour or we're leaving without you." Zuko said leaving.

"Ahhh!" Iroh said as he lean back in his bath.

Meanwhile back at the wasteland valley Aang is still kneeling with a downcast look but then Katara, Velvet and Laphicet walk behind him.

"Hey, Aang, are you ready to be cheered up?" Katara asked.

"No." Aang answered sadly but then an acorn flies out of nowhere and hits Aang in the head. "Ow!" He looks at Katara, who is holding an acorn, and Velvet and Laphicet are holding acorns as well. "Hey! How is that cheering me up?" Aang rubbing his head and Sokka chuckles.

"That cheered me up." Sokka said but Velvet and Laphicet throw their acorns at Sokka whacking him in his head. "Ow!"

"You deserved that." Laphicet said.

"Yeah. I guess I did." Sokka said also rubbing his head.

"You're lucky I didn't punch your head again." Velvet said.

"These acorns are everywhere, Aang. Which means the forest will grow back." Katara said.

"Every one of these acorns will be an oak tree someday." Velvet said.

"That's right and all the birds and animals that lived here will come back." Laphicet said as he gives Aang an acorn and he smiles.

"Thanks." Aang said making Katara, Velvet and Laphicet smile. Velvet then sensed a presence.

"Who's there?" Velvet asked seeing someone coming and they see an old man in green clothes and carrying a walking stick coming to the gang.

"Who're you?" Sokka asked.

"When I saw the flying bison, I thought it was impossible, but those markings...are you the Avatar, child?" The old man asked Aang who looks at Katara who nods and he turns back to the old man.

"I am." Aang answered. "And these two are Arte users." He gestured to the Crowe siblings.

"My village desperately needs your help." The old man said.

The sun is setting and the old man leads the gang to an Earth Kingdom village and they see that some of the buildings have been burned and destroyed and the gang assume that the Fire Nation has something to do with this and the old man takes the gang to a building where some villagers are gathered and the people see Aang, Velvet and Laphicet entering the building and the village chief walks over to them.

"These tree young people are the Avatar and Arte users." The old man said.

"The rumors of your return are true, Avatar and you have actually arrived as we prayed, Arte users of Gleenwood." The village chief said. "It is the greatest honor of a lifetime to be in all of your presences."

"Nice to meet you too." Aang said as he bows.

"So what seems to be the problem?" Velvet asked.

"I'm not sure." The village chief answered with a pained expression.

"Our village is in a crisis. You three are our only hope. For the last few days at sunset, a spirit monster comes and attacks our village. His name is Hei-Bai, the black and white spirit." The old man said.

"Why is it attacking you?" Sokka asked.

"We do not know, but each of the last three nights, he has abducted one of our own. We are especially fearful because the Winter Solstice draws near." The village chief explained.

"What happens then?" Laphicet asked.

"As the solstice approaches, the natural world and the spirit world grow closer and closer until the line between them is blurred completely." The old man said.

"Hei-Bai is already causing destruction and devastation. Once the solstice is here, there's no telling what would happen." The village chief said.

"So what do you guys want us to do?" Aang asked.

"Who better to resolve the crisis between our world and the spirit world than the Avatar himself? You are the great bridge between man and spirits." The old man said.

"Yeah...that's me." Aang said a little nervous.

"Aang, can Katara and I talk to you?" Velvet asked as she and Katara go over to a window and Aang goes with them and Sokka and Laphicet join them.

"Aang, you seem a little unsure about all this." Katara said.

"Yeah. That's because I don't know anything at all about the spirit world. It's not like there's someone to teach me this stuff!" Aang said.

"You still gonna help these people?" Laphicet asked.

"I gotta try right? Maybe whatever I have to do will just...come to me." Aang said.

"I know you'll think of something, Aang." Laphicet said.

"Thanks, Laphicet." Aang said and everyone smiles.

"I think you can do it, Aang." Katara said.

"Yeah...we're all gonna get eaten by a spirit monster." Sokka said.

"Should I feed you to a bear instead?" Velvet asked.

"No thanks." Sokka said backing away.

"You can do it, Aang. You just gotta believe you can." Velvet said.

"Yeah." Aang said.

"You better be careful, Laphi." Velvet said and Laphicet looked down in disappointment and Katara knew why.

Meanwhile at the hot springs area, Iroh is sleeping in his bath but then a noise occurs startling Iroh who is startled awake.

"Uh? Who's there?" Iroh asked, looking back and forth around the forest and he sees a tiny animal on the tip of the hot bath.

"Oh, it's just a meadow vole. I should have known. You startled me, little one." Iroh said as the meadow vole leaves and Iroh leans back again.

Suddenly, a shaking occurs from deeper in the forest and dust clouds rise from the forest, a tremor starts moving and heads for Iroh's bath, then shock waves approach the baths and reach them and Iroh is held by three triangle stones in his bath and three Earthbenders arrive next to the tubs behind each three stone triangles that is still holding Iroh and an Earth Kingdom soldier examines Iroh's uniform.

"The old man is a Fire Nation soldier." One of the Earth soldiers said.

"He's no ordinary soldier. He's the Fire Lord's brother. The Dragon of the West. The once great General Iroh, but now he's our prisoner." The Earth soldier captain said.

Meanwhile back at the Earth Kingdom village, Aang exits the meeting house and he starts walking through the village.

"Hello? Spirit? Can you hear me? This is the Avatar speaking. I'm...here to help stuff." Aang said as he reaches the village gate.

Everyone is still at the meeting house and they watch him and Laphicet has a worried expression on his face.

"This isn't right. We can't just sit here and cower while Aang waits for this spirit monster to show up." Sokka said.

"If anyone can save us, he can." The old man said.

"He still shouldn't have to face this alone." Laphicet said.

Aang sees the sun already set and the sky turns dark.

"The sun has set! Where are you, Hei-Bai?!" Aang asked but no answer. "Well, I hereby ask you to leave this village in peace!" Aang said but still no response. "Okay then. I guess that's settled." Aang said as he starts to walk away.

Unknowing to him a large black and white creature with six legs and razor sharp teeth follows behind Aang through the village until Aang realizes something and stops and he turns to see the large creature and he smiles.

"You must be the Hei-Bai spirit. My name is..." Aang was cut off by a blue energy beam coming out of the creature's mouth knocking Aang's staff out of his hands and the creature rears itself up and unleashes another blue energy beam and then charges at the village leaving Aang but Aang goes after it.

"My name is Aang! I'm the Avatar and I would like to help you!" Aang said as he's still going after it.

Hei-Bai starts destroying two house and a watchtower with its brute strength and its blue energy and Aang keeps following it and tries to get its attention and in the meeting house everyone is watching and Laphicet wanted to go out an help Aang but Velvet stops him.

"The Avatar's methods are...unusual." The village chief said as they duck from a flying debris.

"It's like it doesn't have any interest into what Aang is saying." Sokka said.

"Somebody has to help him." Laphicet said.

"Forgive me, Arte user, but only the Avatar can stand a chance against Hei-Bai." The old man said.

"Aang will figure out what to do, Laphicet." Katara said.

Hei-Bai continues to destroy everything while making a pile of debris and Aang runs to a building and climbs to the top of it getting between them.

"Please, will you stop destroying things and listen?" Aang asked but Hei-Bai is destroying a building with its fists. "I'm trying to do my job as a spirit bridge. Excuse me, can you turn around please? I command you to turn around!" Aang said and Hei-Bai does turn around but it swats at the building Aang is still on sending Aang flying and hits a nearby roof and he slides off and falls to the ground and Laphicet saw the whole thing he gets ticked off.

"That's it! I'm helping him!" Laphicet said as he starts to leave.

"No! It's too dangerous!" Sokka said.

"Laphi!" Velvet called as she goes after him and but the old man stops her to leave the house.

Laphicet runs through the village and finds Aang trying to get up.

"Aang, are you okay?" Laphicet asked.

"Yeah." Aang answered.

"We'll try to reason with it together." Laphiect said but then Hei-Bai approaches Laphicet and Aang.

"I don't wanna fight him. We're gonna..." Aang cuts himself off as Hei-Bai appears behind Laphicet and grabs him and starts to run.

"Laphicet!" Velvet shouted and run out of the house to try get to him.

"Velvet!" Laphicet screamed as he tried reach out for Velvet's hand but when they nearly touched, Hei-Bai runs faster.

"Laphicet! Hang on!" Aang said as he opens his staff into his glider and flies after them while Hei-Bai runs back into the forest taking Laphicet with it while Aang chases after them.

Katara and Sokka run through the village to try and help Aang but they stop at the village gate unable to keep up and Katara has a worried expression on her face and sees Velvet on the ground next to the gate on her knees and bangs on the ground with tears in her eyes.

"No, no." Velvet cried, hugging herself as Katara goes to her side.

Meanwhile back at the hot springs area Zuko and Fire soldiers starts searching only to find the hot bath empty.

"Uncle! Uncle, where are you?" Zuko asked.

"Sir, maybe he thought you left him." A Fire soldier suggested.

"Something's not right here." Zuko said as he sees the hot bath and he also sees three triangle stones in the tubs. "A pile of rocks?"

"It looks like there's been a landslide, Sir." The other Fire soldier said.

"Land doesn't slide uphill. The rocks didn't move naturally." Zuko said. "My uncle's been captured by Earthbenders!"

Meanwhile Aang is gliding through the forest at amazing speed still chasing after Hei-Bai who is still holding Laphicet in its grip and Aang sees Hei-Bai he's pulled with it and begins to pass but then a branch slows him down.

"Aang!" Laphicet called. "Over here!"

Aang tries to keep up again and he sees Hei-Bai reaching the wasteland from before and Aang gets close behind and he tries to get closer to Laphicet.

"Help!" Laphicet said.

"Hold on, Laphicet!" Aang said as he reaches his hand to Laphicet, who is able to grab it and he takes his hand. Aang was about to pull him but then Laphicet and Hei-Bai vanish shocking Aang and falls from the sky and he lands in front of a stone statue of a bear and he is unconscious but then he starts to get up and he looks around. "Laphicet! Laphicet!" Aang called but he doesn't them anywhere and he's downcast. "I've failed. I'm sorry, Velvet."

Meanwhile the five Earth soldiers are riding on five war ostrich-horses through the forest and they're taking a chained and covered Iroh with them.

"Where are you taking me?" Iroh asked.

"We're taking you to face justice." The Earth soldier captain answered.

"Right, but where specifically?" Iroh asked.

"A place you're quite familiar with actually, General Iroh. You once laid siege to it for six hundred days, but it would not yield to you." The Earth soldier captain said.

"Ah, yes! The great city of Ba Sing Se." Iroh said.

"It was greater than you apparently." The Earth soldier captain said.

"I acknowledged my defeat at Ba Sing Se. After six hundred days away from home, my men were tired and I was tired." Iroh said and then yawns. "And I'm still tired." Iroh said as he falls to the ground.

The Earth soldiers stop to see Iroh on the road asleep and they pick up and put him back on the ostrich-horse he was riding on and they continue to move and while they were moving Iroh sees his sandal left behind and Iroh makes a sly smile.

Meanwhile Velvet, who is sitting with her knee up and using her arms as a pillow, sleeping near the village gate and Katara who comes to her side and places a blanket on her shoulders which woke her up and looks at Katara. Sokka came behind them.

"I'm sure they'll be back." Katara said, Velvet looks down.

"I hope you're right." Velvet said in sadness, taking the blanket closer to her body. "I still can't believe I lost him again..." The tears began to come back. "Just when I finally got him back."

"You should get some rest." Katara said and Velvet looks at her comb, which was in her hand. "Everything's gonna be alright."

"I'm sure Laphicet is in good hands. I would be shocked if Aang returned without them." Sokka said.

Aang appears along the forest trail leading into the gate and he sees Katara, Velvet and Sokka and he notices Velvet's sad look and Aang walks over to them.

"Guys, I...I lost him." Aang said sadly but he doesn't see them reacting and so Aang comes closer but then he sees the sun rising.

"The sun is rising." Sokka said.

"Let's just hope they'll return soon." Katara said, helping Velvet up to go back to the village.

"What? No! I'm right here!" Aang said and then grunts and then he places his hand on Katara but she doesn't feel him surprising him and he looks up at the sun and he looks at himself glowing blue and he realizes something.

"I'm in the spirit world!" Aang said.

Meanwhile Iroh's sandal is still on the road from last night and Zuko found the sandal and he picks it up and sniffs it but then cover his mouth in disgust.

"Yup, that's Uncle Iroh." Zuko said and gets on his komodo-rhino.

Meanwhile Katara and Sokka is with Appa and Velvet is at their guest house. Aang is still with them and they still can't see him.

"Don't worry, guys. I'll figure this out. I promise. It's like they said, I'm the bridge between the worlds. All I have to do is...figure out what I have to do and once I do that, no problem." Aang said and he sees Appa coming to the gang and he grunts. "Appa! Hey, buddy! I'm right here, but I guess you can't see me either." Appa keeps grunting until they see him.

"It's okay, Appa. I'm sure they're on their way back." Katara said. "They probably even have moon peaches for you, for a treat."

"Or maybe a treat of all of us." Sokka said.

"We'll see." Katara said as she and Sokka walk back to the village and Appa follows them.

"What am I supposed to do?" Aang asked. "Avatar Roku! How am I supposed to talk to you?" Aang asked but no answer and he looks despaired but then he notices something and looks down the path. "Laphicet?" Aang asked excited and a light shines down the path and he sees what looks like a blue spirit dragon flying at him. "That's not Laphicet!" Aang said as he opens his staff into his glider and starts to fly away but he lands back down to the ground and he tries to Airbend the glider off the ground but nothing is happening. "What? I can't Airbend in the spirit world?!" Aang asked and he sees the blue spirit dragon flying at Aang and he screams.

The blue spirit dragon continues to fly at Aang while wreathed in blue fire and Aang screams at the dragon coming at him but then the blue spirit dragon stops in front of him and Aang looks at it.

"You don't know where Laphicet is, do you?" Aang asked and the blue spirit dragon bends its head down and uses on of its whiskers to touch Aang's forehead making Aang's eyes glow with blue fire and a flashback occurs with an old man riding on the dragon which was red and the blue spirit dragon breaks its touch ending the flashback. "You must be Avatar Roku's animal guide like Appa is to me. Please, I need to save my friends and I don't know how. Is there way to talk to Roku?" Aang asked and the blue spirit dragon bends its body allowing Aang to get on and he turns to see Natsu sitting outside the house still with a downcast look. "I'll be back, guys. Please take me to Roku." Aang said and the blue spirit dragon flies off.

Meanwhile the five Earth soldiers and their five ostrich-horses are going along a winding mountain path and while they keep moving Iroh and he looks up at the sky and he sees the blue spirit dragon and Aang flying through the sky over them and Iroh is startled by this.

"What's wrong?" The Earth soldier captain asked turning to him.

"Nothing. Actually, there is a problem. My old joints are feeling sore and achy and these shackles are too loose." Iroh said.

"Too loose?" The Earth soldier captain asked.

"That's right. The cuffs are loose and they jangle around and bump my wrists. It would help me if you would tighten them so they wouldn't shake too much." Iroh said.

"Very well. Corporal, tighten the prisoners handcuffs." The Earth soldier captain ordered.

They make the ostrich-horses stop and the corporal gets off and touches Iroh's cuffs but Iroh breathes on them making them red hot and when Iroh grabs the corporal's hands and places them on the hot iron the corporal starts screaming in pain allowing Iroh to get off and launches himself in the air unleashes a blast of fire from his feet at the other soldiers, roll off the path and down the hill.

Meanwhile Aang is still riding on the blue spirit dragon and it takes Aang to a volcanic island and it has a Fire Nation temple and they fly towards the ceiling.

"Hey! What're you doing?" Aang asked but they pass through the ceiling harmlessly and they enter a secret chamber at the top of the temple and it's empty except it has a statue of Roku and Aang walks over to it. "I don't understand. It's just a statue of Roku." Aang said and the dragon touches Aang's forehead again and his eyes are glowing again and this time it shows a vision of a huge flaming comet flying through the sky and the dragon breaks contact again. "Is that what Roku wants to talk to me about? A comet? When can I talk to him?"

The dragon lowers its head down allowing the sun to shine through a tiny window high up the ceiling and a shaft of light hits the wall near Roku's shoulder and the dragon touches Aang's forehead again and shows a vision of the time to pass the Fire Temple begins and shows the temple sitting on the volcano as clouds fly at incredible speed and sun rounds its daily course in seconds and three days pass to show the floor of the statue's chamber and two written characters are being shown along with the days passing rapidly and the shaft of sunlight hits the back wall and gets closer to the face of the statue of Roku as each day passes and the dragon breaks contact.

"It's a calendar! The light will reach Roku on the solstice. So that's when I get to talk to Roku?" Aang asked and the dragon grunts in response. "But I can't wait for that long. I need to save Laphicet." Aang said and he and dragon fly out of the temple at amazing speed.

Meanwhile Iroh keep rolling down the hill while still chained and the Earthbender solders watch this, they Earthbend a torrent of dirt and rock after him and they slide down the hillside chasing after Iroh and when they him reach he is almost buried.

"He is too dangerous, Captain. We can't just carry him to the capital. We need to do something now." The Earth soldier said.

"I agree. He must be dealt with immediately and severely." The Earth soldier captain said and Iroh look with disdain.

Meanwhile Katara and Sokka are on Appa who is flying over the forest and they start looking.

"It's no use. I can't find them anywhere." Katara said.

"Ditto over here too. Our best change is to go back to the village and wait." Sokka said. "Unless the spirit took both of them." But Katara give him an evil eye look. "Or, they could be both fine."

"We better go, Velvet needs us." Katara said and makes Appa fly back to the village.

Meanwhile Zuko keep moving through road with his komodo-rhino, trying to follow the Earthbenders that captured Iroh and see a clear trail of the ostrich-horses on the ground and as he keep moving. Zuko looks up and he sees Appa flying over them.

"The Avatar and the Arte user!" Zuko said. He yanks the reigns to turn the beast back, but then he looks down the trail that leads to his captured uncle. He looks back again in the direction he saw Appa, indecision marking his face.

Back with the gang, Velvet is sitting right outside the door with her head on her arms which is leaning on her knee, her comb in her hand and a purple aura around her. Velvet had removed most of her armor, only wearing her top, ruined pants and the bandages on her arm. Katara walks to her and was about to place a hand on her shoulder.

"Be careful or you'll hurt yourself." Velvet said gloomy which stopped Katara. "This is quite dangerous."

"So you don't mind me brush your hair?" Katara asked and Velvet gives her the comb before sitting behind her. Katara was a little hesitant but begins to brush it anyway. "You know. Laphicet told me about the comb, he gave it to you." Velvet was still quiet but thought it felt good whenever someone brushed her hair. "He also told me about you two was attacked under that time."

"That's right..." Velvet said and now understood why Laphicet did what he did. "Laphi saved me that day. I tried to protect him but almost died when he distracted the daemon and I was dropped unconscious. By the time I woke up after my dream of Laphi giving me the comb, it became the night I can never forget...!" The purple aura became wilder as she continued. "The night that changed my life. 'The Scarlet Night'! When I noticed the moon had become red which only happens every 10 years, everyone I knew became hideous beasts that attacks everyone they see. As I arrived at the cape where the ruins of an old temple was, I saw Laphi with Arthur and that was when I saw my own brother get stabbed and treated as a rag doll to be sacrificed..." Now tears went down Velvet's checks which she tries to hide. "I tried and tried to help him but the Arthur I knew was all gone and stabbed my arm as I was hanging on the edge and was later on dropped in that hole which my brother was eaten by a monster. I couldn't bear letting Arthur go free after what he had done and that was when I unleashed the negative emotions I've held deep inside which gave me the power I have today."

Katara had already stopped brushing Velvet's hair and looked sadly at her, soon she saw a younger version of Velvet sitting there for a second. Her was fully plaited before tying it off with a red hairband. She wears a black shirt under a brown over shirt with belt-pouches and brown pants as well as maroon boots. She also wears a different gauntlet without having to bandage her arm.

"So we are more alike than I thought but you've had it a lot worse." Katara said as Velvet dried away her tears and started taking off the bandages. Under them was a thin unnoticed scar and steam coming out from the skin.

"That is the bandages purpose, hiding my arm's alternate appearance." Velvet ended, putting the bandages back. "Don't tell this to anyone, I don't want people to know our past."

Meanwhile Aang and the dragon fly through the edge of the forest and they arrive at the wasteland and Aang sees his body sitting cross-legged atop the bear statue and as Aang braces himself he rejoins with his body and the dragon disappears into the bear statue. Aang wakes up and he's back at the physical world and so he jumps off the bear statue and he stares at it and looks closer at its face and so Aang opens his staff into his glider and he flies back to the village, there he sees Katara and Velvet sitting on the porch of the meeting house with the older girl still down. Katara and Sokka look at Velvet worried but then they see Aang flying towards them and he lands in front of them and Katara runs to him and hugs him.

"You're back!" Katara said. "Where's Laphicet?"

"I'm not sure." Aang answered downcast and he looks back at the forest and he sees the sun setting again.

Meanwhile Iroh is in an earthen pit with the Earth soldiers and have his arms stretched over a large rock in the center of the pit and their hands are spread.

"These dangerous hands must be crushed." The Earth soldier captain said as he summons a huge boulder and moves it over Iroh's hands and by the time he drops it someone arrives at kicks at the boulder away and it's Zuko and he destroys the chains on Iroh's hands.

"Excellent form, Prince Zuko." Iroh said.

"You taught me well." Zuko said.

"Surrender yourselves. It's three against two. You're outnumbered." The Earth soldier captain said as he and the other Earth soldiers surround the two Firebenders.

"That's true, but you're clearly outmatched!" Iroh replied.

The five Earth soldiers bend stones at the two but Iroh swing his chains and break them into pieces allowing Zuko to blast his fire at two Earth soldiers close to them but two other Earth soldiers are behind them and they shoot rocks at the prince and Zuko prepare to destroy them but Iroh wraps them around his chains and he swings them back at the Earth soldiers knocking them out but the Earth captain shoots several rocks at the two but they dodge and Zuko bends his fire at the Earth soldier captain but he blocks the fire with his helmet and then raises two sheets of rocks and throws them but Iroh wraps his chains around the Earth soldier captain's legs and Iroh pulls them to the ground and the rocks land on him and all the Earth soldiers are on the ground and the two Firebenders smile at each other and Zuko places his hand on Iroh's shoulder.

"Now will you please put out on some clothes?!" Zuko asked.

Meanwhile the sun sets again and Aang is standing at the village gate again and the villagers, Katara, Sokka, Velvet and Momo look through the meeting house window and Aang waits until he decides to walk back to the village and he walks over back to the meeting house but then he hears a roar and he sees Hei-Bai destroying a building with a wind chime and unleashes its blue energy beam at Aang who makes an energy shield.

"Aang, what are you doing? Run!" Katara said.

Hei-Bai goes to another building but Aang runs under it legs and he jumps into front of it onto its forehead and Aang places his hand on the forehead and his hand glows blue and Aang sees a panda bear over the monster and Aang jumps back to a porch of a building.

"You're the spirit of this forest. Now I understand. You're angry because your home was burned down. When I saw the forest was burned down, I was upset, but my friends gave me hope that the forest will grow back." Aang said as Hei-Bai stood still and Aang takes the acorn Laphicet gave him earlier and he places the acorn on the porch and Hei-Bai picks it up and smiles turning into the panda bear and it walks away from the village and as it leaves the village gate it grows a thicket of bamboo and then a few villagers and Laphicet walk out of the bamboo.

"Laphicet!" Velvet called out, she and the villagers run at their loved ones and hug them.

"What happened?" Laphicet asked confused.

"You were trapped in the spirit world for twenty-four hours." Katara answered, coming to the two.

"How are you feeling?" Sokka asked.

"Fine, I guess." Lapicet said.

"Laphi..." Laphicet looked up at his sister. "I'm sorry for being overprotective, you aren't this weak boy anymore. Now you're my brave little brother." Laphicet hugged back.

The gang are standing in front of the village chief who is accompanied by two villagers.

"Thank you, Avatar. If only there was some way to repay you for what you've done." The village chief said.

"You can give us some supplies and some money." Sokka said but Velvet punch him in the head.

"Idiot!" Velvet yelled.

"What? We need stuff." Sokka said rubbing his head.

"It would an honor to help you prepare for your journey." The village chief said as he bows and leaves.

"I'm proud of you, Aang. You figured out what to do on your own." Katara said.

"Actually, I did have a little help. There's something else." Aang said downcast.

"What is it?" Laphicet asked.

"I need to talk to Roku and I think I've figured out how to contact his spirit." Aang said.

"That's great, Aang." Katara said.

"Creepy, but great." Sokka said.

"You think everything's creepy, Stupid." Velvet said. "So what are we supposed to do?"

"There's a temple on a crescent shaped island and if I go there on the solstice, I'll be able to speak with Roku." Aang said.

"But the solstice is tomorrow." Katara said.

"Yeah and here's another problem...the island is in the Fire Nation." Aang said and everyone is shocked to hear that.