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Aang keeps watch over their small camp, the fire slowly dwindles down as the night wears on. He wakes Sokka, changing shifts to protect the others.
"Good night, Sokka." Aang makes his way back to the tent he set up before his shift, moving the flaps out of his way. Aang crashes onto a makeshift sleeping bag, falling asleep almost immediately. It starts off just like any other dream, blurry and incomprehensible. A figure in brown steps toward him, a golden eye gazing out from a curtain of unkempt dark hair. Through the corner of his eye he can see long robes lined in pale yellow, but when he turns his head the figure has run off.
"Wait! Who are you? Miss figure lady where did you go?" He turns every which way, until he sees another figure, lined in blue appear in the space, the lady holding onto his robes and hiding behind him.
"Avatar Roku?"
"Aang, it's good to see you again."
"Why am I here? Has something happened to my friends to cause me to go into the avatar state?"
"Nothing so serious has happened. There is simply someone new in your life you must meet." He gestures with his head the figure still clutching to his robes. "You need a firebending teacher, Aang. Within the walled city you will find who you are looking for, never underestimate their power. Your future master is kind and fair, but is a warrior at heart." Aang stares at Avatar Roku, then turns to look at the lady staring at him in curiosity. As soon as his eyes meet hers, she ducks away from his gaze and behind Avatar Roku.
"You will learn many things about the people you have been taught to hate from this teacher, to understand your enemy they must also be your friend." Aang for all intents and purposes, while still confused, takes Roku's works to heart. A fire bender within Ba Sing Se, a girl who can dispel the prejudices they all have on fire nation people. Aang wakes with a start, Katara is already putting her sleeping bag away.
"It's about time, Aang. You were asleep longer than Sokka." Aang still has a confused look on his face, eyebrows furrowed and lips pursed. He's dreaded the day ever since his last attempt to learn firebending.
"I have to find someone to teach me firebending." Sokka perks up from his position by Toph,
"Are we gonna have another dude join the team? Please say yes."
"No, the figure I saw was a girl."
"Ugh. Sometimes I feel like the universe doesn't want me to be happy."
"Don't say that, what's so bad having another girl on the team?"
"Sokka's just scared that another girl is going to upstage him." Katara says, earning an agreement from Toph.
"Third times the charm huh?" Sokka grumbles as he sulks off.
"What's this girl look like Aang?"
"She had messy black hair, and it covered most of her left eye. I think her eyes were gold, but Avatar Roku's weird spirit glow made it hard to see. She seemed scared."
"Scared of what? If she's a fire bender, then she's gotta be ruthless and deadly."
"Not all firebenders are bad!" Aang thinks back on Roku's words, this teacher is supposed to be his friend.
"Well you certainly changed your tune of them, twinkletoes."
"It's just, Avatar Roku told me that this girl would change my view of fire benders and fire nation people."