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Chapter 42

"Hey, I remember her. She helped you attack us!" Sokka said. 

"I'm glad I wasn't there for that," I said. 

We walked over to her. "Oh great," she refilled her cup of tea, "it's Prince Pouty. Where's your creepy grandpa?"

"He's my Uncle, and he's not here." 

June looked at Zuko and Katara. "I see you worked things out with your girlfriend." The two of them blushed. 

"I'm not his girlfriend!" "She's not my girlfriend!" They shouted at the same time. 

"Okay, okay, sheesh. I was only teasing. So what you want?" She asked. 

"I need your help finding the Avatar," Zuko said. 

"Hmph. Doesn't sound too fun." She took a sip of her tea. 

"Does the end of the World sound like more fun?" Zuko burst out. June stared at him. 

She sighed and agreed, then led us out to her shirshu which was growling at Appa. Appa licked it's face and it stopped. "Nyla." June threw a piece of meat to her. "Who's my little snuffly wuffly." Nyla shot out her tongue towards her. "Whoa! Careful there. Okay, whose got something with the Avatar's scent on it?" She asked looking over at us. 

Katara grabbed the staff out of Appa's saddle and handed it to her. "I have Aang's staff." 

June took it and held it in front of Nyla's snout. She sniffed it, and walked around trying to find the scent. When she couldn't find anything she walked back over to June and rubbed her snout with her paws. 

"Well, what does that mean?" Zuko asked, crossing his arms.

"It means your friend is gone." 

"We know he's gone, that's why we're trying to find him," Toph said. 

"No, I mean he's gone gone." June turned back to us. "He doesn't exist." 

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

"Nope, we could find him if he were dead. Ah, it's a real head scratcher. See ya." She turned back to Nyla and mounted her. 

"Helpful, real helpful," Toph said. 

"Wait, I have another idea." Zuko said. "There's only one other person in this World who can help us face the Fire Lord. I'll be right back with a smell sample." He walked off for a second. Then came back with a sweaty sandal. 

"You saved your Uncle's sweaty sandal?" Sokka asked. Him, Suki, and Katara were all pinching their noses. 

"I think it's kind of sweet," Toph said. 

"I think it's gross." I gagged smelling it.

Zuko held the sandal up to Nyla's nose. "Let's do this," June said. Nyla began running off. 

"Hey, wait up!" We all got on Appa and began following them. They led us to the outer wall of Ba Sing Se. 

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

"Your Uncle's somewhere beyond the wall. Nyla's getting twitchy so he can't be too far. Good luck." The two of them left. 

Zuko looked annoyed. "It's been a long day. Let's camp and start our search again at dawn." 

We set up camp and everyone was sleeping. I laid awake, staring at the roof of the earth tent Toph made. Suddenly she woke up beside me. The tent went away and she stood up. A ring of fire was surrounding us. Four people emerged from the darkness.