I told Will to stay behind with his army. I had seen smoke in the distance so my army and I swam over to it. The near null gravity made this so easy it was like the water was literally willing us towards the smoke. As we got closer I made out fire. Even though I had never actually seen a fire bender I knew this was one because it was moving so rapidly. Because only our heads could be seen bobbing up and down in the water there was almost no reason to worry about getting caught. I swam up so close I could nearly touch the boat.

"Zuko, let us play some Pai Sho" I guessed it was the old man speaking. I wasn't sure because I couldn't actually see him from my position directly to the port side of the boat.

"No Uncle." I'm confident that if I could see this 'Zuko' he would have been gritting his teeth.

"Fine." I could hear the uncle shuffling around on deck.

Then suddenly there was a burst of light from where we had come.

One of my boys was about to make a noise but I hushed them.

"Finally." Zuko had seen it too. "Uncle, do you realize what this means?"

"It means I won't get to finish my game?"

"It means my search is about to come to an end." I wasn't sure why Zuko would have any interest in this light, although I sure did, because we may have just lost our cover.

The old man groaned before Zuko continued "That light came from an incredibly powerful source, it has to be him."

"Or it's just the celestial lights. We've been down this road before prince Zuko." The old man was not fazed by this sudden occurrence. "I don't want you to get too excited over nothing. Please, sit, why don't you enjoy a nice cup of calming jasmine tea?"

"I DON'T NEED ANY CALMING TEA!" Zuko exclaimed. "I need to capture the Avatar! Hounds men, head a course for the light!"

I didn't know what to do. I motioned for my boys to grab onto the hull. On board there was absolute silence for an extremely long time. It became late, the boat moved much slower than we had, the water was definitely not helping it out at all. It was amazing because it looked to be going at a reasonable speed but we had swum over here in a mere hour and now it was taking the ship more than triple that.

Darkness fell and still there was silence. Finally, the old man spoke. "I'm going to bed now." He yawned. "Yup, a man needs his rest." There was a pause, it was clear that his nephew was not going to answer. "Prince Zuko, you need some sleep. Even if you're right, and the Avatar is alive, you won't find him. Your father, grandfather and great grandfather all tried and failed."

"Because their honor didn't hinge on the Avatar's capture, mine does, this cowards hundred years in hiding are over." He was set on his decision. He was going to stay right there and not go inside until he had located 'the avatar.'

With this in mind I told my boys to stay put while I scoped out the rest of the ship. I followed the old man's footsteps back into his cabin. Given the near non existent gravity it was easy for me to, once out of sight, jump up onto the ship. However, almost as soon as I was on board, the old man had twisted me into a head lock.

"What do you and water benders want with us?" He was whispering so I figured he was not going to tell his nephew.

"Please sir, let me explain." I tried to hide the fear from my voice

He released me. "Why is someone as young as you such a gifted bender? Who are you? Which tribe are you from? How many others are there?"

"There are two hundred of us. We come in peace." I told him

"What do you want from us? Where is the rest of your army? Where is your commander?"

"I am the commander." I told him.

The old man seemingly sized me up. "And what is the light?"

I stopped. "I am not saying anything more until I know I can trust you."

The old man smiled. "My nephew would have killed you all were I to have told him of your presence. That is reason enough."

I nodded. "Fine, we have been traveling for over a hundred years. We have left everything we knew behind in order to stop the fire nation."

He raised his eyebrows "Stop us from what?"

I looked at the man "From destroying the universe."

"How about we continue this conversation in a game of Pai Sho?" He asked.

"I don't play." I told him

"I will teach you." The man said "Tell me everything."

About a day later (yes literally an entire day to travel maybe two miles) we saw a single firework come from somewhere a little to the port side.

Zuko, who I had come to hate less, although still had no trust for, spoke "The last airbender. Quite agile for his old age. Wake my uncle! Tell him I found the Avatar. As well as his hiding place."

Sorry I'm not able to get these chapters out nearly as quickly as the first one. That's because I have to watch the episode it's for before posting and also because finals are coming up.