Darkness surrounded her in a cocoon that provided warmth and comfort from her tormenting nightmares and memories. There was no sense of time and space as she laid at rest within the abyss of her mind. Even with some jerkiness of movements of her sore form, she did not feel anything that could bring pain to her senses. The only sensation that she noticed was a rocking motion of her form, and the sense of something or someone carrying her. The breeze and scents of the pine and of the wild sweet grasses swam over her like gentle waves washing up along the sandy shores of her homeland. Serenity held her within its grace as she grew stronger within the arms of her caretaker.<br/><br/>Day’s had passed by unnoticed to her unconscious mind and finally something began to stir within her, a new surrounding that began to awaken her. Rock lay beneath her, cold and hard against her soft curved form. Also there was darkness that surrounded her, a new kind of cool blue darkness that read unfamiliar. Ayesha opened her eyes to see through the branches overhead to the night sky. Small darts of bright lights scattered across the darkening sky, beseeching like small jewels on a canvas of velvet. Ayesha wanted to reach out and take a handful of the jewels up in the sky, for there were so many that it felt like ages since she had seen the night sky and its thousands of scattered lights.  Tears began to threaten to spill over her cheeks, from the sheer gratitude of the lights, because she felt like she was dead and at peace for so long from the dreamless time she spent in the comforting darkness.<br/><br/>The sound of breathing is what had stopped her from weeping openly out to the night, as well as the faint glow of the fire beside her. With a turn of her head, she caught a glance at the hulky figure sitting beside the fire, and immediately remembered of Zaer. He looked worn out from travel, and slept peacefully near the fire. It seemed that nothing appeared wrong and that he purely was in comfortable surroundings to easily take sleep. The stubble along his chin gave Ayesha a questionable thought. How long had it been since the time in the woods outside of Storm Clan?<br/><br/>Fighting back a groan of ache, Ayesha pushed herself up into a sitting position, only to then feel the soft grasses beneath her as well as a cloak thrown over her for warmth. The air gave off a faint bite of chill, but it felt welcomed sense it was late spring, and already the nights began to be warm. Glancing about the darkness of the wood, she noticed the mountain range surrounding them as well as the steepness of the pass they came up through. Where are they heading? With the turn of her head, she noticed something else. Her hair was now much longer than it was before, now down to her shoulders, and slightly to the tops of her breasts. It really must have been some time, or something happened to her physically to have things changed so much.<br/><br/>Unable to fight off her curiosity much longer, Ayesha stood as quietly as possible within the tall grass, only to feel somewhat weak from lack of movement but healed to an extent. If her wounds aren’t all fully healed it must have been a week since the woods and the unbearable darkness.  Skilled with agility, she moved out of the campsite without noise, wandering to find a clue of where she was. An opening within the trees with light filtering through its branches welcomed and drew her forward. Holding onto the base of the trees, she walked  out into an opening that was on a ledge of a cliff face. Out before her was a large valley full of a faint glow of fire light, and majority of it surfaced in stone and buildings made of stone.<br/><br/>The grand city rested about a day’s walk away, but its granger overwhelmed her. Where was she, was this the Earth Clan? No, this place is somewhere different…the Fire nation? Ayesha felt weakened from standing so long so she settled down on top of the dark colored stone beneath her, bathing herself in the moonlight that accented the blond within her hair as well as the red from the glow of the city. She could not help but feel perplexed as in where they were and why.<br/>