(A/N) Well, I kinda came up with this while gulfing down some turkey earlier today. It's going to be written alongside my other story, although I'm in a bit of a block with that one. I'll probably alternate between the two as I get stuck. The idea, as of now, is to write this as Aang's post-war journal. I got the idea for a journal from the excellent Katara POV journal. I think it was called Writing in Water or something like that. It was incredible. All of ATLA will be canon, but I'm mostly ignoring the rest of the Avatar world. My lazy ass will probably steal some storylines from the comics, but I'm going to try to spin this into a new, non LoK world. There will likely be a lot of time-skipping, mostly because you can't have a lot of fun with a 12 year old's thoughts. My end goal is to create a universe similar to DJNS's, except that it doesn't follow LoK. By the way, if you haven't read anything by DJNS, do that now. That shit is incredible! Anyway, I've already spewed out nearly 200 words in this little note, so I'm going to get on with the story. As always, I'm open to all comments and suggestions so feel free to review. Enjoy!

I don't even know how to start this thing. I've never kept a journal since, well, ever. The monks back at the temple always said that writing was a good way to find balance within myself, but it always seemed like the less fun activity compared to whatever else I could be doing. Even now, I feel like I'm forcing myself to do this. There are so many things running through my mind! Ughhh if Sokka hadn't locked me in this room then I would probably be doing about a million other things…

Anyway, I am stuck in this tiny, metal airship cabin so I might as well be productive. So, journal, here we go.

For the first time in almost a year, I slept all night without seeing any dead airbenders in my dreams. I still feel guilty, ashamed, and pretty much every other bad feeling about the day I ran away, but I feel like that chapter of my life is over. I still had nightmares though. I couldn't stop worrying about Zuko and Katara. Especially Katara. Did they win? Are they okay? I wish my special Avatar cosmic connection thingy could help me out, but I can't connect to them at all. I'm scared, worried, and panicking, all at the same time, and I can't stand it. That's probably why Sokka locked me in my cabin. He keeps assuring me that they're okay, that he would be able to sense if something happened to his sister. I trust him, but I still can't help worrying…

But I need to stop worrying. The monks always told me to reflect in my writing, so I guess I'll write about yesterday.

Yesterday, well, yesterday I defeated Ozai. And that might not have even been the craziest thing about my day! I guess I should start from the beginning.

I woke up on the mystery island that I had found myself on the previous day. Only, today, it seemed to be moving. Thanks to a conversation with Sir Momo, I realized that I should investigate this mysterious moving island. Something had to be propelling the island, so I dove underwater to look. At first, I didn't see anything, but then I nearly got hit by a massive foot. It must have been twice the size of Appa! I realized that the island must actually be a living, breathing animal. And most animals have heads. I swam up to the front of the island-beast to try to find its head.

Turns out, the island-beast was actually a lion turtle! And a very helpful one at that! It (do lion turtles have genders?) gave me the ability to energybend. It gave me a long speech that reminded me of something that Iroh would say, and it explained energybenging to me. It then took me to a canyon and told me to wait here for Ozai.

Surely enough, a row of MASSIVE airships showed up about an hour later, led by a very mean-looking Fire Lord. Using the strength that the comet gave me, I shot down his airship, and Ozai jumped down into the spiky canyon thing and we began fighting. To be honest, he was probably winning until a pointy rock stabbed me in the back. Somehow, it unblocked the chi that had been blocked by Azula's lighting, and I reconnected with the Avatar spirit. I entered the Avatar state, and I had Ozai on his knees within a few minutes. With my past lives ushering me on, I wound up all four elements into an elemental death spear and launched it towards him. Against the wishes of all of my past lives, I disintegrated it at the last second though. Ignoring thousands of protests, I left the Avatar state.

Ozai did exactly what I thought he would do. He tried to sucker punch me. Well, actually he tried to launch a massive fireball at me. But I dodged the super sucker-fireball restrained him to the top of one of the earth pillars in the canyon. I recalled the advice that the lion turtle had given me and I placed one hand on his forehead and the other on his heart. I connected with those chakras and our chis flowed into one another's. I felt his chi pulsing through my body, nearly consuming me. But then I thought of Katara, and Sokka, and Toph, and all of my other friends. I thought of Gyatso, the Mechanist, Iroh, Hakoda, and all of the others that believed in me. While it is always great to believe in one's self, a little help from others can be a great blessing.

With that confidence, I pushed back. My chi flooded through both of our bodies, and I manipulated my chi so that Ozai would be left with no bending. After that, I withdrew my chi and took my hands off of his body. We both nearly passed out, but we were both alright. Well, except for Ozai's firebending. That was officially gone.

While all of this was happening, Sokka, Suki, and Toph were taking out the massive fleet of airships. Thanks to Sokka, I got the jist of what happened, but I don't really believe all of the details. I'll have to ask Suki later.

Either way, we did it. We took all of the surviving Fire Nation soldiers onto the last remaining airship and began our flight home.

And that's where I am now. None of us have any clue as to what's awaiting us in the Fire Nation capital, but despite all of my worries, I have a good feeling. Part of my worries is what Katara will say when I see her. We kissed before the Day of Black Sun invasion, but things have been, errr, confusing since then. I love her, and I think she knows that, but I don't know whether that feeling is mirrored.

I mean, I know that she cares about me. We are the greatest of friends, and we both know that. We are basically family. But does she think of me as more than that?

Ugh I hate getting myself into this thought loop. Now I'm gonna have to meditate for an hour or two to clear my mind before I can sleep. Otherwise, I'll be up all night with this.

How do I sign off a journal entry? Do I end it like a letter, except to myself? Or do I just kinda stop writing…

Screw it.

(A/N) I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! I should have another one out before Thanksgiving weekend is over, but I can never be too sure. I'm still waiting for my first review, so share your thoughts! Is it worth sticking with this idea?