Halo
by: fuzzyninja
Avatar: the Last Airbender belongs to Mike D. & Bryan K.
A/N: "10 stories of love"; how much more obvious can I get? Love is a many-faceted thing, so now let me count the ways...
Part I out of X.
-Aang/Katara. Told from Aang's POV.
Chapter 1: Heaven Is A Place On Earth
People love to tell stories of heavenly beings who fly in the air and live in the clouds. They hear these tales and believe that these beings will come down from the heavens and help them in their time of need. I've never fully understood the point of these stories, my being an airbender, living amongst the clouds and such.
There's irony in there, somewhere. Now that I know that I'm the Avatar, I represent one of those heavenly beings. I find myself in a world that has been asking- no, begging, for my help for a hundred years. And I'm ready for the task. I've got my friends- my family- to back me up when I need them, even if I don't. That's just the power of friendship, I suppose.
I always tell myself to not let "being the Avatar" get to my head. But what can I say? I'm the Avatar! I'm pretty powerful, perhaps you've heard. I'm just afraid that I'll fail. My job as the Avatar, as a heavenly being, is important. Fate of the world and all that. I'm nervous. Always so nervous.
I never asked for it. For responsibility. I just wanted to be a normal twelve year old kid and play air-ball with my friends. Is that so much to ask for?
Maybe it is. I'm still trying to figure it out for myself.
But I'll give you one thing, though. I'm starting to really believe in those heavenly beings. Myself not being one, but others. Gyatso, Yue...
I have proof, just so you'll know. See, another thing that the heavenly beings do, is, that they rescue people from the dark.
Hours ago, I was pulled from the darkness that tried to devour me in the old caverns of Ba Sing Se. A touch of spiritual water, and I was in the light again.
She may not fly, but her heart certainly makes me soar.
Katara, my angel on earth.
R & R, please.