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"He is not allowed to see you".
"I understand".
Appa flew into the dark abyss. The stars had gone to bed and all that was left in that great black bowl was the clouded moon. Guiding the weary travelers, stray fragments of moonlight breached the clouds' walls. Aang, Katara, and Toph lay sound asleep while Sokka lay restlessly trying to find a comfortable position.
"Uhn, mmph…" Sitting up, he glanced to his right. There lay his friends, peacefully sleeping away. 'What a day it was. Running from Azula is like running from a killer platipusbear. Aang, Katara, and Toph were beat tired from bending… Hah, Toph's using Momo as a pillow,' he thought to himself.
All of a sudden, Sokka felt something brush behind him. 'Could it be,' he thought.. 'yes, possibly, since we're way up here.' His instincts told him something was flying behind him, and Sokka knew instantly what it was.
"You're not escaping me. I can smell red meat from a mile away," he whispered to his prey. He dropped his head and loosened his fingers. There! He felt it again! 'Patience, Sokka,' he said to himself. He could feel its presence swooping behind him.
"Hi-yah!", Sokka turned rising to his feet, pulling his knife from its sheath, missing and nearly falling off of Appa as he swung and slashed at nothing. Just darkness. Swish. A strong breeze brushed from underneath Appa, relaxing Sokka's sudden adrenaline rush. The air flowed though his breeches and shirt. It tickled his chin and shot a cold tingle down his spine. And as he shivered, he looked around to glance at the stars but found a clear bright moon no longer overcastted by dark clouds. A free moon. Sokka just stood and watched it. The knife fell from his hand, and the strong breeze returned. Caressing his face, relaxing his mind, intertwining his body like a grapevine to its loving fence, intricately moving in and out of his fingers. He scrutinized that white bright circle as if searching for something. He closed his eyes in disappointment and returned to sleep. Was it in my dream? Yes it had to be. He had remembered hearing her familiar voice and her loving oath, "Sokka, remember, I am always with you".
"Sokka, wake up! We're here!" Aang called bringing the sleeping beauty to his wake.
Turning around Aang asked, "Hey, you look like a mess, rough night buddy?"
"Yeah…you could say that," replied Sokka looking up at the morning sky.
Aang laughed, "I was talking to Appa."
They all laughed together.
Sokka looked at the rest of them and just smiled.
Katara then gazed at the breathtaking waterfall they had just arrived at, "It's beautiful Aang, what do they call this place?"
"Midnight Falls".