Destiny Incarnate, A Story Told in Songfic.

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar nor do I own the song Imprint by Doubledrive.


A/N: Italics in between dashes are song lyrics of course.

Chapter 1: Arrival

'This is it' he thought getting off the saddle of the eelhound he had rented from a small village. He reached in his pocket and tossed it a small bit of food the owner had given him. The eelhound knew this was the signal that his job was done and that he could retreat back to the stables. The man clad in blue watched it gallop away and turned his gaze to the stars. He was late. He wanted to arrive during the day and surprise her. But things really didn't go as plan. 'Just my luck' he mused and headed through the jungles of the island.

-One step I make an imprint
Two steps it's a commitment
Three steps I'm not done yet
Draw my other leg up and the pace is set-

Sokka of the southern water tribe wore a uncharacteristic frown on his face. On any other occasion he would have been ecstatic to be on Kyoshi Island. Even more so as he hadn't seen Suki in almost a year. Sure they still kept in touch, sending a letter or two a month, depending on the how calm the waters that separated them were. Looking back, his favorite days weren't the ones spent fishing or sparring with the other young warriors of the tribe, or even the few lazy days he got to sleep the morning away. His favorite were the days he was notified that he had mail.

At first the letters were little more than updates about the island and her life. But as time went by these updates shrank and were replaced with confessions of how she missed the fellow warrior. He always tried his hardest to cheer her up as these letters sent pangs of depression deep within him. He'd write asking her if she remembered when they spent the day doing this or that. Or he would ask her what they would do if he suddenly showed up there. He even went out on a limb and wrote her poetry once or twice. He wondered if she enjoyed the corny little lyrics that took him seemingly forever to think up. When it came down to it he'd rather see her everyday rather than the blazing sunset he had compared her hair to.

-Gotta believe in what's real
You gotta go with what you know
You can leave here with a good feeling
You let them know you told them so
Jesus Christ
And heaven's always been there-

He took a moment to scope out the island as well as he could in the dark. The lantern barely illuminated the few steps in front of him, but it was enough. The island was very peaceful in these early hours. By the time he got to the village, it would still be some time till sunrise he figured. He sighed for what must have been the hundredth time on this trip. It wasn't self doubt about his poetry that plagued his mind though. The thoughts that fueled his frown were those of his conversation with his father right before he left.

"Sokka?" Hakoda's voice inquired as his son busily packed clothes.


"Yeah dad?" Sokka replied with a grin that took residence on his face for a good part of that week.


"Are you sure you won't postpone this trip? We could really use your help now that the waters are suitable for fishing again." He asked leaning against the doorway of his sons room, "There are plenty of suitable girls here in the village too you know."

'Winter did go out with a quiet roar this year' Sokka thought as he looked to his father. " But I've pushed this visit back too many time already, I don't really want to disappoint Suki again" he responded.

" I'm just saying..." the elder man hoped to impart some of his wisdom to his son, "There comes a time in every mans life where he must think of his duties and not about teenage crushes."

'Teenage crushes?' the words stung a bit. Sokka wasn't sure if they stung because his father was trying to keep him from the girl he spent so much time thinking about or maybe because the words had some truth behind them.

" I guess we'll just have to see what happens when I get there" He stated as his grin faded away. He wanted this trip to be fun but now how could it? He would have this decision weighing him down the entire time. And what of Suki? Sure she missed him but just how much? Would she think it was better for them to go their separate ways?

He stood to leave, walking past his father he was halted when a hand fell to his shoulder. Hakoda hated making his children unhappy. But there was no sidestepping this issue. "Have a nice trip'"he tried to lighten the mood "We'll have a nice big family dinner when you come back".
A bit of life came back to Sokka face."Sure dad, sounds great" he ended the conversation heading towards the door.

-Gotta believe in what's real
You gotta go with what you know
One step I make an imprint
Two steps it's a commitment
Three steps I'm not done yet
Draw my other leg up and the pace is set-


Those words still lingered in his head. 'Teenage crush?' Is that all there was between him and Suki? He wasn't quiet sure himself anymore. The seeds of doubt were planted in his head and he could feel them grow the more he dwelt on his father's words.

'But there was a bright side right?' He contemplated. Another side to the argument playing in his head? Perhaps this was more than a crush or just a teenage love story. 'I hate to take a page from the book of Aunt Wu, but maybe its our fate to be together,' he thought, cheering himself up . After all this was the girl who had to do little more than glance at him to raise his heart rate and send blood rushing to his cheeks. There were plenty of other small things about her he loved, something as small as her penmanship gave him a warm feeling inside.

-Gotta tell you what I feel
Although your tank is running low
Over the split line for real
Pat the hood...you're good to go
Hear you now
You cut from the cords of the wicked-

The young water tribe man gripped his new deep blue cloak tighter around him as the wind picked up. Katara was kind enough to make it for him after having to listen a few complaints about his parka being too thick for Kyoshi Island's spring weather.

'Well maybe it was more than a few complaints,' Sokka grinned to himself. And he had to admit he thought he was quite heroic looking with it rolling in the wind. Even a bit dangerous when he wore the hood as he did now. 'Sokka the Wandering Swordsman' he joked to himself.

He was finally approaching the outskirts of the village. He smiled upon seeing the quaint little houses being lit by the nearly full moon. It was hard to tell that this village was ever attacked by the fire nation so long ago, it was so peaceful now. He walked towards the docks taking in as many familiar sights as he could along the way.

He couldn't help but to let a small grin appear on his face as he stood in front of the dojo where the Kyoshi Warriors and he himself trained. "This is where we first met" he spoke to no one in particular. 'Heh I was kind of a little punk back then wasn't I?' he thought as the memories flooded back to him. Of course it wasn't long after they first met that Suki knocked that little bit of punk out of him.

-Gotta believe in what's real
You gotta move on down the road
One step I make an imprint
Two steps it's a commitment
Three steps I'm not done yet

Draw my other leg up and the pace is set-

Sometimes it didn't even feel like they were fighting a war. There were so many good times. Sokka recollected his thoughts and began making his way again to the docks. Upon reaching them he set his lantern down, deciding to sit and rest his sore legs. Without removing the hood from his head, he glanced up at the moon. 'They weren't all good times were they?' as if hiding in the shadows from the start those horrid memories came back to him as well. First losing Yue and then Suki, the failed invasion during the eclipse. The young man had been through a lot of heartache. Surely the spirits wouldn't let this trip add to it? Would they?

The seed of doubt within him shook and seemed to grow even larger. 'Suki deserved more didn't she? Not some goof like me.' He couldn't help but sigh again. Not ready to lose all hope he spoke aloud again, this time to the moon. "We'll just have to see how this all goes, Yue give me strength."

Too deep in his own thoughts Sokka failed to notice the figure prowling from behind him.

There you go, my first Avatar fic and the first fanfic I've written in 4 or 5 years. Yup its been awhile but it felt good to get that unused muse out of my system. Anyways I hope you enjoy what I have so far. Please Review too. It always makes the next chapter a bit easier to write knowing theres someone waiting to read it. Thanks a bunch.