Hey Guys! This is my first story to ever be published :') im super duper excited to share this with you guys and cant wait to see the response it gets. Any reviews good or bad is gladly accepted and appreciated. Feel free to help me make it better. Im excited to build relationships with you guys. So this story is gonna be one hell of a ride and ill update as soon as I know people are actually reading this lol. In this story its set about 2 years? After the war… so Aang is 15 and the others go from there. Hope you guys enjoy the first chapter! Love always, Kiyomiprincess

Ch. 1

The peaceful night sky was interrupted with a certain Avatar being thrown backwards onto the hard ground. "Katara!" Aang yelled desperately, dragging himself backwards away from the girl he loved, trying to pull her out of her current state of being. Katara looked away from all the scattered bodies around her and glanced over at Aang. Her usual bright astonishing blue eyes now completely black and void of any feeling. She slowly turned and continued walking towards Aang as he lay on the ground defeated.

Aang, bleeding out and extremely tired, looked at Katara with hurt and pleading eyes; "Please Katara… you don't have to do this! This isn't you…. please come back to me!". Katara stood still for a moment, staring at the teen whom she had come to love, only right now, she didn't feel anything. With one last raise of her hand she bloodbended the boy up and…..

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Katara awoke, screaming violently. Sweat dripping down her face she quickly looked around only to realize she was back in her room in the Ba Sing Se palace where she and the others were currently residing in.

It was just a dream... ha… more like a nightmare. She thought to herself while wiping away the sweat that was trickling down her forehead.

Just as she was about to lay back down, the door to her room came flying open, a half dressed Aang rushing in. "Katara! I heard you scream! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Aang asked running to her bedside, lifting up her arms and checking for any signs of physical harm.

Katara couldn't help but laugh at this, "Aang I'm fine. It was just a nightmare…. but, where were you?" Hurt evident in her eyes, "You said you were going to stay in here tonight".

This was the usual for the loving couple. After Ozai's defeat, Aang and Katara found themselves often rotating rooms to sleep together as it was much more comfortable and safe to be in each other's presence than being apart and constantly worrying for no reason. The rest of the gang had gotten used to this arrangement despite Sokka's initial disagreement, due to the "oogies".

"I thought I heard something outside so I went to check… I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone," Aang said slightly disheartened as he went to sit on the other side of the bed. He could have sworn he had heard something that had woken him from his sleep. Not wanting to disturb the sleeping girl beside him, he had quietly gone outside to check only to hear the normal sounds the night usually brought.

Recently, the Avatar has been very reluctant when it came to leaving Katara's side at night. Not that he didn't think she couldn't handle herself if anything happened but because she had been having all kinds of nightmares for what seemed like every other night these past few weeks.

Katara looked at Aang with relief flooding her eyes, she put a hand over his as they both laid back down. "No, don't be sorry, you're always here for me when I need it... Thank you," She quietly whispered as she leaned in to give him a light kiss on the lips as he gladly returned ever so gently.

Aang being pulled out of his current desire to continue, focused at the main issue at hand.

"Katara… what was the nightmare about?" He asked delicately, not wanting to upset her right after she seemed to have calmed down.

Katara sighed at this. She knew at some point she'd have to tell him if it continued.

For now, she had been telling him the basics of it all, that she had somehow hurt him, her friends, and the people around them. She always managed to leave out the fact that it was caused by blood bending. Afraid to see his reaction and afraid to admit it had stayed in her thoughts after all this time.

"The usual," was her only response. Looking at him with pleading eyes to drop the conversation just for tonight.

Aang looked at her once more before deciding he would ask her more about this another time when she was more comfortable.

"Okay," he said.

Katara looked over at him once more before leaning into his chest and finding a comfortable place for her to rest. "I love you," she reminded him.

Lacing his fingers in hers Aang ran his other hand through her hair until he heard Katara's breathing come to a slow, indicating she had falling back to sleep.

"I love you too Katara… more than anything," Aang spoke softly.

He wished more than anything he could take her pain away. For now, he would just have to continue comforting her until she was actually ready to talk about it. Aang soon joined her for a peaceful sleep, the two lovers wrapped in each other's arms, not knowing what tomorrow would bring.