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I haven't written in awhile, and I've been dying to write a story about Aang and Katara for awhile now.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful water bender master, who fell in love with the Avatar. One day the Avatar vanished. Some say that he had a secret mission that he had to go on, or that he ran away again, others said that now that the world was at peace he was no longer needed, and others had said that he simply had died. The water benders heart died that day.

"Stop it!" whimpered Katara, her fiancé, Hahn ignored her pleas and continued to move forward, licking his lips as his eyes lustfully bore into her body. Katara backed into the wall, and struggled not to look frightened.

"Baby, don't you love me?" he whispered, as he caressed her face gently and tugged on her silky strands of hair. He was now inches away from her face. His hot breath tickled Katara's neck, she bit her lip, her plea died in her throat, and she didn't know what to say to that. To deny her love would result in abuse, and to lie and admit her love, would just turn him on and make what he was doing seem right.

She struggled to fight back her tears, 'Filthy rotten pig' she thought. 'Maybe I can avoid this entire situation.' She thought hopefully and tried a different approach. "Honey, you know how I feel about you, but I don't think… just not tonight okay?"

Hahn's eyes turned several shades darker, his face twisted into an ugly expression, an unsightly color, he stepped a few steps back like he had been struck, and his entire body started to shake with rage. Katara recognized this look. She had chosen wrong, a beating would suffice tonight for him.

Katara tried to make a break for the door; fear filled her sapphire eyes, as she stared horrified at Hahn. It didn't matter how far she went, he lunged at her grabbing her ankle. "You BITCH!" he bellowed. He grabbed her two strands of hair that she traditionally had up, and pulled violently on it. She cried out in pain.

"It's because you still love him isn't it? That bastard AVATAR!" he roared.

Katara's blue eyes widened and she feebly denied it. She couldn't deny it in her heart though. She still loved Aang.

"No, baby, I only love you." She whispered ignoring the screams of pain in her heart. Aang's sudden disappearance had hit her hard. Just one day he vanished, no letter, not a word and not a trace. For months she just sat around crying, and worrying. Her father had thought that it was time that he arranged a marriage for her, since she was now 18 years of age. They decided to marry her to someone in the Northern Tribe, Hahn. Princess Yue's fiancé.

He hovered above her, and growled menacingly, "Don't ever think of that Avatar again." He said bitterly, as he pulled her to her feet roughly.

She nodded feebly.

He slapped her across the face. "ANSWER ME WHEN I'M TALKIN TO YOU!"

"YES! I WON'T!" Katara wailed out.

"DON"T RAISE YOU VOICE TO ME!" he yelled and pushed her into the wall, Katara hit her head hard. She fell to the ground and curled up into a ball to protect her from the future beatings.. Hahn kicked her in the ribs a couple of times, as his anger flowed through out his body.

Katara whimpered, and drew her body in closer as he continued to beat her. He smirked satisfied when he heard a resounding crack.

Katara's anklet, and bracelets jingled like an off tune bell. Those wretched anklets and bracelets looked like a wedding gift to anyone in their tribe, which could be considered true. Hahn gave them to her as a wedding gift, but not only were they bracelets, they were also prevented Katara from water bending. Every time she tried to water bend with those on, nothing would happen, and when she tried to take it off, they were unmovable, like they were bound to her body for life.

Hahn left her bitter, angry and some what satisfied. Katara pulled herself off of the ground, and over to her bed. If you could call it a bed. Although she was betrothed to Hahn, he forced her to sleep alone, which she was grateful for.

She pulled out pictures and letters from under her bed, there were letters from Sokka and Suki who were now living on Kiyoshi Island together, Sokka had not approved of the arranged marriage of his little sister to Hahn and nearly went insane when their father had deemed Hahn worthy to marry Katara.

"Are you kidding me?" Sokka shouted. "He was using Princess Yue in the northern water tribe because he got all the perks that came with her! He will be worse to Katara!" he argued with his father.

In the end it had been settled that Katara would go with Hahn. Sokka angrily left for Kiyoshi Island with Suki. She received letters from time to time from Suki, but never any from Sokka. He was mad at her for not standing up for what she believed was right.

She also had frequently gotten letters from Fire Lord Zuko. He was the only one who knew how she felt about this entire thing, the arranged marriage. He just didn't know anything about Hahn beating her. She wanted to tell him. Zuko, still kept in contact with her even after the war was over. Zuko was her best friend, at least the closest she had to one.

She heard footsteps, and shoved the letters under her sheets. Hahn entered the room, and she shakily stood to greet him. His foot steps sounded like thunder, Katara struggled to hold her ground.

"I made you something my darling." Her purred to her. Katara gulped and struggled to look excited. "Oh really? What is it?"

He held up a betrothal necklace. It was plain, ugly, and looked as if someone blind had tried to carve it. Katara froze and started to undo the knot of her mother's necklace. Hahn quickly grew tired of this, and yanked the necklace off of her neck snapping the necklace. It fell to the floor with a ping, and lay forlorn on the ground.

Something inside of Katara snapped that she hadn't felt in awhile. Anger. Hoards of anger, bubbling over flowing her body. "How dare you treat my mother's necklace that way" she said softly. Hahn looked at her with disbelief.

"You dare question the way I do things!" he yelled enraged.

"YES! I DO! When it comes to my mother's necklace you never are to touch it!" She reached down to pick up the necklace.

He slammed his foot on it; cracking could be heard throughout the room. Her face drained of color. It was last thing that she had of her mother. He lifted his foot, the necklace had been snapped in half, and she reached down to grab it again, this time he stomped on her hand.

Tears filled Katara's eyes, and anger coursed through her blood. "Don't you ever speak back to me again!" he roared. He kicked her harshly in the ribs.

She slid back and hit the back of the room with a resounding thud; her head smacked the cement hard.

The world started to spin around her; she could barely make sense of what was going on.

"AANG!" she wailed

She heard Zuko's voice, demand to know what was going on, and Hahn's stricken voice of some tales of lies and deceit.

'Why is Zuko here?' wondered Katara as the pain engulfed her consciousness.

"AANG!"

Aang's head snapped up. 'That sounded like Katara's voice!' Aang thought. He had been gone for a little less than a year. His mission was almost over.

He was just awaiting orders saying that his mission was complete. However, lately he hadn't been able to sleep very well, or concentrate.

He climbed down Appa's warm fir and nestled himself in the side of him. He began to meditate. He felt his spirit leaving his physical body. He stretched joyously, his grey eyes lit up with delight, as he ran into the spirit world.

"KATARA! I'M COMING FOR YOU! " He yelled joyously into the sky. His happiness was cut short by a blood curdling scream. He raced towards the scream, and was shocked by what he found.

"Katara?"