omg i'm sorry i tried to update this but failed so i owe this chapter back up!
The Swamp
Katara was running away from the plants that tried to rip her head off. She had a feeling it was a bad idea to come to this swamp, it felt like it was out to get them to moment they were separated from Appa and Momo. She sighed with relief as they plants stopped attacking her. But when she looked around, she noticed everyone was gone. "Aang! Sokka!" She called out.
"Aang!" She screamed as she began to run through the forest again and again. No no no! She thought as she weaved through the plants, How could I lose them? She fell to her knees as she realized there would be no way she was going to find them.
"Are you lost, too?" Katara looked up to find a small girl, she couldn't be older than 5. She wore small water tribe blue clothes that seemed to be lighter than what they wore in the south pole. She was slightly tanned and had long dark brown hair that were put in pigtails. She had large amber eyes and was holding a white bunny.
"Yes, I am lost, but what are you doing here?" Katara asked whipping her face and walking over towards the little girl.
"I was looking for Daddy." She said walking over to Katara. "Can you help me find him mommy?" Katara grabbed the girls hand.
"Mommy? I don't think I'm your mom." Katara said leaning down in front of the girl. Something was itching at the back of her head, telling her to believe the girl, but Katara didn't want to believe it. The girl started to cry.
"Yes you are! Don't you remember me mommy! And what about Lee? Don't you remember him mommy?" Katara knew she was hurting this girls feelings so she just nodded going along with what felt natural.
"Yes, of course I do! Now let's go find daddy." Katara said whipping the tears that started to fall from the girls eyes. She picked up the girl and began to walk through the forest. The girl leaned her head on Katara's shoulders and began to hum a water tribe lullaby. Katara, unknowingly, began to sing along.
"Kya! Kya!" Katara and the little girl stopped their humming. Katara knew that voice, but she couldn't place where it came from. The little girl had gotten reckless in Katara's arms.
"Daddy! Daddy!" The girl yelled in returned. Katara turned around as she saw a figure in Fire Nation attire walk towards them.
"Kya! It's so good to see your alive, and you've found mommy." He shared the girls amber eyes. He walked forward giving them a hug.
"Yay! Group hug!" The girl cheered as she joined in snuggling close to her parents.
"Zuko..." Katara said unsure of what else to say. If this really was Zuko he was missing his signature scar, and he wasn't trying to attack her.
"Yes love?" Zuko asked kissing Katara quickly on the lips before looking into her worried eyes again. "is something wrong?" He asked nervously.
Katara didn't say anything, she was just so shocked. She pulled Kya closer to her.
"Mommy, Daddy I'm tired..." The girl said with a yawn causing Zuko to laugh slightly. He picked Kya up from Katara's arms kissing her on the cheek.
"Then let's go home." He said, they began to walk away turning into smoke as they left, but right before they disappeared the girl dropped her bunny. Katara ran at the bunny and held it in her hands.
"This was my bunny." Katara said rubbing her finger on the bunny's cheek. "That was my daughter... she shared my mother's name." Katara said with a weak smile. The bunny turned to water in her hands and slipped through her fingers. This is when she began to cry silent tears.
"There you are!" Katara said as she ran into Aang and Sokka. She hugged them both. "This swamp is creepy." Katara said.
"Yeah, I saw this girl with a flying boar, she wouldn't even tell me where we were." Katara stiffened at what Aang had said. "What is it?" He asked her seeing her grow uncomfortable.
"I saw something too... she was a little girl around 5. She kept on calling me mommy and... her name was Kya, Sokka." Katara said looking at Sokka who now stiffened.
"Did you see anything?" Aang asked Sokka.
"I thought I saw Yue... but it's probably our imaginations... right?" Sokka said looking at Aang and Katara hoping they'd agree. They didn't.
"This swamp is living, it looks into your heart and portrays your greatest desires." The swamp man had said. After they had faced a giant sea weed monster this man had come out of the remains. It shocked everyone, but Aang was able to some how get into a spiritual conversation with the man.
"But... I didn't know the girl I saw." Aang told the man. "I've never seen her in my life." Aang said trying to reason with the man.
"Time is an illusion, just like pants." The man said pointing to his skirt. "The Swamp has no boundaries with time and is able to see the future as well as the past and present." Katara stiffened as she realized that throughout this conversation her hand was slowly going to her stomach.
Her hand touched the cloth over where a baby would be if a women were pregnant. She soon brought her other hand up to her stomach and hugged herself. At that moment she swore she would always be there for Kya. With a small grin she whipped a tear away from her face.
"I can't wait to meet you Kya." She whispered to herself.