We own nothing.

The Firelord.

It seemed so important, but the end of the comet was only the beginning of our worries. Everyone fought so hard that day. Sokka took down countless soldiers, despite their enhanced abilities and his lack of them; Toph fought with her usual ferocity, showing the remaining Dai Lee why the world called her the greatest earthbender in the world; Suki took down at least 6 of the fire nation tanks by herself; and Zuko's firebending, like all other firebenders, was tripled in power. Yet, even with all of the power that we displayed, it wasn't enough, and the only good thing that had come out of it was that Azula had finally been…Dealt with.

Zuko had been the one to do it, but he never told anyone how, or even admitted that he did it; he was just the last person to be with his sister, trapped in a engine room on her personal ship. He was the only one who had come out. At first, I was scared that he had died; he looked just like a ghost. Suki, although her power was great, was captured that day. It would be three years before anyone ever saw her again.

Nothing happened to Toph, nothing ever happened to her, but after that day she grew strangely silent. True, the occasional remark from her, which was way too few, was still sarcastic, but it seemed almost as if she had aged ten years in ten minutes. For a long time, she scared me.

Sokka didn't even know what had happened to his girlfriend until after it all had happened. I had been the one to tell him; I was the one who had been fighting alongside her. I don't think that he ever fully forgave me.

I tried to heal everyone that I could, every one of the fallen comrades around me, all crying in pain and agony. But I could only do so much.

And Aang…I honestly don't know. He tried to stop the comet, and failed, then flew into the throne room. He didn't even emerge until, well…a long time after the battle. He looked just the same as he had before he entered what I was feared would be the place of his death, except for the occasionally burn mark on his clothes. Everyone was relived, even if they, he, didn't show it. Until he sunk to his knees and cried out in pain like a scared child. My heart went out to him.

That was the third worst day of my life.

Three years later, everyone had recuperated, somewhat at least. Very few actually trusted that the Avatar could still save the world, since the Firelord, now with a new understudy, had taken over everything except a very few remote islands. That was where we were, but not all of us in one spot. We were in groups, except for Sokka who had gone with our father. He seemed to want to have nothing to do with Aang…or me.

So, I had been stuck with Zuko. Not my first choice, then, but we had bonded. We had become friends. And even…More than friends. I found that I loved almost everything about him. His stance, his voice, what he stood for, his eyes. He was so…intoxicating. I almost couldn't breathe when I was around him. He, just like his usual self, didn't fail to notice, and he confronted me about it after a while. Well, more like he kissed me. And we went a little further. I thought that I had made a mistake at the time, but now…I wouldn't trade what came out of that night for anything.

On the other side of the world, my two friends were doing the exact opposite. Always fighting, cursing each other, it was a never ending battle of tempers. I don't know what happened there, other than what I've been told. The fighting got worse as the "final" battle drew nearer. On the last night, everything came out. And… it ended up making them stronger. I could tell when we were reunited that something good had happened in their relationship, something very good.

But whatever joy we found, fate had a way of crushing it. Sokka rejoined us for the last battle, along with every other one of our friends that were still left. I had thought that we were going to win, I had told everyone that, believed it with all of my heart…Can you guess what happened?

More people died in that battle than any other that I had been in. But Sokka finally saw Suki on that day…Or what was left of her.

I'd like to think that I have a strong will, everyone does. I'd like to think that I'd be able to stand up against every power, physical or spiritual, and be victorious. I'd like to think that my friends could do same. I'd love to think that. But when reality sets in, it sets in hard. Suki's face was permanently twisted into rage and pain, permanently scarred with torture. Her body was so frail, yet still held the hostility of a wild
beast, all impulse and no thought. So gone was the beautiful warrior that Sokka had loved, and had dreamed of rescuing, and in her place was something…Else. I had thought that she was just in shock, then. I hadn't understood, not fully. Not until she tackled me, who apparently in the way of her real target: Sokka. That was horrible, I refused to attack one of my best friends, no matter how twisted she had become. So, in order to save me and himself…

Sokka's sword was stained with blood of countless others, but her blood was the only blood that tainted it.

Everywhere, the battle was killing, killing both men and women…Children and the elderly…Friend and foe…Good and bad…Suki…Bato…King Bumi…The rest of the freedom fighters…Teo…Master Pakku…Appa…My father…

…Aang.…

In the end, nothing ever works out.

In the end, I left Zuko. In the end Toph ran away. In the end Sokka took over the South Pole, now as glorious as the north used to be. In the end the world tore itself to pieces, no matter what we did. In the end we survived. In the end…Maybe the world really was better without the Avatar.

"Oh, how wrong you are, child. Can you not feel it? I have had great visions; visions of troubled pasts, and brilliant futures. Heed my words, you foolish woman! No more is there to be on Avatar; for it is too great of a burden. The spirits see that now. No, now the great powers shall be split! Four Avatars for four nations! And great shall be the world, in due time! And the Avatar's name shall have its honor restored! It shall be as I have foreseen it!"

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