Within One Another
Chapter 1
Everything seemed perfect to her. Her mother was alive, her father was at home, and there was no such thing as war. But the warm surroundings of her family quickly disappeared, as she woke up to find Momo sitting on her head.
"Momo! Get off of me!"
The lemur obeyed and flew to Aang. Katara yawned and rubbed her eyes. Sokka was still asleep, like always she had to use some form of water bending to wake him up. This time she decided to use the water whip. Smiling she rotated her hands in circles and then pulled away quickly, and then she pushed her arms forward, sending the water whip straight into Sokka's face.
"Waah! Katara! What did you do that for?"
She and Aang chuckled, while Katara put the water back in its pouch.
"To get your sleepy head up, that's why."
"Yeah Sokka, you sleep like Appa."
Sokka looked at the bison disgruntled, most likely because Appa was in fact sleeping, just like he had been doing a few minutes ago.
The three of them started to pack up the campsite, while a mysterious stranger was looking over their activities from behind the trees and bushes. His eyes rested on the avatar, and then finally they set into place on the girl water bender. He closed his eyes momentarily, and then darted off without a sound.
..:-:..
"Prince Zuko? Where have you been?"
"I just went out for a walk uncle."
Zuko walked past his uncle who was thinking over his nephew's strange behavior in the past couple of days. But he shrugged his shoulders and went to get some tea.
Zuko went to his room, and sat on his bed, clearly something important on his mind. His heart was struggling with his mind, and he didn't know what to do about it. One way or the other, he had to make up his mind, but it wasn't as easy as it seemed. For the past couple of days, he had been watching them, unsure of what his next move would be. Now, he had to decide, whether he would betray his own self, or go after what he really wanted.
..:-:..
Katara stopped walking for a second, a chill going up her spine. Just for a second it seemed as if someone, someone had been here with them. Maybe it was just her imagination. She shrugged off the feeling and she caught up with Aang and Sokka.
"Hey guys, why aren't we flying on Appa?"
"Because Katara, Appa is tired, and he has to get back into the habit of doing something. After I was gone…"
Aang stopped his sentence for a second, remembering who had helped him escape Commander Zhao.
"Aang?"
"Oh yeah, so after I was gone, Appa became really lazy, and I guess he isn't in shape."
He grinned, and Katara chuckled softly. While they had been talking, she saw that Sokka had left them behind, and was standing next to a tree. She rolled her eyes, and walked up to him.
"Mr. Warrior, what is it now?"
"Huh? Oh, I was just looking at this tree. It seems weird, like I can sense a vibe from it."
"Sokka, you and your vibes. We all know where they end up; doing us no good. So can we please just move along, or are we going to sit here all day long?"
He pouted, but did as his sister said. As they were walking away, Sokka glanced up at the tree one more time, and then looked away sighing.
Up in that same tree, someone was looking at the group as they walked away. And that someone smiled.
..:-:..
"Katara! I'm hungry!"
"Sokka! We just ate a while ago!"
"I know! But I'm hungry now!"
Katara rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll go find something to eat. Aang, you keep an eye on Sokka, he's unusually active today, you know what I mean."
"Hey!"
Aang laughed, but quickly silenced himself as Sokka glared at him. Katara sighed with relief to finally be out of the hair of those two. Even though Aang was technically one hundred twelve years old, and Sokka was her older brother, they both acted like little kids all the time, and this made her weary. She just wished that for a while, she could be alone, go exploring for herself, and not be bothered by the nuisances.
Once she found enough food, she bundled it up in a handkerchief, and then set it aside, by a tree she knew she would remember. Knowing that she had done what was needed of her, she took the time to explore the forest. The beauty that surrounded her was so unimaginably peaceful. Katara found a nice thick part of the grass, and she laid down under the tree. Closing her eyes, she found herself incredibly at peace, while she breathed in the sweet scents of the forest around her. After a couple of minutes, she opened her eyes slowly.
"YOU!"
Katara jumped up immediately, and stood in a ready to attack position. There a few feet away from her, he stood against another tree. He however didn't even look like he wanted to attack her. Instead, he looked as calm and peaceful as Katara had looked a few minutes before.
"Yes, it's me," said Zuko smiling.
A/N: I hope you liked it so far! I know, it wasn't much, but the next chapter will be better! (and longer lol) I want to sincerely thank you for reading this, and I would really appreciate any reviews, comments, suggestions from you! Again, thank you so much!
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