These chapters are going to be basically short. I thought of this idea recently and really enjoyed working on it. I hope that you will also be able to have fun reading it. This is something slightly different from what I'm used to writing. Hopefully I can get these out in a timely order. I plan to finish this…no matter how long it may take.
This is supposed to take place about five years after the end of book three.
5 years after the war, all is well until one simple invitation ends up leading to a capture of one beloved character, causing a massive chain of events for their rescue. Will the others make it in time?
A good-sized boat flowed along with the vast ocean. On the deck stood a beautiful young woman with long brown wavy hair, gently flowing with the breeze. She closed her eyes and deeply inhaled the air, a smile spreading across her face. Oh, how she loved being out on the water.
She looked down and smoothed out a crease in her beautiful light blue dress with white laced on the bottom trim, her sleeves, and around her waist. From her right pocket, she pulled out a letter that had been safely tucked away. It was the reason for her to be on her journey.
Now being at the age of 19, she was used to traveling alone, as long as she had a purpose. Her brother was also traveling with his family to visit a friend of theirs. She was going to join them, but she had received this letter and instantly made her choice. She promised that on her way back, she would stop by while her brother was still there at their friend's home.
She smiled as she opened and read the letter:
My Dearest Katara,
I would love for you to accompany me to the summer celebration, a festival for the start of summer, that is, if it is to your convenience. I hope that you would be able to come because I would like to see you again.
Love, your dear friend, -Zuko.
Katara reread the letter again, hearing his voice as if he was there personally telling her. Of course, she had immediately written him back, accepting his invitation. It had been almost a year since she saw him last. She closed her eyes and tried to picture herself already there.
She sat with Zuko, almost close enough for their arms to be touching. They stared into each other's eyes, slowly moving closer…
The boat slightly rocked, pulling Katara out of her daydream. She looked ahead to see a large ship heading in her direction, smoke rising from the large pipe. As the ship neared, she recognized the fire nation symbol indented in the flag, flapping in the wind. She looked forward, concentrating on her way, but the ship continued its same course. Her worries began to rise.
I'm just used to being afraid to see a fire nation ship. She thought, There's nothing to fret about now.
She continued on forward, watching the ship move closer from the corner of her eye. She tried to push the worries away, but her warning senses kept on. Finally, the ship stopped right next to her.
She barely turned toward it when fireballs were shot at her. She quickly pulled up some water and put them out, smoke beginning to fill the air. More continued to come her way as she tried to put them all out. One had landed on her boat, catching it on fire. She pulled up a water blob and threw it down, leaving a visible burn mark on the floor boards.
Suddenly, she was surrounded by a half a dozen men. She knocked a few out with her water whips, but one still managed to tie her hands behind her back. She tried to jerk away to no avail. Katara was firmly held. She looked up on the ship to see someone that she hadn't seen in years.
"Well, hello waterbender."