Sokka The Sabertooth Of The South

by FanfictionFan94

One event can change everything. On the day that the Southern Water Tribe was attacked, Sokka was the one who went to get their mother instead of Katara, and thus died to save his mother instead of running away to get their father. However a spirit noticed his actions and had decided to save him and bless him at the same time, forever altering both himself and his destiny.

1. Chapter 1

Prologue: Prelude To Change

It was just another ordinary day in the Southern Water Tribe, the men were training and preparing their gear for the next hunt to provide food for the tribe, the women were doing the domestic duties keeping the tribe and the families running smoothly, and the children were running around and having fun playing in the snow. Two children in particular were having a snowball fight when all of a sudden the peace was broken. "Black snow?" the little girl with light caramel colored skin, deep blue eyes, and rich brown hair asked? The boy she was playing with was her brother looked up with shock showing in his sky blue eyes "No, that means... Katara! Go quickly run to the shelters! I'm going to go get mom and meet you there shortly. Hurry!" the young boy said urgently.

The words and tone of his voice that came from the boy startled Katara causing her to instead tilt her head in confusion and ask, "Sokka, what's wrong? Why do i need to go to the shelters? I mean yes the snow is weird and it smells but it's just snow... right?" Annoyed, Sokka growled in frustration and started to push his sister towards the shelters while saying "There is no time for this Katara! This isn't snow but soot from Fire Nation Ships! Now stop asking questions and HURRY TO THE SHELTERS ALREADY!". Before Katara could even react to what Sokka was saying a large metal ship sporting red flags came out of the nowhere and armored men started to rapidly exit the ship while shooting fire from their hands and feet, causing the village to go into chaos from the battles that were now occurring inside the village.

Scared now, Katara hurriedly bolts towards the shelters without another word while Sokka freezes for a second before also bolting, however instead of heading towards the shelters after Katara, he instead bolts towards the chaos, more specifically towards his house to help get his injured mother to the shelter since she cannot walk very well on her own do to an injury she received the other day with a rampaging sled dog that had to be put down which almost crippled her. Running through the chaos, all Sokka could think about was 'I've got to get to mom quickly and bring her to the shelters before anything happens to her!'. Finally after what felt like forever to the young boy, he finally made it to his home and quickly entered only to freeze upon seeing one of the invading armored men standing over his injured mother getting ready to kill her.

"No!" Sokka screams and instinctively threw the snowball that was still in his hand from when he was playing with his younger sister Katara at the man to gather his attention away from his mother, hitting him in the helmet with surprising strength, enough to knock the helmet off of the man's head and imbed itself in the walls. "What?!" the man said and instantly whirled around to see where the snowball had come from, only to be shocked when he sees a young boy with rich brown hair, light caramel colored skin, and sky blue eyes glaring at him from the doorway to the igloo they were in. "Stay away from my mother!" Sokka screamed. "No Sokka! Get out of here" Sokka's mother Kya, who looked like an adult version of Katara, screamed. "Do as your mother says little boy. We are only here to kill the last waterbender" the man said coldly.

Sokka was shocked 'He must mean Katara! But then why is he going to kill mom? Unless... NO! She must've told him that she was the last waterbender here! I won't let him kill mom! But how do I get him to leave without ratting out Katara instead?' were the thoughts running through Sokka's head, 'Maybe I could somehow convince him to think that I'm the last waterbender somehow and he will kill me instead of mom or Katara! But I don't want to die... NO! Now is not the time to think only do! I'm the first born and it is my duty to protect my family no matter the cost! I'm sorry mom, dad, Katara it looks like I won't be able to be with you guys anymore.' Sokka thought sadly, before quickly gathering two more snowballs and throwing them even harder and faster than the first one he threw at the man, knocking the man off his feet and throwing him so hard into the wall from the force that the room shook since the man turned his back to Sokka and was once more about to kill his mother.

"What the hell?! You little brat!" The man roared. Sokka just stood bravely in front of his mother and said "If you want to kill the last waterbender, then you are looking at him you bastard so come and get me!" "With pleasure you little shit." said the main right before he sent out a blast of fire towards Sokka's head which he ducked by rolling forward and uppercutted the man in his privates causing him to curl up into himself before being sent flying into the ceiling, however before Sokka could take advantage of the situation, the man quickly recovered and shot fire from his feet, badly burning Sokka and causing him to scream. "You little bastard! I will kill you!" the man roared before sending one more blast of fire even more powerful than the previous one that caused Sokka to fly into the nearby wall and almost through it, screaming the entire time before he stopped moving.

"NOOOOOOO! SOOOOKKKAAAAA! YOU MONSTER HOW COULD YOU?! HE WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY!" Kya screamed and sobbed at the man but he just looked on with a sick self-satisfied grin on his face before saying, "Good riddance", and then walked out of the igloo into the chaos outside before shouting "MEN RETREAT! I HAVE KILLED THE LAST OF THE WATERBENDERS HERE!" Everybody instantly stopped before the men saluted and quickly ran back to the ship, with the Southern Water Tribe Warriors following them, even more bloodthirsty now that a member of their tribe has been killed before they were blasted back by the firebenders by shooting low heat fire to blast them back. Soon the men boarded their ship and sailed away, leaving an angry and broken village behind.

However unbeknownst to them all, was a large, very powerful, and very old animal spirit of a Saber Tooth Tiger watching them all as the battle occurred, in particular the brave little boy who died to protect his mother, Sokka, and nodded before saying "He will do nicely" before fading away from sight.