. ZUKO
My eyes stared at the practicing water bender in shock. To me she had always been an opponent, someone in my way. But not now, I had never been able to appreciate her beauty. Her moves were long and slender and she moved with elegance and grace. as I looked at her from my tree a malicious grin crossed my face. if I captured her, the avatar would kneel to me and she would be mine. Father would accept me at last. I leaped off the tree like a spirit. Her head whirled around. Had she heard me? No. I shook my head and disappeared into the dark forest.
.KATARA
I eased my way back to the camp happily. My bending was greatly improving, a smile crossed my lips. but someone had been watching me, and it was best to leave before he or she could alert any one to a water bender. i walked over to my sleeping brother and prodded him. "yo, sleepyhead, wake up" Sokka the slug rolled over and started muttering. exasperated i turned to look at the young airbender and earthbender. quietly i tiptoed over to the slumbering avatar. i pressed my lips against his rather large right ear gently. "Aang' i whispered. his entire body jerked as he opened his luminous grey eyes.
"katara" he looked at me reproachfully "that wasn't very nice" i cocked an eyebrow at him, slightly amused. "that wasn't very nice?" i giggled silently "Nooo, what we're going to do to my brother isn't very nice" his big grey eyes looked at me, then they began to twinkle with glee as he caught on.
"What?" he whispered. i placed a finger on my lips to shush him. i leaned down. "go wake up Toph. Quietly!" i whispered. he nodded and stood up silently. my stomach lurched as i noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt. wait, why did i care? i mean, sure he was cute and all with his toned muscle and. lets not go there Katara. at last the responsible part of my brain kicked in. Aang loped over to toph gracefully, bent down and whispered to her. never a morning person, i was surprised when she stood up and followed him quietly. my unsuspecting brother still lay there. eew. was he drooling? i snorted, whoever his wife is was going to be one lucky person -snoring and drool. i stared into his unsuspecting face as a wicked grin adorned my face. not for long. Aang whistled quietly. i took a deep breath and leaned down next to my brothers ear.
"SOKKA! OH MY GOD! SOKKA! FIRE NATION! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! NOOOOOO! SOKKA! WAKE UP!" I laughed as he jumped out of his sleeping bag and started pulling on clothes while fighting invisible fire nation at the same time, all the while being half asleep. After about 2 minutes of fighting invisible enemies he stopped and looked at me angrily. i was too busy rolling on the ground laughing to say anything, likewise Aang and Toph.
"very funny" he muttered moodily. Aang floated over to him.
"hey man, it was funny" he grinned "nice one Katara"
"what do you want?" Sokka asked sulkily "you only wake me up if its something important. otherwise its Toph bending rocks a my head. what time is it any way?" i wiped a tear from my eye. "6 o clock" i wiped a tear from my ear " oh my god that was hilarious. oh, yeah we have to move on. i heard someone spying on me last night." they all raised there eyebrows at me "who?"
i settled down gravely "i have no idea, only i think we've met him before"
i looked at them "and not in a good way either"
. SOKKA
sometimes I hate my sister. I mean, seriously, did she have to? What she said about the watcher was scary as well. I sighed, knowing we'd have to move on. She stared at me with her big blue eyes, they ones that reminded me so much like Moms at times. "Fine" i said ungracefully "Aang, get Appa, we're moving out." he nodded and I curled my lip in disgust. "and go put a shirt on" he flushed and looked over at my sister. she was talking to Toph. i snorted, you could visably see the guy wilt. man did he have it bad for her. Toph stiffened suddenly as she placed a hand to the ground. "people are coming!" she yelled. katara was already running towards Appa, grabbing me along the way. Aang was climbing on while Toph earth bended herself into the saddle. finally we got on to the great logic defying beast of burden. with the standard cry of yip-yip Appa took off. I looked down to see who was attacking us. surprise, surprise a group of fire nation soldiers. my head swung towards Katara "so now you can see the future AS WELL AS water bending?!" I shouted. Her hair was flying behind her as she glared at me.
"Nows not the time to-." her eyes widened as she pushed me out of the way. a black fletched arrow swung by, leaving a scratch on her cheek. i stared at her, she was only holding on with one hand. only one hand to keep her from falling into space. Katara was slipping. "NO" she cried wildly.
"KATARA! KATARA HOLD ON!" she gazed at me sadly. i gasped with the effort of reaching out to her. she smiled tearfully at me, already resigned. Then she fell, plummeting slowly towards earth. it was as if she was in slow motion. Suddenly a net whipped out of nowhere and entangled her. Covered in black webbing, she had no chance of water bending a river to catch her. "KATARA" I screamed, my voice cracking.
"SUGERQUEEN" Toph joined me. Aang looked back at me "what happened?" he yelled
" Ka - Katara fell" I was crying, there was no sign of her as Appa flew away from where she had fallen.
. AANG
I stared at Sokka with shock and fear. a terrible feeling was gripping my chest as i blinked. a white glow was starting to surround my eyes. But I couldn't go into avatar state, no matter how much i wanted to. Sokka and Toph needed me, even if Katara might be dead. But that couldn't happen, it just couldn't, wasn't possible. . .
