disclaimer: I do not own Avatar.... for now....
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When you love something in life, you let it go…
Chapter 1: goodbyes
Aang woke up with a strong goal in mind. Today he was planning on asking Katara to marry him. He spent weeks on the betrothal necklace. He got up out of his watertribe house and tightened his grip on the betrothal necklace He walked to Katara's house. He had to ask today or he would have to wait another three years. Fire lord Zuko had told him that he would have to help him defeat a rebel army. After the war he would have to help rebuild the people to join Zuko. This would be a long and hard progress. Knowing that he had Katara to wait for would make it all better. He came up to her house. He walked inside and didn't see her. He found her in her bed asleep. He silently woke her up. "Hey…." Katara woke up and hugged Aang. Aang walked outside as she got dressed. She came outside and walked towards him. "Why did you wake me up so early?" "Katara, ever since our kiss at Ba Sing Se we have been dating. That was five years ago…." He took out the betrothal necklace. "I want to take it further….Katara, will you marry me?" Katara had a sad look on her face. "Aang, I wish I could, but Aang, what if you don't come back? What if one day when I truly need you, you need to leave? I just can't…." Katara had tears streaming down her eyes. "I'm sorry" She ran back inside her house. Aang looked down as tears fell off his face. He walked to where he knew Zuko would pick him up for the war. He threw the betrothal necklace behind him. He knew that if it wasn't going to Katara, he would never need it. She was everything to him, and no one could ever take her place. He saw the ship that Zuko would be picking him up with. "C'mon Aang!!" Aang shot himself onto the ship with air. "Let's go..." Zuko could here the sorrow in his voice and instantly knew what happened. "Aang…" Aang walked away as Zuko put a hand out to console him. Zuko withdrew his hand and watched as they left the dock. He turned around and went to his room. Back on the island Katara was in her kitchen still crying. She loved Aang so much, but she couldn't stand to lose him. Then she thought. 'What difference would it make, if he dies I would still miss him, and he would never leave me….never…..' She ran outside to try and tell Aang but when she saw the ship she stopped. It had been too late. She noticed the necklace and ran to it. She picked it up and held it to her heart. "Be safe….Avatar Aang…." She walked back inside. In the ship Aang was looking at a picture of Katara. "Be safe and always remember me…. Master Katara……I love you……" He put the picture down and fell asleep. He would need it for the long bloody years ahead.