This is set after the Day of Black Sun (the episode or just the day in general.) There are some minor spoilers, but none that I'm sure most of you didn't see coming. The episode (both parts) came out in the UK yesterday (I think) and I was lucky enough to stumble across a link to it. If you want it just PM and I'll point you in the right direction. Also, for those of you that have seen it, I have decided to ignore a certain thing for the sake of this story. On that note, I ship Zutara (not hardcore) and Tokka so they will be showing their faces sometime in the not too distant future. I hope you enjoy it!
Oh and the stupid disclaimer thingy: I don't own it blah blah blah don't sure me yada yada yada and scene. --- This is for the whole fic, I don't have the patience to type it out for every chapter.
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Katara frowned as she replayed the day in her head again. It was all started so well, but little did they know, their attack was doomed from the beginning. It was all a trap. And now, now her father and the rest of the adult warriors were taken as prisoners while the youngest of the ragtag army escaped on Appa. And they were still on him, seeking out the Western Air Temple for refuge.
She glanced at the group of them sitting in the saddle. Sokka was silent and staring at his feet. His eyes were glassed over and Katara could see tears threatening to fall. The Duke was staring out over the clouds in a daze and Toph was sitting beside him, her arms crossed over her chest and her face screwed up in anger and disappointment. Haru glanced up and looked at Katara, who was sitting beside him. His eyes were riddled with confusion and guilt of leaving his father to surrender. Teo was sitting beside his wooden chair, carving something into it with a sharp piece of metal.
Then there was Aang. He had tears running down his face when they first set off, but now he showed no emotion as he stared out into the empty sky in front of him. It was just like when Appa was stolen. There was an anger, building and bubbling up inside him, just waiting to be released, and Katara already pitied the one who would have to face it.
Haru finally broke the silence. "It's getting dark. We should probably land and make camp for the night. It's been a long day." He suggested. Katara nodded.
"Your right. We're all exhausted." She sighed and stole another glance at Aang, who was steering Appa into a thick forest below them.
When they landed they all climbed off of the large bison. They had no supplies to unpack. No food, no bedrolls and very little water.
Haru and Toph had bent tents for everyone, but that wasn't enough. They needed light and warmth. Ironically, they needed fire.
The Duke shivered. He was a tough kid, but he was still just a kid. "Katara? I'm cold." He said quietly and looked up at her.
"Why don't we just make one shelter." Katara approached Toph and Haru. "That way, we can use our body heat to keep each other warm."
Haru nodded but Toph said nothing. With a twist of her foot the earth tents suck back into the ground and a larger one took their place.
"We should get some sleep." Aang said quietly. He dragged his staff into the makeshift shelter and sat in the darkest corner. Sokka followed silently.
"I think I'm going to stay up for awhile." Teo said as he rolled his chair over to Katara, Haru, Toph and The Duke. "I could keep watch, I don't feel like sleeping."
Katara nodded and The Duke took Toph's hand and led her into the shelter. Toph didn't object. She was tired and though she wouldn't admit it, thought it was cute that the small child was trying to look out for her.
"We should go too." Haru said quietly and Katara followed him silently and went to sit by Sokka.
Soon snores filled the tent and Katara knew most of her companions were asleep. She glanced at her brother. His breathes were shallow and irregular as if trying not to cry.
"We'll see him soon, Sokka. We will." She said referring to their father who was left behind.
"I know." He mumbled.
"You did great today, even if we didn't win." Katara continued hopefully, she hated when he got into this state of silent anger and sadness. He just nodded in thanks. "What is it Sokka? We all did the best that we could. Your battle plans were amazing! But the whole thing, it was a trap. We just didn't see that coming."
Sokka didn't reply for a few minutes. Finally, after Katara had given up hope of getting an answer, he spoke up. "Suki." He said quietly. "She's, she's alive. She's a prisoner. We could have saved her! We could have gone in and taken her out of her cell with the other Kyoshi Warriors. But we didn't. She didn't even cross my mind until we ran into Azula. But it could have ended differently. If we had freed them, they could've helped us fight. Maybe we could've won."
"Don't go thinking that with their help we would win. What difference would three warriors make? Azula had everything planned out. Every single step. What could three people do to make that any different?"
"…she would be here now…" And he drifted off to sleep.
So what did you think? I didn't give too much away did I? Just the basics and nothing people couldn't have figured out on their own if they really thought about it.
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Emily
