Forbidden Love

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender. Wish I did, the show's awesome.

Chapter 1: Forbidden

Katara and Sokka stood side by side as they watched the sunset. The soft melody of the otter-penguins in the background only added to the serene scene. But this only hid a couple torn between leaving a tribe they loved or losing what mattered to them most; being with each other.

"What do you want to do?" Sokka asked massaging her shoulders, "Grams says we don't have much time."

"I know," Katara said squeezing his arm, "I don't want to go," she said tearfully, "we've lived in the South Pole all our lives, its our only home."

Sokka looked sadly into Katara's eyes. As bother and sister their love was forbidden. Brother and sisterly love was never enough and after years of holding back Sokka broke at age eleven. Katara was ten then and was horrified when her brother took her aside and kissed her gently on the lips. With a quick "I love you more" he was off. But things were never the same. Now years later with Sokka at age sixteen and Katara fifteen things had finally gotten too dangerous for them. It was only a matter of time before their father and worse the tribe picked up on something suspicious.

"You're pregnant Katara," Sokka said, "you told everyone you're still a virgin and soon you'll start to show. No amount of fur and animal pelts can hide you forever. You're already three months!"

"I know that," Katara snapped, "I'm sorry," she apologized.

"That's ok," Sokka said simply, "I know enough about you pregnant women and your mood swings," he said.

Katara grinded her teeth. Sokka could really annoy her sometimes with his smart aleck attitude. She knew he was smart. But he didn't have to be such a jerk about it.

"We'll be ok," Sokka said gently, "when the next raid happens we'll sneak on one of the ships and get off before anyone finds us, we can't fail."

Katara smiled faintly.

The world was in tormoil had been for a hundred since the Fire Nation decided it wanted to be supreme ruler of everyone. The other nations were still morose about the loss of the latest known Avatar, an air bender named Aang. He died by suicide almost a year ago. He had disappeared after Fire Lord Sozen destroyed all of the other air nomads to keep the Avatar from rising up against him. But Aang had runaway from home to the South Pole and got trapped in a block of ice during a storm. It kept him frozen and he stayed age twelve. But the world fell in violence without the avatar and with Aang frozen, there could be no successor. He was found by the banished Prince Zuko who was sent to find the Avatar or never return to the Fire Nation. But on the way back another fire nation ship run by Admiral Zhao attacked and took the avatar. The admiral wanted full credit as well as gain favour with the Fire Lord.

But that wasn't to be. Aang woke up in the cargo bay and ripped the ship apart. It has been said according to fire nation soldiers that he had tried to escape and drowned. But most Avatars supporters say he sacrificed himself because it was open knowledge that Fire Lord Ozai didn't intend to kill the Avatar once he found him or her. Instead he intended to keep the Avatar imprisoned until he or she died of old age. Worse there were rumours that he was looking into claims that killing the Avatar state stopped the succession. Permanently.

"I love you Sokka," Katara said and placed a hand over her belly, "we'll get to the Earth Kingdom stronghold and have a safe place for us and our baby."

"Yes we will," Sokka said and kissed her on the lips.

Soon both were kissing each other like crazy. Fingers interlocked in her hair, their bodies pressed against each other. Their love was forbidden but they didn't care. Brother and sister in love with each other. Children of Hakoda, the leader of their tribe.

What could possibly go wrong?

Chapter Completed

Katara and Sokka, probably not the number one dream couple. Please review and tell me what you think. I'm glad I wrote this story.