Betrayed Heart ~ A Zutara/Avatar Fanfiction by Crista C.
Prologue:
Her fingertips gently swayed just above the water's surface. It was cold...but she didn't seem to notice.
The wind blew her wavy brown hair across her face and she blinked...but she still didn't seem to notice.
Everything around her was moving and living but inside she was just dead. Outside she put out a calm happy facade but in her heart she felt anything but. The worst part was she knew what she had to do...but did she have the courage to do it? It seemed easier now to face an army of Fire Nation soldiers.
She had always known what to do in dangers like those but now that world proclaimed peace there was nothing left to fight for...except for the most important thing she needed.
She thought she needed to avenge her mother's cruel death, she thought she needed to help end that war and she thought she needed to hate the scarred Prince of the Fire Nation. But now she questioned if that burning desire that she felt was hate anymore...what if it was something else?
There was only one way to find out.
She sighed heavily and slowly stood. Looking toward the distance she saw the sun starting to set. She had to hurry. Turning around she now ran past the garden and Fire Lilies, the short train of her crimson dress flowing like silk. She turned and ran and turned again until she was in front of the broad red doors that would lead her to where she wanted to be. She knew that now. But there were too many things time had shown to the contrary. Too many things she couldn't explain or deny that happened but all she knew is what she felt. And what she felt was love...but for whom?
The guards let her through easily and as her shaky, olive toned hand reached out for the golden doorknob...she froze. It was like someone had paralyzed her bones in place.
"Katara." The voice pleaded painfully, "Don't do this Katara."
