What keeps me going

In life, the things that drive us are either love or fear.
You always run your fastest, running away from something you fear.
But then again, you run even faster when you are running to protect someone you love.

In my case, fear was the thing that kept me going.

The fear of being rejected, neglected. The fear that, no matter who I was or what I did, there was always someone who wanted nothing more than to see me dead. The fear of hurting and disappointing the people I cared about most, like I had done so many times before. The fear of becoming someone I did not want to be, the face of the enemy. But the thing I feared most was fate, my mothers fate. The fear that she might be out there; tortured, wounded, bleeding, dying.
It is that fear that keeps me going.

In her case, it was love that kept her going.
Protecting what she loved. Her family, her friends, the world, the spirits, even me. She was willing to give her everything to protect the people she loved, like she had proven so many times before. Her ability to love people who weren't worth loving. But the one thing she loved the most was gone, her mother. The one she fought all her battles for, using her grief to justify the damage she brought to her enemies, to forgive herself for the lives she had taken. Always desperately fighting to get something back she had lost so many years ago, the love the war had taken away from her.
It is that love that keeps her going.

So here we are today. Fighting side by side. Each of us driven by different things, pasts miles apart from each other, yet so similar. The difficulties we both had to overcome brought us to where we are today. Fighting for the same purposes.
She is protecting the ones she loves.
I am loving the one who protected me.

Maybe it doesn't really matter what you are fighting for, just make sure to fight for something that is worth it. Maybe one day, I will find my strength in love. Maybe one day love will drive me to protect the one I love the most. And maybe, just maybe..
It's because of her.

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I really think love and fear can make you do almost anything. Maybe fear isn't that great of an adviser, but it will always be a of great importance in your life decisions. Think about it. And love, well I don't think I have to tell you.

I really love how Avatar manages to create a story for every character individually, all of them with different weaknesses and problems. The show just taught me so much about life, and I wouldn't be the same person I am now if I hadn't watched the show. Thank you so much Mike and Bryan !

I don't really know where this story came from. Just something I had on my mind the other night, and I decided to put it on paper. So why not let you guys have a look in my thoughts too, right? Let me know what you think. It is written from Zukos point of view, and the other person is, of course, Katara.

Enjoy and please share your thoughts.

xChocolata.

I don not own Avatar The Last Airbender, nor do I own Zuko or Katara. They belong to Mike and Bryan.