Authors Note: I know that everyone writes this, but I DO NOT OWN AVATAR, although I really wish I did. Also, just so you know, this is my first fanfic, so be nice and if you don't like it, don't read it (I don't mean that. Read!). Oh, and just so you know, I think that every season is a year long in the show, so you can calculate how old everyone is. Enjoy!

Note: for those of you that know this is the redo, all I did was change Katara's age. (She is now 19)

Chapter One

I still remember our first kiss.

Sadly, it was the only one, but it was still there. Keeping me strong, but putting me down. I was still in love with my best friend and my savior. I was in love with the Avatar; my Aang. Our first kiss was in the Cave of two lovers, when we let love lead the way out. The warmth of his lips sent shivers down my spine as we touched, but the kiss didn't last. When I regrettably pulled away, he was about to say something when I noticed the crystals above. I didn't think about how that would be the only time that I could admit my love for him and I wouldn't sound like a total idiot. Not to mention that Sokka wouldn't be there to "encourage" me.

Through the next two years, I held my tongue and hid my affection. By the end of the second year, Aang had mastered all of the elements, and the solar eclipse was approaching fast. We ganged up with the surviving kingdoms and planned our attack. By the night of the battle we had over 10,000 soldiers gathered from all over the world. We were ready.

The battle was a success from what I saw, that is, until the end. I had just defeated a couple of firebenders when I heard a boom nearby. I ran in that direction to assist and when I turned, I saw a bright blue light glowing in the near distance. Aang, I thought as I ran faster.

Suddenly, there was an even larger blast with a mixture of both red and blue light like an explosion. As I turned the corner, I saw a sight I couldn't believe. In a blasted area full of scorch marks, were two limp bodies. I stood in shock as my brain registered the scene before me. I could see the blue arrow on poor Aang's forehead fade to its normal color. "Aang!" I screamed as I started to run towards him. I knelt down beside him scared. His head was still bleeding and his body was caked with dirt and blood.

"Aang!" I desperately screamed. "No..." I began to sob. I was afraid to touch him in fear of making the situation worse. I could tell though, that he was not breathing. I tentatively reached out my trembling hand to stroke his forehead. I softly touched the middle of his forehead with no problem, but when my skin made contact with his arrow, something amazing happened.

There was a blinding bright blue light that forced my eyes to close. Wind blasted from Aang's body and when I opened my eyes he was no longer there. For no reason whatsoever, I was suddenly drained of my energy and drifted into unconsciousness.

Nearly everyone believed me when I told them, (he was the Avatar) but of course there were critics who told me that I must have fainted from hitting myself on a rock or something, and this was all a dream. Everything that belonged to Aang disappeared, including Appa and Momo. A year and a half later, we were still cleaning up the mess that the fire nation had started over a hundred years before. I was 19, and still traveling with Sokka and Toph. We were cleaning a crumbled building in a small town when a man came up to us with a scroll in his hand.

"Katara and Sokka of the Southern water tribe?" he asked.

"I'm Katara" I said as I stepped forward. I nodded towards Sokka. "That's my brother."

"I bring you news from your village" he said.

I took a sharp breath. I hoped that it would not be bad. I reached out my hand for the scroll. He handed it to me. "Thank you" As he turned, he said "May good fortune watch over you."

The man walked away as I unrolled the scroll. I read it aloud for Toph and Sokka to hear:

"Dear Katara and Sokka,

I am afraid to tell you my children, that gran-gran is not doing too well. She has not been able to speak for the last few days. The healers are doing their best, but I am afraid that her anti-youth is preventing her health. She keeps trying to run the village, but I have to literally tie her down to the bed to have her get her rest! I'm not sure if she will last much longer. Please come as soon as you can.

Love,

Your father

P.S. A ship is leaving in the morning on the 23rd of this month."

I finished the letter in shock. Gran-gran was old, but I didn't think this would ever happen. I felt like I had no choice but to go, though part of me didn't want to. A few weeks before, Gran-gran and I had gotten in a huge argument. I was 19, and according to her, I should have been married by now, not an 'old maid chasing dreams'. We yelled for what seemed like an hour about it; I told her that I couldn't find the right man yet. She didn't understand me, but if that was going to be the last time I could see her alive, then I had to go.

"The 23rd!" said Sokka. "That's tomorrow!"

"I guess we better pack then," I said. "Toph, you're welcome to come with if you'd like."

She smiled. "You bet!"

We finished cleaning up our assigned area, then went home and proceeded to eat dinner and get ready at out camp. As our fire slowly burned out, the three of us dozed off and I fell in to a deep sleep...

I opened my eyes within my dream and was in a huge field of grass. . In the distance I could hear someone calling my name. It sounded familiar but I could not tell who it was. I ran towards the voice. Soon I was in a maze of tall green grass that was over my head. As I pushed my way through the grass, I ran into the source of the voice, face first. I fell back on to the ground.

I was dazed and could not tell who the person was until they crawled over top of me and smiled. "Hello Katara," said Aang. I smiled back, and then he leaned into me and proceeded to kiss me. We kissed passionately until we were forced to break for air, but when I gasped, I found myself swallowing water instead. Water filled my lungs and I desperately tried to reach the surface.

I couldn't breathe. Even when I reached the surface all I could do was cough the water back out of my lungs. It was raining and the water was salty as well as the harsh winds. Waves continuously crashed on me. Suddenly I saw a strange and ugly man's face in my vision laughing at me. Then, to finish the dream gone bad, I saw Aang's dead body just as I had seen it before. Once again I found myself screaming his name and the dream ended.

I woke up and sat up straight. I was breathing heavily and my heart was pounding. Sokka and Toph were right beside me, wide awake and ready to comfort me. Sokka held my hand while Toph patted me softly on my back. I was dripping in sweat, but that was better than the ocean of my dream.

"I'm fine." I choked out.

"No, your not," said Sokka

"But you will be" finished Toph.

After about ten minutes of convincing, I finally got them to go back to sleep. But I could not get back to sleep. And so I sat, waiting for the sun to rise.

Authors Note: I know that it starts off a little slow, but be patient. That dream has a lot of foreshadowing and past reflections in it. hint, hint. Review please! I need to know what to do to make you guys happy!