It's short, but here you go.
Dancing on the Ashes of Your Heart
Katara
sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes, surprised that she had actually
fallen asleep. She had never been more scared about a single day in
life.
Aang was coming to visit for the first
time since that awful fight.
Katara reassured
herself everything was going to be fine. Then she got up and walked
over to her daughter's crib. Kya was, surprisingly, already up. She
smiled when she saw her mother's face, and her grey eyes
shone.
"Hey big girl." Katara cooed,
as she lifted Kya out of her crib. Rocking her back and forth, Katara
wondered aloud, "How am I ever going to tell Aang about
you?"
Kya just giggled, which made her
mother smile.
Mother and daughter walked out to
the home's small sitting area. Setting Kya down and propping her up
against the fur-covered couch, Katara began to make breakfast. For
herself, at least. She mentally noted to feed Kya after she was done
eating.
15 minutes and a bowl of stewed
sea-prunes, Katara was getting ready to feed Kya when one of her
Waterbending students burst through the door.
"Master
Katara! Master Ka-oh." He said, and held a hand up in front of
his eyes.
Katara blushed and pulled up her
shirt. "What is it, Lan?" she said, and went to go put Kya
back on her crib. Her student followed her into her
bedroom.
"Master Katara, the Avatar is
here!" he said excitedly.
Katara froze at
the word Avatar.
"Um,
that's great news, Lan! I'll come with you to see him." She
said, trying to inject happiness into her voice.
As
the Lan pulled his master through the city, Katara began to worry.
She really hoped this went well.
At last, they
reached a "field" outside the city where Aang had landed.
Appa was lying on the ground, obviously tired after the long flight.
Aang appeared from around his side and the two locked eyes for the
first time in over a year.
Many emotions were
exchanged in that meaningful glance, but there was that was most
prevalent in his eyes. Love.
"Hi, Katara"
he said, happily and grinning his trademark goofy smile.
Katara
couldn't take it anymore. She ran over to Aang and actually leaped
into his embrace. The hug turned into a kiss, which seemed to last
for eons.
They finally broke away. "I
missed you." Katara whispered.
"I
missed you too." He replied.
They kissed
one last time before began pulling him back to her home.
"Now
come, I have someone for you to meet..." she said happily.