I do not own Avatar:The world in which I do hasn't happened yet.(world domination)

Katara was still sitting in her room when darkness fell. Sokka had come by with something that resembled food, but tasted nothing like it. She had left it alone after two bites and hadn't even looked at it since. He had tried to talk to her, but she ignored him.

She was still shaken. Her friends would have said that Azula gives everyone nightmares, but seeing the witch standing over her motionless friends, family, and Zuko had been terrifying.

She knew the stories of the spirits sending people dreams, foreshadowing events to come. She didn't let Azula get to her friends, not even Zuko. She cringed at that thought. He was her enemy. Her opposite. She hated him. She shouldn't worry about him.

But the look in his golden eyes when he gave her back her necklace wouldn't leave her alone. The look of terror that had flashed across his face before he had disappeared, only to appear again at the fire witch's feet, did nothing for her tormented mind.

She was being mean, heartless, and cruel to Zuko, she knew that. She knew that her friends and brother would like her to forgive and forget…but she just couldn't.

The idea that someone could choose between, Aang and Azula and choose the latter was impossible in Katara's mind.

The idea that he did it for a heartless man's love hadn't even crossed her mind.

Katara pushed away the unwanted, annoying thoughts in her mind and looked from her spot, curled up on her side on the bed, to the window and the nearly full silver moon on the outside.

The temptation to go practice her bending was impossible to ignore.

By now Aang, Sokka and the others would be in bed, and she could practice in solitude. She didn't want to talk to anyone; they would just ask if she was alright and annoy her. She wanted to be alone for now.

If she was lucky, Zuko wouldn't be out meditating, something he often did for hours at a time after dinner.

And if she was real lucky, Toph wouldn't "see her" (which was unlikely) and she would be able to slip out unnoticed.

Quietly as she could mange she slipped off her bed and tiptoed to the door. The door didn't squeak like she expected it too and the hall was free of all unwanted persons.

'So far so good.' She thought. The moon provided enough light for her to see by.

She quietly passed the rooms of Haru, Pipesqueak and The Duke, hearing soft sounds of snoring coming out of all of them. Sokka, Aang and Zuko's rooms were in a different corridor than hers, so she had no way of knowing, whether or not, they were in their rooms without going and looking.

Next was the hard part; this hallway led to the courtyard where Toph had her earth tent.

As she approached the tent, she heard the gentle sound of Toph's snore. 'Thank La that she's asleep.' She thought to herself. She also noticed, with much relief, that Zuko was no where to be seen.

She was having good luck tonight she thought as she exited the compound of the ancient temple.

There was a stream not far from the temple. Actually it wasn't a stream; more like a small river and it was easy to find, if you knew where it was. Which Katara did.

Her element called to her. Water was smooth, gentle, calming. Her mind relaxed as she drew the water from the river.

This was what she needed. No one talking, no one asking if she was alright or how she felt or if she would forgive Zuko. Just complete, utter silence and the moon shining on her from above as she moved the water to her will.

The stance she worked on the most was the octopus stance. While she knew it well, she wanted to be able to create a better range of motion for the next time she would need it. She couldn't just go on standing in one place like in the caverns. She thought as she experimented with the stance while moving.

She flinched yet again at the thought of the caverns. The result of this was that a stream of the water around her hit her in her face leaving a bright red mark.

(Which is pretty embarrassing for a master water bender.)

She moved through her new stance again, this time with frustration

She didn't want to remember that Aang had nearly died or that Zuko had betrayed them. Remembering him just made her remember her dream, which she really didn't want to think about.

She would prefer to think about the almost perfected new drill she had created. She moved through it again, this time making sure that her moments were not jerky or rough. She'd let the earth benders be rough

A noise came from behind then, interrupting her train of thought. Quickly she took little bit of her water and formed it in to an ice dagger.

"Hello?" she said aloud. Her friends, even Zuko knew (because Aang had made sure to tell him) that surprising Katara while she was practicing wasn't the best idea.

(The result of this was that Sokka had ended up pined to a tree to Toph's great pleasure.)

Silence. Her friends would have replied

Then the noise came again, this time from her left. The dagger turned to slivers of ice as she threw it from her hand.

Katara stood silently in place, waiting to hear something, but heard nothing more. Belatedly she realized it was probably just an animal that had been looking for food.

'I need to relax' she thought rubbing her temple. 'I really need to relax.'

When she finally returned to her room in the temple, her door was ajar.

'I thought I closed that.' She thought to herself after she closed it. The 'food' that Sokka had left her was still here. Her bed was still partly unmade. The moon drifted lazily through her window over her bed. Her room was no different. Except….

On her bed was a scroll of fine parchment…

The Fire nation insignia glowed faintly in the moonlight.

Sorry it took me so long to update.I beg for your forgiveness. please review and I'll give you a cookie. :)

Sphinx