Hey people! Guess what I just did? Yes! I finally uploaded the chapter! Yaaaaaay. :D
I swear this took forever. I always ended up writing it at 10-11pm... So yeah.
I'm terribly sorry for making you guys wait so long! I've started two new stories (Silent Heart and Infected), and I've wanted them continued soon, too. Please be patient, I'm a lazy-lazy-butt. :(
Anyways, here's chapter numero tres! Not that scary, but hints are dropping and drama is rising. Haaaa. ;D
Enjoy and please review! ^.^
-I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender
Everyone ( but Aang) laughed at Toph's joke, while Aang himself asked, "Oh, we were having a contest?". Everyone laughed again, this time, Aang chuckled along. God, I almost forgot how cute he is...Katara dreamed in her mind, blushing a little, hiding it from everyone's eyes.
"Ugh! This is useless! It will never start working!" Sokka shouted in frusturation as he hit the DVD-player angrily. Zuko sighed angrily, aswell, "Agreed. We've been working on this for forever.". Aang perked up and looked at where the two boys were, while walking closer (with Katara following him, strangely). "What're you guys doing?" he asked. "This damn machine won't start working! We've tried everything!" Sokka pouted and stood aside as Aang crouched down to look. "Let's see, umm..." he looked at the player, for a second. He then looked back at the tan-skinned boy, "Uhh, Sokka?" he asked. "What?" he shouted, losing his short temper on the technology. "You haven't plugged it in...". the younger boy said. Everyone started laughing again, while Sokka blushed embarrassed and looked away, "I-I knew that! I-I just w-wanted to s-see how YOU could handle it!". Aang snorted, "You wanted to see if I noticed that the thing didn't have any power? Wow."
After Aang had plugged the machine in, Toph got up," Yes! Finally!" and took out a disk from her bag. She quickly inserted it, and everyone sat down on the long couch. But then Suki asked, "Wait, weren't we supposed to go Trick-Or-Treating, before watching the movie?". Everyone turned their glances at her, while she shrugged.
Pow! With the speed of the light, Aang, Katara, Sokka, Suki and Toph were out of the house. They all grabbed their bags, that were meant for candy and sweets. While Mai and Zuko stayed behind, sitting on the couch, "You wanna go, too?" Zuko asked his girlfriend. "Nyeeh, why not." She anwered, smiling a little. They grabed their own bags and walked outside.
Everyone had scattered around the street, laughing and planning to get the most candy. But the 'angel', aka Katara, suddenly stopped running and stood still. She heard nothing, and only a few dim lights could be seen from the corners of her eyes. She and Sokka used to go trick-or-treating when they were very little, and Sokka had this notion to always leave his sister alone. And for the last years, she had always gone with her friends- but this time, she seemed to have forgotten them.
Katara looked around, shaking. There were big, black and leafless trees, smoky and thick clouds, some fog-like thing hovering nearby the ground and the bright moon glistering in the sky. She heard strange noises and sounds all around her. She started to shiver and glanced around nervously.
Suddenly, she felt something behind her, "Hey Kata-" "Aaaaaaah!" she screamed in horror and punched the 'thing' with her hand hard. She missed. "Woah! K-Katara! Calm down! It's just me, Aang!" the person shouted and avoided her attacks. She didn't seem to hear, so she kept on screaming and hitting, until Aang grabbed her hands. She stopped, but squeezed her eyes shut and kept shivering. "C'mon Katara, it's okay." Aang said sweetly, hugging her. She opened her eyes and hugged back fiercly, "Ohh, Aang, it's just you. I-I was so scared.". He chuckled.
"W-Where are the others?" Katara asked, still being a bit scared. Aang let his arms loosen, but Katara gripped onto him tighter, making Aang chuckle again. "Relax, Katara. Others just went to the other side of the street. I saw you going the wrong way, so I came after you." He explained. Katara sighed, calming down. But something still kept on alerting her- and she didn't like it. Aang got away from Katara's arms, and gestured her to follow him. They started walking down the road.
Wait, maybe I feel strange because... because I think that Aang's keeping something from me? I mean, all this has been going on for two days, or even longer... He's acting strangely, and something's definetly going on, I can feel it... Katara thought. Aang noticed that she was in deep thought, "Katara?" he asked, "Is something bothering you? You seem to be a bit off today.". She perked up and looked at him, taking a deep breath.
She stopped, and so did he. She put her arms on her hips, and asked him, very seriously, "Okay, Aang. What is going on? You suddenly got sick, and you couldn't tell us because your phone was missing in the oddest place, you turned up to the party late, and you came from the back-door, and you've been sounding weird the whole time. I need an explanation, now.".
Aang got scared all of a sudden, Woah! She can make you tell her the biggest secrets and still make you suffer for it! Ugh... What should I tell her? If I tell her the truth, she's gonna freak out- for sure. And when I lie, she's gonna know it... Hmm... Think-think! He panicked in his mind, thinking of anything possible to say. He was shaking and mumbling. Katara got impatient.
"Well? C'mon Aang!" she shouted. Aang backed up a little, shivering- the last thing he wanted was to get Katara angry. He remembers very well what happened to Zuko in 2nd grade when he stole her favourite watch. And he didn't want the same to happen to him.
"Aang!" she shouted again. He stumbled a few inaudiable words, taking a few more steps back. Katara realized what she said, and felt guilty all of a sudden. She went closer to him, "Oh, Aang. I'm sorry for yelling at you, but, you know I just want you to tell me what's bothering you. I'm really worried." She grabbed his hands lightly and looked him in the eye with concern. Now Aang felt guilty aswell, for lying to her in the first place. But he still knew that he shouldn't tell her the honest truth.
Then, an idea popped up into his head. He knew that this would probably break Katara's heart, but if he told her what's actually going on, then it would do even more damage. He sighed deeply, and looked back at her with sadness, "Katara... I'm moving." He said. Katara didn't quite understand, "What?". "I'm moving," he repeated. "I'm going to live in Colorado." He lied. He felt a sting in his stomach, and it got even worse when he saw Katara's wet couldn't believe what he just said to her. It was like her heart fell and cracked. She was about to cry. "R-Really? B-But...When are y-you g-going?" she couldn't think clearly- just to know that the love of her life is going so far away from her made her heart break and head spin. She started to shake and gripped onto his hands tighter. "Next week." He lied, again, feeling terrible. But Katara felt even worse, "F-for how l-long?" she asked, her voice cracking. "Gyatso said that for a very long time... I might even go to college, there." He lied about his future, again. Katara started to cry and hugged and fierclier than ever.
Now there's no chance for us at all! For us to be together... marry... have kids... I-I can't believe this! He-He doesn't even know anything! H-How am I going to live without him in my life? I don't want to! I can't... But maybe I should tell him now? Wait, if I do, then it would be even harder for me.. would it?... Why? Katara yelled in her head, weeping onto Aang's shoulder. She could feel his warm hands stroke her back. The same hands that she's probably never going to feel again, for a long while.
"Shh, Katara, it's okay. Please, don't cry. I hate it when you do. I hate to see you in pain like that." He whispered. Katara tried to stop crying, "I-I'm going to miss you... so much!" she loudly whispered back."I'll miss you too." Aang soothed. "Maybe I can visit you? At holidays?" he offered. Katara felt a little better, but still not well enough. "Promise?" she whispered. "I promise." He whispered back. "Do I need to say the whole swear?" he asked jokingly. Katara giggled a bit, "No, it's allright. I trust you." She said. Aang felt horrible again. She trusts him, yet he lied so badly.
A few moments went by, until Katara had stopped crying. "If you want, I can spend the next days with you." He asked. Katara smiled widely, "Yes, that'd be perfect." She let go of him and he lovingly wiped away her tear-streaks. Katara felt so in-love, and couldn't explain her next action- she started to kiss him multible times on his cheek, making both of them blush. Aang laughed, letting her finish. "I'll make sure I'll do enough of those before you leave me." She said. He laughed again, "Katara, I'm not going to leave you. Let's just say that I will live in a house further away from yours... about 1500 miles." They both snickered.
"Now, what do you say we go find others and have fun?" Aang jumped excitedly. Katara nodded and they started walking across the road again. But Katara couldn't get the incredible loss in her heart. She hoped that everything's going to turn out okay, in the end, and that she'd see him often... And that no-one could steal his heart before her. That was her biggest concern, though.
The street was quiet and spooky. Katara felt the chills come again. Suddenly, some birds flew up into the sky, screeching. Katara yelped and held onto Aang's arm. Aang chuckled, "Katara, what's the matter? You scared?" he asked. "Y-Yes..." she admitted. Aang looked at her, smiling. Katara got suspicious and asked him, "W-Why aren't you scared, as well? I thought you were the kind of person who's...y'know... afraid of stuff." Aang smiled again, "Well, you have to let go of fear. You must think only of your main goal- ours is to find our friends, at the moment. You can't let anything try to stop you, because you're better than that. Be brave." He encouraged.
Katara looked at him, gaping. That was one of the most magical things I've ever heard! He let go fo his arm and smiled at him, believing that he was right- be brave. Like that, she felt like she could accomplish anything. "Thanks, Aang." They smiled at each other and kept on walking.
They kept going for about ten minutes, until they saw figures from further away, calling, "Aang! Katara! Where are you!". They laughed and ran toward their friends. Sokka yelled, "W-Where the hell have you two been!" he swayed his arms around. Others pretty much greeted and hugged them- for finally turning up. Who knows how long they were 'lost'?
"Geez, Sokka, no need to become a cop like your dad." Toph laughed at her own joke, making Sokka frown at her. That sparked a thought in Katara's mind Wait, Dad's a cop... so why in the wide world, would he go to see if others are shipping wood to Kenya?. That let Katara in deep thought, but she soon forgot it, thinking that maybe there was something police-officers would have to check on.
The Gaang spend the rest of the night 'Trick-Or-Treating' across the neighbourhood. Most of them even managed to scare some people off (Including Sokka, yes), which made them laugh and enjoy the holiday. There were others kids too, but they weren't even half as noisy as they were.
Sokka and Toph were the ones who scared everyone, Mai and Suki were the ones who made sure they didn't get into too much trouble for doing that, Katara stayed nearby Aang, gathering the most candy for getting people to 'awww' at them, which made them blush (they seemed to be more cute than creepy), and lastly, Zuko who stomped around, thinking that this was a pretty ridiciolous idea, yet somehow still approved to go along with others.
When it reached ten pm, everyone gathered back into Sokka and Katara's house. All of the houses have been trick-or-treated, Zuko and Mai had gotten pretty irritated for running around (finally), Sokka and Toph's costumes were starting to get ripped for climbing onto trees, bushes and rooftops to scare people, Candybags were full, also, Aang was exhausted. And when Aang is exhausted, Katara makes sure everything goes by his desire (even tho he really didn't ask for it).
Anyway, they were all gathering into the main room. Sokka put the creepiest track on, and shut the lights down. Most of them had already gotten their flashlights, so they put them on (to see, durr). Sokka got his slimy-green-coloured flashlight on, and cleared his throat, "Laaaadies and Gentlemeeeen! Welcoooome, to the spoooooky-" "Okay Sokka, that's enough. You can get to the main point now." Suki patted Sokka in the back, knowing that he can get a bit carried away. Sokka frowned again, but continued, "Okay guys, just gather up into a circle and we'll start playing some spooky games." He said, annoyed. Everyone chuckled at his silliness, and sat down in a circle.
(I don't think that I should tell the seats, but anyway: Mai and Zuko, Suki and Sokka, Aang and Katara, and Toph sat alone. Well, they were close together, so it didn't really matter.)
"But first, let's see who got the most candies!" Sokka shouted excitedly. Everyone pured their candy on the floor. After a minute of eying, Sokka concluded, "Okay, let's see... It's seems like the Grumpies have gathered the least sweets..." he pointed to Mai and Zuko, who muttered, "The Grumpies?" It seems like Sokka had come up with names for everyone, or so.
"Hmm... It seems like the Hot-Hot-Hoty got the second least..." Sokka gazed at Suki's posession. He winked at her, still showing that he felt 'sorry', if you could say that. She giggled.
"Ahh yes, the Awesome-ers! Hmmm... looks like we got the most candy!" Sokka announced, gesturing to him and Toph, who 'woo-hood'.
"Hey, but what about us?" Aang asked. Sokka and Toph stopped their holla-balloo, and the tan-skin-boy gazed upon their 'treasure'. "Oh, yes, I forgot, the Sweeties...hmm..." he said, investigating. Aang and Katara blushed, luckily for them, it was pretty dark. Suddenly, Sokka gasped. His eyes went wide. "What? This is outragious! S-Since when have the Sweeties gotten the most sweets!" he shouted like a jealous child. "Well, that would actually make sense..." Mai replied, making everyone laugh. Still, Sokka kept 'huffing'.
"Well, I guess Katara and Aang are the winners." Suki concluded, smiling at the pair. The 'couple' chuckled happily and hugged. Even though they would've done it anyway, without winning.
"Fine, fine, those two win... this year." Sokka puted, making everyone laugh again, at his whininess. Suki hugged him, "D'aww, but you still won, to me." Even though that was pretty cheesy, Sokka liked it and kissed her softly, "Thanks, honey-buns." He said.
Katara again felt incredibly jealous for not being able to call her love like that. She had plenty of ideas, such as 'num-nuts', 'wubbly-dove', 'shookums', 'baby', 'sweetheart'... etc. The list would only go on for days. She blushed, again.
"Well! Now that we got that over, it's time to play some games!" Toph announced. The next thing everyone knew, was that they were playing 'Duck-duck-Goose!" and 'Hide and shriek'... and many other games. The late afternoon was well spent.
-about 60 miles away-
A big fat guy turned the wheel of his large truck, turning to another road. He was smoking a cigarette, making the whole space fill with smoke-clouds. He also had a passanger, who looked pretty much the same.
"This road?" The driver asked. His voice was deep and sounded like an alligator's.
"Yes." The other one said.
"Kid's gonna get it tonight, eh?" the first one asked again.
The other one started laughing maniacally, and was soon joined by the other.
Soooooo? are you guys satisfied now? Hmmm? c:
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~Wind And Tides
