Chapter 4. The Moon Spirit
Aang, Toph, Meng, and Lee looked guiltily at each other. It was their entire fault. They should have listened to Aang's warning when he said that the trio of evil (their given nickname to Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee) would notice their patches of cloth in the dress, now, they weeped silently, along with Katara.
Toph walked silently up to Katara, her head bowed. "I'm sorry. It's really all our faults for making the dress." She hugged Katara comfortingly.
Katara hugged Toph back, and a crunching sound filled the air. "It's not you fault. You tried, and that's enough for me. Have I ever told you you're like the little sister I never had?"
Toph sobbed into Katara's shoulder. "No, but you've always been like an older sister to me." She wiggled out of Katara's iron grip, and shuffled away. "We've lost her," she told her other animal friends.
Katara cried into the weeping willow, and turned around to gaze at the moon. How romantic it would have been, she thought, if she could've danced with the prince under a moon like that one.
A woman walked up to her. She was young and beautiful in a silver dress, and a complicated Water Tribe hairstyle. If Katara hadn't known better, she would have thought that the woman was a spirit, for she was bathed in the silver glow of the moon.
"What's seems to be the problem here?" the woman asked Katara gently.
"There's a ball," Katara sobbed into the woman's beautiful dress, staining it with tears. "The prince will be there, but I can't go."
"I used to be a princess," the woman told her. "My name was Princess Yue. I was supposed to be wed to man I didn't love, and I loved a different man. Before I could be wed, a war raged in the North Pole, and a man from the opposing side killed the moon spirit. I sacrificed myself to be the moon spirit, and the love of my life was distressed, but life moves on. That's why you're going to that ball!"
Katara looked up at Princess Yue. "I don't have a dress."
"I'll give you one," Princess Yue looked at her hopefully, "I'll also give a carriage." She waved her hands and a pumpkin lying nearby turned into a carriage. Aang, Toph, Meng, and Lee flew in from behind the bushes. Aang turned into a man, while the rest turned into horses. The horses were drawn to the carriage, while Aang drove it.
"A dress," Katara said gleefully, and a dress similar to Yue's she wore. Blood stopped pouring from every inch of her body, and she was beautifully clean. "Oh, thank you!" Katara cried.
"Now for the final touches," Princess Yue announced, and a silver necklace was strung around Katara's neck. Yue helped Katara into the carriage, and she rode away.