Chapter 3

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Katara P.O.V

"Who are you!?" I yelled at the spirit.

It didn't answer…

"I said who are you." I repeated.

Still it didn't answer.

"Why are you ignoring me!? Where are you taking me? Who are you?" I basically screamed. This was getting very irritating.

The wolf kept on swimming on. I got very bored after an hour and decided to stand up to get a better view. It was very hard balancing on a wolfs back when he's swimming. But I needed to move so I stood up, but I wobbled. Unfortunately for me, I fell in.

I screamed as I went under. I was too tired to move, and we were still in arctic waters so it was freezing. Next thing I know, the spirit creature is diving in after me. He swam under me and lifted me up to the surface with his back.

I coughed as I regained my breath. The spirit looked at me, but there was fear in it's eyes, like it actually cared.

I was about to ask it why it saved me but I decided it could wait. Right now, I am just tired. I laid myself down on his back, my head supported by its neck and I slowly drifted to sleep.

Katara…….

Why didn't you save me…

I thought you loved me…

Why did you make me die on my birthday…

It's your fault…

It's all your fault..

I screamed and sat up quickly when I woke up. The dream, I heard Aang.

I was on the ground and my head had been on the creature's arm. It looked at me in shock. It was very late at night and there was a cresent moon. I looked around my setting and saw a tree. As fast as I could, I jumped up from the ground and ran to it.

I saw the wolf run after me. I climbed high up into the tree. But he just kept following. When he got to the tree, he stood up on his hind legs and was like 30 feet tall! He looked at me in confusion.

I realized I would have to climb higher to get away from him. I climbed up the 50-foot tall tree until I was at the last branch that could hold me up. Or so I thought…

"Ahhhhhh!" I yelled, as I fell from the not-as-stable-as-I-thought branch broke.

The wolf fortunately caught me on his nose and lowered me to the ground. I landed on the ground with a soft 'thud' and the wolf backed up.

All of a sudden, I heard, "You really are clumsy now, aren't you."

I screamed and turned around to see where the voice came from.

"And you scream a lot," I looked at the creature. Its mouth didn't move but it was speaking. It was somewhat like the owl at the library a few years ago.

"Y-y-y-y-you just t-talked." I stuttered in shock. "You're just a wolf,"

"A spirit wolf," It said. The voice was deep and booming, it gave me the creeps.

"Yeah, I think I might have hit my head…on your nose, I am going to go to sleep now, heh….heh….." I said, slowly scooting back to where I was sleeping.

"Very well." The spirit said. It walked over to me and laid down, putting it's head on its paws. I looked at him and turned around.

"You know what? It looks very comfy in that pile of dirt over there, I think I'll sleep over there." I said, pointing to the pile of dirt.

"Okay, then," The spirit said, he walked to the pile of dirt and sat down beside it.

I looked down at him in annoyance. I walked up to the tree I had fallen out of. Ha ha! He can't get in this tree!

"You know, as I was climbing, the tree seemed very comfortable, I think that will really be where I'll sleep." I scooted over to the tree and put my hand on the first branch. I pushed up and kept climbing until I came to a sturdy, thick branch and I laid down.

"There," I sighed, "This is comfy," What a lie! This was the most uncomfortable position I have ever been in! I looked in the corner of my eye and I saw the spirit come towards me. He laid down at the bottom of the tree.

I sighed. He is a stalker!

Eventually, I fell asleep, despite my position.

"Avatar Aang," The speaker said, "Who defeated firelord Ozai. Who restored peace to the world no more than a few weeks ago. You were strong for you're your age, and your confidence kept you going. We now lay you to rest."

I sat in a hallway at the back of the funeral, holding my hands to my ears, crying, wanting it all to stop. Everyone bowed to the deceased Avatar.

I immediately woke up. It was morning, and I had been crying. I wasn't in the tree anymore; I was cuddled up against the wolf. He was staring at me.

I jumped up and wiped away some of the tears still in my eyes.

"Are you okay?" The spirit asked. The booming voice gave me shivers.

"Yeah…I'm fine, I'm just remembering Aan-," I started, biting my lip, No, no, I am not going to cry! I have to stop this! But I can't! Don't cry! Don't cry! Don't-!

I burst to tears, falling to the ground and curling up in a ball.

The wolf came up to me and nuzzled my side. "We have to get going,"

"Where," I sniffled, "Where are you taking me,"

"I am taking you to the Northern Water tribe." The voice said.

"Why?"

"It will cleanse you,"

I was about to ask what he meant by that but he slid his head underneath me and before I knew it I was on his back. He started running as fast as a cheetah-rhino. I held on for dear life.

After many many hours, it was sunset. It was dead quiet until we heard people talking. We hid behind a very large bush and listened…or, he listened.

"I'm telling you! It's the biggest wolf I've ever seen! Fifteen feet tall I assume!" One person said. I looked through a hole in the bush. They seemed oddly familiar.

Then the other person spoke, "You're crazy! No wolf is that big except for a spirit wolf."

"That's what I'm saying! It may be a spirit!" The first person said, "And if we take it down, we can get tons of gold! Come on! Let go hunt for it!"

"What makes you think we can take down a spirit? It was hard enough taking down the Avatar, a fully realized avatar." The second person said.

My eyes widened at that. They were familiar! They killed Aang! Tear's started to form in my eyes. Why the heck am I so darn emotional!?

"Yes, Lou, but the fact is, we did take down the avatar, and we got lots of money from the war supporters." The first guy said, "For pete's sake, Lou, we're bandits! We can take down anything!"

The wolf started to slightly growl.

"Did you hear that, Goro?" Lou said, looking around, "I hear something."

"I bet it's the spirit!" Goro said, standing up quickly, grabbing his bow and arrow.

The spirit jumped out of the bushes (With me on top of him! Ah!) and in the campfire in front of Goro.

"I told you, Lou! It's the spirit!" Goro yelled.

The spirit head-butted Goro into a nearby tree and he was out cold. Lou, on the other hand was looking for his bow, shaking like there was an earthquake.

He aimed the arrow at the spirits heart but the wolf was already attacking. He head-butted Lou into the pond nearby. Then, quietly, the wolf walked away.

"What was that about?" I asked.

"Let's just say…" The spirit began, "I'm not a fan of bandits."

I shut up after that and fell asleep on his back.

"We got him, Lou! We killed the Avatar!" Goro shouted with glee.

I picked up Aang in my arms, looked up with tears streaming down my face. Aang had and arrow sticking through his chest. Blood was seeping onto my clothes, staining them. But I didn't care, Aang was dead.

"Yes, now let's get out of here and collect the money." Lou said, starting to run off.

"Do you think we should put the girl out of her misery?" Goro suggested, smirking.

"I believe we've done enough, now let's go!" Lou shouted, running off, as Goro followed.

Once again, I woke up gasping, sweating like a pig and lying down on the wolf's paws. I wanted to get going so I would have something other than the dead of Aang in my mind, so I jumped onto the spirit's back. He barked in pain.

I quickly jumped off in shock. "I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" I asked.

"Yeah, my back is just sensitive. Get on softer next time." He said to me, looking at me with somewhat sad, gray eyes…wait.

Gray Eyes?!

"Wait a minute." I said, as I walked up to his face.

"Yes?" He responded.

I looked into his eyes and he looked into mine.

"You have gray eyes, your as fast as the wind, your back is sensitive, and your 'not a big fan of' bandits." I said, using air quotes.

I put my hands on his snout. "There is only one person that reminds me of…"

"Aang?"

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There we go!

It's chapter 3 in the story but actually chapter 4…

I hope you liked it, so, now Katara thinks it's Aang…do you?

Tell me what you're favorite part so far is.. I'd love to hear it!

Next chapter will be out within the week.

-AangKatara777