Hi! My beta finally sent me back this oneshot! I actually started this oneshot sometime in May, before I finished Life Goes On. I've already pre-written a summary for this chapter, so here ya go:

In chapter three of Life Goes On, Aang spends some time with Suri. At the end of the chapter, Suri tells Aang about one of the fairy tales her father tells her: the one with the warrior and the moon spirit. Well, that is what this particular oneshot is about – Sokka telling the story of himself and Yue. This takes place a few months before the story begins. Aang is still in the Fire Nation, Suri has just turned three-years-old, and Suki is only a few weeks pregnant with Tayo. Some parts of this story are exaggerated, and changed around a bit for the sake of the child, so it's not exactly how the Waterbending Master and the Siege of the North happened.

It's self-explanatory if you ask me… But I couldn't not type Sokka's version of the story up. I dunno what else to say, so I'll letcha read his version of his tragically short relationship with Princess Yue, but not without first thanking daydreram11 for looking over this for me!

"Daddy," Suri said as her father tucked her in one night. "What story are you telling me tonight? Is it the one with the Water Princess and the Air Prince?"

"No, not tonight." Sokka shook his head as he smiled. "Tonight, I'm going to tell you a special story." He looked down at his daughter, who smiled in return. "This one is about a princess, but this time, she falls in love with a mighty warrior." Suri sat up straighter as her father began the tale:

"Many years ago, way up in the North Pole, there lived a beautiful princess. She had tan skin and twinkling blue eyes, but what made her more beautiful and different from the other girls was that she had long white hair." Suri's eyes widened. She never thought people could have white hair; well, except for old people, like master Pakku, but wanting to hear the rest of the story, the three-year-old didn't say a word, and let her father continue.

"The reason why she had white hair was because the princess was very sick when she was born. Her family prayed to the moon spirit, La, to make their daughter better. After going to a magic spirit oasis, they put the princess in the water, and her hair turned white and she was completely healed. As thanks, the family named the princess Yue, for the moon."

Suri, intrigued about this newfound knowledge, looked out the window and at the full moon.

"Many years later, Princess Yue turned sixteen, which was how old you had to be to get married. On that day, her birthday, a warrior arrived from the Southern Water Tribe-"

Before Sokka could continue, Suri interrupted. "The warrior lived here?" she asked.

"Yes. The warrior came from the South Pole for a visit," Sokka said, looking down at his daughter with a smile. "And please don't interrupt; this is the best part!"

"Sorry," Suri whispered as she let her father continue.

"Anyway, on Yue's sixteenth birthday, a warrior from the Southern Water Tribe arrived. From the very first time he saw the princess, he knew he was in love with her.

In her mind, Suri imagined the warrior from her tribe with the princess, though the only person she could picture was her father. Of course, she knew it couldn't have been her father. That was just silly!

"Later, the princess's father, Chief Arnook, threw a party for his daughter's birthday, and the whole village was there. There was music, a waterbending show, and a LOT of great food!" Suri giggled. "At the party, the warrior finally got to talk to the princess, though it didn't go too well since the warrior was nervous when he talked to the princess, and he said something that sounded really stupid." Sokka smiled at the memory of himself asking Princess Yue if she would like to do an 'activity' with him. "But the princess liked him anyway.

"The next day, the warrior saw the princess again, and asked if they would like to do something together later on, and she said yes. So that night, they went over to a bridge to talk, but when they got there, the princess seemed sad, and said that we— I mean… they couldn't be together. Then the princess ran off. The warrior was sad and confused. The princess really seemed to like him, and he really liked her." Sokka paused and bowed his head, lost in the memories of how he felt after he and Yue met on the bridge, and Yue said it was a mistake for them to be there. Even after all the years, even with a wonderful wife, a beautiful child and another on the way, he still felt the same way now as he did on that bridge.

After a few more moments, when Sokka didn't continue, Suri broke the silence. "Daddy…?" she asked. This broke Sokka out of his thoughts and his head snapped back up, showing an obviously forced smile, though Suri, being only three, thought nothing of it.

"Oh, right," Sokka said, shaking his head. "Sorry…" He cleared his throat before continuing. "Anyway, later on, the princess told him why they couldn't be together. Her father had set her up to marry some other man. The warrior didn't like this man, and he was mad when the man told the warrior that he didn't really love the princess, and he was only using the princess so he could get whatever he wanted from the chief. The princess deserved better than him!

"The next day…" Sokka was interrupted by the sound of his wife's voice at the doorway.

"Sokka, is Suri in bed?" Suki asked.

"Yeah, I'm just telling her a story before she goes to sleep." Sokka turned to Suki, who had peeked her head in.

"Alright," she said, "just finish it up. It's getting late."

"Don't worry. I'll make sure Suri gets to sleep soon," Sokka told his wife.

"Okay. Goodnight Suri." She smiled at her daughter and blew her a kiss.

"G'night, Mommy."

After Suki left, Sokka turned back to Suri, trying to remember what part of the story he was telling before Suki came in.

"Um… oh! Okay, anyway, the next day, the Fire Nation came to the North Pole. This all happened when the Earth Kingdom and the Water Tribes were at war with the Fire Nation. The firebenders were very mean, and they didn't care if other people died. They wanted to take over the world." Suri's eyes widened. Being a curious child, her parents had once told her about the century-long war, and how hard it was growing up with all the violence; they had left out all the murders and other details they felt Suri was too young to know about.

"Why did they come?" Suri asked softly, hoping her father wouldn't mind her interruption.

"Because the Northern Water Tribe was powerful, and the Fire Nation didn't want any nation more powerful than theirs." Sokka spat angrily. What the father had said was partially true, but he couldn't try to explain the entire thing to his three-year-old daughter, who didn't fully understand the concepts of war. "Most of the people of the Fire Nation were very selfish and greedy. They were willing to do anything to win the war. You see, Suri, things like this can happen when you become selfish. You take away things other people have earned themselves, which could affect the rest of the world."

He glanced at his daughter, making sure that she had understood at least a little of what he had said (she did, and for that he was grateful), Sokka continued. "But anyway, back to the story…

"The men of the tribe went out to try and defeat the Fire Nation soldiers so they would leave them alone. But there were too many people. The Fire Nation came in hundreds of ships…"

Sokka paused and sighed, thinking it would be difficult to explain how it went on that day. How Aang couldn't defeat the Fire Nation himself, so he went to the Spirit World for help, and he especially didn't want to tell Suri that the princess had died, so Sokka decided that he would just skip all that and just get to the end of the battle. Sure, it would leave gaping holes in the story, but he didn't think that his young daughter would notice, as long as there was a seemingly happy ending.

"Since they were outnumbered, the warrior and the princess went to the magic Spirit Oasis, which was where the ocean and moon spirits were. We hoped that they would help, but then, one of the meanest firebenders came in. His name was Admiral Zhao. He didn't look too scary though… kinda looked like a monkey with large sideburns." Sokka said as he ran his fingers down his temple where Zhao's sideburns were. The two paused and laughed at the joke. Since Suri had her father's sense of humor, Sokka knew she would find this funny… even if no one else did. After a minute, Sokka's smile faded, replaced with a somber look. His insides were in a sickening turmoil as he struggled to think of a way to end the story on a good note.

"Anyway, Zhao… he really hurt the moon spirit… he actually… uh…" Sokka stuttered over his words. He didn't want to say that Zhao killed the Moon Spirit and that Yue sacrificed herself to save them. He wanted this story child-friendly, however difficult that task was. Finally, after taking a few moments to think how he would explain what happened- without mentioning death- he finished his story. "Uh… anyway, Zhao took away La, the Moon Spirit, and we couldn't get it back, so… in the end, Princess Yue became the new Moon Spirit, and even, to this day, she watches over us all."

After finishing the story, Sokka looked down at his daughter, relieved to find that she had fallen asleep. At least now she wouldn't ask him any questions about why Zhao had taken the Moon Spirit, or how Yue actually became the new moon. He couldn't bear to explain that to his three-year-old daughter.

After kissing the young girl's forehead, Sokka stood up, ready to leave. Right as he was walking towards the door, he heard a small, tired voice call out to him. "Daddy?" Sokka looked back to see Suri lying down in her bed facing him. "Did that really happen?"

Sokka paused for a few moments, mulling over his answer. Sokka struggled in his place; his feet refused to face his daughter. He felt his face twist, his eyes well up, he felt his fists clench… this was something he did not wish Suri to see. "No," he said softly, staring at the wall. "I don't think it did. Goodnight, Suri." With that, he walked around the room.

"I think it's true," the little girl whispered to herself after her father had closed the door. Turning to her side, Suri was able to look out the window, where the full moon was visible. "Goodnight, Princess Yue," she mumbled before falling asleep.

So, whaddya think? Was it good? Yes? No? Maybe? LOBSTER?!(i) Now, you may have seen that this chapter, unlike all the others, has an actual name (rather than Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc. I don't think I'll be doing that often, unless I can think of a 'catchy' name or something (like this one, it's the name of the story that was told), then it'll probably be something like Chapter 1, 2, 3, The Warrior and the Princess, 4, 5, The Air Prince and the Water Princess (or whenever I'm getting that one up –coughhintcough-), 7, 8… I think you get the point.

Anyway, lemme know whatcha think. I'm currently working on a few oneshots, one in particular though which I'm trying to make funny, so we'll see if I can pull that off! Guess when I'll be getting that up? For those of you who guessed "No clue", you're correct! I have NO clue! Never have, probably never will! XD So, yeah… for the billionth time, you gotta be patient with me. So… till next time!

(i): Courtesy of Avatar: The Abridged Series