Some things are meant to be…
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Previously,
On Timebender
"Mister Aang?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't feel so good,"
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"What do you mean you don't feel good?" Aang asked, worrying like crazy.
"My belly hurts, and my throat hurts, and my head hurts," Katara said, whimpering, sniffling occasionally.
"Oh, uh…uhmm…we need to get on Sayuri now!" Aang said, swooping Katara up in his arms. She started to suck her thumb.
Aang jumped onto Sayuri's saddle faster than anything he had done in his life.
He took off. They had past the Serpant's Pass the day before. Now the Si Wong Desert was in view to his left. He was passing a very small portion of the desert.
Katara started to cough. Aang jumped when she coughed. He hugged her tightly and said soothing words in her ear.
"How long have you been feeling bad?" Aang asked.
"I was feeling bad when we feel asleep," Katara said, Aang's eyes getting wider by the seconds, "I threw up a few hours later and then I told you, Mister Aang,"
"You threw up?!" Aang asked.
"Uh, huh…" Katara said, her voice was getting hoarse.
She fell asleep and quiet consumed them both. The passed more mountains and Aang saw another storm coming, so he landed on a mountain and went into a cave. He was determined not to fall asleep, but he was going to wait for the storm to let up.
Katara's breathing was heavy.
It was getting slower…
Aang hugged her to his chest.
And slower…
Katara started crying, so did Aang.
And even slower…
Aang looked at Katara with pure fear.
It stopped…
"NO!!!!!!!!!" Aang yelled, new tears streaming from his red face. He hugged her close and went into the avatar state.
He jumped onto Sayuri, still glowing, and took the reigns. He didn't care if there was a storm, Katara had just died, he couldn't take it.
He sped off on the fastest bison on the planet.
He passed the mountains.
He crossed the oceans.
Still holding the limp waterbender in his hands.
After an hour, he was still glowing, he made it past the storm, and now he was in view of the temple. The temple where it all started.
He stopped glowing as he came closer and closer to the temple.
He looked at the little waterbender.
'I can't even keep a toddler alive,' Aang thought, as new tears formed in the corners of his eyes.
He walked into the temple and meditated. He entered the spirit world and went into the Timebender temple.
He cried as he walked.
He held the limp waterbender, and the crystal in his arms.
He came into view of the Timebender, Sokka, and Toph.
Sokka looked wide-eyed at the dead toddler in Aang's arms, it was his sister.
"Here's your crystal!" Aang shouted, his tears never ceasing.
The Timebender turned around and picked it up.
"I see you have failed the task I have given to you." The timebender said, looking at Katara.
"I got you your crystal! That was the task!" Aang yelled.
"This task was a test, to see your responsibility. Clearly, you don't have good responsibility." The old man said.
That threw Aang off the edge. "A test!? MY FRIEND IS DEAD BECAUSE OF A TEST!?" Aang shouted.
The timebender walked up to him.
"You better be lucky I can't bend here, because if I could, I'd rip you to shreds!" Aang yelled.
In a second, The timebender swooped Katara in his arms.
"Give her back!" Aang yelled.
"I am not as bad of a person as you think I am, young Avatar." The man said.
"What do you mean!?" Aang asked, harshly, "You killed her!"
"This was a test, a test that you failed, but, I kept a promise, a promise that if you return my crystal, I would bring your friend back to her age-,"
"But you-," Aang interrupted.
"Alive," The timebender said, faintly smiling.
Aang's eyes filled with tears of joy, "You'll bring her back!?"
"Yes,"
The timebender took Katara into another room and Aang waited.
In an hour, the Timebender walked out.
"Is she?" Aang asked.
"Yes, she is alive, she will still be sick for about a week though, it will be like a cold…You may see her now, then take her with you," the man said.
"Thank you," Aang said, walking into the room.
Katara was fourteen again, sleeping, and she was breathing fine. Aang ran over.
"Katara…….you're okay." He said, giving her a hug.
She woke up from her sleep and said, "Aang?" She yawned. "What happened?"
"You….uh…when the man asked for the crystal you got dizzy from hitting your head and you fell unconscious, then we found out you had a fever, so….you're here." Aang lied.
"Oh, okay," She said, before passing out.
Aang smiled and picked her up, carrying her to Appa, who had just gotten acquainted with Sayuri. He placed her on Appa and Sokka and Toph got on Sayuri.
They drove back to the home of Yat Sen and thanked him for his help. He said that it would be best for Sayuri to stay with them so that the Sky Bison would not die out. (he..he) Momo met with his parents again and….well, unfortunately the only way to rebuild the lemurs was….yeah, not gonna go into that.
As for Aang and Katara, Aang stayed with Katara until she got better, and once she was…
They lived happily…ever…..after…
The End