Chapter 11

We all ran to the oasis.

"Zhao, don't!" Aang yelled at a firebender I had never seen before. He was holding a wiggling sack that could not have held anything but the moon spirit. Another hooded figure was staring at him.

"It's my destiny, to destroy the moon and the water tribe."

This guy was crazy.

"Destroying the moon won't just hurt the water tribe. It will hurt everyone, including you. Without the moon, everything would fall out of balance. You have no idea what kind of chaos that would unleash on the world!" Aang said.

"He is right, Zhao," The hooded figure said in an old man's voice.

"General Iroh, why am I not surprised to discover your treachery?"

Really, how many members of the royal fire nation family was I going to be meeting in one night? Iroh pulled down his hood, revealing an old, wise face with long white hair and a matching goatee.

"I'm no traiter, Zhao, the fire nation needs the moon, too, we depend upon the balance! Whatever you do to that spirit I'll unleash on you ten-fold! Let it go, now!"

His words were now spoken in a loud and commanding tone. I bended some water out of the oasis and faced it at him.

"As will I!" I said, my voice only quavering a tiny bit. He laughed an evil laugh.

"Oh, no, I feel so intimidated!"

He then opened the bag and let the moon spirit slide back out into the pool. It sped over to swim in harmony once again with the water spirit. I breathed a sigh of relief and let my water drop. The moon changed back to its normal color. I looked at Zhao. He was staring at the fish in anger. Suddenly, he sent a blast of fire at the moon spirit. The moon was struck directly in the heart. It drifted upside-down. The moon went out. It was dead.

Yue was staring at the dead fish, her face a mixture of grief and pain. I felt like there was something missing in my mind and heart. The water spirit was spinning alone, now, in a circle around the moon spirit.

Iroh picked up the moon spirit.

"It's over," said Yue, almost in tears.

"No," said Aang. "It's not over."

I looked over at him. His eyes and arrows were glowing a blue-white. He began to walk into the pool. He sat cross-legged. The water spirit began to circle him, and I could see a blue-white light in front of my own eyes. The water spirit's eyes were also glowing. Suddenly, a bright blue glow erupted from the entire oasis, blinding everyone. When we could see again, a giant blue amphibian with skin the texture of water was walking out of the pool and out towards the sea. I could see Aang in its center.

I felt a surge of energy I had never felt before. I longed to go fight alongside it on its way to the ships, but I stayed in the oasis to try and save the moon.

"It's too late, it's dead," said Katara as Iroh placed the fish back into the water. Iroh looked at Yue.

"You have been touched by the moon spirit. Some of its power is in you."

"No!" I shouted. Yue couldn't do this.

"I'm sorry, Kya. I have to do this. It gave me life, maybe I can give it back."

Sokka cried out.

"No! You don't have to do that," he said, reaching out for Yue.

"It's my duty, Sokka."

"I won't let you! Your father told me to protect you!" he said desperately. I grabbed her hand.

"Please, Yue. I need you here." I said.

"I have to do this," she said, pulling away from my hand. She walked into the pool, placed her hands on the fish, and closed her eyes.

"Yue, no!" I shouted, now in tears. It was too late. Her body dropped into Sokka's arms.

"No!" he cried. "She's gone, she's gone!"

Yue's body faded away as the koi fish started to glow. A spirit that looked like Yue floated up from the oasis, and the fish. She looked at me.

"Kya, no matter what, I will always be your sister. When you need me most, I will come. You know what you need to do."

She turned to Sokka.

"Goodbye, Sokka," she said. "I will always be with you."

She floated down and they kissed. Yue disappeared up into the moon.

I couldn't cry. I just couldn't. I knew tears would come later, but I felt like a block of stone. I looked up. The amphibian Aang had defeated the fire navy ships. The creature dissolved and Aang drifted to the ground. I looked up. The moon was as bright as it ever was, shining up in the sky.

It was a few days later when I finally figured out what Yue meant when she said 'You know what you need to do.' The tears had come, then, and then I waited for Sokka to finish talking with my father. I walked up to my father as Sokka walked away. He spoke as I approached him.

"You know, I'm not the least bit mad at you for fighting."

"You aren't?" I asked, surprised.

"No, I'm not. You're old enough to take care of yourself, I should have known that before." he said apologetically.

"Father, if I'm old enough to take care of myself, can I maybe… travel with Aang, Katara, and Sokka?"

He looked at me for a second. Then, carefully, he spoke.

"Of course, Kya."

I smiled.

A/N: Don't worry, entire episodes won't normally be 11 chapters long! I'm going to try to write a chapter per episode, and skip as many filler episodes as possible. Please let me know if there is a filler you do NOT want me to skip. Thank you SO, SO, SO, SO, SO much for reading, I have loved writing the first 11 chapters. Hope you stick around for the other 50 something chapters ! :)