Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who replied last chapter. Wow, when I was adding this to the Doc Manager, I realized something. This chapter concludes week two! I'm really excited to see how far this story has come. Thanks to all my readers for all your support. I'm finally going to come through with a story until the end!
Dear Diary,
Dad and Sokka have been getting together more and more often to plan the invasion. On my night duty with Aang, I always catch them sneaking to the hull to plot it. It's getting kind of annoying. Dad still feels Sokka needs help? He's babying him. Sokka figured all of our plans on his own, and they always turned out for the better. Sokka came up with this plan, and Dad wants to take credit for it. Why can't he just mind his own business?
Aang's fever has been going badly. I feel so bad; it's really done a number on his body. I wonder how much more he can take. I just had to mess up, didn't I? Aang is suffering and it's my entire fault. It's hard to watch him like this, so fragile and vulnerable. Even after all this time, I still picture him as the energetic little boy that he always was.
I've kind of grown accustomed to Aang having hair. I guess that when it was just stubble, it wasn't very appealing, but now that it's getting longer, it's actually kind of cute. It suits him well, and in my opinion, even makes him look even more mature. I like playing with it occasionally, and I can tell by the contentment on Aang's face that he likes it, too.
Sokka has been growing his hair out, too. The sides of his head that he used to shave are now becoming thick with hair. He says that a 'warrior's wolf tail' is a sign of the water-tribe, and he doesn't want to give us away with it. I don't care if my hairstyle gives us away, I'm keeping it in. I want to stay as connected as I can with my culture on this foreign and disgusting ship. Even though I still wear my water-tribe garbs, they are concealed under a thick, scratchy fire-nation robe that trails behind me when I walk. It is quite annoying.
Aang's healing session today was a success. Well, not a complete success, because Aang is still asleep, but at least he's feeling better. I don't think that his fever would really deter Aang's waking up. He would be able to wake up with or without the fever. The matter of concern is how badly damaged his body is, especially the infection, which seems to be causing him the most pain. If that clears up, there will be no doubt Aang will wake up. That is what kept him from waking up sooner, anyway.
I'm almost confident Aang will wake up, now. Not right now, but after about a week, maybe less. This time, however, I'm not going to be so naïve. I'll make sure I will heal Aang thoroughly each and every day until he gets better.
Since I am almost sure that Aang will wake up, my main concern right now is that he will feel no pain. The only thing worse than seeing an unconscious Aang in pain, is seeing a fully conscious Aang in pain. It hurts even more that way. It saddens me to think that he will most likely be in some pain when he wakes up, but I at least want to lessen it as much as possible. I wish I could do more.
Our gaang has still not grown accustomed to the fact that Aang is gone. This place seems so strange without him. It makes me think, when the war is over, what am I going to do? At the beginning of our adventure, I told myself 'Back to the South Pole, of course; back to my home.' But now, I wonder, where is my home? I used to think that my home was my birthplace, where I was raised. But now, I am starting to doubt that. Would I really feel at home there? The answer is no. I wouldn't. I would feel lonely and lost and confused. Then, the big question is, 'Where is my home?' I've been to so many places, every one of them was kind of like my home for awhile. But, I know what the solid answer is. It narrows it down to one specific place, yet it could be anywhere.
My home is wherever Aang is.
That pretty much wraps up my day. Time to go home.
-Katara
Author's Note: Week Two: Complete. One last thing. Guess what guys? I thought of a new story the other day! That would make two stories that I'm going to write after this one. One will be relatively short, so I'll post that first. It will be about ten chapters + an epilogue. (I love those things!) The other one is pretty intense and I'm not sure how long it will be. All I can tell you is it's a pretty epic idea that was created out of the blue. I'm actually not relating it to pieces of the show this time! I don't know why, but I like filling in blank spaces of the show. I'm also thinking of making this one-shot I had on my mind for one time. I don't know, just stuff to keep ya busy! ;) Read & Reply!
Just to let you guys know, when Katara says 'Time to go home', it was just a snazzy little way of saying 'Time to see Aang'. So, yeah. Just thought that would be pretty funny.