A/N: This… is for Shadowsister, who just recently got into the Avatar fandom. Shades, thanks for everything. Hope you like this.
Title: Gift
Author: Red Hawk K'sani
Word Count: 221
Warnings: None
Challenge: A small gift for Shadowsister.
Pairings: None
Katara had only just recently thought of how to show her appreciation and sisterly love for Aang. It was the Spring Equinox, and a holiday like no other in the Earth Kingdom.
Slowly, she bended water into a puddle and froze it into place. Pulling the ice up into a vague lump of some kind, she proceeded to chop off a piece here, a piece there, to make the sculpture complete.
She kept at it for an hour, two, three… Time flew by as she worked with exact precision, to make sure it was perfect. It had taken her so long to think of ice sculpting, and now she was determined not to mess it up.
For a brief moment, she paused. Why am I wasting so much time on this? she wondered. It was getting dark and she still had to add the finishing touches to the piece.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, a voice answered her: Because it's a gift. Because it is a beautiful form of self-expression and of showing gratitude: it is art, and it will be finished, no matter how long it takes.
A gift. That's why. Because it was a gift.
Smiling to herself, Katara continued with her sculpture, only satisfied when she could see the intricate details shining eerily in the moonlight.