Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


Snuggled against her boyfriend Katara tried to relax, but her thoughts wouldn't be silenced. The past few days had been a whirlwind of new information and the newest was currently battling for space in her preoccupied mind.

Everything was changing.

The wind carried the chill of the south. Soon she would be home and her impromptu vacation would turn into work. She wondered if Dad knew about Sokka and Toph. Would he approve?

Lost in thought, she missed most of Aang's speech. It wasn't until the carved stone dangled in front of her nose that she realized what he'd proposed.