Chapter Seven: Almost Lost


Sokka had come through the trap door with an evil grin on his face. He was going to try to sneak up on her. He crept closer and closer to her, his hands ready to grab her and knock her down. He jumped at her, and knocked her down. She cried out in surprise. She shoved him off.

"What is wrong with you?" she yelled at him angrily. Her face had turned a bright red. He brushed off his shirts and knelt down on the ground, smirking.

"Wow, you're easier to get worked up than I thought." He joshed.

"Don't EVER try to sneak up on me again!" she yelled at him. She was angry now.

"Jeeze, it was just a joke!" he said. He was surprised she'd get this mad.

"Don't make me throw you in a pit!" she threatened. She wasn't really going to do that. She didn't even know why she'd said that, it just slipped out.

Sokka stood up. "Lighten up!"

"I'll show you lighten up!" she yelled, sticking a hand in his face. A yellow light was starting to appear in her hand.

He stepped back in fear. He didn't know what she could do, and he didn't want to find out. She could seriously hurt him. He almost fell back as the ball of light grew and grew until it engulfed Li inside of it. Her clothes flapped about as if there was a wind, but there was nothing to blow them like that. Her eyes had gone black, including her tattoos.

The ball suddenly started to swirl with black, making it look polluted and diseased, instead of the pureness it used to have. Her dark bending and light bending was mixing together!

"Li! Stop!" Sokka pleaded with her. His screams could be heard from inside the base, and the others came rushing out. They stood there in shock. They couldn't believe what was happening. It was like what happened when Aang's avatar spirit was trigerred.

'What am I doing? What's going on?' were the words that Li was thinking. She couldn't believe what she was doing, or why she was doing it. Her mind was racing, and she was terrified. She could see Sokka's face, and couldn't bear it. She gathered her strength and focus tried to stop what she was doing. It was like something was taking over her body.

The swirling black started to disappear from the ball of light, and the ball of light started to shrink off of Li. Her tattoos and eyes stopped glowing as well. Her body fell limp onto the ground, and she was unconscious. Kai rushed to her and tried to get her back into the base. Sokka was frozen to the ground, still in disbelief and shock. They had to carry Li back to the base, but they didn't put her in her room. She just brought her into the main room and left her there with Katara. She and Aang went to get the others. They hoped they could help. The dragged Sokka into the base, with him being half petrified and all.

After they left, Li quickly woke up. She gasped in shock at the state that Sokka was in. She clasped her mouth with her hand, tears almost coming to her eyes. She shook him, trying to wake him up, but she didn't get a reply. He didn't even move much. She put her hand on his chest to feel for his heart beat. She could barely feel it, and his body was cold. She'd scared him half to death!

Tears spilled out of her eyes like a hurricane. "Sokka! No!" she cried, grabbing him in her arms. Small white lights came from her hands and soaked into his back, slowly, his stiff body became softer. He became warmer as well. His eyes blinked and looked around. He saw that he was in Li's crying arms. His entire face went red.

Li's eyes opened wide. She could hear his breathing, and she felt him warmer. She pulled away, and stared at him wide eyed. "Sokka!" she cried, grabbing him again. He tried to squirm out of her grip. He pushed her off.

Sokka rubbed his head. "Ugh, what happened? And why were you hugging me?" he asked her.

She blushed and tried to explain, but she was too embarrassed for words. "I-um-well you see…" she said, tripping over her words. "I-um- almost killed you." She said, trying to make it sound like it wasn't that big of a deal. It didn't work.

"WHAT?" he cried jumping up. "You've just gone from creepy to freakish Li! Congratulations!" He then ran off out the trap door. She got up and ran off to go after him.

"Sokka! Wait!" she called, trying to get him to stop. She wanted to apologize, but she didn't even know how to apologize to somebody after almost killing them.

"Leave me alone you dark bender!" he yelled with out turning around. He ran to the beach and to the edge of the dock. He sat on the edge and stared out at the ocean.


"Leave me alone you dark bender!" said an air bender. All Li had wanted to do was play with the young boy, and he had rejected her like old cheese.

Li, who was only seven at the time burst into tears and ran away. She hated being a dark bender, and being ridiculed for it. She wanted to turn into a bird and fly away, but unfortunately she hadn't mastered shape shifting yet.


This sad memory quickly flashed before Li's eyes, and it brought her to tears. This time though, she was able to change into a bird. With a swish of her hand she shrunk into a bird and she started to fly away. She flew towards the ocean, planning to fly back to her original home. The Northern Air Temple.


Xlo: The sadness! Oh the sadness!

Li: Sokka…

Xlo: Oh, you poor thing…