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I Will Remember You

By YoungGrasshopper7

I will remember you

Will you remember me?

Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

It was a cold and sullen day flying on Appa. A rather thick mist hung in the air, which made the flight a little more challenging than usual, but it didn't endanger any of the four lives that were parked on the bison's back. Aang sat atop Appa's head, staring off into the open space. He was supposed to be navigating, but the paper scroll that was sprawled out in front of him, adorned with various colored ink dots, was the last thing on his mind.


Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad

Aang began to wonder. Since he was the Avatar, there were at least one thousand other Avatars before him, right? When he, Sokka and Katara had visited the Southern Air Temple, Aang had opened the door to the Sanctuary, revealing the thousand stone statues of the past Avatars standing on a blue line, encircling the entire Sanctuary, all the way up to the ceiling. Air, Water, Earth, and Fire…it was a continuous cycle.

…so why couldn't he figure it out?


I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

All those Avatars were supposed to be living in him as spirits. But the only one he had talked to was Avatar Roku. Wouldn't he know what the others were like, since they were almost living in him? He only knew two others, and that was Avatar Kyoshi and the Avatar the spirit Koh told him about. But he never talked to either of them. And he never knew about Roku's past, either. It was all a mystery, never unfolded by the young Airbender.


I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard

This had been bothering him for the longest time. A thousand lives, a thousand enemies, and a thousand times of mastering the elements, and none were his. How many times did he marry? How many children did he have? How many times did he get angry, befriend, or cry over loss? Aang wanted to spill this out to someone, but he couldn't come across the words to explain. Being frozen in an iceberg for a hundred years and catching up on everything he missed was confusing enough. …when he dies and is reborn into the Water Tribe, is anyone going to remember him?


But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Katara looked up from swirling some of the mist out of boredom. "Look out! Aang, we're going to fly into those geese." Aang was awoken from his daze and quickly pulled Appa's reins to the left, narrowly dodging the flock of befuddled, honking birds. Sokka pushed a stray goose off the saddle and sighed. "Weren't you paying attention?" Aang just rolled up the parchment scroll and jammed it in the shoulder bag. Katara had removed her mitten once more and began altering the fog again.

I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to lose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

Would he ever be able to remember Katara, who was practically his savior? She was the one who got him out of the iceberg in the first place. She was the one who left her home to help him on his journey. She was the one who rescued him and stood up for him when he was in trouble. She was the one who taught him the art of Waterbending when Master Pakku could not. And she was…the one whom he would remember forever.


And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories

I will remember you…will you remember me?