Chapter 2: Katara
"Now your destinies are intertwined with his."
What did her grandmother mean? Was it so simple as watching out for Aang and guiding him through his mission to learn all the bending elements, or was their more? Everything was so complicated. She had a destiny of her own to live and she didn't even know what it was. Her mother was gone because of the Fire Nation, and her father was away at war. Aang, like her, had little experience in what he was doing. He was supposed to restore balance to the world, and she was supposed to make a journey across the world with him. Sozen's comet would come by the summer's end and she felt the responsibility Aang carried like it was her own. If he didn't master the elements before the comet arrived, it would be her fault, too.
She looked at Aang. He was upset, she knew. He had been a long time with the frozen frogs. What had happened? Why wouldn't he share it with her?
She would have to wait. He would let them know when he was ready, she hoped. Pressing him for what had happened would probably just upset him. He was strong and he would be okay, she knew.
In lives past, he had never given up. He may never have faced circumstances like these before, but he would end the war and restore to the world to peace. The peace a generation almost entirely lost to time had known. If he couldn't give up, could she? If she was indeed a part of the avatar's destiny was it not her duty to the world to keep the hope he spread with her always. She had to live up to Aang's destiny, and make sure it was fulfilled. He would complete his destiny, and she would complete her own. Worrying only delayed their efforts.
She looked at Aang. He had to realize that now. He had to realize worrying would only slow him down. He could complete his destiny if he set his eyes on the importance of the hope he shone on the world.