Chapter 3

Let the Ocean Journey Begin

Katara woke up from the smell of burning flesh and leaped out of bed, packing up her things and pulled on her parka and slipped out of her room and headed outside and saw a lifeboat and was about to leap in then screamed as she saw a bloody dead body in the boat and ran to another life boat and leaped in, luckily no one dead in it and waterwhiped the rope and it dropped into the ocean as she waterbended herself away from the ship and watch it disappear into the distance and pulled out her journal and began writing,

'Dear Dairy,

Day 16,

The great escape,

I managed to escape from the ship, but I know that they are turning around; I overheard some people last night. Anyways, I am free from the illness for now, and here I am in the middle of the ocean, starving, it have been 15 days since I have eaten, I feel like I am committing suicide without knowing it. If only there were land somewhere near by, I would be able to catch some fish, then start a fire, and cook the tasty thing! But no, no food, no shelter, nothing, water, I don't think so, salt water yuck! But it would make me sick anyways from the dead bodies I saw that have been thrown over bored from the ship.

I have no idea where I am, I don't have a map, but I know I am heading north, since my ship was heading south. I hope Sokka, Gran-gran, and father are all well, I haven't contacted them in a long time, perhaps if I ever make it to a village, I could write a letter saying where I am, and what happened, I need to start writing letters to myself now, I am starting to feel so lonely.

Now my little money problem:

I am very poor,

I barely have any money; I am going to have to get a job or something like that as far as I know.

Anyways, not much to say no, drifting along the currents, the last thing I need to worry about a storm hitting me and dealing with the waves!

So anyways, I am going to have a quick nap, wish me good safety.

Love Katara.'

Katara instantly fell asleep once she slipped her journal back into her bag.

Katara woke up from the sun shinning and looked around, still nothing, talk about luck!

Katara opened her journal once again and began,

'Dear Mother,

Day 17,

Ocean travel, Day 2:

I am still in the middle of no where, I am begging to catch something far in the distance, so I am heading over that direction, Northern-West, I hope I make it to an Earth Nation territory, I am not really hoping for Fire Nation Territory, I think General Iroh have taken over from the fall of Ozai, and Prince Zuko, heir to the throne, I still remember him, I have to admit he is a powerful bender, he was the one who helped Aang defeat Ozai, but Zuko didn't want to kill his own father, so the Avatar spirit did it for him.

I wonder how those two are doing. I wonder how Toph and Aang are too, at first I thought that Toph had a crush on Aang, but Aang had a crush on me, and I had a crush on no one.

I am beginning to see land now, if I am lucky it will be land that has a village, where I could get a job, and make money and start a life there.

Anyways, time to write to Sokka.

Dear Sokka,

How are you? I am fine; well not really; I am here in the middle of the ocean, probably the only survivor left that was once on the ship, people died quickly, it made me sick seeing people vomit blood, sick indeed. Aang would've died just by seeing the illness. The illness was making people turn pale, ghost pale, dead pale! Yes dead pale! They were creeping me out.

As I was escaping to find a lifeboat I nearly jumped in one with a dead bloody, rotten body, oh it was just sick! Anyways I found a clean one, no dead body in it; hopefully there wasn't ever a dead body in it! Anyways, how is dad and everybody, I heard Master Pasku and Gran-gran were supposed to get married, is it true? Well not like you can tell me right away but anyways not much going on here, floating in the middle of no where, but I am begging to see land now, all there is left to do is hope.

Just to inform you I have no eaten in 17 days! I am starving, so when you eat, compare your hunger to mine! Got that, good, you better have, because the next time I hear you complain that you are, 'starving', get a life!

So nothing more to say Sokka, I'll see you soon, eventually!

Love your dear sister,

Katara

P.S: Say hi to everyone for me!'

'Dear Aang,

How is it back at home? How are the people treating you there? I hope you are fine, me, nothing much, sometimes I wish that Appa would suddenly appear and take me North, but hey, he is your pet, and I am in the middle of the ocean! Not much to do, but waterbend and think about food!

Have you heard about Toph lately? I am sure she is doing great, now since she has freedom since she proved her parents that she is more than capable to wipe out an enemy! HA! I miss her little nickname calling sometimes, she is really good at it, I mean Twinkle-toes suits you perfectly since you are and airbender! Sugar Queen, I don't know about my name, and Hot-head Zuko, remember how Iroh used to tease him about 'Zuzu' poor Zuko, old childhood nickname comes to haunt you! Well got to go, I am beginning to see land as I told Sokka in my other letter, well see you soon.

Your Friend,

Katara.'

Disclaimer: Whoa! 15 days without food! AH! Someone feed Katara! Okay Chapter 4 coming up!