Disclaimer: I WISH I owned Avatar, but I don't. Grr!
A/N: Ah! Thanks for all the reviews! I'm so glad all of you liked it! This chapter will focus on Xantara and Katara. And the next chapter will focus on Blaise and Zuko, just so you know.
Chapter 2 You Rise with the Moon, I Rise with the Sun Part 1
Once Upon A Dream
She screamed. She didn't know where she was or how she ended up there. The girl had merely awoken from a nightmare and bolted up when she didn't recognize the surroundings around her. She had seen dirt and trees before her vision got blurry from the tears pouring down her cheeks. She yelled from panic, from fright, from everything that would scare a six-year-old girl.
The girl next to her had awoken immediately from the scream along with her other three companions but she was the one that rushed to the girl. She hugged the sobbing child while the younger girl clung to the older one. Katara felt the tears wetting her own garments but kept on soothing the young girl.
"It's okay," Katara didn't know what had happened to the poor girl but figured it might have been a nightmare. The only thing that was calming the six-year-old was the girl hugging her and the re-assurance that everything was okay.
A sleepy boy rubbed his blue eyes and watched as his sister hugged the small child. He walked up to them and sat in between the Avatar and Toph. They watched as Katara whispered to Xantara and rubbed her back reassuringly. It was an amazing sight, it almost seemed like a mother-daughter moment would it have been in a different surrounding, in a different time with only Katara and Xantara.
"What happened?" asked a sleepy Aang.
"What do you think would've happened Twinkle Toes?" Toph answered annoyed.
The young girl in Katara's arms giggled and answered the Avatar's question. "I had a nightmare,"
"And that's all it is, a nightmare, nothing more." Katara whispered as she laid her cheek on the girl's head.
"Well if that's all," Sokka got up and walked back to where he was previously sleeping. "I'm going to go to sleep. Good night." He fell back to sleep before his head hit the pillow.
Xantara giggled again and leaned in closer to Katara. She hugged her around the waist again and soon fell asleep against her mother. Aang looked softly at the sight in front of him while Toph just stayed silent.
"Come on, guys. We'd better get to sleep," Katara whispered as she tried to make herself comfortable while still having her arms around Xantara.
Once Katara lied down, she looked up at the sky. The stars were twinkling and the pale moon shined brightly. Katara sighed. So much had happened that day. Early in the morning, Sokka and Toph started to fight. After that they had stopped at an Earth Kingdom village to get food and supplies and Sokka was fighting with Momo for taking his boomerang. Once those two had calmed down, they heard someone yelling and the same person sobbing. All four of them rushed over to the noise and found the little girl who was now in Katara's arms. After figuring out that the girl came from the future, Katara had tried to make the girl stop calling her mommy but had no success.
Katara looked down at Xantara. The girl had Katara's wavy coffee-colored tresses and had the same sapphire eyes as her mother. Xantara's hair had two elastics at the nape of her neck which made her hair into two pigtails. The girl had almost the same colored skin as Katara but was just a bit lighter. She wore a dress that was the same style as Katara's but instead it was a light red, an almost a pink color. Katara wondered why, if Xantara was really her daughter as the girl had claimed, the color was a shade of red instead of blue? With that last thought, Katara fell asleep.
Katara's Dream In Her P.O.V.
I looked around me and saw a vast land full of green grass on the right of me and directly in front of me was a flower garden. There were stones leading the way to a red gazebo which was in the middle of the flower garden. From where I was standing, I could see two emblems from two different nations. There was a pale blue glow coming from the symbol of the Water Tribe and to the left of it was the insignia of the Fire Nation which gave off a glow of red, a blood red.
I turned around when I heard sobbing. There was a woman down on her knees with her head in her hands. The woman had bronze-colored hair that shone in the sunlight and wore a blue dress. There was a man hugging the woman and was dressed in red. Unlike the woman, I noted that the man had black hair. He was trying to calm down the woman in his arms while, he too, started crying. His voice was deep but it seemed familiar to me.
I stepped closer to the couple as the woman turned at clutched the man like a lifeline. Something bright shone in the sunlight and that's when I noticed it was the thing that the Fire Ladies wore in their hair, what was the name of that thing? Think Katara! I came up with nothing. I concluded that the man had to be her husband and the Fire Lord and that's when I panicked.
Did Aang defeat Lord Ozai? If he did then who is this new "Fire Lord"? Would it be Prince Zuko? I shuddered at the thought. No, he can't be…can he? If he is, then who is his wife? That's when my eyes shot back to the gazebo. The glows of the insignias stopped but that's when I noticed that it wasn't only the Fire Nation's symbol that was there. There was the Water Tribe's as well! My eyes shot back to the couple in front of me. That's when I heard the woman speak.
"How did this happen?"
"You know that it was supposed to happen. You remember, don't you?" he lifted her chin and wiped away the tears that fell from her eyes with his thumbs.
The woman smiled sadly before she brought her owns hands up and wiped his tears away. "Of course I remember. How could I not? But it's dangerous! You remember that we almost lost them!"
"But you're forgetting that they survived it," his voice was soft and loving.
I cooed at the sight before the woman spoke again. "But what if they don't? You heard what your uncle said. It could still change. We told them to be careful to not fight anywhere near the gazebo because they were going to get transported to the past. But she never told me anything about me saying that when she went back."
"Everything will be okay," the woman leaned her head on the man's shoulder so I could see her face.
She had almost the same color skin as me except a bit darker but had my same azure eyes. I noticed that she had a necklace around her neck. My hand reached up to my own and I fingered it. It was exactly like my own. Oh no! She can't be! Can she? My question got answered.
"Listen to me Katara," the man lifted her face again. "Everything will be fine. They'll be okay, I promise. Nothing will happen to them, trust me." The man pleaded.
I swear that my heart stopped beating and that my breathing stopped. That's me? But that's not possible…wait. I pondered something for a while. She woman had the exact same chocker that I had but she was wearing something that was not of the Water Tribe's, the clip in her hair. Oh heck no! I whispered to myself as I unconsciously walked up to my future self.
"What happened?" my head shot up and I saw an older looking Sokka followed by a taller, more muscular Aang, and a more lady-like Toph.
"It happened," the man replied but when back to hugging my future self.
"What do you mean?" Aang asked when they reached the couple and me.
Toph sighed in annoyance. "What do you think Twinkle Toes?"
I giggled at Toph retort before my future-self spoke. "They went back,"
"It happened?" Sokka questioned as he kneeled down by me—er, the older me—and patted her back.
"Yeah, but there wasn't anything we could do to stop it," the man whispered as he closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
"Yes there was!" my future-self stood up hastily. "There was always something we could have done!"
"Like what? What do you suggest we should have done Katara? Please enlighten me," the man also stood up, his voice full angry frustration.
"Lock them up in the palace? I don't know! But we should have done something! We could have done something!" the future-Katara cried in desperation.
The man sighed. "That's what we did Katara. We had them locked up for the past few weeks because we tried to avoid this but you have to face it, Katara—"
"—face what?"
"Katara, you have to face the fact that it was destined for Xantara and Blaise to go back in time,"
So this was really my future-self. Xantara wasn't really lying. I felt so bad, so guilty. Xantara had gone off saying that Blaise, who was apparently her brother, called her a liar, he told her that she was living a lie, that nobody, as in the past Toph, Sokka, Aang and myself, would believe that she was telling the truth. And to be perfectly honest, even after I said that I believed her, I really didn't. I mean, how could someone believe something like that? It was insane! The sound of my future voice broke my thoughts.
"But what if they aren't safe—"
"—they're with us Katara; they are going to be fine. I promise, just trust me. And besides, it's your past as well, you should know."
"I know, but I can't help but feel that there were some things I should have done differently while Xantara was in the past…" Future-Katara replied with her voice trailing off.
"Don't you think I wanted to do the same thing with Blaise?" he walked to his wife and placed his hands on her shoulders while Future-Katara looked up.
"I know, you've told me, but…I don't know," she sighed. "I just want my babies back,"
"I want the same thing Katara, I really do. But unfortunately, we can't do anything except wait until they return. None of us can do anything." the man motioned to Sokka, Aang, and Toph.
"I miss Blaise and Xantara already," Future-Katara whispered.
"Me too, Love, me too. You have no idea how much I want them back…" the man's voice trailed off as the sight before started to fade.
I watched helplessly as the woman continued to cry and the man hugged her while Future-Sokka rubbed her back. I also noticed that Aang had his arms around Toph's waist while he hugged her from behind. I smiled at the sight of the two. Even though I knew that the circumstances that they were going through were hard and painful, they looked happy. Toph and Aang looked so happy with each other. And while my future-self and my future husband were sad, I could help but feel the love that I had for him, well…in a future sense. Suddenly everything feel dark and I was in a dreamless sleep.
End of Katara's Dream
"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! WAKE UP!" shrieked an enthusiastic six-year-old girl.
Four bodies, two of them females, the other two males, shot straight up. They all looked around at each other but all their eyes met up at the young girl who stood in the center.
"What time is it?"
"It's dawn!"
"Why are you waking me up at dawn? I'm going back to sleep," once Sokka's head hit the pillow, he fell back into a deep slumber.
"Why are you waking us up at dawn? questioned a sleepy Katara.
"I forgot how the saying goes…" Xantara trailed off.
"The sun is just barely rising," muttered Aang as he yawned.
It was as if a light bulb went off in her head because Xantara replied. "I rise with the sun!"
Katara stared wide-eyed at the girl. "You rise with the sun?"
"Uh huh!" The girl skipped over to Katara. "And so does Daddy, but he says you don't like it because you like to get your beauty sleep."
"Daddy…rises with the sun, too?" Katara asked slowly as she started to put two and two together.
"Uh huh! He said that me and him rise with the sun and that you and Blaise rise with the moon," the girl beamed for knowing that knowledge.
Katara stood up hastily and picked up the little girl, who was giggling at the time, also. She told Toph and Aang that she would be right back and walked down onto the sand of the island. Katara set Xantara down about ten feet from the water while she sat next to it.
"I don't get it…" she muttered.
"What don't you get Mommy?" Katara winced at the name but turned to look at Xantara who came to sit next to her.
"You look so much like me but yet you rise with the sun," the older girl explained as she looked onto the ocean and the colors that emitted from the rising sun.
"Blaise rises with the moon," Xantara supplied.
"He does, does he?" Katara smiled at Xantara's attempt to cheer her up.
"Yep, but he's not here right now…" Xantara looked down at the ocean and started to draw designs in the water with her index finger.
"You miss him don't you?"
"Yeah, but don't you too Mommy?" Xantara questioned innocently.
Katara sighed. "There's something you have to understand Xantara. I'm only fourteen, I won't have you for another, what? Two years? You came from the future, yeah genetically I am your mother but right now I'm really not…I'm sorry,"
"I know, back home Mommy told me and Blaise that if we ever got transported to the past then we had to…"
"Had to what?" Katara looked curiously at her future daughter.
"Nothing, let's talk about something else. Do you know who my daddy is?"
"Truth be told, I may have a hunch about who it is, but I'm not exactly sure…" Katara's voice trailed off as she started to remember her dream.
The glows of the insignias stopped but that's when I noticed that it wasn't only the Fire Nation's symbol that was there. There was the Water Tribe's as well!
"Who do you think it is?" Xantara asked as she put her feet into the water.
Katara hesitated. "The thing is…I don't want to be wrong but at the same time I don't want to be right,"
"I don't get ya," Xantara nodded her head in confusion as she looked up at Katara.
"I don't want to be wrong because I don't want to be worried over nothing but at the same time I don't want to be right because…I just don't want to be right." Katara explained as she looked at the bright sun.
"Well…what nation do you think he's from?"
"Um…"
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to Mom—Katara," Xantara whispered.
Katara smiled at Xantara. "You can call me Mommy if you want to, I mean, since you are used to it,"
"Thanks. So…you never answered my question. What nation do you think he's from?"
"My hunch is that he's from the Fire Nation. I mean all signs point to it. You rising with the sun, my dream…"
"Katara!" Katara and Xantara turned around and looked up at Aang who was up the hill. "We'd better get going!"
"Come on," the older girl muttered as she picked up the little girl.
After about twenty minutes, which fifteen were due to attempting to wake Sokka up, they were on the flying bison. Xantara squealed when Appa started going up into the air. Once Xantara got over the excitement, she started talking excitedly with "Auntie Toph".
Aang interrupted Xantara's rapid fire conversation with Toph. "Hey! Guys, look! There's Zuko's ship!" The young Avatar pointed to a ship not too far ahead.
"Really?" Xantara scrambled up and looked over Appa's saddle at the metal ship. I hope Blaise is with you Daddy.
A/N: Ah, chapter two. If Katara, Aang, Toph, and Sokka are out of character, forgive me. I hardly ever get the chance to watch Avatar, and when it actually is on, I either can't watch it or I'm not home. Also if there are any errors, I'm sorry about that. I don't have a beta but I try as best as I can.
I have some on chapter three done, which, hopefully, will be funny since it has to do with Blaise and Zuko.
Remember review! They make me happy and make me write faster, and if I write faster then the faster I update.
Okay, I edited this chapter after I had updated it so there's that.
Fluff Writer AKA Xiomara
P.S. something I wanted to clear up, just in case you were confused, it isn't after the second season even though it has Toph. So…Toph is in it, but the time frame is before the second season begins. I know, confusing but my mind wasn't really with me when I started writing this, and I didn't realize until the past Saturday. So, just bear with me. And just so you know it will have Azula.
Fluff heals the soul!
