As years went by, Sokka told himself it wasn't true. But the day he saw her again, after not having seen her for months, years even, he was hit by the truth full force. The picture was complete. The way she was standing there, young Iroh holding her skirts, Zula in her arms, she resembled her so eerily much.

After 12 years, Sokka finally dared to admit to himself that every time he thought of his mom, he saw Katara's face.

It wasn't as if he hadn't wanted to remember his mothers face, in fact, he had tried all he could to keep her close, but some way or another, Katara's face always appeared instead of his mothers.

Subconsciously it had taken him years to reason with himself. Why did he see his sisters face instead of his mothers? This very instance, he wondered why it had taken him years to figure it out, the answer had been there all along, right under his nose.

She had taken the place of his mom, in more ways then just one. She was the one that took care of him every time he was ill, she washed his cloths, she made his pain go away every time he had hurt himself while "training" the toddlers of the village how to fight, she chased his nightmares away, and most importantly, she was there every time he thought up his ideas, and helped him develop them.

Basically, she did everything a mom did, or was supposed to do. And that's when he swapped her face with his mothers.

Instead of keeping his thoughts and appreciation for her all to himself, he walked up to her, and whispered into her ear:

"When I think of mom, I see your face. You've been there for me, all my life, never letting me down, and I just want to thank you, for you're both my sister and my mom. I love you Kat."

He was surprised to see tears forming in Katara's eyes.

"You don't know how much that means to me Sokka" Katara paused for a bit to put Zula down. "To be honest, for quite some time, it was the same for me with you and dad. When I saw him again, after such a long time, it was as if I was waking up from a dream, a good dream, and I was so scared I was going to lose you, lose the bond we had…….

I'm so glad you came today, I missed having you around…..But I think you should meet someone first, well actually two little someones….Meet your niece and nephew, Zula and Iroh."

Sokka was knocked down by the combined force of the children jumping in his arms.

Looking at them, he saw a strange combination between Zuko and his sister. Both had a slightly more tan skin then Zuko, but still a lot lighter then his and Katara's. Katara's fierce blue pierce was directed at him, in the form of a little boy.

"Uwnkle Sokka, did you cwame to teachs me waterbwending?"

Sokka couldn't help but laugh at that, the heir of the fire nation, water bending. He then saw Zuko and Suki walking up to them. Zuko had offered to give Suki and him a tour around the newly decorated Castle, but Sokka had insisted on seeing Katara first.

After all, he had already waited a couple of years too long to see her again.

"Oh….and Sokka? I…I have another surprise for you……I'm expecting another one…."

No matter how much Sokka liked having lots of nephews and nieces, he fainted at the idea of Zuko and Katara creating their newest addition….

Everything truly was back to normal

A/n

Sorry that I have been neglecting this fic for some time. I just was busy and the ideas stopped coming. I do plan to continue this though, because I enjoy writing this.

Thanks for taking the time to read this :D

~~ destiny's charm ~~