All right sorry it took sooooooooooooooooooo long but hey you know how school is right? (Especially when your taking high school classes in the 8th grade) so yeah let me not rant on about my school life and get with the life of……um….the people….in…the story (yeah that's it)
Disclaimer: why do I always have to say I don't own avatar……it's embarrassing.
Chapter one: the water witch1 ½ years later……………
She rode into the night, all nights looked the same to her now. The winter cold air that never got warmer, the dark starless, moonless sky. Plus always the same result to her search, nothing. It was around the end of the day (you could never tell now a days unless you where fortunate enough to have a clock) she could tell for the sky that had been a dark blue had turned to black, so she decided to stop at a bar. After stabilizing Sun Dancer (her griffin) she made her way into the bar.
"Gimme a rice wine please" she ordered softly, dropping two copper pieces on the counter.
"Hey I've heard of you, you're the water witch aren't you?" the bar attendant asked.
"Can I just have my wine?" she snapped and the attendant went off to prepare it. She always hated it when people called her "the water witch" but the name had began to grow on her. Still she always preferred to be called by her real name, Katara. But she knew how risky that was. Being a wanted woman of the fire nation, the only one of her nation not captured, she couldn't say it didn't change her. It became too risky for her so she was forced to wear all black, dye her hair black as well to hide her nationality. For almost two years she'd been hiding she was searching for the one that got away, for Aang. He hadn't come back since he went in the water that day. Many still thought he was dead from the catacombs, obviously the fire nation didn't take the window of chance to lightly and let one last deadly strike to finish the war when Sozin's comet came back. But Katara still hoped Aang was alive, all she had to do was find him.
"Here's your wine," the attendant suddenly said breaking Katara thoughts. "Have a nice day."
Every spot in the bar seemed to be filled that night, every table, chair, stair and corner where all taken. Still to Katara's luck and her title of the water witch she managed to get a tight squeeze into a corner next and boy and a younger girl, who defiantly looked too young to be in a 16 or older bar.
"Hey kid aren't you a little too young to be in this bar?" Katara spewed.
"Actually I'm almost 15" the boy answered.
"Yeah well this is a 16 or older bar how'd you get in?" Katara asked again.
"Azula owns this bar," he suddenly mentioned.
"So! What does that have to do with anyt…?"
"Hey lady! leave my daddy alone, we don't talk to strangers?" a small child screamed from beside him.
"And who's this?" Katara hissed "you daughter? What did ya girlfriend walk out on you?"
"She's not my daughter," he made clear.
"Oh really" Katara snickered lightly "so what's you name kid?"
"It's aang" the boy responded taking off his hood.
"Aa-aang is it' really you? I-it's me Katara"
"Who?" aang asked puzzled.
"What do ya mean who!?" Katara snipped "Aang I'm Katara from three years ago…oh you don't know how long I've been-"
"Hey listen! Me and my daddy don't know who you are, and for the last time we don't talk to strangers!" The young girl repeated taking a stand on her small feet.
"You'll have to excuse Nana" Aang apologized. "But I really don't know who you are" aang stood as well and took Nana's hand.
"But aang you have to understand" Katara begged.
"I'm sorry but you have to wrong guy, I….I hope you find who your looking for, come on Nana." Aang and Nana began to head for the door but Katara wouldn't give up without a fight.
"Aang! Wait please" Katara knew it was him, she had never been more sure of anything in her life. As for aang he knew she wouldn't give up so at least decided to hear her out. "Please, I've been searching for you for so long just please" she pleaded a tear beginning to form in her eye. Aang's eyes widened at the sight of a girl he'd never even met balling over him. Something inside him began to rise within him and made him walk up and dry her tear.
"You have one day, one day and one day only to explain all this stuff your talking about." Aang finally agreed firmly.
"Daddy" Nana tugged at his pants.
"It's okay Nana" aang assured her.
"Fine I'll go with it but I won't like it" Nana answered sourly.
"Good girl now go put on your coat," he ordered. "Let's go!" he announced turning to Katara. She quickly put o her coat as well and made sure she was one step behind Aang and Nana.
Since Aang and Nana walked everywhere Katara thought to follow their lead and walk Sun Dancer behind them. There was a very long period of awkward silence between the three. So Katara took this time to observe the new Aang. His raven black hair that was once short was now almost shoulder length, and his split bangs covered everything but the middle of his head that was cover by the same ol' headband. She scaled her eyes down his body and rested them on Nana; she was clinging to his leg as he walked. He said she wasn't his daughter, Katara thought, so why do have this weird feeling in my stomach? Her thoughts where quickly stopped thought when aang pulled out a bow and arrow.
"This looks like a good spot" he finally said aiming at the top of a tree. He released the arrow letting it glide through the leafs catching fruit on the way and finally stopping on the trunk of a tree. Nana ran to the arrow and began eating the fruit while and just smiled patting her lightly on the head. Katara smiled at the pair, she always knew Aang would be a good father, especially after what happen back at their second visit to omashu all those years ago…………………
It was right after they learned how to get king Bumi back; Aang was still up feeding the fire while everyone slept. Of course though Tom Tom began crying while a tired Katara attended to him, but he wouldn't settle.
"Come on baby please settle down" Katara begged obviously exhausted taking a seat next to aang. "He just won't settle down" she informed him rocking Tom Tom.
"Here let me see if I can help" Aang offered taking Tom Tom from Katara hands. He began slowly rocking back and worth as well humming a soothing tune Katara often heard him play on his flute. And almost in no time at all the baby was asleep.
"Aang that's………" Katara suddenly soften her tone afraid to wake the baby again. "Thank you" she whispered. She began to take him way but he winced forcing Katara to lay him back to Aang's chest.
"Looks like I'm stuck with him" Aang joked and continued humming. Katara smiled at aang lightly as he hummed and huddled closer to him while taking the babies small hand in hers. Aang returned the warm smile and the trio in no time at all where all asleep. The thought of Aang raising new air benders in the world still fresh in Katara's mind.
Katara hadn't thought of that moment in awhile but it was thoughts like that, that brought those wonderful memories back, memories she wished to have once again.
"Da-daddy stop th-that tickles," Nana laughed as Aang playfully tickled her. They look so perfect together, Katara thought once more but found herself felling sad. Aang had lived a completely different life in those 2 ½ years. He had started another family without her.
"Here" Aang suddenly said handing Katara a plum.
"Thank you" Katara whispered taking it slowly. She had completely lost herself that moment in his eyes as she looked at him.
"Something wrong" Aang questioned sounding somewhat annoyed.
"Huh" Katara snapped back to reality "oh um no I'm just…er…..thank you" she mumbled on taking nibbles of her plum. Aang gave her a look of confusion but son attended to Nana.
"So where are we gona sleep tonight?" Nana asked.
"I don't know I'll se what I can find in the mean time you two can stay here" Aang stated.
"Her but daddy!"
"Nana" Aang said firmly
"Yes daddy" she young one sighed as Aang left. Katara on the other smiled at Nana as an attempt to at least be nice but Nana returned it with a shrug and a cold shoulder.
"Umm hey Nana" Katara finally blurted out in the mist of silence.
"Okay lets just get one thing strait," Nana firmly stated. "Me and my daddy have a very good system going for us here and we don't need some dinky dressed in black blast from the past to screw it up so just stay out of my territory."
Whoa red light, Katara screamed in her mind. She hadn't even said tow words to the girl and she already hates her, this day was not going well for Katara. But finally Aang came back and Nana's sweet exterior returned.
"Welp I found a place for us to stay, I found a barn down in a clearing" he explained as the trio made their way to his chosen resting area.
Aang and Nana made their ways inside the barn as Katara attended to Sun Dancer, but once finished just nervously stood in the doorway.
"Either you wanna freeze to death or your afraid to sleep with strangers" Aang walked up to her. The water bender slowly and quietly made her way inside only by Aang's lead.
"Good night daddy" Nana said yawning.
"Good night Nana" Aang returned and soundly kissed her forehead. Of course Katara couldn't help but giggle she found it quite obvious Aang had no idea what lied under Nana's sweet exterior, but oddly the two did match. Although Aang's features where defiantly different form Nana's dark skin and puffy black hair but still a match they were. As soon as Aang was sure Nana was asleep he ripped of his headband reveling his blue arrow still in place.
"Your air bending arrow" Katara mentioned trying to hold in her excitement.
"Yeah weird huh?" he answered moving towards her. "I never understood this thing."
"What do you mean it marks you as a master airbender silly." Katara joked.
"I know what it mean" Aang somewhat snapped. "I just don't know why I have it, I can't bend. Katara head went downcast. She knew everyone who was a bender was affected by what happened but she didn't think it would affect the avatar too.
"You too huh?" she mumbled. Knowing the conversation they were having would only get more awkward she laid on her bed roll slowly "good night Aang"
"Good night…uh… good night." Aang returned to saying and went to his resting place. Katara thought was almost in tears he didn't even remember my name. But there was still hope, tomorrow. The one day aang had given her to explain everything, a day she wouldn't take lightly. So for the remainder of the night instead of dreaming of the moment her and Aang finally reunited she planned out how she was going to explain all the mess that happened in those 2 ½ long years.
Blackrose's note: Welp there you have it the first real chapter (the first chapter –the fountain of youth- was really the prologue), and I know your still confused I'm sorry but everything will be all clear in chapter three…..for the most part. so quick summery without giving everything away: Aang's still missing (but could this boy katara mets really be Aang?) and Katara's looking for him, the fire nations completely taken over the world and captured all the water tribe members except for katara so now the whole FN'S after her. As for the no one being able to bend thing you'll have to wait for that in chapter 3 (evil laugh) whew. now the next chapter my friends...get ready for an Aang chapter? Nope. A Sokka chapter? Nope. An Azula chapter? Bingo. So see what Azula's up to in the next chapter: positives and negatives R'n'R
-Blackrose108