Here's the third chapter... Thank you to my reviewer's to chapter 2!
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Katara looked up at the rising sun and sighed. "Today's the last day." Katara looked back at Aang. She crawled over to him and grabbed his hand which was unnaturally cold. Katara pulled her hand back with a yelp. "What's wrong, did he hurt you again?" asked Sokka crawling over to her."No," she responded, "He's freezing, I've never felt a human as cold as the entire south pole!" Sokka looked surprised. "What?" Sokka crawled closer and touched Aang's arm. "Whoa! What wrong? Is he sick too?"
"No, they're all that cold, but, it's weird." Katara said. "Yeah, I guess so." Sokka said. Katara sighed and held Aang's hand despite his coldness, hoping for the least bit of comfort; somehow, she got that. Aang squeezed her hand gently and groaned. Katara was surprised and looked up at his face, his eyes were open, now a topaz color. "Katara?" Aang asked, not knowing if it was all real. "Aang, it's me, how are you awake?" Katara questioned as Sokka turned around. "He's awake?!?!" Sokka yelled.
Sokka started to crawl back. "I can't believe you! You hurt my sister!" Sokka started screaming, Katara shushed him. "Katara, what is he talking about?" Aang asked.
"You hurt my sister! You attacked her and-"
"It wasn't his fault Sokka, you know that." Katara interrupted him. "Katara, I hurt you?" Katara looked into Aang's eyes, not the normal gray she was so used to, but the deep topaz she saw when he woke up only moments before. Aang tried to sit up, despise the pain which had just increased 10-fold. He grunted heavily but kept his eyes on Katara who looked at him shocked and sad when she saw the pain in his eyes. "Aang, are you okay?"
"Of course not but that doesn't matter, I HURT you Katara?" Aang replied. "Aang it wasn't your fault okay?" Katara said grabbing her bandaged arm; Aang looked at her arm and let out a tremendous snarl that woke everyone else up. Aang sat up all the way, and demanded, "What did I do to you, Katara?" He stared at her when she didn't answer, then she looked away. "What did I do to her!" Aang demanded from everyone else, no one answered. Aang was confused, and pissed to say the least. He stood up snarling and grabbing his head, but tripped and fell off Appa. Sokka quickly jumped on Appa's head and brought him down under Aang. Jeremiah held on to Aang's shoulder's as Aang snapped around with black eyes, only from anger. He then grabbed Katara's bandaged arm, and ripped off the bandages. He saw the five stitches, looked up at Katara and calmly but firmly said, "Tell me what I did, now." Katara sighed.
"We were just putting you on a stretcher Sokka made, when you opened your eyes, which turned black, and you scratched my arm." Katara replied. " Scratched your arm?" Aang questioned, "More like, ripped into your arm, from what I see." He looked down shamefully."Aang, it wasn't-"
"I could have stopped it! I stopped another episode right now! I kept myself from attacking you and just, already conscious, woke up! I could've stopped last time, I just didn't-"
"You didn't know what to do Aang! You didn't know!" Katara interrupted. Aang looked down, the sun shining down on his very pale skin. "I could've stopped it though." Katara let out a frustrated sigh. "No you couldn't! You were coming out of shock! You didn't know what was going on, you didn't know what you were doing!"
Aang sighed this time. Katara re-wrapped her arm and Aang just sat there. He watched Katara, watching her with his eyes, until she came over and sat next to him.
"So, do you know what's gonna happen now? I mean, do you know if your gonna go back to half unconsciousness?" She asked. "I don't know." Aang replied. "No, he's not," Jeremiah said, "Once he's completely conscious, he can't go back, so when the burn gets worse, he'll be fully aware of it."
They nodded, when the burn became worse, Aang clutched his knees, pulling them up to his chest, holding in the scream from this unbearable pain, Katara gasped, as she hugged Aang, trying to make him feel better. Aang let out a scream, Katara put her hands over her ears, the sound was unbearable.
Then, they finally saw the Fire Nation shore, once they landed, they left Aang on Appa, as they walked towards the coven, that would hopefully save Aang.
As the walked through the woods, trying to get to the coven as fast as they could, Aang's pain induced screams were heard, birds would fly away, animals would screech at the horrid sound, of a human, in such torture. It was nightfall soon, and they were running out of time, soon Aang would be one of them. It scared Katara to think of what would happen, if they were too late, it was around midnight when they were about a mile from the coven, as Jeremiah had said. It was a little past midnight when they arrived, Jeremiah knocked on the door. "I'll handle this." He explained, but no one answered the door. "Oh no." Jeremiah said. "I'm afraid, they aren't home, we won't be able, to save your friend." Jeremiah said, fearfully.
"No!" Katara exclaimed, "That can't be! We have to save him! We just have to! This isn't right!""Katara, there's nothing we can do, we're too late." Sokka exclaimed, hugging Katara's crying figure. "No," Toph said, "Not Twinkle Toes, t-that can't be, I mean, h-h-how could this happen?" Toph said, crying too, as Sokka hugged Toph too, who was letting tears fall down his face. Aang was Katara's lover, Sokka's pratically brother, and Toph's best friend, and now, he would be gone, doomed to walk this world forever, alone once all his friends were dead.
Jeremiah sighed,"We have to leave him here, and leave this place."
"WHAT! NO! We can't just leave him here! W-what if something happens!?!" Katara asked. "There's nothing we can do, once his transformation is complete, he'll be unpredictable, and powerful, it's best we leave him here for this coven to train him, to teach him self control, I'm sorry." Jeremiah said, as Katara teared up. They brought Aang down into the coven's home, leaving a note for the coven, explaining to teach him their ways, Katara just cried, Jeremiah walked up to her moments later.
"You know, sometimes vampires will forget their human life, so your friends are giving him something to remember them by." He explained, "You should do the same, he may be more determined to see you again, and he'll find you, sooner than you think." Katara nodded, she walked up to where Aang was, she saw Sokka gave Aang his boomerang, Toph gave him one of her glove-cuff thingys from one of her hands, Aang smiled slightly when she entered, Katara gave him a small smile, when she started crying again, Aang frowned, and looked down. "This is already super depressing Katara, please don't cry." Aang said, taking her hand, Katara jumped a little from his cold touch. "I know." Katara said, she suddenly thought of what to give him, she put her hands behind her neck, and took off her mother's necklace and brought it up to him. "Katara, no, this is your mother's necklace! I-I won't take it!" Aang said.
"Aang, I know it's my mother's necklace, but, this is the one true way, you'll remember me." Katara said.
"I'd never forget you Katara." Aang said. "How are you so sure?" Katara asked, Aang sighed, she took his hand, and put the necklace in his palm, then closed his hand. "I love you Aang, and I always will." Katara kissed him on the cheek, then she left, Aang watched as his friend's left, only to realize, he still hadn't defeated the fire lord, he wouldn't be able to see Katara, for a while, he opened his palm, and saw the necklace, as tears formed in his eyes which threatened to fall, but never would. "I promise, I'll never forget you."
-2 months later-
Aang walked outside under the shadow of the night sky, being followed by the leader of his coven, William, "Aang, are you sure you're ready? Are you sure you have enough self-control?" William asked.
"William, it's almost the end of the summer, I have to face the fire lord, it was my duty as the Avatar, I can't let the world down because this happened, besides, my powers increased 10-fold, my bending powers are unsurpassed." Aang explained. "Well, at least feed first." William said, Aang cringed, he was a vegetarian before he turned, so the thought of killing animals for his own needs freaked him out. Aang just nodded though, and thought of a trick, just get the weak, put them out of their misery.
As Aang waked through the woods, he spotted many animals, all unharmed, and it was becoming hard for him, he was thirsty, and his eyes were black, even darker, than his black hair, which he decided to grow out. It wasn't long, like girl hair long, but it was about as long as Zuko's was in the catacombs of Ba-Sing-Sei, Aang shivered at the memory, he remember the look of relief on Katara's face, when she realized she had saved him.
Then, Aang spotted something to his right, a wounded wild ostrich-horse, Aang ducked behind a bush, you're taking it out of it's misery , Aang repeated to himself, as he lunged and bit into it, draining it of it's once source of life.
Aang soon got up, and walked towards the palace, he was ready, to face his human destiny.He walked under the light of the moon, towards the palace, covering his arrow, which still stayed atop of his head, in a now paler shade, with a headband. He had Sokka's boomerang in it's holder, putting the strap across his chest, he had Toph's glove-cuff thing on his hand, which barely fit, and Katara's necklace around his wrist. Remembering his friends only made him more determined to beat the fire lord, so they'll have a better life.
Now Aang stands in front of the palace, amazed by it's size, when the guards come by. "What are you doing in the palace grounds?" One guard asked, Aang took off his headband. "To defeat your lord." Aang said as the guards attacked him, Aang gave on blow of air, and it blew the men away, very far.
"Pfft, that wasn't hard." Aang commented, "William underestimates me."
Aang walked inside the palace, taking down every guard in his way, the sooner he got to the fire lord the better. That's when he ran into Azula, the person whom struck him down once, but will never do it again." Well well well, if it isn' t the Avatar, hopefully you' ll be more of a challenge than that waterbending peasant." Azula said coldly. " Don't worry Azula,"Aang said in a velvet voice, "This won' t take long."
Azula smirked," I wouldn' t be overconfident, Avatar, if I was about to face someone whose already taken me down once."
"Just try not to go cry to your father once I win, then again, you probably won' t be able to."
Aang said as he flew a rock towards her, it crushed her leg as she tried to get out of the way.
"Just know this, whatever you do to me, is gonna happen to your girlfriend."Azula said, with a wave of her hand, two guards dragged Katara in; she looked up, her eyes wide. "A-Aang?" Katara said.
"Is that really you?"
"Katara."Aang said in a velvet voice that made Katara's heart stop, it reminded her of the god he had become. Katara started to tear up again. Then, some guards brought in a huge boulder.
"Crush her leg." Azula commanded.
Aang snapped out of his gaze, and ran towards Katara, when the boulder that was supposed to crush her legs, he caught with one hand. Azula gasped as Aang threw the boulder at her, crushing her in the process, the guards gasped, then fled for their lives, dropping Katara along the way. Aang ran up to her, "Katara!"
Katara stood up, when something crashed into her; it was Aang, giving her a huge embrace.
"I thought I'd never see you again."Aang said as they pulled apart. "Aang, you remembered!"Katara said smiling.
"Of course I did, I told you I'd never forget you, didn't I?"
"I guess so." Katara said
"Aang, I missed you so much."Katara hugged him again. He was cold, and rock hard. When she hugged him, it was like hugging a rock in winter, but she didn't care."Uh, Katara, I need to get to the fire lord."Katara released the hug and smiled."Oh, right."Aang stood up and ran towards the fire lord's war room, and walked in, he saw the fire lord standing smirking.
"I' ve been expecting you for a while, Avatar."
" I' ve been waiting for this for a while too." Aang responded. The fire lord struck first, throwing a fireball at Aang, this was something Aang had to block, for that was part of the way to kill vampires. Aang jumped out the way, then he threw a massive airblast at him, the fire lord flew back, but got back up. "You'll have to try harder than that." He said."No problem." Aang said, getting a stream of water and turning it into a waterwhip, he hit the fire lord right on his heart; he flew back with a gasp. "Strike one." Aang said. The fire lord got up, a massive gash over his heart. "I' ll get you for that." He said. A fireball was sent, Aang managed to block it again, easily. Aang sent a boulder, crushing the fire lord's arm," Strike two."Aang said. Another was fireball was sent, but it was huge, it hit Aang Aang' s shoulder, which was set on fire, the fire lord gasped. Aang got a stream of water and diminished the flame. Then Aang sent a huge wave his way, drowning the fire lord in process. "Strike three, your out."
"Aang! You did it!" Katara screamed, jumping into his arms.
"Now come on! We have to get Sokka and Toph!"Aang nodded, Katara brought him over to their cell, Sokka was the first to look up, he gasped. "Aang?" He asked, Aang nodded. Toph gasped, "Twinkle Toes, it couldn't be, this guys heavier than a rock! And he's the living dead! Oh wait, Aang became that..." Toph said, Aang laughed, it was the most beatiful laugh Katara had ever heard. "Twinkle Toes, that is you!" Toph said standing up. Aang ripped off the door with one hand, they gasped. "What?" Aang asked, "Oh, right, um, super human strength." Aang explained, they all mouthed 'oh'. They ran out of the cell. "Come on! Let's kick some fire lord butt!" Sokka said. "Actually, I already defeated him." Aang said.
"He took him down in three hits! But, the fire lord hit him once with a fireball. His shoulder was on fire, it was creepy." Katara said. "Could I heal you?" Katara asked, remembering the fact fire kills vampires.
"No, but I heal quickly," Aang said, "Speaking of my living deadness, here." Aang took off Sokka's boomerang, and handed it back to him. "BOOMERANG!" Sokka yelled, grabbing his boomerang, and hugged it. "I missed you boomerang." Sokka said, kissing it. Aang, Katara, and Toph looked at him weirdly. Aang took off Toph's glove thing and handed it back to her, Toph took it and put it back on. "Thanks Twinkle Toes, it was kind of weird wearing only one of these." Then Aang took Katara's mother's necklace off his wrist, and handed it back to her. Katara took it slowly, putting it on slowly, fingering it once it was on her neck again. "Thank you." She said quietly, Aang nodded and smiled.
"So, your the living dead, what's it like?" Sokka asked, Aang laughed. "Not as fun as you think." Aang replied
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Francine stood there, as a vampire, this wasn't supposed to happen, he was supposed to be the strongest of vampires, but something threatened that, the poisen that now flowed through his veins, a poisen that will turn him back into the weakling human he was. The only way to get rid of it, bite a human so that they'd stay human, but first he had to find someone, who was alone...
Francine ran southward, to a village, where he waited in the forest, for someone to walk by, all in their lonesome.
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Aang sighed, it was midnight and everyone was asleep, of course, vampires don't sleep, so he sat there, watching them, he saw Katara's angelic figure and sighed. He wished he was lying down next to her, to be able to comfort her, and love her like a human could, but he couldn't, because
A. He can't sleep
B. He's too much like a 'cold rock in winter' to comfort her
C. If he tried to love her, if something happened he could crushed her
and D. He could get hungry and try to drink her blood
So yeah, all he could do was watch her, and think of the things he could do if he was still alive, the thoughts that tortured his mind overflowed, so he decided to take a walk to clear his mind.
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Francine knew it was time, a human was finally coming by, he'll finally be able to rid himself of this poisen that tortured him, instead of the flames you get when your turning into a vampire, you get a freezing feeling, like your freezing to death in your veins from turning back into a human.
The man walked by, he was young, about twelve, he had jet black hair, at least in the moonlight, his eyes were closed, like he was trying to forget something, and he had a weird blue arrow on his head. Then he attacked, and bit into his neck, the boy screamed, that's when I realized, he was a vampire too.
"Oh crap." he said getting up.
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Aang was walking down the street, he looked around, and saw no lights in people's houses, he closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind, when something jumped him, and bit his neck, he screamed. Then he heard it talk.
"Oh crap." It said, Aang opened his eyes, and saw another vampire. "Um, oh no." the vampire said. Aang growled and stood up. "What the hell was that for?" Aang grabbed his neck, he felt a strangly cold feeling there.
"Well, I thought you were a human, and well, I bit you, to get rid of a poisen, and well, that's your problem now."
"Wait, what poisen? What is this?" Aang yelled, when he felt freezer burn on his neck and groaned, What's happening to me? Aang thought. He got back to the place the rest of the gaang was sleeping at, and decided that it's gonna have to wait till morning.
-Morning-
Katara got up, and saw Aang rubbing his neck. "Aang, are you okay?" Katara asked yawning. "No, another vampire attacked me last night,he thought I was a human, he bit me, and he said he bit me to get rid of some poisen, now I have it, and I don't know what it is." Aang said, Katara got up and walked over. "Let me see." Katara said as Aang pulled his hand from his neck, there was a cresent moon shaped scar there. "It's already healed." Katara said, amazed. "Yeah, and, ugh, it's feels like, freezer burn or something." Aang said, Katara felt it, it was actually warmer than the rest of his body. "It's warm." Katara said. "What?" Aang asked, "That's impossible, unless.." Aang said as his eyes grew wide. "What is it Aang?" Katara asked. "Katara, that poisen he was talking about, it's, it's turning me back into a human." Aang said smiling, Katara smiled widely. "Aang, are you serious!?!" she asked. "That's the only explaination." Aang said.
Katara jumped him. "Aang, it's a miracle! I can't believe it!" Katara said. Aang smiled and hugged her gently. "I know, but there's a problem." Aang said.
"What?" Katara asked.
"That vampire said he was trying to get rid of it, so that means he wanted to stay a vampire, he wanted to stay powerful, he has to be up to something." Aang said.
"Oh," Katara said, "Don't think about that now, right now is happy time, not happy then depressed time." Katara said, Aang laughed. "Right." Aang said, then he groaned. "What is it?" Katara asked. "It just burns again, I'll be fine." He said, they smiled, they knew everything would be all right, for now.
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