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Harlequin Jade‏, you are fabulous for reviewing, nice idea about Yue. I know it's not quite what you had in mind but I hope you like it, I hope you all like it : )

Guardian

Sokka would often let his gaze lift up to the night sky without realising it. Whether the sky was brushed with blue and silver clouds or crisp and clear, speckled with golden stars, his eyes would seek the pale satellite that he knew seen or unseen was ever present. Sometimes he would sigh and look down, head heavy with thought , others he would let the briefest of smiles grace his lips, mind occupied with memories.

The night before the great battle, he looked up and asked for his rag-tag family to come through it okay.

The night he got married, he looked up and asked for a happy life and forgiveness for moving on with it.

The night his first son was born, he looked up and asked for his son to be a powerful warrior and have the protection of the moon.

The night his daughter was born, he looked up and asked for permission to name her Yue and take the strength and beauty of her name-sake.

The night his nephew fell seriously ill, he looked up and asked for him to get better, for his sister to not have to feel the loss of love.

The night he held his new-born grandson, he looked up and did not ask for anything but only offered his thanks to the moon spirit whom he loved and always would.

While Sokka looked up, Yue looked down, a ray of her pale light forever cast upon the face of her beloved Warrior.

The night before the great battle, she looked down and promised to watch over his rag-tag family.

The night he got married, she looked down and wished him a happy life, glad that he could move on.

The night his first son was born, she looked down and vowed to give whatever power and protection she had to the little boy who looked so like his father.

The night his daughter was born, she looked down and offered her name, her strength and her beauty with pride that the child would bare them.

The night his nephew fell seriously ill, she looked down and cast her full glow upon his sister, filling her spirit with the power of the moon and allowing her to heal the child.

The night he held his new-born grandson, she looked down and did not offer anything but asked to forever be the guardian of the one whom she loved and always would.

One night, he did not look up.

Sokka lay, an old man, on the soft furs, surrounded by all those he loved and the memory of all those he had loved. The candles flickered as the night's icy wind blew, but he did not feel it. He heard the laments of those he was leaving behind and the calls of those he was joining.

Sokka was dying; no what was more appropriate is that Sokka was finally deciding to leave this life for the next. This one had been lived to its full extent and he was happy. His regrets were few, if any and his joy's were many. He closed his eyes and slipped into sleep.

"Sokka, Sokka come dance with me", a beautiful woman in glowing white robes stood on the snow covered plain before him. He was his fifteen year old self again. He took her out-stretched hand and they began to waltz around the glistening icicles that hung from the ice bridges they danced under and over. They spun beneath a sky full of dancing lights; the aurora borealis shone its multi-coloured light on the two. There was no moon in the night's sky for he was dancing with the moon. A lifetime, a moment all in one blur of light and joy then he as home in time to say "Goodbye, I love you all" and shut his eyes, for the last time.

Her great-grandchildren sat in a circle by her feet, one, blue-eyed, scrambled onto her lap. "Gran-gran where did gran-papa go?" she asked "Did the lady in white take him away to the moon?"

"Lady in white?" her great grandmother asked.

"Last night, before he went away she came, shining like the moon and kissed him filling the room with pretty light like the colours that dance in the sky on clear nights"

"That was the moon spirit; she is this family's guardian"

"Why did she kiss grand-papa, I thought you and him were in love"

She smiled a soft smile at her little ones

"You can love many people in your life, but there will always be a special place in your heart for your first love"

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