Disclaimer: Once upon a time there was girl who didn't own Avatar or this song, that girl is me.

It's seems like I'd only met him a few days ago, but in reality, it was over 60 years ago. When he first looked at me it was with hatred, but then later it was with, want, need then finally love.

'We met, it seems, such a short time ago

You looked at me – needing me so'

In years he was only a boy, but inside he was a man. He was a man that had faced more hardships in the last few years, than many men faced their entire lives. He'd lost his mother, his home, his honor. He chased my friends and me all over the world. Yet if he hadn't been banished from his home, I never would have met him.

'Yet from your sadness

Our happiness grew'

As we spent more time together, I found that I needed him and wanted him just as much as he did me. Everyone thought that our battles were from hatred, and we content to keep our happiness a secret. We were selfish not wanting to share our happiness with anyone else. In truth our battles were a time for us to spar and play with each other. The insults we called were pet names and when we struck each other it was really a chance to touch each other.

'And I found out I needed you too

I remember how we used to play'

We'd play in the rain. We'd run around chasing each other until we were soaked to the bone. We'd dance around, making up our own music. Then we'd walk back holding hands. Then we'd go inside and sit in front of a warm fire and tell each other stories. Some that we made up and some that we hoped would one day come true.

'I recall those rainy day

The fire's glow'

As along as we had each other we were warm. If we were separated, all I had to do was think about him and I'd be warmer. He was the fire that burned inside of me and I was the cool river inside of him. My element of water balancing out his fiery temper and his element of fire warmed my naturally cool temperament.

'That kept us warm

And I find – we're both alone'

Only now my great and powerful husband lies dying. I sit next to him stroking my hand over his. Whispering the words that he already knows but likes to hear just the same. I tell him how much I love him and that he'll be better soon, even though we both know the truth. I don't tell him good bye even though that what it is. I wonder how I'll get along with out him, even though I know that eventually I'll see him again.

'Good bye may seem forever

Farewell is like the end

But in my heart is a memory

And there you'll always be'

Now that everyone's gone and my beloved husband and I are alone, I climb into bed and lay down next to him with my head on his chest, just like I did so long ago. I can hear his heart beat, still strong and sure and I feel his arms wrap around me tightly. He matches his breathing to mine, but when he breathes it sounds like crackling leaves. I close my eyes and let the tears flow. I don't want him to die and leave me alone, and I tell him so. I feel him stroke my hair and tell me not to cry and that everything will be alright in the end.

Then I hear him start to sing to me, the song that he would sing to me when ever we had to be apart. It makes my tears flow faster, and makes me cling to his shirt never wanting to let go.

"Good bye may seem forever

Farewell is like the end

But in my heart is a memory

And there you'll always be."

And as the last notes fade I hear him give one last shuddering breath and whisper, "Good bye my love." Then there's nothing.

I don't know how long I cried into his chest, begging what ever gods were listening to bring my beloved back. Making impossible deals, asking for just one more minute, so that I could tell him one last thing, or kiss him one last time. I must have cried myself to sleep, but when I woke up, there he was like he looked all those years ago, smiling, reaching out a hand to pull me up. When we were level again I looked into his golden eyes and heard him whisper.

"See," he said, "I told you good bye may seem forever, but in the end we always find a way back to each other."

'Good bye may seem forever

Farewell is like the end

But in my heart is a memory

And there you'll always be.'