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SO Chapter 4 is finally up, after many, MANY changes.

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Katara sat on the edge of the dock,Still as a statue, staring intently at the water below. The sun was up now, casting a soft golden light over everything.


Katara was pacing back and forth,practically jumping and skipping about. "Oh, when are they going to be here?"SHe asked to know one in particular.
Calm down, sis. They ll be here soon. Sokka said, tossing his boomerang. Even though he told her to calm down, he couldn t keep the excitement out of his own voice. They waited for what seemed like ages. KAtara still pacing, making a path in the dirt. And SOkka throwing his boomerang over and over and over and so on. Neither of them spoke much.

FInally, Katara looked up at the water. SHe squinted and culd see a cluster of dots approahing from the distance. SHe stopped pacing and focused on the dots. Her heart was racing with excitment. "See something?" SOkka asked. He stopped throwing his boomerang and jumped up to look.
Katara didnt respond, but instead watched the approaching dots. 'PLease be them! PLease!' SHe thought.
AFter a few minutes, she could make out the blue sails and the southern water tribe emblem. "They're here!" SHe screamed. Sokka covered his ear. "Not so loud!" He moaned.

The villagers came to the dock to see their sons, fathers, husbands which they had not seen in what had seemed like endless ages.

The ships arrived and men started coming out, one by one and went to greet their families.

Katara and SOkka waited by the ship as the men came out, searching among the faces for their father.

Katara craned her neck, Searching for her dad. Sokka, She said. Do you see dad anywhere? She asked "Not yet."

Two men, came off the ship and walked toward Katara and SOkka. Katara thought they were vaugly familiar.
"Katara? Sokka?" The first man asked.
"Yes, we are." Sokka said, almost hesitantly.
We re looking for Chief Hakoda. Katara blurted out. The men exchanges a glance for half-a-second. "We're very sorry to say," Man number two began. Katara's smile dissappeared. Her heart still raced, but now with fear instead of excitment.
"OUr camp was attacked. Surprise attack by the Fire-nation."
Some part of her knew what was coming.
"Your father fought very valiently. We lost alot of men,"
Katara clamped her hands over her ears. SHe didnt want to hear it, couldnt hear it.
"We're sorry. You're father..died..."
She still heard it, but it sounded almost as if coming from one end of a long tunnel.

'No. No. No. NO!' SHe screamed in her mind.

This couldnt really happen. It couldnt! Not her father. He promised he would be back!

Vaugly, she was aware of someone's arm around her shoulder. An arm offering comfort? No! Comfort couldnt help now. SHe shrugged off the arm and ran. SHe didnt pa attention to where she was running. And only when she was running, alone, did she let the tears fall.

"He's gone." The words sounded so odd to her.

"He's gone." SHe whispered to herself again.

"He's never coming back."


Katara glanced up at the risen sun. SHe looked behind her at the forest, and stood up. She should probably be getting back to the camp or else Aang and Toph might worry about her.
SHe dusted off her dress and started walking back toward the forest.