disclaimer: I don't own ATLA but I do own the OCs
Haruki sat by the river with his legs crossed, fists together, and eyes closed. He took deep breaths while he meditated. The silence was suddenly broken by Sanosuke's voice.
"Hey Haruki!"
The airbender's concentration was broken and he reluctantly opened his eyes to look up at the Avatar.
"I want to talk to you about something." said Sanosuke
"Sure, why not?" said Haruki in an irritable tone with a look to match, "It's not like I'm in the middle of something."
Sanosuke sat down in front of Haruki.
"I've been having some weird dreams lately and I'm having trouble figuring out what they mean."
"Dreams don't mean anything." said Haruki, "They're dreams. My Uncle Sokka has dreams where food eats people and the last known seal jerky attack was, well, never."
"But I always see a woman with dark armor in my dreams. I don't even know who she is and I've never met her before."
"Well dreams aren't real." Haruki closed his eyes again as if to close the subject and go back to meditating. "She's probably just a figment of your imagination."
"I don't know."
Haruki opened an eye and gave Sanosuke another irritated look.
"In my last one, it all seemed so real."
"They always seem real." Haruki closed his eye again.
"I think I saw my past life in it for the first time."
Haruki's eyes shot open and he looked at Sanosuke with his full attention.
"What did he look like?" asked the airbender
Sanosuke closed his eyes and tried to remember.
"He was bald," he said slowly, "He had arrows all over his body. Oh! And he..." He opened his eyes and looked at Haruki when he remembered something about the last Avatar, "He looked like you, except his eyes weren't blue."
Haruki closed his eyes and looked down. Sanosuke understood.
"He was your dad, wasn't he?" he asked.
"What was happening to him?" Haruki asked softly.
"He was somewhere covered in snow, I thing it was the South Pole, and he was fighting off these firebenders with black armor and these helmets that had red visors."
"The Southern Raiders." said Haruki, nodding, "Continue."
"He was fighting those soldiers off with a Water Tribe warrior with a ponytail. He looked a lot like Toshiro, come to think about it."
"Uncle Sokka."
"And there was a firebender there with swords and this big scar on one side of his face."
"Fire Lord Zuko."
"The last Avatar bravely fought the soldiers off with airbending, waterbending, and firebending. He was doing great until an archer shot an arrow at his heart. The next thing I remember is that I was in my house and I was born." He felt a pang when he remembered what else happened. "And my mother dying after she gave birth to me."
Sanosuke looked down and closed his eyes. He did his best to keep a tear from falling. He heard Haruki stand up and he opened his eyes and did the same.
"I don't know what to tell you about the woman in your dreams or why you dreamt about the last Avatar's fate. The only advice I can give you is to relax and clear your mind when you go to sleep. Meditating couldn't hurt either."
The airbender looked at the sun in the sky.
"It's nearly midday. You better get back to camp. Rikiya will want to teach you earthbending soon."