Hey all! Had a lot of fun writing the fight scene in the last chapter and I hope you all aren't too mad at Katara cause she isn't really a bad girl she's just gone through a LOT of crap. For this next chapter I'm just focusing on her so it'll be short and sweet (Well not really it will actually be filled with anguish and painful memories) But never the less I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you to all of the reviewers and the new followers! You're what keep me writing!

Enjoy, my lovelies!

"Kat, please talk to me." Toph was sitting next to her and trying to coax something out of her locked up heart. The earth bender had opened up her prison and used the rock to fill the once gaping hole in the wooden floor. Katara just sat there, holding her knees close to her chest, staring at the ruined mirror. She didn't talk, didn't respond, didn't react, she just sat there with tears in her eyes as she looked at the cracked masterpiece.

"Katara please! What do I have to do to make you open up to me?!" Toph shouted standing to her feet, she walked around so she was blocking her view of the mirror. "It isn't even just today, you haven't talked to anyone since you got that glass! What really happened to Jet, Katara? You said he died on the trip by the Yu Yan archers and that right before his death he confessed that he was a traitor. I didn't push it because I could tell how much pain you were in, but I knew you were lying. That stab wound in your back was fresh, so I investigated. And guess what I found?"

Katara's skin began to crawl, she hadn't told anyone the truth about that day. Not even Toph.

"I found his dead body in the woods, with your bloody dagger next to him." Katara closed her eyes, and more tears spilled from them. The man she loved, the only one she'd ever loved had tried to kill her. "Katara talk to me!" Toph yelled a her.

"No!" Katara screamed back, her eyes snapping open and standing suddenly, "I don't have to tell you anything, if you know the truth then there is nothing left to tell!" She was seething now. How dare Toph order her around, how dare she tell her what's right and wrong, how dare she judge her. Toph started yelling something back at her but Katara raised her hand and flexed it's muscles.

Katara was seeing red, she didn't understand what she was about to do, she didn't even understand what it was she was doing.

"Katara," Toph choked, "What would Aang say?"

Her vision faded from red to black, and then there was nothing.

When she opened her eyes, Katara found herself laying on top of a mountain. She jumped to her feet and spun in a circle trying to get a sense of direction. She froze when she heard a familiar voice behind her. She turned around slowly to see a face she hadn't seen in years. The playful grey eyes were now dull and sad, and all of the color was drained from his orange clothes.

"Katara, you left me. You abandoned me."

"No," She choked tears suddenly streaming down her face, "I tried to save you, I did Aang, I did."

"No, you left me, you said you'd never leave me. You failed me." Then the air bender vanished into a wisp of clouds, and Katara felt herself falling.

She landed softly on the metal hull of a familiar Fire Nation prison ship.

"Katara, why did you have to do it?" Her head snapped in the direction of the voice and saw an old friend of hers standing there with anger on his face, "Why did you rally these men and women to fight? So many lost their lives because of you."

"But-but the rest are free now, they're free, Haru." She couldn't help but sob as she said it, she had felt so much pain after losing so many people.

"Yes, and those who aren't are Dead." Katara squeezed her eyes closed and bit her lip trying to stop the tears that streamed down her face.

"We were going to be together, Katara. Sokka and I." Katara only squeezed her eyes tighter and covered her face with her hands. She couldn't take this anymore.

"No, Yue. Please don't." She begged helplessly.

"But you failed to do your duty, and now I have to watch him fall in love with someone else from the sky. It is your fault," Katara felt the girl breath next to her ear.

She opened her eyes a crack when she heard the familiar laugh of children and the scent of sea prunes. What she saw made her wipe her tears away so she could see clearer.

"Mom?"

There stood her mother, next the large pot in their home at the south pole. The women turned and gave her a sad smile.

"I could still be alive, you know. If I hadn't of protected you." The women's words sliced through Katara's heart like a blade and she stood there stunned.

"Mom, I'm so" Katara started before being cut off.

"I could have watched Sokka grow to be a man," She said sighing with a dreamy smile on her face, "I could have even had another little one," Her gaze turned dark as she turned it back to Katara, "But I had to protect you. My blood is on your hands," She said before the room around Katara vanished all she could see was the images of all of her friends before their death. They were talking about the future, about what they'd do when they grew up.

"Stop it," She said quietly pressing a hand to her head, before drawing it away quickly when she felt moisture. She brought both of her hands up so she could see them. They were dripping with red blood. "No stop it!" She screamed at no one in particular. All of the people she'd watched die, turned to her and said in unison,

"Our blood is on your hands."

"No!" She screamed sitting up straight in her bed. Sweat was streaking down her face her face and she registered someone standing next to her, trying to make her lay back down. "No, get off me!" She yelled, pulling water from the air and freezing her oppressors hands to the wall. She was surprised to see that it was Zuko standing there.

"Please, you have a fever and was having a nightmare. Toph went for the doctor and told me to try to wake you up and keep you calm." She heard him speak but didn't understand what he was saying. She layed back down, still panting as the man next to her melted the ice from his hands. When he finished he sat next to her bad and Katara could feel him watching her.

"I really am sorry about the mirror," He said quietly. Katara turned slowly to look at him and looked into his eyes. She sensed his sincerity before he turned his eyes to the floor. She reached out and squeezed his hand reassuringly before her vision started to fade.

"Thank you, Zuko."

I don't know about the rest of you but I started to cry while I was writing this. I really wanted to show you the pain she is feeling right now and the depth of that pain. I assure you that she isn't evil, you'll understand more as I continue the story. And I guess it wasn't that short after all!

I hope that you enjoyed!

Kmsitterley