A Dream – II
Aang was at Zuko's beach house. He had never seen it, or knew that Zuko had one, but he figured that his rich family would own a house by the beach.
It was big and it looked like Zuko was throwing a party. Katara was there, so was Toph, Ty Lee, Zuko's crazy sister, Mai and almost every other girl from school.
Zuko, however, picked Katara and wouldn't stop dancing with her.
Aang was forced to watch from deck outside, under the moonlight and the stars, getting more jealous by the second.
"Hi Aang." Katara magically appeared by Aang's side. A first Katara was still dancing with Zuko, and another one chose to be by Aang's side.
"Katara, I need your help." Aang said. For some reason, he was much taller than she was.
"Aang, what is it?" Katara asked.
"Just come here for a minute." Aang begged. He tugged on her wrist as hard as he could but Katara seemed extremely heavy, like an unmovable rock.
Suddenly they weren't in Zuko's house. The magic of dreamland had teleported the two of them to a warm moonlit beach. The only sound that could be heard was the gentle crashing of waves against loose white sand.
"Okay Aang…what did you want to tell me?" Katara asked. Aang looked down. Katara was out of his view.
"The truth is…I…I…" Even in a dream, Aang felt nervous.
"Spit it out twinkle toes." Aang looked up and saw Toph standing where Katara had once been, but she still spoke in Katara's voice.
"Toph?"
"Come on, just say it already. Don't be a sissy. Stand up for yourself" Toph said.
"I love you." Aang said without hesitation. With Toph there, the words seemed to come out on their own.
"See? That wasn't so bad, was it?" Toph said, still with Katara's voice.
"…no." Aang admitted.
Then Aang felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned his head and saw Katara behind him.
"Now tell her again." Katara said and pointed to Toph.
Toph looked at him coyly, which was unlike herself. But Aang didn't mind. He kind of like it.
"I think she already knows." Aang said. He swore he felt Toph move closer to him.
Then he woke up. At first he thought that he was still at the beach. Then he realized that the smell was just the New Jersey Shore's air.
He felt disappointed that it was only a dream. And confused. He tried to block the emotions swimming around in his head.
He tried to get back to sleep, but images from the dream kept replaying in his mind. So, being the intelligent boy he was, he thought that it would be a good idea to interpret the dream. Then maybe he could get over it.
Katara was a warm, motherly figure in his life that encouraged him. Zuko was the man he was mad at for taking her away from him, and he was still forced to watch them be together. Out of all of the other girls in school, Zuko picked the one Aang had a crush on.
Two Kataras were there, saying that he looked at Katara in two different lights.
The beach…the moonlight…it was Aang envisioning a perfect way of confessing feelings for someone he cared about…which was why Toph was there instead of Katara. It was the night and the confession Toph deserved. The second Toph showed up in his dream, Aang felt confident.
"Dammit." Aang said when he figured out what Toph represented. He knew exactly what the dream meant.