The Quiet Night
Sometime after season 2 'Bitter Work' and before 'The Library' Sokka stays up later than the others one night.
It was a peaceful and quiet night out. Crickets could be heard chirping, there was a steady breeze and the weather was perfect. The clear, starry sky shown down on the members of team Avatar. They had set up camp at the bottom of a cliff. Dense trees surrounded the clearing. A modest fire faintly illuminated Sokkas face as he stared into the makeshift hearth. Everyone was winding down getting ready for bed after a very busy day. Aang was slowly starting to pick up earthbending from his lessons with Toph. And with Kataras waterbending training as well, the three were usually exhausted by the end of the day.
While they were working hard helping the Avatar fulfill his destiny, Sokka was left to take care of the camp and gather food and supplies. Fortunately he didn't hate it too much and it kept him occupied. He had had a couple bad incidents with his small excursions, namely getting trapped inside a crack in the earth while hunting, but nothing detrimental ever happened to him.
The group was gradually making their way to Ba Sing Se, flying for about a day and then stopping for a couple nights to train and restock. Everyone was pretty content. It was nice for them not being in danger, attacked, or chased by anyone. They were all getting a breather from the action.
"Sokka make sure to put that fire out before you go to bed." Katara said as she curled up into her sleeping bag. Aang went into his sleeping bag adjacent to kataras. Toph earthbended herself a rock tent close by to the sleeping bags and Appa laid down at the heads of the tired benders. The three made some small talk, a couple chuckles were exchanged and pretty soon it was quiet.
After sitting around the fire for a while Sokka got up and covered the fire with dirt, then sat back down on his log. It was completely dark out except the stars. And the full, bright moon. He wistfully gazed up at the moon and thought of Princess Yue. Though he hadn't shown it to the others, he missed her and he felt guilt for what happened to her. He blamed himself for her death. But she's not dead, she's right there. I'm looking at her right now he reminded himself, though it didn't seem to help. This wasn't the first time he'd stayed up looking at the full moon.
He started to reminisce about their short lived, little adventures they had together up at the North Pole. Walks around the city, playful rides on Appa, telling each other the stories of their lives.
"Sokka what are you doing?" Princess Yue laughed. They were back at the North Pole before the armada's arrival. The two were walking in the busy city square during midday. Kids were running around playing, older men were conversing and laughing, and the gentle flow of water could be heard around the plaza. Sokka was throwing his boomerang as far as he could and acting like he lost it, until it would come back into his hands and he'd playfully act surprised. He did this a few more times.
" I keep on loosing my boomerang and just when I think I've lost it for good it comes back!" He was completely teasing her. Yue gave him a playful punch to the shoulder. "You're so cheesey." She smiled.
And then it was quiet. Silent. Sokka was back somewhere in the middle of the earth kingdom without Yue. He looked up at the full moon again. He knew he couldn't have been with her, but there was always that what if that was stuck there in the back of his mind. She could be here right now he thought, that was, if he had done what he had promised and kept the Chiefs daughter safe.
This inner contemplation went on for quite some time. Sokka got up from his log, dragged himself to his sleeping bag and laid down inside of it. The last thing he saw before closing his eyes for the night was the full moon, princess Yue.
Thanks for reading! I have some Aang x Katara stories coming up along with many other stories! Let me know what you guys think of these :)