Well, it's been three months to the day since I posted the first chapter of this story. I now give you all with the last.

When Azula opened her eyes the first thing she saw was her mother's face, unchanged by time. She saw that the world had taken on a bluish hue, illuminated and slightly foggy, like someone had rubbed at the edges.

"Mother, where am I?" She didn't know why she even asked, she knew where she was, she just couldn't believe it.

"You're in the Spirit World, Honey. I am sorry." Ursa took her daughter in her arms and Azula was surprised by how solid the touch was.

" I've got you now, love. I'll never leave you again."

Azula sunk into her mother's embrace and hugged her back, completely happy for once in her life.

.oO*Oo.

Zuko was numb, why did she have to get killed?

Mai tried to comfort him, a rare display of human emotion, but he shrugged her off, just wanting to be alone.

The broken Fire Lord lifted his sister's body into his arms and left the clearing, making it very clear that he didn't want anyone to follow him.

Katara didn't know what to feel, the crazy princess had done nothing but try to kill her and her friends since the day they had met, so she wasn't sorry per-se to see her gone.

However, she was Mai's friend and Zuko's sister and it was clear that some tiny part of them had still loved her.

Across the clearing Toph held Mai with a stony face while the older girl all but broke down.

Sokka had left, Suki soon following him to make sure he didn't do anything stupid. The Waterbender had a feeling that her brother was feeling the same mix of emotions that she was, though he would never admit it to anyone but Suki.

The faint smell of smoke hit her nose and she saw the dark vapor rise above the trees.

Cremation was the customary Fire Nation burial and she had no doubt that Zuko was laying his sister to rest.

Memories of her mother flooded Katara's mind and tears pricked at the back of her eyes. She blinked them back; Zuko needed his friends to be there for him, not for them to break down over their own old wounds.

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Anima stood by her brother, as silent as the air she bent and deep in thought.

She, like Katara, didn't know what to think about it all.

She had heard nothing but bad things about the Fire Nation Princess, but seeing the effects her death had on her new-found friends she felt as though she only knew half the story.

Aang sighed and closed his eyes, hiding the pain his gray orbs held.

"Aang, this isn't your fault." She didn't know why she felt the need to say this, but it was clear that he needed to hear it when he took a shuddering breath.

"I should have been able to stop it. I'm the Avatar, I should have been able to stop her, and this is all my fau-"

"Aang!"

All the eyes in the camp turned to Anima after her outburst and Aang looked at his sister in shock.

She had never yelled at him before.

"You're the Avatar, I get that, but you can't blame yourself for every death! You're just one person." Her tone dropped down to a lower octave and she looked her brother in the eyes.

Most powerful being in the world aside, he was acting like a little kid and she, as his twin, felt the need to inform him of that.

"Aang, I know you would have saved her if you could, but she's gone. Even if there was something you could do, would you do it?"

The Avatar stared at the ground, knowing that she was right and that he'd have to admit it.

When his admission finally came it was whispered.

"No, I wouldn't."

Anima looked at him like she was comforting a small child and gave the smallest smile she could muster.

"Then stop trying to convince yourself otherwise. The past, however recent, must stay behind us if we are to move forward."

"Gyatso used to say that," he mumbled.

Anima gave him a sad smile. "So did mom."

.oO*Oo.

Despite the loss of one of their passengers the Gaang still left the clearing as soon as the sun had risen above the tops, albeit heavy heartedly on Zuko and Mai's part.

The loss of a sibling and childhood friend threatened to capsize their relationship, she had killed his sister after all, but they refused to let it.

Azula's death would not ruin their chance at happiness.

The two Fire Nationals sat together in the back of the huge leather saddle with their heads bent low, faces almost touching.

From where Anima was sitting she couldn't make out what they were saying, however the tears tracks that ran down both their faces told her it was a less than happy conversation.

She turned her eyes away from them, deciding to let them grieve in privacy, and took note of what the rest of her friends were doing.

Toph was sleeping; legs curled up to her chest and back pressed against the side of the saddle. The Airbender got the impression that the blind girl didn't like flying much.

Suki was leaning into Sokka's side, a smile on her face and what looked like a necklace clutched in her hand. Anima could just make out a dark green ribbon, but whether or not there was a pendent on it remained a mystery.

Once again turning her eyes away she looked towards Appa's head, knowing that Aang and Katara would be there.

Sure enough the Waterbender was tucked into the Avatar's side holding what the female Airbender suspected to be half of the reins.

As if sensing someone's eyes on him, Momo looked at her from his place on Aang's shoulder, big green eyes blinking at her for a second before he flew over to her and settled down on her lap.

She smiled at the lemur and stroked his head, grinning even more when he nuzzled her hand.

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Anima woke up to someone shaking herby the shoulder and opened her eyes to see Katara crouched down in front of her.

"We'll be at the Palace soon," the Waterbender whispered.

Anima rubbed the sleep from her eyes as Katara moved over to wake up Sokka and looked around.

The blue sky had faded to a dusky purple and she could make out what she assumed to be the Fire Nation capital.

Appa rose higher in the sky, the wind chilling slightly, and they cleared the last volcanic mountain, the red and gold city below revealed to them.

Anima grinned; she had never been to the Fire Nation before.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has read this story, whether you've stuck with it from the very beginning or just started to read it.

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So for the last time on this story, bye.