(Ransomed Heart enters the scene, darting glances left and right nervously)

Readers: What are you doing?

RH: Shhhhhh! I'm looking for Code Lyoko and Danny Phantom fans! If they find me here they'll be mad because I'm writing this instead of updating!

Readers: (Roll eyes) You're paranoid.

RH: Hey, just cause I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me, okay?

Readers: ...Riiiight...

RH: (Sighs) Anyways, I don't over Avatar, so no saying I stole it! I'm just borrowing Katara for a bit, and I promise to put her back when I'm done. This is so short I'm practically ashamed of it, but I might modify it later on and make it longer.

Tripped by Ransomed Heart

I curled up tighter to protect myself from the winds rushing around us as Appa soared through the sky. Sokka was fast asleep across from me, and I had a sneaking suspiscion that Aang was in a similar state on Appa's head.

Needless to say, I was obviously not sleeping. I didn't like the feeling of the air blowing on me. Aang had his airbending skills, so it was natural to him, and Sokka could sleep through anything. So I spent most of my time on Appa's back thinking. I know, I know, that probably leads to overthinking things, but sometimes I wonder if I don't think more than Sokka and Aang combined.

I suppose that is yet another good thing to come out of this little adventure we're on. It has given me more time to think and to discover myself. And I have learned quite a bit. I'm stronger than I ever thought I was, braver than I ever imagined I could be. But somewhere in between all that, I tripped.

Tripping is commonly accepted as being a stumble, a fall of the physical nature, and usually leaves the trip-ee either on his butt or kissing dirt. My trip was emotional, and I'm not quite sure yet where I've landed. Of course, landing would imply that I stopped falling, and I'm not quite sure that that has happened yet either.

Normally when you trip you get up, dust yourself off and continue with your life. I don't even know how to begin picking myself up again. My fall has changed my life forever, and the most ironic part is that no one but me even knows about it. Sokka, while a wonderdul brother, just wouldn't understand this.

And Aang, seeing as he is pretty much the cause of my fall, is simply cannot be told. Because somewhere between freeing him from the ice and this very moment, I tripped and fell in love with the Avatar. Telling him is most definately out of the question. I can hear Sokka's mocking voice already, he would just die laughing if he knew I was in love with Aang.

I will tell Aang someday though. When the war is ended and our adventure is over, I will tell Aang how I really feel, and we will see if I land on my face or on my feet. But either way, I tripped, and I guess I'll just keep falling.