Hello, if you are reading this right now then I am really honored. This is my first story that I have ever written down. If you read this story and think "Man, she really needs to put in a lot more of work on this, PLEASE don't be afraid to tell me!!
-HisJoy
P.S. The characters, places and events in this story that you recognize from the show belongs to Nickelodeon. Thank you!!
Avatar II
The Age of Peace
Year 7 into the age of peace
Chapter 1
The Sky was getting darker by the minute as all of the red's oranges and purples of the sun started disappearing in the horizon. But it did not seem like that to the couple abroad what seemed like floating ten ton animal in the clouds. In fact, to Katara instead of the sun moving farther away from them it seemed to be getting closer as she and her companion were headed west to Ember Island to reunite with their closest friends and family.
"We'll be there soon Katara, how are you feeling?"
Katara looked down at her bulging stomach then looked over at her husband of two years. "I'm fine Aang, a little tired though, I wish we didn't have to leave so late."
Aang replied understandably "I know what you mean, it just seems like everyone plans on having a problem "only the avatar can fix" right when the avatar is about to make his leave."
Katara laughed and looked over at her best friend, husband and soon to be father of her child with a reminiscing smile on her face. She just could not believe how well and how fast time went by for her and Aang. It just seemed like yesterday when she and her brother found Aang in the ice-burg, and since then he has mastered all four elements, defeated the Phoenix King Ozai and ultimately brought peace and order back to a war-torn world.
He's not only grown into such a great avatar but a great man too, starting as a goofy twelve year old kid who was her best friend to the nineteen year old man who is her husband and soon-to-be-father of their first child. Katara could not be anymore prouder of him.
Aang was looking back at her now; he noticed the smile and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"oh" Katara came out of her musing and said "I was just thinking about how far we've come, how much you've grown, and what a wonderful father you are going to make."
Aang looked down at her ever-increasing belly and started thinking about the vision he had of the little water-bending girl who looked just like Katara and had his eyes.
Vision: He was walking down an icy path, ICE, just the concept of so much water in one place still amazes him as he looked around at all of the icy slopes and the snow covered ground. He was so confounded by everything around him that he didn't notice when he walked right into something hard...of course it wasn't until he fell to the ground and heard an identical grunt did he realize he didn't hit something but someone. Will there be no end to his clumsiness!? He was just going to look up and apologize to the innocent bystander when he froze at the site of the most unusual and beautiful silver-grey eyes he had ever seen. He froze just looking at the eyes that reminded him of the mountains he seen on his journey with Master Shi. He was so entranced with those eyes that he did not notice that the mouth who owned them was speaking to him. Then suddenly there was this sharp cold sensation in the back of his head...
And that is when Aang wakes up. Aang spent much time contemplating and meditating on this vision. The scene he saw through his eyes seemed so right and so wrong at the same time. It was as if he was the boy who ran into the girl but he was not. While Aang was meditating, he was able to conclude that the boy he was in the vision was the same age as the girl, he unceremoniously ran into and she looked to be about ten or eleven. When Aang was ten he was still living in the Southern air temple more than 100 years ago so this could not be a memory. Not to mention he could not think of a time when he was ever confused and astonished by snow and ice. The Scene in his vision looked like it was South Pole and he has been there millions of times, why would he be surprised by anything about it?
The girl in the vision caught his interest the most though; Aang felt that there was something very important about her. Not just with the fascination he showed as the boy in the vision but as himself personally. That is when he noticed in his meditating that she looked just like Katara with his eyes. It just felt right in thinking that this girl was his and Katara's daughter. Yet, who was the boy and why did he see the vision through his eyes as if they were his own? Aang did not want to think of the events that would have to transpire for this vision to become real, so he kept trying to put it in the back of his mind.
Katara noticed him contemplating and staring into space and asked "Now what are you thinking about?"
"Oh" Aang said jumping in surprise, "I was just thinking that if your daughter is anything like you I'm going to have to start developing a violent nature to any boy who even looks at her the wrong way."
Katara snorted at his comment and replied, "Well if your son is anything like you he is going to have to develop a violent nature just to keep the mob of girls off his back."
Aang and Katara both laughed at their long-standing joke. Since the beginning of the pregnancy, Katara declared that she knew they were going to have a boy.
Aang asked, "What makes you think it's a boy anyway?"
Katara answered, "Oh, just a hunch, this baby flies around in my stomach so much that he has to be his father's son." "What about you, why do you think it's going to be a girl?"
Aang thought about the answer to this question. He did not want to tell Katara about the vision he had so he said "Just a hunch." and smiled.
Katara was just about to ask another question when Aang burst out saying "Katara, look we're here!" She smiled relieved, looked straight ahead and saw Ember Island.