Book 3: Fire (Sokka Love Story)

Book 3: Chapter 3: Sokka's Master; Or: The Time Kim Was A Stubborn Prick

Hoooboy I am so, so sorry. I can't believe the time ran so fast, because I still feel like I'm in December. Usually, I'm reminded to update because of Wattpad comments being sent to my email, but there's some issue and it ain't sending and I fucking forgot. 

Hmmm 2am and I don't know what else I'm supposed to say, but I know I had a few things that'll come to me later. I love y'all and wanna hug every one of you. Take care of yourselves, drink water (my lips are parched goddamn),  happy new year (I'm cramming everything just you watch me), try to sleep and a daily reminder to pinch your own cute cheeks (not the ass, the face, but if you wanna, cop a feel of your own butt, not gonna judge). when I realized I never pinched my own cheeks, I was horrified. 

Oh, I have exams, fuck meeee. Am I gonna study? Hm, I'm still debating, but that doesn't give you a pass, study as well as you can, but also, take it easy. And don't worry if I don't update, this next chapter is already a shitstorm to write and for some reason my brain thought it'd be okay to skip it and come back later, but fuck, procrastination loves to bite me in the ass. 

This is some self-indulgent shit, not gonna lie. 

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For the third time that day, (Y/n)'s caught Sokka stooping low, very preoccupied with studying the dirt, and whenever she called him out, he snapped up with a bright red face and stuck his hands behind his back, feigning innocence.

Katara would only smack her face as she walked away.

And now, Sokka comes back from his weird excavation trip to join them in lying down on a makeshift roof that covers Appa, as they stare up into the night sky. Star twinkle in bunches and (Y/n) tries to trace lines between them. Her stomach cramps and she groans before sitting up.

Sokka's brows raise as she stumbles to her feet. "Wow, Round Three already?"

(Y/n) sends him a dirty look. "Those fuckin' berries," she grumbles under her breath as (Y/n) walks off to their latrine hole far, far away.

Katara sighs. "Wow, this is amazing to watch."

"Kind of makes you realize how insignificant we are," Sokka adds, crudely.

Toph, instead, shrugs. "Eh, you've seen nothing once, you've seen it 1,000 times."

There is a sparkle in the sky, crackling sounds snapping around them as something shoots across the sky, a large meteorite that glows so bright it nearly blinds them as it enters the atmosphere and shoots towards the earth.

They all sit up, save for Toph, as they stare at the sight. Aang nearly gasps, "Oh, man. You've never not-seen anything like this."

The meteorite gets closer, engulfed in hot blue fire as it soars through the air, whistling past their heads. It crashes in a huge, blue explosion off in the distance, causing him to shield his eyes.

Toph leaps up in surprise. "That's huge!"

They mount on Appa and fly towards the fiery meteor, its flames glowing yellows and oranges in the dark night, and when they look down the mountain where the meteorite crashed halfway through, they notice the small town nestled in the valley between mountains, right on-course for the space rock's destruction of fire that runs down from its crater.

"The fire is gonna destroy that town," Katara says, horrified.

"Not if we can stop it." Aang snaps Appa's leash.

Appa dives down and lands on the ground where the fire burns across the grassy lands, hot and smoky that it makes their eyes water.

Only Katara stays on Appa, grabbing his reins as the others slide off. "There's a creek over here." She points out further right. "I'll bend the water on to the fire." Appa flies off.