the wind in my sails | aang x oc

two

It's been a total of two months since Liara woke up in that cave and came to the western air temple.

In that time, she had cleaned up the temple a little bit. So now she liked to meditate by the fountain at midday while Diki took her nap.

While deep in her meditative state, she spoke with Yao the wise, the bafoo-... baboon that took her to the spirit world in the first place.

"So Aang lead an invasion today in the fire nation capitol?" Liara asked the baboon, who nodded. 

"Yes, but they failed, so they are all on their way to the western air temple, where you are now."

Liara nodded with a sigh, "wouldn't Appa get tired with all of those people on his back? Should I go help them? How far are they out?"

Yao stopped her, "go help them, young master," he said, "I bet that the Avatar would be glad to see his long lost friend. they are around two hours of flight south from you. good luck."

Liara nodded and smiled at the baboon before he touched her forehead and sent her back to the normal world.

Liara got out of her meditative position and jumped onto Diki. "Wake up, girl!" she yelped, "we gotta go help Aang!"

The bison groaned in dismay, shaking Liara off of her head and onto the floor.

Liara stood and placed her hands on her hips. "you'll get to see Appa," she smirked slyly at the large fluffy animal.

Diki finally stood and Liara bended the saddle onto her back. Making sure everything is secure, the airbender jumped onto her companion's head and took the reins, "yip yip!" she said and Diki took to the skies.

They flew southwards, just as Yao told them they should.

The sky was clear and the air smelt of a fresh summer's breeze. It was a good day. It had to be.

After an hour and a half, Liara and Diki came across a large fluffy monster on the ground with about ten people surrounding it. Liara's heart almost leapt from her chest when she guided diki down to land in front of the group of people.

Liara beamed down at Aang when she and Diki landed. "Need some help?" she asked him with a grin, dark eyes shining.

Aang rubbed his eyes and leaned towards Sokka. "You see them too, right?" he asked, pointing to Liara. "Uh huh." Sokka muttered with wide blue eyes.

Liara jumped down from Diki and stood in front of Aang with a sheepish smile. 

"Liara," he breathed, his eyes trailing over her as though he were hallucinating. To see her felt like a dream.

"Hi, Aang." she said to the boy. His face softened and he engulfed her in a tight hug. She could feel him shaking from surprise, but she hugged him just as tightly, clinging to him like a lifeline.

"How..? Where..?" Aang couldn't really fathom which one of the hundreds of questions he had to ask. He was so happy to see her after all this time. He had thought that she died with the rest of his people.

He took her face in both his hands as tears welled up in his eyes. "I'm so glad to see you," he said with a smile. Liara pilled him into another hug, but she then let go abruptly.

"Let's get to the temple first, and then we can talk about this," she said. "I'll tell you everything you want to hear." 

"Mind if I fly with you?"

"You know I don't."

Teo, Haru, Toph, and Katara were on Appa while Aang, Liara, Sokka, and The Duke were all on Diki. The two bison flew so closely pressed against each other that one could walk from one to the other, and the conversations could be shared between the two saddles.