the wind in my sails | aang x oc

eleven

Leaning on a nearby tree, Liara held a hand on her heart, worry causing her heart rate to accelerate.

Ozai is going to destroy the Earth Kingdom with Sozin's Comet. Aang held his head, he had to defeat the Fire Lord within three days, otherwise the world is done for.

Aang was the most shaken out of the whole group. He almost looked yellow from paleness. Liara placed a hand on his shoulder and the other cupped his face, "Don't worry, Aang, I'll be here for you, every step of the way. We all will."

The boy looked at his best friend, his heart calming just by looking into her warm brown eyes.

Liara almost saw the colour flood back to his face and she hugged him tightly, rubbing circles into his back.

Toph stepped closer, "Yeah, if we all fight the Fire Lord together, I think we got a pretty good shot."

"Alright! Team Avatar is back!" Sokka whooped and pointed to Aang and Liara standing beside each other. "Air!" he then pointed to Katara, "Water!" to Toph, "Earth!" to Zuko, "Fire!" then Sokka proceeded to pick up a long leaf and a few smaller leaves in the shape of a fan, "Fan and sword!"

Liara snickered at his antics before listening to Aang speak, "Fighting Ozai is gonna be the hardest thing we have done together," he glanced at Liara, placing his arm around her, "but I wouldn't have it any other way."

Liara flushed and hugged Aang as the others joined in for a group hug as well. It seemed that Appa and Momo wanted to join in too, seeing as they basically jumped on top of the children.

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The group was later in a rocky terrain, listening to Sokka's plan to defeat a mock Fire Lord, known as Melonlord.

"Suki and I will draw his fire, then Katara and Zuko will charge in with some liquid-hot action while Liara is our air forces. Then, Aand will swoop in and takes him out."

Seemed easy enough.

"What about me?" Toph asked, folding her arms.

Liara grinned, "You can be Melonlord."

"Sweet."

Minutes later they were all in position, Liara was air surfing nearby as she saw Sokka and Suki beginning to charge in.

Just as they did, Melonlord's forces began attacking.

Surfing closer to the ground, Liara created air slices that cut some of the rocks in half, however she was almost hit by one of the flaming rocks.

Liara was glad Toph was on the good side. Most of the time.

"Now, Aang!" she heard from nearby, and then surfed over to Melonlord so that she could protect Aang from any sneak attacks.

However, just before Aang hit the Melonlord's head with his staff, he stopped.

"What are you waiting for? Take him out!" Zuko yelled, but Aang just shook his head.

Liara closed her glider and landed next to the boy as Sokka walked closer. "If this were the real deal, you'd be shot full of lightning." the Water Tribe boy scolded.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't feel like myself. It felt wrong."

Sokka raised and eyebrow and then proceeded to take his sword out and cut Melonlord's head off.

Liara kept a neutral stare as this was happening. She thought of that firebender, and her own guilt.

Aang cringed at the sight of the melon, not knowing what to think or feel, but when he saw Liara's cold stare, he felt afraid.