Water and Wind || Kataang

Chapter 8: Duties

Aang
It was surprisingly hard to fall asleep. I kept thinking about all types of things. I thought about why I was needed here. I thought about Kyiosona. I thought about everything I had done in the last few years. After some time I was finally able to fall asleep.

Katara?

Why was she here? I couldn't believe she was actually here. She was standing a few feet away from me. She was smiling at me. I had missed her so much. I smiled back and began walking towards her. She suddenly turned around and started running.

‚Wait!' I yelled after her. She looked back with a big smile on her face. I kept chasing her but then she turned left behind a wall. When I reached it and looked, there was a dead end and she wasn't there. I heard laughing and turned around.
It was her.

‚Katara.' I said without moving. Her smile disappeared. With that mine did too.

‚Why did you leave?' She suddenly asked. I was stunned. I didn't know what to say, so I didn't say anything. I just looked at her.

‚You left me and now you're chasing me?' Her eyebrows furrowed. I looked down.

‚Im sorry.' That was all I could say. She scoffed upon hearing that.

‚I don't need you. It's a good thing you left. I found my true love because of that.' I looked up suddenly.

‚Who?' I said firmly. She shrugged.

‚You'll find out soon enough. He is tall and handsome. He is a powerful bender and keeps me safe. Did I mention he's a great kisser and didn't leave me when I needed him?" It was time for me to furrow my eyebrows. The Katara I knew didn't need anyone to keep her safe.

‚He is stronger than you could ever be.' She said getting closer. I didn't move.

‚He's not a little boy who thinks he is the savior of the world.' She said taking another step. Her voice grew louder with each sentence.

‚The best thing is, he didn't leave me!' She suddenly screamed.

‚I didn't want to!' I screamed back as my knees collapsed and I fell to the ground.

‚I was hurt. I didn't know what to do. I was just a kid.' My eyes grew heavy.

‚You're not a kid anymore, are you?' She asked me and I looked up. She was in the clothes she found me in when I broke out of the iceberg. She looked so young again.

‚I still feel like a kid sometimes.' She kneeled down beside me. I kept my head low.

‚You do?' I looked up at the voice. I was looking into my own eyes. It was a reflection of myself when I was 12. I still had that spark in my eyes. He smiled at me.

‚You still are a kid.' He stood up and ran around the corner. I got up too and followed him.

‚Come back!' I yelled as he looked back and laughed. He suddenly took out his glider and began flying off. I took out my glider too and flew with him. We were in the sky, flying together and laughing. Suddenly the wind stopped and my younger self started falling to the ground.

‚No!' I yelled as I tried to catch him but it was in vain. I began falling too.

‚Wake up.' I heard my own voice.

„Wake up!" I opened my eyes and saw Kyiosana shaking me. I got up and sweat was dripping off me. I put a hand on my forehead and looked at her.