The Dragon Princess and the Wolf Warrior

Chapter 47 [~|~] Peace

A.N. Here's the last chapter of Book 1! Thank you all for sticking through this story and enjoy! 

Back at the Spirit Oasis, Katara was struggling to heal the depth of the wound as Yue, Iroh, and Sokka looked on in concern. "It's so deep, I don't know if I can heal it fully," Katara voiced, her eyebrows knitting in concern as Azara clenched her teeth in pain.

"Why would you do that?" Yue asked mournfully as Azara stared up at her.

"You were right, Yue . . . we do have duties to our people," Azara explained, her breathing becoming more labored. "I was just doing mine."

"No, you weren't," Sokka argued, as Azara turned to look up at him, her forehead resting on his chest. "You didn't have to do that."

"Someone did," Azara replied, her eyelids feeling heavy as Katara continued to try to heal her. "Think of it as repayment for the Fire Nation's actions."

"Stop doing that!" Sokka demanded as Yue placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Sokka, maybe you should be—"

"—No!" Sokka shook his head, throwing off Yue's hand from his shoulder as he stared down at Azara. "Stop blaming yourself for everything that the stupid Fire Nation has done! You're not like them!"

"Sokka, it's going to be okay," Azara whispered, cupping his cheek with her hand. He placed his hand over hers, clenching his eyes shut.

"No, it's not," he stated, staring down at her with tears in his eyes.

"The Fire Nation," Azara started, before pausing to take a shaky breath. "The Fire Nation will be defeated. The Water Tribe is safe. It's going to be okay, Sokka."

"My niece, save your strength," Iroh instructed, kneeling next to her and Sokka and willing his own tears to remain behind his eyelids.

"We still need you," Sokka spoke quietly as Azara smiled sadly up at him.

"You'll be okay," she stated quietly as Iroh clenched his eyes shut at the statement, unable to stop a few tears leaking through. 

"Not without you," Sokka returned as Azara let a tear drop from her eye as she smiled sadly up at Sokka. She rubbed her thumb softly over his cheek as another tear dropped from his eye. Taking another shaky breath, Azara dropped her hand from Sokka's cheek, her eyelids starting to droop.

"Hey, stay with us," Sokka pleaded, lightly nudging her, as Katara continued to bend the water around Azara's wound. Azara's golden eyes opened wider for a moment before starting to close again. Azara was trying her best to keep her breathing even and eyes open, but found she was quickly losing the battle. 

Placing his fingers on her pulse point, Sokka began to internally panic as he felt her pulse get weaker by the second. Turning to Katara, the siblings shared a distraught expression. "I don't know how much more I can do for her," Katara whispered out, her voice breaking as she continued to swirl the water around Azara's chest.

"I'll see if I can find another healer," Yue offered, running back to the palace. 

"You have to stay awake," Sokka pleaded as Azara shut her eyes again, her breathing shallow and labored. "Azara? Azara, please!" 

"Sokka . . . I'm sorry . . ." she whispered out as Sokka could feel her pulse fading through the material of his glove.

"Hey, keep those eyes open!" Sokka cried out, choking on his words as Azara's eyes closed completely, her head resting limp against his chest. "Azara! Azara, come on!" Sokka cradled her cheek, but the action didn't cause Azara to react or perk up.