Moons face, Cats grace, and an Ocean misplace

Chapter one

Lying in his cell, the only thing he could think of was how did he end up here? The last thing Sokka could remember was vague and blurry, bordering on the side of insane. Twisting and turning around with iron shackles on his wrists and legs, he noted the walls were cold stone with thick iron bars intersecting halfway through the room with a door on the other side to prevent any form of escape. The walls dripped and dribbled with water, making him wish every so often that his sister Katara was here so she could make with the water bending and get him out of here.

Unfortunately, no such rescue was forth coming…

Keeping himself busy trying to think of a way out of the situation quickly turning to how badly he wished he had even a scrap of food, Sokka fell over onto the and sighed deeply, wondering if he was ever going to see daylight again as a large metal door slid open making a terrible grating sound that threatened to break his ear drums. Entering was a sight of a woman he wished nothing more than to see dead at the end of a sword or some other unpleasant means of death.

Azula, the princess to the fire nation.

"I hope you find your accommodations comforting. We will soon be transferring you to the public executions block where you will be burned alive for attempting to overthrow the fire nation" she spoke, teasing him with her words.

"Oh, it's fine. Don't suppose you all just forgot to bring supper for me and are making a nice big lunch to compensate?" he spoke sarcastically, knowing it would be better to be strong right now then show her weakness, that's what she wanted after all.

"You would be so lucky. Actually were going to execute by the end of the night, your transfer over is just a formality that needs to be taken care of, so I'm afraid food just isn't given to worthless prisoners who are about to die anyway" she said turning around, leaving him back to face her back. She stopped as if she just remembered something, turning around with a sly smile across her face.

"Oh, for the record, your girlfriend in the tower over found out about your capture. She begged and pleaded with me to spare your life, saying she would gladly take your place to preserve you" She said, Words hitting Sokka as if he were struck with a blast of her lightning. Lunging forward, still in his shackles and unable to do anything, he struck the bars in angry defiance, unable to hear what she would dare due to his lover, Suki.

"I swear if you touch one hair on her head I will-"he started when Azula bluntly cut him off.

"You will rattle against your cage like a chained beast and die like the peasant you are, your corpse to be showed to the public so the whole world will get to see what happens when you cross the strongest nation in the world. Now, I no longer have time for pieces of trash such as yourself, I have other matters to attend to" she spoke, turning away and leaving, closing the door and leaving Sokka to vent his rage in his private cell alone, broken, and defeated. If he had only held onto Aappa tighter he wouldn't have fallen off from their escape after the invasion failed, if he had swam against the currents toward a safe shore he wouldn't have been discovered floating in the water, if he had not allowed himself to be picked up by the fire nation patrol boats none of this would have happened. Now he was stuck, alone and with no hope, the only thing giving him comfort was the small window that let the moon shine in.

Yue…

He couldn't help but think back to his brief time spent with Yue, how they were so cruelly torn apart, how he lives on, worlds apart from her now, as he tried to keep the pieces of his shattered life from blowing in the wind. Everything seemed hopeless to him now as he did nothing but fall asleep.

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She knew that time was short, and she wouldn't be able to keep her presence hidden for long. Something deep inside her even told her this was wrong to betray Azula and Mai like this, but Ty Lee couldn't help how she felt.

This was love…

As she traipsed through the rafters over the guards heads, completely unseen and unable to be detected with the agility of a feline, Ty Lee made her way to where the boy she had so grown fond of was being held prisoner. As she quietly infiltrated further and further in, she got to the point over the lone watchman's head, his deep yawn showing how tired he really was as the keys to the inner cells lay dangling from his belt. Smiling to herself, she used her feet to hook onto the wooden beam she used for support to lower herself ever so cautiously to where she was just a few inches from his head with the guard still oblivious to his surroundings. With a quick and silent jab of her hands into several point in his neck and veins, the guard passed out, unable to wake up for at least a couple of hours. Using his head to balance, she placed her palms on his helmet and tumbled safely to the floor and easily took off the keys from the belt loop and continued with a sly "thank you" before unlocking the door.

Pushing it open slowly, hoping not to make too much noise, she peeked in with a perky smile and saw the object of her hunt, the water tribe boy whom she fell in love with the moment she met him. He was waking up groggily from when the door slid open but upon seeing her, he fell back over as if in defeat.

"Great, what do you want?" he asked looking straight up at the ceiling. Smiling, she slipped into the room and dangled the keys in her hands.

"Hello there, would you like out of those nasty shackles?" she asked, noting with pleasure how his eyes seemed to follow the keys hungrily.

"Alright, what do you want from me?" he asked, sitting upright. Smiling, she walked in and opened the door to his cell and walked in ever so silently.

"Awwww, can't I just want to see your cute face?" she teased, holding the keys securely in her hand. He really was handsome with his tan skin, muscled body even if it was a tad scrawny, and beautiful hair that fell wonderfully down his face when it wasn't done up in a pony tail.

"Will saying yes get me the keys?" he asked, a look of hopefulness in his eyes.

"Sorry cutie, but I want something else too" she said, leaning forward so she was less than a few inches from his face. His eyes were such a brilliant shade of blue it was breathtaking. If her plan succeeded, she would be happier than anyone else ever to live.

"What do you want?" he asked, leaning back ever so slightly blushing from the closeness. Giggling to herself, she stepped forward to be even closer than before, noses touching.

"I want you to be my husband" she spoke, causing him to fall flat on his rear.

"WHAT?! Are you serious?!" he asked, almost screaming it causing Ty Lee to look back cautiously in case someone heard him. Luckily no stray guards made their way to the sound of shock.

"Yup, promise to marry me, and I will let you go" she said, holding the keys out in her hands for him to see.

"But…but…how can you…why me…I can't…" he stumbled over words as the deep blush crossed all of his face. It was so cute that Ty Lee couldn't help but throw her arms around him warmly, pressing herself against him ever so suggestively.

"You are so cute!! Come on, promise to marry me, and your free. That way you even get to go back to help the Avatar, and you have me on your side too! Won't that be wonderful?" she said, looking to him slyly, knowing she was his only hope of escape. For what felt like several minutes, the cute boy struggled deeply to come to another option, but eventually sighed before looking at her again.

"I hope you realize I just traded one prison cell for another" he said as he reluctantly held out his shackles which she was oh so willing to remove for him.

"Yes but this prison cell is cute and pink!" she said, causing his jaw to drop.

"God what have I done??" he asked when the last shackles were removed and he stretched his arms to give himself a bit of movement to relieve the stiffness in his wrists.

"And now to seal the deal" she said and throw herself into him, locking her lips firmly onto his, catching him off guard and shocking him even more before she finally withdrew.

"You may kiss the bride!" she said, smiling cutely to him. He looked at her strangely before speaking.

"Aren't you supposed to say that BEFORE you kiss?" he asked walking out the cell with her following closely.

"Where's the fun in that?" she asked, considering herself now to be the luckiest girl in the world…