-1The Midnight Woods

Chapter 15: Moments

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I'm really sorry for those who have been pleading for such a long time for me to finish this. Life got a bit… Hectic. I've wandered in and out of heartbreak and life… And now I think it's time to finish this story that I started a few years ago. Here is a little preview… I have to run to work but I will post the rest tonight. However I have a request.

I've recently run into a bit of financial trouble and I need help to pay my rent. If anyone can donate I have a account. My email is Madison. Any little bit helps.

And now onto a taste of what's coming

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Zuko wrapped his arms around Katara and squeezed her gently, breathing in her scent and wishing he could stay.

"I have to leave." He murmured into her head, the sweet aroma rising up to greet him, and to torment. His body ached, his throat felt like it was twisting. Never had he felt so much pain, so much sorrow and it ate into him.

"I'll go with you, I'll march right next to you but please don't leave me." Katara pleaded, rising up from her prone position. Her eyes were wild with terror at the thought that she could loose him.

"You can't possibly say that."

"I am and I will. I love you." She said with a conviction Zuko admired. With all that fire in her heart and eyes Zuko wondered why she was bending water instead of flames.

"Please don't make this harder for me. You know I have to turn myself in. I'm a liability to you and the world. I won't let this pain continue."

"Don't you see? You can make a difference now. Come with me and the Avatar and we will stop your father and bring life and humanity to a nation that has forgotten it. We can be the catalyst for change. What you are proposing is an admiral thing and it counts that you were willing to do it when it the time came. But your death will do nothing but satisfy a few politicians when your life can bring and end to the suffering of millions."

Zuko looked at her, his heart and his pride pulling his soul in multiple directions. It was difficult to know what he should do.

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