Sokka's p.o.v.

I lay down by my beautiful girlfriend in the grass as we all watch the meteor shower in awe. The way her eyes are lit up in awe and delight at the show are gorgeous. It's hard to watch the show and her face at the same time. She's just so amazing I could spend the rest of my life and still learn new things about her. Sometimes I wonder about her life before us, but I can't picture mine without her.

"It's so amazing.", she says in awe.

"You've seen nothing once you've seen it a thousand times.", Toph says as Sky's eyes widen as one flies close.

"Well you've never not seen nothing like this.", I say as it crashes a distance away as Sky scrambles to get on Appa.

"Guys hurry.", she says an urgency in her voice causing us to follow.

"It's gonna reach the village.", Katara says.

"Not if we can help it.", Sky says as we land determinedly as all of us but her and Katara get off the bison.

"Me and Sky will go gather water from the clouds.", Katara says

"Aang, Toph see if you can contain the fire.", Sky adds as the two fly off.

"Toph help me make a trench.", Aang say as the earthbender nods and they begin to bend the ground away.

"So what am I supposed to do?", I shout exasperated.

"Watch Momo.", Aang shouts back as I have to sit back and watch my friends do there amazing bending only having to snuff out a couple spots where flames shot my way and landed on the ground but I was able to beat it out with my club and Momo got the rest.

"Sokka get out of the way!", Aang shouts.

"Right.", I say feeling depressed as I grab the lemur and walk away only to get buried in snow anyways.

The next day in the village I sat on the steps at the restaurant with Sky, as the others sat at the table discussing the meteor and hero worship.

"Boo hoo poor heroes.", I say after Toph complains about lack of love and hero worship.

"Sokka what's wrong. You've barely touched your smoked sea slug.", my sister asks as Sky places a hand on my shoulder giving me a reassuring squeeze.

"It's just you guys are all so special, and amazing and talented and I'm the guy in the group that's just regular.", I say "I feel so useless."

"I hope you realize none of us see you that way. after all no one can read a map like you..", my sister says

"I can't read.", adds Toph

"And what about entertaining us with sarcastic comments.", Aang adds.

"Great.", I say.

"Sokka, you are so much more don't doubt yourself so much. Your Brave, Intelligent, and kind. Your able to come up with a plan on the spot whenever we need one. You know when to step up and take charge of most situations . You have many skills of a natural leader.", Sky says wrapping arms around my waist as she leans her head on my shoulder side hugging me "Plus I bet me and Katara have an idea to cheer you up." as she grins.

Sky's p.o.v.

"Shopping!", he shouts excitedly and I gotta admit seeing him get excited over shopping is adorable. "Maybe this is what I need, something to reinvigorate my battling."

He tests out several weapons, and some of the result are quite amusing. Although I'm looking forward to his reaction to the sword, after a few hours and many weapons later his eyes widen and he spots it as I follow him to a wall of swords as he admires a pretty one with a dragon on the sheath.

"You have a good eye, is that a PIandao original.", The shopkeeper says

"Oh ya isn't he a master swordsman and smith?", I ask smiling as the keeper as he strokes his beard.

"Why yes he is. He lives right up the hill.", the keeper answers as Aang appears to be thinking.

"That's it Sokka that's what you need!", shouts Aang.

"What the sword.", he answers.

"No silly, he means you need a master, someone who can train you to improve and hone you skills.", I say giggling.

"There right I'd of never gotten as far in water bending if not for Master Pakku.", Katara asks.

"and I got trained by the badger moles.", Toph adds.

"Well it would be cool to be a master sword fighter.", he says "Think he'd accept me?"

"Well Sokka there's only one way to find out. You'll have to go there and ask.", I say wrapping two arms around his waist. "You'll have to go up there and ask."

Soon we see him off and return to camp, After a few hours most of us are bored. I practiced my bending sparring with Toph, then we returned as the others wee trying to read the map. "No I think we're going here next.", Aang says.

"Actually we were already there.", I say startling them.

"Sky you can read a map.", Katara says.

"Well duh, that's why I help Sokka go over it.", I say chuckling.

"It's so boring without Sokka!", Aang says "Right now he'd tell a joke of one liner."

"Hey I can tell a joke.", she says then tries and bombs.

"I guess being funny skipped you.", Aang says as she huffs.

"P.u. what's that smell.", I say holding my nose.

"I don't smell anything.", Aang says.

"Oh wait I know what it was. Katara's joke.", I say as the three of us chuckle and she glares at me.

"Fine then you find us something to do.", she says.

"How about window shopping.", I suggest and a little while later me and Katara are wandering the village while Aang was held back by Toph to practice earth bending. We chatted quite a bit as we wandered.

"You know maybe we can earn some money while Sokka's training.", I suggest.

"It's a good idea but how.", she says.

"Well when I got separated from you guys.", I start.

"Uhg don't remind me, it was Sky this, Sky that. And I miss my girlfriend.", Katara says rolling her eyes as I giggle.

"Any ways I sold extra meat and hides", I start as she makes a face "And I sang for money."

"Will that work here?", she asks.

"Only one way to be sure.", I say setting our empty basket next to on the bench .

"I start out singing "Jolene", by Dolly Parton but change Jolene to Tai lee. People began to stop and watched as I sang and began adding coins to my basket and as they did I moved to singing "Colors of the wind" from Pocahontas.

I continued as the bag filled as I sang songs of love, of Joy , of passion, and of loss. And some songs I dance with while I sing as Katara watches amused.

"Sky that was amazing.", the water bender says on our way back to camp "And they filled the basket pretty high."

"Yea this should keep us good for a bit.", I say smiling.

"Whoa Katara, Sky, let me help.", Aang shouts coming and helping us move the basket to Appa's saddle.

"How'd you get the loot.", Toph says raising an eyebrow.

"Sky found a corner and started singing and the money went flying into the basket.", Katara says " And they'd throw more in to keep her going."

The next few days we trained but I was getting annoyed trying to keep everyone from being bored. So I went and checked out the meteorite.

It actually had some pretty colors to it as I thought of all the colored stones or what not inside.

"Hey Sky what you doing on top the space rock?", I hear a familiar shout as I look down at Sokka in his training robe, with the others.

"Sokka!", I shout jumping of the rock as I tackle him in a hug as his arms wrap around me while I kiss him as the others go ewe.

Sokka's p.o.v.

When I got to camp Sky was gone and everyone was acting weird, but they agreed to help move the rock with me. When I got to the rock Sky was standing on it in thought. Gotta admit her greeting was the best though. When she saw me her face lit up as she called my name jumping off the rock then jumping on me as she hugged me and planted a kiss on me.

"I missed you.", she says when we pull apart.

"I missed you too, but I need your help with something.", I say cupping her face.

"Oh cool your gonna make your sword from the meteorite.", she says smiling as my heart flutters.

"Yea, I should of known you'd know.", I say "Why were yo here?"

"Seeing if I could spot the gemstones inside.", she says tilting her head cutely"used to go meteorite hunting a lot. But come on lets get this rock delivered I'd love to meet Piandao."

Soon were at the gates again and I knock causing Piandao to open up. "Why hello Sokka who are they?", he asks.

"Just some friends who agreed to help me move this meteorite. Do you think we can make a sword from this?", I ask as he studies my friends then the rock setting a hand on my shoulder.

"Sokka together we'll make a sword unlike any other on earth.", He says grinning.

Soon were smelting the ores and refining them as we eventually forge a sword out of a dark black metal.

Once completed Master praised my worth as a student which made me feel guilty so I confessed who I was and my lack of worth and he swung a sword at me. My friends jumped p to defend me minus Sky who stood between them and me as I blocked with my sword.

"No guys this is my fight.", I say giving her a grateful nod noting confidence in her eyes as she nodded firmly back.

When she looked at me like that It was like her saying I could do it, and it made me feel stronger and want to show her that her faith in me isn't misplaced. I continued to fight my teacher outside as the others followed us as I heard him point out different things from our lesson.

"Come on Sokka you can do it!", I hear my girlfriend shout, giving me a confidence boost. Eventually I blind him but a stick alerts him to my location enough that he knocks my sword away as I fall on the steps as I hear Aang move as Master stops.

"I think I'm a little old to be fighting to Avatar.", he says amused.

"Wait you knew?", Aang says.

"I've been around along time ", He says as I get up "And I knew Sokka was water tribe. Might wanna use Lee as a cover name there's hundreds of Lees."

"Why'd you agree to teach someone from the water tribe if you knew.", my sister asks.

"Because the art of swordsmanship doesn't belong to one nation it belongs to us all", he says handing me my sword "Stay on this path and someday you'll be an even greater swordsman than I." at which we bow to each other but as we leave the butler hands me a pouch with a white lotus tile which reminds me.

"Hey Toph , I kept you a chunk cause , cause you've probably never bent space rock before.", I say handing it to the earth bender as she gets a thrill bending it as she thanks me. What I don't mention is the piece still in my bag which has a stone that like Sky's eyes changes color constantly. I'd finally found a one of a kind stone for a one of a kind girl, now I can start carving her betrothal necklace. Then on the day before the invasion, I'm gonna confess and ask her.