Shila Epilouge (Pianikpok) - A/N [AKA a really long a sappy post :D]

[BTW this is my 80th post! :) pretty epic 80th post, I think! :D]

So, wow. It's over! eeeps!! Before I go all sappy and comment on how much of a journey this has been, and all that good stuff, first let me comment on this epilouge!

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This epilouge took me AGES, but not as long as I thought it would. it turned out TOTALLY different from how I had originally planned it, but I think I like it. I think! :D

so, Iroh. Yeah, that was sad, but I downplayed it, cause I didn't want to cry ;(. I needed someone to die and Iroh seemed the easiest. It was a bit wimpy, but I didn't want to get rid of anyone else. Well, Aang is a different story.

Hikari means light in japanese!! :) I LOVE that name, too! I was so happy when i searched it and found out it was such a pretty name!

Azula! I love her! She was soooooo fun to write! At first I thought I made her a bit TOO childish, but Sera said she was fine. I mean, her main problem is that her mother [supposedly] doesnt love her, so... yep.
Seriously, I want to write like 500 azula one-shots now. She is really fun to write. Try it! no, really...
hee hee, YES i did put a march hare moment in there! I couldn't help myself! It was just begging to be written!!
Oh and this line - “I guess so. It really is Zuzu’s baby? Not that moustache man? The earthbender? You two seemed to –“ LOL omg that crax me up SO MUCH!!! I was like dying when I wrote it... haha!

so. Sokka and Kya hadn't fought! I was like, WHAT? thats impossible! so, yep. :D

:D

OH and I wrote that thunderstorm paragraph one night when there was a giant storm outside. I was like 'ahh, I have to put a storm in my story!' :)

Kya is a bit weepy. But so am I... so... yeah. There is nothing wrong with being emotional!!! :P :D

Yes, Zuko and Kat named their son after Iroh. Isn't that so sweet?? :)

LOOK -> I explained Mai and Ty Lee's absence! haha. not well enough, I know. But I really didn't want to mess with them... I had more than enough characters already. (next time I write a story, remind me to narrow my focus to two or three characters, not like TEN! omyword. haha)

Yeah, so... I'm not really sure what Kya did either. that horizontal column somehow stopped the lightning. And since Ky didn't WANT to hurt azula, it didnt. Please, don't examine it. It is full of flaws :D

Sooo, um, sorry leila for kinda making your life tragic :D but hey, you ended up with Cha-li! so its k, right??? haha. 

Oh yeah, and, I had written this whole thing minus Aang's viewpoint. Like, Sokka just got the letter and then it went back to Kya's pov. but then I realized that I kinda needed to go into detail a bit. So, I put that little bit in. And then had to make this FB status: 'thought people would worry that I just googled 'how fast do you die if you get stabbed in the chest with a knife' until I found a yahoo answer for it and the person who asked the question was in the same predicament as me: writing a story :D'

and yeah, those avatar relics are two of the ones we saw in 'The Storm' :)

and I don't know what shila did to aang. avatar magicky stuff, I guess. :D :D

well, there ends THAT portion of the authors note :) now on to the sap...

:)



Wow. I cannot believe this is over!

When I started this I hadn't even seen the third season. In fact, i think I started it because I wouldn't be able to get the third season for a while and I was having withdraws :D

So, I know I'm going to go back and hate those first few chapters (i already re-wrote chap 3! haha) but it's ok! This was my first fully digital (like, I wrote it all on the computer) story to complete! I can't believe I actually did it! It's amazing, really.

mainly I need to thank Bryke, for creating such an awesome universe to write about! :D and all the voice actors, for living in my head and helping me out! :D
thanks to SERA! omd! Without her, thsi story would suck, no kidding! she was (almost) always there on chat when I needed to bounce ideas, validate viewpoints, or rant about zutara! :) thanks sis!
thanks to my family, who doesn't even know what the heck this story is about, but knows I am writing a story and gives me my space when i'm in the zone :D and tolerates my 'ZUTARA SHOULD BE CANON' random screams :D
thanks to Leila, for actually reading this story! haha! and for inspiring an awesome, if underused, character! :)
Thanks to Dr. Pepper, Fritos, Funyuns, Fast Breaks, and fudge popsicles (OMD do I have a thing for the letter F? What is that about?) for keeping me from going insane! :D
Thanks to my computer for being amazing! :D
and now for the music portion of this.

So, a long time ago, (not really that long) I realized that there were certain songs that fit with this story. So I created a playlist that I called the 'soundtrack'. I will now share this with you:

Stand in the Rain - Superchick
Save You - Kelly Clarkson
Shadowland - Various Artists(The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast])
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Stumptown - Nickel Creek
Maybe - Kelly Clarkson
Somebody Like You - Keith Urban
If I Fell - Evan Rachel Wood
I Want You - Kelly Clarkson
You Remind Me - Allie Moore
Breakeven (Falling to Pieces) - The Script
I Can`t Stop Loving You - Keith Urban
4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) - Madonna
It's Not My Time - 3 Doors Down
Love Is Worth the Fight - Lanae' Hale
Have you ever really loved a woman? - Bryan Adams
He Lives in You (Reprise) - (Various Artists The Lion King [Original Broadway Cast])
When the Rain Comes - Third Day
Used To The Pain - Keith Urban
Without You - Brooke Fraser
Learning to Fall (Bonus Track) - Love and Theft

That is the Shila Soundtrack :) It is amazing and it really fits, and I love it. :D

other music that I owe my writing capabilites to (for I could not write without music...)

Jack Johnson
Gregory and the Hawk (thanks Alicia aka Squishpie!)
Veer-Zaara soundtrack
Pablo Cassals Bach Cello Suites
DMB (just the song You and Me)
Across the Universe Soundtrack
Replay - Iyaz
John Mayer
Kris Allen
Owl City
Maroon 5
Allie Moore

and THE TRACK TEAM omyword, without them... avatar would have been half of what it is! :)

ok, so... I'll stop being sappy!

I'll tell you now: There will be NO sequel. Haha! I love this AU, and Kya, but... yeah. haha. Maybe a one-shot, but that's unlikely :)

:D

EEK I don't want to end it. I need to bite the bullet

fin

<3

~LS

Shila CHP3 (Suinnak) REVISED EDITION - A/N

So, I rewrote this chapter, because I hated the previous version. I'm moving the previous version to 'Thought wasps and Luna moths' so it'll still be up. Like a deleted scene :)

Not too much to say here! Except I like this version much better, it kinda sets up Macahty a lot more.

for the previous author's note, which pretty much says what I would normally say :)

thanks!

~LS

Shila CHP20 (Uitayok) - A/N

As you can imagine, I have a whole story's worth of things to say about this chapter. But, really, since I can't sit there next to you and give you a running commentary, I don't have that much! :D

I love love love the letters idea. I kinda, sorta, not really but almost got the idea from a fic i read which I can't remember the name of right now. But I'll remember eventually! :D

in fact, I got so caught up with the letters that it was really hard for me to go back to writing dialouge haha. :D

SO this chapter is pretty epic. it is of epic proportions anyway. hee hee.

*sigh*

hahah, Sera wanted Zuzu to play the Tsungi Horn.So, I got them all drunk. hee hee. :D

OH and the name Yuuchi (pronouced somewhat like 'yoo-ee-chee' but with the 'ee' barely noticible.) I asked her 'what would you name your first child' and she's like, 'boy = yuuchi!' :D

OH and Liluye's thing may be a bit unbelievable, but really think about it. Sokka and katara really would have made an impression on Chief arnook, not to mention Aang. And, since Yue is gone, he would need an heir (although, admittedly, he probably would have already picked one but whatever) SOOO Kat and SOk could put in a few words and suggest Lil. PLUS that would also pretty much clinch the loyalty of Nuuk, since before they werent *clearly* NWT.

so, yup :D

hehe, my favorite line in this: 'he stroked the beard he'd been growing out'.. OH YEAH BABY! bearded sokky! hahah :D 'I can't, it is permanently glued to my face!'
:D

OH YES and I used the songs Have you Ever Really Loved a Woman [bryan adams] and They live in you/he lives in you [the lion king] for helaku's encouters :D

OMG only the epilouge left! wow! I can't believe it! Don't worry, I'll save all the sappiness for the last A/N :D

OH and I am about a third of the way through the epilouge. I think I'm gonna go back and fix everything first though... rewrite the zutara chapter. :)

translations -
Uitayok Opened eyes

(I'm not going through and finding any others. If they're there, they're not new. They're translated in one of the previous A/Ns :))

Shila CHP18 (Omayok) - A/N

SO wow. this chapter took me a very very very long time. yup. Sorry 'bout that, invisible readers! :)

I love it!

soooo, because I am utterly and completely OCD I have to have 20 chapters. 21 with the prolouge. I absolutely adore the numbers 20 and 21, so yup. 19 and 20 not so much... haha :D so there will be one more chap and then an epilouge!


I got a new computer that basically serves as a notebook, so hopefully I'll get a bit more done... haha :D in fact, the next chap is almost done! :D

~Translations~
ningarsareitok tireganierk - Irascible Fox
Omayok - is alive

Shila CHP17 (Kamitpok) - A/N

So. Wow.

I think I am going to go do a dance of joy, or maybe cry.

Aye.

OK so DISCLAIMER: I used lines and scenes from Sozins Comet part 1 and 2 for this! Whenever she flashes to suki, and the agni kai and pre-agni kai stuff is straight from. Otherwise it would be wrong. and i wouldn't like that. I didn't mean any plagiarizing, see, here I'm giving credit!! :)

So yeah, pretty much she just kept flashing to Suki. This was mainly for the ending scene. everything pretty much happened the same except for a few key points:

-Sokka didn't kiss Suki when they were leaving the airship. He just smiled at her, in a friendly way.

-Kya and Hitomi took the lightning out of Zuko, which enabled Kya and Katara to heal the wound right up, without any other after effects. (it seemed a bit easy to me in the show... i mean it took spirit water to revive aang!)

-Ozai died. See, he was really fine. just kinda weak from having his bending taken away, but still as strong as any normal, slightly tired, man. Then he stabbed Suki with his belt buckle thing, so Sokka chopped his head off. this makes me so very much happier. I hate Ozai alive.

-Suki died. Ok, so honestly I like Suki. She is a cool character. But she and sokka are too hard to write, like how they aren't together. :/ so, I had to kill her. please note, she didn't die just from Ozai's flame ornament. That probably wouldn't be enough to kill her. She lost a lot of blood, passed out, and fell off the column thing. :)

-oh and I solved the worst problem I had with this story. How quickly Taang and Zutara happened. Don't get me wrong, I love both of them, but they happened WAY too easily. more will be explained next chapter! :)

so... yep. I was kinda annoyed with how un-involved Li was (sorry leiler-buddy!) but I wasn't going to go back and re-write. it had already taken me ?two? weeks to write this! :)

TRANSLATIONS

Issho Ojusan - Bridesmaids... I believe it literally means Bride and Maid or young woman. :)
Inotowok - isolated, alone
tuwawi! - quick!
ingiarsiwok - Passes beyond
auksarpok - plunges through the air
kamitpok - extinguishes fire
tartok - dark (is without light)
illulikangitok - inside ourselves is empty
niptaitok - foggy (is)
ikkuma manigutiwok... ikkiertok - fire submits. feels cold

:D

~LS

A Good Fight - A/N

Ok, first of all.... Toph/Teo WOW I don't know where that came from. I was trying to come up with someone who was earth kingdom who could marry her and poof Teo popped up.

It's really weird, and I don't think I'll write anything else with it!

With THAT out of the way! (yes, shameless Zutaraness. I'm sorry, but all my stories WILL be Zutara)

this story came about quite interestingly! :)
Jell and I were playing the park and we decided to play 'pretend.' seeing as how neither of us had played 'pretend' in years, we figured it was worth a try, plus we had nothing better to do. :D

SO we came up with characters and a back story. I was Zia the firebender, she was Tang the earthbender.
(Side note: Zia has nothing to do with Zia from Shila, I just really love the name. And Tang has nothing to do with the Toph Aang shipping. Jell actually doesn't like Taang *GASP* i know... haha. :D she just liked to name too!)

SO we started playing... and every five seconds we would stop and giggle over the fact that we - an eleven year old and a fifteen year old - were *actually* playing pretend!

Originally Ansayto was 'Gyatso' becasue we didn't really want to take the time to come up with a name for him, since he wasn't really a factor in our story. When i wrote it down though i gave him a proper name.

OH and the scene where they attack the Southern Raider's captain - we actually did that. hee hee, I dropped down and went *phhhhhhhhhhh* while sticking my hands out, and Jell went *plah plah* while pretending to shoot rocks. Then we started rolling, we were laughing so hard. :D

Yep, we are officially weird. Oh well! :) I got a good story out of it!!

PS - I LOVE this AU, I think I'll go back to it a few more times in other one-shots! So don't be sad if you like it too! :)

PPS - I absolutely ADORE this line - "This time she wouldn’t try to patch a hole in a dam with a piece of cloth. This time she would knock it down and build a whole new one." Like SERIOUSLY!! thank YOU! haha :D

PPPS - After reading one of Sera's latest post I really wanted to change the name of this one-shot collection to 'Thought-Wasps and Luna Moths' because that is what they all are. But, I really like the name arrows also. comments?

hmm.

:D

~LS

HISHE - Author's Note

Wow. This was SO GREAT TO WRITE! Hahah. I think I am in love with this. Seriously, if the show ended this way, I might kiss Bryan AND Mike. ;)

SO to end any confusion, ‘cause I didn’t go into detail very much (this had to stay a one-shot!)

Katara and Zuko had fallen in love, but they were keeping their relationship a secret. Zuko told off Mai, but Katara was too chicken to tell off Aang. At that point, their plans were to go to Ba Sing Se with everyone else after the coronation.

THEN Zuko talked to his dad and found out info about his mom. They also found out that Ozai was planning a rescue of himself, that he was firebending-less, but still devious and powerful. With that kind of threat, Zuko couldn’t leave to find his mom.

PLUS Katara was STILL too chicken to talk to Aang.

SO they thought out this really elaborate plan.

Katara kills Ozai, but makes it look random. With Ozai she left a note to Aang.

They leave to go find Zuzu’s madre.

THEN Aang becomes disenchanted with Katara.

This solves my three main problems with the series.

#1 – the Kataang ending
#2 – Ozai being alive
#3 – Zuko not finding his mommy

WOW that was long!! Haha ok! Bye now! :D

PS -

The poem I used in this is awesome! it fit so amazingly

It is 'The Flood' by Robert Frost.


"Blood has been harder to dam back than water.
Just when we think we have it impounded safe
Behind new barrier walls (and let it chafe!),
It breaks away in some new kind of slaughter.
We choose to say it is let loose by the devil;
But power of blood itself releases blood.
It goes by might of being such a flood
Held high at so unnatural a level.
It will have outlet, brave and not so brave.
weapons of war and implements of peace
Are but the points at which it finds release.
And now it is once more the tidal wave
That when it has swept by leaves summits stained.
Oh, blood will out. It cannot be contained."

eeeehhhh I love it so much!

Life is Good

OOh OOH guess what??? I have a surprise for YOU!

:D

A new, super cool ONE-SHOT! (or drabble, as the case may be. it's like, 2500 words or somewhere around that. So what exactly *is* the difference between drabble and one-shot? idk.)

This one is about Katara and her life five years after the war! It was inspired by Toph, and me brushing my teeth. HA read the whole inspiration story in the A/N after the REAL story ;)

without further ado -

Life Is Good


PS - I had to look up 'Sukka' for the summary. Is that not sad? Just had to make sure it was the correct name for SokkaxSuki. I just don't read much Sukka, I mean not Sukka-centric! Hrmmm.. .LOL

PPS - OMG OMG OMG IT was on the FRONT PAGE and OMG OMGOMG it has one review ALREADY!!! (ok ok ok, sorry, geeking out!)

TY!

:)

~LS

Shila CHP16 (Kazoku) - A/N

:) Another filler-esque chap.

With a very lot of hiddenness that only Sera will get. But that's ok. Sera's cool. :)

ALL the foreign words in this were Japanese (supposedly) !! even the title... aren't I cool?? :)

~Translations~
Kazoku - family
Musume yo - My Daughter
Onee - Big sister
Imouto - little sister
Okachaan - mother
Watashi wa kanojo ga daisuki - I love her
Harasho - wonderful
Wo Nuer (this is actually mandrin. Seeing as how the earth kingdom is mainly based on Chinese culture, as opposed to the japanese based Fire Nation... you get it?? :)) -  my daughter


:)

<3

~LS

Shila CHP15 (Audlarpok ) - A/N

okeedokee this is *sorta* a filler chap. it's k. not much to say! except, I wrote this in the car while on a road trip... yes, I took my computer and typed until it died. see how dedicated I am??? :D

OH Selina is based on my little sis. She was sitting next to me when I was typing, reading it, and I said 'do you want to be in my story?' and she said 'Yeah! Can my name be Selina?' haha :) 

OH AGAIN - :D (SERA you rock!)  for clarification... Zia is pronounced ZSHH EEEE AAA yeah. Like Zhao. :) :) 

~translations~
audlarpok- leaves (departs)

Shila CHP14 (Narpok) - A/N

SOOOO

this was interesting

YES so I was listening to the song Breakeven, by the script, and I was like ,"OMD this like sooo describes Sokka/Kya in my recent chappala!" (yeah, I think like that. What of it?)

the best is the line "You've got his heart and my heart, and none of the pain" :)

sooooo, I stuck in a bit from his perspective!

ANYWAY

erm yes, skepticality IS a word!

just don't look it up, OK?!

thanks.

MORE ANYWAYNESS

sooo, did you know she was *GASP* royalty???????????????? OZAI'S SISTER!!!! haha. I thought i might have given it away when i said her father was going to marry her to someone to try to patch things up with Roku, in an earlier chap. BUT idk!

~Translations~
Narpok - stumbles. (meh. not my best work, by far)

Shila CHP13 (Tonrar) - A/N

I actually really like this chapter. I mean, really.

Again, she was acting all crabby. Poor Kya, I don't think its a good week for her. I really don't understand why she's so snappish, but I guess we have an explanation now!

Thanks to Sera, as usual, for pretty much keeping this story believable!

ALSO thanks to my other cousin - Jell! She helped me with Macahty! I basically wanted Loki, but in avatarian form! :D So I asked her and she suggested Matata. I could not find him anywhere, and was stupid enough not to copy the link she gave me before we closed chat! So, I pretty much took what she gave me and transformed him into my own little party. Super-duper brownie points if you know a certain evil feline character who he was partly based on!! :D

~Translations~

Karpok - hungry
Atka - guardian spirit
Maiksuk - bad things
Quannik - snowflake
Yurlaria - dancing one
Tireganierk -Fox
kappianartoraluk , suinnak, unwangamiutak, assiminik,  piktaungitok, ningarsareitok, naglingnartok, nudyuartok, illitsuitok, piugartok  - You terrible, good for nothing, egotistical, zealous, evil, irascible, pitiful, savage, stupid, troublesome,

 

Shila CHP12 (Padlakpok Ungayok) - A/N

I love this chapter. I really do.

BIG GIANT SHOUT-OUT TO SERA!

she (as usual) was an integral part of the completion of this chappie! Kya was being rather snappish, and I couldn't figure out why. I was in a great mood, but everything I wrote was mean and angry! I told Sera about it (we were im-ing at the time, like we do pretty much 24/7) and she suggested that Kya was sick! GENIUS! :D

So, this whole fanfic was inspired by the Beatles song - If I Fell. Well, Evan Rachel Wood's version of it (from Across the Universe)

I pretty much used its lyrics for Kya's part of her and Sokka's argument. :) I love that song!
It also reminds me, just a bit (the argument) of Sugarland's Stay... though it's not really meant that way.

ANYWAY

:)


~Translations~

Illamar - friend.
buniq - sweet daughter
aga - mother
Padlakpok Ungayok - Falls in love

Shila CHP11 (Niviorpok) - A/N

This chapter....

I like it, I do! But it's pretty much just a filler chap.
Oh sokka. Did you really think that was ok? Not good, Sokka.

THE BEGINNING - was from boiling rock pt. 1. I didn't mean any copyright infringement or anything - it belongs to nickelodeon not me!

OH and everything that happened in the show between Sokka and Suki happened here... up to when she was captured, obviously.


~Translations~
Tuaq - old piece of ice frozen into new
Aga - mother
Buniq - sweet daughter
Illamareit - dear one
Tarralikitak sorartok - Is my butterfly broken?
Tarralikitak nukitarpalliawok. Just… Takrayok. Muy Takrayok, ningartok, annuttok. - Your butterfly is getting stronger. just... tired. very tired, angry, and sad.
Serdlerk nunangoark kipingoyok - is my little flower lonely?
No. I… nagvarpok nutaroyok nukapiak. Krainkoyiyok Sokka. Tipsinartok, siorauyak, okradlakpok, Nukilik, Akiak. Ungayok. Opinnartok - No. I... found a new boy. Called Sokka. he is amusing, sweet, he talks alot, he's strong, brave. I think I love him. it's miraculous.
Kuvianartok , anernerk - I'm so happy for you, angel
Sungitok Aga - Thank you, mother.
Niviorpok - worries

:)

TFR!

~LS

Nuair a chuaigh mé amú, thaispeáin tú an bealach dom. (A/N)

Nuair a chuaigh mé amú, thaispeáin tú an bealach dom.

'When I was lost you showed me the way'

:) This is my tale of St. Patrick's Day. We all know the true story. But I was wondering... why do we wear green? This is my reason why. :)

I had a blast writing this. I love it!

PS - Ainfean's accent is supposed to reek of scotland. Just so ya know. :D

thanks for reading!

~LS

Shila CHP10 (Kuviasuktok) - A/N

I LOVE THIS CHAPTER!!

:D

Yippee, I <3 Fong! He and Hitomi are so cute!

My favorite question asked to me by Sera, when she read this chapter, was
"Would you really threaten a martial arts master?"
The answer? Yes. Yes I would. :D

*sigh* end of peaches and cream coming soon! :\ :]

Translations-
Aga - mother
Buniq - Sweet daughter
Panik - daughter
Ahnah - wise woman
Illautiwok - United or Joined (applies to both subjects, eh? Clever me! :D)

Shila CHP9 (Kuviasuktok) - A/N

I love this chapter. Not as much as the next chapter, but i really love it.

*sigh* sokkya is so cute! (But don't worry... it isn't all peaches and creme! Reality coming soon!) :D :D

OK not too much to say!

OH, basically what happened when she firebent was she like caught on fire, but she didn't get burnt. She felt hot, and she looked like she was on fire, but as soon as she put water on it she was fine.

Yeah, that needed a little bit of clearing up ;)

~Translations~
Kuviasuktok - Is Happy

Shila CHP8 (Illamar) - A/N

Ok, so I am pretty bad at describing spaces... yeah... :) oh well!!

It seemed so simple in my head. Ha

ANYWAY

SOOO whatcha think of the new buddies? Yeah, they're here to stay, for a bit anyway. AND... *super backstage pass* they are based on my very own friends, and fellow AtLA obsessors, Sera-Loma and Ty-Leila :D

[I lub you guys!! Thou art amazing, my dear ones!!]

In Other News....

well there really isn't any other news... hmm...

*Translations*
Maiksuk - Bad things!
Illamar - friend :)

Shila CHP7 (Kunnikpok) - A/N

Wow

This might be my favorite chapter ever.
I absolutely hate the writing, but the content... OHHH the content!

Ok, seriously, all that 'disjointed rambling'? that was totally me! I was a hot mess after they kissed! I read back over it and was like 'Oh! wow!'

I lub it!

:)

The Dear Translations

Siku - Ice
Uyarak - Rolling rock (I know, aren't those names awesome? :D)
Kunikpok - kisses :D

Shila CHP6 (Ikkumayok ) - A/N

OMD!!!

Oooooh!!!

Yep, that is pretty much all I have to say

well, I do have a bit more. I didn't plan for her to be firebender when I first thought of this (YES she is firebender, all you dense people.) The idea came to me the other day when I was trying to get to sleep (As all good ideas do.) AND after I already drew the tattoo on her arm.

Yeah, I knew her mom was Fire Nation, but I didn't know she was a firebender.

OH YEAH and I do have an awesome drawing of her! But I keep being lazy and not scanning it!

BLERGH!

oh well!

Hey, WTG ME, two chapters in one day!! :) <3


~Translations~

Maiksuk! - Bad thing! (no, seriously, that is what it means :D)
Ikkumayok - Burns, is on fire

<3
~LS