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Like Morning follows Night by Stardust948
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Castlevania: Nocturne (Cartoon)
31 Jan 2026
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The Four Nations are on the bridge of collapse under vampiric reign. The hunter clans, famous for their powerful bending, are all but extinct as more cities fall and humans enslaved for the vampires’ meals and entertainment. Rumors spread of their god-like vampire messiah, the Phoenix King, planning an apocalyptic size ritual that would make his power absolute, dooming humanity forever.
Zuko, the sole survivor of the White Lotus clan, and his adoptive sister Toph Beifong hold their own against the growing army vampires invading their town. Katara, a waterbender slave turned freedom fighter, hunts down her enslaver to avenge her mother.
Their intertwine destinies bring them together to stop the Phoenix King and his Cursed Priestess, but first they must overcome their own nightmares before it’s too late.
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- Part 18 of Rewrite The Stars
- Part 7 of Till the Lights Burn Out
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The Face of The Enemy by bunniecha12
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
30 Jan 2026
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Nothing has been untouched; starvation, exploitation, and death at the hands of the Fire Nation. As the Southern Water Tribe’s benders are hunted to extinction, one is born beneath a full moon. Her first cries echo through the night: a waterbender.
The raid came fast—brutal, merciless. But Katara was spared. Hidden away in the Fire Nation palace, growing up in the shadow of her enemies. Forced to assimilate for survival, she clung to the only remnants of home, her mother’s necklace… and the light in a lonely boy’s golden eyes.
Zuko. The prince who made her laugh when nothing else could.
The Avatar returned, the war’s tides shifted, and Katara seized her chance to escape.
Joining Aang, she fights for the world’s freedom—while battling the ghosts of her past, including the boy who never wrote, the boy who stood on the wrong side when it mattered most.
He comes seeking redemption. And though she’s the only one who hasn’t forgiven him, those long-buried feelings—have never truly left her.
In the quiet moments between battles, they begin to surface again, soft and smoldering. And slowly, painfully, their hearts begin to remember what they once were… and thoughts of what they might become. -
On Brave Wings She Flies by Stardust948
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Thumbelina (1994)
24 Jan 2026
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After Katara learns of her Moon Fairy heritage and befriends a lovely fairy prince who promises to return, things are finally looking up for the tiny girl. That is, until the unthinkable happens and Katara finds herself more alone than she’d ever been with no way to get back home.
Sequel to Let Me Be Your Wings
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- Part 11 of Rewrite The Stars
- Part 8 of ATLA G/T
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Where The Fire And The Water Dance by orphan_account
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
21 Oct 2025
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This is a fanfic passed of Pinterest pins I found and a delusional idea.
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The Illusion of Borders by JonnyMarch
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
22 Aug 2025
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This story is an alternate continuation of my completed work We Can’t Choose Us.
Chapters 1–16 are exactly the same as in that version, so if you’ve already read them, you can start right here.
But if you’re new to the story, I recommend starting from the beginning for the full emotional context.
📖 You can read Chapters 1–16 here:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/62580298/chapters/160180546In this version, I changed one decision, and it led to a very different ending.
Because so many of you asked for it. Because so many of you believed they deserved more.Series
- Part 2 of The Illusion of Borders
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The lantern casts a golden halo around them, painting my family in warm light against the shadows of our home.
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- Part 6 of Zutara Week 2025
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A Fire Knight for a Water Princess by EKWolf2020
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
11 Aug 2025
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In a different life, Katara was the princess of the Southern Water Tribe, and Zuko was her humble knight. Life was simple as one can have it, and it was perfect, until the world had something planned. Now news of Katara and Zuko's life will change everything.
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Forever in my mind by Stardust948
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), 千と千尋の神隠し | Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away (2001)
19 Jun 2025
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A Spirit Lord and human fall in love despite all odds. After disaster strikes, Ozai becomes protective his son, his last connection to his beloved. That is, until another human wanders into the bathhouse enchanting Zuko. Ozai fears history will once again repeat itself.
Not if he could help it.
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- Part 8 of Fire Family AUs
- Part 14 of ATLA G/T
- Part 26 of 1 AM Oneshots
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Through the influence of her father, Fire Lady Mai has quietly become loyal to the New Ozai Society. Reluctantly, she believes it is for the good of her and Zuko's daughter that Zuko is removed from the throne. Her actions cause immediate strife for everyone and a painful ripple effect that ensues for years, threatening to tear everything the gaang has worked for apart.
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Fire and Shadow by alexorcasosa
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), How to Train Your Dragon (Movies)
20 May 2025
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What if Zuko was stranded on an Island after his banishment, but he's not as alone as he thinks. He must work with a huge Black Winged, Blue Eyed, and a Cat Acting Creature, in means of survival and hopes of escape.
(THE BLACK CREATURE IS A NIGHT FURY)
Crossover with HTTYD and ATLA
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This is a love story that was never shown. But perhaps, it was always there.
Katara and Zuko were not together in canon. And yet—between the lines, in glances, in silences, in every unspoken choice—this story quietly waited.
This fanfiction is an attempt to weave their love into the very fabric of the canon. Without changing events, but revealing what may have always happened out of sight.
There are no invented twists here—everything could have happened just like this. And perhaps… it did.This story begins at the summit in 105 AG and weaves itself through the pages of canonical history, shedding light on many hidden moments.
Our heroes go through the stages of love, heartbreaking choices, loss, parenthood, and ultimately, the life they chose for themselvesSeries
- Part 1 of The Illusion of Borders
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"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” —Anne Geddes
It's Zuko's first Father's Day of many, so, Katara wants to make it special.
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- Part 4 of To Spend My Life With You
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Katara and Zuko have a drunken one-night stand at a college party. What she thought would be a little mistake becomes impossible to ignore when she realizes that Zuko is now not only friends with her childhood best friend, Aang but also her brother. To make things worse, Zuko acts as if their night together never happened.
Determined to move on, Katara tries to ignore the brooding human, but fate keeps pulling them together. With time, she begins to see a different side of him but just when she starts to believe that something real might be forming, an old ex of Zuko’s returns, threatening to reignite feelings and shatter everything Katara thought they were building. -
Cold Winds Require Certain Warming Methods by EKWolf2020 for HomeAgainRose
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
01 Jan 2025
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It is an unusually cold day for the Fire Nation. Ambassador Katara takes note of it and soon learns there are certain tendencies of firebenders she did not know of until now. And is in for a bit of a surprise.
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What Took You So Long? by Huni_obri
Fandoms: Avatar: Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
10 Nov 2024
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Zuko and Katara had had feelings for each other for a long time. Now years after both Aang and Mai had passed they decided to act on them
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Old Zuko and Katara share a kiss for the first time -
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Zuko and Katara's baby has been sick, keeping the new parents up all week. Finally, Kya is on the mend, and the couple are able to get some shut-eye, but a nightmare pulls Katara from her much-needed slumber.
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and with every change, i still love you by onewomanshow
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
13 Sep 2024
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There are changes, and there are stages, Zuko notices, throughout his wife's first pregnancy.
But there is one thing that stays the same, and perhaps, it's the most important thing of all.
(Or: In which Zuko is absolutely enamored with Katara.)
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Certainty by FirelordAlisa
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
08 Sep 2024
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“Remember that,” he said. His soothing voice brought goosebumps to her skin. He may have been responsible for the deaths of innocent lives, but he knew how to comfort and find a way around pain Katara knew she wouldn’t forget. “Remember the sunrise,”
She closed her eyes as she tried to view the sunrise in her head. She tried to visualize her mother’s smile. While she pictured her mother, she could hear the sounds of her stirring something on their fire outside the hut.
Haunted by her confrontation with Yon Rha, recalling the trauma she felt when her mother was killed, Katara struggles to bend. She tries to remember how to soothe herself. Little did she know, Zuko tries to help.
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Zuko has been taking on a lot as fire lord over the years to the point that it's gotten him gray by the time he's thirty-three. Katara takes note of this while using her ambassador skills to help him with a fire lord project.
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Zuko and Katara navigate their newfound relationship as the world recovers and civil war threatens the Fire Nation. Tensions rise even higher when secrets from the past deals made in the dark are brought to the light.
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- Part 3 of Kintsugi