AN: That's m y first english fanfiction. (I'm from Germany.) I hope you'll like it and you don't mind some of my grammar and spelling mistakes...

Sokka: Some?!

Disclamer: I don't own Avatar. What a pity. I would like to. But I don't.

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My name's Katara and I'm 14 years old. I visit 8th grade in school. My brother Sokka is in my class, too, although he's 15, but he's kept back 'cause he was more interested in dating girls than in learning for school.

In my free time I'm always at the swimming-bath. I don't want to be conceited but I'm a good swimmer. Water is my element, you know. And when I'm alone I do terrific things with water. It does everything I want it to do. When I want the water to become a big wave so it does. That's amazing but I told no one except of you. Please keep it to you and don't tell it everybody – especially don't tell it my brother.

Sokka's a rational man. He likes everything you can explain naturally and which is related to technical things. In my opinion that's pretty boring. (That's your opinion too, isn't it?)

Sokka and I live with my father – our mother died two years ago. I miss her often and night and day I carry her necklace she gave me. Even when I swim I don't take it off. It's my biggest precious and many memories are related to this piece of jewellery.

My grandmother lives with us too. She's called Gran Gran and tells the nicest stories you've ever heard. All her stories are from the old days but I like to hear them. She talks often about a person called the Avatar who would make our world better.

Cause today world isn't good like it is in Gran Gran's stories. Today everything is ruled by a company called The Firenation. They're ruthless and pretty dangerous. If you do something wrong they take you and you'll never be seen again. I think they took my mother too, but I can't prove it. It would be to dangerous.

Perhaps you think the whole time: That girl's just talking and talking but I don't see where this is going to... Now you'll see. Promise.

It was a wonderful sunny day in may. Sokka and I go to school like every morning. It had rained this night so the ways were still moist. I like the air after the rain and so I walked with a bright smile on my face. Sokkas face was pretty unhappy. He hates school. His perfect day would be to run around with his boomerang and to creep through the bushes. (And who's the one who could fix his torn trousers?! Right, that's me!) So we walked to school like every day.

In class we were welcomed by our friends Jet and Meng. Jet's Sokkas best friend and Meng's mine. Together we're the fantastic four like Sokka used to call us. (He's insane, you're absolutely right. But unfortunately we're related...)

School begins and everything was pretty normal. Math was boring like ever and the teacher Mr. Taylor was boring too. I was short of to fall asleep but suddenly someone knocked at the door. Mr. Taylor stopped in his speech and looked at the door as if it bites him.

" Yeah?", he asked. The door opened and a boy came in. He was small and looks pretty young.

" Is that class 8b?", the boy wanted to know and blinked at Mr. Taylor.

" Um... Yes it is but... do you really think you're right?"

" Sure", said the boy self confident. ,, I'm absolutely right. I was told to search for class 8b. That's class 8b so I found it."

" And you want...?" Mr Taylor stared at the boy. Everyone in the classroom stared at him 'cause he wasn't 14. He wasn't even 13.

" I want to learn." The boy grinned. ,, My name's Aang and I'm 12 and I'm here to learn."

" That's a strange name", whispered Meng in my ear. All I could do was nodding.

Aang... This name wakened something deep inside me but I wasn't sure what.

" Oh... so you're the new pupil the headmaster had told me? He forgot to mention that you're 12. Are you hyper intelligent?", questioned Mr. Taylor. Aang nodded. " Alright so... uhm..." Mr Taylor watched the class to find a seat for the new pupil. " You can sit next to Katara. I'm sure she'll help you the next time to fit in."

" Sure I will", I said out loud and nodded. That Aang smiled friendly at me and sat down next to me.

" I'm Aang, nice to meet you", he said.

" Katara." I smiled at him. His eyes were deep grey and beautiful. On his head he wearied a white cap with a blue arrow. As he takes it off I saw that he's got short brown hair. Suddenly someone crawled half ower my table. It was Meng and her cheeks where red.

" I'm Meng", she said starring at Aang. ,, You've got some very big ears, don't you?" She smiled happily...