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Ok readers I should probably tell you that the story begins a few minutes before the raid on the Southern Water Tribe when Katara was a little girl…. Also in this story, Hakoda (Katara and Sokka's father) left 2 weeks earlier to fight in the war with others. Well, let's begin! I hope you enjoy! R&R!

Chapter 1

Katara

I picked up a heap of snow, and launched it at Sokka's face. I giggled playfully as he toppled over in the snow piles. Suddenly, black stuff started falling from the sky. Then Gran-Gran came running to us, all worried and scared.

"Children, we must leave now! A raid is about to happen! We will go to our hide-away shelter in the farther caps. They're quite far, so we must be quick. Take my hand. No questions!"

Just as Sokka and I placed our hands in Gran-Gran's, a whole bunch of ships docked in on the shore, and the men of the village came sprinting with their weapons to meet them.

"Come! We must hurry!"

"But I'm a warrior, Gran! Let me fight!" Sokka cried.

"Sokka, you are way too young! Now stop talking, and run!"

By the time we made it to the center of the village, fire benders made their way in. As Gran-Gran cleverly kept us by her side, Sokka became concerned when we passed our house.

"Gran, what about mom?"

"Oh my! Kya!" Gran looked at the house, and saw me burst in the doors.

"Katara! NO!"

When I ran in, there was a man hovering over my mama, who sat calmly on the floor.

"Just tell me who the last waterbender is, and we'll leave your village in peace."

"There are no more waterbenders. The Fire Nation took them all away a long time ago."

I looked at mama with confused eyes. "What are you talking about mama? I'm a waterbender!"

Mama gasped, and the man turned to face me.

"So you're the last waterbender? How cute" he said as he held my chin in his big, leathery hands. "You take your hands off of her, you MONSTER!" yelled mama.

Just then, Sokka came running in, followed by Gran Gran.

"Kya!" Gran called.

"Get away from my sister!" Sokka yelled as he threw his boomerang at the mans' vest.

He looked like he was thinking really hard about something. "We'll take the girl-" "NO!" Kya cut the man off. "Take me, instead!" "Oh, I intend to; All of you."

The man picked me up and grabbed mama's hand, which held Sokka's, which was in Gran Gran's. He led us out of our home, to the village center. "We've got the bender! Move out!" All of the troops then stopped bending, and casually started watching back to their ships. We were boarded on the large, middle ship.

The man locked us in a small room that had one bed, and a little lantern in the corner. "You will eat at sundown" the man said as he walked away.

I crawled over to my mama and laid on her lap. She ran her fingers through my hair. I glanced over at Gran, who had the same expression as mama.

"Mama…..what's going to happen to us?" I asked.

"I don't know, dear." I saw a small tear form in her eye.

"What about dad?" Sokka chimed in.

"I don't know, dear."

The tear finally came rolling down mama's cheek.