Chapter 1

Does not work well with others.

"Little brats! If you want me to look at something just ask!" The older teen snapped at the small children who kept chucking balls of snow towards her small hut as she yelled, though she doubted the children could hear her as she opened her door. Only to be greeted with a large ball of snow to the face.

For some reason the impact was rather harsh, closer to that of a hunk of ice as the teen held her face. Her eye twitched as she removed the remains of the snowball from her face, it was hard to tell if her face was bright red from anger or the impact.

"You little pieces of sh- I mean crap!" No doubt she was careful not to use the harsher obscenities as the small children all giggled. There were two boys around the age of ten and eleven and the final one was a girl, she messed with her coat as she looked at the teen with innocent eyes.

"Ah...we're sorry, we just...wanted you to help us again..." The girl covered her face with her gloves as both boys grumbled before turning their attention back at the older teen.

"Yeah, Shesh, you promised that if we needed help with our bending you'll see what you'll do!" Shesh sighed slightly, it wasn't just those three, but a lot of children from the village. Both benders and non-benders alike came to her with problems. It was rather odd actually, no matter how harsh she acted the kids just seemed to flock to her.

Perhaps it was because no matter how idiotic or small the request Shesh did them. For whatever reason she had trouble forcing her point of view on others. And as a result, she did things for others, even if it irritated her and she complained about it.

"Well...I did say that, but wouldn't it be better just to ask the old lady?" No doubt she was referring to Katara as the young girl let out a small frown.

"We would have, but she said she's busy today, plus you..." The girl trailed off, no doubt she realized what she was about to say was going to be rather rude as one of the boys cut in.

"You're a lazy ass! You really have nothing to do most of the day, so us taking up your time is actually productive!" The boys laughed as Shesh teeth clicked together. Her blue eyes, no doubt would have turned red with rage if given the chance.

"Little brats, how about I shove my foot so far up your asses that you'll be-" Shesh winced before she could finish her statement, that was far too extreme for them as she grumbled before giving a rather heavy sigh. "Fine, whatever, get a lump of snow and bring it inside..." Shesh cracked her neck as she traveled back into her small home, the children did what they were told as the all gathered lump of snow from the ground.

Though saying it was a home was far too good for the structure, more like a shack that had two rooms in it at most. Though it was the perfect place for someone who was living alone, even if it was stuffy when others started entering the house.

The four of them sat on the floor as Shesh lifted her fingers as made a pulling motion, taking a small piece of snow from each of their clusters as it melted, turning into water. Shesh lifted up the orb of liquid as she closed one of her eyes, her hands slowly going up and down. Keeping the water in the center of the room.

"What do you idiots want to learn today, I already taught you how to move it, so...I assume you want to know how to do other things," Shesh, wondered what she should teach the trio in front of her as the children quickly tried to replicate what the older teen had done.

"Ah...Shesh, could you help us, make shapes?" The girl asked an innocent question as the boys gained a large grin.

"Yeah, something like a spear, or maybe a spike!"

Shesh bit her lip, she doubted it was a good idea to teach them anything dangerous considering their parents would bitch about her if she did. Perhaps basic shapes would be better as Shesh slowly pressed her hands together. The water in the center of the room turned into a square as in fell to the floor nearly shattering.

"Hey, we're working on making shapes today, I assume even idiots like you can do something as simple as that!" Shesh smirked as the boys rubbed the back of their head, perhaps it was due to embarrassment or lack of skill, but neither boy was going to admit they couldn't do such a simple thing.

"Actually...we can't do that..." The girl said in a rather weak voice as Shesh gained a rather odd luck, before taking a deep breath.

"Okay then, lets get started,"

It wasn't a long lesson, Shesh simply taught them the proper movements as well as breathing. It was a rather basic technique, let the water flow through the air and mind and make it solid, as Shesh examined the trio's progress. "Eh...they're actually pretty slow learners," Shesh noticed they were having trouble making it completely solid, as Shesh scratched her head.

"I'm not really sure how to go about teaching them," Shesh never had trouble with learning things, and even though she didn't have a proper teacher she was considered the best waterbender in her age group. A rather decent achievement for someone who lived in the South-pole, even if it was a completely worthless one. "At the rate they're going, they are going to need a lot more attention..." Shesh never really had anything to do, but she really couldn't just spend all her time training the three kids.

"Hey, guys...you are, sucking pretty badly," Shesh stated bluntly as all three of the kids winced, perhaps it was because their ego nearly shattered with such a statement as one of the boys gave a rather large huff.

"Well, tell us what we're doing wrong! We can't learn anything if you just expect us to repeat what you are doing!" Shesh grumbled at the boys words as she went towards her bed and stuff her hand under it. No doubt the girl was searching for something rather useful. Shesh then pulled out three scrolls, looking at each of the kids.

"I managed to ste- er find these when I was around your age, I've kept them for awhile, though I really don't need them. They are really basic movements so even idiots like you could use them," Shesh laughed as she handed each of the kids a scroll, "I want you to practice these even at home, if you really want. It's not like I care what you, you can do what you want," Shesh shrugged as the boys grinned before making one last rude remark.

"Thanks Shesh, you really aren't as lazy as everyone else says," Shesh eye twitched at the comment, but before she could reply the boys ran off leaving Shesh and the small girl by themselves.

"Little brats..." Shesh voice trailed off as her gazed shifted to the small girl still standing in the room. Usually she would have smiled and thanked Shesh, but it seemed the girl wanted something else.

"What are you still doing here, do you need to pee or something?" Once again Shesh was bluntly as the small girl simply shook her head.

"I...Ah, you're Korra's sister right?" Shesh eye twitched as the girl asked such a question, it was common knowledge that they were sisters. It was also even more common knowledge that you never brought Korra up in front of Shesh, and vice versa if you didn't want to be crushed.

"Eh... of course, you have to be an idiot not to know that, with that said if you have a question about her, ask her yourself. You don't need me to give you any information about that idiot, right?" Shesh gritted her teeth as the girl rubbed her hands together, no doubt the 7 year old realized that she made the person in front of her angry.

"Ah...well, I would, but my mom keeps saying we shouldn't bother her since Korra is probably busy..." Shesh knew the implications of that statement as her face was turning redder and redder. No doubt it was from the anger she was feeling.

"I see, so my time is completely worthless huh?!" Shesh snapped, but the girl didn't even wince that time. The 7 year old just gained an innocent smile before replying with something rather basic.

"Yep!"

Shesh couldn't even get mad, not when the girl was so oblivious to Shesh and Korra's rather strained relationship. But that still didn't excuse the fact she asked the question in the first place, "Listen kid, like I said, if you want to know more about Korra, ask someone else. Maybe the old lady or something, but the Avatar has nothing to do with me," The small simply shook her head.

"I wasn't going to ask about Korra...but I was wondering, why don't you live with your mom or dad?" Shesh grumbled again at the question, something she would rather not answer.

To put it bluntly, Shesh had nothing against her parents, however living in a rather compact area with Korra was far more stress than anyone was willing to take. Since Shesh was the oldest, it was only natural that she moved out...

"Now that I think about it... that was about two years ago...eh," Shesh sighed, it seemed that there was no way to avoid answering the girl's question.

"It's...kind of complicated, lets just say I got too old to stay, and my parents are worrying about the Avatar. No doubt it just means they trust me more, after all, I doubt Korra could be left alone without fu- I mean messing things up," Shesh gained a sly grin, though the statement was only made to make herself feel better as the small girl let out a pout.

"Well, if you're lonely you can come to my house, I'm sure mom would be happy to see you," The girl gave a light laugh as Shesh eye twitched, her face turned a bright red as she turned her head away from the child.

"S-shut up! Like I would care about something as useless as that, I would have to be an idiot to do something like that!"Shesh snapped as the small girl simply giggled again.

"You act mean, but you're really nice! That's why I think everyone I know likes you so much," The small girl then finally gave a small bow before lifting her head. "Thank you for the scroll," The girl then ran out of Shesh's house before the young adult could deny anything she said.

"Little brat..." Shesh grumbled as she sat on her bed, for some reason she felt completely drained. Despite the kids only being there for about an hour. Then Shesh started to think about something worthless, her family.

"Curse this, gah, why did I have to be born into such an idiotic situation? Why couldn't I have a normal family with a normal sister. Why do I have to be the Avatar's sister, I mean sheesh. I would have to move to a completely different nation for people not to attach her to me." After all, being known as the Avatar sister, was surprisingly annoying, especially when you were the older sibling. Though there was a silver lining to the whole thing.

"Eh, since that idiot is fated to do something great, I get to slack off, no need to worry about some grand destiny or any of that shit...I do what I want," That was perfect to Shesh, being able to do what she wanted when she wanted with little to no responsibility. Such a childish thought process was rather grand, after all the ability to do what you want is what made living creatures living. The less freedom you have, the less of a person you are.

"Yeah, I bet that idiot is taking a test right now..." Shesh sighed, despite making a smart remark she had to sigh at her own words.

To be honest, Shesh had no intentions on staying in the South-pole, she was planning on leaving sooner or later. If she just had the chance she could shed the shell of The Avatar's sister and be someone great...or not, that was the joy of doing what you wanted. You don't have to reach any important expectations, just the ones you set for yourself.

The rest of the day was uneventful, Shesh simply fished cooked and did things that were required for her to live by herself. Shesh did have a nagging feeling in her stomach. As if something was going to upset the basic foundation of the life she had been living up to that point.

As the day dragged on, the sun slowly set as Shesh, simply sat on her bed. perhaps it was because she woke up late, but she wasn't feeling tired.

"Hmm, now that I think about it, wasn't that idiot's teacher supposed to come today, bah, why do I care about something like that," In the end such a thing wasn't for Shesh to worry about as she flopped on her bed. Shesh simply stared at the ceiling, not moving an inch, perhaps what the small girl said to her was getting to the young adult.

"Though...I haven't really spoken to mom or dad in awhile, not like I care about something as pointless as that, but..." Shesh grumbled as she simply stayed on her bed, not moving an inch. She was wasting more time doing nothing as a knock was heard on the door.

It was odd the sun had long since set, but there was a knock on Shesh's door undoubtedly. It was far too late for the kids to still be out, unless they sneaked out, and Shesh rarely had adults visit her. The last few were a year ago, and they were worthless. "This is annoying, can't idiots figure out that it's rude to do this shit?" Once again Shesh got up from her bed and answered the door, however who was on the other side of the door was rather surprising, or not...

Shesh eyes simply narrowed, at the person in front of her, before giving an annoyed grumbled. "Old lady..." There was a surprising amount of disdain in Shesh voice as the old woman took a deep breath before replying.

"Well aren't you going to let me in? It's rather cold this night," Shesh eye twitched at the question. The young adult was tempted to just ask her to leave, but that would no doubt cause more problems than anything else as Shesh grumbled.

"Whatever, just make it short,"

Shesh sat on the floor as he allowed Katara to take her bed. Shesh really didn't have any extra chairs at the moment, and it would have been annoying if the old woman broke something sitting on the floor. After all Shesh wanted her out of her house as soon as possible. "It seems like you are doing rather well for yourself," The woman gave a light smile as Shesh gave a rather harsh scoff.

"Yeah, whatever..." Shesh closed one of her eyes, she knew the elderly woman was going to continue her statement as Katara looked down.

"A year ago, the White Lotus was looking into you, after awhile they approached you and asked if you wished to join their ranks. They noticed, that despite you incapability of healing, you're amazing at both fighting and teaching despite your rather young age. As I recall, you never had a proper teacher. However you are considered the best offensive waterbender here," Shesh groaned, at Katara's comments, despite the praise, it seemed rather empty, almost as if the old woman was somewhat disappointed.

"However, you ended up turning them away, using rather harsh words that I best not repeat..." Katara no doubt finished as Shesh grumbled once again, both of their blue eyes met before Shesh finally spoke back.

"Eh...is that all you wanted to say? It seems like a waste of time for you to even come here. Then again, I'm pretty sure you're aren't here for me..." Shesh knew in the back of her head that the woman had another plan, after all Katara wasn't one to visit Shesh often. Which was fine by Shesh after all, she wanted nothing to do with the Avatar, that included the Avatar's teachers.

"It just seems like a waste of a talent..." Katara said those words as Shesh eye twitched, no doubt the woman failed to realize such words as talent and gift was rather irritating. At least in the context that Katara was using it in.

"Oh, I didn't realize that you were the absolute authority on how people should or shouldn't use their talent. Then again, I actually have a question for you old lady...were the White Lotus interested in me because they actually thought I was truly worth something, or did they come here simply because I was the Avatar's sister?"

There was a long pause as no words were exchanged, Shesh got up from the floor before speaking once again. "Listen, whatever you want, I want no part of it, if it has something to do with the avatar it's worthless to me, actually it's worse than worthless to me since it's probably going to leave me with less than I have now if I got involved with someone like her," Shesh pointed out as Katara simply nodded, even the old woman realized that the two sisters' relationship was nearing the point of no return as the elderly woman spoke once again.

"You...do not wish to stay here, in the South-pole correct?" Shesh twitched as Katara pointed that out, perhaps the elderly woman could tell simply by looking at Shesh, but the young adult's interest was now shown.

"...How are you going to help me with that?" Shesh asked bluntly, Shesh planned on sneaking on a boat quite a number of times, but decided against it. After all it would need to be perfect and if she was caught it would have been far more irritating figuring a way out of the situation than just waiting for the perfect time.

"Please, just follow me," Katara stated bluntly as she slowly got from her seat and walked out of Shesh's home.

Shesh sighed, she knew she would most likely regret listening to the teacher of the person that no doubt had caused her the most grief. Shesh obediently followed the woman.

The two walked in the snow in silence, not letting a sound out, after all. Almost everyone was asleep at the moment, or at least in their homes. No one would notice them at all, as Shesh realized where they were going.

"The stables, listen old woman, I don't have a pet here, so can't we just skip this place?" Shesh wasn't in any mood to pet any creatures. Truth of the matter, Shesh wasn't very fond of animals. They were annoying, they stunk and they took up far too much space and time.

Shesh cocked her brow as she noticed the gates to the stables were opened as Shesh closed one of her eyes. It seemed rather late to go hunting as Katara raised her hand. "Please wait here," Shesh rolled her eyes, perhaps it was an old person thing to keep secrets, but none of that really mattered to Shesh as the she sat in the snow, thinking about pointless things.

After what seemed like an eternity passed. Katara motioned Shesh to enter the stables, who she saw was probably the one person she didn't want to see at all.

It was the Avatar no doubt, ridding atop of her mutt, or at least that is what Shesh called her. The actual name for the creature Naga, a Polar Bear dog that Korra had found when the two sisters were younger. Of course Shesh didn't care for any of that useless information as the two girls simply glared at one another.

Hate was far too weak of a word to describe the feels the sisters had for one another, hate would be a spring breeze compared to the hurricane of feelings between the two siblings. So the glare stuck, neither backing down, both just having the most dreadful look on their faces. It was surprising to see such emotions in play even after two years apart.

"You old lady! You tricked me!" Shesh snapped, which in turn caused the young Avatar to defend her favorite mentor.

"Hey! Don't blame Katara, because you're stupid, I bet even a cabbage slug to trick you!" Korra smirked as Shesh eye twitched, no it was impossible for Shesh to yet such an insult go.

"Ah...funny coming from the girl who has the social skills of a cracked peanut. Tell me again how many friends you have, I assume it's a number between negative one and one!" Katara simply sighed at the insults the two sisters were flinging.

Perhaps it wasn't a smart idea to bring Shesh there, and in all honesty, Shesh was right. Katara only brought the older sister to Korra in hopes that it might help her unblock her spiritual issues she had been having. After all, unresolved problems could lead to such blocks, and the sisters issues were clearly unresolved.

"Please...that's enough you two," Katara interrupted the fountain of insults as she turned to Shesh.

"Listen, Shesh I know you and Korra has had your differences, but this is an opportunity to fix such things, and even if that falls through. You wanted to go somewhere else correct? This is the perfect chance to do so," Katara pointed all of that out as Shesh bit her lip, she truly didn't want to accept the offer. She truly did not want to travel with the Avatar, however...

"Fine, but listen, there are somethings I'm going to have to tell you, first of all. As soon as the Avatar and me get to where we are supposed to be, that's it, we're through. We aren't going to be staying in the same building, we aren't going to be looking at each other. Once we get there we will be as good as strangers," Shesh paused for a moment before speaking once again, this time it seemed to be for a completely unrelated matter.

"...There will be some kids coming around my house, tell them I went on a trip...not that I care if they know or anything," A hint of redness crept across Shesh's face as Katara smiled, before turning her attention to Korra, who would no doubt have objections.

"Korra, this might be best for you, after all you have been having trouble with the spiritual side of being the Avatar,"

"Yeah, and that's why I'm going to Republic City in the first place, I don't need her!" Korra snapped as Shesh shoved her hands in her pocket before letting out a light smirk, no words were needed to see how angry Korra was. Though one has to wonder how the two ended up with such hate for one another.

"Korra, you have to remember to search for all possible solutions, even if you dislike Shesh, you must accept the fact that she may be the cause of your block..." Korra winced as Shesh gave a light shrug at the comment, it seemed the older sister stopped paying attention at that point as Korra sighed in defeat. After all the faster she got over the block the faster she would be a fully realized Avatar, and that ego boost was far more valuable than the one she would get from denying her sister.

"Fine..." Katara smiled as Korra turned her attention to Shesh, the Polar bear dog known as Naga started to shake in anticipation.

"Come on," Korra said bluntly as Shesh glared at her sister as well as Naga.

"Your mutt better not bite me!"

Katara simply sighed at the conversation, no doubt the two had a long trip ahead of them.

Author note

A long and pointless chapter, the story really doesn't start picking up until the next chapter. Also, Shesh is an actual name from the inuit culture. Though looking at it, I kind of regret naming Shesh that, because it's a pretty weird name.

I also wanted to make Shesh kind of a jerk, but a funny one in a way. Someone who does the right thing, but you can also laugh at and make fun of when something bad happens to her. Just to tell you Shesh will probably be the butt of many jokes.