The snow gently falls on the frozen landscape, creating another shimmering blanket of white. I close my eyes letting the white be overthrown by blackness. Silence. Breathe in, breathe out. Excited screams of my name pierce my attempts at a self enclosed oasis. Sokka came running up behind me breaking any slight sliver of concentration. Ahh. Effort is futile I think as my eyebrows furrow at the unwelcome disturbance. I open my eyes and see the children running, quickly chasing one another with snow balls in hand, as more snow decorates the gray sky up above.

"Hey ashes! Done with nap time yet" sokka asked lightly as he bent over my body, or so I sense at sudden lack of cold sensation coating me momentarily.

"Not napping. It's called meditation, I'm trying to clear my mind." I inhaled deeply and rested my eyes once again, attempting to smooth out my features from the irritation Sokka has caused me.

"What do you have to clear your mind of?" He asked persistently, shaking me out of any hope of a calm state.

"Well right now they only thing I'm trying to clear out is you fish for brains" I growled in discontent as my eyebrows shot back down to their normal resting place.

"Okay grumpy, you know I thought you'd like some family bonding" his lips stuck out in a pouted defeat as he crossed his arms and turned his head.

I popped one eye open "...what kind of family bonding" I asked trying to seem disinterested.

"Perhaps one with some fishing? And some new paths I think can get us way more fish. Mmmmm fish." Sokka said with a sing song tune tinting his tone.

"Don't get drool on me now. You sure these paths are safe?" I asked as I stood up and began to brush the snow off my pants.

"When have you worried about safety oh daring one." Sokka cracked back.

"I also don't want to go in completely reliant on you, sir gets us lost every time. But, I mean, we've gone on new paths before, what's the worst that could happen?" I remarked casually, no idea of what that may include.

I sat on the boat staring over the edge and the deep depths of the dark blue artic ocean, seeing my eyes reflected as if they rose from those depths themselves. I don't know why, in all honesty for my mother had the same cool light ice eyes that both katara and sokka shared. But then again no part of me truely resembled any part of a 'normal' water tribe citizen. Aside from my abnormally dark eyes, my hair reflected the ice with a silver touch upon it, and my skin was a pale comparison to the tan norm in the tribe. I was an outcast in more ways than one unfortunately, even my appearance reflected that.

"He's not gonna get away this time. Watch and learn Katara this is how you catch a fish" Sokka announced with determination etched on his features.

My attention snapped back to reality as I silently remarked a fish floating remarkably well over sokka's head. I turned to katara to see a triumphant gleam in her eyes as she slowly and not so steadily conformed her body to hold the water in such an unnatural position. Katara, though no master by any means, was our only water bender in the whole tribe, and she loved any chance to exercise her gift.

"Sokka I caught one! Hey, hey Sokka won't you look!" Katara exclaimed excitedly, then with a tone of exasperation as the water began to shake more profusely.

"I can practically taste it!" Sokka drooled as his eyes widens at the thought of catching the fish nimbly swimming just below his reach, completely unaware of another floating right above his head.

"Hey! Sokka! You may want to pay attention to your little sis-" I was interrupted by the water raining down from its previous resting place, and a fish flying back in front of my face back into the water.

"-shit." I remarked quietly as I saw him get drenched in freezing water, as (luckily I suppose) his temperature rose immediately with the fury of being in the way of Katara's bending, yet again.

"Why is it every time you bend I end up soaking wet!?" Sokka exclaimed swinging his arms dramatically motioning to his dripping frame, as water flew off showering me like a wet dog.

"I mean, I would imagine you'd want to keep your weirdness to yourself!" Sokka yelled, really fuming by this point.

"You think that's weird? I always catch you making muscles at yourself every time you catch your reflection!" Katara snapped back, turning away with a huff indignantly.

"Haha I thought I was the one who was supposed to have a temper here?" I asked with a sly smile protruding from my features.

"We'll... Your no better...freaky freak!" Sokka stuttered in a futile attempt of a 'comeback'.

"Ohhhhhhh you sure showed her Sokka." Katara announced dully. Surprisingly for the youngest sister, she wasn't to bad, maybe because she acceded like the older one half the time. I sniggered my appreciation as Sokka turned back around just in time to be jolted back into his seat, as we hit a rather unexpected and unplanned patch of rapids.

As the water twisted and turned the icebergs grew thicker and the channels of travel quickly grew thinner. As sokka sorrily attempted to re control our vessel Katara yelled out "Left go left!"

"What?! Where" sokka yelled panicky, holding his oar as if to beat off the icebergs himself.

"LEFT?! Katara and I screamed in unison, only to be overpowered by the sound of wood cracking. Luckily an iceberg was nearby to save the day, we were saved from...well, the problem, in the first place now proved to be our savior.

"Well if I'm such a bad steerer, you should have water blended us out of the ice Sokka stated using his arms in a wave fashion for reiteration.

Sokka then turned to me" and you, you don't say anything-"

"You should've just learned to route our way better so we didn't have this problem! I. Told. You. So." I enunciated slowly and precisely, watching as Sokka's expression darkened with my statement.

"I knew I should have left you home! Leave it to girls to screw things up!"

Oh no. Now that, that was his true mistake right there. Before I could even let lose the verbal shit storm that surely would ensue, katara beat me to it, letting loose her own fiery fury.

"You are the most sexist, immature, nut-brained I-I'm embarrassed to be related to you! Katara yelled furiously.

Wooh you tell him sister I thought amused, until I noticed the giant cracking noise that made our sinking ship sound to the proportion of a twig snapping. Uh oh. Sokka quickly met my nervous gaze with a similar one to my own.

"I've been doing all the work since mom died, while you run around and play soldier!" Katara yelled furiously, her arms striding along in angry bursts as the cracks grew more pronounced on the monstrous iceberg.

"I've even had to do your laundry, do you have the slightest clue to what that smells like?" Katara asked inching closer to our manly Macho brother, quivering in fear of a 13 year old girl.

"Uh Katara calm down please" sokka muttered meekly as color continued to drain from his face.

"Uh slow down there just a minute sis, I don't think you realize-" I stuttered as I gazed up In a stunned realization of what was going to happen.

"That's it your on your own!" Katara exclaimed finally swinging her arms back in determination as a last thunderous sound echoed off the glaciers. The glacier fell apart back into its deep watery origins, and a wave roared overhead.

Sigh. Why does no one EVER listen! I thought right before a wave of ice salt water crashed around me, and really drowned out all the rest.