Blue lightning shot from her hand toward the man in black. He dodged it like all the others, but she struck him where it hurt when she aimed her lightning at the girl only meters behind him. Both eyes wide, he ran to catch the blue bolt before it hit. He jumped for the girl's life and fell helplessly to the ground. She cried out his name and ran to his side.

"I'm so sorry. I should've stayed away. Please be okay." She held is unmoving head in her hands and watched for any slight movement, but he never moved. She cried harder. "Please. I Love you."

With that, she kissed his un-parted lips one more time and walked to meet his killer's uncaring eyes and watch her die in flames.

3 YEARS EARLIER

Long ago, the legendary Avatar kept the world and its four nations at peace with each other. However, the Avatar disappeared one hundred years ago and hasn't been seen since. During that time, the tyrannical Fire Nation used the opportunity to wage war with the other three nations, seeking to conquer them. One hundred years passed and people began to lose hope that the Avatar would ever return and bring peace back to the world. But we never lost hope.

"Seriously Ari, chill out. We've seen almost every nation there is and there were plenty of cold places."

"Not like this there wasn't. I don't think the North Pole was this cold before." Ariston said to his sister. His black hair was almost to his jaw line and his red eyes burned for the heat of the sun. His lips parted as his teeth clenched to stop chattering. His blue Water Tribe outfit should have helped in the cold, but it didn't do much.

"Yes, I miss the North Pole. It wasn't boring. I miss home more though. After we're done here we can go back to the warmth of the Earth Kingdom." Her green eyes sparkled at the thought of home and her red hair blew in the wind as she and her brother sailed to the South Pole for shelter for the night.

There was yelling and ice shattering in the distance.

"What was that?" Ari asked.

"I'm standing right here, it's not like I know." Arcadia had a way with sarcasm that after a while only Ariston could stand.

"Right. Bend us over there." Arcadia glared at him. He knew why but he just smiled at her like it was the funniest thing in the world.

The fire nation colors on Arcadia and water tribe colors on Ariston were deceiving. Only because Arcadia was the water bender and Ariston was the fire bender.

She steers the boat down a path of ice blocks and ends up watching two water tribe people attacking the ice.

"What idiot hits ice?"

"Bored idiots, perhaps?" Ari suggested. "Let's go see."

"No way. It's people like them that make me embarrassed to be a water bender."

The ice broke and all four of them were blinded by the light.

...

A fire nation ship is searching the waters for the Avatar. The light brightens the sky and the ship's crew looks at it with intensity. "Finally. Uncle, do you realize what this means?"

An old man is sitting at a board game drinking his favorite tea.

"I won't get to finish my game?" He asked

"It means my search - it's about to come to an end." The Prince said. The old man groaned. "That light came from an incredibly powerful source. It has to be him!"

"Or it's just the celestial lights. We've been down this road before, Prince Zuko. I don't want you to get too excited over nothing. Please, sit. Why don't you enjoy a cup of calming jasmine tea?"

Zuko exploded with anger. "I don't need any calming tea! I need to capture the Avatar. Helmsman, head a course for the light"

...

A boy came out of the iceberg and floated in the air with bright eyes.

"Ari, it can't be." Arcadia said.

"What are you talking about?"

"The Avatar."

Arcadia and Ariston run to the iceberg. "Hey," Arcadia yelled. "What happened?"

"We just got him out of the iceberg." The water tribe girl said. She gasped and stepped back. "Are you fire nation?"

"What?" She looked down. "Oh, no. I'm not. I'm from the Earth Kingdom. This is my brother Ariston. I'm Arcadia. These are just extra clothes we brought because we have an extra pair of clothing from every nation." She threw her bag at them. "Check the bag if you don't believe me."

"No need. You've convinced us enough. I'm Katara and this is my brother Sokka." She pointed to the water tribe boy.

"And I'm Aang!" The boy from the iceberg said. "Nice to meet all of you." He smiled.

There was a loud moan from inside the iceberg. "Appa!" Aang yelled.

He climbed up the iceberg and slid down the other side while the other four walked around. Katara, Sokka and Ariston's mouth fell open and Arcadia ran to Appa's side.

"Wow, A flying bison. I've read about these. Adorable animals." She smiled as Appa woke up. The bison sneezed and snot flew over to Sokka and Ariston. Katara, Aang and Arcadia laughed.

Sokka was getting irritated by the lack of security he felt. "I'd like to go home."

"Where is your home?" Ariston asked.

"Southern Water Tribe." He answered.

"We were going there to see if we could stay for a night before heading home." Arcadia said.

"I'm sure that'd be fine. All of you can come back with us." Katara answered.

Aang smiled. "Everyone on Appa!" Arcadia was the first on followed by Katara and then Sokka and Ariston.

...

It was sunset when Zuko practiced his fire bending. Iroh is sitting nearby watching.

Iroh tells him to do it again. Zuko blasts fire from his hands at the guards, but misses. Then the guards attack Zuko with blasts of fire from their fists, but Zuko dodges. He back flips over the guards to land behind them. Iroh sighed and got up from his seat.

Iroh exclaimed, "No! Power in fire bending comes from the breath. Not the muscles. The breath becomes energy in the body. The energy extends past your limbs and becomes fire." Iroh demonstrates, releasing a controlling plume of flame that bursts in front of Zuko, but does not hit him. "Get it right this time."

"Enough. I've been drilling this sequence all day. Teach me the next set. I'm more than ready." Zuko was mad because he was sure he had it right.

"No, you are impatient. You have yet to master your basics. Drill it again!"

Zuko blasted one of the guards backwards with a gout of fire. "The sages tell us that the Avatar is the last air bender. He must be over a hundred years old by now. He's had a century to master the four elements. I'll need more than basic fire bending to defeat him. You WILL teach me the advanced set!"

Iroh sat back down. "Very well. But first I must finish my roast duck. Num num... num..."

...

Cadi and Ari were talking to Sokka about the Earth Kingdom and how much they missed their home when they looked over towards a loud crash and a bright light reaching the sky. "No." Sokka said.

"What? What was that?" Cadi asked.

"The old navy ship that was stuck in the ice by my tribe." He replied.

"A Fire Nation navy ship?" Ari asked. Sokka nodded. "I'm gonna go see who did it." He said before running off. He got to the ship just in time to see Katara and Aang stepping out of the ship and reaching the ground. "What did you do?!" He yelled. "If any fire nation saw that, we're all dead!"

"We didn't mean to." Katara said.

The snow around them started to turn black. "Tell that to the navy." He turned and ran back to the tribe.

...

Zuko was talking to himself as he looked through a telescope. "The last air bender. Quite agile for his old age. Wake my uncle! Tell him I found the Avatar..." Zuko looked back into his telescope to see Aang and Katara running across the ice away from the ship. He then scans left. "...as well as his hiding place."