Fire and Ice

Chapter 1

I never expected what happened to happen. The memories I have of back then are a little too hazy, maybe because I've adapted to this life. It all started when one of my good friends, Kasai, just happened to invite me and the other members of a former circus group we had that used to be known as the Mystiques.

Kasai had fiery red hair and always seemed to be wearing a hat in a slanted fashion, when I had asked him why he had merrily replied, "The trend these days."In an "Oh, of course you didn't know" kind of voice. You see, Kasai was the least bit arrogant, which many had matched the personality of a fire-bender to be. For, Kasai was, of course, a fire-bender. He was a good one at that, could bend lightning, if he wanted.

He invited me, another water-bending friend named Mahara, and two earth-benders names Ming and Lee-Anne. He had searched far and wide for an air-bender, knowing they were "extinct", only to find that the Avatar, the only air-bender left, had been discovered, and of course was much too busy too join the circus.

I actually knew Aang, well enough to say that he was an ally of mine, a friend, meaning, I was on Team Avatar. I joined a little after Toph joined, we met when they were all taken prisoners by, surprise surprise, the fire nation. I, being one of the warriors in disguise (Luckily, this set of warriors only mastered in weaponry) just happened to notice them and knew this was something I had to pull off. Sure enough, I did rescue them, and they accepted me as one of their own. Though, right now, I had received the letter and in telling them, they agreed, go along! But, not just like that, for who would leave team Avatar just like that? When Aang was needed most. So, we had sat at a table over a plate of whatever Sokka thought was "worthy and needed for a warrior as brave and strong as himself."Of course we had all rolled our eyes at the statement, and later on it had made good gossip to chat about between Katara, Toph, and I when we couldn't sleep. Though, before I get off-topic I really should tell the tale, and last of were

I had left of was when we were at the table discussing my temporary departure, Sokka and Aang had agreed to it from the start, Sokka often reminding me not to think of this trip as a vacation, but more as of a mission. And what did the mission just happen to be? Well, to find out as much as I could about the Fire Nation. However, all was not well for we did have our debates whether or not I should tell Kasai on what I was planning, it was a head-to-head "battle" but finally, we decided that I could tell Kasai, but to be very careful and choose the right words over how I explain it.

So, that's what I did.

I arrived at the Fire nation exactly two days after my departure and was automatically welcomed by Kasai and the other members of the troupe. We exchanged hugs and greetings and immediately stared at Kasai, demanding he tell us why he invited us here.

He merrily smiled and clasped his hands together, then clapped once, "The Mystiques...We were the greatest of the greatest, weren't we? Well, I say we give the people one more show, just to tell them we've still got skill, and entertain them, of course."
"That's perfect!"Mahara exploded.

"Definitely!"I nodded, excitement filling up within me, I jumped up into the air doing two traveling back flips then landed in a right foot front split on the ground, showing my acrobat ways.

"Great!"Kasai nodded, glad we had agreed, "Now, what we're gonna do is..."

And that, I suppose you could call, was the beginning.


Hello, everybody! Well, my first story! WOO! Anyways, just to say, the main character's name is Katya and this takes place before the Fire Lord is defeated and before Zuko joins the team. Anyways, I'm really happy and excited to be doing this story and I hope you enjoy it!

The fabulously exicted, Katya