This is my first fan-fiction. I'm excited to be writing and am hoping to hone my story bending skills through constructive criticism and the mas of aspiring writers here in the wonderful world of fan-fiction. I really do hope you all enjoy my stories and review so i may better myself as a writer. That being said i need to go on the spiel of "I don't own the series of AVATAR, no mater how awesome that would be. The characters in this story, however, are original however they will definitely reference the original characters." Thank you for reading.

-Aria142

I sat on my back porch staring at the baby blue sky. My Siberian beardog, Kota, was chasing his tail around in the yard. Enjoying the snow while it lasted. living in the bi-polar climate we did he would only have the snow for a couple of weeks after the spring solstice. Then he would have to endure being shaved for the hot summer sun.

"Aria!" my mother called "Are you practicing your water bending?!"

I was supposed to be practicing for some stupid prep school for water-benders only. I thought it was dumb and old fashioned. Segregating benders like that. I didn't think it was right, it was as if they where placing themselves above all the other benders. Above all the non-benders. No body should ever be looked down upon.

I sighed. "Yes mom, of course i'm practicing." I was acting very detached. Good. I hoped she could tell I was lying.

"You better be! You need to get into this school, hopefully on scholarship! it's supposed to be the best school for water-bending since the water tribes left the poles!" I truthfully didn't care. There where still better bending academies that where mixed elements.

"Tell me again whats wrong with four nations academy?" i asked through the sliding glass door.

My mother sighed and opened the door so she wouldn't have to shout to be heard. "I know how you feel about this Aria." she said as she sat next to me "But our family hasn't had a water bender skilled in combat and healing since your great grandmother. She was one of the first water benders to leave the pollses. and-" there she went. On her rant about how our she met a nice non-bender from the old royal fire nation line and decided to move here to hell in hand-basket bipolar weather patterns middle of the old earth kingdom plains here.

"I'll go to the stupid audition mom, but i' not showing off and i'm not going to try."

"Whatever Aria. At least you'll go. And you WILL do your best!"

"Whatever." I lied myself back into the snow, "I'm not going to get in though."

"Yes you will. Just wait and see!"

"Okay, do you have everything?" My mom asked me for the umpteenth time before our departure to my audition the to posh school interview.

I sighed "No mom. I don't. It's not like you haven't asked me this thousands of times today and didn't have me put everything I'd need together a week in advance-"

"It wasn't a week-"

"Oh yes it was!" I let out an exasperated sigh, "Lets just get this over with." I hoped in the truck, shoved my headphones into my ear and blasted my ipod's music the entire way there.

Thank you for reading. please review. again i own only my own original characters. nothing assosiated to the AVATAR series!