'Ello there. This is chapter one of... The Waterbender's Daughter. Yeah, that sounds like a good title. Well, enjoy chapter one, and please review. :D -M.F.
(A/N: Kaya is the name of Katara's mother, yes. Kana is the name of Katara's grandmother and Gyatso is indeed the name if the monk who rasied Aang. Just a little recap)
"Kaya, please try again," Katara said to her daughter.
"Mom, we have tried, I'm just not a waterbender!" I pouted, crossing my arms across my chest.
"How can you not be a waterbender? It just doesn't make sense. We even tried air, fire and earth…" she trailed off.
"Mom, maybe, and most likely, I am not a bender at all!" I shouted, stomping away from the pond Mom and I were working at. I went into our palace and then to my room, flopping onto my bed. I heard a giggle rise from under me.
I sighed and looked under the bed, seeing my younger 8 year old sister, Kana.
"Kana, what do you think you are doing?" I asked, looking at her hiding under the bed.
"Shhh, Kaya! Gyatso and I are playing a game! He will find me if you're too loud.
"I see," I said, standing up.
I was going to call Gyatso, my 11 year old brother in, but decided to go to the kitchens instead, letting them continue their game. I found Dad there, pulling something gooey and dark out of the oven. It smelled wonderful. "Hey, Dad," I said, sitting at the table where the cooks sometimes played cards.
"Hey, Honey. How was training?" he asked, scooping two piles of the goop onto two separate plates.
I groaned. "Not well. She doesn't get I am not a bender! She just doesn't get it, how hard it is for me. What with her being a Master and you being…"
"The Avatar," he finished for me, placing the plates on the table and sitting next to me.
"Yeah, how could I not have any bending abilities with you two as my parents. It's like you're keeping it all to yourselves," I mumbled sadly, picking up the spoon and digging into my plate of dessert.
"Or," Dad said, handing me a napkin, "maybe you have such a vast amount of power within you, you can't handle it all right now."
There was something in his voice that made me look up at him. This was not a guess, he knew something.
"Daaaaaad, what do you know?"
"Oh, nothing. Well, I know your sixteenth birthday is coming up," he said, nudging me.
"Yeah, it is."
"Well, who are you going to invite for your party?"
"Party? Dad, you know I don't like parties…"
"I know, I know. But your mother and I were talking and maybe you could have a few people over."
"Maybe. I was thinking of inviting Neeva and Meomi and Renny, along with Aunt Suki and Uncle Sokka, of course. And maybe, Prell and her parents."
"Yes, it has been a while since I have seen Toph and Haru. Why don't you invite the Firelord's son. You know, his birthday is just a day or two before your's."
"Dad, I don't even know him."
"You two have met!"
"When we were like, three!"
"Well fine, you don't need to invite him."
I sighed and poked at my plate of dark goo again. "Dad, what is this exactly?"
"I call it, Chocolate Lava Bending Explosion!"
I raised my eyebrows. "Right. Well, I think I'm gonna go back to my room and… well, I don't know what. Maybe I will take a stroll around town instead."
"Only if you bring your guard."
"Dad, you're the Avatar, who would dare hurt me?" I said, laughing it off as I walked away.
"Actually, that is precisely why someone may hurt you," the Avatar said, pushing his own plate away and going to find his wife.
"We are ready, correct?" One man said to another.
"Yes, but this is suicide," he answered.
"Truly, what is she thinking? Attacking the Avatar…" said a third man.
"Well, technically, his daughter," said the first.
"We might as well be attacking the Avatar himself," said the third again, rolling up the blueprints laid on the table.
"Men, prepare to attack. We must get her before her sixteenth birthday," a woman's voice called to the ranks of men. "The child will be mine. I'm coming Kaya." The woman's eyes glowed with malice and blue fire.
So, here is chapter one. I know that last part was a bit cheesey, but I needed to throw something in. Look for chapter two, up soon! Also, I am writing a W.I.T.C.H. fanfic, if you want to check that out. Remember to review.