Prologue

Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Aang walked into camp, only to have the loud shouts from a brother and sister almost have him flying off again. Going against his better knowledge, he went with his Avatar spirit and stepped in to make the peace. Of course, he had no clue what the two were arguing about. He stopped when he realized this and decided to fix that problem first. "What are you two yelling about now?"

Sad for him, Katara took that to mean he was annoyed with the siblings and turned onto him. "Shut up Aang! I'm in too much of a bad mood to deal with your immature personality!"

Sokka glared at the only girl in the group. "Don't go taking your woman hormones out on Aang!"

Aang just decided to back away slowly. It was a good thing they weren't near any water, or Sokka would probably be washed out to sea before he had even finished that sentence. Although, she did still have her canteen, which promptly burst open and froze the Water Tribe warrior's body all except his head.

Momo glanced at Appa and they spoke soundlessly. 'They're having a cat fight again.'

'Maybe we should just leave and find something to do?'

'Good idea, Momo. Lead the way.'

Aang watched as the two animals left, leaving him alone with the two maniacs. What was he supposed to do? Sure it was fun watching the siblings fight, but it got boring after a while of repetition. Now what do I do? I can't leave or they'll kill each other, but I can't intervene or I'll get my head bit off by Katara. He decided to just sit was watch until they were done.

Katara had other plans for him though. She watched him bending down to sit on the grass nearby and yelled at him for being lazy. Sokka yelled at her in turn of saying what was on Aang's mind; he was probably tired of them fighting. Aang spoke up against his better judgment and said that he was tired of them fighting almost everyday.

"Well then!" Katara crossed her arms, looking at the two boys. "There's no more need to worry about that! Goodbye to you both, I hope you'll be very happy together."

Before either guy knew what had happened, Katara was gone in the forest, not even looking back. "What just happened?" Sokka asked, finally able to move again.

"Katara just ran away! Katara!" Aang leapt up to go after her, but Sokka stopped him.

"Let her be alone for a while. She'll come back by nightfall. It's not like she can be on her own for even a few hours. Come on, she's a girl!"

Aang sighed. "I hope you're right Sokka."

Katara didn't come back. She actually didn't even go very far when she had first vanished, but Sokka's last statement drove her over the limit and she left her so called family. She wasn't worried much about them. She had already taught Aang the moves for waterbending, and even if he hadn't mastered them yet, he could practice them.

Not having a canteen anymore served a problem for her, but she found a small stream and drank from that until she could remake one for herself. Normally it was the men that made them, but as Sokka was the last of them in her village, that responsibility fell to the teenage girls. Katara knew how to make anything that she would need, including a spear, knife, and other things.

She had left all her tings at the camp, but she didn't want to go back to get them. She made herself a crude bedroll from large leaves and—after an hour—built a small fire to cook her food. Once that was done, she dug a small pit near the fire and filled it with water for emergencies.

She was about to douse her fire and go to sleep when a sound came from behind her. Grabbing the spear she had made from a tough branch, she spun around, holding it in one hand and making a strand of water float from the pit with the other. Three teenage girls stepped out from the bushes and began studying her. She still stood in fighters pose, awaiting anything, but the girls didn't seem very threatening.

"You can put that down. If we did attack, you wouldn't be able to beat us, even with your waterbending." One girl said. She looked to be from the earth kingdom, as she had light brown hair and green eyes.

Another looked similar to her, but it was the last that got Katara's attention the most. The girl had pitch black hair down to her waist and bright golden eyes. She was small, but had an air of confidence around her. They all wore the same; a black suit which hugged their bodies but left plenty of room to move.

"Who are you and what do you want?"

The girl that looked like the first smiled kindly. "She has the perfect personality, what do you think Zhike?" She turned to the dark haired girl.

"Yes, she is." Was the reply. Zhike, as she was called, smiled at Katara. "I am Zhike. This is Tian," She motioned to the girl that spoke first. "and Ruifu." Was the second.

"Um…I'm Katara."

Tian smiled kindly. "Nice to meet you Katara. Why are you around here? It's a long ways from the water tribes."

Katara, feeling she could trust the three girls, told them of Aang and what they were doing. Ruifu looked at her in wonder when she finished telling about the northern water tribe. "You're a Waterbending Master?" Katara nodded. "That's awesome!"

"Not to mention it'll help you with your training." Zhike commented.

This grabbed the waterbender's attention. "What training?"

The hazel eyed girl looked up. "Well, we've been watching you ever since you came into this clearing and saw how well you worked on your own. We were wondering if you would like to train with us and become a ninja."

Did you like the prologue? I hope you did! And did you notice what Momo said to Appa? 'They're having a cat-fight again.' I thought that was funny when I said that about two of my pets--also a boy and a girl--when they fought. So, I decided to put it in here. Well, Review because it makes me happy!