This is my first fanfiction, so please don't get that mad at me if I do something wrong. I do not own the 'Avatar the Last Airbender' and I do not own the characters. However, I do own Maria.
I couldn't stop running, there was no turning back. I had to get to the river to be able to use my waterbending. I can feel them drawing closer and closer to me. We didn't think that Azula would fine us this quickly. All of a sudden the ground below me was gone and I was falling into a deep dark hole! Fire was all around me, but I couldn't feel any pain from the fire. With a flicked my wrist, the fire disappeared from my sight.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh", I screamed jolting up from a dead sleep. I scanned the area to see a 13-year old girl sleeping on a bison. I also saw a 16-year old boy sleeping with a boomerang in his hand. It's just a bad dream I thought to myself as I got up from my sleeping bag. Figuring a walk might clam my nerves down a bit, I walk towards the river. This had been the 6th night in a row that I had the same dream. It had also been the 10th night since the avatar was killed.
As I approach the river, I dipped my sweaty hands into the river and splashed water in my face. All of a sudden my blood ran cold and my whole body froze as I looked up. Fog surrounded me and a figure was coming towards me from the fog. My mind was screaming for me to run, but my body stood still and I couldn't break the gaze I had on the woman approaching me.
"Hello my child, Katara", stated the woman. The woman had long silky brown hair that reached her waist. She wore a dark-red silk robe trimmed with a blood-red wave design and a golden sash. The robe, the woman was wearing, had the faintest touch of blue, which you could see when the water reflected back just right. Also the woman had sapphire earrings that dangled down about 2 inches. The woman also wore a necklace that had a black band with rubes and sapphires edging the band. The necklace had a craving of the water tribe symbol (which looked much like mine) and a craving of the fire nation symbol. On the very bottom of the robe, Yin and Yang was stitch in. However, what stood out the most to me were her eyes, they were blue.
As if she could read my mind, she said "My name is Maria, the daughter of the sun god Angi and of the moon goddess La." The daughter of the sun god and the moon goddess, the daughter of Angi and La, what is she talking about?
"How can that be? The sun god and the moon goddess are total opposites, how can they have a daughter?" I asked the woman as she drew nearer to me, until she was in front of me.
"It doesn't matter why or how it happens and I don't have much time to explain myself. You, my dear Katara, are like me in so many ways. We both come from a long line of an ancient legend, a legend that is thought to be dead. We both are able to bend water and fire. You are a descendant of me and in turn, you are a descendant of Angi and La." Maria said with sad frown on her face. My face was full of confusion and my eyes were searching for a lie in the goddess's story. However, all I found was the truth in her eyes. A double bender, that couldn't be possible. I am a waterbender, not a firebender.
"I know it is hard to believe, when I was first told I refused to believe it too. However, as the days past I slowly began to realize the truth. I always was drawn to fire, just like how I was drawn to water and the dreams…" Maria trailed off. "It took me a long time to accept the fact I was a double bender, but when I did I was amazed with the power I had. Controlling two elements takes patience and consideration. Being a double bender is a gift, but it could also be your down fall", Maria said.
"Down fall", I question. How could controlling two elements have a down fall? I give her a questioning look and wonder what it could be.
"Yes, there is a down fall to being a double bender. A double bender is naturally gifted with two elements, usually opposites. For example, there are two different types of double benders, a fire and waterbender and an earth and airbender. Plus when you have control over two elements, you have twice as strong. Likewise with this war going on, if this information were to fall into the wrong hands, you would be in great danger, Katara. The firelord will place a bounty so large that you, my dear Katara, would be a greater target than the avatar was. However, because you are a double bender you have more strength in both elements than a normal bender", Maria said.
"More strength?" I question as if I didn't hear her correctly.
"Yes, more strength. For example with training you will be able to master the blue flame. Through your journey you have seen only one person with this power, Princess Azula of the fire nation. She has learned this power from her uncle; The Great Dragon of the West, General Iroh. However, with waterbending you will discover a power which is feared and hated by all people. You will learn…bloodbending. I will have one of my dear friends teach you this gift, so you don't have to learn it on your own. No one told me of bloodbending when I was your age, therefore I found out by myself. That day…I killed one of my closest friends on accident and I will never forgive myself", Maria said with tears in her eyes. I saw a tear run down her cheek as she spoke about bloodbending.
"You Katara are the only one who has the power to stop the war. I know that you lost a close friend, the avatar, to the fire nation. However you can't judge the whole country and all of the citizens by a few people. No one enjoys killing people, not even the fire nation soldiers. You have to remember that they are just following orders from the firelord. If someone else were to take in throne, the soldiers would have to listen to the new firelord. I am going to tell you something that you might not want to hear, but please listen and wait for e to finish before you talk. When you are a double bender sometimes you have visions, visions of the future, visions that will happen. In my vision I saw a firelord who stopped this war and brought peace to all. I cannot tell you anymore, but in order for this war to stop you need to save Iroh and Zuko. When you complete this task, you will then need to go to the Forbidden Forest. Here you will seek out the late queen of the fire nation, whose brother-in-law and son are traveling with you, who will teach you bloodbending. However, you can not tell Iroh or Zuko that the queen is alive. You must do this alone, this means your brother and your friends must be left behind in order to save the world", Maria said as she seemed to be fading back into the mist, that was all around us.
"Trust your heart, Katara. Be willing to show others love when they seem impossible of showing feelings", she whispered as she faded back into the mist. As quickly as the mist came, it was gone.