I was a small child when my mother was taken from our small Earth Kingdom village to fight for the Fire Nation in the war. My father was injured when he tried to stop the soldiers from taking her away. I can barely remember her face it's been so long. I can barely remember my tiny hand being pried from hers as the soldiers dragged her away to fight against us. I can barely remember my father lying on the grass, burned and bleeding, with me crying and screaming for my mother to come back. The other villagers came and helped my father get better, but he would never be able to walk again without a crutch. He was barely able to teach me all his knowledge of the art of earthbending. I spent all of my childhood learning how to earthbend; I was going to fight in the war and find my mother. What I couldn't do was practice my mother's art. My mother was a firebender. She taught me a few moves before she was taken, but I didn't learn much since I was so young. Yes, I am both a firebender and an earthbender. My eyes are two different colors; the left is a dark yellow-gold color and the right is blue. My father always told me that was because I was able to bend two different elements. Only the Avatar was supposed to be able to bend more than one element, but I was different for some reason. He told me that he thought that since he and my mother had been two of the few people that still truly believed that the Avatar would come and save the world, that I was blessed by the spirits. I was blessed with the gift of double-bending, and as long as I used the gift to help the war end, I would be able to keep using it. My name is Tomi, and I am the only double-bender in the world, save the Avatar.