The Boy in the Iceberg

Summary: The first episode done in writing form. Some inner thoughts of the main characters. Not included Zuko, coz this season I don't like him. Lame? Yes, I know!

(A/n: Chapters are done when there are breaks in the episode I have. So there is not going to be many chapters per episode I have. If I continue to write episodes like this. I wont be able to do them all. Because hey, I don't have them all! I've only got a few! So please tell me if you after reading this fan fiction to I have so said END, and please tell me if you would like me to do episode two – The Avatar Returns.)

Chapter 1 – The Boy in the Iceberg

'Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My Grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days. A time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all chanced when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar mastered all four elements, only he could stop the ruthless Fire Benders. But when the world needed him most – he vanished… A hundred years have passed and the Fire Nation is nearing victory in the War. Two years ago, my father and the men of my Tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom, to help fight against the Fire Nation. Leaving me and my brother to look after our Tribe. Some people believe that the Avatar was never reborn into the Air Nomads, and that the cycle is broken. But I haven't lost hope. I still believe that somehow, the Avatar will return to save the world.'

It was cold in the South Pole… But, it was always cold in the South Pole, so what's the use of saying its cold? No idea… but… yeah… The Water Tribe needed more fish for the remaining people left in it. The Tribe all picked Sokka to go fishing; he also brought his sister, Katara, along. They trudged along the icy slopes to the boat the Tribe used for fishing, in their warm Water Tribe clothing.

Sokka lifted the spear and froze in that possession for a while while the canoe slowly drifted by its self. Katara watched the water, as she always did, when she was out on it.

'It's not getting away from me this time.' Sokka announced. Katara looked over the edge to see the fish that Sokka already tried to catch earlier.

'Watch and learn, Katara, this is how you catch a fish.' Sokka said knowingly to Katara, who in his mind didn't know how to catch a fish. Katara looked at him with her eyebrow raised, and then looked back to the water, watching the fish's shadow in the waters surface.

Katara pulled of one of her gloves, looked over to the water; thinking, this is a bad idea. Then proceeded to bend the water around the fish to make it move the way her hand movements did. Amazed that she did she told Sokka,
'Sokka, look!'

Though he didn't take any notice, he was still trying to catch the fish that Katara was bending above the water, away from where Sokka thought the fish was
'Shh, Katara, you're going to scare it away.' Then he thought about how nice Fish smelt when it was cooking. 'Hmm, I can already smell it cooking!' he said while licking his lips.

'But Sokka!' Katara said while keeping her eyes on the water-fish-orb she was waving in front of herself. 'I caught one!' she announced to him. Then to show him, she had, she pushed the water-fish-orb in the direction of where Sokka was sitting. Who at the same time, thought he saw the fish's shadow and lifted his spear, right into the water orb. Ending himself getting soaked in water, the fish soaring back into the water and Katara saying defensively 'Hey!' and Sokka telling because he got wet

Sokka turned around to her
'Why is it, that everytime you play with magic water, I get soaked?' He asked while clenching his fists that tunned out water

'It's not magic! It's Water Bending! And it's–' Katara started defensive that she could Water Bend. Even if it wasn't the best.

'Yeah, yeah. An ancient art, unique to our culture – blah, blah, blah–' Sokka didn't like the fact that everytime, that meant everytime Katara practiced Water Bending, he happened to be near by, and the water was always in his direction. He always got soaked with it.
'Look, I'm just saying, if I had weird powers, I'd keep my weirdness to myself.' He said while pulling on his hair to wring it dry.

'You're calling me weird? I'm not the one who makes mascles at my self everytime I see my reflection in the water.' Katara laughed because he was actually doing so, he turned back to glare at her.

Then the canoe lurched, making them both gasp, and turn to the front to see what caused it.
A fast track.
The boat was unable to steer away from, even though that Sokka was paddling, chipped ice colliding around them. And not to mention the rapids coming up fast. Which Katara noticed.
'Watch out! Go left! Go left!' She instructed him to do.
The boat colliding sides with the chipped ice, knocking the boat different ways, then two smashed together, making Katara and Sokka climb onto one of them, while the canoe was smashed into pieces.

Katara slide all the way over to the other side of the chipped ice which they landed on, when she noticed this, she clambered back to Sokka who was sitting next to his spear
'You call that left?'
'You don't like my steering. Well, maybe you should have Water Bended–' he directed his hands forward then to his left. '- Us out of the ice.'

'So it's my fault?' Katara asked angrily
'I knew I should have left you home! Leave it to a girl to screw things up!' Sokka replied with the same anger while Katara got up. She looked down at him angrily

'You –' Katara pointed towards him. '–Are the most sexist,' her hand moved backwards 'immature,' both her hands flew back 'nut-brained,' her hands flew over her head 'I'm embarrassed to be related to you!' her hands flew back. Sokka heard ice cracking to his right; he looked that way to see the big iceberg behind Katara, which had started to crack because of her hand movements and her rage.

'Since Mum died, I've been doing all the work around Camp!' Some chippings came of, of the berg. 'While you've been of playing Soldier!' She yelled while her hand flew back making her iceberg crack more. He was getting scared. While still sitting, he pointed a little while saying
'Um… Katara…?' In a small voice.

'I even wash all the clothes!' she yelled to him. 'Have you ever smelled your dirty soaks? Let me tell you, NOT PLEASANT!' Both of Katara's hands flew backwards

'Katara! Turn around!' Sokka yelled, wild eyed

'No! That's it! I'm done helping you! From now on, you're on your own!!' In her rage, she broke the iceberg in half with her hand movements.

The broken iceberg made the water around them sieve up and move fast around them. Both Katara and Sokka held onto the iceberg they were on
'Okay,' Sokka started after the water was calmer 'you've gone from Weird, to Freakish, Katara!'

'You mean, I did that?' She couldn't remember, besides yelling at him.
'Yep, congratulations! Sokka said sarcastically.

Then the water beneath them glowed and stretched further. It started to bubble, both frightened they stood up, and backed away from it as far as they could without stepping over the chipping, into the water. The glowing pushed its way through the water upwards.
A glowing sphere was now floating on top of the water.

Sokka and Katara stared at it, not knowing what it was, or why it was there, or why it was glowing in the way, it was. Katara saw a figure sitting in the middle of it. It was odd; it was surly frozen so she raised her eyebrow in wonder to what it was. Then of course, the eyes opened, from the glow to her, they looked white.
They both gasped.

'He's alive!' Katara didn't know even if the figure was a male. She pulled the club from Sokka saying; 'we have to help!' for all she knew he could be dieing as they stood there. She ran towards the glowing sphere while pulling on her hood, hoping on the ice chipping as she heard Sokka yell,
'Wait, Katara! Get back here! We don't know what that thing is!' Sokka pulled out his spear from the ice and ran after his sister.

Once Katara reached the Glowing Sphere, she started hitting it with the club she had in her hands. It made dents several times then, air came springing away from the sphere, the Glowing Sphere then started to crack. When it did fully a bolt of light flung up into the sky. It made the ground they were standing on shake slightly.

The bolt of light disappeared a little while after it appeared. During when it happened, Sokka shielded Katara. She looked up after the light dissipated, Sokka looked towards her – she had her hands to her mouth, in silence that she was scared. Hearing something close to them, they stood up, while Sokka raised his spear towards it.

Only to see a lone boy climbing up.
'Stop!' Sokka yelped to him, raising his spear toward him.
The figure stood up fully.