My name is Aara. It's pronounced A-R-UH. The first ten years of my life, I grew up in the Southern Water Tribe, with four sisters and three brothers, all of them water benders. My parents are water benders as well, and then there is me. Plain old me. Not a bender.
Growing up, my best and only friend was Korra. Yes, Avatar Korra. I had a lot of friends, but I call her my only friend because she's the only that actually cared. I was actually bullied a lot by my 'friends' because I was really small, I always had really short hair, and I'm not a bender. The only part of me my 'friends' liked were my eyes.
My eyes aren't what one would call 'natural.' Even though they are completely natural. My eyes are a rich, dark purple. Korra always told me I was special, I wanted to believe her, but I never did. I don't think I ever will. Our friendship got the short end of the stick when she found out she was the Avatar. Nobody would leave her alone. We tried to hang out but it always ended badly. Then a few short years later, I move to the Northern Water Tribe.
I was an outcast because of my eyes. Northern Water Tribe people are so judgmental. After my entire family died in a fire, I was kicked out of the Tribe. I can't ever go back. Because they're too damn judgmental.
Anyway, now I live alone, on an island in the middle of nowhere. It takes me about 45 minutes to walk the perimeter. It's small, but big enough. And I've been on it for years. I was kicked out of the Northern Water Tribe at age 11, and I just turned 18. I haven't seen another person for 7 years. Until I saw her almost die.
