Have you ever wished of having a special ability that made you unique and different from other people? To have ultimate power and to be invincable seems like a dream come true ... at first. But I am here to tell you that it is anything but a blessing. It only brings pain and fear and causes you to hurt everything and everyone you love. I tried running away from it, but you can't run away from who you are. You can only move on and try to conceal your true nature, before it causes more devastation and suffering. I know all this because I am one of the unfortunatly gifted.

The beauty of water is how it flows. Water is constantly changing and with each current comes new opportunities. This liquid element is very calm and soothing, and even has the power to heal. However, water should never be underestimated. It can be swift and precise, a very deadly combination.

Unlike water, earth doesn't change. At least, not on it's own. It always stays the same thing. A tough and hard substance, earth has structure and balance. There is stability and strength in this dry element. But even the most immovable things can fall. And when it does, it falls with fury.

Water and Earth: two very powerful and unique elements alone, but combined they are much stronger. Most people tell me I am very fortunate to harness the two. But I know better than they do. It is a curse to possess such capability. It took away the only person who ever understood me.

My father.

His name is Kano. In my tribe, he was an outstanding warrior. Though his armed combat tactics needed major improvement, he fought with something much more efficient. Water. His waterbending skills were supreme, rivaled by only that of his waterbending instructor, Master Pakku. Even so, my father was a pretty close second.

Of course, everyone has their faults and my father was no exception. Many people refered to him as reckless and audacious. Thankfully, I have my mother's wit. Don't get me wrong, my father was a very intelligent man, but his actions were often very ill-considered. To an extent, of course, as my father would never do anything he thought would endanger anyone.

In short, my father was a creative, free spirit who wouldn't allow ujust rules control his life. For that reason, he was able to understand me like no other. My father loved me unconditionally and often went out of his way to prove it. For instance, in my tribe girls weren't taught waterbending and were instead subjected to use their abilities only for healing. But my father wouldn't stand for it. So, he taught me waterbending in secret.

We were inseperable.

That is, until the day I was to be seperated from him. At first, I thought we were leaving together to go live with my mother in the Earth Kingdom city of Ba Sing Se. I was extremely excited, for I thought my family would finally be whole. But I thought wrong. When my father told me the truth, that only I would be staying with my mother to learn earthbending and he would return to the Northern Water Tribe, I was devastated.

So devastated, I unleased all my anger through my waterbending. At that point, I couldn't control myself. Waves crashed on the side of our boat as the sea churned from my rage. A storm had formed because of me and there was nothing I could do to prevent it from destroying the boat, along with my father.

Eventually, I washed up on the shores of the Earth Kingdom, with not a clue of where I was or what to do. For days, I wandered the desert, hoping to come across some form of civilization. Soon, I collapsed underneath the burning sun. When I woke up, I was in a strange place surrounded by strange people. I asked them to take me to Ba Sing Se, and they gladly assisted me in my travels.

After seven long years, I was finally going to meet my mother.

Her name, as I found out, is Iwa. Like my father, she was very skilled in her element. But that's where their similarities ended. She was too serious and relied too much on rules. She must have been pushed by her parents to train hard as she urged me to focus and practice until I'd gotten it right. At first, I thought it'd been a mistake to come, that we would never find a way to connect. However, by the time I was eight we had gotten accustomed to each other, and grew closer together.

Soon, I had advanced greatly in my earthbending, and my training felt less pressured and more relaxed. I had successfully formed a bond with my mother, though it hadn't been as emotionally involved as my relationship with my father had been. My mother was valiant and certain, and I felt obliged to be brave just like her. My life was finally turning up for the better.

Sadly, my life could never stay so simple.

One day, we were raided in our own peacful house. Our attackers, the Dai Li, were the supposed protectors of Ba Sing Se. They were meant to keep order in the city, protect it's cultural traditions, but they led a more twisted purpose.

We were cornered, but wouldn't give up without a fight. Together, we had the Dai Li nearly defeated. Before we could escape, however, Long Feng, head of the Dai Li agents, stepped forward. He threatened to turn me in to the Fire Nation. Apparently, word had spread of a dual bender in the Earth Kingdom. Imagine what kind of threat I posed against the Fire Nation. Most likely I'd have been sentenced to death if I were captured.

So, see my mother's dilema, where she had to choose between her freedom or her only daughter's freedom. Naturally, she proceeded to protect me, as any caring mother would do, and made the deal with Long Feng. She agreed to be prisoner of the Dai Li and in return they allowed me to flee the city.

After that I was just a thirteen year old girl on the run from her past, with nothing but the clothes on my back, some spare change, and a stolen ostrich horse. I traveled from town to town, searching for a place to settle down. Of course, I made good use of my services and earned some money along the way. Eventually, I made enough to get myself across the ocean to the South Pole.

There I knew I'd be safe.