"My sweet daughter, Kana, i have good news for you." said Meiko as his family sat down together eating dinner. His wife, Karah had resently sat down with her family after serving dinner to them.
"What is it father?" said Kana as she looked up at her father at the front of the ice-made table.
"Tomorrow is your 16th birthday" he said with proudness shining in his deep blue eyes.
"Yes it is father but what about my birthday?" questioned Kana as she looked at her father and then moved her attention to her mother.
"Remember to your friend, Yagoda when she turned 16 years old a few weeks ago?" asked her mother.
Kana had to think about what happened to her a few weeks ago. Then it hit her when she remembered when Yagoda was showing off the craftmanship of her betrothal necklace to her the following day after her friend's birthday.
"Who had asked for my hand?" said a slightly nervous Kana afraid to hear a certain waterbender's name.
"WaterMaster Ling's only son, Pakku had asked for your hand in marriage." said Meiko, as he watched as his only daughter, his only offspring, mouth dropped to the cold floor of their home.
"Pakku, that waterbending jerk, that Pakku?" said Kana as she stood up.
"Watch your mouth young lady, Pakku had asked for your hand, and you'll be marry to this young waterbender like it or not, and that's the final peep from you, understand?" said her angry father.
Kana couldn't find her voice so she nodded her head in agreement. So they quietly continued eating dinner.
"His family will be here tomorrow night to celebrete your engagement to their son." said Meiko.
Kana nodded again sadly as she looked down at her dinner, wishing the moon spirit could just take her away from her doomed future of a life.
Sometime the next morning, Kana was with her mother, Karah, as mother and daughter headed towards the market. Karah was planing to create a huge dinner for Kana's and Pakku's engagement party that night. Kana was following her mother geting food suplies when her friend, Yagoda came running up to her from out of the crowd.
"Kana, is it true about your engagement to Pakku?" said Yogoda, as she stood in front of her as she tries to catch her breath.
"How did you hear about that?" questioned a surpried Kana.
"Pakku is bragging to his friends about the betrothal necklace he made for you." said Yogoda.
"So is what he been saying is true that you two are offically getting engaged?" asked Yogoda asked again.
"It's not totally official until he gives me a betrothal necklace but yes we are." said Kana, as the subject of their conversation was making her deeply depressed.
Yogoda excitedly hugged Kana, still can't believe that both of them are now betroth and soon they're be married.
Kana couldn't sleep that night, as she layed in bed still freaking out about her engagement dinner tomorrow night.
"Of every single non-married men in the whole Northern Water Tribe, Why did my father had to choose that jerk to be my future husband?" she said to herself as she kept thinking for a reason before moving to her side and finally feel asleep.
