Chapter 1
"Ellen, could you help me please?"
"Sure, mother." Ellen walked out of the tent and followed her mother down to the ocean to carry water back to the village.
She looked at her reflection in the water. She had bright blue eyes and brown hair that was almost half way down her back. She smiled and pick up one of the big jars of water. The had just got back and noticed that one of the villagers had a panicked look on their face. Ellen looked back out toward the ocean. There was a big ship heading this way. "The Fire Nation!"
The ship quickly came to land and a small army got off, lead by one individual who had a scar on him face. He approached the scared group of villagers, "Which one of you is the waterbender?" No one responded.
"I was told that the waterbender here knows the Avatar. Now, which on of you is the waterbender?" He was starting to get mad, "Fine. If that's the way you want it, I will just destroy all of you!" He prepared to attack. Ellen stepped forward and sent a wave of water over all of the firebenders. "So it's you. You're the waterbender."
"I am. But I do not know the Avatar. You must have me confused with someone else." said Ellen.
"Quiet! Now, you're coming with us." he ordered. Ellen stared at him, "No."
One of the other firebenders moved forward, "You will do as Prince Zuko orders!" "I'm not going anywhere!" Ellen shouted.
Prince Zuko signaled his army and they moved forward, ganging up on her. They started punching and kicking her and there was nothing she could do to stop them. She tried her hardest to fight back but there was too many of them. The army moved back and she fell to the ground. Prince Zuko approached her. He grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her toward the war ship.
Ellen struggled, "LEAVE ME ALONE! LET GO OF ME!" Once they were on the ship he threw her below deck and locked her in a small room. She pounded on the door, "LET ME OUT! I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE AVATAR! LET ME GO!"
Ellen shook her head to rid herself of that memory. The door flew open and there stood Prince Zuko, with a very angry look on his face. 'He must be mad because I tried to flood the ship.' She thought. Zuko opened his mouth to say something but before anything came out, Ellen spoke, "Look, sir, I know you're mad at me for trying to flood the ship…And I'm really sorry. But, you forced me out of my home. You should have known that I would try to get revenge. I don't know anything about the Avatar or where he is. If I did I would have told you by now."
Zuko stood there and stared at her. Without saying a word he turned around and walked back out the door, slamming it shut behind him.
Ellen laid on the floor and curled up. She was tired of being cooped up in the small room. She had been trapped in there for two weeks and was rarely let out on deck. She sighed and tried to go to sleep. Even though she didn't do too much she was exhausted. She hadn't gotten proper sleep since she had been aboard the ship. She didn't really like to sleep. She would always dream about her family and she would miss them all the more. A tear ran down her cheek. She missed them so much. She couldn't stop thinking about them and she ended up crying herself into a peaceful slumber.