Prologue

She felt her body jerk into the air when the boat did a sudden hairpin turn. She a long with a Chocolate Lab were thrown from the boat and into the river's brackish water. She wore no life jacket as she was old enough to where doing so on a boat was not required. So she had no way of staying a float, only treading water for as long as she could. Until she felt some unknown force jerk her underwater.

Wildly she tried to fight her way to the surface yet the current was too strong.

Since when did this river have currents like this? she thought frantically. She fought wildly to breathe while at the same time hopeless trying to fight her way to the surface. But it was no use. This can't be it. This can't be. I'm only 16! She tired out quickly and had no more breath. She opened her mouth and tried to gasp for air but only water found its way into her lungs. She found herself suffocating before going unconscious, unaware of the fait of her dog.

Chapter 1

"Come on, Jinora we don't want to miss out on dinner" Korra called out to the little airbender as she lagged behind.

"Hey Korra, when are you actually going to airbend? I mean you have that weaving thing down" she said as she caught up with Korra. "And will there ever be a probending match again? I mean you with that whole thing that went on with Amon and stuff. Do you think it would be safe or would Amon crash into a match again." She said babbling on in the way she always did.

Korra sighed. "I don't know, Jinora. That last match was pretty bad. The counsel might decide against it"

"Oh that's too bad. Well there's always hope right? I mean hope as all we need. It was all the people of the Hundred years war needed right? They hoped and the war eventually ended. I know Katara never lost hope and stuff and-" She gasped. "Korra!" she shouted.

"What is it?" Korra asked befoe catching the reason why Jinora had gasped. There are the beach, not too far from the path they were walking on, was a girl laying face down in the sand. She showed no signs of life or movement and her short brown hair was went and dirty. And lying next to her in a similar position, was a brown dog much smaller than Nagga but had similar features like triangular ears, and a slender tail. He too, showed no signs of life.

"Oh no" Korra whispered. She hurried down to where the girl laid unconscious. "Jinora, go get Tenzin. I'll try to see if I can revive her" she called out. She heard the running as Jinora raced away. She flipped the girl over onto her back and assesed her condition. She wore clothes she had not seen before. She also showed no obvious signs of injury, so Korra figured that it was simply a drowning. She knew what to do.

She used a trick that she remembered Katara talking about using a waterbending trick when she and the avatar were young. Aang had been reckless and tried to ride Kiyoshi Island's Unagi and had gotten himself unconscious. So Katara had simply bended some water out of his lungs and he was ok.

That's what Korra planned to do now. She moved her hand toward the girl's mouth and held it open. Then with her other hand, she bended the water that had been caught in her lungs. Immediately, the girl started coughing and gasping for breath. She opened her eyes bleakly and Korra saw no comprehension in them.

"Korra!" Tenzin called from somewhere behind. "Jinora told me what you two found" he said as he neared the shore. "How is she?"

"I think she'll be ok. Though I don't know what exactly caused this" she said. The avatar looked down at the girl. "Do you know your name?"

The girl opened her mouth and coughed a little more before managing to get it out. "Cass" she said hoarsely. "My name is Cass"

First chapter of my first fanfic. What do you think? I sort of intended the girl to be just an original OC of mine but I have great plans for the story. Please review!

~C.R. Sage