Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar. It belongs to Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, and Nickelodeon.
Prologue
No one had ever imagined that the Fire Nation was capable of wiping out a whole other empire. They obliterated the Air Nomads, in all four temples. There were no survivors. Not even the Avatar, a boy of thirteen, who was killed in the Avatar State, eliminating the Avatar's spirit from the world forever. Nothing was left. After the extinction of the airbenders, and the Avatar, the people of the world lost hope of living in peace ever again. The Fire Nation had started what seemed to be an endless war. Nothing would stand in their way.
Many months later, the Fire Nation had invaded the Southern Water tribe, siezing control over the whole South Pole, and killing off all of the waterbenders. But little did they know that they missed just one.
My name is Katara, and I am the last waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe.
My people's hope has been crushed under the rule of the tyrannical Fire Nation. What once was a huge, populated utopia, became a lonely, broken land. I was just a small girl when my mother was believed to be the last waterbender of our tribe, and killed by a firebender general who was in charge of our section of the South Pole. Now, the only family I have left are my brother and father.
My bending ability is the last thing I want to have. It means that I could be executed for being a bender of water at any time. My life is at risk every minute of every day. I know I shouldn't be doing it, but I practice my skills every night in my home. I feel like there are no walls to box me in, no guards to push me and my people around, and especially, no evil Fire Nation to destroy our world where everyone used to live in harmony. I feel like if I practice hard enough, I might really be able to make a difference in this war. That is why I waterbend. It is not just a special talent, it is my identity. And no one can take that away from me. Not the guards, not the Fire Nation. Nothing will rob me of my identity.
My name is Katara, and I am a waterbender.
