Chapter: 1 A Bully

A young girl was walking home from school in Republic City. Her long brown hair was up in three ponytails, and she had on classic water tribe clothes. The sun was shining bright, and her blue eyes glimmered like the ocean when the sun hit it. It had been a peaceful walk, until she heard something behind her.

She stopped and looked all around her, but she couldn't find anyone. As she continued to walk back she heard it again. This time when she turned around she saw a teenage boy towering over her. She was scared of the stranger, no one had ever snuck up on her like this on the way home ever before.

The teenager was tall, but the way the sun was she could only make out his figure. He looked her straight in the eyes and said, "Give me all your money." He sounded very assertive, but he was quiet enough not to be heard by others nearby.

The girl looked at him, but did not move, she was frozen with fear. She could only think if her brothers or parents were here what would they do?

The teenager did not take his gaze off her. "Do you have any money little girl?" She did not answer, so he continued. "How old are you?"

She couldn't get but a few fearful words out. "I am twelve."

He laughed at her then spoke again. "You are short for a twelve year old." Then he continued to laugh at her. Now she could see him better. He had on a faint green shirt that almost looked water tribe style, and had black hair that was somewhat in front of his face.

She didn't know what to do, but she knew that she had to do something. Quickly looking around, she located a large water fountain. Before he stopped laughing, she bended the water at the back of his head.

When the water hit the back of his head, he stopped laughing. Now he looked very mad at her. "You will pay for that!" He looked back at the fountain and bended ice spears at her, but as she closed her eyes and screamed, fire consumed the ice.

She reopened her eyes, and the teenager's feet were being frozen. She looked behind the teenager to see her brothers Lee and Tonraq.

They looked identical. They both had brownish hair, slightly lighter than their sisters. It had a swoop to it and would go halfway over their eyes if it was down. They both had on regular Republic city clothes, so they couldn't be told apart. They thought it was funny to confuse people. Lee's hair swooped off to the right side of his face, and Tonraq's was to the left. That was the only difference between the two. They were taller than most their age, but the teenager was taller.

The teenager unfroze himself and started to fight her brothers, but the didn't fight for long before stalling. He looked at the brothers, and then began to mock them. "I can't believe your sister is such a wimp."

Lee and Tonraq just started to walk towards their little sister. They were identical twins, but one was a waterbender and one was a firebender. They were both sixteen and were also on the way home from school. Then Lee spoke. "Hay,

Tahno! Why don't you leave our little sis alone?"

Tahno was now furious. "Don't call me Tahno! It's T.J. You know that!"

Tonraq bended some water at T.J., but it was just enough to splash him. Both brother's laughed then high-fived.

T.J. bended the water out of his clothes then out of his hair. He walked away from the three, but that wouldn't be the end of it if T.J. had anything to say about it. "It isn't over! You can't stay together forever!"

Tonraq wasn't about to let the opportunity go to humiliate his water bending rival. He yelled, "As soon as you can beat me in probending!" T.J. just grunted as he walked off.

Both brothers walked to their little sister, Sanya. Tonraq looked at her and asked her, "why didn't you waterbend him?"

Sanya looked at him, still slightly in shock, and said, "I did."

Lee looked at his brother with the, why did you just ask her that face, and then he looked back at their little sister. "What did T.J. want?"

Sanya told him, "He told me to give him all my money, but I was too scared."

"That's fine." Lee responded. "Come on. If we don't get you home, we will be grounded for a month."

Tonraq groaned, "Awww! I hate it when we're grounded."

They walked home together. When they turned the corner, they saw that their father was home. The rule was, they have to be home before him, so they knew that they were probably in deep trouble. Lee opened the door…