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My Beginning and Peace's End
(Chapter One)
200 years ago, before Ozai was ever Fire Lord and war was the furthest thing from anyone's mind, she was born to an Air Nomad couple at the Northern Air Temple. She was born with ash blonde hair and dragon green eyes, both unusual for her people. They named her Anara. When she was born, an oracle told her parents the nature of her future husband. They were told that her chosen would be cruel yet kind, harsh yet gentle, and the son of her only enemy. Aside from the telling of her future husband, the oracle also told her parents that she was an elementalist and that when she grew older she would have the ability to harness and use all four elements as well as any master element bender could. The monks at the temple began her Airbending training at the age of two, as they do with all children that have the bending ability.
Since Air was Anara's natural element it only took her 11 years to master Air bending. When her training was complete, the symbol of the Air Nomads appeared as if branded on her left hand. After that the monks sent her with a letter to the North Pole to learn Waterbending and the healing arts the Waterbenders are known to have. The waterbending Master would not train Anara at first because she was a woman; after showing the water tribe's leader the letter from the Air Temple explaining who she was and what her purpose would be, the master relented and trained Anara. It took her 20 years to master Waterbending. When she mastered Waterbending, the water tribe's symbol appeared on the back of her neck. The next step on Anara's journey was the Earth City of Omash and the king welcomed her with open arms. 19 years later she mastered the art of Earthbending. The Earth Kingdom's symbol appeard on her right hand when her training was completed.
Last but not least Anara headed to the Fire Nation and there met her only enemy, a boy by the name of Ozai. He was the youngest son of the current Fire Lord, Zhan. Unlike his father, Ozai was cruel and heartless, but Ozai's brother Iroh was respectable and kind like his father. Zhan was a kind and gentle ruler and helped keep the kingdoms in balance along with the other nations that all worked together in harmony. When Anara arrived at Zhan's palace she was greeted warmly by Zhan, his wife Azuna, and their oldest son Iroh. Their youngest son Ozai, on the other hand, hated her from the moment she stepped foot in the palace. He felt she was not worthy to learn the great art of Firebending. Later that day Anara met her Firebending master, Avatar Roku. She gave him the letter from the Air temple and he smiled and began training her immediately.
During the intense training Lord Zhan and Lady Azuna passed on and left Ozai as Fire Lord. 12 years before Ozai started the horrible war, an Airbender traveled to the Crescent Island Fire Temple to bring a message to Anara. She saw his arrival from her window and made her way down to meet him with Master Roku's permission. When she got to him, however, Ozai had him cornered and was tormenting him with torrents of fire. Anara grew angry and used her Earthbending skills to create a shield to protect the injured Airbender. Ozai was furious and began to attack her, but she sent him flying away with an air blast and got the Airbender to her window with a bit of Earthbending. Roku was not pleased with Anara, but was forgiving when she explained the nature behind why she attacked Ozai. The monk handed Anara the letter saying that her mother would soon give birth to a baby and her presence would be needed. Anara asked her master for permission to return home to be with her family until her sibling began Airbender training. Roku agreed and she returned home on her flying bison Rain along with the monk that brought the letter.
When Anara returned home her mother had gone into labor and as she entered the room her mother had already given birth to her little brother Aang. Unfortunately the birth of her brother was complicated and her mother wouldn't stop bleeding. Not even her healing abilities could help, and her mother died a few minutes later. Her father, saddened by the death of his beloved wife, refused to hold Aang or look at Anara. He died two weeks later of a broken heart. Anara stayed with Aang until he was two and the monks took him to be trained in Air bending. When Anara returned to the Fire Temple master Roku was no where to be found. When she entered the sanctuary his spirit pulled hers into the Spirit World and told her what happened. While she was gone his time had come and his spirit was called home. Since her master was gone, Anara studied hard with the five fire sages for the 12 remaining years and mastered Firebending. The symbol for the Fire Nation appeared on her forehead. When the end of the 12th year came, the Fire Lord became obsessed with power and was able to harness the power of a passing comet. With this newfound power, he began the war that disrupted the balance of the elements, destroyed a nation, and brought another to the brink of obliteration. He sent large scale forces to the northern Air Temple and killed all the monks there. Aang left the night before the war started and was caught in a storm. His Avatar abilities kicked in and he and Appa, Aang's flying bison, were frozen underwater in an air bubble for 100 years. Likewise, Master Roku placed Anara and Rain in a suspended hibernation until the new Avatar was found so she could join him and help him in his journey to master the four elements. And so they slept for 100 years until Aang was found at the South Pole by two young members of the Southern Water Tribe.