The people from the northern water tribe saw how the moon pushed and pulled the tides and learned how to do it themselves, therefore creating a city made of waterbenders, some more powerful than others.
That is where Aylin learned to become a powerful waterbender influenced by the moon just like her ancestors.
Her ability is both a blessing and a curse. There are things she is able to do that only regular waterbenders are able to do without a full moon. But she is the only one who becomes possessed by the moon's spirit, causing her eyes to glow. She hadn't known, no one had known about this.
She did know that every time she saw the moon's reflection in the water or directly, there was this energy, this power that was impossible to resist. She'd stare and walk towards it, being pulled like a puppet, unable and unwilling to resist the power of the moon and her spirit.
The Elders said that the moon was powerful and waterbenders became stronger under its influence. She knew and understood but what she didn't understand was why?
She wasn't special. Why did she feel like this? Why did she feel like another person, struggling to gain control when the moon was present?
One day, when she was only a little girl no more than 5 years old, she was playing with her friends, playing a game of tag by freezing their feet to the ground and only someone who touched them could melt their bind feet and be back in the game.
She was playing when she ran farther up ahead where the adults said she couldn't go in. Only the Elders could go in.
Sudden curiousity bloomed inside her body and she walked to the wooden door. It felt like something was pulling her inside, something powerful.
She placed her hand on the wooden door, hearing her friends shrieking and laughing and taunting each other.
She sucked in a breath and opened the door.
When she stepped in, it was warm in the Spirit Oasis so she took off her parka.
She felt calm in here and she sat down cross legged in front of the water where the black and white fish were circling each other in an eternal dance. She was very intrigued and she was engrossed as the fish circled around each other. She hadn't even noticed she was in the water until she saw the moon shine down on the water.
She looked up, then down to see the reflection of the moon and felt a pull towards the reflection.
Almost as of she were in a trance she reached down and touched the reflection which rippled under her touch.
Almost immediately, the water surrounding the girl shot up into the air like a shield.
She seemed oblivious to the commotion until she sensed someone watching her.
She looked up and saw a beautiful long white haired woman spirit floating over her.
"You will be blessed by me, Princess Yue, the moon spirit. I sense danger coming to you and you will be protected by me." The voice was soft like the wind and echoed like the chambers.
She only had a second to understand before the moon spirit flowed through her body before flying back into the air and disappeared.
She gasped as she felt the sensation in her body leaving her tingling and strange.
She looked up at the moon and lost herself in the sensation of something wonderful, powerful...and a stranger.
"Aylin! What are you doing in here. It's past dinnertime! Get out that water this instant!" Her father yelled but she was too engrossed watching the moon.
"Aylin!" He said, yanking her arm roughly and pulling her back away from the water.
He did not notice the glow in his daughter's eyes, the way her eyes were glued to the moon before it was blocked by the cloud and only then did her eyes return to normal.
Ever since then, she was drawn to the moon, almost unnaturally so. Her parents saw this and decided to move away to Republic City but they did not make it alive.
She never knew her mother because her mother had left when she only one, leaving her with her father. Now that she was 15, her father decided to take her to Republic City because he said there were too many memories at the northern water tribe. However, when they got there, her father had an heart attack and she screamed for help but no one was around. He died right in front of her and she lost herself.
Some muggers saw her and wanted to do things to her that repulsed her and anger and grief, surged in her like a wave and that was when it happened.
Her eyes began to glow and she became one with the moon spirit.
It was as if she was watching herself from above. She saw herself create water from thin air and from the plants and trees around her, fighting against the firebenders. Only one stubborn firebender remained while the rest were frozen in ice.
That was when she began to do the illegal thing that waterbenders were not allowed to do.
Bloodbending.
She bloodbent the firebender and took complete control over him. In a voice that was both hers and not hers she spoke, "Do not mess with me, firebender. You do not know what you are doing. I shall take pity on you and let you live. I see you again and I will kill you."
The firebender struggled to get out of her bloodbending grip but could not move, he could only gasp in pain.
She tightened her grip and he began to scream.
"Do you understand?"
"Y-y-yes." He said and with that she released her grip and he ran away.
When the moon was blocked by the cloud, did her eyes return to normal and she fell limp to the ground, weak and disorientated and confused.
Weakly, she got up and ran.
Ran to the safety of Republic City…and away from the frightening power of the moon.
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