At the South Pole, the southern water tribe inhabits it location. The villiage that hold the tribe is a small one, as the tribe is small in number. The majority of the water benders and families are located at the North Pole. Because of the invasion that happened in the Avatars abscence, mant families and benders fled to the North because of their stronger army and protection. Now that the Avatar has returned, the Southern Water Tribe has gained stability and balance. They still receive some harassment from the fire warriors since they are stronger in power. They are led to believe that they are given freedom to do so because the Avatar is a native fire bender. Consequences are strongly encouraged, and because of this, the fire warriors mainlu verbally harass them and get away with warnings.
On one of their better days, a water bender named Katara and her gran gran, as well as some of the villiage children, had gone fishing. At least so far, they haven't had any mishaps with the fire warriors since two days prior to now. The villiage was content with that; they were hoping that the fire warriors may have stopped entirely. Maybe the Avatar finally talked some sense into them.
Pushing it to the back of her mind, Katara concentrated on the fish that swam in the river beneath her. Sokka was out hunting otter-seals for the villiages feast tonight. Once a year, they collect a selection of foods to gather and celebrate the moon on the winter solstice, when the moon will be highest in the sky for the longest night. This is an important night for the water benders because their bending is most powerful when the moon is risen. The night of the winter solstice is when their bending reaches its peak. Katara, as well as the other few benders who remain, look forward to this night each year. Katara has always been the main focus of the show because her bending has always been strongest than most at the villiage. This is because she trained with the Northern Water Tribe before the invasion occured so she could better protect her tribe. It has had its benefits since then.
Katara was brought back to her senses when her gran-gran tapped her shoulder and pointed to the opposite side of the villiage. She was shocked when she saw the fire warriors arive. What suprised her the most was that Avatar Roku was in their company. Her lips parted as she gasped. Sokka sprinted his way over to Katara anbd gran-gtan, huddling over them. "What is the Fire Nation doing here? And with the Avatar?" he asked. Katara just looked in awe. "I don't know, Sokka. I don't know."