Katara glanced from side to side. The unsuspecting guards took a literal run for their money as the water tribe girl whipped them with water, sending their stolen money into her hands. She gave every single bronze piece to the nice Air Nomad, who bowed politely to her. "That was pretty impressive," the young boy, about Sokka's age, said.

"Thank you. I really try," Sokka said, sliding his boomerang out of its protective covering.

"Oh, um, you did a great job... supervising..." the little boy chuckled. Sokka looked up at him and glared.

"So, what's your name?" Katara asked.

"I'm Aang. What is yours?"

"Katara. This is my little brother, Sokka."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Sokka." Aang's face lit up. "Hey, Katara!"

"Yes, Aang?"

"Are you a real, true waterbending master?"

"Why, yes I am."

"Would you be willing to teach me?"

"I would, but you're an Air Nomad, correct?"

"Correct."

"So you're an airbender."

"I'm also the Avatar..."

"Oh. Right." Katara blushed at her stupidity. "I'd be happy to teach you!"

Sokka frowned and then smiled. "And I can teach you Boomerang Bending! That should be fun, right, Aang?"

"I'll just stick with waterbending for now."

Katara held out her hand to Aang like she used to do with Sokka. Aang grabbed it and smiled up at her beautiful face. Sokka marched behind the two, irritated that dumb kid had just stolen his sister from him. He was beginning to feel glad Aang didn't accept his boomerang bending offer. He couldn't trust his boomerang in his hands.

Katara led Aang down to the river where she learned her bending. She started him off with some basics, like pushing and pulling the water. Sokka decided he'd go back into town and see how much some food was.

"Like this?" After hours of training, Aang had succeeded in creating typhoons, water whips, and octopus in which he controlled.

"Perfect!" Katara replied. She had never met another waterbender, and it was nice to finally be able to teach one. She showed him a new move, throwing ice spears at trees. Again he excelled.

By the time Sokka came back, the two were gone along with a note. He grabbed it and tried opening it with one hand, seeing as how his other hand held a slab of meat. When he finally opened it, he read: Sokka, went to the Earth Kingdom for Aang to learn earthbending. ~Katara

Sokka was so mad he wanted to kill that Avatar. His own sister-really? Why would she leave for some stupid kid when she had him? He felt like he just wasn't good enough. Like people expected more from him. What did they expect? For him to be some sort of bender. Probably the Avatar. He began his slow, sad trudge home when a little girl's giggle startled him. "Who's there?"

"You're funny," the little girl said.

"Who are you?"

"I'm known as the Blind Bandit."

"Who's the Blind Bandit?"

"That would be me."

Sokka screamed when the "Blind Bandit" encased him in a solid cage of earth. "I'm an earthbender," she said.

"I can see that," Sokka replied, annoyed. He tried chipping the dirt away with his boomerang, but the earthbender had thought that through. She thumped her foot on the ground and moved her hand up, bringing the boomerang out of the open top. He tried to jump and get it, but the little girl had also thought that through. She made a five-foot deep hole around Sokka. "This isn't over!" he yelled.

"You're correct. It never even started." The little girl walked away with Sokka's boomerang in hand. He struggled against the dirt until he finally climbed out of the hole. He grabbed the earth bars and made his way to the top, jumping out.

Sokka chased after the girl and found her sitting out in the courtyard of the Bei Fong's household. She's a Bei Fong? he thought. The girl heard him coming and sent a wall of earth in front of him. He punched it, cracking it slightly. He cracked at it again. Wait, he thought, I can just go around it. He walked around to the outside and came up the courtyard.

"Wow, you made it around my rock wall. How original," the Blind Bandit said. She threw the boomerang at Sokka's feet and stood from the bench she sat at. She stuck her hand out rather forcefully. "I'm Toph," she began, "it's nice to meet you."

Sokka shook her hand. "Sokka," he said.