"I can't wait to see my family and friends from home again." Katara said. "Are you sure this is the right way?"

"I'm positive. Once I've been somewhere, I tend to remember the location." Aang told her.

"As long as we get to the South Pole in one piece. It's great to be able to go without having to be chased down by enemies." Katara stated.

"Don't jinx it." Aang told her.

"You sound like my brother." Katara pointed out.

"I do not!"

"Yes, you do. And one Sokka is bad en…" She cut herself off. The two of them were inches away from each other. They backed away in embarrassment.

"Okay, so I think we're here. Unless I'm imagining a giant iceburg."

"You're right." Katara said. "We're back home."

"It's a little strange, considering this is where it all began."

"I know." Katara said. Once they landed, they headed for the village. "I'm back, everybody!" A crowd of villagers gathered around her.

"Katara, welcome home."

"Nice to see you again, Gran-Gran." Katara said. "I heard about you getting married. Congratulations."

"I can tell you're journey was a successful one." Gran-Gran said. "Come on, I'd like to show you something."

"Can you tell us about you're adventures?" The children asked them.

"Of course." Katara said. "We'll tell you all about it a little later."

"Since we've reconnected with our sister tribe, we've had a few changes." Gran-Gran said.

"Look, there's a group of waterbenders." Aang pointed where he saw a class being instructed.

"It's true. After your visit to the North Pole, some waterbenders decided to move here as they felt they were more closer to home here."

"That's kind of cool." Katara said.

"There's also a girl about your age who's staying in our home." Gran-Gran said. "She really wanted to meet you."

"Well, this is our place." Katara said.

"I'll wait out here and let you get settled in." Aang said. "I'll be with the children."

"So, you must be Katara." A girl said. She had long brown hair, but wore it down instead of up and was in a blue dress similar to hers, but slightly darker.

"Are you the girl who's moved in with us?" Katara asked.

"That's right." She said.

"Katara, this is Maria from the North Pole. She always felt closer to home here." Gran-Gran told her.

"It's true." Maria said. "I'm the only female waterbender of my village."

"When I was there, girls weren't allowed to learn waterbending." Katara pointed out.

"Yeah, but sometimes to get in you have to stretch the truth a bit." Maria told her. "In order to learn basic fighting, I disguised myself as a boy to take the class. I decided to come here to learn some new abilities from you."

"You want me to teach you?" Katara asked.

"I've heard so much about you and would love the chance to work with you." Maria said.

"Okay." Katara said. "Come join us and I'll tell you all about it."

"So that's when we decided to disguise ourselves as people in the Fire Nation." Aang told the children. "Hey, Katara."

"Maria, this is Aang. He's a very close friend of mine." Katara blushed.

"You're the Avatar's girlfriend, aren't you?" Maria asked.

"I never said…"

"You didn't have to." Maria said. "I can tell by the way you're blushing."

"Okay, let's start you're training." Katara said. She took her to the edge of the water. "The most important part about bending is that you have to use your emotions. Whether your calm or outraged, it can help you in battle."

"I see." Maria said. "What about healing?"

"Healing's easy." Katara said. "Just use waterbending to cover up and injury and usually it works."

"That's cool."

"We'll start with something simple." Katara told her. "Try to make a small wave." Maria tried, but only got a ripple. "It takes a little practice. I'll show you." Katara formed a small wave in the water that went out toward the ocean.

"Cool."

"Try again, Maria. I know you can do it."

"Okay." Maria closed her eyes and focused on the flowing water. She lifted her arms and made a small tide wave.

"Maria, you did it!" Katara said.

"That's so cool."

"I can tell you a secret, but you must promise not to tell anyone else." Katara said.

"I promise."

"Waterbenders are at full power when there's a full moon out." She whispered to her.

"I see." Maria said. "No wonder when I tried to make that wave when they came to us failed."

"You probably weren't mad enough." Katara stated.

"Oh, really?" Maria made a water cyclone and pushed it out toward sea.

"Whoa!" Katara said. "That was a good one."

"I know. I've been practicing a long time." Maria said.

"I see." Katara said. "Well, the sun's starting to set. We should head back inside."

"Is she from the North Pole?" Aang asked.

"Yeah, she seems to be really good for a new girl." Katara said. "You should come in with us. You can have Sokka's room."

"Okay." They all headed back to their small place.