I stared out to sea, making tiny whirlpools here and there, my long brown hair was flying, blocking my view now and then when the wind changed direction. Me and Daitchi were on the LaMiriad,my mother's old sea boat, the one some Waterbenders salvaged after… after she disappeared… I quickly changed to another train of though, I will not allow myself to cry about an event that happened years ago. So, instead of thinking about the boat, I thought about our departure from the Water Tribe...

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Once I agreed to going to the Air Temple, My father led us deeper into the oasis. Now we were in a small cave, from the outside it looked like a solid piece of rock, only someone who knew where it was could've found it…

"Here, take these." My father gave me a backpack, and a small containment cube, one of the few technological devices we use in the South, it could've contained anything from a small can of frozen sea trout, or a whole survival kit that included a tent, gallons of water, and crates of food. "It's some emergency supplies in case something happens to your mo-" He froze, as if even mention Mama hurt. "I mean the boat."

"Oh, but didn't we leave Ma-"Ouch.Dad's right,even if it's been over 7 years; it hurt to say her name… "I mean the boat at the salvaging center?" 'The Boat' obviously being Mama's boat.

"Well, yes." He said, "But, I had a dream of your mother" the pain in his eyes was almost tangible… "telling me to take back the boat and hide it here."

I guess I should explain the dreaming, ever since Dad was young, he gets Dream Visions now and then, now you might be thinking about how he can know which are visions and which are dreams because I'm still wondering about that too, when I ask, all he says is'I just know'.

"Oh, okay."

We were pretty much quiet the rest of the way, until we reached the port. "Whoa…" that was Daitchi,but 'Whoa' was right,no matter how many times in my childhood I've seen it the boat always seems to amaze me.

It was about a century old, a gift from my mother's grandfather to her. It was made of Sea-ice, Sea-ice is what most people call the creation of Waterbenders of a thick glass-like substance that was used in boats before metal-wood, the present-day boat material, was found.

"Be safe Hana…" those were the last words I heard my Dad say as we left…

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"Hana!" Someone's shaking me… "Hana! Snap out of it!"

"Er… Daitchi?" I looked at him.

"Geez Hana, you dozed off for so long that we're already here." Daitchi smiled an amused smile.

"Oh… oh! We're here?" I straightened up, making Daitchi step back.

"Well, obviously we're 'here'" He said mischievously.

"Danni! Y'know what I mean!" Oh, I guess I should explain. "Danni" is an old nickname I have for Daitchi, it started when I was 3, Daitchi moved next to our house. When we met I couldn't say "Daitchi-niisan" so I short-cut-ed it to "Danni".

"Well it'll take another few hours, but you can see the Air Temples from here, see?"

He pointed at a large island where the most striking feature was the large mountains spiraling to the clouds and the things flying around it, birds maybe? No, bats? Wait, they're Airbenders! It's the first time I've ever been out of the South Pole so I've never actually seen an Airbender glide before.

I was so excited, I grabbed Daitchi and screamed, "Airbenders! Look! Look!" He laughed and said, "Yeah, I've been looking for the past three hours."

I smiled, a bit embarrassed that I've been asleep for so long…

"Why don't you go do some Waterbending so we can arrive faster?" He suggested as he turned to face the wheel again.

I inhaled and smiled, I loved Waterbending. The feel of shaping it, controlling it was… unexplainable, it was like I melded with the waves, felt them as they pushed and pulled, reacting to my chi.

In no time, Daitchi called back, "Okay Hana, you can stop know, we're near the port!"

I looked to the island, Wow, I thought, Waterbending really does make time fly…

As we ported, an Airbender Monk greeted us, "Hmm, visitors from the Southern Water Tribe! I am Monk Hairi, how may I help you?"

The monk was as tall as Daitchi, bald, face wrinkled and wore traditional Airbending garments. There was, though, something about his eyes that told me he was probably pretty energetic for an old guy. I remembered father's instructions 'you must ask for Monk Hairi, and show him this' I breathed in, my father Renier HaiYuen, sent us, he told us to show you this…" I gave him the envelope which he opened carefully, as he read it, his eyes got slightly wider and he read it again.

"Ahhh…" Monk Hairi said "So it is time…"

I wondered what he meant, but he was walking away and motioning to us.

"Come children, you must follow me, the boat can stay here, it will be safe."

(A/N: Yesss! DONE! Right, anyway the next few chapters would probably be very significant chapters in the lives of our new Avatar and her best friend! Stay tuned and I hoped you enjoyed this~! xoxo Nyx)