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Pain.
That was all I could feel.
Pure excruciating pain exploding with each struggled breath I took.
My eyes opened slightly and I saw a girl with big dark blue eyes, tan skin, and long thick dark brown hair standing over me.
Then there was an explosion of red.
"Who is she Zuko?" the young waterbender asked.
The Fire Lord sighed. "Her name is Jade. She's from the Northern Water Tribe."
"Then why is she here?" she questioned.
"Because she –" he stopped abruptly and took a deep breath. "She can bend Water and Fire."
The girl was quiet for a moment. "You don't think she's her do you?"
"I know she is," he answered quietly. "You can easily tell."
"How do you know?"
"My mother, Katara," his voice held no emotion whatsoever. "She told me once that someone who could do something like this would need my help. That I shouldn't turn her down. That she was supposed to be important to me or something like that. And that a waterbending friend could also help her."
Katara stared down at the injured girl. Her eyes opened for a moment, then closed again. She sighed and in one swift movement she was waterbending the water out of her flask. The water gloved her hand like second skin and she put it over the girl's side. Immediately the water traveled up her entire injured left side. From her hip to just below her arm pit was a deep red gash. The water glowed faintly before Katara spoke again.
"This is going to take a while."
Zuko nodded once.
Then, suddenly, Jade shot up. Her head was tilted back, her mouth open. The one thing that caught their attention was that her eyes were black as midnight. Suddenly a ball of fire formed in her hand and the water from Katara's flask swished in her hand.
It was beautiful. The fire was thick and swirled in her hand. The crystal clear water was formed in the shape of a band, the water running in a circle. It was beautiful. Neither bender was able to take their eyes off their opposite element. Then Jade's hands turned and the two swirling elements reached out and curled around each other. The line they formed was long. The fire wasn't being doused by the water and the water wasn't evaporating because of the fire.
Jade gasped and as quickly as it had come it was over. She fell back onto her bed and her eyes returned to normal; amberish gold with tiny flecks of blue.
Zuko caught one word in particular just before they closed again.
"Brother."
Katara gaped at him while he gaped at the girl that had uttered those words.
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