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Aang;s diary named Ruko

Episode: Season 1, Episode 1: The boy in the iceberg


Dear Ruko,

You're not going to believe this, Ruko. The world is so different than what I remember it being! All I remember was running away from the temple after I overheard the monks talking to Monk Gyatso. They said something about taking me away from him and sending me to the Eastern Temple. How could they even think of doing that to me? It wasn't fair!

I remember this big storm, and how it had pulled Appa and I down into the violent currents. Everything else is a blur, I don't know how I got in the iceberg in the first place. The first thing I saw was this girl, that I swore was an angel. Her deep blue eyes had looked at me with a look of concern. Her lovely brown hair fell around her face. She was so beautiful, I had never seen anything like it. She was with this boy, who I later found out was her big brother. Oh and Ruko, Appa is here with me. He's one thing I got to remember of the temples. It was funny when Appa sneezed and covered the boy in green gooey buggers, to me at least, probably not to the boy. You want to know the first thing I said to her, Roku? I asked her if I could go Penguin Sledding. She had looked confused at first, but after a second, she smiled and said sure.

I offered to give them a ride to their home, since they were stranded on the piece of ice that we had stood on. The girl was quick to say yes, but the boy hadn't wanted a ride until his sister convinced him. I know Appa can fly, but for some reason he wouldn't fly today. I don't know why, though. I said the words that I usuallly say to get him flying, and he was in the air for a moment but then he went back down to the ground and began to swim. I guess he was tired from being in that ice for a hundred years.

Roku, you know what? A lot of things have changed these past hundred years. Things that I was familiar with are now gone. What happened to the peace? What is going on? What was this war they spoke of?

Katara - that was the girl's name. She took me exploring that day. We came upon this ship. She told me that it brought back bad memories that she would rather forget. I wanted to ask her what memories, but I decided that it was best that I did not. I almost forgot; This ship was from the Fire Nation, it had a fire nation symbol on the flag. I wanted to know more about this ship, I wanted to look inside. She warned me that we weren't allowed on there, and that it could possibly be covered with traps. I was curious, curiosity got the best of me. I convinced her that nothing would happen, that we would just take a quick look around and then we would leave. It didn't go as planned, though. One wrong step, and the doors closed, trapping us - there was the traps she was talking about. I acted quickly; I told her to hold on tight, and hurried to take her away from the ship before any fire nation soldiers could come.

Her Gran Gran wasn't too pleased about hearing that we had gone into the ship. Her brother doesn't seem to like me. He yelled at me and said I was a threat. He said I should just leave, that I had done enough. Katara was upset over this, so was I but I wouldn't show it. She wanted to come with me, but I wasn't about to come between her and her family. I know I had promised that I would get her to the North Pole, so she could practice her waterbending but I couldn't come between her and her family. And so I left without my new friend. Looking back as I flew off in the sky, I could read her expression; It was a blend of being sad and mad. She was probably mad at her Gran Gran for making me leave, and sad that I had left. I didn't want to leave, but I wasn't wanted there. Oh, no! Ruko, I have to go now. From where I'm sitting, I can see fire nation ships making their way to Katara's home. I have to do something, after all it's my fault that the fire nation even came there.

Your former life,

Aang


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