"Please, Minako. I beg you." Mom held tight to Minako's hands, desperately trying to save her own daughter.

Minako clenched her fists and closed her eyes. "I. Have. To. Do. This."

"Your dad and I are not benders. Maybe if you stop, then your bending will go away and you will be fine again." Mom pulled Minako into her embrace. "You can be normal again. You don't have to go off somewhere and protect the avatar. Think about your future."

Minako opened her eyes and met her mom's teary gaze. "I am. Not just my future, but everyone's future." Minako pulled away from her mom. "Please mom. I am one of the chosen ones."

Mom shook her head. "Minako, you are just confused now. Look, maybe the government can protect the avatar, and fight those grimm. Please..."

Minako turned towards the door. "I am going. Say bye to dad and tell him I'm sorry. I am sorry, mom. I hope...one day...I will make you guys proud." She straightened her back and walked out the door.

"Minako..." Her mom wailed behind her.

Minako hurried her steps. She cursed Artemis for not being here, but she guess it's time she carry on the journey without a spiritual guide.


Ami licked the envelope and sealed it close. "To Mom." It said on the cover. Ami leaned it against the picture frame on the bedside table.

Mom was sleeping soundly. Ami stood and watched her for a while, as she lamented about the hell she would put her mom through. Come morning, she would've changed her mom's world forever.

Would mom be okay on her own? Without Ami, she would be completely alone.

"I'm sorry, mom. I have to try. This is my destiny." She leaned down and gently kissed her mother's forehead.


Mako glanced at her now-empty room and said a silent goodbye. All her belongings had been packed into a bag and she's ready to go.

She put on the necklace her dad made her, a pendant with the Earth symbol. Her father, a true master of earth bending, had made this out of an astroid. When he married mom, he bent the air symbol to the back.

Mako placed her hand over the rock and felt a wave of grief and rage. They were taken from her when she was so young. They were murdered simply because they were benders.

"You are one of the chosen ones." A girl named Minako had come to see her the other day. "I am sure you have sensed it by now? The avatar has awakened. So have we. Now we must gather and help restore balance to this world."

The air bender pumped her fists together. "Sounds good. Where to?"

"Beacon Academy." Minako handed a ticket to Mako. "See you in a few days."

Mako flipped the light off and closed the door. She locked it and then placed the key in the adjacent mailbox. She had already told the landlord about her leaving. There's nothing here for her to stay. It's time to fulfill her destiny.

Night fell silently in the city and Beacon Academy was quiet again. People retired to their beds, eager for a long night's sleep.


Cinder changed into her pajamas and slipped into her bed. Opposite to her side, Usagi was just finished with brushing her ridiculously long blonde hair.

Seeing Cinder staring, Usagi smiled warmly. "Rei...I am so excited about tomorrow. Are you excited?"

"Well, this room is gonna get crowded for sure." Cinder laid back and put her arms under her head. "But yeah...I can't wait to meet the rest of the guardians."

"I hope we get along." Usagi slipped under her covers and turned to face Cinder. "Good night, Rei."

"Night, night Avatar." Cinder reached up and flipped the lights off. In the dark, she smirked as she closed her eyes. Almost time to carry out her plans...