The Hunter's Mix

by blackfire93

A 5 year old girl named Cobra meets 3 year old Zuko. As Cobra comes from a past filled with violence, secrets and lies she is put to the test when the day comes to tell Zuko everything. They were bound together at a young age but as they get older will that tie break or hold out? Some secrets come to light, will Cobra live or die and will Zuko accept all of her?

10. Chapter 10

CHAPTER NINE

[RECAPE: She knew that fan, she knew this woman, long forgotten memories flashed before Cobras mind and the old language came pouring out as Cobra opened her mouth, "Mother." ]

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"So you remember your old mother do you?" Cobra's mother said only slightly surprised. Most of the young children from the clan forgot their mothers after they were parted for a number of years but Cobra had always been the best.

"Yes I remember you. What do you want?" Cobra ground out between her clenched teeth angrily, abruptly putting an end to her mother's thoughts.

Cobra's mother raised an eyebrow sharply, "Don't get testy with me young lady! You may be living on your own now but you are still my daughter!" Cobra's mother said sternly.

"Oh so now you remember me? Now after I've tried to contact you twelve times in the past seven years. NOW you decide that your daughters good enough? Well forget it! I don't need you, I don't need anything from those old idiots in the clan and I definitely DON'T need anyone telling me what to do or not to do! Goodbye Pamela!" Cobra stormed back at her mother before walking around her mother and continuing on the road.

"So I guess you don't want to know about your past and why you can bend three of the four elements? Oh and you probably don't want to know why you were so mature for a three year old, and you defiantly don't want to know who your dad was."Pamela , Cobra's mother, said all emotions gone from her voice. Cobra stopped walking and turned towards her mother, "If I did want to know those things would you really tell me?" Cobra asked her voice as empty of emotion as her mothers. "It is time for you to learn about your past. Come with me." Pamela said, as she turned and begin to walk back into the forest.

Cobra hesitated for a split second her loyalty to Zuko's mother and siblings weighed against the want to learn about her past, her past won out and she followed her mother into the forest. Pamela and Cobra walked deep into the forest until they came to a small clearing, here Pamela had made camp complete with a small fire, a tent and an ostrich-horse tied to a tree. Pamela sat down beside the fire and motioned for Cobra to do the same which Cobra did cautiously then Pamela began the story.

"This story starts over two thousand years ago, when the four nations were still only one. In those days' spirits of good and evil walked the earth with the humans the good giving blessing's to those who deserved them and the evil taking lives of both the guilty and innocent. One day a group of eight friends got together and decided to try and learn how to defend themselves from the evil spirits. The eight friends discovered to their surprise that they were all benders, a boy and girl could each bend the same element so there were two benders of each element. In those days though the way to kill someone was with stealth and weapons so the eight decided to form a group. They trained daily and made a place for themselves in the forest where someone who didn't know exactly where to go would get lost and wonder the forest for days or until they died. The eight friends soon became famously named the Four Clans and were feared by the world. Soon the eight decided to marry in the group so they could make a small clan and train their kids in their ways so the Four Clans would never die, and so it was. However because of the close friendships within the kids of the Four Clans there was arguing over who would marry who. Finally it was decided that people with the same bending could not marry that way the bending would get continually moved around. About one hundred and fifty years after the Four Clans first started a miracle happened, a child who could bend two elements was born. She is the one who realized that by using the power of the full moon and water-bending if we took the blood of another bender our own bending in that element would become more powerful. She became the leader of the Four Clans and the Four Clans dominated the world, resulting in the first Avatar being born. Soon in a fierce battle the Avatar killed the leader and half of the Four Clans. However instead of giving up the remainder of the Four Clans decided to re-group and try and creat an Avatar of their own, so for the next thousand years the Four Clans continued to grow and shrink as the young were born and taught and the old died. However because of the constant marrying inside of the group it was soon discovered that the young children could tell who their mates were just by looking the other one in the eye, some of the mates were coming from outside the Four Clans which was accepted because it kept fresh blood running through the Four Clans. Then fifty years ago a boy who could bend two elements, Fire and Water, was born. He was your Great-Grandfather, he married and Air bender, which was a rarity even in the Four Clans group, and your Grandmother was born an Air and Water bender. She married a Fire and Earth bender and your dad was born the first who could bend all four elements. He chose me to marry and then at the age of seven-teen he died, two hours later you were born, with your twin Layla. Your twin died ten minutes after birth but you survived that is why you can bend three elements. However when your father died so to died the chance of having a Avatar of our own as the leaders realized that no-one could live that long with all that power except the Avatar. It wasn't long before we realized that you were not a normal child at the age of one you were walking and bending, by the age of two you were able to read, write and speak, and by the age of three you killed your first humans. The rest of the Four Clans was extremely uneasy about being around you so that's why I took you away from the Four Clans however after we left there was a sickness that moved through the Four Clans and killed all but the ten old leaders. That's why you can bend three of the elements and that's your past and it holds your answers." Pamela said as she finished telling the story.

Cobra said nothing as she got up and begin to walk out of the clearing however before Cobra disappeared into the forest she said one last thing, "Your wrong about one thing, I cannot bend three elements…I can bend all four." Cobra said then she walked into the forest leaving her mother speechless and forever alone.

As Cobra ran through the forest and towards the road she thought about her past, the past of her people and the un-timely death of her father would she to die an early death? Although Cobra was already a year older then her dad had been when he had died. A rustling in the bushes brought Cobra out of her thought's and she turned to face whatever it was just as a female sher-shrew came running out it's paralyzing tongue flying out and only missing Cobra by a couple of inches. "Let's dance." Cobra said ready to take out her confusion and anger on the huge animal.

ONE HOUR LATER:

Cobra and the female sher-shrew that Cobra decided to name Nila were now friends. Nila refused to leave Cobra's side so Cobra road Nila to just outside of the next town before an idea hit Cobra. She could pretend to be a bounty hunter called..hmm she would have to think of a new name maybe June? Yeah June would work and bounty hunting would pull in some money for Luna, Rama and Adenah that way Cobra would be able to go find Zuko and give him the news and not have to worry about Luna and the kids starving.