Katara left the town and walked into a deserted alleyway in the village. She stopped in the middle of the alley and smiled.

"Fools." she said.

She raised her arms and her eyes began to glow green. Her entire body was bathed in green light and what looked like a glowing shape of a person came out of her body. Katara fell to her knees, gasping for breath as the light dimmed and Marina was standing before her.

"Hello Katara." said Marina sweetly.

Katara looked around at her surroundings and pulled at her hair, trying to ease her splitting headache.

"Where am I?" she whispered. "How did I get here?"

"I saved you." said Marina with a smile. "From yourself."

"What do you mean?" asked Katara.

"I found you wandering around in shock…you looked like you were in danger." said Marina.

"In danger from what? Why was I in shock? I don't remember any of this." said Katara in bewilderment.

"I came to kill you," said Marina. "I found my way into your farm house and I saw you standing there in incredible pain."

"What kind of pain?" asked Katara.

"You don't remember? Let me refresh your memory." said Marina as she raised her trident.

Katara's mind went black and a horrible image flashed in her head. It was her, and she was standing in the doorway to her room. With tears in her eyes she watched as Zuko kissed Alyssandra and continued the kisses down her neck.

"No…it can't be…" said Katara as the vision faded.

"It is," said Marina. "I'm sorry Katara, I knew how much he meant to you."

"But why would he?" asked Katara disbelievingly. "He loved me."

"Can you honestly say that?" asked Marina. "If he loved you he would not be in bed right now with the earthbending girl."

"It can't be true…" said Katara.

"He betrayed you Katara. He won your heart and he ripped it away from you…he never changed. If you don't believe me see for yourself. He took his engagement necklace back ." said Marina with a smile on her face.

Katara groped for her neck and gasped when she felt nothing but bare skin.

"Katara I have done you a favor. All Zuko was to you was a distraction. He kept you from seeing the bigger picture, your true goals in life. By ridding him from your life you've strengthened yourself and him. You're weakened by each other, physically and emotionally. How many times when I fought with you has your attention diverted to Zuko to see if he was safe?"

"Many times." whispered Katara.

"He's prevented you from seeing what life was truly about, you two are better off without each other. Don't look so sad Katara." said Marina with a smile, "Now you can both be happy and find people that make you both complete. Don't forget that I lost my only love, he did not leave me for someone else so I do not possibly know what you're going through. I lived through the pain that I could never have him back because he was dead. The agony of knowing that he is alive but you cannot hold him in your arms must be unbearable."

"Yes it is," choked out Katara in between sobs.

"But don't you see Katara? He's no longer here to hold you back. He was the chink in your soul that made you weak and now you are strong. Now you're able to go as you please…and serve who you please." said Marina with a smirk.

"What're you talking about?" asked Katara.

"Join me Katara. Zuko is no longer a factor in your life that prevents you from experiencing new things, new emotions." said Marina.

"Never!" screamed Katara as she unleashed a large wave of water at Marina. Smiling, Marina moved her arm and the wave exploded and the force of it knocked Katara into the wall behind her. Marina pointed her hand at Katara and the droplets in the air flew to Katara, freezing her to the wall.

"Was that really necessary?" asked Marina. "I'm here trying to talk to you and you attack me."

"You think you're so innocent?" asked Katara with hate in her eyes. "That's a lot coming from a person who killed her own family!"

Marina closed her eyes and unleashed a cold laugh. "You call it murder, I call it self defense."

"I was there, it was murder." snarled Katara.

"Then you did not see the situation for what it was. My mother, my grandmother, and my aunt attacked me first, I was merely defending myself. In my father's case, I killed him because if I did not, Craeus and Sya would have killed both of us. I was just prolonging the inevitable. If you had a choice Katara would you rather die by the hand of your loved one or a stranger?"

"You killed Aang and thousands of innocent people!" screamed Katara.

"When you are born ideas and beliefs are planted in you by the influence of the people living around you, it's like the new generation of the Fire Nation. They were brought up believing that what they were doing was for a good cause…they didn't know any better. Ozai himself was brought up believing the lies of his father Azulon and he became Aang's enemy. Was Ozai not an innocent victim as well? Did Aang not deserve to be punished for his crimes?" asked Marina.

"Then what's your excuse? You have to atone for your crimes as well." said Katara in a hateful voice.

"I have none." Marina answered simply, "It was either join or die. So I did what I had to do to survive and protect the ones I loved. If I could go back and repeat my life, I would not do anything differently. I've looked into the future Katara and I have foreseen an oncoming war and have prevented it."

"By starting your own?"

"By uniting worlds!" yelled Marina. "I seek to unite the three nations and recreate the Air Nation so that we will all live together in harmony under one monarch. Yes people will die, but it's war Katara and people die during war. And the more they resist me, the more people will continue to die. They're dying for a cause that must happen…that will happen. It's for the greater good Katara…Aang died for the greater good. And it's for that greater good that you will rise above your pride and assist me."

Katara continued to glare at her as she continued to speak.

"Tridon was a fool. He had all the powers he needed and he didn't know how to use them, instead…he feared their awesome power. It was fear that caused him to separate the powers of the trident and instead of facing it like a man, he imprisoned it in a crystal cave. Fear was his weakness, his chink. In the end, it was that fear that killed him. The trident is mine now, so it's my responsibility to atone for Tridon's stupidity."

"So what are you saying?" asked Katara.

"With the black trident alone I have ultimate power. But they will increase even more if I had the other half of the trident." said Marina with a smile.

As she was speaking, an image of two tridents becoming one flooded Katara's mind.

"With the golden trident my powers will triple and I will have the necessary tools I need to complete my goals. But I cannot do it alone, I need someone by my side through it all, I need you Katara. Together we will conquer the world and you will rule by my side as princess. I will even give you some of my power as a reward."

"But why me?" asked Katara suddenly.

"Because you were the only one who was ever able to summon the golden trident into the physical world." said Marina as she waved her hand and Katara was released from the ice and fell to the floor.

"You have nothing to hold you back Katara, you have no family just as I have none…you can be your own family Katara. Just join me and it will all work out for the best." Marina raised her arm and offered it to Katara.

Katara stared at the offered hand and with great hesitation, Katara grasped it.


Zuko stared at his engagement necklace to Katara as he sat on his bed.

"Why did she leave? How can she not love me anymore?" asked Zuko as new tears formed in his eyes.

"Zuko?" said Sokka as he entered the room. "Where's Katara?"

"She left…" whispered Zuko.

"What do you mean?" asked Sokka.

"She left last night…she left me." said Zuko solemnly.

"What! How?" yelled Sokka.

"After she woke up from a dream, she told me that she didn't want me anymore and-"

"Wait, she had a dream?" asked Sokka, eyes widening in fear.

"What's wrong?" asked Zuko before freezing.

He had been watching Katara sleep and when she awoke, he had thought he saw a flicker of green light in her eyes. Gasping in fear and realization, Zuko leapt to his feet and ran for the door.


In a swirl of water Katara and Marina appeared in a large cave on the west side of the earth town Katara was staying in. Katara followed Marina and gazed curiously at Marina as she turned around to face her.

"Now summon the trident." commanded Marina.

Katara closed her eyes and she began to beg for it to appear. Minutes went by and the trident didn't appear.

"Well?" asked Marina angrily.

"I can't call it to me. I think it only appeared last time because I was in danger." said Katara hesitantly.

"No matter…the trident can be fooled." said Marina as she raised her trident. Green light burst from it and flooded the entire cave.

Katara dropped to the floor in horrible fear as she shielded her ears, trying to block out the horrible voices and images that flashed through her mind. Katara looked in awe and curiosity as a small glimmer of golden light appeared in the center of the room. The light glowed brighter and with a smile, Marina lowered her trident and gazed at the golden trident in front of her.

"Yes…here it is." Marina whispered to herself. "Take hold of the trident Katara."

Katara walked forward and she grasped the trident. Images flooded into her mind of her sitting on a white throne with her loved ones around her…she felt happy. Remaining in the vision, Katara realized that she never wanted that feeling to end.

"Hand me the trident Katara." said Marina as she watched the young girl take hold of the trident. Katara heard Marina's voice but she didn't move.

"I said hand it to me!"

"No." answered Katara as she looked into Marina's eyes.

"Deceitful bitch!" yelled Marina as she raised her trident and Katara was blasted into a wall with a flash of green light.

Walking forward, Marina gazed at the levitating trident. "The trident is rightfully mine…and it will be mine."

Marina stretched her arm to grasp the trident and it disappeared into water vapor and reappeared in Katara's hand.

"Impossible." said Marina as she watched the golden trident glow in the girl's hand.

"If you will not give it to me willingly, then I shall take it from you!" screamed Marina as she unleashed a green beam of light at Katara only to see it swirl around the golden light, leaving Katara unharmed.

"Get away from her!" screamed a voice that Katara knew too well. She turned to see Zuko, Suki, Sokka, and Alyssandra standing in the cave, all poised to attack.

Marina screamed in rage as she raised her trident in the air and the Gang was blasted into the walls around them. Katara screamed as Marina burst into a thousand water droplets and reappeared behind Zuko, pressing her trident to his neck.

"Give me the trident or watch him die." demanded Marina angrily.

"Don't do it Katara!" screamed Zuko only to be silenced as she pressed the trident harder into his neck.

"No!" screamed Katara.

"Fool!" yelled Marina as she threw Zuko to the ground. Smiling, Marina leapt forward took hold of the trident only to be blown off her feet in a flash of golden light.

"You can't take the trident from me by force." said Katara with a smile as her entire body was encased in golden light and her eyes glowed a bright yellow. Marina looked at her enemy as her eyes began to glow green and her trident emitted green light.

The two benders charged forward and their tridents collided with each other with a loud 'clang'. They pressed the tridents into each other as they looked hatefully into each other's eyes, green and gold lightning crackling in the air.

"You may think you're powerful with the trident but you do not know the true power it wields!" said Marina as she thrust her chest forward and Katara was blown off of her feet in a blast of powerful green light. Groaning in pain, Katara let go of the golden trident.

Marina raised her hand and the golden trident was encased in green light and it flew into her left hand.

"Thank you." said Marina with a smile as she slammed the two tridents into each other.

The Gang was blown off their feet as the entire cave was engulfed in golden and green light. They watched in fear as the light combined and twisted in the air before flowing back into the trident. The trident was encased in light and the tip of it turned gold and sharpened while the end curved to a point and turned gold as well, leaving the handle black. Smiling, Marina raised her trident and prepared to unleash a powerful white light at Katara.

The Gang gasped in shock as a section of the cave exploded in fire and Jeong Jeong and many earthbenders swarmed into the cave. Jeong Jeong ran to the fallen members of the Gang and pulled them to their feet.

"Come on! We have to leave now!" he screamed as Marina faced her enemies with a smirk on her face. "King Bumi's waiting for us."

"You guys can go, I'm going to stay and help the earthbenders." said Alyssandra confidently.

"No!" yelled Suki but was silenced as the earthbending army was disintegrated in a flash of white light.

"Yes, I'll hold her off while you escape!" screamed Alyssandra as she rushed forward to do battle with Marina.

"We must go, we will not survive if we remain here any longer!" screamed Jeong Jeong as they ran for the exit of the cave.

Alyssandra faced Marina in a bending stance and prepared to unleash a great rock wave at the darkbender. Marina smiled and raised her trident as the water in the air took the shape of a person.

Alyssandra gazed in wonder as a pillar of water rose and created the form of her brother.

"Koran?" asked Alyssandra with tears in her eyes. Being distracted by her brother's appearance, Alyssandra did not notice the air swirl around her.

With a scream, wind lifted her off her feet and a giant tornado appeared and slammed her to the ground, breaking her spine.

"Koran help me." whispered Alyssandra as she looked at her brother.

Tears fell from her face when the form of her brother disappeared in water. Closing her eyes, Alyssandra died.

"Thank you Aang." said Marina as she looked at the avatar.

"What are your orders Mistress?" asked Aang monotonously.

"Gather the other avatars and hunt Katara down and kill her." she ordered.

Aang looked into Marina's eyes and spoke, "But she's my friend."

Marina looked into Aang's eyes as he spoke and she could have sworn that his eyes turned to their original color before turning back to green.

"I know, but you have an obligation to me. Now go and do not fail me." said Marina cautiously.

"It shall be done Mistress."

I hope you liked it!!! the next chapter will be up this thursday and from there it will be posted every tuesday and thursday as usual