Dear Diary,

It's been two weeks since I left the Northern Water Tribe with Avatar Aang, Katara and her brother Sokka. Two weeks since I left my brother behind to heal his wounds…and three weeks since my father passed away at the hands of my late uncle Zhao.

It's the crack of dawn but I haven't slept a wink all night. It's not the rocking of the boat that disturbs me, after all I'm used to living at sea. True, my cot is small and I'm crammed in with three other people and a sky bison in the galley, but it's not too bad once you get used to it.

No…it's what I see whenever I shut my eyes that disturbs me.

I keep seeing great fires and the faces of my parents standing in front of the small house I grew up in back home in the Fire Nation. The house is on fire…as the earth beneath it crumbles away bit by bit, slowly becoming a cliff that just drops off into darkness.

It's odd really. I've now betrayed my nation, and yet I still call my old village home. I also find myself missing my old crew. I miss the hustle and bustle of the dining hall and the kitchens, I miss Dango's lessons in cooking. I miss talking and joking with the soldiers in the command tower. I miss having tea and playing Pai-Sho with Lord Iroh…I even miss Prince Zuko.

Spirits how I miss the jerk. I know we had our differences diary but despite all of them I still care a great deal for him and he for me…I think…I don't know…

Now that I've joined the avatar I don't think our next reunion (if we ever do have one) will ever be pleasant.

But more than the prince or my old crew, I miss my Father and my brother. My rocks in those turbulent waters. My brother, sturdy, reliable and yet remarkably goofy. I do hope his own journey to find his new Fire Bending Master goes well. Spirits knows how much I long to see him again.

And my father… strong, stoic, stubborn, honourable father. I might have rebelled and struggled against his hold to keep me close, but I still loved him.

Loved? It's strange thinking about him in past tense. Even now when I speak I have to correct myself. My head might have accepted his death, but it seems my heart still needs time to catch up. It won't be an easy task especially with fifteen years of love and care to remember him by.

I guess the only thing I can comfort myself with is that he and my mother are now reunited and happy in the spirit world.

Even if they have left my brother and me behind to pick up the pieces…

Anyways, it's getting late. And if I keep going the noise of my pen will disturb the other's sleep. I've got to say it's weird having to share such close sleeping quarters with so many people.

I mean yeah sure I've shared a room with my brother and father occasionally back when we were on Prince Zuko's ship, but that's different. We're family, and even then, I had my own room with my own space to myself.

Now however things are going to be very different. Whether it's good different or bad different I don't know.

All I do know is that no matter what happens, I cannot turn back.

And I won't look back.

Goodnight Diary.

Yours,

Jade.

HI GUYS! I'M BACK!

Sorry for the long wait, but my life has been pretty hectic. I just got two new jobs two months ago and i've been positively swamped with work. So much so that it's left little time for writing. I have been uploading for one of my other fics (my Avengers/Dr Strange one) but that's only because i was stuck for ideas on the first prologue for this fic. But now hopefully i can break the writers block (FINALLY) and get down to some more writing because by god i've missed writing Lucky Jade.

Also it took me a while to upload because i was busy trying to finish drawing the cover image. Yep, that's right, i drew it ALL FROM SCRATCH! It took me a while to settle on Jade's earthbending pose, but then i settled for a basic martial arts fighting stance (simpler and easier to draw because i'm lazy)

As usual with the first chapter/prologue, here's the usual disclaimer: all this work is fiction, i only own my own OC's and plot (yada,yada,yada) You guys know the gist already.

Anyways for veteran readers, welcome back. it's good to be writing for you guys again. And to those of you who are just reading the Lucky Jade series for the first time, i say welcome but i also strongly recommend reading Lucky Jade- Book 1 Water as it is the setup for this fic and will be referenced a lot.

And before i forget BIG WARNING! UPDATES WILL BE SLOW! I've got a lot on my plate at the moment and i'm probably not going to have a lot of time to write much before the new year, save a couple of chapters, so yeah...here's hoping i survive till 2018.

Anyways enough of my yapping.

If you enjoyed please review and keep up the reading!

Cheers and seasons greetings to all,

FuzzyBeta