AN: Hello! This is my first story on here! I will be writing a couple chapters to start off and if I get good reviews then I'll continue! Tell me what you think!

For two years, Akari's had the same recurring dream, this night was no different. It started off the exact same way, Akari walking alone down the ice walkways of the Northern Water Tribe. Everything was peaceful, the full moon was out and there was not a cloud to cover the stars above her. It was… tranquil.

By this time Akari knows that the scene is too good to be true, she knows what's about to come.

In one split second, the waterway streets around her are roaring and the wind whips hard. Somewhere from below, large boulders of rock and soil make their way to the surface, spiraling around her. The water pulls up and surrounds her, the air is twisted and formed into a ball and her body slowly lifts itself off the walkway. Flame erupts from her hands, feet, and mouth and they, too, follow suit.

Civilians rush out of their homes with horror splashing onto their faces, and they run. They run away. From her. From the destruction that she's bringing onto her village.

And then everything goes black.

When Akari first got the dream two years ago, she passed it off as her own fear. She knew what it meant, the four elements. Only one person could possibly bend all four- the Avatar. There had been talk that the Avatar, who at the time would have been an airbender, was still alive. But he, or she, went missing 100 years ago, shortly before the war broke out.

After the dream (or nightmare Akari called it) continued to show up, months on end, she thought to put herself to a test. There was no possible way she could be the Avatar, not as young as her as she was only 12 when the nightmare started. If the past Avatar truly died all those years ago, then the next one would have been water tribe. That was the cycle. Air, water, earth, then fire. But there was never an Avatar born to a water tribe, so the world believes the airbender to be alive.

One day, a couple months after the nightmare started coming, Akari left the safety of the tribe and went past its large and foreboding walls. She walked until she reached land, where few trees stood. She tried day after day and spent hours meditating, hours wondering why she was wasting her time when it was clearly futile. And on one fateful day, she did the impossible.

She bent the earth.

It was small, she'd admit, a couple of rocks moved, but she did it. She bent the earth beneath her feet.

At first, Akari kept it to herself. She went out everyday to improve the skill, slowly progressing until she could form a pillar. Then a wall. Slowly and steadily she improved to the point where she would bring up a boulder, aim, and kick it a good distance.

For almost a full year, Akari practiced her earthbending. Though she was improving with no master, she still needed one if she wanted to get better. The problem, however, was her waterbending. Women in the Northern Water Tribe aren't allowed to practice waterbending, unless you're being taught how to heal. Though she appreciated Yagoda's lessons, she wanted to learn more.

So she rallied up some girls, those willing to learn how to fight. How to waterbend. And with some persuasion, she encouraged the men who were learning under Master Pakku, to help teach them.

For that year, Akari learned to waterbend in secret with others, and then parted ways to go and teach herself earthbending. It wasn't much, but it was a start.

She picked up waterbending quickly. Perhaps it was her natural talent, but everything the men taught her, every motion and stance, she got it down within the day. Akari practiced both bendings by herself too. And soon enough, she was better than the ones who were under the tutelage of Master Pakku.

The morning was calm. The sun warmed the areas not covered with shade and a gentle breeze blew by. However, since they were in the North Pole, it was still very, very cold.

Akari stood in front of the doors leading into the palace. Her fingers trembled with fear and a tinge of worry. "What if they disapprove? What if they hate me for practicing waterbending?" She thought to herself, "No… no, they would understand. They have to." With one deep breath, she opened the doors.

Chief Arnook and his daughter, Princess Yue, sat in front of her in the large room. To Akari's surprise, Master Pakku was there, too.

Akari bowed before them, water tribe style. "Chief Arnook, Princess Yue, Master Pakku. An honor to meet you." Akari has seen them all before, but this is the first official time she's spoken with all three, let alone at the same time.

"Akari," the Chief said, "please stand. What brings you here today?"

She did as she was told and looked the Chief in the eye. She glided past Princess Yue and landed her eyes on Master Pakku. He looked intrigued, but there was a hint of an annoyed expression on his face. "I'm sorry to intrude, but I thought you should be the first one to know of this," she said.

A mix of looks were exchanged between the three of them; fear, worry, intrigue, superstition, and finally, confusion.

"And what is this news you deemed so important you asked to see Chief Arnook?" Master Pakku questioned.

"It's hard to explain, sir, but I discovered my ability to earthbend. I found out about a year ago. Please," she pleaded, "I hope you aren't frustrated with me that I kept this to myself for so long. But I worried what might have happened if I told anyone."

"So," the chief drawled, "you have known you could earthbend for almost a year and you didn't think it'd be wise to inform us earlier?"

Akari sighed and hung her head. "I apologize. I should have come forward a long time ago. I was already a waterbender. Earthbending was new and, to be honest, it scared me. However, I ask if you would allow me to travel to the Earth Kingdom. I wish to practice and learn how to earthbend from a skilled master."

The Chief weighed the girl's words in his mind. "I suppose we could allow you to leave the tribe while you learn your earthbending. I've never heard of anyone in any of the water tribes that has shown to bend two elements. However, I would like you to train under Master Pakku before anything is decided."

"I would be honored to learn under Master Pakku. Though, if I might add, I have been practicing my waterbending as well." Akari added, worried about the kind of criticism she would receive from her elders.

Master Pakku and Chief Arnook didn't seem very pleased with the young waterbender. "May I remind you," Pakku started, "women are strictly forbidden to use their waterbending for anything outside of their healing. You are breaking our tribe's traditions and values by going out of your way to secretly learn waterbending."

Heartbroken by the words Pakku had said, Akari crossed her arms over her chest, hoping that their anger and discontent would pass.

"Master Pakku," the chief turned to face the waterbending teacher, "as your chief I respectfully disagree with you. Akari claims she can bend earth as well as water. It may be time for her to learn more advanced waterbending if we are to send her to a foreign land."

Akari watched as Master Pakku opened his mouth to say something, but closed it quickly before he could. He shot her a hateful glare and remained looking absolutely enraged, but he didn't oppose the chief.

The chief stood tall before he talked again, "since you have been privately teaching yourself how to waterbend, I would like you to spar against Master Pakku's students later today so that we may see how far you've come. If we deem it adequate, you may begin your journey to the Earth Kingdom."

Akari was very happy after hearing those words. "Thank you, Chief Arnook" she replied. The young waterbender bowed before the three and before she turned to leave, she said Princess Yue give her a hopeful smile. Smiling, Akari left.

EDIT: I did change this chapter quite a bit. If you've read the original and this chapter seems different, it's because it is. Thinking ahead, I though it would be too much confusion when Aang, Katara, and Sokka eventually made it to the North Pole. So, I changed this chapter up to make the Northern Tribe think that Akari isn't in fact the Avatar, just someone who can somehow bend two elements.

This makes it so that she still goes to the Earth Kingdom and relieve any future confusion. The other reason why I changed this is that I hated how I wrote Pakku. Actually, I didn't really like how I wrote this chapter to begin with. Oh well. Hopefully you enjoyed this version better than the old one. Also, sorry how the chapter is REALLY short. I didn't know what else I could write for it.

Thanks for reading!

-KayBird