Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


Taking in the stunned faces of her audience, Katara was struck with a sudden realization. Despite months in the Fire Nation, she was still as much a stranger to them as they were to her.

She wore their clothes, their crown; she adopted their customs and traditions but still she wasn't one of them. She didn't really understand the people of Fire.

It was time to change that.

Without a backward glance she marched away from the beach towards the bustling market they'd passed on the way here. Protests rang in the background as nobles and guards scrambled to follow.