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


The first attack came on the new moon.

A scream woke her, the sound of explosions spurring her from bed. She was ready when they broke through; water whips taking the first two assassins easily. The third evaporated her water, dagger grazing her cheek as she leapt from the fireball's path.

She tumbled, draining the fire lilies of their water, and blasted the man over her balcony. Dropping into a fighting stance she drew on Toph's training, and listened, waiting.

Silence answered.

Battle-ready, she crept through the dark room, peering over the edge of the balcony.

The garden was empty.