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


Katara caught her father's questioning look, but he remained silent as they walked through the crowded streets. Unconsciously her fingers went to her throat but this time the familiar touch of her mother's necklace didn't comfort her.

She knew what was coming and she wasn't sure she was ready.

The noise of the marketplace ground to a halt as they passed, the thick crowd parting for them. Hundreds of blue eyes followed her every step, silence heavy in the air. She was used to it...in the Fire Nation; but here in her home she suddenly felt like an outsider.