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


It was easier to leave than she though it should be. The waves had long ago ceased crashing into the rocky tundra of her childhood home.

The last time she'd made this trip she'd been weighed down by fear, insecurity and a crippling homesickness. Now euphoria bubbled just beneath her skin and she unconsciously propelled her ship slightly faster.

She found she missed the humid breeze of summer, Iroh's gentle wisdom and Li Yuís soothing voice as they discussed palace gossip.

For the first time she wasn't overwhelmed. She wasn't born to fire, but she'd finally found her inner fire.