Book 1: Chapter 1
Banished Girl

I am Sauku from the water tribe. I have a great expertise in waterbending, nonetheless attracted to it. I have been living in the water tribe ever since I was a child, yet still living there, until one day...

I see a girl. A girl very pretty and adorable. She is known by the name of Katara, the little waterbender. I could not imagine what would happen if anything bad happened to her. I guess this is my first day that I am going to find out.

Katara is only the age of eight and knows very little about waterbending, nor does she know how to control it... I see that she spots a fish down by a river near the tribe. She uses her weak and unknowledgable waterbending to try to capture the sea creature. Then everything goes into chaos... She had created a small whirlpool underwater and triggered an underwater landslide. It was up to me to try to stop it. But it was too late... The slide started creating waves on shore shaking the tribe lands. Everyone ran for shelter as Katara and the tribe feared on what would happen...

The waves kept growing and growing, eventually reaching for shore. Katara just stood there in fear helplessly. Her waterbending was not powerful enough to balance the chaotic waves, nor could I. I ran towards Katara and picked her up to get her out of danger. She held onto my shoulder very tightly as tears rapided down her cheeks. We eventually got to my house where my friend was, Fortis.

"Sauku, what in the world's going on? And who is that?" asked Fortis.

"She is Katara, a waterbender here." I responded "Her waterbending isn't too stable for her to use at the moment. She created a slide which caused these waves." Katara stood in fear, still crying since she felt she did this on purpose.

"Then we best get out of this town, along with the other citizens of the water tribe" suggested Fortis "There's no telling how big the waves will get. It's possible that it will create a tsunami and wash everything into bits."

"I'll evacuate the north part of the tribe and you get the south side." I said "Katara, come with me." As I exited the doorway, I heard splashed and screaming among the tribe as everyone ran away from the water helplessly.

"Everyone listen and calm down!" I said "We are going to get out but you need to cooperate. Everyone follow me to higher land. If you need anything from your houses, then it's too late. The waves will wash the village while you're there!" As I evacuated the people out of the village, Fortus did as well.

Once we got up to the raised land, everyone stood in shock as every piece of ice and nearly every supply floated on the water. This water tribe no longer exists in the region...

An eldered man came up as I put Katara down. She clinged onto my shoulder very upset about the incident she has caused. The eldered man said "Who is that and what happened?" he asked as Fortus did.

"Her name's Katara, a water bender, and she accidently corrupted this village." I said confessing about what Katara had done.

"What?" the man exclaimed. The other people murmured and gasped. "She took out a whole village! How is that possible?"

"An underwater slide. That's what caused the waves." I confessed again.

"Then the girl cannot stay!" he said. Katara's mother ran up to her and hugged her in relief.

She then interupted. "She is staying! I won't let you!"

"As mayor of this tribe she IS banished! That is final. If you don't like it then you can just be executed!" said the man.

"Sir, you cannot banish a lonely child with only a mother who can't even go with her! She is unable to control her bending now but eventually she will! How can you say that?" I said slightly upset.

"No more words! She is banished! Don't any of you try to support her either!" said the mayor as he walked away from the group. Katara's mother stood there, as anger raged through her veins in her body. She picked up a club on the ground.

"You monster!" she yelled as she dashed toward the mayor. But it was too late for her to attack the mayor... The mayor performed the Water Whip technique and sent Katara's mother flying back with serious wounds and in peril condition. The crowd gasped.

"That is truly pathetic, trying to attack me." the mayor said as he walked away.

"Katara..." her mother said trying to gasp for air. "I... am going to die... Please... be safe... with... Sauku... Take this necklace..." Katara reached her mother's hand and held onto it. She held on her mother's hand tightly, crying heavily. Then, the time has come... Katara's mother was dead... She took the necklace and put it around her neck as a momento. Katara cried on her mother's chest as she lies like a puppet on the ground.

This is the day Katara will never forget in her history.