Training and Firebending

Stella sat in her room thinking about what had just happened. She knew she could bend water. She just didn't want anyone to think she was a freak. She knew that people used to make fun of her when she was little. It was a memory stuck in the back of her head just like all her memories. But now she had someone else she could relate to. Katara could waterbend. Maybe she could help her through it.

Then she remembered. She was supposed to teach Katara how to waterbend. How could she? She barely knew how to control her powers. Sure, she could control it somewhat. But what would happen if something made her powers go haywire?

Plus, there was the fact that the others hated her. What if something went wrong? What if she hurt someone? Maybe she should just run away. No one would get hurt. "No," she said to herself. "I want to find my memories. I finally found someone that likes me. Why should I run away?"

"Why should you?" Stella turned around and saw the ten year old monk.

"Aang, what are you doing? You scared me."

"Sorry, I was just listening. Why would you want to run away?" Stella stared at him.

"I'm afraid," she whispered.

"What are you afraid of?" he said as he walked up to her. "We're here. We won't let anything happen to you. You're safe." Stella smiled at him. He was such an innocent and kind boy. For someone that was supposed to be the Avatar, he sure was carefree about a lot of things. "Why don't you go train Katara? Then we can ride on some whales. That will be so much fun." Stella laughed at him and got up.

"Yeah, I did kind of promise her. See ya, Aang." When she walked out of the room, Sokka came in with a scowl.

"Are you sure we can trust her?" he asked.

"She can waterbend, Sokka. I'm sure she won't cause any problems. Let's go watch."

Katara and Stella stood opposite of each other next to a lake. They both looked very excited. Or at least Katara was. She was finally going to learn how to control waterbending. But Stella busted her bubble. "Listen, Katara. I can't guarantee anything. I barely can control waterbending myself. I can probably only teach you the basics if anything."

"That's alright," Katara said. "Just give it your best shot." Stella smiled and waved her hand. A stream of water came out of the lake and dance next to her.

"Alright. Let's see what you got." With the wave of her hand, Stella sent the water at Katara. Katara put her hands up to shield it. She almost lost her footing because the water was so strong, but she managed to grab her own water and send it back at Stella, who blocked it easily. "Good, you know more than I thought. How about this?" Stella sent multiple water blasts at Katara, quickly knocking her down. Stella walked over to Katara and helped her up.

"Not bad," Sokka said as he clapped. "Where did you learn that?"

"I'm not sure," Stella said. It was true. She was just using instinct to dig into her powers. "You are very good at blocking, Katara. You need to work on dodging though. Let's see your attacks."

Katara got up and sent a stream of water flying through the air. Unfortunately, it went in the wrong direction and hit Sokka. Stella laughed at the soaked warrior. "That's ok. I probably did that when I first started off. You just need to focus. Concentrate on the water. Let it flow through you and then…attack."

Katara nodded and closed her eyes. As she moved her hand, a large wave grew out of the lake. Katara opened her eyes and stretched her hand out. The water was sent at Stella. That's a lot of power, she thought. Almost too much.

"That water could crush her," Sokka said.

"Stella, get out of the way!" Katara yelled. But it was too late. Stella couldn't possibly dodge it. So she used her instincts again. Only something strange happened. When she tried to block the water, a stream of flames came out of her hands. It split the giant wave of water and then headed towards Katara.

"Katara, watch out!" Sokka yelled. The flame hit where Katara was standing and exploded.

"Katara!" Stella yelled. What had she done? How was she able to do that?

When the smoke cleared, Aang was holding Katara. He had jumped in front of Stella's blast and carried Katara to safety just in time. "Thanks, Aang," she said as he set her down. Stella immediately ran to them.

"Katara, I'm so sorry. Are you…" She stopped when Sokka ran in front of her. "Ok?"

"Get away from us," he growled.

"Sokka," Katara said. "What is wrong with you?"

"Didn't you see her? She can firebend! She is our enemy!"

"But…I didn't mean…" Stella started shaking.

"You shot flames at her!" Sokka yelled. "What if Aang didn't jump in? You would be responsible for what happened. She could have been seriously hurt or worse. You almost got her killed!" Stella held her head. Memories of people yelling at her were playing in her head. They were saying that she almost killed them and that she should be banished. She started whimpering.

"Stella, are you ok?" Aang said. Katara went to hold her up but Stella just pushed her away.

"No, stay away from me!" She ran into the forest.

"Stella, wait!" Katara started running after her but was held back by Sokka. "Let me go, Sokka. We have to help her."

"No. Katara, she almost killed you. She's a firebender. We're supposed to be fighting her, not helping her."

"I don't care. She didn't mean to hurt me. We're supposed to be her friends."

"I don't know," Aang said. Katara turned to him. "Maybe we should let her go."

"Aang, how could you say that? She needs our help and you're just going to abandon her?"

"Think about it," Aang said. "How can she bend fire and water? Maybe we can't trust her."

"You're wrong!" Katara yelled. "She's my friend. She's too good to hurt us. I'm going after. If you want to judge her, then you don't have to help me." Katara ran into the forest after Stella as the two boys looked at each other.

"What should we do?" Aang asked.

"Let her go," Sokka said as he walked back to the hotel. "If she wants to help a traitor, then let her. I'm too hungry to worry about it." Aang quickly followed his friend back to the hotel. As they did, two pairs of eyes shined in the forest and quickly disappeared.

Yep, another cliffhanger. The story is starting to build up. The gang finally finds out what Stella is. Will she betray them? Will they still help her get her memories back? Will Zuko capture them? Will Momo and Appa get fed? Sorry, I had to add that.

Reviewers' Block

Thanks to everyone that has been reviewing my story. I hope I get as many reviews as Never Too Far, but I probably won't. What can you do?

Gohan is MINE not yours: Yeah, I was going to include how she can't always trigger her powers. Well, Stella can. She's just been trying to hide it because she doesn't want anyone to make fun of her. But when she does try to teach Katara, she almost kills her with firebending. But there is still more to come out of our little blonde.

Lala-ness: I'm glad you like cliffhangers. I loved the "exotic taste" compliment. Thanks for reviewing. You are on of my favorite authors.

I'll try to update soon. I have to write for my other stories and I have golf, so it might be awhile. Please be patient. Cya.