I know I said this chapter would be about how she met Aang and stuff, but I decided to make that the next chapter. I hope you enjoy this one.

By the way, and this applies to all the chapters I've written, I only own the stuff I came up with. The non-original stuff is not mine.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Book 2: Earth

THE COMPANION

Chapter 6: Ananda's Past

As the child grew, the parents knew their daughter was more special than they first anticipated. Sometimes, as a toddler, if she had a tantrum she would cause thunder and sometimes lightning. Other times she would get so upset the animals would go insane. They even noticed at around age four, when she would walk, wherever she stepped a flower would grow. Then, one day when she was seven, her mother grew deathly ill.

"Fix her! Daddy fix her!" Ananda cried to her father.

"I'm sorry honey. I wish I could but I can't." Her father was crying silently to himself.

"Come here darling." Ananda's mother called to her weakly from her deathbed. "Don't cry for me child okay? Wipe away your tears. There's a story I'm going to tell you. It's about a very special and very powerful girl."

"Really! I wanna hear it! I wanna hear it!" She exclaimed

"Well, one day a baby girl was born to two very loving parents. She was born with some very strange markings which was a sign that she was destined for great things." Her mother smiled lovingly at her and continued, "That baby girl was you Ananda."

Ananda stepped back, surprised at what her mother had just told her. "I don't like this story."

"As the child grew older,"

"MOMMY STOP!" The girl shouted. Her voice contained so much despair that it was hard for her mother to continue.

"she showed signs of great power." By this point her daughter was in tears, and her husband was letting the tears flow freely. "She may be safe for now, but in the future there are many who will search for her. They will want to take that power for themselves. There will be many who will want to abuse it. Promise me you won't let that happen. Promise me you'll take good care of it."

"I p-promise mama. But you're not gonna die!" Ananda sobbed.

"You can't stop death honey." Her mother let a few tears escape and tried to hide them from her daughter. But her daughter saw them and she started to glow, like literally glow.

"I will not let you die mama. Not like this. I will NOT!" Her expression was fierce, and she said those words with such determination, that the ground shook and there was a sort of ripple that spread through the air. Then suddenly, the space between Ananda and her mother began to glow.

"What's happening!" Her father yelled. The concern shown clearly in his voice.

"It's okay dad." Ananda told him. Her voice had a very faint echo to it. It was calm and smooth and it sounded as if she was in a trance. "I'll fix mommy."

Her father was now panicking. "ANANDA NO! That kind of power can destroy someone!" He knew, it had happened before. He had never seen it, but he had heard of a man trying to heal his injured wife. He was able to save her, but he died from the amount of power and energy it took. That man had been experienced. Ananda was just a little girl! She had no experience!

Then, his daughter turned to him and the sight startled him. "Don't worry daddy, both me and mommy with be just fine." His daughter's eyes were glowing gold, and her tattoos began to glow the color of the element it was meant to represent. She walked over to him very gracefully, almost as if she were floating, hugged him, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then she walked back toward her mother. The light in the center seemed to embrace her as well as his wife as it grew brighter and brighter. "I love you." She told them both.

"NOOOOOOO!" He yelled and lunged forward. But the deed had already been done. The act already completed. His wife was laying on the bed just like before. However, the color had returned to her skin, and her fever had broke. His wife had been healed! But what had happened to Ananda? Panic overtook him again as he searched around the room. Ananda was no where to be found. For days he and his wife searched everywhere, looking all around for their little lost daughter. Then days began to turn into weeks. Those weeks turned into months, and those months eventually turned into years. Ananda was gone.

Author's Note:

So, I'm sorry I haven't updated. I have had A LOT of homework. I can only continue the story when an idea hits me, so I hope one hits me soon. I'll try and have her and Aang meet up soon too.