Author's Note: I just wanted to thank "Ash ()" because I wasn't getting any reviews in the first day or two and I was getting nervous that people weren't liking it, which I shouldn't have been thinking in only the first day or two, but anyway...They wrote my first review for this, short & sweet, and for that I am grateful.

Chapter 2

"I still don't understand why you never told me!" Kura said. "I could have started training a long time ago! This war could be over by now, if you had only told me."

"Sweetie, you know why we could tell you before now." Khanna said gently. "Sokka told you why. We didn't want to frighten you. If we'd told you when you were eight or something, you'd have been scared out of your wits!" She patted Kura's shoulder.

"I still am scared out of my wits." Kura said quietly. This was all coming on so fast. Kura supposed that she did understand why they waited to tell her. She wasn't really angry with her mother, or anyone. She was just projecting her fear. Khanna guessed what she was thinking about and tried to comfort her.

"I know this must be a shock, but Katara, and Sokka, and all the other people you grew up with are going to be there for you every step of the way." She hugged her daughter.

"And you, too?" Kura said, with a weak grin. However, Khanna shook her head.

"No, I won't be." she said sadly. Kura's eyes widened. "You have to learn the four elements, which you'll need to do in the best environment possible. You can master water here, with Katara, but you certainly won't find any rocks to practice earthbending with here. I'm afraid you'll have to leave to learn the other three elements." she finished. Kura's eyes watered. She hugged her mother with all her might. For she knew she'd have to leave sooner than Khanna was thinking.

"Don't worry, Kura!" her mother said, with a smile. "You won't be leaving now!"

"I think I am, Mom." Kura replied. Khanna's brows furrowed. "Katara has told me time after time that the North Pole was such a perfect place to learn waterbending. And how there is great palaces to stay in. And how the South Pole would've...would've been inadequate..." she trailed off, noticing that her mother was crying again. Kura hugged her even harder now, and Khanna returned the hug even harder still.

"You will be a wonderful Avatar, my little baby penguin-bear." she said to Kura. "You have a good heart and are incredibly wise. And I am so proud of you." Khanna kissed her on the head and said, "I'm going to pack you a little bag. You can go talk things over with Katara and the rest. You'll be going with them on Appa."

The group of benders, and Sokka, walked over and once again sat down in front of her fire, which was just a few smoldering embers now.

"I suppose your mother has told you what comes next." Sokka said. He'd always been a father figure to Kura. Her real father had died in the war a couple months after she was born. Sokka and Katara had helped Khanna take care of Kura growing up. Sokka was like her father, and Katara: an older sister, perhaps a back-up mother! The two girls were inseparable. They spent almost all their time together. They went canoeing, Katara showed her waterbending tricks, and they just had tons of fun together. Traveling around the world with the two would be great, if only Khanna could come. Kura smiled, but sadly.

"Yes. We have to leave the South Pole and travel around for me to train." she said. "And we have to leave soon, without Mom."

"I'm sorry," Katara said, "But we can't to all the training here. Even waterbending would be tough to learn in conditions like this." she said, looking around at all the ice and considerable lack of snow to work with. Kura nodded.

"It's fine. It'll be fun to travel the world with you guys, even without my mom." she said, looking around at all the people around her. Sokka (her father figure), Katara (her 'big sister'), Zuko (Katara's tag-along), and Toph (someone she never spent much time with). Maybe this will give Kura a chance to get to know her! She will be her earthbending teacher, actually. And Katara would be her waterbending teacher. Zuko would teach her firebending. Kura decided, considering Zuko's volatile temper, she would want Katara present during firebending lessons. And – wait...

"Who's going to teach me airbending?" she asked the others. "My past life was the last airbender! They've all died out!"

"That's what we haven't figured out yet." Toph said. "But we did come up with a plan. Well, actually I came up with it." she added. "My I have the honor, then?" Sokka nodded. "The idea is that you learn airbending from the last airbender!" she exclaimed. Seeing Kura quizzical look, she continued, "Twinkle-Toes, that's Aang, often contacted the last Avatar before him whenever he needed advice. Being the bridge between the spirit world and ours, that should be no sweat for you. So, we think if you can contact Aang, he can tell you how to airbend!"

"Wow!" Kura said. "I can talk to the Avatar before me?"

"All the Avatars before you, actually." Katara pointed out. "Aang says he once talked to Avatars back an entire cycle; right back around to air!"

"Really?" Kura said excitedly. "Do you really think Aang can teach me airbending after he's...you know..." she trailed off, not wanting to upset anyone. Katara picked up, as usual, and moved the conversation along.

"We're not positive, but it's worth a shot." she said.

"But moving on," Sokka said hurriedly, "I guess we're going to have to start with waterbending, even though it's the farthest away. But that's alright. In the Spirit Oasis, you can contact Aang and learn airbending. From the North Pole, we can stop by Kioshi Island, which is right on the way, and pick up Suki." He ignored Kura's confused looks and continued, "You can learn earthbending there. Then, we'll be nearing the Rondes Vus Point for an invasion plan we have. You can learn firebending in our spare time there. Since fire can be conjured up pretty much anywhere, we don't think it'll be a problem. Then you'll have mastered all four elements and you'll be ready to face the Fire Lord!" he finished triumphantly.

He looked over to Kura, to find her struck dumb. She didn't know what half the things he'd mentioned were, and she wasn't sure she wanted to invade the Fire Nation and face the Fire Lord. That all sounded very frightening. Katara looked at her with understanding.

"I know it's all confusing, and scary. But we'll explain what you don't understand, and we'll help get you through the scary parts." she said, smiling. She stood up and pulled Kura and everyone else into a group hug. Even Zuko joined in. Kura smiled. She was thinking that she was really ready for this.