Chapter Two:

"Now step once to the left and move your arms in a swooping motion downwards!"

No one could do the move right and she had already spent a week trying to teach them. Her conscience told her she only had one month left to teach her village waterbending, and it wasn't going well at all. She had taught them one thing in two weeks, and all it did was teach them how to pick up water from the ocean. She also knew that the only person who had learned waterbending this fast was Avatar Aang from the prophecy, and he was unbelievable. She wished she had Avatar Aang to help her. She was suddenly alerted by one of the villagers shouting at her.

"I've got it!" he shouted.

"Really? Can you show me?"

The child, Nanook, of thirteen repeated the move with ease.

"How did you figure it out?" Saamee asked.

"I just closed my eyes and let my body do the rest."

"Can you try this move?"

Saamee showed Nanook a motion with her legs and arms. Ice started to form around her hands and she flung them at the closest iceberg in the ocean. Nanook repeated the move exactly. The whole village stared in awe at the sight.

"Fling the ice right at me Nanook."

"What? I'll kill you!"

"Don't worry! Just throw it."

At this point the villagers had scared and confused looks on their faces. They didn't know what would happen. Before they could even scream Nanook flung the ice at Saamee with all of his might.

Without as much as a second thought Saamee lifted her arms and stopped the ice in one sweep. She moved her arms once more and turned the ice to the left and flung it out to sea. It happened so fast that no one except Saamee and Nanook saw the ice fly through the air. Nanook asked Saamee to throw some ice at him, but she said he had to start with a ball of water. She launched it at him and he made the arm motion. The water stopped, as well as the hearts of the villagers. He threw it to the right of him and Saamee shouted with glee. She finally had someone that she could teach in the time she had! She smiled at him, and moved onto the next move.

They practiced a few more moves and then went to eat. Saamee and Nanook took their bowls of fish and ventured out to the ice-cave together. Nanook had beautiful brown eyes and short black hair, and always had a smile on his face. Whenever Saamee looked at him she blushed and looked away. She couldn't even believe she hadn't noticed him before! He was perfect.

Nanook stared at Saamee's long black hair and shocking face. He hoped she felt the same way about him, as he felt about her. Her skin was olive, and as fragile as could be. She was so beautiful, in fact, that Nanook started to mumble, "You're beauti…"

"What?" asked Saamee.

"Um, I said, are you ready to eat?"

"Yeah, sure."

They both dug into their meals and shared a few jokes. They liked the same things, had the same thoughts, and even seemed to share the same bond between water and their hearts. After they had finished eating, they walked out of the cave and into the bitter cold wind of the South Pole, but they didn't care. They lay down on the ice and absentmindedly huddled close together. They stared up at the stars and watched them glow and twinkle, as they slowly became tired, and fell asleep.

"Saamee! Nanook! Wake up!" shouted Katara.

"Wh-what?" they said simultaneously.

"Come quickly, the Air Nomads are here from far away and you need to listen to them!"

"By the Four Oceans, why are they here?" yelled Saamee.

"Just come with me and they can answer for you. Okay?"

"Ok mom, Nanook, we must go."

The village center was packed with people all trying to get a better view of the Nomads. Katara took the two kids to the statue from behind and they all climbed up it. As they climbed up they could see the Flying Bison of the Air Tribe gliding around the sky above their masters. They were spectacular creatures with six legs, and arrows up their back and legs. They flew through the air with such grace that they couldn't believe the animals were as big as they were. The children didn't stop staring until the Nomad Djuumi started to speak.

"Hello everybody. I am very sorry to inform you, but there are dark times ahead of us. The Fire Nation has harnessed the power of the volcanoes, and has reached their peak with their firebending abilities. Unfortunately, as you know, you are the last tribe to learn your form of bending, but your leader Aang tells me you are doing well. What you are up against cannot be solved with moisture, or even waves. No, we need you to be able to create tsunamis, make icebergs in the oceans. You need to be strong, we are at war. They will come at us with everything they have, and it will not be pretty. You need be prepared, for we are up against powers much stronger than anything you have faced. You mus…"

Djuumi fell from his nook on the statue and tumbled to the ground.

"Are you okay?" shouted Katara

"I-I-I must go." he stuttered.

"Wait, I don't understand, said Aang, "you said you would explain how to fight them!"

"I'm very sorry, but I must leave. More bad news, the Northern Air Temple was just attacked. I must go and save my people from annihilation."

"Please don't go!" said the villagers.

Before Djuumi could even answer, he and the other Nomads flew away on the bison, leaving the village full of despair, and anxiousness. What should they do? How could they defeat something if they didn't even know what it was? How would they defeat an army of trained firebenders when they were a small group of bad waterbenders? All of these many questions went through their minds as they trudged back to their huts.

Saamee cried herself to sleep in her little ice fort. She wished Nanook was there to comfort her, but he never came. Even when she fell asleep she dreamed terrible things. All she saw were flaming balls of lava and fire coming at her. They were big burning beasts destroying everything in their paths. She couldn't understand what they wanted, or why they wanted to do such a ridiculous thing! Why couldn't the world be full of people that cared for one another? That is what she asked herself.

"Please Moon, why can't the world be full of nice people?"

"If the people of your planet were all nice, why would you need to learn to fight? Why would I be here? Saamee, you must understand this, everything happens for a reason. What happens is destiny, and what doesn't happen, is destiny too. Whatever happens in the next era of your days is meant to, it is, your true destiny."

"Moon! Come back! I need to ask you more!'

No reply came, Saamee lay down, and cried some more. Before she knew it, it was dawn. She arose from her terrible night, and crawled to her mother's hut. She embraced her with all of her might. The warmth on her skin already helped. She later walked solemnly to the Ice Cave and sat on the ground. While on the ground, she thought to herself, if just hugging her mother made her feel better, then she knew she could overcome anything. She just needed something she loved, something she could fight for.

"I can do it. I can do it."

It was then, that two arms wrapped around her waist.