"Haha"a younger you laughs as your father, Tezin used his airbending to lift you up off the ground just for fun. He catches you in his arms once you came down. Your little laugh was heard throughout Air Temple island. Only seven at the time, three years since living with Tenzin on the island. Your mother Pema already had her first child, your younger sister Jinora. Which you where thrilled to have, she born a year ago, when you were six, she had just turned one.
While your mother tended to baby Jinora you spent most of your time with your father. Having settled into the temple after your cousin had dropped you off to live with him three years prior. It was a rough year but you soon calmed down. Tenzin helped you all the way through, even while balancing his duties as the Air Nation Representative. You now where a happy and beaming child. Compared to the depressing and angry one.
"Again!Again!"you tell him, while still laughing at the past joy.
Tenzin smiles at you warmly, looking into your bright eyes. That did distinguish you from the others here. They where such beautiful eyes. A gift from your grandmother, his mother would tell him. Being a best of her late Princess Avani of the Fire Nation. Who married Fire Lord Zuko. Tenzin grew up hearing the stories. Though he never meet the princess, she died in her early 30's. No one ever talked about how she died. It was something that did effect the Fire Lord. Whom everyone knew loved her very much.
And here was her granddaughter being raised by the Air Bender Master. You pulled on your father's robes to get his attention.
"Alright, Alright once more. Then how about a ride on Oogie?"he tells you.
You clap your hands with glee, you loved when he took you on Oogie. Tenzi throws you up using his air bending to spin you around, you laughed on the top of your voice. Tenzin was always careful when he did this, he didn't want to hurt you. He loved you just like a daughter. You spin around and around.
"I'm flying! I'm flying!"you yell on the top of you lungs.
"Well, well look at this."Pema comes over with Jinora in her arms. She looks up at you, with a smile.
You spot her"Hi mommy!"you tell her through your laughs.
She waves back to you, then looks her husband, you watch as she whispers something in his ear. He nods his head, while still keeping an eye on you. Pema then looks at you, while she talked to your father. Once she was done, she smiles at you and leaves.
Tenzin stops his air bending with you, and catches you in his arms carefully. Your hair was wild from all the fun, as you hold your head"Whoa!"you still laughed.
Patting your hair down, which back then was to your shoulders, you only had clip in it of a flower, dressed in your kimono attire. Never in the air nomads clothes. It was something that Tenzin felt was not fair to you, not because you where not an air nomad just he wanted you to have your style.
"Can we go on Oogie now?"you asks your father as you try to regain your balance.
"I don't see why not."he tells you placing your down, he took your hand in his, as the two of you walked to where the Basions where kept.
It didn't take the two of you long to get there, you waste no time and run over to your father's. Being small you where able to get inbetween the gates. While your father had to open the gate. Running over to Oogie, your little arms try to wrap around one of his legs. Only to not reach. Nuzzling your face into it."We're going to take you out!"you tell him. Oogie playfully grunts as he licks you, his big tongue picked you up and dropped you. Now covered in his droll, you just laugh at this. Shaking it off, your father didn't say much. He was use to this between the two of you.
Picking you up, he sets you down on the back as he gets behind you. Using his bending he opens the hatch for Oogie to get out. Your eyes lite up with full excitement as Oogie slams his tail and flies off. Throwing your hands up in the air, for the thrill. Tenzin kept a firm grip on you, as your howlers could be heard, he flew you around the bay. Over the water, you look down at it below. Tugging on your father pointing at everything that caught your eye.
Getting above the clouds with you, try to hold on, but they just slipped out. It was ok, you tried that was all that mattered.
"Daddy..."you call to him.
He looks down at you, you looked ahead with a calming look. Turning to him, your wild smile had settled"..."Tenzin understood, he gives you a fatherly smile. Up above everything, you felt at peace. Relaxing on your father, you use his robes to snuggle in.
He pats your head, using the rings that where on Oogie, he guides him back to the island. Once you both come back, and he helps you down. Patting Oogie you wave bye to him. Walking along the island with your father, you noticed others where not here. You wondered where they could be. Looking for your mother and sister. Tenzin takes you to the main temple of the island.
The second you step foot in"Surprise!"everyone comes out as someone pulls down a banner. With your name on it.
You jump back surprised by this, a big smile forms on your face. As you jump and down with glee"Happy birthday Kashi."your mother comes over to you as she hugs you. Your father joins her as well"Yes, happy birthday."
Tenzin could remember that day like it was yesterday. His sweet natured eldest daughter, now turned to this cruel hearted person. That stood watch over her very own family. She captured them, and locked them away. Bound and gagged them. Her icy eyes look down at them whenever she came. Scaring her youngest siblings, but that did not phase her at all. Tenzin could imagine what Amon did to her to turn her heart so black and dark. To hate the very people who raised her.
The door to their holding, opened as you walked in running your whip across the bars. You stop infront of them, no longer dressed so modestly. Instead your look was more . . Your warm golden eyes, became cold and sharp. As you stare at your father, he looks up at you with pleding along with the others in your family.
You held power of them, as they kneed on the floor beneath your feet, you stretch your whip, when you snap against their cell. Frighting Ikki and Meelo the most. A sadistic smile comes to your lips. Getting down to their level look at them."Awwww, whats's wrong?"you look at them, as they dare not look at you scared out of their wits.
"..."Ikki and Meelo kept their eyes from you.
You couldn't help but chuckle at this"Well, seems you all are comfy."you taunt them.
"..."Tenzin tries to say something but he couldn't you had all their mouths gagged.
Putting your ear to him as if listening"I'm sorry what? What is that? You want to say something? Is it...I don't know...Sorry Kashi for keeping the truth from you...all these year!"you yell the last part to him looking at him firecly"Sorry, I never told you that you where born with cursed bending, the reason why your cousin Lin didn't want you. Why I kept you on my island as prisoner! Some father of the year...where you that afraid of me!? Huh?!"you demand from him, but he could not say anything, only look at you."Amon, showed and told me the truth on what I am. How benders like you couldn't understand my type. Something different like me should be locked away...well guess what...you are all my prisoners...and you know what. You will know what it's like to have something taken away from you..."you eye everyone then come back to your father"All...of you will know."You then whip their bars to give them a scare as you walk away with a manic laugh. Slamming the door behind you.
Tenzin's family looks at him, but he did not have the heart to look back at them. His dropped in sorrow all that you said to him, was the pain you felt inside. The pain he knew was in you, but was sure it would go away. You words cut him badly. Even so, he knew that was not you who stood before him. Not the daughter, not the child he raised to be loving and caring. His eyes grew dark, once he got out of here, he personally see to it that Amon would pay for tainting his child. He would bring her back to the light. He would save her, he did it before he would do it again.
"Daddy"a young Kashi Tenzin heard her call to him. With her bright smile she always had on.