"I'm sorry for being so forward with it, but, may I come in to further explain?" The Fire Sage smiled warmly, not wanting to scare them. Rin's mom was the first to snap out of the shock, she stepped aside "Yes, you may." Everyone let him through, and led him into the dining area. There they sat down with the Fire Sage being at the end, the Sage took in a deep breath of air and exhaled "Now, I know this is all confusing for you but please try to understand." He looked at everyone "A week ago I had a miraculous dream, Avatar Roku came to me, telling me that the war going on currently is unbalancing the elements and their nations. Fire Lord Azulon was going to spark an even greater fire then his father, Fire Lord Sozin. Roku told me to look for a girl, named Rin in the Fire Nation, he wanted to speak with you." "Me?!" Rin interrupted him "Yes you." She was more confused than anyone else in the room. "Now," he continued "I have been looking everywhere around the Fire Nation for you, for almost a week! I thought that maybe Roku was just messing with my head." He gave a small chuckle, since the whole room seemed to be tense since his arrival. "Well, I was going to give up till today. I had heard about the new captain of the Royal Guard, I decided to take a break and watch it," He looked over at Rin and she looked down "The tournament was wonderful, your a skilled firebender, nothing like I have ever seen. You must have been taught well." He paused for a moment "Who was your teacher?"

Rin's head was still low, she licked her lips before speaking "Someone..." Her mother spoke "Rin... She never tells anyone who her teacher is..." Zang spoke up, he put his hand on her shoulder "Rin was taught by someone great, that's all, I bet it's cause she doesn't want anyone else to steal her skills, right?" He asked her, she nodded. The Fire Sage smiled, understanding what it meant to her "Well, after the tournament, everyone started cheering your name and that is how I found out who you were. I must have looked out of place since a couple of residence asked what I was doing here." He laughed "You don't see a Fire Sage walking around now a days." His jokes were starting to irritate Rin and almost everyone in the room. "But once I had asked them where you were, they pointed me to the right direction, and now I'm here."

By now Rin's hands were holding her knees "I don't understand..." Everyone looked her way "What is it that you don't understand?" Her mom asked. Rin's head quickly looked up at everyone "Ever since I was a little girl, I thought it was a wonderful honor to serve the Fire Lord and protect him, I have always wanted this! And yet destiny has another fate for me?!" By now Rin had stood up, her mind felt like bursting. The Fire Sage hung his head low "From the beginning of time, everyone is meant to follow their destinies, but the choices we make determine which side of our destiny we will be on. Is it to follow the right thing or the bad side? We must choose that ourselves." Rin looked over at him "Do you mean... I'm meant to stop the Fire Lord?" Her face showed pain now "Whatever you choose... I don't need your answer at this moment." The Fire Sage got up and walked towards the door. Rin's mom ran over to open the door, she didn't want to be disrespectful. Before the Fire Sage went through the door he stopped and looked back at Rin "I would like your answer tomorrow." Everyone heard the door close.

For a moment it seemed as though the world stood still. Rin's mom walked back over to them " Well... Um.." Rin was the first to react, she stomped off past her mom "Rin?! Where are you going? We need to discuss this as a family!" Rin simply ignored and went down the hallways to her room and slammed the door. Zang closed his eyes and sighed, Meili, who was still there, hugged him. Zang looked over at his mom "I'm sure she is just confused is all, let's give her room to think about it." Their father agreed with Zang "He's right, if she wants to go save the world then she can do it. But," he looked at Zang "Zang I want you to go with her as well, you need to look after your sister." Zang nodded "Sounds good with me." Their mother was the only one who seemed to object about it "What! No that girl is not going to go anywhere. Rin doesn't need some prophecy to tell her how to live her life." "Whatever Rin chooses, we need to respect that and support her." Her father spoke. "We need to believe in Rin..." Everyone looked down, they didn't know what would happen but whatever did they just had to have faith in her choice.

After Rin had slammed the door behind her, she slowly sat down, her back against the door. She looked over at the armor she had hung above her dresser, it almost seemed like a second ago she got title, now she was going to lose it. She held her head in her hands, she growled a little in frustration. "Roku... What do you want? Why must this be me?" She looked at the ceiling then out the window, "Such a big responsibility you placed on my shoulders. Out of all the firebenders in the world... It's me..." She gave a sigh, Roku wasn't going to answer her. She suddenly heard a voice, it was faint but she didn't pay attention to it till she heard it getting louder " Huh?" She looked around, it sounded like it was saying "Rin." She got up, "Who's there?" The voice was soft but husky and old. "R-Roku?" She called to the voice, but it didn't call her again. She gave a sigh and went over to her dresser, placing her hands around the dresser gripping it, staring at the armor. "Agni, why..." Rin walked over to her bed and laid down on it, she made no attempt to cover herself with the sheets even though the howling wind made the room icy cold, she knew her inner fire would keep her warm. She looked up towards the door to check if anyone was still awake. Under the door no light shown, letting her know that Meili went home and her brother, father and mom had already went to bed. Rin never went to sleep as early as she had now, but she would need it if she was to decide about tomorrow. She laid her head against the pillow and closed her eyes.

The sky was red, blood shot red and the clouds were black, as ink. Everything was blurry but there were things you could make out. A girls face was shown, a shy face, hidden behind a tall man, water tribe. That was the thing that came to mind when looking at them. Then some firebenders attacking the Southern Water tribe. Some waterbenders resisting against the firebenders as they waterbended a fire navy ship, freezing it in place. Then softly a voice came "Why must you resist your place in this world?"

Rin awoke from the dream once again. She panted and placed her hand on her chest "Damn..." She got up, walked over to her dresser "What's happening to me?" She looked down, then back at the mirror. She raised her hand, fire emitted from her palm like a torch. The red-orange color of her fire shined on her face, adding color to the dark gloomy room. She kept the fire burning as she walked over to her room door, she opened it and walked out to the hallway and in the garden. Her fire kept burning bright against her palm. She sat down near the pond, she held her hand up and looked at the fire "Why must you resist your place in this world?" The question from her dreams rang through her head, torturing her mind. Rin squeezed her hand into a fist, quenching the flame and reopen in her hand. The world seemed gray again, even the cherry blossom tree didn't show any sign of color. She heard foot steps coming near her "Zang... Leave me alone..." Sure enough Zang came up behind her and placed his hand on her head, ruffling her already messed up hair. He laughed "Guess you heard me." He sat next to her and stared at the moon "You shouldn't worry too much about it." She looked his way "Not worry? How can you not worry about this stuff? What if you were in my place? What would you do? I doubt you would be calm..." Zang kept staring up "Yeah I would worry, but I would face it head on, I would try my best to face it and not regret it." Rin's face turned sad "What... W-what would you choose?" Her brother looked back at her "I would follow my heart." His answer took her by surprise, so surprising she couldn't look him in the face. She couldn't say anything back in response. Zang got up "Whatever answer you give to the Sage tomorrow, I will always be on your side, we are sibling after all." His footsteps started getting fainter, the farther he started going. Rin stared at the pond, looking at the moons reflection, she hugged her knees and placed her head down. She knew the answer now.

Rin must have slept in the garden, because she was laying against the cherry tree with blossoms on her head and body. She brushed them off sleepily, got up and walked back inside the house. She could hear her families voice in the kitchen area. Walking in she saw her father and brother sitting at the table and her mom cooking. "Morning." She raised a hand and waved, the whole room immediately fell silent, no one made an attempt to speak to her until her mom spoke "I... I don't know what you want to eat... But-" "It's fine I'll just eat a banana." She took one from the bowl of fruit they had on the table. She sat across from her brother and father, they both stared at her until her father looked at Zang "Uh, as I was saying, in firbending the technique of the dancing dragon is..." Rin heard her dad talking some fire bending techniques to her brother, she smiled at them taking in this moment of all of them together. Her mother brought over some dumplings filled with fruit. The guys grabbed a few and ate, before talking again "Do you want one?" Her mom asking her. Rin looked at her mom then at the dumplings "Yeah, sure." She smiled "Thanks." She took a bite out of the dumpling and licked her lips "It's cherry filled?" Her mom smiled at her " That's right, your favorite." Rin smiled back "Yeah, thanks." The whole family spoke the whole time. Rin laughed at some joke her dad made before looking at the door, her smile went away, and as on queue, someone knocked. She looked at her family and everyone looked back at her "I'll get it." Her mom said, she got up shaking and over to the door before pausing for split second and opening the door. "Yes?" The voice of the Fire Sage could be heard through the door "Is Rin home?" Rin clenched the table with her hand "Yes, Rin?" Her mom looked over at Rin and she got up, her brother and father following behind her. She went to the door and faced the Sage " So, what do you say? What is your answer?" She gulped hard and looked at her family. Her father smiled, put his hand on her shoulder, Zang smiled and nodded and her mother, her face showed fear. She looked back at the Fire Sage, closed her eyes and breathed a sigh. She opened them and smiled at him "We have a world to save."