Author Notes: Well here is the first chapter. It's mainly here to help introduce the main character and his past so hopefully it was not too boring. Next Chapter will be on our way to the Fire Nation. Input is always nice. Thank you for reading.

I was born on the fall equinox at the time of day where the sun was just about gone and the moon was just about out. My father once told me that it was a sign from the spirits but I was never told exactly what it meant.

On the night of my birth I was told that all the candles grew in brightness. My father was sure this meant I was a firebender. This made father both happy and nervous. He himself was a firebender and loved the idea of having a son who could also firebend. The problem with having a firebending son is that my family lived at the North Pole in the capital city of the Northern Water Tribe.

My father tells me that he was from the Fire Nation and was even part of the army but he decided to abandon the army. It was a crime to just leave the army so my father had to escape to a safer place and decided to go north since the Fire Army had little power there. Upon his arrival in the Northern Water Tribes he was instantly captured and declared to be a spy. My father tried telling the tribe that he was not a spy but they would not believe him. Only after he started telling secrets about the Fire Nation troops did they believe him. This lead to his release and even a few years later he was even consider part of the tribe with his help to fight the Fire Army. He eventually met my mother and even though most of the tribe was against their marriage the tribe still let it happen.

My father and mother had a son before me named Kim. He was not a bender at all so my father was excited to have me to bend with. My father's happiness of having a firebending son soon went away when my father noticed strange movement with the water that the midwife was using to clean me up with. Uncle Pakku (really he's my great uncle but I just say uncle for short) also noticed this movement and stated, "So he is a water bender?"

"What? Didn't you see the candles? I believe it is a sign of firebending," my father explained to Pakku. They both stared at each other confused. They discussed what this could mean. At one point the idea of me being the after came up and it was decided I would be tested when I was old enough. Sure enough at age one I was given the avatar test but it showed I was no the avatar which did not really surprise anyone. When I was about two and a half I started to do very simple water bending and no signs of firebending so my father concluded the excitement of the night probably got to him and that's with the candles brighten.

Uncle Paku knew I was a prodigy at that time and took me under his wing as a star pupil. This made my parents really happy since the tribe accepted me for being a waterbender even though I still had some traits that were Fire Nation like slightly paler skin and darker hair. My brother Kim was not as lucky as me though since he took after my father and looked Fire Nation. Many kids would bully him and sometimes they would even attack my brother physically. The bullying became so bad that Kim eventually ran away from the tribe and took a small boat to travel to the Earth Kingdom but no one knows if he ever made it.

This devastated my family and made life so much harder on me. My father blamed himself for my brother leaving and he soon became an overprotective parent which was rough at times. It was nice having my Uncle Pakku around since he was someone I could actually talk to though at times he was very stern Paku still had his lighter side especially with family.

The next few years I was not able to do many things beside schooling and waterbending with my overprotective parents so I did a lot of training with waterbending. I did not mind to the limited activities since I still saw some friends at waterbending practice plus I loved waterbending. It did not take too long to be head of my class for waterbending and soon I was even better than the older boys which made my family proud. Eventually at age ten I got to the point where I was teaching the smaller boys since Uncle Pakku decided I had very little to learn anymore and I would do well with teaching. Even though I was almost a master waterbender the respect from the tribe was slowly fading. Many of the kids my age and older hated me for being a prodigy and out performing them even though I was part Fire Nation. I slowly lost all my friends and the bullying was beginning to remind me of what happened to Kim. My parents saw this and decided that my father take me away from the tribe before it got any worse. My mother told us she would not leave the tribe since it was her home which pained me and my father to have to see her left behind.

When I had to stay good-bye to Uncle Pakku I just about to cry I did not really want to leave behind my uncle or mother. Pakku gave me a bracelet that was as white as snow, "Lee I want you to have this. It is a reminder of where you come from and will also help you find friends when you need it."

"Thank you Uncle," That's when I started to cry so Pakku gave me a hug to help comfort me, "I really wish I could finish my training with you." Uncle released me from the hug and stood up holding onto me by my shoulders.

"Lee even though this is normally done during a ceremony it does not seem like that is a possibility with you leaving soon so I, Master Paku, declare you Lee a Master water bender."

"Can you just do that?" I was slightly confused by this. He answered.

"Yes I can because one it is my right and two you have truly earned it since there is nothing to teach you anymore." I wiped the tears from my eyes and hugged my uncle again. That's when I heard my father yell for since it was time for us to leave if we wanted to favorable tides.

After our final good-byes my father started are boat off which was a good sized fishing boat that my father first took to get to the North. It was just small enough for one to control by their selves. When we were far enough away from the city that it could barely be seen on the horizon I decided to ask my father, "Father, where are we going?"

His reply, "We are going back to my home." I could not believe him.

"The Fire Nation? Why would we go there won't the army captu-"

"We won't have to worry about the army or anything. Lee trust me the Fire Nation will be a good place for us to live we won't have to worry about people treating you any worse but we will have to hide you waterbending." My father seemed to be happy with this plan and I just stared at him. I could not believe he was taking me from mother and Uncle Paku to bring me to the Fire Nation. The people who had cause so many problems in the world that anyone related would be bullied about it. I hated my father and the Fire Nation for wrecking my life. My father put his hand on my shoulder but I shrugged it off and ran to my room and punched my pillow. My father just watched as I left and could only say weakly, "Lee."