-Water… gives life. Earth provides support. With air we let things flow. But fire. Fire brings death and destruction. That is what we learned years before. But after Firelord Zuko took over the Fire Nation… It all changed. The people of Fire started to seek their roots…

-They came to the Dragons like Zuko and Aang?

-No. They learned from the Firelord. His strive towards a brighter future illuminated the road. But it did not get rid of the infamy that now poisoned the world…

-What then?

-Then nothing. It is your turn to continue that story.

No word came from him but he understood.

It's been over a year since Young Rahst left the Northern Water tribe village. The White Lotus camp in the Eastern Fire nation currently held him close. His presence was mostly hidden from the world… But the Great Ones knew that not long from now. He would have to go out into the world, and learn all the elements… Just one thing stopped him from doing so.

-When you will be ready. We will need your help young Avatar. With your help we will bring balance to the world once again.

-Yes. Balance.

Most of the venom that flowed through the world and was poisoning the veins of people, faded. But there was no way for people to fully trust the Fire Nation anymore. That put it in a very miserable spot. Full of Uncertainty being led by Firelord Zuko, the Nation of heat slowly came into decline. The islands of Fire were dying out.

Prince Orian could not stand this. Death of his own Fatherland was on the Horizon…

-Wake up friend…

-Orian… you… Betrayed us.

-No Tenzin… I am only doing what needs to be done. You don't see it… Do you?

-I see that you have us strapped with chains to our seats…

-Kya… I am sorry my lo-

-Do not dare say that… I do not allow it.-She spoke with sadness as she could not look him in the eye.

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-After the fear that lived in peoples heart when Fire Nation attacked… After all this passed, only anger remained. Your Father could not wipe it. And now my country is dying from the inside… I cannot stand it.

-So that's why you need Avatar?! To make your Nation a tourist destination?!

-No. To make it better. With Avatars help, I can show the world… that Fire can give, and not only take. Without Avatar it would only look as if we were trying to restart the war but quietly. You have to understand!

-But It doesn't make sense, Orian!

-Then you are blind… Avatar will help us. With him we can finally root out the hatred of the world. All hatred. Towards us, and towards other people. Because if people see that fire can give life… then they will realise all things can. But you two are problematic…

-Orian you will upset the balance!

-False! I am bringing the Balance back!

-You cannot force it! It has to come naturally!

-It will be natural. With Avatar's help.

-Your Father will never approve of this.

-He Doesn't have to. Red Lotus is not under his control.

-In order to bring balance to the world, you have to master all four elements. First you will have to master the Water element.

-I can waterbend.

-Yes. You have an affinity for water. Yet there is a long way before you can call that being master tier bending. Before you, Avatar Aang learned three out of four elements in a span of a few months. But we are in no rush. Take your stance, as I taught you.

Rahst nodded silently and assumed a fighting stance with both his hands loosely forward ready to push with force or pull out with speed.

-Good. But not perfect.

-Nothing is perfect.-commented Rahst, to which Inuak only shook his head in disapproval…

-Perfection can and has to be achieved. The one thing that is perfect, are the elements. All four of them balance eachother out and play together in perfect symphony.

Master Inuak assumed a quickly fighting stance and started to pull with his hands towards himself before spinning them in the air as if a whirlpool was to be created in the air. Conjugated moisture swiftly turned into mist and snow after that.

-Water is always in motion, you may not see it but it moves. Forward, back and to the sides. In Nature, the Moon is what moves the waters of the world. The moon spirit pushes and pulls on the water of our world…

-That's why we imitate pushing and pulling!

-Yes. Long before people could bend, they observed the moon and with the help of spirits they learned how to bend water.

-So it's all about motion.

-Indeed. Alas there is one more thing about water. Since it's always moving, that means it's always clashing against each other. In waterbending we mimic that technique by using the strength of others to turn it against them. Now try to copy the motion.

-Master Inuak… I already know waterbending.

-You know how to use it. But you do not know what it means to be a waterbender, nor what its spiritual meaning is. That's why you shall train, back where you were born, the Northern Pole.