Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 My name is Katara. I'm a Waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe. My brother, Sokka, and I are traveling with Aang, the Avatar; his sky bison, Appa; and his lemur, Momo. I'm teaching Aang Waterbending, but now he has to start mastering Earthbending. He's got to learn all four elements to stop the Fire Nation from taking over the world. Aang's old friend King Bumi of the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu will be his Earthbending teacher, so that's where we're heading now. It's time to say good-bye to Pakku, the Waterbending master I met at the North Pole. As we say our good-byes, Master Pakku hands me a crystal amulet. "It contains water from the Spirit Oasis. The water has unique properties. Don't lose it." I promise to keep it safe, and use it for something really important. As we started traveling, we met a group of singing nomads. "We're heading for Omashu," I explained. "That's dangerous," Lily, one of the nomads, said.

"The Fire Nation is spread out to the coast. You'll be headed right for them." Hmm. We need to get to Omashu, but I don't want to risk a run-in with the Fire Nation. "There's a story about a secret pass through the mountains," Chong, another nomad, said. Then he sang a song about two lovers whose people were at war. They were separated by a mountain, but they used Earthbending to create tunnels so they could meet secretly. It sounds so romantic! I wouldn't mind checking it out, but Aang said no because Appa hates going underground. I guess I'll have to check out the tunnels some other time. The second we took off, the Fire Nation attacked us! So I'm going to get my wish after all– we're going through the Cave of Two Lovers. "Secret love cave, let's go," muttered Sokka. Of course, he had no problem getting all lovey-dovey with Princess Yue.… I could tease him about that… but nah, I'll let it go for now. "The legend says that only those who trust in love can make it through the caves," Chong said as we entered.

What does that mean? Trust that love will bring you to the right person, or trust the love you already feel for that person? I wonder if Gran Gran trusted in love, if that's what made her leave Master Pakku and go south. Did she let love lead her to my grandfather instead? I wonder where love will lead me.… What's that sound? It's getting louder! Now I hear wings flapping–wolf-bats! Now Appa's going crazy, slamming into everything– BOOM! Oh, no! The cave wall's collapsing. Can't see. Dust everywhere. AHH! The rock slide's coming toward me! In a flash Aang grabbed me and flew me just beyond the edge of the rock slide. Phew! But where are the others? It looks like they're trapped on the other side of a mountain of rocks. "If we try to dig through, we're going to cause the whole thing to cave in." "Sokka will find a way out," Aang says. "Let's hope we can too." Okay, so, Aang, Appa, and I are making our way through the tunnels. Hey, there's a huge round door– maybe it's a way out! "It's a tomb," Aang announces. "It must be the

two lovers from the legend." Of course! They must've been buried here together. "Look, it says 'Love is brightest in the dark.' What do you think that means?" Aang shrugs. "How are we going to find our way out of these tunnels?" I guess that means he's not answering my question. It would be nice if sometimes he would talk about his feelings WITHOUT me having to drag them out of him. Oh, well, I guess we should focus on getting out of here. They say that love is brightest in the dark… I wonder if… no. But what if it works? Or what if it causes… some confusion? We'll never know until we try, right? "I have a crazy idea." "What?" Oh, no. What if this is the worst idea ever? And I'm just caught up in some romantic dream with all this talk about the two lovers and trusting in love! He'll think it's stupid. Maybe he'll even laugh at me. "Never mind. It's too crazy." "Katara, what is it?" "Well." All right, here goes nothing. "The nomads told us that the curse says we'll be trapped in here forever unless we trust in love." "Right."