Avatar; The Royal Firebender.

Black Snow

Pakku sips a cup of tea watching intently as his students go through a sparring match with each other. Over the past month since the wedding between Sokka and Yue, Zuko has dove headlong into learning waterbending and has done so with remarkable success. Healing with waterbending is a fairly common ability but with the limited history books that they have in the north Pakku has never heard of an avatar of fire learning healing with waterbending. Though his master Avatar Kotak had demonstrated this ability, Pakku chalks it up to the avatar spirit recalling an ability from his old master in its current incarnation. While Katara and Yue are evenly matched in terms of waterbending, Zuko's opponent had originally made fun of him when he started learning but now can't even land a hit on the prince.

The boy sparring against Zuko is shaky on his own two feet, fearful of the firebender in front of him. Nervously the boy, Songauk, squats to a low stance and extends his hands out from his body. He draws his hands inwards to his chest as he stands to his full height causing the snow to melt into water and be drawn up into a ball of water. He clenches his hands and freezes the water into a tight ball of ice. He presses a foot forwards, shoving his arms towards Zuko launching the ball of ice at him. Waiting for a moment, Zuko allows the ball to get closer to him before using his own bending to catch and orbit it around himself. Melting the ball of ice back into water, he collects even more water from the surrounding ice creating a massive torrent behind the orb of water he's controlling. Spinning around following the momentum of catching the ice sphere, Zuko moves his right hand over his head in a similar motion to throwing a punch causing the wall of water to slam into Songuak flattening him to the ground. The poor waterbender washes up at Pakku's feet.

"Impressive, you've grown faster than any student I've ever trained. You may be able to take on Katara at this rate." Pakku says before turning to Songuak at his feet. "You, on the other hand, need to continue practicing. By the time you're my age you may be able to defeat a sea cucumber. That's it for today everyone, class dismissed."

"So, how's married life treating you?" Katara asks Yue as the two put their parkas back on, preparing to head down to the city proper. "Until recently, I thought my brother was sure marriage was just an excuse to eat a lot of food."

"I mean, you're not wrong. Sokka and I ate so much at the reception we were practically in a food coma for a week." Yue says, causing Katara to laugh to herself.

"Yeah that sounds about right knowing him, well you seem happy which is good enough for me. It's nice to have a sister now, it was always just me and Sokka growing up." Katara says but this prompts Zuko to scoff as he dawns a red version of the parkas that the other water tribe peoples wear. "Something a matter Zuko?"

"Just... you saying having a sister and it being nice in the same sentence." Zuko responds, drawing in a deep breath then puffing out a bit of fire to warm himself back up. "I have a sister as well... she's pure evil."

"Given your family's track record, I'd believe it." Katara responds, "What makes her so bad?"

"The list will take all day, but the worst of it was that she was raised believing she was the avatar since The fire sages discovered that the new avatar was a firebender and a member of the royal family. My father assumed it was her and raised her to be a living weapon. I don't think I need to say that we don't get along very well." Zuko explains.

"Wonder how she reacted to learning you are the avatar." Yue responds, which only causes Zuko to wince.

"She will not have taken it well, growing up there was something I'd always have to remind myself about her. Azula always lies." Zuko says.

"It's a pretty name but... from what you said she sounds like pure evil." Yue responds.

"She's been groomed by my father to be the perfect living weapon. She lacks empathy, and is fueled by an unrelenting drive to be perfect, lying comes as easily as breathing for her. If we ever run into her, never trust a word she says." Zuko says as he walks down the icy stair case back towards the guests' longhouses.