"Yes," Katara said, her voice practically steel. "This is the first time I ever see the Southern Raiders. I was pretty young at the time, so it was very scary. Before I was born, the water tribe fought them as best as they could, but eventually they captured all of the waterbenders...except for one. This is the day they supposedly finish the job."

The Southern waterbender disembark, but Katara drags Roxie away from the fighting. "It was a diversion," Katara said. "All the men could do here was fight anyway, there were no benders left to fight them. No, they came here with only one more purpose: to make sure there were no more benders in the Southern Water Tribe. Here."

Katara brought Roxie into the tent, and there was the captain of the Southern Raiders, Yan Ra. He turns, and where there was a full grown Katara there is now only a small, scared little girl with hair loopies.

"Mom, I'm scared!"

"Go get your father!"

Katara leaves, and the discussion between her mother and the Yan Ra lasts only a minute or two more. He asks her who the last waterbender is, and swears to leave the village alone if she tells him. She tells him its her, and that she would go with him peacefully as a prisoner.

"Sorry, we're not taking any prisoners today."

And when Katara and her father get back to the tent, Katara's mother is gone.

At that moment, everything seems to blur: the terrain, the raiders, and all that is left is white space all around them. Katara is back to her normal self: she is sitting with her legs pulled up to her face, a look of quiet contemplation on her face, mingled with sadness.