1 00:00:36,459 --> 00:00:38,959 There he is! Cut him off! 2 00:00:38,959 --> 00:00:41,168 Stop in the name of... 3 00:00:41,168 --> 00:00:42,293 Right there! 4 00:00:47,876 --> 00:00:49,209 Go! Go! 5 00:00:53,001 --> 00:00:54,334 He's over there! Get him! 6 00:00:58,709 --> 00:01:01,626 There he is. Don't let him get away! 7 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:08,501 After him! 8 00:01:13,084 --> 00:01:14,793 Stop! 9 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:34,709 An Earthbender. 10 00:01:37,501 --> 00:01:38,501 Hurry! 11 00:02:03,043 --> 00:02:04,251 Come on! 12 00:02:04,251 --> 00:02:05,626 Now! Now! 13 00:02:07,543 --> 00:02:08,668 He went that way! 14 00:02:12,626 --> 00:02:14,376 Get that to the Earth King. 15 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:16,668 They're going to start a war! 16 00:02:16,668 --> 00:02:18,501 There! - Go now! 17 00:02:59,876 --> 00:03:01,126 You're too late. 18 00:03:01,709 --> 00:03:04,751 Your battle plans are already on their way to the Earth Kingdom. 19 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:05,959 Good. 20 00:03:06,834 --> 00:03:09,751 That means all eyes will be on the Earth Kingdom. 21 00:03:11,543 --> 00:03:13,001 All eyes but ours. 22 00:03:16,293 --> 00:03:18,251 We'll be prepared for your attack. 23 00:03:19,084 --> 00:03:21,626 When your king receives those plans, 24 00:03:22,418 --> 00:03:25,209 he will redirect his forces to your borders 25 00:03:26,418 --> 00:03:29,001 and rally the support of the other nations. 26 00:03:29,501 --> 00:03:33,501 The Water Tribes and the Air Nomads and the entire world 27 00:03:34,001 --> 00:03:37,376 will turn their attention to the Earthbenders. 28 00:03:43,626 --> 00:03:45,209 You... you wanted us to know? 29 00:03:49,251 --> 00:03:50,793 We aren't the real target. 30 00:03:54,501 --> 00:03:56,668 My sights are set higher. 31 00:03:58,001 --> 00:03:59,376 Much higher. 32 00:04:00,043 --> 00:04:00,876 Why? 33 00:04:02,918 --> 00:04:04,001 Why are you doing this? 34 00:04:11,376 --> 00:04:13,668 Because it is our time. 35 00:04:25,959 --> 00:04:27,959 A masterful ruse, Your Highness. 36 00:04:28,459 --> 00:04:31,918 But tactically, the Airbenders are not the threat. 37 00:04:33,168 --> 00:04:35,209 This isn't about the Airbenders. 38 00:04:35,793 --> 00:04:37,668 This is about one who lives among them. 39 00:04:37,668 --> 00:04:41,001 The only one who could possibly stand in our way. 40 00:04:41,001 --> 00:04:43,168 But the Avatar is yet to be revealed. 41 00:04:45,376 --> 00:04:48,209 Which is why we have to kill them all. 42 00:04:57,043 --> 00:04:58,293 Water. 43 00:05:00,334 --> 00:05:01,459 Earth. 44 00:05:04,084 --> 00:05:05,251 Fire. 45 00:05:07,709 --> 00:05:08,668 Air. 46 00:05:12,334 --> 00:05:16,001 For millennia, the four nations have lived in harmony, 47 00:05:17,251 --> 00:05:19,834 a peace made possible by the Avatar... 48 00:05:23,626 --> 00:05:27,793 the one person with the ability to master all four elements 49 00:05:27,793 --> 00:05:31,293 and protect the delicate balance between nations. 50 00:05:35,209 --> 00:05:36,918 When one Avatar dies, 51 00:05:37,418 --> 00:05:41,543 their spirit is reborn into a new body in an eternal cycle. 52 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:45,376 Since the death of the last Avatar, 53 00:05:45,376 --> 00:05:48,709 the new incarnation has yet to emerge. 54 00:05:48,709 --> 00:05:53,084 And so Fire Lord Sozin, the ruthless leader of the Fire Nation, 55 00:05:53,084 --> 00:05:57,126 believes this is his moment to launch a merciless campaign 56 00:05:57,126 --> 00:05:58,668 to conquer the world. 57 00:05:59,168 --> 00:06:02,126 His first step is to eliminate the one person 58 00:06:02,126 --> 00:06:04,418 who could stand in his way. 59 00:06:04,418 --> 00:06:07,001 The next master of all four elements, 60 00:06:07,001 --> 00:06:11,834 an Airbender who may not be ready for the responsibility of becoming 61 00:06:12,334 --> 00:06:13,584 the Avatar. 62 00:06:58,126 --> 00:06:59,251 Aang! 63 00:07:02,334 --> 00:07:03,209 Aang! 64 00:07:10,418 --> 00:07:11,709 Hey, look! Yeah! 65 00:07:16,126 --> 00:07:17,209 Wow! 66 00:07:21,584 --> 00:07:22,709 Who else? 67 00:07:29,793 --> 00:07:30,834 Whoa! 68 00:07:38,043 --> 00:07:39,126 Show-off. 69 00:07:39,709 --> 00:07:42,043 What? I was just enjoying the view. Ha. 70 00:07:43,543 --> 00:07:45,459 Monk Tsutop was looking for you. 71 00:07:45,459 --> 00:07:47,543 You skipped training again! 72 00:07:47,543 --> 00:07:51,418 It's all the same drills. You know I already know all this stuff. 73 00:07:51,418 --> 00:07:52,418 Aang. 74 00:07:53,876 --> 00:07:58,459 You may be more advanced than the others, but there's much you have to learn. 75 00:07:59,126 --> 00:08:00,209 And believe it or not, 76 00:08:01,543 --> 00:08:06,293 there may come a day when you wish you'd spent more time with your teachers. 77 00:08:11,751 --> 00:08:15,043 Now, you and the other students better go help set up 78 00:08:15,043 --> 00:08:16,793 for the Great Comet Festival. 79 00:08:17,793 --> 00:08:19,043 Still a lot of work to be done 80 00:08:19,043 --> 00:08:22,293 before the Air Nomads from the other temples arrive. 81 00:08:22,293 --> 00:08:23,626 How many are coming? 82 00:08:23,626 --> 00:08:26,501 Wait. What's that sound? 83 00:08:27,043 --> 00:08:28,209 Look! Up there! 84 00:08:30,418 --> 00:08:31,751 Look at all of them. 85 00:08:34,126 --> 00:08:35,668 Wow! There's so many! 86 00:08:36,334 --> 00:08:37,918 Look at all of them! 87 00:08:37,918 --> 00:08:39,043 All of them. 88 00:08:41,584 --> 00:08:43,793 Come on, Aang! They're right up there! 89 00:08:45,084 --> 00:08:46,251 Wait up! 90 00:08:49,043 --> 00:08:50,126 Did you tell him? 91 00:08:53,001 --> 00:08:55,209 It wasn't the right time. The right time? 92 00:08:55,793 --> 00:08:57,959 We don't have the luxury of waiting for the right time. 93 00:08:58,626 --> 00:09:01,126 We need to go talk to the council now. 94 00:09:08,418 --> 00:09:10,584 Aang has always been a prodigy. 95 00:09:10,584 --> 00:09:13,168 The youngest Airbender in history 96 00:09:13,168 --> 00:09:15,626 to receive the markings of a master. 97 00:09:16,209 --> 00:09:18,918 But he is only 12. 98 00:09:18,918 --> 00:09:21,084 We can't ask this of him. 99 00:09:21,084 --> 00:09:23,584 Fire Lord Sozin is planning to attack the Earth Kingdom. 100 00:09:23,584 --> 00:09:26,709 The Water Tribes are already sending the warriors to aid the Earthbenders, 101 00:09:26,709 --> 00:09:28,543 and we need to help them as well. 102 00:09:28,543 --> 00:09:30,168 And we need the Avatar. 103 00:09:30,168 --> 00:09:35,251 Yes, Aang is powerful, but there's much he still needs to learn 104 00:09:35,834 --> 00:09:37,543 about responsibility, 105 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:39,001 expectations, 106 00:09:39,501 --> 00:09:40,834 sacrifice. 107 00:09:41,918 --> 00:09:45,918 Most of all, he needs to know who he is. 108 00:09:47,043 --> 00:09:49,584 If we send him away before he learns these things, 109 00:09:50,084 --> 00:09:53,459 he could fail to be everything we need him to be. 110 00:09:55,001 --> 00:09:57,459 And he and the world 111 00:09:58,209 --> 00:10:00,001 might never recover from that. 112 00:10:00,834 --> 00:10:04,251 The role of the Avatar is a heavy responsibility, 113 00:10:04,834 --> 00:10:06,501 not meant for a child. 114 00:10:07,084 --> 00:10:10,043 But it is not our place to choose who bears that burden, 115 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:14,209 and I fear you've grown too close to Aang to see that, Brother Gyatso. 116 00:10:14,709 --> 00:10:15,959 Aang must leave immediately 117 00:10:15,959 --> 00:10:18,376 to begin training in the other bending disciplines, 118 00:10:18,959 --> 00:10:19,834 and we can only hope 119 00:10:19,834 --> 00:10:22,543 that it is not too late for him to make a difference. 120 00:10:31,251 --> 00:10:33,293 Are comet festivals always this much work? 121 00:10:33,293 --> 00:10:35,001 Well, the last one was a hundred years ago, 122 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:36,084 and believe it or not, 123 00:10:36,084 --> 00:10:38,834 I'm actually not old enough to have seen that. 124 00:10:38,834 --> 00:10:42,501 Could have fooled me. 125 00:10:46,251 --> 00:10:48,168 Remember the last time I brought you here? 126 00:10:48,668 --> 00:10:50,459 Sure. When I got my tattoos. 127 00:10:50,459 --> 00:10:52,584 Most receive their markings in the main hall, 128 00:10:52,584 --> 00:10:57,001 but I wanted you to receive yours in the presence of Yangchen, 129 00:10:57,001 --> 00:10:59,834 the last Air Nomad to be the Avatar. 130 00:10:59,834 --> 00:11:02,543 When she died, the next Avatar was born 131 00:11:02,543 --> 00:11:05,126 into the following nation in the eternal cycle, 132 00:11:05,126 --> 00:11:07,793 so after Yangchen's death 133 00:11:08,459 --> 00:11:13,168 came Kuruk of the Water Tribes, then Kyoshi of the Earth Kingdom... 134 00:11:13,168 --> 00:11:14,876 And then Roku in the Fire Nation. 135 00:11:14,876 --> 00:11:17,876 Which means the next Avatar 136 00:11:18,543 --> 00:11:20,293 will once again be an Airbender. 137 00:11:20,918 --> 00:11:25,751 Her spirit echoes in one of us. 138 00:11:27,209 --> 00:11:30,293 Aang, you have always been special. 139 00:11:30,959 --> 00:11:33,626 The most talented Airbender I have ever known. 140 00:11:34,126 --> 00:11:36,001 I never asked to be special. 141 00:11:36,001 --> 00:11:37,084 But you are. 142 00:11:38,543 --> 00:11:39,459 Aang, 143 00:11:40,459 --> 00:11:43,501 you are the Avatar. 144 00:11:47,001 --> 00:11:50,209 The Fire Nation has embarked on a dark path. 145 00:11:50,209 --> 00:11:53,251 Their actions threaten to throw the world out of balance. 146 00:11:53,251 --> 00:11:58,376 Only the Avatar, the one person who can master all four elements, 147 00:11:58,376 --> 00:11:59,751 can save the world. 148 00:12:00,751 --> 00:12:02,376 The world needs the Avatar. 149 00:12:03,501 --> 00:12:05,751 The world needs you, Aang. 150 00:12:06,418 --> 00:12:09,918 You're to leave right away so you can begin training in the other disciplines. 151 00:12:10,876 --> 00:12:12,209 Right away? 152 00:12:12,209 --> 00:12:15,459 Leave my friends? Leave home? Leave you? 153 00:12:15,459 --> 00:12:16,584 Now, this 154 00:12:17,626 --> 00:12:19,459 would be a huge burden for anyone, 155 00:12:21,209 --> 00:12:23,168 but you're not just anyone, Aang. 156 00:12:23,668 --> 00:12:25,084 You're strong 157 00:12:26,001 --> 00:12:27,126 and kind 158 00:12:27,876 --> 00:12:29,126 and generous. 159 00:12:30,168 --> 00:12:31,584 Remember that. 160 00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:34,043 Always remember who you are 161 00:12:34,709 --> 00:12:38,084 because I can't imagine a better person to have been given this power. 162 00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:42,584 I don't want... the power. 163 00:12:43,293 --> 00:12:47,918 Which is why you will make a great Avatar. 164 00:12:50,001 --> 00:12:51,793 Why do I have to be different? 165 00:12:53,168 --> 00:12:54,293 Can't I just 166 00:12:55,334 --> 00:12:57,334 keep pretending that I'm your friend? 167 00:13:00,376 --> 00:13:01,668 You are my friend. 168 00:13:03,251 --> 00:13:07,001 You... will always be my friend. 169 00:13:45,334 --> 00:13:46,209 Hey, Appa. 170 00:13:48,543 --> 00:13:50,168 Couldn't sleep either, huh? 171 00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:57,543 Gyatso says I'm supposed to be the Avatar. 172 00:13:58,709 --> 00:14:00,918 Me. 173 00:14:00,918 --> 00:14:03,084 Monks don't even trust me to feed the baby bison, 174 00:14:03,084 --> 00:14:05,293 and I'm supposed to save the world? 175 00:14:07,918 --> 00:14:11,084 He said I need to remember who I am. 176 00:14:12,043 --> 00:14:13,918 But I know who I am. 177 00:14:14,543 --> 00:14:16,834 I like to play airball and eat banana cakes 178 00:14:16,834 --> 00:14:19,001 and goof off with my friends. 179 00:14:19,001 --> 00:14:20,293 That's who I am, 180 00:14:21,084 --> 00:14:23,751 not someone who can stop the Fire Nation. 181 00:14:23,751 --> 00:14:25,668 Not someone who can stop a war. 182 00:14:30,709 --> 00:14:34,209 The other kids always say I'm lucky because of the things I could do, 183 00:14:34,209 --> 00:14:36,543 but I'd trade places with any of them. 184 00:14:38,084 --> 00:14:39,751 I don't wanna leave. 185 00:14:39,751 --> 00:14:41,959 I don't want the responsibility. 186 00:14:41,959 --> 00:14:45,001 I'm scared of my power. I'm scared of being alone! 187 00:14:55,293 --> 00:14:56,293 I'm scared. 188 00:15:06,126 --> 00:15:07,084 You're right. 189 00:15:07,668 --> 00:15:10,501 I just need to go up where things always make more sense. 190 00:15:12,251 --> 00:15:13,293 At least for now. 191 00:15:14,209 --> 00:15:16,709 Yip, yip! 192 00:15:38,709 --> 00:15:39,751 Remember, 193 00:15:40,626 --> 00:15:42,084 no survivors. 194 00:16:05,751 --> 00:16:08,209 Brothers and sisters, we're under attack! 195 00:16:18,793 --> 00:16:20,168 Yah! 196 00:16:48,793 --> 00:16:51,084 What's going on? - Come with me, quickly! 197 00:16:52,626 --> 00:16:53,584 Where's Aang? 198 00:16:54,834 --> 00:16:57,043 Aang! 199 00:17:48,126 --> 00:17:51,043 Quickly, move along. 200 00:17:58,084 --> 00:18:01,084 It's getting kind of rough, Appa. Maybe we should head back home? 201 00:18:12,126 --> 00:18:15,168 That's it. Stay quiet. You'll be safe in there. 202 00:18:15,168 --> 00:18:16,251 Right into the corner. 203 00:18:17,626 --> 00:18:19,084 Stay down. 204 00:18:56,584 --> 00:18:57,793 It's okay, Appa! 205 00:18:57,793 --> 00:18:59,501 Steady! 206 00:20:19,751 --> 00:20:22,251 Oh! 207 00:20:43,084 --> 00:20:45,376 You may have prevailed on another night. 208 00:20:49,751 --> 00:20:53,168 But not when we have the power of the comet! 209 00:21:00,168 --> 00:21:01,584 Ah! 210 00:22:13,501 --> 00:22:15,793 Come on! 211 00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:25,126 All right, listen up. 212 00:22:25,751 --> 00:22:27,959 We've been manning the wall in three-hour shifts, 213 00:22:27,959 --> 00:22:32,126 but it seems some of you can't be trusted to stay at your posts. 214 00:22:32,626 --> 00:22:33,834 So from now on, 215 00:22:34,584 --> 00:22:37,959 two people at all times, meaning twice as many shifts. 216 00:22:39,209 --> 00:22:40,834 Is there a problem? 217 00:22:40,834 --> 00:22:43,126 Didn't think so. Okay, back to your duties. 218 00:22:43,126 --> 00:22:45,668 Come on, let's go. 219 00:22:46,209 --> 00:22:47,334 Where are we going? 220 00:22:48,418 --> 00:22:50,168 The fishing boats came back empty. 221 00:22:50,168 --> 00:22:52,793 Just proves if you want something done right, gotta do it yourself. 222 00:22:53,293 --> 00:22:55,543 They don't appreciate your incredible leadership skills. 223 00:22:55,543 --> 00:22:57,293 That's right. They don't realize it. 224 00:22:58,334 --> 00:22:59,543 Very funny. 225 00:23:02,793 --> 00:23:03,834 Katara! 226 00:23:11,168 --> 00:23:12,418 So where were you before? 227 00:23:15,168 --> 00:23:17,043 You were waterbending again, weren't you? 228 00:23:18,376 --> 00:23:20,334 Don't worry. No one could see me. 229 00:23:21,418 --> 00:23:22,376 Not that it matters. 230 00:23:23,376 --> 00:23:26,251 Of course it matters. If the Fire Nation finds out you're a Waterbender-- 231 00:23:26,251 --> 00:23:29,459 No one from the Fire Nation has approached the village in years. 232 00:23:30,043 --> 00:23:32,584 Besides, there's nothing to see. 233 00:23:33,459 --> 00:23:35,584 An otter penguin could bend more water than I could. 234 00:23:37,376 --> 00:23:38,709 It's probably for the best. 235 00:23:38,709 --> 00:23:41,043 You should be helping out more around the village anyway. 236 00:23:42,501 --> 00:23:44,501 Not everything is about preparing to fight. 237 00:23:45,418 --> 00:23:48,043 - We're at war. - Waterbending is what built our culture. 238 00:23:48,543 --> 00:23:50,709 Our way of life. Keeping it alive is our duty. 239 00:23:50,709 --> 00:23:53,251 - Keeping ourselves alive is our duty. - I know that. 240 00:23:54,293 --> 00:23:57,209 - And if Dad were here-- - But he's not here! I am! 241 00:24:05,793 --> 00:24:06,793 Katara. 242 00:24:09,626 --> 00:24:12,334 Katara. Sulk later, paddle now. 243 00:24:21,751 --> 00:24:22,668 Good job. 244 00:24:22,668 --> 00:24:24,209 I'm not doing this. 245 00:24:42,793 --> 00:24:44,168 Sokka! 246 00:24:51,959 --> 00:24:53,001 You okay? 247 00:24:55,168 --> 00:24:57,876 Oh no. No, no, that's not good. 248 00:25:03,209 --> 00:25:04,334 What is that? 249 00:25:09,126 --> 00:25:10,459 Huh, weird. 250 00:25:18,751 --> 00:25:21,168 We need to get that canoe, or we're gonna end up as fish food, 251 00:25:22,376 --> 00:25:23,584 which would be ironic. 252 00:25:52,834 --> 00:25:54,709 Maybe I could float over on some ice? 253 00:26:12,251 --> 00:26:14,043 Uh, Katara? 254 00:26:51,084 --> 00:26:52,001 Finally. 255 00:27:24,459 --> 00:27:25,751 Where did he come from? 256 00:27:26,543 --> 00:27:27,501 I don't know. 257 00:27:29,209 --> 00:27:31,959 Oh! Nice. Nice. We're not gonna die. 258 00:27:33,626 --> 00:27:34,918 Come on. Let's go home. 259 00:27:35,918 --> 00:27:38,793 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What are you doing? 260 00:27:39,376 --> 00:27:41,043 You're not thinking of leaving him? 261 00:27:41,043 --> 00:27:44,834 Katara, a strange, glowy iceberg just exploded and left behind 262 00:27:44,834 --> 00:27:46,584 a mysterious little bald person. 263 00:27:46,584 --> 00:27:50,126 What part of that makes you think, "Great, let's bring him home"? 264 00:27:50,126 --> 00:27:52,584 Sokka, he's just a kid. 265 00:27:53,334 --> 00:27:55,293 We can't just leave him out here. 266 00:27:55,793 --> 00:27:57,918 I don't like this, but why listen to me? 267 00:27:57,918 --> 00:28:00,959 I'm just responsible for the safety of the village. 268 00:28:18,876 --> 00:28:21,834 - He looks dead. - What's that mark on his head? 269 00:28:23,209 --> 00:28:24,376 Let me take a look. 270 00:28:29,543 --> 00:28:32,043 It can't be. 271 00:28:32,043 --> 00:28:33,334 What is it, Gran Gran? 272 00:28:33,918 --> 00:28:36,543 This is an Airbender. 273 00:28:36,543 --> 00:28:39,626 It's impossible. Airbenders don't exist anymore. 274 00:28:40,709 --> 00:28:43,209 Well, we won't get any answers until he wakes up. 275 00:28:43,751 --> 00:28:44,876 We need to let him rest. 276 00:28:46,501 --> 00:28:47,418 Come on. 277 00:28:58,626 --> 00:29:00,709 The only settlement in that area is Water Tribe Village 278 00:29:00,709 --> 00:29:03,001 in the South Pole territory. That's where we have to go. 279 00:29:03,001 --> 00:29:05,626 - Where you think we'll find the Avatar? - Yes. 280 00:29:05,626 --> 00:29:06,834 Because of the light? 281 00:29:07,709 --> 00:29:09,168 You think I'm imagining things? 282 00:29:10,959 --> 00:29:15,626 Sometimes, light beams are nothing more than celestial glimmers in the winter sky. 283 00:29:15,626 --> 00:29:19,626 For three years, I've chased down every hint, every rumor, 284 00:29:19,626 --> 00:29:22,043 every whisper of the Avatar, 285 00:29:22,668 --> 00:29:26,168 and I'll keep doing it for another three years if I have to. 286 00:29:26,168 --> 00:29:29,043 Prince Zuko, I don't think your father would want you-- 287 00:29:29,043 --> 00:29:33,001 My father has banished me until I find the Avatar, 288 00:29:33,001 --> 00:29:35,168 and that's exactly what I'll do. 289 00:29:36,168 --> 00:29:39,709 All I'm saying is, it's hard to see you get your hopes up 290 00:29:39,709 --> 00:29:41,251 every time you see a... 291 00:29:42,084 --> 00:29:43,168 a sign. 292 00:29:48,709 --> 00:29:50,709 It'll all be worth it once I return home in glory 293 00:29:50,709 --> 00:29:53,584 to take my place as the rightful heir to the Fire Lord. 294 00:29:56,751 --> 00:30:00,418 Perhaps it's time to consider that the throne isn't everything. 295 00:30:04,168 --> 00:30:05,543 It may not have been for you. 296 00:30:10,126 --> 00:30:11,209 But for me... 297 00:30:14,501 --> 00:30:15,834 it's my destiny. 298 00:30:40,959 --> 00:30:42,168 Come on. Come on. 299 00:30:53,209 --> 00:30:54,584 Come on. Come on! 300 00:31:14,043 --> 00:31:15,001 Got you! 301 00:31:15,584 --> 00:31:16,543 Gotcha! 302 00:31:18,251 --> 00:31:20,001 Hey, get away from him! 303 00:31:20,584 --> 00:31:22,793 What are you thinking? Have you forgotten your training? 304 00:31:22,793 --> 00:31:25,334 What'd I say about keeping your guard up? He could be the enemy. 305 00:31:25,334 --> 00:31:26,293 The enemy? 306 00:31:27,251 --> 00:31:28,334 I'm not the enemy. 307 00:31:28,918 --> 00:31:30,001 Then who are you? 308 00:31:30,959 --> 00:31:31,959 I'm Aang. 309 00:31:34,334 --> 00:31:35,376 Where am I? 310 00:31:35,959 --> 00:31:37,834 - How'd I get here? - You tell me. 311 00:31:37,834 --> 00:31:38,793 Wait. 312 00:31:39,668 --> 00:31:40,501 Appa? 313 00:31:41,543 --> 00:31:42,543 Appa! 314 00:31:43,251 --> 00:31:44,084 Where's Appa? 315 00:31:45,793 --> 00:31:46,834 Sokka! 316 00:31:47,626 --> 00:31:48,709 Have you seen him? 317 00:31:49,251 --> 00:31:50,168 Yeah. 318 00:31:51,001 --> 00:31:52,793 That's not strange at all. 319 00:31:53,626 --> 00:31:56,043 This is unbelievable. - Appa! 320 00:31:56,043 --> 00:31:57,918 He is an Airbender. 321 00:32:08,834 --> 00:32:10,001 Have you seen Appa? 322 00:32:10,501 --> 00:32:12,043 My sky bison. 323 00:32:13,001 --> 00:32:16,918 Six legs, horns, brown arrows? 324 00:32:17,459 --> 00:32:18,709 Sky bison. 325 00:32:19,251 --> 00:32:22,084 - Sky bison! - Repeating it doesn't help. 326 00:32:25,709 --> 00:32:28,001 Whoa! What is that thing? 327 00:32:30,001 --> 00:32:31,376 Appa! 328 00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:42,626 Sky bison. 329 00:32:46,293 --> 00:32:47,959 You say you went down in the storm? 330 00:32:47,959 --> 00:32:49,209 It came upon us suddenly. 331 00:32:49,793 --> 00:32:52,584 The weather went crazy just after I left home. 332 00:32:52,584 --> 00:32:54,084 The Southern Air Temple. 333 00:32:55,668 --> 00:32:57,376 Where the Air Nomads live. 334 00:32:58,043 --> 00:33:00,126 Well, not all the Air Nomads, 335 00:33:00,126 --> 00:33:03,084 but most of them had just arrived for the Great Comet Festival. 336 00:33:03,084 --> 00:33:04,793 The Great Comet Festival. 337 00:33:07,751 --> 00:33:08,918 Gran Gran? 338 00:33:11,126 --> 00:33:15,334 Water, earth, fire, air. 339 00:33:15,334 --> 00:33:19,376 Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. 340 00:33:19,376 --> 00:33:23,543 Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. 341 00:33:24,126 --> 00:33:27,959 Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, 342 00:33:27,959 --> 00:33:29,251 could stop them. 343 00:33:30,084 --> 00:33:33,001 But when the world needed him most, 344 00:33:33,709 --> 00:33:34,709 he vanished. 345 00:33:36,126 --> 00:33:39,043 And so the Fire Nation marched and laid waste, 346 00:33:39,626 --> 00:33:42,168 plunging us into a time of darkness. 347 00:33:43,376 --> 00:33:45,918 Everyone in the village knows this story, 348 00:33:46,793 --> 00:33:49,626 but you don't, do you, young man? 349 00:33:50,334 --> 00:33:56,168 Just as you don't know that Airbenders haven't been seen in generations 350 00:33:56,168 --> 00:33:59,751 and that the Southern Air Temple was the first to fall, 351 00:34:00,334 --> 00:34:03,918 because you've been trapped in that ice this whole time. 352 00:34:03,918 --> 00:34:07,751 The last time that the Great Comet was seen in the sky 353 00:34:07,751 --> 00:34:11,043 was 100 years ago. 354 00:34:17,751 --> 00:34:19,751 He may seem like just a boy, 355 00:34:19,751 --> 00:34:21,501 but he's much more. 356 00:34:23,001 --> 00:34:26,126 He is the last Airbender. 357 00:34:34,668 --> 00:34:38,293 Of all the places to drag our asses to, he picks the coldest spot in the world. 358 00:34:38,293 --> 00:34:41,501 How come his omens never take us somewhere with hot springs, huh? 359 00:34:46,543 --> 00:34:48,959 - Something you wanna say, Lieutenant Jee? - No, sir. 360 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:52,834 Let me make something clear. 361 00:34:52,834 --> 00:34:56,793 Our mission is vital to the future of the Fire Nation, 362 00:34:56,793 --> 00:34:59,084 and so we will find the Avatar. 363 00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:02,043 We will prove ourselves worthy, 364 00:35:02,043 --> 00:35:04,751 and we will see our homes and families again... 365 00:35:08,084 --> 00:35:09,543 or we will die trying. 366 00:35:23,584 --> 00:35:24,543 Are you okay? 367 00:35:27,084 --> 00:35:28,626 A hundred years. 368 00:35:29,293 --> 00:35:30,418 All my friends, 369 00:35:31,043 --> 00:35:32,251 everyone I know... 370 00:35:34,876 --> 00:35:36,126 they're all gone. 371 00:35:37,293 --> 00:35:38,668 Um, I'm sorry. 372 00:35:40,626 --> 00:35:43,501 Believe me, I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. 373 00:35:52,709 --> 00:35:55,876 When I was little, I didn't really understand the war 374 00:35:56,584 --> 00:35:58,793 until the night the Firebenders came. 375 00:36:00,876 --> 00:36:02,543 They destroyed everything in their path. 376 00:36:03,834 --> 00:36:04,793 Everything. 377 00:36:06,209 --> 00:36:07,126 Everyone. 378 00:36:10,459 --> 00:36:12,543 Afterwards, our father set out with the other warriors 379 00:36:12,543 --> 00:36:13,959 to hunt down the Firebenders. 380 00:36:14,793 --> 00:36:18,043 That was three years ago, and we haven't seen him since. 381 00:36:19,543 --> 00:36:22,793 He had left Sokka in charge when he just turned 13. 382 00:36:23,584 --> 00:36:25,043 I guess he had to grow up fast. 383 00:36:26,876 --> 00:36:27,834 We all did. 384 00:36:30,668 --> 00:36:33,043 We're never really ready 385 00:36:34,376 --> 00:36:35,584 until we have to be. 386 00:36:45,209 --> 00:36:48,584 They were part of the Fire Nation's first attacks on the Water Tribe. 387 00:36:49,334 --> 00:36:50,834 The Firebenders were ruthless. 388 00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:55,209 Since then, the Fire Nation has conquered most of the world. 389 00:36:56,543 --> 00:36:58,626 But the Waterbenders are still fighting back, 390 00:36:59,293 --> 00:37:00,459 especially in the North. 391 00:37:00,459 --> 00:37:02,459 And the Earth Kingdom is still holding strong. 392 00:37:04,251 --> 00:37:05,251 We hope. 393 00:37:08,501 --> 00:37:10,501 I had friends in the Fire Nation. 394 00:37:11,626 --> 00:37:12,918 I used to visit them. 395 00:37:14,293 --> 00:37:16,168 No one visits other nations now. 396 00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:18,876 We're only friends with our own kind. 397 00:37:31,626 --> 00:37:34,334 Good. Your skills have never been sharper. 398 00:37:34,334 --> 00:37:37,334 I need to be at my best when I face the world's ultimate warrior. 399 00:37:37,834 --> 00:37:40,084 They say Avatar Kyoshi took down an entire squadron 400 00:37:40,084 --> 00:37:41,918 of Earth Kingdom soldiers single-handedly. 401 00:37:41,918 --> 00:37:44,168 Well, you've certainly prepared enough. 402 00:37:44,168 --> 00:37:47,376 Now, how about a nice cup of jasmine tea? 403 00:37:51,126 --> 00:37:54,709 Say we find the Avatar, and you're able to defeat him, 404 00:37:54,709 --> 00:37:58,459 a mission your father believed to be impossible. 405 00:37:58,459 --> 00:38:01,168 And so your return home may be... 406 00:38:02,918 --> 00:38:03,918 unexpected. 407 00:38:06,834 --> 00:38:07,793 You're wrong. 408 00:38:18,668 --> 00:38:19,834 No one comes here. 409 00:38:21,543 --> 00:38:23,959 It's quiet and hidden. 410 00:38:32,834 --> 00:38:34,334 You're a Waterbender! 411 00:38:35,501 --> 00:38:38,001 Barely. I'm trying to get better, 412 00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:40,751 but I'm the only Waterbender left in the Southern Tribe. 413 00:38:41,334 --> 00:38:42,834 Sokka doesn't like it when I practice 414 00:38:42,834 --> 00:38:46,043 because he's worried that the Fire Nation will find out and... 415 00:38:47,251 --> 00:38:48,209 And what? 416 00:38:49,751 --> 00:38:53,376 There's a reason I'm the only Waterbender left in the village. 417 00:38:54,459 --> 00:38:56,084 They've killed all the others. 418 00:38:56,084 --> 00:38:58,126 Sokka just doesn't understand. 419 00:38:58,918 --> 00:39:02,334 I'm a warrior. I should be able to do more for our people. 420 00:39:04,584 --> 00:39:08,334 The monks told me bending is about energy and balance. 421 00:39:09,168 --> 00:39:13,293 By feeling the energy around you, you can find balance. 422 00:39:13,293 --> 00:39:16,543 By finding balance, you can feel the energy. 423 00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:47,168 Nice! 424 00:39:47,793 --> 00:39:49,543 I wasn't even really trying. 425 00:39:49,543 --> 00:39:52,709 That's good. You just have to let go. 426 00:39:58,459 --> 00:39:59,459 Katara? 427 00:40:09,001 --> 00:40:11,418 Sokka! Sokka, the Fire Nation. They're-- 428 00:40:11,418 --> 00:40:13,834 I know. We spotted them. Get to your posts now! 429 00:40:15,668 --> 00:40:17,251 - Sokka, the racks-- - Get them loaded. 430 00:40:23,751 --> 00:40:26,209 I don't understand. Why are they here? 431 00:40:26,709 --> 00:40:29,293 After all this time, what could they possibly want? 432 00:40:29,959 --> 00:40:31,084 Him. 433 00:40:32,043 --> 00:40:35,459 He's more than the last Airbender. Aren't you? 434 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:39,126 You are the Avatar. 435 00:40:43,543 --> 00:40:44,418 Aang? 436 00:40:48,043 --> 00:40:49,543 I knew he was hiding something. 437 00:40:50,126 --> 00:40:54,084 When the world needed the Avatar the most, he vanished because he's a coward. 438 00:40:54,084 --> 00:40:56,209 He ran, and people died. 439 00:40:56,209 --> 00:40:58,293 Sokka, they've landed. 440 00:41:00,168 --> 00:41:01,126 You need to go hide. 441 00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:03,793 - Sokka, I wanna-- - Katara, now. 442 00:41:07,001 --> 00:41:08,959 Come on. We need to get somewhere safe. 443 00:41:26,459 --> 00:41:27,834 I am Prince Zuko. 444 00:41:29,043 --> 00:41:31,043 Firstborn son of Fire Lord Ozai. 445 00:41:31,876 --> 00:41:33,876 We have no desire to take your homes. 446 00:41:34,543 --> 00:41:37,709 We merely seek someone who does not belong here. 447 00:41:38,418 --> 00:41:41,084 Someone who is not one of you. 448 00:41:42,293 --> 00:41:43,709 Turn him over now, 449 00:41:44,751 --> 00:41:46,709 or I'll burn this place to the ground. 450 00:41:50,584 --> 00:41:53,084 - Where is he? - Sokka, you can't give him to them-- 451 00:41:53,084 --> 00:41:55,334 - He doesn't belong here. - It's wrong. You know that! 452 00:41:55,334 --> 00:41:57,334 What I know is Dad told me to protect the village. 453 00:41:57,334 --> 00:41:59,459 Yes, but remember what Mom told us too. 454 00:42:00,459 --> 00:42:03,084 She said that we have to protect those who can't protect themselves. 455 00:42:03,084 --> 00:42:05,126 He's lost everything he knows. 456 00:42:05,668 --> 00:42:08,668 - Sokka, don't you see? He's the Avatar! - And he lied to us about it! 457 00:42:09,709 --> 00:42:12,084 I know how hard this responsibility has been for you, 458 00:42:13,084 --> 00:42:15,793 but there's more to being a leader than just catching fish. 459 00:42:15,793 --> 00:42:18,043 You have to give people something to live for. 460 00:42:18,876 --> 00:42:20,876 That's what the Avatar is. He's hope. 461 00:42:21,959 --> 00:42:24,918 And we need that just as much as we need food and shelter. 462 00:42:25,918 --> 00:42:26,751 I know I do. 463 00:42:57,793 --> 00:42:58,959 I am Sokka. 464 00:42:59,834 --> 00:43:00,959 Son of Hakoda. 465 00:43:00,959 --> 00:43:01,959 Lord of, uh, 466 00:43:03,084 --> 00:43:04,376 Snow and Ice. 467 00:43:04,959 --> 00:43:07,251 On behalf of the Water Tribe Village of Wolf Cove, 468 00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:10,168 I demand that you leave immediately! 469 00:43:10,876 --> 00:43:12,834 If this is the path you've chosen, 470 00:43:13,584 --> 00:43:14,626 then so be it. 471 00:43:15,501 --> 00:43:19,376 Let's settle this between us! Leader to leader. You really need an army? 472 00:43:20,001 --> 00:43:22,376 I thought you Firebenders had some guts. 473 00:43:22,376 --> 00:43:25,751 Don't fall for it. We overpower them. It's no contest. 474 00:43:25,751 --> 00:43:27,084 Well, where's the glory in that? 475 00:43:30,418 --> 00:43:31,459 I accept. 476 00:43:55,043 --> 00:43:56,626 Who needs an army now? 477 00:44:09,043 --> 00:44:10,084 Leave him alone! 478 00:44:22,876 --> 00:44:23,751 Can't be. 479 00:44:39,209 --> 00:44:40,626 Ah! 480 00:44:51,001 --> 00:44:53,584 Enough games. Burn the whole place to the ground. 481 00:44:54,834 --> 00:44:56,126 No! 482 00:44:56,668 --> 00:44:59,001 I'll go with you. Just leave them alone. 483 00:45:00,959 --> 00:45:02,543 I'm the one you're looking for. 484 00:45:05,834 --> 00:45:07,501 - Get him. - Wait! 485 00:45:09,959 --> 00:45:11,251 It's okay, Katara. 486 00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:14,668 No one has ever fought for me before. 487 00:45:17,376 --> 00:45:20,001 I think you're the bravest person I've ever met. 488 00:45:53,043 --> 00:45:56,459 We have to do something. Sokka, we have to help him. Sokka! 489 00:45:56,459 --> 00:45:57,709 Okay, listen up. 490 00:45:57,709 --> 00:46:00,668 Reinforce the braces on the gate, and don't fall behind on drills. 491 00:46:00,668 --> 00:46:03,293 - I saw real sloppiness out there today. - Drills? 492 00:46:03,293 --> 00:46:05,418 And don't let the younger ones push you around. 493 00:46:05,418 --> 00:46:08,418 You gotta let 'em know who's in charge. That's right. 494 00:46:09,834 --> 00:46:10,876 You're in charge. 495 00:46:12,084 --> 00:46:14,959 Now, let's go save that weird kid. 496 00:46:27,168 --> 00:46:32,001 There are many who never imagined this day would ever come, myself included. 497 00:46:33,626 --> 00:46:35,168 Can I ask you something? 498 00:46:36,084 --> 00:46:37,418 - Uh... - Forgive me. 499 00:46:38,001 --> 00:46:41,001 I'm Iroh, son of Fire Lord Azulon. 500 00:46:42,209 --> 00:46:43,168 And of course. 501 00:46:44,834 --> 00:46:47,209 Why did the Fire Nation start this war? 502 00:46:47,209 --> 00:46:48,126 Ah. 503 00:46:49,334 --> 00:46:51,793 Some people say it is within our nature 504 00:46:51,793 --> 00:46:55,209 to expand and consume like fire itself. 505 00:46:56,251 --> 00:46:59,251 Others believe that true stability in this world 506 00:46:59,251 --> 00:47:01,293 can only happen under our rule, 507 00:47:01,876 --> 00:47:05,918 so the drive to conquer is a drive for peace and unity. 508 00:47:05,918 --> 00:47:10,251 But peace comes from respecting life, not killing and destroying. 509 00:47:10,251 --> 00:47:12,126 A noble sentiment, Avatar, 510 00:47:12,126 --> 00:47:14,876 but in the end, for most of us, 511 00:47:14,876 --> 00:47:17,543 it doesn't matter how this war started. 512 00:47:17,543 --> 00:47:19,626 It only matters how it can end. 513 00:47:20,418 --> 00:47:22,834 And the belief is that by capturing you, 514 00:47:23,418 --> 00:47:26,418 the Fire Nation can finally bring that about. 515 00:47:27,584 --> 00:47:29,084 Is that what you believe? 516 00:47:32,168 --> 00:47:37,334 I must leave, but I look forward to many more conversations with you, Avatar. 517 00:47:38,168 --> 00:47:42,001 In the meantime, I'll have some jasmine tea sent to you. 518 00:47:42,001 --> 00:47:44,001 It's quite soothing. 519 00:48:15,084 --> 00:48:16,918 - It won't be easy to catch them. - I know. 520 00:48:16,918 --> 00:48:20,209 Hopefully, we can find a swift current. Maybe draft off their wake. 521 00:48:20,834 --> 00:48:22,001 Or 522 00:48:23,168 --> 00:48:24,709 we could go another way. 523 00:48:25,959 --> 00:48:27,334 You're not serious. 524 00:48:28,293 --> 00:48:32,126 Katara, no! There's no way you're getting me on that... 525 00:49:03,251 --> 00:49:04,709 The Avatars. 526 00:49:25,293 --> 00:49:26,959 Yes, sir, right away. 527 00:49:45,084 --> 00:49:46,501 Stop! 528 00:49:47,626 --> 00:49:48,668 Stop him! 529 00:49:49,709 --> 00:49:51,584 Get him! 530 00:49:55,293 --> 00:49:57,001 Open fire, now! 531 00:50:09,584 --> 00:50:11,751 Ah! 532 00:50:36,251 --> 00:50:37,084 Hey, kid! 533 00:50:37,918 --> 00:50:39,043 Sokka! 534 00:50:46,251 --> 00:50:47,293 Ah! 535 00:51:36,626 --> 00:51:39,709 I can't believe you guys came for me. Thank you. 536 00:51:39,709 --> 00:51:42,126 It's time we showed those flameheads they can't step on us. 537 00:51:44,334 --> 00:51:48,376 The Firebenders aren't gonna give up. They're gonna keep coming after you. 538 00:51:48,376 --> 00:51:50,043 Which means we can't go home. 539 00:51:51,209 --> 00:51:52,751 It would put everyone in danger. 540 00:51:56,834 --> 00:51:58,043 So where do we go? 541 00:53:23,459 --> 00:53:24,459 Gyatso. 542 00:53:33,584 --> 00:53:37,001 Now, this would be a huge burden for anyone, 543 00:53:37,584 --> 00:53:39,668 but you're not just anyone, Aang. 544 00:53:40,876 --> 00:53:42,126 You're strong 545 00:53:42,959 --> 00:53:46,126 and kind and generous. 546 00:53:47,126 --> 00:53:48,251 Remember that. 547 00:53:50,543 --> 00:53:52,876 Always remember who you are. 548 00:54:05,334 --> 00:54:06,168 Aang? 549 00:54:11,834 --> 00:54:14,668 What's happening? What is he doing? 550 00:54:19,418 --> 00:54:20,251 Aang! 551 00:54:20,251 --> 00:54:21,376 Come on! 552 00:54:30,501 --> 00:54:31,334 Aang! 553 00:54:37,209 --> 00:54:39,251 Aang! 554 00:54:39,251 --> 00:54:40,543 Stop this! 555 00:54:44,376 --> 00:54:45,334 Please! 556 00:54:50,876 --> 00:54:51,959 Aang! 557 00:54:54,668 --> 00:54:55,793 Aang, 558 00:54:57,543 --> 00:55:00,001 I can't imagine a better person 559 00:55:00,001 --> 00:55:03,126 to have been given this power. 560 00:55:07,709 --> 00:55:09,168 You are my friend. 561 00:55:11,084 --> 00:55:13,668 You will always be my friend. 562 00:56:16,876 --> 00:56:19,418 So not to be rude, but what was that? 563 00:56:20,168 --> 00:56:21,293 I don't know. 564 00:56:22,626 --> 00:56:24,334 There's so much I don't know. 565 00:56:25,209 --> 00:56:28,001 The monks are gone, and I'm all alone. 566 00:56:29,376 --> 00:56:30,251 You know, 567 00:56:31,459 --> 00:56:33,084 the thing about losing everything 568 00:56:33,084 --> 00:56:35,876 is that that's when you learn how strong you really are. 569 00:56:36,751 --> 00:56:38,084 It's when you learn to fight. 570 00:56:41,168 --> 00:56:44,043 They made the ultimate sacrifice for me. 571 00:56:45,043 --> 00:56:47,251 I need to make sure their deaths weren't in vain. 572 00:56:47,251 --> 00:56:49,459 I need to follow through on what they wanted me to do. 573 00:56:49,459 --> 00:56:52,459 Complete my training and master all the other bending skills 574 00:56:52,459 --> 00:56:54,584 so I can bring balance back to the world. 575 00:56:54,584 --> 00:56:55,751 Oh, is that all? 576 00:56:56,376 --> 00:57:00,084 This was my home, and now it's gone. 577 00:57:03,251 --> 00:57:04,918 It's only after we've lost something 578 00:57:04,918 --> 00:57:07,376 that we realize how much it means to us... 579 00:57:12,626 --> 00:57:14,876 and how we'd do anything to get it back. 580 00:57:18,418 --> 00:57:19,376 Anything. 581 00:57:21,834 --> 00:57:25,751 I don't know where this will all lead, and I don't know if I have what it takes, 582 00:57:26,834 --> 00:57:28,501 but the one thing I do know is 583 00:57:30,334 --> 00:57:31,459 I'm the Avatar, 584 00:57:32,126 --> 00:57:34,293 and this is just the beginning.