1 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,915 There he is! Cut him off! 2 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,125 Stop in the name of… 3 00:00:41,207 --> 00:00:42,250 Right there! 4 00:00:47,832 --> 00:00:49,165 - Go! - Go! 5 00:00:52,957 --> 00:00:54,290 He's over there! Get him! 6 00:00:58,665 --> 00:01:01,582 - There he is. - Don't let him get away! 7 00:01:07,375 --> 00:01:08,457 After him! 8 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,750 Stop! 9 00:01:33,250 --> 00:01:34,665 An Earthbender. 10 00:01:37,457 --> 00:01:38,457 Hurry! 11 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,207 Come on! 12 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:05,582 Now! Now! 13 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:08,625 He went that way! 14 00:02:12,582 --> 00:02:14,332 Get that to the Earth King. 15 00:02:14,915 --> 00:02:16,625 They're going to start a war! 16 00:02:16,707 --> 00:02:18,457 - There! - Go now! 17 00:02:59,832 --> 00:03:01,082 You're too late. 18 00:03:01,665 --> 00:03:04,707 Your battle plans are already on their way to the Earth Kingdom. 19 00:03:04,790 --> 00:03:05,915 Good. 20 00:03:06,790 --> 00:03:09,707 That means all eyes will be on the Earth Kingdom. 21 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:12,957 All eyes but ours. 22 00:03:16,250 --> 00:03:18,207 We'll be prepared for your attack. 23 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,582 When your king receives those plans, 24 00:03:22,375 --> 00:03:25,165 he will redirect his forces to your borders 25 00:03:26,375 --> 00:03:28,957 and rally the support of the other nations. 26 00:03:29,457 --> 00:03:33,457 The Water Tribes and the Air Nomads and the entire world 27 00:03:33,957 --> 00:03:37,332 will turn their attention to the Earthbenders. 28 00:03:43,582 --> 00:03:45,165 You… you wanted us to know? 29 00:03:49,207 --> 00:03:50,750 We aren't the real target. 30 00:03:54,457 --> 00:03:56,625 My sights are set higher. 31 00:03:57,957 --> 00:03:59,332 Much higher. 32 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,832 Why? 33 00:04:02,875 --> 00:04:03,957 Why are you doing this? 34 00:04:11,332 --> 00:04:13,625 Because it is our time. 35 00:04:25,915 --> 00:04:27,915 A masterful ruse, Your Highness. 36 00:04:28,415 --> 00:04:31,875 But tactically, the Airbenders are not the threat. 37 00:04:33,125 --> 00:04:35,165 This isn't about the Airbenders. 38 00:04:35,750 --> 00:04:37,625 This is about one who lives among them. 39 00:04:37,707 --> 00:04:40,957 The only one who could possibly stand in our way. 40 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,125 But the Avatar is yet to be revealed. 41 00:04:45,332 --> 00:04:48,165 Which is why we have to kill them all. 42 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,250 Water. 43 00:05:00,290 --> 00:05:01,415 Earth. 44 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:05,208 Fire. 45 00:05:07,665 --> 00:05:08,625 Air. 46 00:05:12,290 --> 00:05:15,958 For millennia, the four nations have lived in harmony, 47 00:05:17,207 --> 00:05:19,790 a peace made possible by the Avatar… 48 00:05:23,582 --> 00:05:27,750 the one person with the ability to master all four elements 49 00:05:27,832 --> 00:05:31,250 and protect the delicate balance between nations. 50 00:05:35,165 --> 00:05:36,875 When one Avatar dies, 51 00:05:37,375 --> 00:05:41,500 their spirit is reborn into a new body in an eternal cycle. 52 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,332 Since the death of the last Avatar, 53 00:05:45,415 --> 00:05:48,665 the new incarnation has yet to emerge. 54 00:05:48,750 --> 00:05:53,040 And so Fire Lord Sozin, the ruthless leader of the Fire Nation, 55 00:05:53,125 --> 00:05:57,082 believes this is his moment to launch a merciless campaign 56 00:05:57,165 --> 00:05:58,625 to conquer the world. 57 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:02,083 His first step is to eliminate the one person 58 00:06:02,165 --> 00:06:04,375 who could stand in his way. 59 00:06:04,458 --> 00:06:06,958 The next master of all four elements, 60 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,790 an Airbender who may not be ready for the responsibility of becoming 61 00:06:12,290 --> 00:06:13,540 the Avatar. 62 00:06:58,082 --> 00:06:59,207 Aang! 63 00:07:02,290 --> 00:07:03,165 Aang! 64 00:07:10,375 --> 00:07:11,665 - Hey, look! - Yeah! 65 00:07:16,082 --> 00:07:17,165 Wow! 66 00:07:21,540 --> 00:07:22,665 Who else? 67 00:07:29,750 --> 00:07:30,790 Whoa! 68 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,082 Show-off. 69 00:07:39,665 --> 00:07:42,000 - What? I was just enjoying the view. - Ha. 70 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:45,415 Monk Tsutop was looking for you. 71 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:47,500 You skipped training again! 72 00:07:47,582 --> 00:07:51,375 It's all the same drills. You know I already know all this stuff. 73 00:07:51,457 --> 00:07:52,375 Aang. 74 00:07:53,832 --> 00:07:58,415 You may be more advanced than the others, but there's much you have to learn. 75 00:07:59,082 --> 00:08:00,165 And believe it or not, 76 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:06,250 there may come a day when you wish you'd spent more time with your teachers. 77 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:15,000 Now, you and the other students better go help set up 78 00:08:15,083 --> 00:08:16,750 for the Great Comet Festival. 79 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:19,000 Still a lot of work to be done 80 00:08:19,082 --> 00:08:22,250 before the Air Nomads from the other temples arrive. 81 00:08:22,332 --> 00:08:23,582 How many are coming? 82 00:08:23,665 --> 00:08:26,457 Wait. What's that sound? 83 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,165 Look! Up there! 84 00:08:30,375 --> 00:08:31,707 Look at all of them. 85 00:08:34,082 --> 00:08:35,625 Wow! There's so many! 86 00:08:36,290 --> 00:08:37,875 Look at all of them! 87 00:08:37,957 --> 00:08:39,000 All of them. 88 00:08:41,540 --> 00:08:43,750 Come on, Aang! They're right up there! 89 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:46,207 Wait up! 90 00:08:49,082 --> 00:08:50,082 Did you tell him? 91 00:08:52,957 --> 00:08:55,165 - It wasn't the right time. - The right time? 92 00:08:55,750 --> 00:08:57,915 We don't have the luxury of waiting for the right time. 93 00:08:58,582 --> 00:09:01,082 We need to go talk to the council now. 94 00:09:08,375 --> 00:09:10,541 Aang has always been a prodigy. 95 00:09:10,625 --> 00:09:13,125 The youngest Airbender in history 96 00:09:13,207 --> 00:09:15,582 to receive the markings of a master. 97 00:09:16,166 --> 00:09:18,875 But he is only 12. 98 00:09:18,957 --> 00:09:21,041 We can't ask this of him. 99 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:23,541 Fire Lord Sozin is planning to attack the Earth Kingdom. 100 00:09:23,625 --> 00:09:26,666 The Water Tribes are already sending the warriors to aid the Earthbenders, 101 00:09:26,750 --> 00:09:28,500 and we need to help them as well. 102 00:09:28,582 --> 00:09:30,125 And we need the Avatar. 103 00:09:30,207 --> 00:09:35,207 Yes, Aang is powerful, but there's much he still needs to learn 104 00:09:35,790 --> 00:09:37,500 about responsibility, 105 00:09:37,582 --> 00:09:38,957 expectations, 106 00:09:39,457 --> 00:09:40,790 sacrifice. 107 00:09:41,875 --> 00:09:45,875 Most of all, he needs to know who he is. 108 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,540 If we send him away before he learns these things, 109 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,415 he could fail to be everything we need him to be. 110 00:09:54,957 --> 00:09:57,415 And he and the world 111 00:09:58,165 --> 00:09:59,957 might never recover from that. 112 00:10:00,791 --> 00:10:04,207 The role of the Avatar is a heavy responsibility, 113 00:10:04,791 --> 00:10:06,457 not meant for a child. 114 00:10:07,041 --> 00:10:10,000 But it is not our place to choose who bears that burden, 115 00:10:10,082 --> 00:10:14,166 and I fear you've grown too close to Aang to see that, Brother Gyatso. 116 00:10:14,666 --> 00:10:15,916 Aang must leave immediately 117 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,332 to begin training in the other bending disciplines, 118 00:10:18,916 --> 00:10:19,791 and we can only hope 119 00:10:19,875 --> 00:10:22,500 that it is not too late for him to make a difference. 120 00:10:31,207 --> 00:10:33,250 Are comet festivals always this much work? 121 00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:34,957 Well, the last one was a hundred years ago, 122 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,040 and believe it or not, 123 00:10:36,125 --> 00:10:38,790 I'm actually not old enough to have seen that. 124 00:10:38,875 --> 00:10:42,457 Could have fooled me. 125 00:10:46,207 --> 00:10:48,125 Remember the last time I brought you here? 126 00:10:48,625 --> 00:10:50,415 Sure. When I got my tattoos. 127 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:52,540 Most receive their markings in the main hall, 128 00:10:52,625 --> 00:10:56,957 but I wanted you to receive yours in the presence of Yangchen, 129 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,790 the last Air Nomad to be the Avatar. 130 00:10:59,875 --> 00:11:02,500 When she died, the next Avatar was born 131 00:11:02,582 --> 00:11:05,082 into the following nation in the eternal cycle, 132 00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:07,750 so after Yangchen's death 133 00:11:08,416 --> 00:11:13,125 came Kuruk of the Water Tribes, then Kyoshi of the Earth Kingdom… 134 00:11:13,207 --> 00:11:14,832 And then Roku in the Fire Nation. 135 00:11:14,916 --> 00:11:17,832 Which means the next Avatar 136 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:20,250 will once again be an Airbender. 137 00:11:20,875 --> 00:11:25,707 Her spirit echoes in one of us. 138 00:11:27,166 --> 00:11:30,250 Aang, you have always been special. 139 00:11:30,916 --> 00:11:33,582 The most talented Airbender I have ever known. 140 00:11:34,082 --> 00:11:35,957 I never asked to be special. 141 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,040 But you are. 142 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:39,415 Aang, 143 00:11:40,415 --> 00:11:43,457 you are the Avatar. 144 00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:50,165 The Fire Nation has embarked on a dark path. 145 00:11:50,250 --> 00:11:53,207 Their actions threaten to throw the world out of balance. 146 00:11:53,290 --> 00:11:58,332 Only the Avatar, the one person who can master all four elements, 147 00:11:58,415 --> 00:11:59,707 can save the world. 148 00:12:00,707 --> 00:12:02,332 The world needs the Avatar. 149 00:12:03,457 --> 00:12:05,707 The world needs you, Aang. 150 00:12:06,375 --> 00:12:09,875 You're to leave right away so you can begin training in the other disciplines. 151 00:12:10,832 --> 00:12:12,166 Right away? 152 00:12:12,250 --> 00:12:15,416 Leave my friends? Leave home? Leave you? 153 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:16,541 Now, this 154 00:12:17,582 --> 00:12:19,416 would be a huge burden for anyone, 155 00:12:21,166 --> 00:12:23,125 but you're not just anyone, Aang. 156 00:12:23,625 --> 00:12:25,041 You're strong 157 00:12:25,957 --> 00:12:27,082 and kind 158 00:12:27,832 --> 00:12:29,082 and generous. 159 00:12:30,125 --> 00:12:31,541 Remember that. 160 00:12:31,625 --> 00:12:34,000 Always remember who you are 161 00:12:34,665 --> 00:12:38,040 because I can't imagine a better person to have been given this power. 162 00:12:39,415 --> 00:12:42,540 I don't want… the power. 163 00:12:43,250 --> 00:12:47,875 Which is why you will make a great Avatar. 164 00:12:49,957 --> 00:12:51,750 Why do I have to be different? 165 00:12:53,125 --> 00:12:54,250 Can't I just 166 00:12:55,290 --> 00:12:57,290 keep pretending that I'm your friend? 167 00:13:00,332 --> 00:13:01,625 You are my friend. 168 00:13:03,207 --> 00:13:06,957 You… will always be my friend. 169 00:13:45,290 --> 00:13:46,165 Hey, Appa. 170 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:50,125 Couldn't sleep either, huh? 171 00:13:55,332 --> 00:13:57,500 Gyatso says I'm supposed to be the Avatar. 172 00:13:58,665 --> 00:14:00,875 Me. 173 00:14:00,957 --> 00:14:03,041 Monks don't even trust me to feed the baby bison, 174 00:14:03,125 --> 00:14:05,250 and I'm supposed to save the world? 175 00:14:07,875 --> 00:14:11,041 He said I need to remember who I am. 176 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,875 But I know who I am. 177 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,791 I like to play airball and eat banana cakes 178 00:14:16,875 --> 00:14:18,957 and goof off with my friends. 179 00:14:19,041 --> 00:14:20,250 That's who I am, 180 00:14:21,041 --> 00:14:23,707 not someone who can stop the Fire Nation. 181 00:14:23,791 --> 00:14:25,625 Not someone who can stop a war. 182 00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:34,165 The other kids always say I'm lucky because of the things I could do, 183 00:14:34,250 --> 00:14:36,500 but I'd trade places with any of them. 184 00:14:38,125 --> 00:14:39,707 I don't wanna leave. 185 00:14:39,790 --> 00:14:41,915 I don't want the responsibility. 186 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,957 I'm scared of my power. I'm scared of being alone! 187 00:14:55,250 --> 00:14:56,250 I'm scared. 188 00:15:06,082 --> 00:15:07,041 You're right. 189 00:15:07,625 --> 00:15:10,457 I just need to go up where things always make more sense. 190 00:15:12,207 --> 00:15:13,250 At least for now. 191 00:15:14,166 --> 00:15:16,666 Yip, yip! 192 00:15:38,665 --> 00:15:39,707 Remember, 193 00:15:40,582 --> 00:15:42,040 no survivors. 194 00:16:05,707 --> 00:16:08,166 Brothers and sisters, we're under attack! 195 00:16:18,750 --> 00:16:20,125 Yah! 196 00:16:48,750 --> 00:16:51,040 - What's going on? - Come with me, quickly! 197 00:16:52,582 --> 00:16:53,540 Where's Aang? 198 00:16:54,790 --> 00:16:57,000 Aang! 199 00:17:48,083 --> 00:17:51,000 Quickly, move along. 200 00:17:58,125 --> 00:18:01,040 It's getting kind of rough, Appa. Maybe we should head back home? 201 00:18:12,083 --> 00:18:15,125 That's it. Stay quiet. You'll be safe in there. 202 00:18:15,208 --> 00:18:16,208 Right into the corner. 203 00:18:17,583 --> 00:18:19,040 Stay down. 204 00:18:56,540 --> 00:18:57,750 It's okay, Appa! 205 00:18:57,833 --> 00:18:59,458 Steady! 206 00:20:19,708 --> 00:20:22,208 Oh! 207 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,333 You may have prevailed on another night. 208 00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:53,125 But not when we have the power of the comet! 209 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:01,540 Ah! 210 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,750 Come on! 211 00:22:23,833 --> 00:22:25,083 All right, listen up. 212 00:22:25,708 --> 00:22:27,915 We've been manning the wall in three-hour shifts, 213 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,083 but it seems some of you can't be trusted to stay at your posts. 214 00:22:32,583 --> 00:22:33,790 So from now on, 215 00:22:34,540 --> 00:22:37,915 two people at all times, meaning twice as many shifts. 216 00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:40,790 Is there a problem? 217 00:22:40,875 --> 00:22:43,083 Didn't think so. Okay, back to your duties. 218 00:22:43,165 --> 00:22:45,625 Come on, let's go. 219 00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:47,290 Where are we going? 220 00:22:48,375 --> 00:22:50,125 The fishing boats came back empty. 221 00:22:50,208 --> 00:22:52,750 Just proves if you want something done right, gotta do it yourself. 222 00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:55,500 They don't appreciate your incredible leadership skills. 223 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:57,250 That's right. They don't realize it. 224 00:22:58,290 --> 00:22:59,500 Very funny. 225 00:23:02,750 --> 00:23:03,790 Katara! 226 00:23:11,125 --> 00:23:12,375 So where were you before? 227 00:23:15,125 --> 00:23:17,000 You were waterbending again, weren't you? 228 00:23:18,333 --> 00:23:20,290 Don't worry. No one could see me. 229 00:23:21,375 --> 00:23:22,333 Not that it matters. 230 00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:26,208 Of course it matters. If the Fire Nation finds out you're a Waterbender-- 231 00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:29,415 No one from the Fire Nation has approached the village in years. 232 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,540 Besides, there's nothing to see. 233 00:23:33,415 --> 00:23:35,540 An otter penguin could bend more water than I could. 234 00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:38,665 It's probably for the best. 235 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:41,000 You should be helping out more around the village anyway. 236 00:23:42,458 --> 00:23:44,458 Not everything is about preparing to fight. 237 00:23:45,375 --> 00:23:48,000 -We're at war. -Waterbending is what built our culture. 238 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,665 Our way of life. Keeping it alive is our duty. 239 00:23:50,750 --> 00:23:53,208 -Keeping ourselves alive is our duty. -I know that. 240 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:57,165 -And if Dad were here-- -But he's not here! I am! 241 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:06,750 Katara. 242 00:24:09,583 --> 00:24:12,290 Katara. Sulk later, paddle now. 243 00:24:21,708 --> 00:24:22,625 Good job. 244 00:24:22,708 --> 00:24:24,165 I'm not doing this. 245 00:24:42,750 --> 00:24:44,125 Sokka! 246 00:24:51,915 --> 00:24:52,958 You okay? 247 00:24:55,125 --> 00:24:57,833 Oh no. No, no, that's not good. 248 00:25:03,165 --> 00:25:04,290 What is that? 249 00:25:09,165 --> 00:25:10,415 Huh, weird. 250 00:25:18,708 --> 00:25:21,125 We need to get that canoe, or we're gonna end up as fish food, 251 00:25:22,333 --> 00:25:23,540 which would be ironic. 252 00:25:52,790 --> 00:25:54,665 Maybe I could float over on some ice? 253 00:26:12,208 --> 00:26:14,000 Uh, Katara? 254 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:51,958 Finally. 255 00:27:24,415 --> 00:27:25,708 Where did he come from? 256 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:27,458 I don't know. 257 00:27:29,165 --> 00:27:31,915 Oh! Nice. Nice. We're not gonna die. 258 00:27:33,583 --> 00:27:34,875 Come on. Let's go home. 259 00:27:35,875 --> 00:27:38,750 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What are you doing? 260 00:27:39,333 --> 00:27:41,000 You're not thinking of leaving him? 261 00:27:41,083 --> 00:27:44,790 Katara, a strange, glowy iceberg just exploded and left behind 262 00:27:44,875 --> 00:27:46,540 a mysterious little bald person. 263 00:27:46,625 --> 00:27:50,083 What part of that makes you think, "Great, let's bring him home"? 264 00:27:50,165 --> 00:27:52,540 Sokka, he's just a kid. 265 00:27:53,290 --> 00:27:55,250 We can't just leave him out here. 266 00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:57,875 I don't like this, but why listen to me? 267 00:27:57,958 --> 00:28:00,915 I'm just responsible for the safety of the village. 268 00:28:18,915 --> 00:28:21,790 -He looks dead. -What's that mark on his head? 269 00:28:23,165 --> 00:28:24,333 Let me take a look. 270 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:32,000 It can't be. 271 00:28:32,083 --> 00:28:33,290 What is it, Gran Gran? 272 00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:36,500 This is an Airbender. 273 00:28:36,583 --> 00:28:39,583 It's impossible. Airbenders don't exist anymore. 274 00:28:40,665 --> 00:28:43,165 Well, we won't get any answers until he wakes up. 275 00:28:43,708 --> 00:28:44,833 We need to let him rest. 276 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:47,375 Come on. 277 00:28:58,583 --> 00:29:00,665 The only settlement in that area is Water Tribe Village 278 00:29:00,750 --> 00:29:02,958 in the South Pole territory. That's where we have to go. 279 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,583 -Where you think we'll find the Avatar? -Yes. 280 00:29:05,665 --> 00:29:06,790 Because of the light? 281 00:29:07,665 --> 00:29:09,125 You think I'm imagining things? 282 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:15,583 Sometimes, light beams are nothing more than celestial glimmers in the winter sky. 283 00:29:15,665 --> 00:29:19,583 For three years, I've chased down every hint, every rumor, 284 00:29:19,665 --> 00:29:22,000 every whisper of the Avatar, 285 00:29:22,625 --> 00:29:26,125 and I'll keep doing it for another three years if I have to. 286 00:29:26,208 --> 00:29:29,000 Prince Zuko, I don't think your father would want you-- 287 00:29:29,083 --> 00:29:32,958 My father has banished me until I find the Avatar, 288 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,125 and that's exactly what I'll do. 289 00:29:36,125 --> 00:29:39,665 All I'm saying is, it's hard to see you get your hopes up 290 00:29:39,750 --> 00:29:41,208 every time you see a… 291 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,125 a sign. 292 00:29:48,665 --> 00:29:50,665 It'll all be worth it once I return home in glory 293 00:29:50,750 --> 00:29:53,540 to take my place as the rightful heir to the Fire Lord. 294 00:29:56,708 --> 00:30:00,375 Perhaps it's time to consider that the throne isn't everything. 295 00:30:04,125 --> 00:30:05,500 It may not have been for you. 296 00:30:10,083 --> 00:30:11,165 But for me… 297 00:30:14,458 --> 00:30:15,790 it's my destiny. 298 00:30:40,915 --> 00:30:42,125 Come on. Come on. 299 00:30:53,165 --> 00:30:54,540 Come on. Come on! 300 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:14,958 Got you! 301 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:16,500 Gotcha! 302 00:31:18,290 --> 00:31:19,958 Hey, get away from him! 303 00:31:20,540 --> 00:31:22,750 What are you thinking? Have you forgotten your training? 304 00:31:22,833 --> 00:31:25,290 What'd I say about keeping your guard up? He could be the enemy. 305 00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:26,250 The enemy? 306 00:31:27,208 --> 00:31:28,290 I'm not the enemy. 307 00:31:28,875 --> 00:31:29,958 Then who are you? 308 00:31:30,915 --> 00:31:31,915 I'm Aang. 309 00:31:34,290 --> 00:31:35,333 Where am I? 310 00:31:35,915 --> 00:31:37,790 -How'd I get here? -You tell me. 311 00:31:37,875 --> 00:31:38,750 Wait. 312 00:31:39,625 --> 00:31:40,458 Appa? 313 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:42,500 Appa! 314 00:31:43,208 --> 00:31:44,040 Where's Appa? 315 00:31:45,750 --> 00:31:46,790 Sokka! 316 00:31:47,583 --> 00:31:48,665 Have you seen him? 317 00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:50,125 Yeah. 318 00:31:50,958 --> 00:31:52,750 That's not strange at all. 319 00:31:53,583 --> 00:31:56,000 - This is unbelievable. - Appa! 320 00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:57,875 He is an Airbender. 321 00:32:08,790 --> 00:32:09,958 Have you seen Appa? 322 00:32:10,458 --> 00:32:12,000 My sky bison. 323 00:32:12,958 --> 00:32:16,875 Six legs, horns, brown arrows? 324 00:32:17,415 --> 00:32:18,665 Sky bison. 325 00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:22,040 -Sky bison! -Repeating it doesn't help. 326 00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:27,958 - Whoa! - What is that thing? 327 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,333 Appa! 328 00:32:41,458 --> 00:32:42,583 Sky bison. 329 00:32:46,250 --> 00:32:47,915 You say you went down in the storm? 330 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,165 It came upon us suddenly. 331 00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:52,540 The weather went crazy just after I left home. 332 00:32:52,625 --> 00:32:54,040 The Southern Air Temple. 333 00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:57,333 Where the Air Nomads live. 334 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,083 Well, not all the Air Nomads, 335 00:33:00,165 --> 00:33:03,040 but most of them had just arrived for the Great Comet Festival. 336 00:33:03,125 --> 00:33:04,750 The Great Comet Festival. 337 00:33:07,708 --> 00:33:08,875 Gran Gran? 338 00:33:11,165 --> 00:33:15,290 Water, earth, fire, air. 339 00:33:15,375 --> 00:33:19,333 Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. 340 00:33:19,415 --> 00:33:23,500 Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. 341 00:33:24,083 --> 00:33:27,915 Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, 342 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,208 could stop them. 343 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,958 But when the world needed him most, 344 00:33:33,665 --> 00:33:34,665 he vanished. 345 00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:39,000 And so the Fire Nation marched and laid waste, 346 00:33:39,583 --> 00:33:42,125 plunging us into a time of darkness. 347 00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:45,875 Everyone in the village knows this story, 348 00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:49,583 but you don't, do you, young man? 349 00:33:50,290 --> 00:33:56,125 Just as you don't know that Airbenders haven't been seen in generations 350 00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:59,708 and that the Southern Air Temple was the first to fall, 351 00:34:00,290 --> 00:34:03,875 because you've been trapped in that ice this whole time. 352 00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:07,708 The last time that the Great Comet was seen in the sky 353 00:34:07,790 --> 00:34:11,000 was 100 years ago. 354 00:34:17,708 --> 00:34:19,708 He may seem like just a boy, 355 00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:21,458 but he's much more. 356 00:34:22,958 --> 00:34:26,083 He is the last Airbender. 357 00:34:34,625 --> 00:34:38,250 Of all the places to drag our asses to, he picks the coldest spot in the world. 358 00:34:38,333 --> 00:34:41,458 How come his omens never take us somewhere with hot springs, huh? 359 00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:48,916 -Something you wanna say, Lieutenant Jee? -No, sir. 360 00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:52,791 Let me make something clear. 361 00:34:52,875 --> 00:34:56,750 Our mission is vital to the future of the Fire Nation, 362 00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:59,041 and so we will find the Avatar. 363 00:34:59,750 --> 00:35:02,000 We will prove ourselves worthy, 364 00:35:02,083 --> 00:35:04,708 and we will see our homes and families again… 365 00:35:08,041 --> 00:35:09,500 or we will die trying. 366 00:35:23,541 --> 00:35:24,500 Are you okay? 367 00:35:27,041 --> 00:35:28,583 A hundred years. 368 00:35:29,250 --> 00:35:30,375 All my friends, 369 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,208 everyone I know… 370 00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:36,083 they're all gone. 371 00:35:37,250 --> 00:35:38,625 Um, I'm sorry. 372 00:35:40,583 --> 00:35:43,458 Believe me, I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. 373 00:35:52,666 --> 00:35:55,833 When I was little, I didn't really understand the war 374 00:35:56,541 --> 00:35:58,750 until the night the Firebenders came. 375 00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:02,500 They destroyed everything in their path. 376 00:36:03,791 --> 00:36:04,750 Everything. 377 00:36:06,166 --> 00:36:07,083 Everyone. 378 00:36:10,416 --> 00:36:12,500 Afterwards, our father set out with the other warriors 379 00:36:12,583 --> 00:36:13,916 to hunt down the Firebenders. 380 00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:18,000 That was three years ago, and we haven't seen him since. 381 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:22,750 He had left Sokka in charge when he just turned 13. 382 00:36:23,541 --> 00:36:25,000 I guess he had to grow up fast. 383 00:36:26,833 --> 00:36:27,791 We all did. 384 00:36:30,625 --> 00:36:33,000 We're never really ready 385 00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:35,541 until we have to be. 386 00:36:45,166 --> 00:36:48,541 They were part of the Fire Nation's first attacks on the Water Tribe. 387 00:36:49,291 --> 00:36:50,791 The Firebenders were ruthless. 388 00:36:51,666 --> 00:36:55,166 Since then, the Fire Nation has conquered most of the world. 389 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:58,583 But the Waterbenders are still fighting back, 390 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:00,416 especially in the North. 391 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:02,416 And the Earth Kingdom is still holding strong. 392 00:37:04,208 --> 00:37:05,208 We hope. 393 00:37:08,458 --> 00:37:10,458 I had friends in the Fire Nation. 394 00:37:11,583 --> 00:37:12,875 I used to visit them. 395 00:37:14,250 --> 00:37:16,125 No one visits other nations now. 396 00:37:17,125 --> 00:37:18,833 We're only friends with our own kind. 397 00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:34,291 Good. Your skills have never been sharper. 398 00:37:34,375 --> 00:37:37,291 I need to be at my best when I face the world's ultimate warrior. 399 00:37:37,791 --> 00:37:40,041 They say Avatar Kyoshi took down an entire squadron 400 00:37:40,125 --> 00:37:41,875 of Earth Kingdom soldiers single-handedly. 401 00:37:41,958 --> 00:37:44,125 Well, you've certainly prepared enough. 402 00:37:44,208 --> 00:37:47,333 Now, how about a nice cup of jasmine tea? 403 00:37:51,083 --> 00:37:54,666 Say we find the Avatar, and you're able to defeat him, 404 00:37:54,750 --> 00:37:58,416 a mission your father believed to be impossible. 405 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,125 And so your return home may be… 406 00:38:02,875 --> 00:38:03,875 unexpected. 407 00:38:06,791 --> 00:38:07,750 You're wrong. 408 00:38:18,625 --> 00:38:19,791 No one comes here. 409 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,916 It's quiet and hidden. 410 00:38:32,791 --> 00:38:34,291 You're a Waterbender! 411 00:38:35,458 --> 00:38:37,958 Barely. I'm trying to get better, 412 00:38:38,041 --> 00:38:40,708 but I'm the only Waterbender left in the Southern Tribe. 413 00:38:41,291 --> 00:38:42,791 Sokka doesn't like it when I practice 414 00:38:42,875 --> 00:38:46,000 because he's worried that the Fire Nation will find out and… 415 00:38:47,208 --> 00:38:48,166 And what? 416 00:38:49,708 --> 00:38:53,333 There's a reason I'm the only Waterbender left in the village. 417 00:38:54,416 --> 00:38:56,041 They've killed all the others. 418 00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:58,083 Sokka just doesn't understand. 419 00:38:58,875 --> 00:39:02,291 I'm a warrior. I should be able to do more for our people. 420 00:39:04,541 --> 00:39:08,291 The monks told me bending is about energy and balance. 421 00:39:09,125 --> 00:39:13,250 By feeling the energy around you, you can find balance. 422 00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:16,500 By finding balance, you can feel the energy. 423 00:39:46,208 --> 00:39:47,125 Nice! 424 00:39:47,750 --> 00:39:49,500 I wasn't even really trying. 425 00:39:49,583 --> 00:39:52,666 That's good. You just have to let go. 426 00:39:58,416 --> 00:39:59,416 Katara? 427 00:40:08,958 --> 00:40:11,375 Sokka! Sokka, the Fire Nation. They're-- 428 00:40:11,458 --> 00:40:13,791 I know. We spotted them. Get to your posts now! 429 00:40:15,625 --> 00:40:17,208 -Sokka, the racks-- -Get them loaded. 430 00:40:23,708 --> 00:40:26,166 I don't understand. Why are they here? 431 00:40:26,666 --> 00:40:29,250 After all this time, what could they possibly want? 432 00:40:29,916 --> 00:40:31,041 Him. 433 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,416 He's more than the last Airbender. Aren't you? 434 00:40:36,791 --> 00:40:39,083 You are the Avatar. 435 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:44,375 Aang? 436 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,500 I knew he was hiding something. 437 00:40:50,083 --> 00:40:54,041 When the world needed the Avatar the most, he vanished because he's a coward. 438 00:40:54,125 --> 00:40:56,166 He ran, and people died. 439 00:40:56,250 --> 00:40:58,250 Sokka, they've landed. 440 00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,083 You need to go hide. 441 00:41:01,166 --> 00:41:03,750 -Sokka, I wanna-- -Katara, now. 442 00:41:06,958 --> 00:41:08,916 Come on. We need to get somewhere safe. 443 00:41:26,416 --> 00:41:27,791 I am Prince Zuko. 444 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 Firstborn son of Fire Lord Ozai. 445 00:41:31,833 --> 00:41:33,833 We have no desire to take your homes. 446 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:37,666 We merely seek someone who does not belong here. 447 00:41:38,375 --> 00:41:41,041 Someone who is not one of you. 448 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:43,666 Turn him over now, 449 00:41:44,708 --> 00:41:46,666 or I'll burn this place to the ground. 450 00:41:50,541 --> 00:41:53,041 -Where is he? -Sokka, you can't give him to them-- 451 00:41:53,125 --> 00:41:55,291 -He doesn't belong here. -It's wrong. You know that! 452 00:41:55,375 --> 00:41:57,291 What I know is Dad told me to protect the village. 453 00:41:57,375 --> 00:41:59,416 Yes, but remember what Mom told us too. 454 00:42:00,416 --> 00:42:03,041 She said that we have to protect those who can't protect themselves. 455 00:42:03,125 --> 00:42:05,083 He's lost everything he knows. 456 00:42:05,625 --> 00:42:08,625 -Sokka, don't you see? He's the Avatar! -And he lied to us about it! 457 00:42:09,666 --> 00:42:12,041 I know how hard this responsibility has been for you, 458 00:42:13,041 --> 00:42:15,750 but there's more to being a leader than just catching fish. 459 00:42:15,833 --> 00:42:18,000 You have to give people something to live for. 460 00:42:18,833 --> 00:42:20,833 That's what the Avatar is. He's hope. 461 00:42:21,916 --> 00:42:24,875 And we need that just as much as we need food and shelter. 462 00:42:25,875 --> 00:42:26,708 I know I do. 463 00:42:57,750 --> 00:42:58,916 I am Sokka. 464 00:42:59,791 --> 00:43:00,916 Son of Hakoda. 465 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:01,916 Lord of, uh, 466 00:43:03,041 --> 00:43:04,333 Snow and Ice. 467 00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:07,208 On behalf of the Water Tribe Village of Wolf Cove, 468 00:43:07,291 --> 00:43:10,125 I demand that you leave immediately! 469 00:43:10,833 --> 00:43:12,791 If this is the path you've chosen, 470 00:43:13,541 --> 00:43:14,583 then so be it. 471 00:43:15,458 --> 00:43:19,333 Let's settle this between us! Leader to leader. You really need an army? 472 00:43:19,958 --> 00:43:22,333 I thought you Firebenders had some guts. 473 00:43:22,416 --> 00:43:25,708 Don't fall for it. We overpower them. It's no contest. 474 00:43:25,791 --> 00:43:27,041 Well, where's the glory in that? 475 00:43:30,375 --> 00:43:31,416 I accept. 476 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,583 Who needs an army now? 477 00:44:09,083 --> 00:44:10,041 Leave him alone! 478 00:44:22,833 --> 00:44:23,708 Can't be. 479 00:44:39,166 --> 00:44:40,583 Ah! 480 00:44:50,958 --> 00:44:53,541 Enough games. Burn the whole place to the ground. 481 00:44:54,791 --> 00:44:56,083 No! 482 00:44:56,625 --> 00:44:58,958 I'll go with you. Just leave them alone. 483 00:45:00,916 --> 00:45:02,500 I'm the one you're looking for. 484 00:45:05,791 --> 00:45:07,458 -Get him. -Wait! 485 00:45:09,916 --> 00:45:11,208 It's okay, Katara. 486 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:14,625 No one has ever fought for me before. 487 00:45:17,333 --> 00:45:19,958 I think you're the bravest person I've ever met. 488 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,416 We have to do something. Sokka, we have to help him. Sokka! 489 00:45:56,500 --> 00:45:57,666 Okay, listen up. 490 00:45:57,750 --> 00:46:00,625 Reinforce the braces on the gate, and don't fall behind on drills. 491 00:46:00,708 --> 00:46:03,250 -I saw real sloppiness out there today. -Drills? 492 00:46:03,333 --> 00:46:05,375 And don't let the younger ones push you around. 493 00:46:05,458 --> 00:46:08,375 You gotta let 'em know who's in charge. That's right. 494 00:46:09,791 --> 00:46:10,833 You're in charge. 495 00:46:12,041 --> 00:46:14,916 Now, let's go save that weird kid. 496 00:46:27,208 --> 00:46:31,958 There are many who never imagined this day would ever come, myself included. 497 00:46:33,583 --> 00:46:35,125 Can I ask you something? 498 00:46:36,041 --> 00:46:37,375 -Uh… -Forgive me. 499 00:46:37,958 --> 00:46:40,958 I'm Iroh, son of Fire Lord Azulon. 500 00:46:42,166 --> 00:46:43,125 And of course. 501 00:46:44,791 --> 00:46:47,166 Why did the Fire Nation start this war? 502 00:46:47,250 --> 00:46:48,083 Ah. 503 00:46:49,291 --> 00:46:51,750 Some people say it is within our nature 504 00:46:51,833 --> 00:46:55,166 to expand and consume like fire itself. 505 00:46:56,208 --> 00:46:59,208 Others believe that true stability in this world 506 00:46:59,291 --> 00:47:01,250 can only happen under our rule, 507 00:47:01,833 --> 00:47:05,875 so the drive to conquer is a drive for peace and unity. 508 00:47:05,958 --> 00:47:10,208 But peace comes from respecting life, not killing and destroying. 509 00:47:10,291 --> 00:47:12,083 A noble sentiment, Avatar, 510 00:47:12,166 --> 00:47:14,833 but in the end, for most of us, 511 00:47:14,916 --> 00:47:17,500 it doesn't matter how this war started. 512 00:47:17,583 --> 00:47:19,583 It only matters how it can end. 513 00:47:20,375 --> 00:47:22,791 And the belief is that by capturing you, 514 00:47:23,375 --> 00:47:26,375 the Fire Nation can finally bring that about. 515 00:47:27,541 --> 00:47:29,041 Is that what you believe? 516 00:47:32,125 --> 00:47:37,291 I must leave, but I look forward to many more conversations with you, Avatar. 517 00:47:38,125 --> 00:47:41,958 In the meantime, I'll have some jasmine tea sent to you. 518 00:47:42,041 --> 00:47:43,958 It's quite soothing. 519 00:48:15,041 --> 00:48:16,875 -It won't be easy to catch them. -I know. 520 00:48:16,958 --> 00:48:20,166 Hopefully, we can find a swift current. Maybe draft off their wake. 521 00:48:20,791 --> 00:48:21,958 Or 522 00:48:23,125 --> 00:48:24,666 we could go another way. 523 00:48:25,916 --> 00:48:27,291 You're not serious. 524 00:48:28,250 --> 00:48:32,083 Katara, no! There's no way you're getting me on that… 525 00:49:03,208 --> 00:49:04,666 The Avatars. 526 00:49:25,250 --> 00:49:26,916 Yes, sir, right away. 527 00:49:45,125 --> 00:49:46,458 Stop! 528 00:49:47,666 --> 00:49:48,625 Stop him! 529 00:49:49,666 --> 00:49:51,541 Get him! 530 00:49:55,250 --> 00:49:56,958 Open fire, now! 531 00:50:09,541 --> 00:50:11,708 Ah! 532 00:50:36,208 --> 00:50:37,041 Hey, kid! 533 00:50:37,875 --> 00:50:39,000 Sokka! 534 00:50:46,291 --> 00:50:47,250 Ah! 535 00:51:36,583 --> 00:51:39,666 I can't believe you guys came for me. Thank you. 536 00:51:39,750 --> 00:51:42,083 It's time we showed those flameheads they can't step on us. 537 00:51:44,291 --> 00:51:48,333 The Firebenders aren't gonna give up. They're gonna keep coming after you. 538 00:51:48,416 --> 00:51:50,000 Which means we can't go home. 539 00:51:51,166 --> 00:51:52,708 It would put everyone in danger. 540 00:51:56,791 --> 00:51:58,000 So where do we go? 541 00:53:23,416 --> 00:53:24,416 Gyatso. 542 00:53:33,625 --> 00:53:36,958 Now, this would be a huge burden for anyone, 543 00:53:37,541 --> 00:53:39,625 but you're not just anyone, Aang. 544 00:53:40,833 --> 00:53:42,083 You're strong 545 00:53:42,916 --> 00:53:46,083 and kind and generous. 546 00:53:47,083 --> 00:53:48,208 Remember that. 547 00:53:50,500 --> 00:53:52,833 Always remember who you are. 548 00:54:05,291 --> 00:54:06,125 Aang? 549 00:54:11,875 --> 00:54:14,625 What's happening? What is he doing? 550 00:54:19,375 --> 00:54:20,208 Aang! 551 00:54:20,291 --> 00:54:21,333 Come on! 552 00:54:30,458 --> 00:54:31,291 Aang! 553 00:54:37,250 --> 00:54:39,208 Aang! 554 00:54:39,291 --> 00:54:40,500 Stop this! 555 00:54:44,333 --> 00:54:45,291 Please! 556 00:54:50,833 --> 00:54:51,916 Aang! 557 00:54:54,625 --> 00:54:55,750 Aang, 558 00:54:57,500 --> 00:54:59,958 I can't imagine a better person 559 00:55:00,041 --> 00:55:03,083 to have been given this power. 560 00:55:07,666 --> 00:55:09,125 You are my friend. 561 00:55:11,041 --> 00:55:13,625 You will always be my friend. 562 00:56:16,833 --> 00:56:19,375 So not to be rude, but what was that? 563 00:56:20,125 --> 00:56:21,250 I don't know. 564 00:56:22,583 --> 00:56:24,291 There's so much I don't know. 565 00:56:25,166 --> 00:56:27,958 The monks are gone, and I'm all alone. 566 00:56:29,333 --> 00:56:30,208 You know, 567 00:56:31,416 --> 00:56:33,041 the thing about losing everything 568 00:56:33,125 --> 00:56:35,833 is that that's when you learn how strong you really are. 569 00:56:36,708 --> 00:56:38,041 It's when you learn to fight. 570 00:56:41,125 --> 00:56:44,000 They made the ultimate sacrifice for me. 571 00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:47,208 I need to make sure their deaths weren't in vain. 572 00:56:47,291 --> 00:56:49,416 I need to follow through on what they wanted me to do. 573 00:56:49,500 --> 00:56:52,416 Complete my training and master all the other bending skills 574 00:56:52,500 --> 00:56:54,541 so I can bring balance back to the world. 575 00:56:54,625 --> 00:56:55,708 Oh, is that all? 576 00:56:56,333 --> 00:57:00,041 This was my home, and now it's gone. 577 00:57:03,208 --> 00:57:04,875 It's only after we've lost something 578 00:57:04,958 --> 00:57:07,333 that we realize how much it means to us… 579 00:57:12,583 --> 00:57:14,833 and how we'd do anything to get it back. 580 00:57:18,375 --> 00:57:19,333 Anything. 581 00:57:21,791 --> 00:57:25,708 I don't know where this will all lead, and I don't know if I have what it takes, 582 00:57:26,791 --> 00:57:28,458 but the one thing I do know is 583 00:57:30,291 --> 00:57:31,416 I'm the Avatar, 584 00:57:32,083 --> 00:57:34,250 and this is just the beginning.