Lost in thought I wandered through the forest, well, I wasn't so lost in thought, I was on the run. On the run from what? Before my 'father' and my 'sister'.
I was a shadow tamer, the only one left. We are a kind of firebender, but much more powerful. For a long time my people lived deep down in the earth, almost at the core of the earth, almost in complete darkness. But the war didn't pass us by, it reached us and killed everyone. And only because we wanted to help. I was saved when I was just three weeks old. Well, I should stick with the truth, I wasn't saved, no, I was kidnapped.
I was taken to the Fire Lord, who teased me. He taught me how to bend fire.
Just as Azula subdues the blue fire, I subdue black fire. But over time, the flames died down and shadows gave way. It was impossible for me because I didn't know about my Right People.
I was completely cut off from the war, with the reason that my eyes could not tolerate the sunlight very well. What it was had been a mystery to me for a long time. Until one day I rummaged in the library and found old writings on the shadow tamers.
According to legend, the first shadow tamer came about when a very powerful firebender was banished deep into the earth. To where my people lived thousands of years later. He didn't have much space down there but made his place by melting the stone around him with his fire. He burned himself badly, but he didn't mind because he had to think about something how to get out of there.
After several years of hard training down there, he had become a shadow tamer. The shadows had connected with him, how or why I could not see from the scriptures.
Of course, it all sounds very crazy, I didn't believe it myself. But I am living proof that it has to be at least partly true.
But our existence has always been kept top secret, which is why no one could help us in the blow of the Fire Nation.
I was powerful enough now to end the war, at least that's what everyone thought. But it was not like that…
I would never be that powerful. Still, the Fire Lord wanted me dead! And for this reason I am now on the run.
Azula had already caught me and I pressed my left hand to my right side. It hurt a lot and I couldn't walk very far.
I stopped abruptly and turned to face my pursuers. My head tilted slightly to one side and my eyes turned deep black. My way of taming was a little different from that of the other tamers. In the next moment it was pitch black and you could only see the pale gray light of the black fire scurrying through the darkness. In the next moment a scream ... another scream ... and another ...Then I ran on. My eyes closed, it was still dark around me and I saw very well, even with my eyes closed. I didn't run for long, at some point I collapsed. The pain clouded my senses, Azula had hit me many times, but not so hard.

When I woke up the moon shone in the sky, my favorite time of day, the night! I sat up carefully, the pain in my side made me flinch.
"Damn it!" I whispered into the darkness.
"She is awake ...!" I heard a voice a little further away from me.
I didn't know him or her, so despite the pain, I jumped up and got into attacking position. When I could make out the silhouette of a person, I shot a black flame past him, careful not to hit him. It was pure defense! He jumped aside. My eyes were clouded, why did I see so badly? Damn it, I should be aware of every shitty detail around me ...!
Despite my attack, the stranger insisted on getting closer.
"I'm not going to hurt you, don't worry!" He told me, now I was dead sure it was a man!
I did not give up my tense posture, I fixed him with scowl. I was afraid of him, even if I felt that he was not a tamer.
"Stay where you are, stranger!" I yelled at him.
"But- ..." - "You should stop!"
He paused in his stride, no need to relax. "Who are you and where am I?" - "My name is Sokka, I come from the southern water tribe. And you are safe, we found you in the forest. You were badly injured and my sister healed you." he me. "You're from the Fire Nation aren't you?" - "No!" - "But ... You tame fire ..." - "That's a long story ...", I finally gave up my fighting stance, my eyes also fell.
"Come to the fire with me, you are definitely hungry ...", I slowly went to him, I was still suspicious, but I hadn't eaten anything since the last breakfast and who knows how long it was back. Definitely two days.
When I sat down, of course with a little distance from the fire and enough distance from the others, I also examined them.
On the one hand there was a girl with long brown hair and blue eyes, she seemed to have been the one who had healed me. Because she was just taming the liquid content of the saucepan. Then there was a girl, she was blind and had black hair. I couldn't say how long they were, because she had tied them high.
Then there was this sokka, he wore a ponytail, but his hair wasn't very long. He had the same eyes as the girl with the long brown hair. And then there was a boy with no hair. But he had a blue arrow on his head. He had gray eyes.
"That's Katara, Toph and Aang and what's your name anyway?"I had the feeling Sokka liked to talk.
"I'm Kaylin ... last survivor of the people of the shadow tamers ..." - "Wow! There are shadow tamers?", I was interrupted before I could even finish.
For this Aang received a hateful look on my part. "Soon not anymore ... I was raised by the Fire Lord ... it's hard to explain ..." I looked at my hands, where should I start?
"It took a long time until I even knew that I was a… well, shadow tamer. Before that I learned how to bend fire, with black fire. The older I got, the better I got… and now, my foster father just wants me to die! That's why I was on the run, the wound, Azula inflicted on me. I don't know why I'm telling you this ... ", I pulled my legs close to my body and wrapped my arms around them.
"You can join us. And teach me how to tame shadows!" - "It's not that easy!" - "Then fire-taming!" - "Who do you think you are?" I asked irritably.
"For the avatar, that's me too, after all," replied the little one.
I looked at him, too surprised to say anything. I was grinned at stupidly from all sides and I stubbornly turned my head away. It could only happen to me.
I wrapped myself completely in a black ball. My eyes hurt, something was wrong.
Suddenly I felt something damp on my back and started up. I looked around searching. There was a huge bison standing behind me, it also had an arrow on its head. It was cute. But why was it licking me?
I looked the bison deep in the eyes and felt dizzy and for the second time that day I passed out ...