WEBVTT 00:00:36.416 --> 00:00:38.916 align:center There he is! Cut him off! 00:00:38.916 --> 00:00:41.125 align:center Stop in the name of... 00:00:41.125 --> 00:00:42.250 align:center Right there! 00:00:47.833 --> 00:00:49.166 align:center Go! Go! 00:00:52.958 --> 00:00:54.291 align:center He's over there! Get him! 00:00:58.666 --> 00:01:01.583 align:center There he is. Don't let him get away! 00:01:07.291 --> 00:01:08.458 align:center After him! 00:01:13.041 --> 00:01:14.750 align:center Stop! 00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:34.666 align:center An Earthbender. 00:01:37.458 --> 00:01:38.458 align:center Hurry! 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:04.208 align:center Come on! 00:02:04.208 --> 00:02:05.583 align:center Now! Now! 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:08.625 align:center He went that way! 00:02:12.583 --> 00:02:14.333 align:center Get that to the Earth King. 00:02:14.916 --> 00:02:16.625 align:center They're going to start a war! 00:02:16.625 --> 00:02:18.458 align:center There! - Go now! 00:02:59.833 --> 00:03:01.083 align:center You're too late. 00:03:01.666 --> 00:03:04.708 align:center Your battle plans are already on their way to the Earth Kingdom. 00:03:04.708 --> 00:03:05.916 align:center Good. 00:03:06.791 --> 00:03:09.708 align:center That means all eyes will be on the Earth Kingdom. 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:12.958 align:center All eyes but ours. 00:03:16.250 --> 00:03:18.208 align:center We'll be prepared for your attack. 00:03:19.041 --> 00:03:21.583 align:center When your king receives those plans, 00:03:22.375 --> 00:03:25.166 align:center he will redirect his forces to your borders 00:03:26.375 --> 00:03:28.958 align:center and rally the support of the other nations. 00:03:29.458 --> 00:03:33.458 align:center The Water Tribes and the Air Nomads and the entire world 00:03:33.958 --> 00:03:37.333 align:center will turn their attention to the Earthbenders. 00:03:43.583 --> 00:03:45.166 align:center You... you wanted us to know? 00:03:49.208 --> 00:03:50.750 align:center We aren't the real target. 00:03:54.458 --> 00:03:56.625 align:center My sights are set higher. 00:03:57.958 --> 00:03:59.333 align:center Much higher. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:00.833 align:center Why? 00:04:02.875 --> 00:04:03.958 align:center Why are you doing this? 00:04:11.333 --> 00:04:13.625 align:center Because it is our time. 00:04:25.916 --> 00:04:27.916 align:center A masterful ruse, Your Highness. 00:04:28.416 --> 00:04:31.875 align:center But tactically, the Airbenders are not the threat. 00:04:33.125 --> 00:04:35.166 align:center This isn't about the Airbenders. 00:04:35.750 --> 00:04:37.625 align:center This is about one who lives among them. 00:04:37.625 --> 00:04:40.958 align:center The only one who could possibly stand in our way. 00:04:40.958 --> 00:04:43.125 align:center But the Avatar is yet to be revealed. 00:04:45.333 --> 00:04:48.166 align:center Which is why we have to kill them all. 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:58.250 align:center Water. 00:05:00.291 --> 00:05:01.416 align:center Earth. 00:05:04.041 --> 00:05:05.208 align:center Fire. 00:05:07.666 --> 00:05:08.625 align:center Air. 00:05:12.291 --> 00:05:15.958 align:center For millennia, the four nations have lived in harmony, 00:05:17.208 --> 00:05:19.791 align:center a peace made possible by the Avatar... 00:05:23.583 --> 00:05:27.750 align:center the one person with the ability to master all four elements 00:05:27.750 --> 00:05:31.250 align:center and protect the delicate balance between nations. 00:05:35.166 --> 00:05:36.875 align:center When one Avatar dies, 00:05:37.375 --> 00:05:41.500 align:center their spirit is reborn into a new body in an eternal cycle. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:45.333 align:center Since the death of the last Avatar, 00:05:45.333 --> 00:05:48.666 align:center the new incarnation has yet to emerge. 00:05:48.666 --> 00:05:53.041 align:center And so Fire Lord Sozin, the ruthless leader of the Fire Nation, 00:05:53.041 --> 00:05:57.083 align:center believes this is his moment to launch a merciless campaign 00:05:57.083 --> 00:05:58.625 align:center to conquer the world. 00:05:59.125 --> 00:06:02.083 align:center His first step is to eliminate the one person 00:06:02.083 --> 00:06:04.375 align:center who could stand in his way. 00:06:04.375 --> 00:06:06.958 align:center The next master of all four elements, 00:06:06.958 --> 00:06:11.791 align:center an Airbender who may not be ready for the responsibility of becoming 00:06:12.291 --> 00:06:13.541 align:center the Avatar. 00:06:58.083 --> 00:06:59.208 align:center Aang! 00:07:02.291 --> 00:07:03.166 align:center Aang! 00:07:10.375 --> 00:07:11.666 align:center Hey, look! Yeah! 00:07:16.083 --> 00:07:17.166 align:center Wow! 00:07:21.541 --> 00:07:22.666 align:center Who else? 00:07:29.750 --> 00:07:30.791 align:center Whoa! 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:39.083 align:center Show-off. 00:07:39.666 --> 00:07:42.000 align:center What? I was just enjoying the view. Ha. 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:45.416 align:center Monk Tsutop was looking for you. 00:07:45.416 --> 00:07:47.500 align:center You skipped training again! 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:51.375 align:center It's all the same drills. You know I already know all this stuff. 00:07:51.375 --> 00:07:52.375 align:center Aang. 00:07:53.833 --> 00:07:58.416 align:center You may be more advanced than the others, but there's much you have to learn. 00:07:59.083 --> 00:08:00.166 align:center And believe it or not, 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:06.250 align:center there may come a day when you wish you'd spent more time with your teachers. 00:08:11.708 --> 00:08:15.000 align:center Now, you and the other students better go help set up 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:16.750 align:center for the Great Comet Festival. 00:08:17.750 --> 00:08:19.000 align:center Still a lot of work to be done 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.250 align:center before the Air Nomads from the other temples arrive. 00:08:22.250 --> 00:08:23.583 align:center How many are coming? 00:08:23.583 --> 00:08:26.458 align:center Wait. What's that sound? 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:28.166 align:center Look! Up there! 00:08:30.375 --> 00:08:31.708 align:center Look at all of them. 00:08:34.083 --> 00:08:35.625 align:center Wow! There's so many! 00:08:36.291 --> 00:08:37.875 align:center Look at all of them! 00:08:37.875 --> 00:08:39.000 align:center All of them. 00:08:41.541 --> 00:08:43.750 align:center Come on, Aang! They're right up there! 00:08:45.041 --> 00:08:46.208 align:center Wait up! 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.083 align:center Did you tell him? 00:08:52.958 --> 00:08:55.166 align:center It wasn't the right time. The right time? 00:08:55.750 --> 00:08:57.916 align:center We don't have the luxury of waiting for the right time. 00:08:58.583 --> 00:09:01.083 align:center We need to go talk to the council now. 00:09:08.375 --> 00:09:10.541 align:center Aang has always been a prodigy. 00:09:10.541 --> 00:09:13.125 align:center The youngest Airbender in history 00:09:13.125 --> 00:09:15.583 align:center to receive the markings of a master. 00:09:16.166 --> 00:09:18.875 align:center But he is only 12. 00:09:18.875 --> 00:09:21.041 align:center We can't ask this of him. 00:09:21.041 --> 00:09:23.541 align:center Fire Lord Sozin is planning to attack the Earth Kingdom. 00:09:23.541 --> 00:09:26.666 align:center The Water Tribes are already sending the warriors to aid the Earthbenders, 00:09:26.666 --> 00:09:28.500 align:center and we need to help them as well. 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:30.125 align:center And we need the Avatar. 00:09:30.125 --> 00:09:35.208 align:center Yes, Aang is powerful, but there's much he still needs to learn 00:09:35.791 --> 00:09:37.500 align:center about responsibility, 00:09:37.500 --> 00:09:38.958 align:center expectations, 00:09:39.458 --> 00:09:40.791 align:center sacrifice. 00:09:41.875 --> 00:09:45.875 align:center Most of all, he needs to know who he is. 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:49.541 align:center If we send him away before he learns these things, 00:09:50.041 --> 00:09:53.416 align:center he could fail to be everything we need him to be. 00:09:54.958 --> 00:09:57.416 align:center And he and the world 00:09:58.166 --> 00:09:59.958 align:center might never recover from that. 00:10:00.791 --> 00:10:04.208 align:center The role of the Avatar is a heavy responsibility, 00:10:04.791 --> 00:10:06.458 align:center not meant for a child. 00:10:07.041 --> 00:10:10.000 align:center But it is not our place to choose who bears that burden, 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:14.166 align:center and I fear you've grown too close to Aang to see that, Brother Gyatso. 00:10:14.666 --> 00:10:15.916 align:center Aang must leave immediately 00:10:15.916 --> 00:10:18.333 align:center to begin training in the other bending disciplines, 00:10:18.916 --> 00:10:19.791 align:center and we can only hope 00:10:19.791 --> 00:10:22.500 align:center that it is not too late for him to make a difference. 00:10:31.208 --> 00:10:33.250 align:center Are comet festivals always this much work? 00:10:33.250 --> 00:10:34.958 align:center Well, the last one was a hundred years ago, 00:10:34.958 --> 00:10:36.041 align:center and believe it or not, 00:10:36.041 --> 00:10:38.791 align:center I'm actually not old enough to have seen that. 00:10:38.791 --> 00:10:42.458 align:center Could have fooled me. 00:10:46.208 --> 00:10:48.125 align:center Remember the last time I brought you here? 00:10:48.625 --> 00:10:50.416 align:center Sure. When I got my tattoos. 00:10:50.416 --> 00:10:52.541 align:center Most receive their markings in the main hall, 00:10:52.541 --> 00:10:56.958 align:center but I wanted you to receive yours in the presence of Yangchen, 00:10:56.958 --> 00:10:59.791 align:center the last Air Nomad to be the Avatar. 00:10:59.791 --> 00:11:02.500 align:center When she died, the next Avatar was born 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:05.083 align:center into the following nation in the eternal cycle, 00:11:05.083 --> 00:11:07.750 align:center so after Yangchen's death 00:11:08.416 --> 00:11:13.125 align:center came Kuruk of the Water Tribes, then Kyoshi of the Earth Kingdom... 00:11:13.125 --> 00:11:14.833 align:center And then Roku in the Fire Nation. 00:11:14.833 --> 00:11:17.833 align:center Which means the next Avatar 00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:20.250 align:center will once again be an Airbender. 00:11:20.875 --> 00:11:25.708 align:center Her spirit echoes in one of us. 00:11:27.166 --> 00:11:30.250 align:center Aang, you have always been special. 00:11:30.916 --> 00:11:33.583 align:center The most talented Airbender I have ever known. 00:11:34.083 --> 00:11:35.958 align:center I never asked to be special. 00:11:35.958 --> 00:11:37.041 align:center But you are. 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:39.416 align:center Aang, 00:11:40.416 --> 00:11:43.458 align:center you are the Avatar. 00:11:46.958 --> 00:11:50.166 align:center The Fire Nation has embarked on a dark path. 00:11:50.166 --> 00:11:53.208 align:center Their actions threaten to throw the world out of balance. 00:11:53.208 --> 00:11:58.333 align:center Only the Avatar, the one person who can master all four elements, 00:11:58.333 --> 00:11:59.708 align:center can save the world. 00:12:00.708 --> 00:12:02.333 align:center The world needs the Avatar. 00:12:03.458 --> 00:12:05.708 align:center The world needs you, Aang. 00:12:06.375 --> 00:12:09.875 align:center You're to leave right away so you can begin training in the other disciplines. 00:12:10.833 --> 00:12:12.166 align:center Right away? 00:12:12.166 --> 00:12:15.416 align:center Leave my friends? Leave home? Leave you? 00:12:15.416 --> 00:12:16.541 align:center Now, this 00:12:17.583 --> 00:12:19.416 align:center would be a huge burden for anyone, 00:12:21.166 --> 00:12:23.125 align:center but you're not just anyone, Aang. 00:12:23.625 --> 00:12:25.041 align:center You're strong 00:12:25.958 --> 00:12:27.083 align:center and kind 00:12:27.833 --> 00:12:29.083 align:center and generous. 00:12:30.125 --> 00:12:31.541 align:center Remember that. 00:12:31.541 --> 00:12:34.000 align:center Always remember who you are 00:12:34.666 --> 00:12:38.041 align:center because I can't imagine a better person to have been given this power. 00:12:39.416 --> 00:12:42.541 align:center I don't want... the power. 00:12:43.250 --> 00:12:47.875 align:center Which is why you will make a great Avatar. 00:12:49.958 --> 00:12:51.750 align:center Why do I have to be different? 00:12:53.125 --> 00:12:54.250 align:center Can't I just 00:12:55.291 --> 00:12:57.291 align:center keep pretending that I'm your friend? 00:13:00.333 --> 00:13:01.625 align:center You are my friend. 00:13:03.208 --> 00:13:06.958 align:center You... will always be my friend. 00:13:45.291 --> 00:13:46.166 align:center Hey, Appa. 00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:50.125 align:center Couldn't sleep either, huh? 00:13:55.333 --> 00:13:57.500 align:center Gyatso says I'm supposed to be the Avatar. 00:13:58.666 --> 00:14:00.875 align:center Me. 00:14:00.875 --> 00:14:03.041 align:center Monks don't even trust me to feed the baby bison, 00:14:03.041 --> 00:14:05.250 align:center and I'm supposed to save the world? 00:14:07.875 --> 00:14:11.041 align:center He said I need to remember who I am. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.875 align:center But I know who I am. 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:16.791 align:center I like to play airball and eat banana cakes 00:14:16.791 --> 00:14:18.958 align:center and goof off with my friends. 00:14:18.958 --> 00:14:20.250 align:center That's who I am, 00:14:21.041 --> 00:14:23.708 align:center not someone who can stop the Fire Nation. 00:14:23.708 --> 00:14:25.625 align:center Not someone who can stop a war. 00:14:30.666 --> 00:14:34.166 align:center The other kids always say I'm lucky because of the things I could do, 00:14:34.166 --> 00:14:36.500 align:center but I'd trade places with any of them. 00:14:38.041 --> 00:14:39.708 align:center I don't wanna leave. 00:14:39.708 --> 00:14:41.916 align:center I don't want the responsibility. 00:14:41.916 --> 00:14:44.958 align:center I'm scared of my power. I'm scared of being alone! 00:14:55.250 --> 00:14:56.250 align:center I'm scared. 00:15:06.083 --> 00:15:07.041 align:center You're right. 00:15:07.625 --> 00:15:10.458 align:center I just need to go up where things always make more sense. 00:15:12.208 --> 00:15:13.250 align:center At least for now. 00:15:14.166 --> 00:15:16.666 align:center Yip, yip! 00:15:38.666 --> 00:15:39.708 align:center Remember, 00:15:40.583 --> 00:15:42.041 align:center no survivors. 00:16:05.708 --> 00:16:08.166 align:center Brothers and sisters, we're under attack! 00:16:18.750 --> 00:16:20.125 align:center Yah! 00:16:48.750 --> 00:16:51.041 align:center What's going on? - Come with me, quickly! 00:16:52.583 --> 00:16:53.541 align:center Where's Aang? 00:16:54.791 --> 00:16:57.000 align:center Aang! 00:17:48.083 --> 00:17:51.000 align:center Quickly, move along. 00:17:58.041 --> 00:18:01.041 align:center It's getting kind of rough, Appa. Maybe we should head back home? 00:18:12.083 --> 00:18:15.125 align:center That's it. Stay quiet. You'll be safe in there. 00:18:15.125 --> 00:18:16.208 align:center Right into the corner. 00:18:17.583 --> 00:18:19.041 align:center Stay down. 00:18:56.541 --> 00:18:57.750 align:center It's okay, Appa! 00:18:57.750 --> 00:18:59.458 align:center Steady! 00:20:19.708 --> 00:20:22.208 align:center Oh! 00:20:43.041 --> 00:20:45.333 align:center You may have prevailed on another night. 00:20:49.708 --> 00:20:53.125 align:center But not when we have the power of the comet! 00:21:00.125 --> 00:21:01.541 align:center Ah! 00:22:13.458 --> 00:22:15.750 align:center Come on! 00:22:23.833 --> 00:22:25.083 align:center All right, listen up. 00:22:25.708 --> 00:22:27.916 align:center We've been manning the wall in three-hour shifts, 00:22:27.916 --> 00:22:32.083 align:center but it seems some of you can't be trusted to stay at your posts. 00:22:32.583 --> 00:22:33.791 align:center So from now on, 00:22:34.541 --> 00:22:37.916 align:center two people at all times, meaning twice as many shifts. 00:22:39.166 --> 00:22:40.791 align:center Is there a problem? 00:22:40.791 --> 00:22:43.083 align:center Didn't think so. Okay, back to your duties. 00:22:43.083 --> 00:22:45.625 align:center Come on, let's go. 00:22:46.166 --> 00:22:47.291 align:center Where are we going? 00:22:48.375 --> 00:22:50.125 align:center The fishing boats came back empty. 00:22:50.125 --> 00:22:52.750 align:center Just proves if you want something done right, gotta do it yourself. 00:22:53.250 --> 00:22:55.500 align:center They don't appreciate your incredible leadership skills. 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.250 align:center That's right. They don't realize it. 00:22:58.291 --> 00:22:59.500 align:center Very funny. 00:23:02.750 --> 00:23:03.791 align:center Katara! 00:23:11.125 --> 00:23:12.375 align:center So where were you before? 00:23:15.125 --> 00:23:17.000 align:center You were waterbending again, weren't you? 00:23:18.333 --> 00:23:20.291 align:center Don't worry. No one could see me. 00:23:21.375 --> 00:23:22.333 align:center Not that it matters. 00:23:23.333 --> 00:23:26.208 align:center Of course it matters. If the Fire Nation finds out you're a Waterbender-- 00:23:26.208 --> 00:23:29.416 align:center No one from the Fire Nation has approached the village in years. 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:32.541 align:center Besides, there's nothing to see. 00:23:33.416 --> 00:23:35.541 align:center An otter penguin could bend more water than I could. 00:23:37.333 --> 00:23:38.666 align:center It's probably for the best. 00:23:38.666 --> 00:23:41.000 align:center You should be helping out more around the village anyway. 00:23:42.458 --> 00:23:44.458 align:center Not everything is about preparing to fight. 00:23:45.375 --> 00:23:48.000 align:center - We're at war. - Waterbending is what built our culture. 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:50.666 align:center Our way of life. Keeping it alive is our duty. 00:23:50.666 --> 00:23:53.208 align:center - Keeping ourselves alive is our duty. - I know that. 00:23:54.250 --> 00:23:57.166 align:center - And if Dad were here-- - But he's not here! I am! 00:24:05.750 --> 00:24:06.750 align:center Katara. 00:24:09.583 --> 00:24:12.291 align:center Katara. Sulk later, paddle now. 00:24:21.708 --> 00:24:22.625 align:center Good job. 00:24:22.625 --> 00:24:24.166 align:center I'm not doing this. 00:24:42.750 --> 00:24:44.125 align:center Sokka! 00:24:51.916 --> 00:24:52.958 align:center You okay? 00:24:55.125 --> 00:24:57.833 align:center Oh no. No, no, that's not good. 00:25:03.166 --> 00:25:04.291 align:center What is that? 00:25:09.083 --> 00:25:10.416 align:center Huh, weird. 00:25:18.708 --> 00:25:21.125 align:center We need to get that canoe, or we're gonna end up as fish food, 00:25:22.333 --> 00:25:23.541 align:center which would be ironic. 00:25:52.791 --> 00:25:54.666 align:center Maybe I could float over on some ice? 00:26:12.208 --> 00:26:14.000 align:center Uh, Katara? 00:26:51.041 --> 00:26:51.958 align:center Finally. 00:27:24.416 --> 00:27:25.708 align:center Where did he come from? 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.458 align:center I don't know. 00:27:29.166 --> 00:27:31.916 align:center Oh! Nice. Nice. We're not gonna die. 00:27:33.583 --> 00:27:34.875 align:center Come on. Let's go home. 00:27:35.875 --> 00:27:38.750 align:center Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What are you doing? 00:27:39.333 --> 00:27:41.000 align:center You're not thinking of leaving him? 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:44.791 align:center Katara, a strange, glowy iceberg just exploded and left behind 00:27:44.791 --> 00:27:46.541 align:center a mysterious little bald person. 00:27:46.541 --> 00:27:50.083 align:center What part of that makes you think, "Great, let's bring him home"? 00:27:50.083 --> 00:27:52.541 align:center Sokka, he's just a kid. 00:27:53.291 --> 00:27:55.250 align:center We can't just leave him out here. 00:27:55.750 --> 00:27:57.875 align:center I don't like this, but why listen to me? 00:27:57.875 --> 00:28:00.916 align:center I'm just responsible for the safety of the village. 00:28:18.833 --> 00:28:21.791 align:center - He looks dead. - What's that mark on his head? 00:28:23.166 --> 00:28:24.333 align:center Let me take a look. 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.000 align:center It can't be. 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.291 align:center What is it, Gran Gran? 00:28:33.875 --> 00:28:36.500 align:center This is an Airbender. 00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:39.583 align:center It's impossible. Airbenders don't exist anymore. 00:28:40.666 --> 00:28:43.166 align:center Well, we won't get any answers until he wakes up. 00:28:43.708 --> 00:28:44.833 align:center We need to let him rest. 00:28:46.458 --> 00:28:47.375 align:center Come on. 00:28:58.583 --> 00:29:00.666 align:center The only settlement in that area is Water Tribe Village 00:29:00.666 --> 00:29:02.958 align:center in the South Pole territory. That's where we have to go. 00:29:02.958 --> 00:29:05.583 align:center - Where you think we'll find the Avatar? - Yes. 00:29:05.583 --> 00:29:06.791 align:center Because of the light? 00:29:07.666 --> 00:29:09.125 align:center You think I'm imagining things? 00:29:10.916 --> 00:29:15.583 align:center Sometimes, light beams are nothing more than celestial glimmers in the winter sky. 00:29:15.583 --> 00:29:19.583 align:center For three years, I've chased down every hint, every rumor, 00:29:19.583 --> 00:29:22.000 align:center every whisper of the Avatar, 00:29:22.625 --> 00:29:26.125 align:center and I'll keep doing it for another three years if I have to. 00:29:26.125 --> 00:29:29.000 align:center Prince Zuko, I don't think your father would want you-- 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:32.958 align:center My father has banished me until I find the Avatar, 00:29:32.958 --> 00:29:35.125 align:center and that's exactly what I'll do. 00:29:36.125 --> 00:29:39.666 align:center All I'm saying is, it's hard to see you get your hopes up 00:29:39.666 --> 00:29:41.208 align:center every time you see a... 00:29:42.041 --> 00:29:43.125 align:center a sign. 00:29:48.666 --> 00:29:50.666 align:center It'll all be worth it once I return home in glory 00:29:50.666 --> 00:29:53.541 align:center to take my place as the rightful heir to the Fire Lord. 00:29:56.708 --> 00:30:00.375 align:center Perhaps it's time to consider that the throne isn't everything. 00:30:04.125 --> 00:30:05.500 align:center It may not have been for you. 00:30:10.083 --> 00:30:11.166 align:center But for me... 00:30:14.458 --> 00:30:15.791 align:center it's my destiny. 00:30:40.916 --> 00:30:42.125 align:center Come on. Come on. 00:30:53.166 --> 00:30:54.541 align:center Come on. Come on! 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.958 align:center Got you! 00:31:15.541 --> 00:31:16.500 align:center Gotcha! 00:31:18.208 --> 00:31:19.958 align:center Hey, get away from him! 00:31:20.541 --> 00:31:22.750 align:center What are you thinking? Have you forgotten your training? 00:31:22.750 --> 00:31:25.291 align:center What'd I say about keeping your guard up? He could be the enemy. 00:31:25.291 --> 00:31:26.250 align:center The enemy? 00:31:27.208 --> 00:31:28.291 align:center I'm not the enemy. 00:31:28.875 --> 00:31:29.958 align:center Then who are you? 00:31:30.916 --> 00:31:31.916 align:center I'm Aang. 00:31:34.291 --> 00:31:35.333 align:center Where am I? 00:31:35.916 --> 00:31:37.791 align:center - How'd I get here? - You tell me. 00:31:37.791 --> 00:31:38.750 align:center Wait. 00:31:39.625 --> 00:31:40.458 align:center Appa? 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.500 align:center Appa! 00:31:43.208 --> 00:31:44.041 align:center Where's Appa? 00:31:45.750 --> 00:31:46.791 align:center Sokka! 00:31:47.583 --> 00:31:48.666 align:center Have you seen him? 00:31:49.208 --> 00:31:50.125 align:center Yeah. 00:31:50.958 --> 00:31:52.750 align:center That's not strange at all. 00:31:53.583 --> 00:31:56.000 align:center This is unbelievable. - Appa! 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:57.875 align:center He is an Airbender. 00:32:08.791 --> 00:32:09.958 align:center Have you seen Appa? 00:32:10.458 --> 00:32:12.000 align:center My sky bison. 00:32:12.958 --> 00:32:16.875 align:center Six legs, horns, brown arrows? 00:32:17.416 --> 00:32:18.666 align:center Sky bison. 00:32:19.208 --> 00:32:22.041 align:center - Sky bison! - Repeating it doesn't help. 00:32:25.666 --> 00:32:27.958 align:center Whoa! What is that thing? 00:32:29.958 --> 00:32:31.333 align:center Appa! 00:32:41.458 --> 00:32:42.583 align:center Sky bison. 00:32:46.250 --> 00:32:47.916 align:center You say you went down in the storm? 00:32:47.916 --> 00:32:49.166 align:center It came upon us suddenly. 00:32:49.750 --> 00:32:52.541 align:center The weather went crazy just after I left home. 00:32:52.541 --> 00:32:54.041 align:center The Southern Air Temple. 00:32:55.625 --> 00:32:57.333 align:center Where the Air Nomads live. 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:00.083 align:center Well, not all the Air Nomads, 00:33:00.083 --> 00:33:03.041 align:center but most of them had just arrived for the Great Comet Festival. 00:33:03.041 --> 00:33:04.750 align:center The Great Comet Festival. 00:33:07.708 --> 00:33:08.875 align:center Gran Gran? 00:33:11.083 --> 00:33:15.291 align:center Water, earth, fire, air. 00:33:15.291 --> 00:33:19.333 align:center Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. 00:33:19.333 --> 00:33:23.500 align:center Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. 00:33:24.083 --> 00:33:27.916 align:center Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, 00:33:27.916 --> 00:33:29.208 align:center could stop them. 00:33:30.041 --> 00:33:32.958 align:center But when the world needed him most, 00:33:33.666 --> 00:33:34.666 align:center he vanished. 00:33:36.083 --> 00:33:39.000 align:center And so the Fire Nation marched and laid waste, 00:33:39.583 --> 00:33:42.125 align:center plunging us into a time of darkness. 00:33:43.333 --> 00:33:45.875 align:center Everyone in the village knows this story, 00:33:46.750 --> 00:33:49.583 align:center but you don't, do you, young man? 00:33:50.291 --> 00:33:56.125 align:center Just as you don't know that Airbenders haven't been seen in generations 00:33:56.125 --> 00:33:59.708 align:center and that the Southern Air Temple was the first to fall, 00:34:00.291 --> 00:34:03.875 align:center because you've been trapped in that ice this whole time. 00:34:03.875 --> 00:34:07.708 align:center The last time that the Great Comet was seen in the sky 00:34:07.708 --> 00:34:11.000 align:center was 100 years ago. 00:34:17.708 --> 00:34:19.708 align:center He may seem like just a boy, 00:34:19.708 --> 00:34:21.458 align:center but he's much more. 00:34:22.958 --> 00:34:26.083 align:center He is the last Airbender. 00:34:34.625 --> 00:34:38.250 align:center Of all the places to drag our asses to, he picks the coldest spot in the world. 00:34:38.250 --> 00:34:41.458 align:center How come his omens never take us somewhere with hot springs, huh? 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:48.916 align:center - Something you wanna say, Lieutenant Jee? - No, sir. 00:34:50.958 --> 00:34:52.791 align:center Let me make something clear. 00:34:52.791 --> 00:34:56.750 align:center Our mission is vital to the future of the Fire Nation, 00:34:56.750 --> 00:34:59.041 align:center and so we will find the Avatar. 00:34:59.750 --> 00:35:02.000 align:center We will prove ourselves worthy, 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:04.708 align:center and we will see our homes and families again... 00:35:08.041 --> 00:35:09.500 align:center or we will die trying. 00:35:23.541 --> 00:35:24.500 align:center Are you okay? 00:35:27.041 --> 00:35:28.583 align:center A hundred years. 00:35:29.250 --> 00:35:30.375 align:center All my friends, 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.208 align:center everyone I know... 00:35:34.833 --> 00:35:36.083 align:center they're all gone. 00:35:37.250 --> 00:35:38.625 align:center Um, I'm sorry. 00:35:40.583 --> 00:35:43.458 align:center Believe me, I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. 00:35:52.666 --> 00:35:55.833 align:center When I was little, I didn't really understand the war 00:35:56.541 --> 00:35:58.750 align:center until the night the Firebenders came. 00:36:00.833 --> 00:36:02.500 align:center They destroyed everything in their path. 00:36:03.791 --> 00:36:04.750 align:center Everything. 00:36:06.166 --> 00:36:07.083 align:center Everyone. 00:36:10.416 --> 00:36:12.500 align:center Afterwards, our father set out with the other warriors 00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.916 align:center to hunt down the Firebenders. 00:36:14.750 --> 00:36:18.000 align:center That was three years ago, and we haven't seen him since. 00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:22.750 align:center He had left Sokka in charge when he just turned 13. 00:36:23.541 --> 00:36:25.000 align:center I guess he had to grow up fast. 00:36:26.833 --> 00:36:27.791 align:center We all did. 00:36:30.625 --> 00:36:33.000 align:center We're never really ready 00:36:34.333 --> 00:36:35.541 align:center until we have to be. 00:36:45.166 --> 00:36:48.541 align:center They were part of the Fire Nation's first attacks on the Water Tribe. 00:36:49.291 --> 00:36:50.791 align:center The Firebenders were ruthless. 00:36:51.666 --> 00:36:55.166 align:center Since then, the Fire Nation has conquered most of the world. 00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:58.583 align:center But the Waterbenders are still fighting back, 00:36:59.250 --> 00:37:00.416 align:center especially in the North. 00:37:00.416 --> 00:37:02.416 align:center And the Earth Kingdom is still holding strong. 00:37:04.208 --> 00:37:05.208 align:center We hope. 00:37:08.458 --> 00:37:10.458 align:center I had friends in the Fire Nation. 00:37:11.583 --> 00:37:12.875 align:center I used to visit them. 00:37:14.250 --> 00:37:16.125 align:center No one visits other nations now. 00:37:17.125 --> 00:37:18.833 align:center We're only friends with our own kind. 00:37:31.583 --> 00:37:34.291 align:center Good. Your skills have never been sharper. 00:37:34.291 --> 00:37:37.291 align:center I need to be at my best when I face the world's ultimate warrior. 00:37:37.791 --> 00:37:40.041 align:center They say Avatar Kyoshi took down an entire squadron 00:37:40.041 --> 00:37:41.875 align:center of Earth Kingdom soldiers single-handedly. 00:37:41.875 --> 00:37:44.125 align:center Well, you've certainly prepared enough. 00:37:44.125 --> 00:37:47.333 align:center Now, how about a nice cup of jasmine tea? 00:37:51.083 --> 00:37:54.666 align:center Say we find the Avatar, and you're able to defeat him, 00:37:54.666 --> 00:37:58.416 align:center a mission your father believed to be impossible. 00:37:58.416 --> 00:38:01.125 align:center And so your return home may be... 00:38:02.875 --> 00:38:03.875 align:center unexpected. 00:38:06.791 --> 00:38:07.750 align:center You're wrong. 00:38:18.625 --> 00:38:19.791 align:center No one comes here. 00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:23.916 align:center It's quiet and hidden. 00:38:32.791 --> 00:38:34.291 align:center You're a Waterbender! 00:38:35.458 --> 00:38:37.958 align:center Barely. I'm trying to get better, 00:38:37.958 --> 00:38:40.708 align:center but I'm the only Waterbender left in the Southern Tribe. 00:38:41.291 --> 00:38:42.791 align:center Sokka doesn't like it when I practice 00:38:42.791 --> 00:38:46.000 align:center because he's worried that the Fire Nation will find out and... 00:38:47.208 --> 00:38:48.166 align:center And what? 00:38:49.708 --> 00:38:53.333 align:center There's a reason I'm the only Waterbender left in the village. 00:38:54.416 --> 00:38:56.041 align:center They've killed all the others. 00:38:56.041 --> 00:38:58.083 align:center Sokka just doesn't understand. 00:38:58.875 --> 00:39:02.291 align:center I'm a warrior. I should be able to do more for our people. 00:39:04.541 --> 00:39:08.291 align:center The monks told me bending is about energy and balance. 00:39:09.125 --> 00:39:13.250 align:center By feeling the energy around you, you can find balance. 00:39:13.250 --> 00:39:16.500 align:center By finding balance, you can feel the energy. 00:39:46.208 --> 00:39:47.125 align:center Nice! 00:39:47.750 --> 00:39:49.500 align:center I wasn't even really trying. 00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:52.666 align:center That's good. You just have to let go. 00:39:58.416 --> 00:39:59.416 align:center Katara? 00:40:08.958 --> 00:40:11.375 align:center Sokka! Sokka, the Fire Nation. They're-- 00:40:11.375 --> 00:40:13.791 align:center I know. We spotted them. Get to your posts now! 00:40:15.625 --> 00:40:17.208 align:center - Sokka, the racks-- - Get them loaded. 00:40:23.708 --> 00:40:26.166 align:center I don't understand. Why are they here? 00:40:26.666 --> 00:40:29.250 align:center After all this time, what could they possibly want? 00:40:29.916 --> 00:40:31.041 align:center Him. 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:35.416 align:center He's more than the last Airbender. Aren't you? 00:40:36.791 --> 00:40:39.083 align:center You are the Avatar. 00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.375 align:center Aang? 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:49.500 align:center I knew he was hiding something. 00:40:50.083 --> 00:40:54.041 align:center When the world needed the Avatar the most, he vanished because he's a coward. 00:40:54.041 --> 00:40:56.166 align:center He ran, and people died. 00:40:56.166 --> 00:40:58.250 align:center Sokka, they've landed. 00:41:00.125 --> 00:41:01.083 align:center You need to go hide. 00:41:01.083 --> 00:41:03.750 align:center - Sokka, I wanna-- - Katara, now. 00:41:06.958 --> 00:41:08.916 align:center Come on. We need to get somewhere safe. 00:41:26.416 --> 00:41:27.791 align:center I am Prince Zuko. 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:31.000 align:center Firstborn son of Fire Lord Ozai. 00:41:31.833 --> 00:41:33.833 align:center We have no desire to take your homes. 00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:37.666 align:center We merely seek someone who does not belong here. 00:41:38.375 --> 00:41:41.041 align:center Someone who is not one of you. 00:41:42.250 --> 00:41:43.666 align:center Turn him over now, 00:41:44.708 --> 00:41:46.666 align:center or I'll burn this place to the ground. 00:41:50.541 --> 00:41:53.041 align:center - Where is he? - Sokka, you can't give him to them-- 00:41:53.041 --> 00:41:55.291 align:center - He doesn't belong here. - It's wrong. You know that! 00:41:55.291 --> 00:41:57.291 align:center What I know is Dad told me to protect the village. 00:41:57.291 --> 00:41:59.416 align:center Yes, but remember what Mom told us too. 00:42:00.416 --> 00:42:03.041 align:center She said that we have to protect those who can't protect themselves. 00:42:03.041 --> 00:42:05.083 align:center He's lost everything he knows. 00:42:05.625 --> 00:42:08.625 align:center - Sokka, don't you see? He's the Avatar! - And he lied to us about it! 00:42:09.666 --> 00:42:12.041 align:center I know how hard this responsibility has been for you, 00:42:13.041 --> 00:42:15.750 align:center but there's more to being a leader than just catching fish. 00:42:15.750 --> 00:42:18.000 align:center You have to give people something to live for. 00:42:18.833 --> 00:42:20.833 align:center That's what the Avatar is. He's hope. 00:42:21.916 --> 00:42:24.875 align:center And we need that just as much as we need food and shelter. 00:42:25.875 --> 00:42:26.708 align:center I know I do. 00:42:57.750 --> 00:42:58.916 align:center I am Sokka. 00:42:59.791 --> 00:43:00.916 align:center Son of Hakoda. 00:43:00.916 --> 00:43:01.916 align:center Lord of, uh, 00:43:03.041 --> 00:43:04.333 align:center Snow and Ice. 00:43:04.916 --> 00:43:07.208 align:center On behalf of the Water Tribe Village of Wolf Cove, 00:43:07.208 --> 00:43:10.125 align:center I demand that you leave immediately! 00:43:10.833 --> 00:43:12.791 align:center If this is the path you've chosen, 00:43:13.541 --> 00:43:14.583 align:center then so be it. 00:43:15.458 --> 00:43:19.333 align:center Let's settle this between us! Leader to leader. You really need an army? 00:43:19.958 --> 00:43:22.333 align:center I thought you Firebenders had some guts. 00:43:22.333 --> 00:43:25.708 align:center Don't fall for it. We overpower them. It's no contest. 00:43:25.708 --> 00:43:27.041 align:center Well, where's the glory in that? 00:43:30.375 --> 00:43:31.416 align:center I accept. 00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:56.583 align:center Who needs an army now? 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:10.041 align:center Leave him alone! 00:44:22.833 --> 00:44:23.708 align:center Can't be. 00:44:39.166 --> 00:44:40.583 align:center Ah! 00:44:50.958 --> 00:44:53.541 align:center Enough games. Burn the whole place to the ground. 00:44:54.791 --> 00:44:56.083 align:center No! 00:44:56.625 --> 00:44:58.958 align:center I'll go with you. Just leave them alone. 00:45:00.916 --> 00:45:02.500 align:center I'm the one you're looking for. 00:45:05.791 --> 00:45:07.458 align:center - Get him. - Wait! 00:45:09.916 --> 00:45:11.208 align:center It's okay, Katara. 00:45:12.750 --> 00:45:14.625 align:center No one has ever fought for me before. 00:45:17.333 --> 00:45:19.958 align:center I think you're the bravest person I've ever met. 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:56.416 align:center We have to do something. Sokka, we have to help him. Sokka! 00:45:56.416 --> 00:45:57.666 align:center Okay, listen up. 00:45:57.666 --> 00:46:00.625 align:center Reinforce the braces on the gate, and don't fall behind on drills. 00:46:00.625 --> 00:46:03.250 align:center - I saw real sloppiness out there today. - Drills? 00:46:03.250 --> 00:46:05.375 align:center And don't let the younger ones push you around. 00:46:05.375 --> 00:46:08.375 align:center You gotta let 'em know who's in charge. That's right. 00:46:09.791 --> 00:46:10.833 align:center You're in charge. 00:46:12.041 --> 00:46:14.916 align:center Now, let's go save that weird kid. 00:46:27.125 --> 00:46:31.958 align:center There are many who never imagined this day would ever come, myself included. 00:46:33.583 --> 00:46:35.125 align:center Can I ask you something? 00:46:36.041 --> 00:46:37.375 align:center - Uh... - Forgive me. 00:46:37.958 --> 00:46:40.958 align:center I'm Iroh, son of Fire Lord Azulon. 00:46:42.166 --> 00:46:43.125 align:center And of course. 00:46:44.791 --> 00:46:47.166 align:center Why did the Fire Nation start this war? 00:46:47.166 --> 00:46:48.083 align:center Ah. 00:46:49.291 --> 00:46:51.750 align:center Some people say it is within our nature 00:46:51.750 --> 00:46:55.166 align:center to expand and consume like fire itself. 00:46:56.208 --> 00:46:59.208 align:center Others believe that true stability in this world 00:46:59.208 --> 00:47:01.250 align:center can only happen under our rule, 00:47:01.833 --> 00:47:05.875 align:center so the drive to conquer is a drive for peace and unity. 00:47:05.875 --> 00:47:10.208 align:center But peace comes from respecting life, not killing and destroying. 00:47:10.208 --> 00:47:12.083 align:center A noble sentiment, Avatar, 00:47:12.083 --> 00:47:14.833 align:center but in the end, for most of us, 00:47:14.833 --> 00:47:17.500 align:center it doesn't matter how this war started. 00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:19.583 align:center It only matters how it can end. 00:47:20.375 --> 00:47:22.791 align:center And the belief is that by capturing you, 00:47:23.375 --> 00:47:26.375 align:center the Fire Nation can finally bring that about. 00:47:27.541 --> 00:47:29.041 align:center Is that what you believe? 00:47:32.125 --> 00:47:37.291 align:center I must leave, but I look forward to many more conversations with you, Avatar. 00:47:38.125 --> 00:47:41.958 align:center In the meantime, I'll have some jasmine tea sent to you. 00:47:41.958 --> 00:47:43.958 align:center It's quite soothing. 00:48:15.041 --> 00:48:16.875 align:center - It won't be easy to catch them. - I know. 00:48:16.875 --> 00:48:20.166 align:center Hopefully, we can find a swift current. Maybe draft off their wake. 00:48:20.791 --> 00:48:21.958 align:center Or 00:48:23.125 --> 00:48:24.666 align:center we could go another way. 00:48:25.916 --> 00:48:27.291 align:center You're not serious. 00:48:28.250 --> 00:48:32.083 align:center Katara, no! There's no way you're getting me on that... 00:49:03.208 --> 00:49:04.666 align:center The Avatars. 00:49:25.250 --> 00:49:26.916 align:center Yes, sir, right away. 00:49:45.041 --> 00:49:46.458 align:center Stop! 00:49:47.583 --> 00:49:48.625 align:center Stop him! 00:49:49.666 --> 00:49:51.541 align:center Get him! 00:49:55.250 --> 00:49:56.958 align:center Open fire, now! 00:50:09.541 --> 00:50:11.708 align:center Ah! 00:50:36.208 --> 00:50:37.041 align:center Hey, kid! 00:50:37.875 --> 00:50:39.000 align:center Sokka! 00:50:46.208 --> 00:50:47.250 align:center Ah! 00:51:36.583 --> 00:51:39.666 align:center I can't believe you guys came for me. Thank you. 00:51:39.666 --> 00:51:42.083 align:center It's time we showed those flameheads they can't step on us. 00:51:44.291 --> 00:51:48.333 align:center The Firebenders aren't gonna give up. They're gonna keep coming after you. 00:51:48.333 --> 00:51:50.000 align:center Which means we can't go home. 00:51:51.166 --> 00:51:52.708 align:center It would put everyone in danger. 00:51:56.791 --> 00:51:58.000 align:center So where do we go? 00:53:23.416 --> 00:53:24.416 align:center Gyatso. 00:53:33.541 --> 00:53:36.958 align:center Now, this would be a huge burden for anyone, 00:53:37.541 --> 00:53:39.625 align:center but you're not just anyone, Aang. 00:53:40.833 --> 00:53:42.083 align:center You're strong 00:53:42.916 --> 00:53:46.083 align:center and kind and generous. 00:53:47.083 --> 00:53:48.208 align:center Remember that. 00:53:50.500 --> 00:53:52.833 align:center Always remember who you are. 00:54:05.291 --> 00:54:06.125 align:center Aang? 00:54:11.791 --> 00:54:14.625 align:center What's happening? What is he doing? 00:54:19.375 --> 00:54:20.208 align:center Aang! 00:54:20.208 --> 00:54:21.333 align:center Come on! 00:54:30.458 --> 00:54:31.291 align:center Aang! 00:54:37.166 --> 00:54:39.208 align:center Aang! 00:54:39.208 --> 00:54:40.500 align:center Stop this! 00:54:44.333 --> 00:54:45.291 align:center Please! 00:54:50.833 --> 00:54:51.916 align:center Aang! 00:54:54.625 --> 00:54:55.750 align:center Aang, 00:54:57.500 --> 00:54:59.958 align:center I can't imagine a better person 00:54:59.958 --> 00:55:03.083 align:center to have been given this power. 00:55:07.666 --> 00:55:09.125 align:center You are my friend. 00:55:11.041 --> 00:55:13.625 align:center You will always be my friend. 00:56:16.833 --> 00:56:19.375 align:center So not to be rude, but what was that? 00:56:20.125 --> 00:56:21.250 align:center I don't know. 00:56:22.583 --> 00:56:24.291 align:center There's so much I don't know. 00:56:25.166 --> 00:56:27.958 align:center The monks are gone, and I'm all alone. 00:56:29.333 --> 00:56:30.208 align:center You know, 00:56:31.416 --> 00:56:33.041 align:center the thing about losing everything 00:56:33.041 --> 00:56:35.833 align:center is that that's when you learn how strong you really are. 00:56:36.708 --> 00:56:38.041 align:center It's when you learn to fight. 00:56:41.125 --> 00:56:44.000 align:center They made the ultimate sacrifice for me. 00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:47.208 align:center I need to make sure their deaths weren't in vain. 00:56:47.208 --> 00:56:49.416 align:center I need to follow through on what they wanted me to do. 00:56:49.416 --> 00:56:52.416 align:center Complete my training and master all the other bending skills 00:56:52.416 --> 00:56:54.541 align:center so I can bring balance back to the world. 00:56:54.541 --> 00:56:55.708 align:center Oh, is that all? 00:56:56.333 --> 00:57:00.041 align:center This was my home, and now it's gone. 00:57:03.208 --> 00:57:04.875 align:center It's only after we've lost something 00:57:04.875 --> 00:57:07.333 align:center that we realize how much it means to us... 00:57:12.583 --> 00:57:14.833 align:center and how we'd do anything to get it back. 00:57:18.375 --> 00:57:19.333 align:center Anything. 00:57:21.791 --> 00:57:25.708 align:center I don't know where this will all lead, and I don't know if I have what it takes, 00:57:26.791 --> 00:57:28.458 align:center but the one thing I do know is 00:57:30.291 --> 00:57:31.416 align:center I'm the Avatar, 00:57:32.083 --> 00:57:34.250 align:center and this is just the beginning.