Arathea N. Konami

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Arathea had a rather simple child hood, to say the least. She was born in the south pole, home of the smaller of the two water tribes. As such, she was never really surrounded by too many people. However, she knew about all of the people in the world, how vast such a world was. While she was born and raised in the south, She only had her mother and sister with her, as her father lived and worked up north, Having a job int the guard there. Arathea's family didn't have much, and it was much too expensive for the whole gang to move up North. so Ara's dad left, hoping that one day he would make enough to move his family to join him.

Eventually he did.  One day, when Arathea was no more than 8 years old, She found her mom roaming around their icy igloo abode, packing things up.  When little Ara asked, her mother said that they were finally gonna move in with Daddy. Arathea was very much excited. Though she was not all that excited about reuniting with her father, she did not even remember his face, after all, but rather she was ecstatic about the opportunity to travel, to see the great big world, to meet all of the people in it. So when she got on that ship, she knew, even at that young age, life was going to be different for her.

The trip must've taken weeks. After all, it took time for a ship to go from the very bottom of the world to the top. But seeing all the new places, all the places that didn't have snow...ANYWHERE, it was exciting. The whole trip was. Or at least it would have been, had tragedy not struck. Ara looked up to her big sister Eruna, four years older than she, as a role model. They did not always get along, but they always made up. They were the best of friends. But one day, they had gotten over a huge argument. It wasn't for anything worth fighting for. It was over the last piece of gelatin, of all things!  But it got bad, and fast. Eruna ended up taking the treat, but Arathea, being very greedy at that moment, chased her across the ship, trying to reach for the gelatin plate in Eruna's hand. Ara caught up quickly, and cornered her sister at the edge of the ship. Determined not to let little Ara have any,  Eru held the plate out high and over the water, making it impossible for Arathea to reach. But she tried. And she tried her best. A huge mistake. In reaching for the plate, she accidentally pushed Eruna off the edge of the ship, watching as her body made a huge splash in the water.  Eight year old Arathea didn't know what to do, as she saw her sister frantically swimming in order to keep up with the ship. Arathea reached for her, and the water rose up to encase Eruna in an orb. That was when the little girl discovered her water bending. Determined to save her best friend, Ara struggled to pull the water orb up, getting it to scale the tall wall of the ship and get Eru to safety. It took quite some time. Ara was running off of pure adrenaline, doing her best though she had ever water bended before. She had no idea how to control it. At last, she did it, releasing the water and dropping her sister onto the deck. But it was too late. being new to the bending, Arathea had simply encased Eruna in water to bring her up, giving her no air to breath for the whole time she was pulling her up. since the process had been slow Eruna had drowned during her rescue. Terrified, Arathea only now decided to call out for help.

When she got that help, no one could do a thing, not even the doctor. Arathea's mom was devastated, and Ara herself still barely knew what had just happened. She was being told that Eru was just... gone? But they didn't have the chance to make up yet! How could Eru leave over a stupid gelatin piece? The rest of the trip was in silence. They were almost to the north pole, but no one cared. Not even Arathea, who had been the most excited about the travel. Never the less, they reached their destination and had no choice but to inform Ara's father of the bad news.

Arthea's very first impression of her father was not a very good one. He had been there when she was born, but she did not remember him. After meeting him, she very much wished it would have stayed that way. When he was informed of Eruna's death, He got angry, very angry. He blamed his wife for not moving her safely. He never said hello to Ara, his living child, and he just shut down completely. He from then on got into arguments with Ara's mother frequently, his work performance decreased, and he eventually got fired from the guard two years later. All the while, Arathea spent her time in her room, practicing her water bending, making sure she had total control over it next time it was needed. It was all she had now. Sometimes she would even sneak out of the house and watch the masters train their students, or sit in on the healing lessons and learn a thing or two, though she was never AS interested in that.

Once day, Ara's mother left. The now 12 year old girl came home to find her dad drunk in the corner, and her mother nowhere to be found. She was always told that she had abandoned them. All this because of petty arguments and disagreements that never got anywhere. What was so wrong with everyone getting along? Arathea's dad became more and more frustrated. He was still trying to be a good person though, and he never to his frustrations out of Ara herself, or at least he tried not to. in stead he ended up leaving her alone, they never ha a conversation for 4 more years. Ara was basically on her own. This would not have happened if the world was more harmonious. Ara loved the stories of the Avatar, and her efforts and duty to bring balance, and it was great! A powerful person wording to change the world for the better. Ara wanted to be like that too. Discord caused her pain, and it would cause other pain to if it was not stamped out. Arathea henceforth decided to build a world where no one was sad, no wars started, no one disagreed with each other. a world where everyone was on the same page and everyone could get along. If everyone had a uniform mind, the world would be harmonious.

She practiced her bending every day, and when one of the import ships left the dock to pick up supplies in the earth kingdom, Arathea was in the cargo hold, with nothing but the clothes on her back and her dad's walking stick to use as a staff. It would take ages to shift the thought process of the world, but she could do it. No one will suffer anymore. She has been on that journey for three years, and yet, it has only just begun.