Author's note: I won't be able to update as often as I'd like, because my new motto is "College is a bitch." I'll try for an update a month, but I can't make promises. In the far future, I'll do my best to have no classes on Wednesday so that I can devote more time to my fans... OMG, I have fans! Anyway...

"Fire. Air. Water. Earth."

"There was a time, in the distant past, when these four nations remained separate. 750 years ago, The Fire Nation threatened to overtake the rest. Then came Avatar Aang. He restored the balance to the world, encouraging the four nations to have commerce with each other, to ensure peace, but his plan backfired dramatically."

"People from the nations began intermarrying among themselves, blurring the lines that separate us. Benders were popping up in places that nobody expected. The nations were truly one."

"'What was wrong with this?' you might say. 'There was still peace right?'"

"Nope."

"Those with 'pure' blood had a "knack" for achieving more than people like me. And if you were half Fire - like me - forget it."

"I didn't choose to be this way. Hell, my mother didn't choose for me to be this way. Imagine me, coming from a celebrated, pure-blood Earth Kingdom village. Firebending."

"I left. I ran away on my own, made my own life. Others like me aren't so lucky. Or motivated. They become criminals. Drunkards. Fiends."

"I'm not like them. You know why? I'm motivated. Not by greed, or hatred, but by love."

"My name is Bai Mao, and this is my story."

Author's Note 2.0: I'll be using the Japanese calendar. That's important. Here are the names of Months. They all end in "gatsu" so I might just shorten them for purpose's sake.

January- ichigatsu
February- nigatsu
March- sangatsu
April- shigatsu
May - gogatsu
June- rokugatsu -- amazing, isn't it?
July- shichigatsu
August- hachigatsu
September- kugatsu
October- jūgatsu
November- jūichigatsu
December- jūnigatsu

here are the days of the week. they all end in "yobi" and I will shorten these.

ichi-Sunday
getsu-Monday
ka- Tuesday
sui-Wednesday
moku-Thursday
kin-Friday
do-Saturday

Second of all, The years. Let's just say that each Era is named by the reigning avatar.

for example, if Aang lived to be 300, including iceberg time, something could happen on the Do, the fifth of shichigatsu, year 220 in the Reign of Avatar Aang.