[Sorry, kiddo. That's not the way this story goes.] That was when the Fire Nation attacked. It was war on an unprecdented scale - first they went for the Air Nomads, because that was where the next Avatar was supposed to be born. [They killed them all.] Then, they came to my home. They killed or captured all of the waterbenders, they destroyed our cities... and then they moved on to attack the Earth Kingdom.

When I grew up? I was the only waterbender in the whole South Pole. I didn't have anyone to teach me.