Sometime during the summer of 100 AG, Ming-Ming's village was "attacked" by a sky bison. She believed that the bison had abducted her grandmother, even though her grandmother was standing next to her, and was thus seen sobbing amidst the crowd of excited villagers. Sokka, seeing an opportunity to make money, offered to battle the "monster" and save Ming-Ming's grandmother, which Ming-Ming gladly accepted.