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I drop to the floor like my life depended on it, creating an obstacle for oncoming students. Leva gave me a questioning look, but I didn't have the time reply, I sprinted down the hall, in the other direction from Zuko. I race past students not caring who I bumped in to, my only goal was to get as far away from him as possible. After reaching the other side of the school. I leaned against the outer wall of the school, breathing heavily, my chest rising and falling at a quick rate.

"Did he see me? If he did he recognise me? So, he's Leva's brother, step-brother. And that means that Azula is her step-sister, I can understand why she was a bit nervous." I knew that Zuko was coming to this school, but Leva's brother? Really? I was planning on just avoiding him, but it would be pretty hard to do that now, since he was my only friend's brother. All these memories came back, and I couldn't help but cringing at what happened so long ago...

We were only five and six when Sokka and I were staying at the Fire Nation Palace for the night (A year before the laws preventing people from crossing borders had been enforced) while an accidental fire burned down half of the village. All the civilians stayed in the multiple guest rooms in the palace. During a game of hide-and-seek with Sokka, I had wandered into a very regal room, but was too young to care or be suspicious in the slightest. I searched the room for a suitable hiding place but was disappointed to find none. I did notice anther door, leading to a closet or wardrobe, I hoped. To my suprise, I opened the door to find a boy. A naked one. Drying himself with a towel, but now he just stood gaping. His brain caught up and he covered himself quickly. Before sending a puff of fire my way and screaming for me to get out. I ran till I came to a crashing halt when I collided with Sokka at full speed. I never spoke of that moment to anyone, and I only discovered that that boy was the Fire Prince, when Fire Lady Ursa and him came to greet us later that evening. I managed to keep my head down and slip away unnoticed, we never saw each other again.

Even though it was so long ago, and many people would not be embarrassed at something that happened so long ago, I couldn't help but blush profusely. What would the Fire Prince do if he found out that I was the one who saw him bare? Burn me? Banish me? Execute me?

'No. I'm just being irrational, he would never do that, and besides, he probably doesn't even remember' I managed to convince myself that Prince Zuko was not as bad as the rumours said. My breath had slowed now, and I was already running late to class, on the first day. Great. I sprinted off toward Nation History Class.


"Leva! Leva you there?" I called out into the bustling hall, luckily, a gap in the stream of kids appeared, and I spotted my little sister. She had someone next to her though, a Water Tribe girl, brown hair and skin, but piercing blue eyes that I locked onto immediately. The moment only lasted for a moment, because she dropped to the floor, hidden from my sight. I couldn't see, but I presume that she sprinted away, because when I made it to Leva she was gone.

'What a weirdo', I said.
Leva turned to me, a look of confusion upon her face.
"I wonder what that was about? " she said.
"Yeah, she's weird" I smirked to myself
"Hey, she's my acquaintance, and she's actually really nice", Levant said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah whatever, here's the note from Azula. She wants to meet you at her locker at the beginning of lunch". I said while handing her the wrinkled note.
"OK, thanks", she gave me a sad smile, and I knew what was wrong.
"I'm sure it's nothing, she probably just wants to talk", I smiled reassuringly at her. She folded the note and placed it in her pocket. "So, how's the first day going?", I said.
"It's fine, how's Year 13 treating you?" She didn't seem very talkative now that I brought up Azula.
"Fine", I didn't have much to say to her. I was closer to her than to Azula, but we still have our awkward moments. "So, I'll see you later today?" I said slowly backing up, hoping she would get the hint. "Yeah, see you later", she waved, and walked down the hall, which was now free of other students.

I turned on my heels and strolled down the silent halls checking to make sure that there were no wrinkles on my expensive clothes. I reached the end of the corridor, and pushed the double doors open, getting soaked in sunlight. I stood in the doorway, looking over the courtyard, hundreds of students scattered around walking to their classes. At least half of them looked up, and stared at me, then went back to walking and chatting. The other half looked up, and stared, ogling and fawning over me.

I owned this school.

I began to cross the courtyard but was quickly stopped by a rushing water tribe girl. It was as if everything moved in slow-motion, her left shoulder collided with my right, causing her to turn and face me as she tripped over her feet. I had a brief moment of recognition, but I didn't have time to think because she continued to turn, and her back was now facing the ground. She began to fall toward the ground, her eyes full of alarm, and her hands extended, reaching for anything to hold onto to stop her descent. Without thinking my hand moved, at a rate I didn't even know it could, and grabbed one of the falling girl's hands.

We stayed like that for a few moments. Her body hanging above the ground. My hand clasped in hers. Our eye's, locked onto the others, blue clashing with gold. She looked dazed, and her eye's searched mine as if looking for something. She was very pretty, with dark brown hair and tanned skin, but her eyes were what was most beautiful about her. My body moved before my mind gave it's consent, but now my mind had caught up.

'What was I doing saving this random water tribe girl'

I dropped her hand like a hot coal, there was a thud as her body hit the bricks.

She fell only a few inches, but she glared at me as if I had dropped her a few meters.

"Well thanks' for dropping me", she said sarcastically, clearly annoyed.

"Aww, you're welcome for stopping you from falling, it was my pleasure", I said with my deep voice, and equal amount of sarcasm. She rubbed her back as she came to her feet, still glaring at me. When she recovered, she stood in front of me, and gave me one last evil eye, before turning one the balls of her feet and walked off to class.

'Damn Year 11's', I thought with a sour look on my face.

I continued on my way, heading to English. My short trip seemed to take much longer as I thought of the girl.

'Who did she think she was? Bumping into the future Fire Lord of the Fire Nation, she should have been on her knee's, begging for forgiveness. She's clearly a bimbo. Pretty. But a bimbo nonetheless.

I walked into my class and I noticed something was off. Normally people paid atention to me and puffed their chests to look good, but now they looked at me and slumped in their chairs, a look of relief upon their faces. It was like ther knew something I didn't. I warily crossed the class and found my seat. My best friend Shon found me, his brown hair hanging in front of his black eyes.

"Did you hear the news?" He asked with an excited look in his eyes, the same one I would see in my sister's.

"No, what was it?", I said leaning forward in my seat, I had a feeling this had something to do with the strange behaviour.

"Their making Battle Competition non-mandatory" he said. A smile came to my face as I understood what this meant. I no longer have to face the easy teams of not experienced fighters, I can face people who are more on my level, and I will finally have good fighters on my team. I smiled up at Shon.

"Finaly", I said. The teacher tried to get our attention, and eventually succeeded.

"Classes have been cancelled, I know it's the first day, but we have decided that we cannot start school until the Year 12's arrive. So you are dismissed, but if you wish to sign up for Battle Competition, please do that on the way out." He finished and left the room. I sprinted up to the sheet, so my name was first on the paper, now people knew who they would be facing. I left the class confident my team would win this year, and knowing I would get to beat my sister this year.


Katara. That's what I wrote on the signup sheet yesterday. I was over the moon about Battle Competition being optional, now I wouldn't have to weed out the unexperienced people and go straight to the tough competition. I don't usually consider myself a competitive person, but when it comes to bending battles, I was going to win. No questions. The whole school was gathered in the auditorium, ready to hear the Battle Competition teams, the teams determined your fate in the Battle Competition. I stood next to Sokka, who had also signed up, he wasn't a bender, but he was pretty handy with a sword ,and boomerang. If you didn't sign up, you had to go to class as normal, but trust me, no one tried to sign up to get out of class. Class was a much safer option, the Battle Competition was brutal, and at least one person had a serious injury during the span of five week in which the Battle Competition ran. I just hoped that that one person wasn't me. A light finally apeared upon the square stage, and Headmaster Zhao appeared out of the darkness.

"Hello, students. Today we are gathered to announce the groups for the Battle Competition". He spoke in his usual low and husky voice. The pupils clapped, everyone here was either a bender or skilled in a fighting style, these people were my competition. "Please listen as I will call your name and the room you are to go to, to meet your teammates, and group leader". He began reading names, there should only be about 150 of us, but it would be a slow process. Especially since they read it by last name, and ours was pretty far down the list. After a long ten minutes, he read a familiar name. "Sokka Tanka, room 425". I was hoping that we were in the same group, the chance was slim, but I would call myself an optimistic person, so I waited anxiously for my name to be called. "Katara Tanka, room 425". I practically jumped with joy, I would be in the same team as my brother!

We arrived at room 425 and pushed the red door open. The room was set in the normal two by two format, and there was already two people here. The first person I noticed was an Earth Kingdom girl. She had black hair done in a updo, green, glassy eyes. Delicate, porcelain skin, and a pretty face. She was wearing rich clothes, a sign of wealth. Except the way she slumped in her chair, and had dirt all over her suggested that she was not a fancy girl. The next person was a girl, also pretty, and Earth Kingdom. She had short auburn hair, dark blue eyes, and clean, light skin. The latter girl waved us over and we walked over and pulled out two chairs to sit in.

"Hey, I'm Suki!" She said happily.

"Hi, I'm Katara, and this is Sokka", I replied

"Nice to meet you, are you two brother and sister?" Suki asked

"Yeah, but I'm a Year 12 and she's Year 11" Sokka said this time.

"Cool, I'm Year 12 as well. Toph! Come over here and introduce yourself." Suki said to the glassy eyed girl. The girl, Toph, stomped over to the trio, clearly not the graceful type.

"Hey, I'm Toph" She said bluntly, Picking something green out of her teeth. Definitely not the graceful type. "And before you ask and make it awkward, yes, I am blind." She continued to not show emotion as she shocked Sokka and I.

"But I see with my feet by feeling the vibrations in the ground, so I'm not totally helpless", Toph said. My jaw hung open, from shock and amazement. Toph turned her head toward me, and smirked. "I can even see that awed expression on your face". I managed to bring my jaw back up.

"That's amazing, so you can see if someone is standing outside in the hallway?" I asked.

"Yes, and I can tell if you're lying", my mind was being blown as I talked to this incredible girl. Suki cut in,

"So, are you guys benders?".

"Yeah, I'm a water bender", I responded confidently. Sokka shook his head though.

"Sweet, I'm a Earthbender", Toph said, now picking something off her bare feet.

"Well, I might not be a bender, but I and good with a sword and boomerang", Sokka said.

"Same, but I use a fan, I know it sounds stupid, but trust me, I'm a good fighter", Suki responded.

I'm about to respond, when someone new opens the door.

All our heads turn to the now open door. A strange boy walked into the room, he looked out of place and uncomfortable. He had brown, spiked hair, big grey eyes, and light skin. The boy shuffled over to us and pulled out a chair to sit on.

"Hi, I'm Katara", I say extending my hand for him to take.

"Hi, I'm Aang", he shakes my hand a little too hard, like he hasn't done it before. The other introduce themselves, and we talk for a bit. I found out that Aang is a water bender, like me! And Toph, and Aang are both in Year 11.

"Wow, three benders on our team! That's great!" Aang exclaims. Suki doesn't look like she agrees though.

"Some team's will have every member being a bender, or at least have every member being a master in some sort of fighting style, and we don't even know who our last member is", Suki pointed out.

"Well, I hope they know something, because I really want to win this year. Last year I came fifth, but only because one guy on my team slipped and knocked over my whole team." Sokka said before slapping his palm to his forehead. The rest of us laughed at his expense.

We were just feeling relaxed when the door opened for the second time, this time two figures walked into the room, both dressed in red. The first was a plump, aged man, with a royal topknot. He had a wrinkled, kind smiling face, with a complicated beard. Following him was... I groaned. Prince Zuko. As soon as our eyes met, his face became distorted.

Was it because of yesterday? Or what happened so long ago? Had he remembered?

He slumped into a chair, on the opposite side of the group from me. I stared at him.

Did he know who I was?

The way he gave me a confused look when he looked back at me said no. Zuko didn't need to introduce himself to the rest of the group, we all already knew him, and he knew it. The man up front, our teacher I presumed, Wrote his name on the board in chalk.

Iroh. He turned to face us, and I had a vague recollection of a General Iroh. Yes, He was General Iroh, and Prince Zuko's uncle.

"Hello", he said in an old soothing voice, "I'm your group leader, and temporary mentor". He looked over us, the faced the board, underlining his name. He turned to face us with a big grin.

"So, who's ready to win?"


AHHH! That's the second one done! Sorry, it was 2 weeks ago I uploaded the first episode, I presumed that it wouldn't get any favs or follows, so I didn't start writing for a few days, putting me behind, and causing to make this chapter not as long as I hoped for. Sorry. Will update this story ASAP, probably. See you next week (or next, next week, it depends) :)!