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Minerva's POV

"Have you sent the messenger hawk to the fire lord? He must know of the Avatar's return."

Minerva jumped and backed away from the door quickly.

Avatar? What or who is an Avatar? She thought, as she rubbed her tail with her paws.

"Yes of course Chen"

"Are you sure about this Chen? The fire sages were always meant to guide and aid the Avatar. You know what the Fire Lord will do if he captures the Avatar."

"Of course I am Shyu. The Avatar abandoned us long ago, he does not deserve our loyalty; our duty is to our country and to the fire lord now!"

"Yes, of course, you are right, I just thought…"

"Don't think." keys jingled and a lock turned. Minerva backed up and crouched, preparing herself for anything. "Now what to do with this spirit?"

The door opened, four men stood in the doorway, dressed in blood red robes and wearing pointy hats, similar to wizardry clothing, but not quite. They appeared to be of Asian descent... Perhaps Japan? She thought. They don't appear to be from Wizarding Britain, I must be in a different country. I know Albus talked about other magical communities that don't follow the modern wizarding way.

The men looked at her and Minerva felt chills run up and down her spine. These men were not her friends.

The youngest of them looked to be the friendliest with a soft smile. He approached her, while she backed up slowly; back arched and eyes silted. The man crouched down to see her better. "Are you sure it is a spirit? It does not look like one, it is probably a forest creature who got lost…" he said.

"It's not a lost forest animal! It appeared right after the Avatar statues glowed blue." said, what appeared to be the leader, angrily. "Forest creatures do not fall from the sky, it must have appeared in that blinding blue light!"

Shyu did not seem to be listening; he extended a hand for her to sniff. "Hello there. My name is Shyu. Don't worry I wont hurt you." Minerva inched closer and sniffed. He smells of sulfur, how strange?

"Shyu! It can't possibly understand you." said the leader.

"Even so, but it can understand my tone and there is no need to be cruel"

"If it is a spirit," another of the men said, "the Avatar temple has always welcomed spirits. perhaps we…"

"NO!" The leader interrupted loudly. "We cannot trust any spirit. It's probably in league with the Avatar. He is the great bridge between the spiritual and physical worlds..."

As three of the men argued, Minerva anxiety grew. Spirit? Avatar? Great Bridge? What in Godric's name were these people talking about?

Shyu moved closer to her with his hand extended. "Come now, I mean you no harm." He smiled.

Well, she thought, out of all of them, he seems to be most friendly. Minerva crawled even closer and allowed the man to pet her head. Oh that feels nice, her anxiety eased just a little and she closed her eyes.

"You see my friends, it is not a spirit. If it was a spirit, could I touch it?" This question seemed to baffle the others.

Shyu sat on the bench; he picked Minerva up and continued to pet her. Normally Minerva would never dream of allowing another to pick her up, but under the circumstances she felt it best to stay close to what appeared to be her only ally.

"Yes well," the leader looked as if he was sucking on a lemon "it is still not to be trusted, we should keep it here in this room. It could be a spy."

"It is a harmless cat, how could it be a spy? It probably lives in the forest as I said before." Shyu argued

"Exactly!" said another man, "look at it Shyu. it's a CAT! Just a cat."

"It is most unnatural." said another

Minerva bristled. And what is wrong with being a cat? She thought. Minerva had a great fondness for cats for obvious reasons. These people are making no sense, just a cat? What does that even mean?

"That is true, why it's not even a beaver-cat?" the last said

"Or a bat-cat?"

"Or a platypus-cat?"

"Its an unnatural abomination!" the leader stated

A beaver-cat? A bat-cat? Minerva was completely confused now. Her inquisitive nature took over, after all, she was almost placed in Ravenclaw for a reason. Are those the normal animals for these people? So, the animals in this place are combinations of two different animals? What would a bat-cat even look like? Obviously they had the original animals at some point, because they have the words bat and cat. Wait, for a creature like that to even exist, that would mean that a bat and a cat would have had to…Oh no I am not going there. Even the thought made Minerva shudder.

"Besides we have more important things to concern ourselves with." a voice broke Minerva out of her increasingly uncomfortable thoughts.

"Yes the Avatar is much more important." The leader said. "Shyu, leave the unnatural creature be, we will have to deal with it another time" With that, the three men turned and walked out.

Wait, they don't plan on leaving me here do they? Minerva sat up in Shyu's lap. She attempted to jump down, but Shyu's hands prevented her from doing so.

Shyu sighed and placed Minerva back on the floor. "I am sorry little friend, but I cannot go against the elder." He started walking towards the door. "I will come back later and bring you something to eat." he said as he left closing the door behind him.

Minerva chased after him and started scratching at the door; you can't just leave me here, she meowed angrily. I can't stay here I need to find the children!

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Neville's POV

"AAAHHHH!..." Neville's voice hurt from all the screaming he'd been doing. But he couldn't help himself.

Neville had never been a fan of heights, ever since Uncle Algie had dropped him off of blackpool pier. I'm falling through the sky…how am I falling through the sky when I was inside a castle? He thought – that makes no sense!

It felt as if he had been falling for hours, but it must have only been a few moments. "AHHHH!" Neville screamed. He closed his eyes and brought his knees to his chest and clutched Trevor to his chest "CROAK!"

Neville couldn't help it, he opened his eyes, and he wished he hadn't. Instead of the night sky surrounding him like before, he saw the ground and a building and it was approaching fast. "AAAHHHH!.WERE GOING TO DIE!" He closed his eyes again. Why is it always me? He thought. One moment he was at Hogwarts waiting to be sorted and trying his hardest not to throw up and the next moment there was a giant magical wind – something – pulling at him and trying to kill him. Okay the something wasn't trying to kill him specifically, but it sure felt like it!

The ground was getting closer and closer and…

PHOOM! PHOOM! PHOOM!

He bounced! Just like he did when Uncle Algie dropped him out the window. "YES! I LOVE YOU MAGIC!"

PHOOM! PHOOM! PHOOM!

Ummmm…How do I stop?

PHOOM! PHOOM! PHOOM!

"Hey magic? I'd like to stop bouncing now! I really don't mind walking!"

PHOOM! PHOOM! PHOOM!

How do I get into these situations? He thought. I shouldn't have tried to grab Trevor, Neville thought. I should have listened to that professor lady and common sense and let Trevor go. But, he couldn't. Trevor was his pet, the only thing his Uncle Algie ever gave him.

PHOOM! PHOOM! PHOOM!

Now here he was, bouncing around at some unknown place all alone. Well not completely alone. At lease I have Trevor. Wish I had some human company though, Neville thought. Atleast I'm not falling though the air anymore.

PHOOM! PHOOM! CRASH!

"…OW…"

Neville crashed into a wall. The ground had suddenly shot up and formed into a giant wall. That wall appeared in the middle of an empty field. "…OW…That…was not…what I meant, magic." Neville said. "CROAK" Trevor complained.

"What do you think you're doing?" A young girls voice asked.

"Sssorryy," Neville replied, still a little shaken. "Was that you…with the um...wall?" Neville wasn't sure what to say. Can I talk to her about magic? She can't be a muggle, not if she made that wall appear…

"Of course it was, duh... " The girl replied. "What were you doing? Was that some sort of ridiculous attempt at an earthbending move?" The girl walked closer and pulled Neville up by his arm.

"…umm no?" Neville said/asked. "It was kind of an accident. Thank you for saving me."

"Whatever..." the girl said. Neville realized she was much shorter then him. She wore a tan and green tunic. She was very pale and had dark hair and bangs that covered her eyes. "Next time you want to be an idiot, do it somewhere else. I'm trying to practice, and your girly screams probably woke up the whole village" She turned around and started walking away.

"Wait! Come back. You can't leave me here alone."

"Sure I can."

"Please…I need your help. I'm lost."

"UGH! Fine." Without turning around the girl pointed with her right hand. "That way's the village. Bye"

"Where are you going?" Neville asked.

"Away."

"Can't I come with you?"

The girl stopped. She turned her head and looked at him. "Fine, but be quiet and you better not make me late."

"Thanks! Late for what?"

"Earthbending rumble." the girl said.

"Oh…Okay…Right. I'm Neville by the way. Ummm, who are you?"

The girl looked at him again. "My name's Toph," she poked him in the chest. "I am the greatest earthbender in the world, and don't you forget it!"

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AN: Hi everybody, here is CH2 for you all. Thank you to everybody who Fav/followed this story, I hope you all are enjoying it so far. If anyone is interested, Shyu is an actual character from Avatar, but Chen and the others are not. I made them up.

And YAY! We get to see Neville and meet Toph. I hope I am staying true to the characters and if you think I'm not, please let me know.

Thank you again to my new Beta Gangzta4life5. You all have him to thank for the better spelling/grammar :)

Thanks again everyone and please leave a review on your way out.