Hey! Thanks for reviewing and please continue. I like to see what you guys think! Here is chapter 4. I will reply to the guest who review, but I cannot privately thank them. If you have an account, I do respond, so don't feel left out! Enjoy and Review! Spoiler Alert: Kya (Katara's mother) is alive! Yay!

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The day has come to Aang leave his home for a while. He will eventually visit it again; it might just be a few years though. He still has Monk Gyatso's necklace to remind him of his home and the traditional monk's outfit he has.

The birthday bash was not really a big thing for Aang. He just said a speech about how he promised to keep the world in harmony and still try to stick to his airbender roots no matter how hard it might be. Honestly, he wanted to leave. The anxiety was killing him and he wanted to get this whole avatar training thing done with.

"Are you ready Aang?" Monk Gyatso asked as Aang stood next to Appa about to start his journey to the Southern Water Tribe.

"I think I am. I will miss you so much Monk Gyatso," Aang said hugging his mentor and friend before taking off to the South Pole.

"I will also miss you Aang. Good luck with your journey, you will and are going to be a great avatar," Gyatso said as Aang got on Appa.

"Thank you. Good bye everyone," Aang said as he told his flying bison yip, yip and flew off to the blue skies with everyone saying good bye to their friend Aang.

It took at least a week for the avatar to arrive with at the Southern Water Tribe. He arrived expecting it to be freezing cold, but it wasn't so bad to him. He could see the beautiful landscape ahead of him. The Southern Water Tribe was quite a beauty. It wasn't like the Northern Water Tribe, but it did have its own beauty.

He saw a group of people; he assumed they were waiting for his presences. He landed on the icy ground. He saw a man standing in front of the crowd who were cheering and excited for the avatar to come. Aang got down to the ground and bowed to the group.

"Thank you all for sacrificing your time to help me, I promise I won't be a bother," Aang said respectively.

Chief Hakoda and his wife by his side, Kya, bowed as well, "It is our honor young avatar. Was your journey safe?" Kya asked.

"Yes it was ma'am," Aang replied.

"Thank you for choosing the Southern Water Tribe to begin your avatar training, may I ask why here and not the Northern Water Tribe? They too have many and greater waterbending masters not that I am not proud of my daughter," Hakoda said.

"Well sir, as I do appreciate the Northern Water Tribes many great masters, I find Master Katara is the best waterbenders from the stories I have heard. Plus, I also find her style and passion for waterbending very appealing," Aang said. It was true, he really didn't like any of the masters he has heard from the north. They were typical, but he felt Katara was special.

"I'm very glad, Master Katara is busy with her class at the moment which is why she wasn't able to meet you, but her brother, Sokka, can show you to your room and settle down while you stay here," Chief Hakoda informed Aang.

"Thank you Chief Hakoda for your hospitality," the avatar said.

"You can call me Hakoda, and it is my honor," Hakoda said leaving with Kya by his side. Kya stopped next to Sokka though for a minute.

"Be nice Sokka," Kya said to Sokka. Sokka really didn't want his sister to be influenced by the avatar. He also didn't want him to hurt her being the overprotective brother he is. He also didn't want the avatar to fall in love with Katara.

Sokka huffed, "Fine, can't I just give him a friendly reminder that Katara's engaged?"

"No, unless he asks, otherwise be nice," his mother said giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Aang didn't really have any luggage to take off Appa, so he just followed Katara's older brother wherever he was taking him to. Appa followed behind Aang as they walked.

When they got to Sokka's place, he should the avatar where his room was here. It was nicer than his old room, much bigger. The only issue was the bed; he could tell it was animal fur. He winced a bit and Sokka saw this.

"Don't like the room avatar?" Sokka asked.

"Um no… the room is fine, but do you have any other type of blanket besides animal fur?"

"What's wrong with animal fur?" Sokka asked a bit annoyed.

Aang could tell he was bothering Sokka, which isn't a good start for first impressions. "Um...it is just against our culture is all. We do not use animal skin or meat for our satisfaction," Aang said rubbing his hand behind his head. Sokka sighed.

"I'll see if we have something else your avatarness," Sokka said.

"Thank you. Do you think Master Katara is done with her class? I really would like to meet her," Aang said.

"I'm sure you do," Sokka mumbled so Aang couldn't hear him. "Sure, go ahead."

Aang found a group of kids surrounding two little kids. He could tell they were having a waterbending fight, but what he didn't know is that it was Master Katara's students sparring against each other. His avatar instincts immediately told him to break it up. He went into the middle of the 'fight' and blew wind from his hands at both the kids so they would fall on their bottoms so they wouldn't waterbend at each other.

"Come on guys, fighting is never the answer!" Avatar Aang said wisely.

"Master Katara told us to though," the younger boy said who looked about seven years old.

"Yeah! This is part of our training Avatar Aang," the little girl said with a small giggle.

"Huh?" He tilted his head in confusion. He heard a mature, young women chuckling. The Master Katara came out through the crowd. Aang didn't know who she was because he hasn't seen her before. He assumed it was a parent. He wasn't expecting it to be her. All he knew was she was absolutely gorgeous.

"Alright students, I think we are done with training today. Khan and Ji, I will observe your sparring test later on, I suggest practicing. Give a bit more power when you strike," Master Katara instructed and the little children to be dismiss.

"Um…I am greatly sorry for uh disrupting you class Master Katara," Avatar Aang said bowing down. Katara chuckled again.

"No need for formalities. I actually found it amusing," the master said still smiling. Aang saw this and sort of blushed from embarrassment and his eyes found the floor for a minute.

"How do you like the place?" Katara asked as they clean up a bit of the mess the kids left.

"It is nice, everyone is really nice here, well most everyone I guess," Aang said.

"Has Sokka been rude to you?"

"Not directly, but I get a feeling he isn't very happy I'm here," he admitted.

Katara shook her head, "Ignore him. He just overprotective is all. If he bothers you, I know how to handle him."

"I will keep that in mind," Aang replied.

Katara nodded, "Are you excited to start waterbending yet?"

Aang hesitated, "Um…I am just a bit nervous. So when do we get started?"

"Tonight," Katara says finishing cleaning up.

"Why at night?"

"For new waterbenders, it is easier to waterbender because we draw our power from the moon and the ocean spirits. Also, the moon is full tonight, so it will help you learn better," she said.

"Well, I can't wait to begin," Aang smiled as Katara did.

They finally meet, but oh no Katara is engaged! That'll be interesting won't it? How did you like it? Was it awkward when they were talking? I felt like it did. REVIEW!

I'm a ninja (Guest): Hey! Thanks for reviewing! Glad you liked it, I just thought of it, but it seemed like something he would say! Oh and for the whole Katara being there, I changed it so that all the characters from the show are still in his time. If that makes since!