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A/N - HI everyone. I"m not a fan of notes in the beginning of a story so i'll make this quick. I got a Beta Gangzta4life5 and he has taken a look and edited the story so far. Anyone who is interested can go back and take a look. Happy reading!

Minerva's POV

Minerva stared at the statue for several long minutes wondering how her day had gone so terribly wrong. Goodness, she thought. What should I do now? Of course Minerva knew her priority was to find the two children, but where in Marlin's name should she start?

I haven't seen the boys in this temple, nor did the fire sages mention any others arriving except for myself. They must be outside. Perhaps they are hiding? They must be frightened. Her tail began to twitch in agitation.

A noise in the distance startled her out of her thoughts. Minerva looked around, suddenly realizing she was standing out in the open. I have no intention of being locked in that room again, she thought with irritation. Minerva darted back through the hole and the relative safety of the hidden passageways.

She started crawling again; nothing else to do but to keep going.

"Hey!" She heard someone shout. Minerva immediately crouched as low to the ground as she could, tail whipping, preparing herself to run or fight. "Those are my flaming fire flakes your eating!" Minerva rolled her eyes. Seriously?

She made her way to the nearest crack in the wall. Peering through, she saw two men wearing fire sage robes sitting at a table apparently eating lunch and fighting over a serving of...flaming fire flakes... Minerva shook her head and turned around. She thought about this strange new place she found herself in. I wonder what other similarities and differences there are to home?

"Have you heard? There's a rumor that Commander Zhao may be promoted to Admiral."

"Ha! I pity his troops." Minerva paused and peeked through another crack. Two more fire sages were walking down a hallway. She heard them laugh as they passed her hiding spot. They opened a door and Minerva squinted against the daylight. Finally, she thought

"I can't believe we have to patrol the temple like common guards. Do they seriously expect the Avatar to show up here?"

"It does seem rather unlikely." the other chuckled. "But orders are orders, and I don't intend to disobey the fire lord. Do you?"

"No, of course not, but we're fire sages not soldiers. If the avatar was stupid enough to show up here in the middle of the fire nation, how could we possibly subdue him? He's the Avatar!"

"I find my life is much easier when I don't ask questions. Besides, it doesn't matter because the Avatar isn't going to show up." The two continued to talk as they walked outside and out of sight.

Minerva narrowed her eyes, how do I get over there? She wondered. This crack isn't big enough for me to fit through. Minerva sat down and concentrated on changing. Come on! CHANGE! She growled in frustration. But why? Why can't I change? Is something wrong with my magic?

She tried again…pushing herself, and suddenly, Ffffffff!

Minerva jumped in shock. She looked around double-checking that no one was around, even though she knew that nobody was around.

I can't believe that just happened, she thought. I just…while trying to change. Oh, this is so embarrassing. Minerva sat down and put her paws over her eyes.

UGH! This is the most frustrating situation I have ever been in! Minerva hissed and stood up, walking in circles. How do I get out of here?

"Hi there, are you lost?" Minerva jumped and spun, looking frantically around her.

"Who's there?" She meowed.

"I'm up here." the voice came again. Minerva tilted her head up." Higher. A little more!" Minerva tilted her head back as far as she could and saw two large green eyes staring at her from the darkness. " Hi! They call me MoMo. What do they call you?"

"Hello." Minerva replied. "My name is Minerva, Minerva McGonagall"

"It's nice to meet you Minerva, Minerva McGonagall"

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NL's POV

"AHHH!" Neville screamed as he dodged another giant rock. This was the third rock that had nearly crushed him.

At first he thought that Toph was being really nice. She'd explained how she was competing in an earth bending rumble, whatever that was, and gotten him a seat. She said it wasn't a big deal. At the time, Neville hadn't understood why her smile made his stomach uneasy. Of course! Now he knew why! No one in their right mind would sit in these seats. Was Toph trying to kill him?

"The Bolder will crush you into the ground like the puny rat-mole you are!"

"Not if the magnificent Mountain demolishes you first!"

"Ha! You can only dream of being as magnificent as THE BOLDER!"

The two men continued to yell insults at each other and then they began to throw rocks.

She'd promised to come back, as long as he didn't scream like a little girl. Neville had screamed. He'd screamed quite a lot. He couldn't help himself. I don't scream like a girl...do I? I hope she comes back anyway.

"Why is it always me?" Neville dodged another flying bolder. I guess there's no point in asking Toph what earth bending is now, he thought. But I wondered how she does it. No ones using a wand, so they can't be using magic.

Neville wished he knew what was going on. He wished he knew where he was, because he was obviously not in Hogwarts and probably not even in Britain. He really wished he could close his eyes and pretend this all wasn't happening, but he was too afraid of being squished by a rock.

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HP's POV

Harry was confused and in pain. Sadly, this wasn't a new situation for him. Harry was often in pain at his relatives' home. If he wasn't being forced to play Harry Hunting, courtesy of Dudley and his gang, he was dodging swings from his uncle's fist or his aunt's frying pan. The fact that he wasn't allowed to ask any questions meant that he was almost always confused about something.

But this time Harry's confusion and pain had nothing to do with his horrible relatives. At least... he didn't think it did. The last thing he remembered was waiting to be sorted into a house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...And then he woke up up here. He just wished he knew where here was.

Harry took stock of his surroundings. He was in a forest, and he was alone.

"Great... That's just great. What do I do now?" he said. He pressed a hand to his head. He had acquired a spectacular bump on the back of his head and it hurt, a lot. "For once I don't think this is uncle Vernon's handy work."

Harry got up slowly and started to walk around. Hogwarts has a forest, doesn't it? Maybe I ended up there somehow? He thought.

"Is this the sorting? Just my luck... I probably will have to wrestle a troll." Harry said. He continued walking; now paranoid expecting to see a Troll behind every tree.

"The Professor said that the sorting would begin shortly. This is probably it. I guess depending on how i react will determine which house I will be put into. I guess I act smart; I'll be put into the smart house. Or if I am cunning, I'll be put into that Slytherine house. "This would be a lot easier if I wasn't in pain and could think straight. Also, if they told me what was going on, that would make this sorting ceremony a lot easier."

"I want to be in Griffindore, like my parents, and that's the house of the brave. So I just have to...be brave...I guess?"

Harry continued to walk through the forest, now trying very hard to be brave. He took deep breaths and stuck out his chest, nodding to himself every now and then. He occasionally said things like: "I'm not afraid!" or "I deal with things like this all the time! No big deal!" Harry knew he probably looked like an idiot, but he couldn't take that chance if this was his sorting.

This forest is really big, he thought. How big is Hogwarts anyway? Should I be going in a specific direction? Where are the other first years?

Harry continued to wander aimlessly around the forest, pressing his hand to his head and trying to ignore the pain and his blurry vision. His foot connected with something sharp and he cursed, letting go of his hand and reaching for his foot.

"OWWWW! WHAT? WHERE ARE MY SHOES? HOW DID I WALK ALL THIS WAY WITHOUT SHOES AND NOT NOTICE? WHY WOULD THEY TAKE MY SHOES AWAY?" These wizard folk were really terrible people, Harry thought. First they hit me in the head and abandon me in their forest, AND they take my shoes. This is insane!

Suddenly, something flew passed Harry's face. "AHHH!" Harry shouted and jumped back, tripping over a rock and falling hard on his bottom.

Frightened, he stared at the creature; it looked like a fox with its red coat and long bushy tail. If he hadn't seen it flying he would swear it was a fox, but it definitely had wings!

"Huh?" Harry said. "Some sort of magical animal?"

Hogwarts is messed up

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It's nice to meet you Minerva, Minerva McGonagall" Minerva chuckled "So are you...?"

"Am I what, dear?"

"Lost, silly?"

"Ah. Well yes I suppose I am." Minerva admitted. "Would you mind coming down here? I can barely see you all the way up there."

"Oh, of course I can!" MoMo said happily. His voice was high and cheerful. She suspected that he was very young. Minerva heard rustling and saw two large black shapes appear on either side of the eyes. Wings, she thought. As MoMo flew down to her, Minerva was able to make out more details. He's some sort of bat, she thought.

"Gracious!" She said. MoMo was indeed a bat, but he was more then just a bat. He had the ears and wings of a bat, but his face and his body certainly was not. He had large bat ears and wings that seemed to grow out of his arms. He also had a tail. His body was tan and his face was covered in a darker brown color, which also appeared in his ears and around his tail. He was a perfect combination of the two animals. "What are you?" Minerva asked, stepping back shocked and a little frightened.

"I'm MoMo." the creature replied confused, "I thought I told you that already, didn't I?"

"You did, yes, but what I mean is what type of creature are you? I have never seen anything like you before."

"Wow, you really aren't from around here. I'm a Lamer-bat, duh..." He started to walk closer. "Yyou're weird looking. What are you?"

"I am a cat." she said.

"A cat?" MoMo asked. He tilted his head and his bat ears flopped comically.

"Yes." she said." Well... Actually, I'm a human, a witch really." Honestly, she thought, who cares about the statute of secrecy at this point? Besides he's not even human. "I can change myself into a cat through a process called transfiguration, but I can't seem to change back and…Oh why am I even telling you this? You obviously have no idea what I'm talking about." she said, very frustrated.

"Not at all." MoMo replied with a laugh and a shake of his head. "So let me try to understand. You are just a cat, but not really because really you're a human, who is actually a witch? Who can turn into a cat and, now your stuck as…a cat?"

"...Yes..."

"Okay then." MoMo shrugged. "So why are you here? In the tunnels?" Minerva laughed. Oh the easy acceptance of the young, she thought with a smile.

"One of the fire sages brought me here, but then he had to leave unexpectedly. I'm trying to find a way outside."

"Oh! My humans brought me here too, but then I kind of got distracted, I saw a bug and followed it and then it got away and now I'm lost too." MoMo said, bouncing up and down with enthusiasm.

"Oh, he's not my human." Minerva said. "So you have no idea how to get outside?"

"Nope. But I don't want to get outside, my humans are somewhere inside. You can come with me! We can be lost together, it'll be fun!" with that, MoMo took off, flying down the tunnel.

"Wait!" Minerva ran after him. After a few moments she decided to try gathering information. he seems friendly enough. Perhaps he can answer some of my questions.

"MoMo? Have you seen two small boys?"

"Two boys?" he asked. "Two of my humans are boys! One's tiny and bald and he laughs a lot and feeds me lots of yummy fruit. And one's tall and kind of grumpy and his hair is really long. He ties it back like I see girl humans do, but he's nice and funny."

"No! Two different boys. They are both small. One has black hair and spectacles and one has blond hair and is a little pudgy. Have you seen any boys like that?"

"No, don't think so. What's a spectacle? Is it food?"

"No, spectacles are not food. They are a type of tool to help one see better" Minerva

"Humans are weird." said MoMo. "Is that why you're here? To find your humans?"

"Essentially, yes." Minerva said. "I came after the boys. They were...taken, but they aren't in the temple and I have to find them."

"Okay, we can find my humans and then look for yours. We can search the island!"

"We're on an island?" Minerva asked.

"Yup, crescent island. One of the many islands in the Fire Nation." MoMo answered.

"So the Fire Nation...Are they Wizards? Do they worship fire? Minerva asked: attempting to sound casual and failing miserably.

"What? Are you serious?" MoMo asked. He started to laugh and almost flew into a jutting rock wall.

"Is that a no?"

"Yeah, that's a no." MoMo laughed. "Wow, when you said you're not from around here you meant it, literally" He said. "Right, so the fire nation is…"

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Hello everyone! sorry for the long wait. I happily got promoted at work, good for me financially, but bad for my writing. So sorry, but their will probably be longer waits between chapters now. On the plus side I have finally got a beta! And I would like to thank Gangzta4life5 for agreeing to be my beta. Hopefully, there will be less errors in my work :)

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