Avatar: The Tale of Harry, Book 1: Purity

by stringdog

Korra's time has passed and the world awaits the Avatar's return. Harry, an earthbender in his fourth year at the Elemental Academy, discovers that he is the new Avatar. Now he must master all the elements while dealing with the return of Korra's last enemy, a bloodbender set on bender supremacy and maintaining the purity of bending, and avoid making his own enemies in the process.

25. Chapter 25

Here is chapter 25 on time (back to EST) as always. No questions after last week's long chapter so just sit back and enjoy the latest installment in Avatar: The Tale of Harry. Book 1: Purity.

Disclaimer: As always I own nothing relating to either of these two great works of fiction.

Chapter 25

Harry collected his bag from his room in the Earth House and headed to the cove that housed the students at the Academy from the various Water Tribes. Harry had always found the floating icebergs of the Water House the oddest and most unnatural of the houses but he knew that was due to the fact that he was no longer connected to the earth when he was on the ice. It was still an adjustment to him to be unconnected from his natural element but he would get used to it.

Walking over one of the earth bridges that connected the Water House to the mainland Harry wrapped his coat around himself as he felt the temperature drop a bit. It wasn't so cold that he was shivering but he had never truly gotten used to the coolness of the ice around him. He also had to wear his thick soled boots instead of his usual thin soled ones to avoid his feet freezing in the cold. He wouldn't be able to use his seismic sense on the ice anyway.

Walking over to where he knew the 4th and 5th year students lived Harry enjoyed the clean crisp air that the ice provided. He may not like the cold but the air was always nicer in the Water House for some reason. Once in the dorm Harry took the nearest staircase to the 4th floor where the 4th year boys lived. His last room of the year was at the far end of the hallway right next to Ron's. Opening the door Harry surveyed the room inside the way he had with his previous two new rooms that year.

The Water House dorm room was relatively large and almost completely made of ice. The desk, shelves and wardrobe were all ice though when Harry opened the wardrobe the inside was insulated with fur. The bed was more a large pile of furs in the corner that Harry knew represented how the polar tribes preferred to sleep. The chair too seemed to have had a layer of furs around it to insulate it. Despite the ice it wasn't as cold as Harry had expected though it was noticeably more cold than the outdoors. Placing his bag on his bed and his books on the desk Harry opened to wardrobe and pondered what of the nice collection of Southern Water Tribe garb Ron's family had sent up to wear.

Ultimately Harry had gone with a white undershirt, a dark blue sleeveless vest lined with polar bear/dog fur and trimmed in white, dark blue fur lined pants, brown fur lined boots and dark blue sleeves that went from his wrists to his upper biceps. He completed it with a white belt with a blue Southern Water Tribe crest buckle. On the belt he attached his customary metal spools, which he would have to keep oiled around all this ice, and put his short swords on his back. Once again he opted to keep his green headband to keep his long hair out of his eyes and maintain a connection to his own homeland and element.

As he was putting the finishing touches on his outfit the door opened and Harry turned to see his girlfriend and his best friend coming into the room. Both looked exhausted from the meeting earlier but also pleased that Harry was finally in their dorm and about to begin his last element.

"Welcome the Water House." Ginny said greeting her boyfriend with a kiss. "Finally after a very busy year your at your last element."

"Yes and likely the hardest." Harry said with a smile. "But with all that's happened in the last week and of course today it has been hard to even think of school resuming tomorrow."

"Yeah we need to dissect what we learned today but that can wait until we are all together and know that no one can overhear us which requires earth." Ron said ignoring his sister's and Harry's display of affection.

"We can do that tomorrow when we get dinner to celebrate our victory over The Pranksters in the semifinal." Ginny said. "We should probably get some rest before that."

"Yeah I'm exhausted." Ron said yawning theatrically. "And hungry so meat first then sleep just as Sokka the Wolf of the Southern Waters would have prescribed. We need to be on our best for whatever tricks Fred and George throw at us."

Harry just laughed at that knowing the truth of it all. The trio left his room and headed to the nearest Water House cafeteria making small talk about the upcoming match and semester. Harry wasn't actually going to have his first lesson with Severus until after the match, he had been instructed to spend tomorrow learning the theory of waterbending before trying it when they met for Harry's first less. This was something that none of his other teachers had done but Harry didn't mind it as it allowed him to focus on the upcoming match rather than class. After dinner they returned to their dorm, bade each other goodnight and went to bed ready for the first day of the final semester and Harry's final element he needed to master to become a fully realized Avatar.

The next day was the start of the final semester of the year. Harry woke in his room in the Water House and went about his day as he would on any normal day of class. He showered, had a light breakfast in the nearest cafeteria with Ron and Ginny and then went to class. As usual the morning was devoted to academic classes, today was history followed by geography and capped off with a politics course on the political system employed in the United Republic.

Harry enjoyed history even if the 147 year old teacher, Master Binns, was a boring near senile man. Harry was convinced Master Binns had become a spirit years ago and just not realized it but he couldn't prove his theory despite being the Avatar. Regardless Binns was still one of the world's finest historians in the world, likely because he seemed to have lived through a large portion of it. This semester they were covering Earth Kingdom history during the period of Chin's conquest, the peasant revolt and the formation of the Dai Lee, all during the era of Avatar Kyoshi and all fascinating. Geography was always dull to Harry and he dozed off in his class, one on the importance of volcanoes and earthquakes in the formation of the Fire Nation. His last class of the morning, politics, was interesting but Harry already knew of how the council system had worked before the Equalist Crisis. All in all it was a typical academic morning.

After a good lunch in the Union Café with his friends it was time for bending training. As it was the start of the week the day was supposed to be training in the pure element the student could bend, if they were a master. Harry was supposed to start waterbending with Severus today but the greasy master had told him last week that he was busy on the first day of the semester and would start Harry's daily training a day late. Severus had then order Harry to spend the afternoon learning the theory of waterbending so that he was ready to try practice it. Harry spent the afternoon in the Water House library reading scrolls and theory guides for all 4 styles of pure waterbending and coming away with the simple conclusion that the very nature of the element was in a sense opposite to his own natural style of earthbending despite earth being the opposite to air.

Waterbending was free, fluid, graceful and flexible. It moved on its own and could only be channeled. It changed as it saw fit going from a peaceful sea to a full scale storm in moments. It was why waterbending looked more like a dance than a fighting style. Earth on the other hand was rigid, unyielding, blunt and stubborn. It did not move without a great force behind it. It was strong and solid. It did not change its course naturally or be effected by the other elements. Harry came out of the theory research with the simple conclusion that he would almost certainly struggle with his final element. Waterbending was just too different to his own natural earthbending that he would likely need to change his own style just to master the element.

Harry sighed when he heard the school wide bell that signaled the end of the 3 hour post lunch training period and headed to the Union Café. He did not have to shower so he was able to start a little homework from Binns before the rest of his friends could arrive. They had all taken a light training session given that they had their semifinal match in a few hours. During their dinner they made small talk and compared notes for the day.

"You haven't started waterbending yet?" Luna asked a little shocked when she had heard that Harry had yet to begin his final element.

"No Severus is away so he had me learn the theory of waterbending." Harry said. "Or at least that's what his letter told me last week."

"So what do you think?" Ron asked through a mouthful of meat. "About the theory and styles."

"I think it's very different from earthbending." Harry said with a laugh. "Much more fluid and graceful than I'm used to. All I really do is hit things hard, even with the grace of airbending my style is a little too rigid for the more traditionalist masters."

"I think you should start with the Foggy Swamp or probending styles of waterbending." Ginny said. "They are more rigid and assertive so would probably come more naturally to you that the elegant styles of the polar tribes."

"That's what I was thinking from when I read about the styles." Harry said. "But unfortunately the plurality of waterbenders are from the Northern Water Tribe and their style is the predominant one."

"And Severus always favors that style." Ron said. "He doesn't even consider the other ones to be true waterbending or required for mastery which is a little ironic seeing as he's from the Foggy Swamp Tribe. No for him, at least until too many students complained, mastery means perfection of the elegant and complex Northern Style to our esteemed Head of House."

"Well that is why I have you two to help me the way Neville and Luna helped me fire and airbending." Harry said with a smile.

"Yeah I took his airbending virginity." Luna said with a smile before winking at Ron. "But my own personal virginity, all holes, went to Ron."

Ron just went bright red at this and began choking on his food. Luna had deleberatly spoken when her boyfriend's mouth was full. Harry decided to quickly change the topic to the semifinal in a few hours to prevent what would almost certainly become a detailed, blow by blow, discussion of Luna and Ron's sex life.

"Are we ready for tonight?" Harry asked.

"As ready as we can be." Ron said. "It's a shame we had to miss a few days of training but given all that has happened it was inevitable. Still we should be able to handle The Pranksters."

"I agree and we should hold off on discussing the council meeting until after the match." Neville said. "As interesting and useful as that meeting was we need to have our heads focused on the upcoming match."

"A wise strategy Neville." Ginny said approvingly. "Right so what is our plan."

"Simple we take out Fred/George first." Ron said. "I predict that they may try a 4 on 1 strike against Harry to take him out early, he is our best bender. They may also attack me so we should be prepared for that. I suggest Harry and I prepare to be on the defensive while Luna goes high on whichever twin is playing and Neville goes low. Whichever one of us who isn't attacked in the initial salvo look for an exposed opening on any of the other team and take it. From there its standard divide and conquer. Take you best match up so Harry has Fred/George, I have Alicia, Neville you take Angelina and Luna has Lee and we work together, play off each other and send them to the water. If we need a round two, and this may be the first time we will need one, I'll come up with something then."

The others nodded at Ron's words. The rest of the meal they quietly prepared for the match. All the time Harry was using seismic sense so that they wouldn't be overheard by spies in the employ of the twins. After dinner Team Avatar headed to the arena which was located in the central United Republic section of campus. As it was the semifinals most of the school would be in attendance to see the match so they got there early to get ready.

They had the red side of the arena and used that changing room to get into their protective and get in the zone for the impending fight. Soon it was early evening and the match was scheduled to begin in a few minutes. Heading to the players box Ginny wished them luck as they donned their masks and stepped onto the metal jetty that took them to the platform. On the other side The Pranksters were getting off their jetty and playing to the crowd as much as possible. Through the masks Harry couldn't tell which of the twins was active tonight, not that he could tell them apart without the mask anyway, but otherwise the others were all easily recognizable.

There was the tall, powerful, dark skinned Angelina. A gifted earth and metal bender from the Imperial State of Bosco she was Fred's girlfriend and the second best on the team and likely a future probender. Then there was the bald tattooed Alicia. An airbender from the Eastern Air Temple she was one of few female airbenders who shaved her whole head. Alicia had earned her tattoos at the end of her 2nd year and was one of the best in combat airbending in the school and like Angelina she was likely going to go pro after she graduated. Lastly there was the twin's best friend and business partner Lee. A dark skinned firebender who's family had moved to the United Republic before he was born, the dreadlocked boy was skilled but loved to talk and normally served as a commentator rather than competitor in these situations. In short order the 8 participants had taken their positions facing each other in their respective zones and Madam Hooch approached the referee podium.

"Silence." The woman called into the microphone though she didn't need it as a hush fell over the arena.

Hooch was a former probender and the developer of the probending fighting style for airbending that allowed the sport to expand to include all 4 elements. She was arguably the best airbender to ever compete at the pro level, winning the Best Airbender award an unprecedented 9 times and the league MVP 3 times during her tenure with the Air Bison, the only team owned by the Air Nation and owned as a collective by all airbenders. After retiring she had been hired by the Academy to run the tournament and to teach the art of probending styles to all students regardless of element and to airbenders in particular. She took no bullshit from her charges and had a zero tolerance for cheating. As an airbender she was a big on equal treatment of all beings. She had been furious to learn of the subtle cheating Draco had done last year and had been the force behind his ban.

"I want a good clean bout." She said before shouting. "Round 1 begin."

The match started as Ron expected, a 4 way assault on Harry. Harry pulled up two earth disks in defense which blocked Fred/George's water blast and Lee's fire blast but that was all the Avatar could manage within the rules of the game. As soon as the two disks Harry had used to protect himself disintegrated he took the earth disk from Angelina to his chest which staggered him back a bit followed by the air jet from Alicia that succeeded in breaking his stance and sending him back to zone 2. Rolling with the impact Harry rose in time to avoid a follow up disk by Angelina.

"And the first semifinal has gotten off to a great start with The Pranksters taking the risky strategy of all attacking the Avatar at once." Came the voice of the student commentator filling in for Lee for the match. "But some quick earthbending by Harry has prevented all 4 attacks from landing and only sent the Avatar back one space and now The Pranksters are paying for that."

The commentator was right as Ron, Luna and Neville had seized on the attack and taken their openings. Ron sent a series of rapid fire, small, hard water blasts at Angelina as she sent the initial earth disk and a follow up one at Harry. She didn't stand a chance and several landed squarely on her side and chest sending her back a zone.

"Angelina has been relegated to zone 2 what a move from Team Avatar's waterbender." The commentator said. "That is a move we should all take note of."

Luna had sent a powerful air blast at Fred/George followed up with a short kick of air at him. The twin had made the mistake of going with a longer water stream hoping to land something on Harry and had followed it up with a second stream to add to his attack and Harry's temporary weakness but Harry had dodged that follow up attack as well. Fred/George only just avoided the first air attack but the second took his legs out from under him and he didn't have time to defend against an earth disk send by Harry that caught him in the side and sent him skidding into zone 2. The disk had landed on the side of his ribs and Fred/George was still down in clearly injured.

"Ouch and The Prankster's waterbender, whichever twin that is I really cannot tell, has just taken a powerful double element attack and he looks like he's in pain." The commentator said. "If they do make hold off to force a round 2 then I think they'll have to sub in the other twin."

Neville had sent a series of fire blasts at Lee and Alicia while they were attacking Harry. Lee was able to reach quickly enough to dispel the fire and send his own back at Neville but Alicia had not been so lucky. She had taken three small powerful jets to her chest and side and it caused her to stagger back a step and that was all Harry needed. Right after his attack on Fred/George he had turned to Alicia. It was clear The Prankster's waterbender was down and out of the fight so Harry switched his focus to their airbender. As Alicia tried to regain her footing three well spaced and timed earth disks slammed into her. The first took her in the chest and pushed her back to zone 2 though she remained on her feet, the second caught her in gut before she could recover, winding her and lifting her of her feet and sending her crashing into zone 3, the last took her in the side as she was prone and sent her back to zone 4. It had all happened so quickly that she had been too stunned to react.

"What a vicious opening salvo from Team Avatar." The commentator said. "Only one of The Pranksters seems to have survived unscathed from that series. That folks is why you don't try to gang up on one player, especially if that player is the Avatar, because if the other team knows you may do that they will prepare that scenario and react the way they just did. For a team in the semifinal that seems like a desperate attack all or nothing attack. If they had sent the Avatar to the water it may have worked but that was a textbook defense."

Team Avatar moved as a unit to capitalize on the initial success. Harry sent two more disks at Alicia. Given the distance between the two she had time to rise to one knee and avoid the first disk but took the second to her shoulder sending her back out of zone 4 and into the water. Luna too had capitalized on a downed opponent sending a jet of air at Fred/George who was still down and pushing him as gently as possible all the way to zone 4 and out to the water where Alicia could look after him.

"What a series and now it's 4 on 2." The commentator said. "This is shaping up to be a standard match for Team Avatar, the reigning champions remember, as they have dispatched two of their opponents."

With two already out they could switch up their tactics to one of their many two on one scenarios they had prepared for. Harry turned his attention to aiding Neville against Lee by sending two disks in rapid succession at the firebender while he was exchanging fire with Neville. The first disk took Lee in the side of his right knee and sent him to his one knee. Unfortunately that had exposed his head to the second earth disk so Harry had to abort the attack and turn the disk towards Angelina. Luckily she was too busy dodging Luna and Ron and sending as many earth disks at the entire Team Avatar in rapid succession and with a hint of desperation to realize that Harry's disk had avoided her own ones and connected with her left armpit as she extended her arm to send out another disk. The earthbender gasped in pain and her arm fell limp to her side. Just then the bell rung to signify the end of the round and saving The Pranksters from what would have been an inevitable knock out.

"Ouch right in an unprotected spot, that has got to hurt." The commentator said. "That bell could not have come sooner for The Pranksters as they were on the ropes there. Round 1 goes to Team Avatar. It should be noted that this is the first time all tournament that Team Avatar has not won by a 1st round knockout. Looks like we will be taking a short medical break while The Pranksters sort out their team following that shellacking of a fight."

As The Pranksters dealt with their injuries Ron gathered Team Avatar in a huddle in their zone 4 so they could not be overheard.

"Great work team we knew they may try something like that and we were ready." Ron said with a smile.

"Sorry I couldn't push Lee back." Neville said. "I reacted as quickly as I could and ended up against their firebender and well facing a bender of the same element is always harder especially one on one."

"No Neville you did well." Ron said patting Neville on the back. "You managed to engage two of them after Harry took that 4 pronged assault. It gave him the time to hit Fred or George and then move to Alicia and deal with her. Lee was doomed when Harry dispatched Alicia and wounded Angelina. He was only saved by the bell. You distracted him from the rest of the game which is hard to do."

"Thanks" Neville said with a trace of smile under his mask."So what is the plan for round 2."

"We use Harry's air arch that has never been done in competition before." Ron gave an evil grin.

The others joined in remembering the move Harry had accidentally created the day the prisons were attacked by the Death Eaters. It was a tough move to do but if Luna could do it they could easily win this fight in round 2. No one would be expecting such a tactic.

"Do you think you can pull it off Luna?" Harry asked.

"Oh yes I was practicing it today in the gym." Luna said, "I think I need to start in zone 3 though to build up the momentum for the move. There is nothing in the rule books about moving between the other zones when you haven't been hit but you will need to protect me because if I take a shot while in one of the other zones I'm stuck there."

"We can do that." Ron said. "Ok here's the play. Neville you be in the middle I will take the right and Harry the left. Luna will start directly behind Neville but in zone 3 and as soon as the round begins will run forward. Once the round starts Neville you use fire jets to propel yourself up and back over Luna. It's a risk but with what Luna could do to them it's one worth taking. Once she executes her move, preferably from her knees as she slides under Neville."

"Yes you like it when I'm on my knees in front of you, master." Luna interrupted with a wink. It was a testament to Ron's focus on the situation that he did not blush at Luna's words.

"Yes I do and we can enjoy that later but back to the match at hand." Ron said with a straight face ignoring Luna's pout. "Anyway once you execute your move we will attack. Harry take Alicia again as she will be in the air and rock disks will be best against it. If Lee uses fire jests then I will take him while he is in the air. The other two are more unpredictable and we will have to play that by ear. Basically pick your targets wisely and force them off the platform, preferable without them making contact with it. Ok lets go team."

The others nodded and broke their huddle. They turned and took their positions. The Pranksters had been sorted out medically and were walking in a line towards their zone 1. Angelina was rotating her left arm which likely was recently healed and Lee was trying not to limp slightly. It was clear that The Pranksters had swapped out their waterbender as this twin look fresh and energetic.

"Ok folks I am just getting word that Fred, the twin that competed in round 1, has several broken ribs that require deep healing and thus can no longer compete so his brother George will replace him." The commentator said. "Do not worry Fred will be ok but he needs a trained healer. Remember this is a contact sport so these injuries do happen. Now what is this formation that I am seeing from Team Avatar? I don't think I have ever seen one like it. Of course it's not illegal as the competitors can move around in any of their own zones until they take contact in one of the further back zones, I've just never seen a team start with a bender in zone 3 like this before."

There were puzzled looks on the faces of The Pranksters but all Harry could do was smirk at them. They were about to face a move that had never been seen before but so long as they didn't send any over the sides and only out the back it should be fine. Even the crowd had quieted down for the start of the round eager to see the reason for their unorthodox formation. Harry did feel a little bad for injuring Fred but it was as the commentator said a contact sport and injuries did happen, especially when facing Draco's team, The Purebloods.

"Round 2 begin." Madam Hooch yelled.

Team Avatar leapt into action. Luna had begun running as soon as the round started and Neville used his fire jets to launch himself up and back over Luna. Unfortunately as he was in the air Angelina landed an earth disk in his gut that combined with his movement backwards send him over zones 2 and 3 before he crashed down in zone 4 and bounced off the back. It had been a risky move but it was a small price to pay.

"What in the world was that?" The commentator said clearly surprised. "I have never seen a move like that I have no idea what Team Avatar was … wait a sec what just happened."

As Neville was in the air Harry and Ron had pulled up their elements to block attacks aimed at them, water and air against Harry and fire against Ron. This worked out to their advantage as The Pranksters didn't register the threat Luna presented until it was too late.

Once Luna had reached zone 2 she dove forward and slid on her knees into zone 1 before shifting her weight and spinning on her left knee kicking in horizontal arc with her right foot and sending an arch of air the way Harry had done against her and Ron against The Pranksters. No one had seen it coming, even the commentator was silenced by the attack. The results were as expected.

Alicia used airbending to leap into the air avoid it the way Luna had done but as soon as she was in the air she was struck by 3 earth disks to the chest in a row, all timed perfectly by Harry, and she never landed back on the platform but was hurled cleanly out the back. Similarly Lee used fire jests to avoid the air arc and once he was in the air Ron landed a series of short, sharp, water jets, 12 in total, to Lee's chest and he was sent out the back of zone 4 right after Alicia. Angelina and George had not been so lucky.

Both took the attack to their midriffs and sent backwards. Both landed in zone 2, winded and bounced back into zone 3. The 3 remaining members of Team Avatar didn't hesitate as they charged forward into their opponent's territory. Luna sent a jet of air the caught a still prone Angelina in the side and sent her skidding out of the back of zone 4. George managed to raise himself to his hands and knees but that was all he managed to do before an upward jet of water from Ron caught him in the chest and sent him spinning out the back of zone 4, without touching the platform, to join the rest of his team in the water. As soon as George hit the water the klaxon signaling a knockout sounded. All this had taken place as the commentator was talking about Luna's odd move.

"Well I guess Team Avatar wins by second round knockout." The commentator said regaining his composure after seeing what had just happened. "That has to be the quickest round in school history. Now we just need a ruling from Madam Hooch to confirm that the move performed by Team Avatar's airbender was indeed legal and within the rules of the sport."

Madam Hooch was staring open mouthed at the sequence. As soon as she realized the match was over she pulled out her rule book and quickly consulted it.

"After looking through the rule book there is nothing illegal about the move performed by Luna." Madam Hooch said after a moment. By this point The Pranksters had returned, dripping from the soaking, to stand on the platform and await the ruling. A few were clearly in pain from the recent attack. "Though it should be noted that there is absolutely nothing in the rule book about a move like that. The air speed was within legal limits and the competitors were knocked out of the back of the arena so both are legal. It simply appears to be a whole knew move. Therefore I am ruling it a legal maneuver however it will be brought up at the next rules committee meeting of the Probending League and I would like to see miss Luna tomorrow in my office to explain that move in detail."

"Well done." George said walking over and shaking their hands. Neville had joined them as had Ginny from her position in the players box. "It was a genius move. Y'all will have to teach it to Alicia for next year."

"You know we won't divulge our secrets." Ron said with a smile as he and the rest of Team Avatar exchanged handshakes.

"The match is over." Madam Hooch said. "All students are to return to their Houses for the night. Team Avatar has advanced to the final and will play the winner of tomorrow night's semifinal between The Misfits and The Veterans."

With that The Pranksters left to their changing room and Team Avatar left for theirs. Once there and out of the protective clothes Harry turned to his team.

"That was an excellent fight." He said. "Well done all but I believe Luna is the MVP of that match for executing air arc perfectly though Neville does deserve credit for his sacrifice."

Neville smiled ruefully from his seat as Ginny administered some healing water to his bruised chest.

"It was for the team and man did that work." Neville said as Ginny finished and went over to check Harry for any bruises after the shot he took in round 1. "Though we should work on a better way to execute that in the final."

"Luna and I will be on it." Ron said putting an arm around his girlfriend. "Hopefully by the end of the week we can figure out a better method for executing it in competition. This was a rush job cobbled together on the fly and a trial run but yes Luna was the MVP of the game."

"Thank you but it was a team effort." She said kissing her boyfriend. "And the move won't be the only thing you will be on top of this week."

This time Ron did go red at Luna's not so subtle reference. Harry just ignored it as he finished changing and took Ginny's hand.

"Anyway let's all head back to our Houses and get some sleep we really need it." Harry said. "And no Luna don't say anything dirty." Luna just pouted at Harry for this. "We can discuss the match and the war council information tomorrow at dinner and before we watch the other semifinal. Also it will be after my first waterbending lesson with Severus so I can let y'all know how that went then."

"Yes I need to take copious notes on that match as both teams are very good." Ron said completely in team manager mode. "It will be an interesting fight."

They had finished changing and left the Academy's arena together. The rest of the students had already left and gone to their respective houses so it was quiet as Team Avatar said their goodnights and went their respective ways. Luna to the Air House after a long and graphic goodbye with Ron, Neville to the Fire House and the rest of them to the Water House.

Harry was both nervous and excited for tomorrow. On top of Team Avatar breaking down the war council meeting and the semifinal and watching the other semifinal Harry would have his first waterbending lesson with Master Severus and finally try to waterbend for the first time.

Again nothing of any importance to note here. There will be a chapter dealing with the final in a few weeks but otherwise this was just a typical chapter after the hectic nature of the last few. Next chapter will see Harry's first true interaction with Severus and his first attempt at waterbending. As usual the next chapter will be posted on time next Sunday and any reviews and PMs that pose questions will be answered and criticism, if useful, listened too. Until next week.

Stringdog