Notes: Ok... so this is one I did feel bad writing since it's a tone shift, but it is necessary. :(

Posting this early due to hitting 100 followers. Thank you so much!

And very important note for those who have been following this story. Originally it stated this story began 1 month before season 1. Well the problem is i completely forgot there was a ten month time skip with the training Midoriya did with All Might. At first was going to incorporate that time into the story, but then would have to either take ages to reach the next main part of the story or do a huge time skip which if it took too long there would not be as much fun interactions. So if you have not seen the change, the story now is 3 months before the entrance exams.

So... enjoy!

Once inside the bathroom, Katara leaned on the counter and stared at herself for what seemed to be minutes before she even blinked. "How in the world did I end up in a place like this?" She muttered to herself. She turned to the tub and then realized she should have asked him probably the most important question of the night.

"Crap, how do I work this thing!?"

She stared at the silver faucet and handle trying to make her best guess to how the worked. She could see the plug obviously went to the drain. Step one one. Now she looked to the handle and gave it a partial turn, immediately followed by water draining out of the bottom. "Okay, so that works at least." Her hand felt the water and shivered slightly at the touch. "Okay, so… maybe I have to turn more to get it warmer."

Deciding to pull it all the way, the water rushed out faster and began to release humidity as it poured. She smiled seeing she was right. "Perfect. I guess that wasn't so hard."

Katara stood back up and began removing her blue robes and setting them on the counter top. She could smell the slight odor seeping from the cloths and scrunched her face in embarrassment. "Jeez, I hope they didn't smell me when we were eating dinner earlier." sighing, she continued to remove the white bra and leggings she wore underneath until she was finally free. She was never one who reveled in being without clothes, but she had to admit it did feel good to be out every once in a while.

She opened up the cabinets underneath the sink and found a few towels sitting there. "Well at least I don't need to drip dry." her eyes then noticed the thick layer of steam that began forming in front of her eyes. "What the…" she looked back to the tub and saw the water was near the top filled with scolding water. "Crap. I guess I made the water too hot."

She quickly shut off the faucet and touched the surface, yanking back from the intense heat. "Yeah, definitely too hot." Luckily for her, she had the perfect fix for that.

Placing her hands towards the water, Katara blew out a cool gust of mist from her mouth creating a stream of ice crystals. The cold air spread across the surface, a slight sizzling sound erupting from the top as its temperature dropped. After a few moments, she stuck her finger back in and smiled when it was just perfect for her. Stepping in, she let out a satisfied moan as the warm water enveloped her body. "Now this is exactly what I needed."

Feeling the knots and aches in her body melt away, Katara leaned her head back against the tub wall and stared up at the ceiling. She sat in silence for probably ten minutes, her nerves and body still slightly on edge to this strange place she was in. She was eternally grateful for having someone kind like Tensei help her, but she still had the entire problem that this was not her home and would somehow have to make her way back.

Her mind began replaying the events of the last few hours in her mind over and over again; Just earlier she was with Aang chasing firebenders through the woods. She came across an enraged spirit and somehow ended up in this place, one that was so different than the one she knew. And to make it worse they had no knowledge of the place she came from, which meant finding a way back would be even harder for her. She could always look for a library around here and… "Wait."

She sat up from the water and remembered the books that Tensei had shown her before she came in here. "I can look through those books and see if there is anything similar between our worlds!"

She began draining the water from the tub and grabbed the towel. Drying herself off vigorously, she wrapped herself up and opened up the door to the bedroom and was met with the sight of some clothes on the bed. She smiled and lifted up the over sized white shirt and shrugged. "It would be odd If he had clothes my size already. Can't be helped."

Slipping the shirt over her body, she chuckled seeing it hang on her like a dress. She then pulled on the baggy blue sweatpants and threw the towel back into the bathroom. She opened up the door back to the main living room and turned towards the office. Before she entered she could hear the light snore coming from the end room, obviously being Tensei's room. She made sure not to be loud and entered the center door. At first she was annoyed by the darkness, but then remembered the bathroom and felt on the wall until she found the switch and flipped it on. She grinned when the lights flicked on and lit up the place, allowing her full access to the large collection of books.

"Alright. Where to start…" she muttered as her eyes ran along the many titles he had. "I am sure glad I ended up in a place with the same language." She joked as her eyes came to the encyclopedia books he mentioned. "This should have what I need. Okay… A… E… F… S… W."

She grabbed the matching book to each letter she mentioned, hoping in someway she could find traces of her home. He carried the five books over to the spare desk in the corner and sat in the chair. Opening up A first, she skimmed through the pages to the area she needed. "Okay. Air… Air. Air nomads. Anything." She murmured as she came to the "Air" section. Her eyes scanned up and down the list of different terms.

Air blast Quirk.

Air Blow Quirk.

Air walk Quirk.

Her finger stopped scanning when she reached the words with "AJ". Her heart felt a slight ache when she found nothing about Airbending, Air nomad monks or air temples. "M-Maybe this book isn't updated." She tried to convince her self as she moved the A book out of the way and opened the E. She flipped through until she came to the earth section. She looked back and forth, trying to find anything from earthbending to earth kingdom. But the closet she could find were different earth quirks that didn't sound anything like bending. Her heart began to beat faster as she once again didn't find anything referencing the earth kingdom or any of the cities.

She slipped the book aside and flipped open the next one. "If there was anything about the fire nation's history there is no way that would be ignored." Katara sped through the book until she reached fire. Her eyes grazed over every term of fire quirk, trying to find anything similar to what she knew about firebending. She could see so many terms and names describing what they could do.

fire manipulation.

Fire creation.

Fire resistance.

Fire breathing.

"So many things. If they were firebenders they would definitely say something like that." Her worry began to increase as she looked further in the book to find anything about the fire nation. The fire nation attacks, or even the term fire lord. And yet after several passes, she came up with not a single thing relating to her search. Her finger stopped scrolling down the pages as she finally passed fire.

"No, there... there can't be nothing." She worringly said as she snatched up the s book and flipped back until she reached what she hoped would be the best chance of hope.

"Spirits. Spirits... spir-"

Her heart felt like it stopped when she read the one word after spirits.

Folklore.

Sweat started dripping down her forehead as she shakingly held the book. Spirits in this world were only legends and fairytales. They were not real. That means... they do not exist here. Her thoughts came to the realization that was always in the back of her mind and yet she tried desperately to ignore. The fear that she was feeling when she saw the changed world and felt so out of place.

There was nothing regarding anything to her home world.

Katara sat in utter silence to the pain she began to feel inside her chest. Her breath came in shallow gasps and she stumbled out of the chair to lean her back against the wall. She slid down to the floor as her knees pulled up into her chest to try and comfort herself, but it just made her feel more secluded and alone. She didn't even bother to try searching for waterbending, for she knew what the answer would be. Her bottom jaw began to tremble as emotions she was trying to hold back were beginning to make their way to the surface and reveal themselves. Images of people important in her life began flashing by, reminding her of the pain she was being tormented with.

"Sokka. Dad. Aang. Toph. Zuko. Suki. Gran-Gran. All of you…" Vision began to blur as tears started to flow outward. "I never even got to say goodbye to anyone. And now…"

She brought a hand to her mouth as her breaths became ragged, sniffling with every gasp. "...I don't know if I'll ever be able to see you again. I- I'm sorry."

Her dad, grandmother and brother would hear from Aang what had happened to her, thinking the worst that she was dead. Then there was the many great friends she had made over the course of her adventures, lifelong bonds she would not ever have broken were now severed instantly. And then there was Aang. Her tears flowed freely when she thought of the Avatar.

It was he who started her on the grand adventure she had experienced over the last seven months of her life. He who pushed her to join him to the north pole to master her bending, and aided him through his battles with the fire nation. He was always there for her when she needed it, and she would have been there as well. And then… he had revealed his feelings to her.

Her eyes clenched shut when she remembered him kiss her before the invasion, instantly telling her that he truly thought of her as more than a friend. He then tried to tell her during their stay on Ember island, revealing to her he always loved her. And what bothered her most was the fact when he revealed this to her, the secret burning inside of his chest since the day he met her, she chose to say the only thing that could come to her mind at the time.

That she was confused.

Katara gritted her teeth in frustration thinking about what she had said. Her best friend revealed how he had felt, and she had shot him down because of the fear in her heart that she was afraid to admit to him and even to herself; that she really didn't know if she loved him back. And now, she would be stuck in limbo because he would never be able to find out from her the truth. All she could do now was be reminded of her mistake, gripping her legs tight and bury her face into her knees and weep.

"I am sorry. I'm so sorry, Aang."

Katara continued to cry for what felt like an hour, unable to get up from her position. The only reason she slowed down was the fact she was running out of tears to cry. Her breathing began to stabilize and her nerves leveled out as she laid her head back against the wall behind her. She stared up at the blank ceiling, her mind slowly beginning to take in the fact that she was in a new place and time different from where she came from, and as far as she knew at this point, perhaps this is where she was going to have to live.

"When you're a waterbender in a strange land, you do what you must to survive."

The words of another bender she hoped to forget reappeared inside her head, bringing a frustrated grimace to her face. "Not even your situation was to this level, Hama." She sneered to the demon from her past.

Realizing to where her search had led, Katara forced her self off the ground and turned to leave the room before stopping herself. She wanted to go back to the bed in the room she was given and curl up in the dark. All she felt like doing was sit alone and try to get some rest for herself. At this point however, her nerves were on such a high from her situation she knew there was no way to fall asleep. She would be laying there for hours just being reminded of the pain she just stopped crying from. The only way to keep herself from losing it again would be to have something to distract her with. Turning back around, her eyes met the books still sitting open on the desk.

"If I am up, I might as well…" She sighed to herself and walked back over, gathering them up and restacking them. She stepped to the shelf and pulled out the book with a "Q" on the spine and brought it to the countertop along with the others.

"Perhaps someday I may find out a way back home…" She muttered out loud while flipping it open. "Until then… This is where I will be, so I should know everything I can."

She skimmed through the pages until she reached the section she had been curious on since the moment she heard the words. Perhaps the most important and common thing she was going to experience here and should know what she could about it. Once she found it, she took a deep and began."

"So, what is a quirk..."

And so she began her research.

Author notes: Yes, so this was supposed to be part of the last chapter, but due to the tone shift i felt like it would be out of place with them together.

This is also far shorter than my standard chapters. I apologize. Due to me working construction and picking up an out of town project, I will be quite busy for the next few months. I will have to put my first story on a small haitus due to time, but this one... its too fun and I can't wait to get to the part I want.

the next few chapters will be back to normal sized, I promise, and the pacing will pick up. Stay tuned next week!