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~~~~~~~~~~~~~*`~~: Chapter Thirteen: ~~`*~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"So Ally, what do you think, has the Avatar passed this test?" Bumi asked after Aang had settled down.

Ally grinned, "Without a doubt. He'll be unstoppable when he has learned all the elements. Monk Gyasto would be proud." Aang beamed at her. Ally turned to him with an identical grin, "I knew you'd keep your promise." she said. Aang smiled sadly, remembering that night clearly.

"You've passed each test Avatar, now you must answer one question." Bumi said. Aang narrowed his eyes and looked worriedly at the two water tribe members mostly encased in crystal; they were still staring at Ally; wide eyed. "What is my name?" Bumi asked.

Aang looked at Ally for answers but she suddenly found herself boxed in earth. Ally shouted in surprise, she tried to listen to what was happening outside but it was too muffled. Ally scowled and lashed out at the walls around her, trying to get out. She tried listen more carefully but it was somewhat impossible to hear.

The walls crumbled around her, "Bout time." Ally mumbled. "I wasn't about to tell." she lied to Bumi, who laughed.

"But messing with people is fun." he said. "And don't lie; I know you can't keep secrets from Aang for very long."

Ally smiled "That's true, but I wouldn't be Aang's best friend if I kept secrets' from him." Ally grinned at Aang and received a grin in return.

"What I don't understand is why you both didn't tell Aang who you were at the beginning. - I mean why go through all of that?" The water tribe boy said.

Ally smiled, "I went along with it because I wanted to see how much Aang had learned... and how he would fight if he didn't know who I was." Ally added then turned to Aang, "If you hadn't had recognized me I would have pushed you into the water, again."

Aang laughed, "You almost had me when you jumped out from behind that flying boulder."

Ally laughed, "You almost had me if that boulder wasn't going to land on top of us.

Ally turned to Bumi so he could explain his own reasoning's; Bumi nodded to her and turned to Aang, "Aang, you have a difficult task ahead. The world has changed in the hundred years you've been gone. It's the duty of the Avatar to restore balance to the world by defeating Fire Lord Ozai. You have much to learn. You must master the four elements and confront the Fire Lord, and when you do, I hope you will think like a mad genius!" Aang smiled, clasps his hands together in thanks, and bowed. "And it looks like you're in good hands. You'll need your friends to help defeat the Fire Nation." A lemur jumped onto Aang's shoulder, "And you'll need Momo too." Bumi said with afterthought.

"Thank you for your wisdom." Aang said, he suddenly grinned mischievously and Ally couldn't resist the temptation to give a wide grin back, "Before we leave I have a challenge for the both of you."

Ally smirked with the amount of mischievous that could rival Aang's, "That sounds fair." she commented. "Bring it on." she challenged.

Aang told them the challenge; Ally scoffed "That's it?"

"We'll make it a race then!"

Ally laughed, "That's more like it!"

Aang, Ally and Bumi got to the highest chute, getting a box each.

"On your mark!" Sokka called. "Get set! - Boomerang!"

Ally almost took off, but held. Bumi and Sokka cacked up laughing while Aang, Katara and Ally looked at each other with a look that said clearly; they weren't amused.

"Okay! Okay!" Sokka said in the most serious manly voice he could muster. Ally's lips twitched upwards. "On your mark! get set! GO!"

Ally slid down the deep slope like a shooting star, Suddenly Ally saw Aang let lose a blast of air and he shot in front.

Ally let lose a tornado of air behind her and shot after him, yelling, "THAT'S CHEATING!"

"YOU'RE BOTH CHEATING!" Bumi shouted behind them. Suddenly Bumi changed the earth in front of both Aang and Ally, the rout the were taking crumpled. Ally sheltered herself into a bubble of air, lessening her fall. Beside her Aang was spinning in a swirling tornado.

They both landed in a heap of cabbages that were thrown into the air by the wind, scattered everywhere.

"My cabbages!"

"Oops!" cackled Bumi as he passed over him and he made the finish line, thus winning the race.

Ally struggled to stand up her laughter could be heard all across the city, she'd never felt this happy in ages.

Aang jumped up as well as the two water tribe members came running towards them. "Ally? You're going to come with us? Right?" Aang asked.

"Of course!" Ally said still laughing, "I actually came to Omashu to meet up with you."

"Wait how's that possible?" the water tribe boy asked.

"It's a long story." she said.

"So if your here does that mean other air benders..." asked the water tribe girl.

"I'll tell you everything that's happened after I get my things ready."

"You can tell us when we leave." Aang agreed, noticing Ally's hesitance.

So much has changed.

"We haven't properly introduced, my names Sokka; warrior of the Southern Water Tribe." he stated proudly. "And this is my sister, Katara" he added.

Ally bowed, "I'm Ally."

"Thank god there's another girl in the group now." Katara muttered almost inaudibly, Ally laughed.

Ally got Snow-fire and Nyx and Neo ready with her supplies; she met Aang and his friends at the gate. Bumi was there to say good-bye and best of luck.

"So are you and your brother water benders?" Ally asked Katara, as they made their way towards the hills that surrounded the city.

"I am, but my brother isn't." Katara said as Aang helped her onto Appa. "And I'm that not good."

"That's why we're going to the North Pole; to find a water bending master who can teach us together." said Aang.

Ally jumped lightly onto Snow-fire's saddle and took out two water bending scrolls. "You can practise with these along the way."

"Water bending scrolls?" Katara asked wide eyed, and eagerly looked at them. "Wow... Aang, check out these crazy moves!"

"Where'd you get the water bending scrolls?" Aang asked Ally. "Yip Yip!" he called to Appa.

Snow-fire flew alongside them; Nyx, Neo and Momo were chittering to each other. Ally looked at the ground they were flying over sink steadily to be replaced by water.

Ally took a settling breath and looked Aang in the eye, "Let me tell you what happened before I answer questions." Ally said. Aang nodded and sat down, crossed legged; Katara and Sokka sat on either side of him, facing Ally. "The fire nation attacked the morning after you left." Ally looked down, "Monk Gyasto awoke me and gave me the important job; to protect those who hadn't mastered Air bending - to get them as far away as I could.-"

Katara looked shocked. "But your thirteen!-" Sokka started.

"And the only Master Air bender, besides several others not including the monks." Ally interrupted, "It didn't matter how old I am - just that I had completed air master-ship. Anyway, I got them away okay, and it was only me that sustained injuries when I had to fight to get the others out of there; Monk Gyasto and the others who remained at the temple..." Ally cut herself off and closed her eyes. "- A week later; after I had healed enough to travel; Tom, Damien, Kin, Jin and Lyra received their master ship tattoos."

"We travelled to Air temple too Air Temple, hoping that there could be survivors no matter the grim odds. And thankfully we did find survivors, Malu - Sophie -Tane and Aireon." Ally didn't dare look up from her hands, "But we were being followed, a fire nation Admiral was tracking us nearly everywhere we went, and all the while I had visions-" Ally glanced at Aang, "Of you, stuck in a sphere of ice..." Aang nodded sadly, Katara and Sokka looked confused. "-I didn't know what to make of it, but somehow I knew you'd be alright... Me and the new masters trained the younger ones while we camped, it was hard as we had to keep moving, we didn't want to get caught; there were a lot of close calls."

Ally sighed, "But after so many close calls our luck had run out sometime. Admiral Lee found us at the place we were camping, it must have been at least three hundred fire-benders - None of us were hurt." Ally added at their horrified looks. She quickly recounted how the Air Spirit and thunder birds came to their rescue and how the Air Spirit had possessed her, she described the air globe and how the next thing she knew was that she was on a fire nation ship. She then explained that was when she had noticed her new addition to her arrow tattoos, she then explained how she got the group to the deck then told them the battle on the ship.

"Zuko." Aang muttered.

"Hu?" Ally asked.

"Just some crazy, angry creep with a pony tail trying to capture Aang." Sokka said.

"What's wrong with pony tails? Pony tail." Katara said smirking, Ally laughed softly.

"This," said Sokka, pointing to his head where a wolfish tail of dark brown hair was tied up. "Is a warrior's wolf tail. Big difference from a Pony tail."

Ally looked amused for a second, "So this Zuko is your version of Admiral Lee?"

Katara nodded, "Sounds like it."

Ally took a deep breath and plunged onward with her tale, how they all managed to get to the Air temple in one piece, then the Northern Air temple, the battle and then the vision.

"You saw that?" Sokka said suspiciously.

"How else would I know about it?" Ally asked, she didn't wait for an answer so she kept going with her adventure. She told them how Avatar Roku came to her in visions and explained that when Aang was in the Avatar State and while she was asleep she could talk to Roku.

"But how?" Aang asked curiously.

"Because I am related, on a spiritual level, with Avatar Yangchen. My great, great, great grandfather was her husband - soul mate." Ally said.

"Wait, what? Is this some sort of crazy Avatar voodoo?" Sokka asked.

Ally rolled her eyes, "By extinction I am connected to Aang on a spiritual level giving me a small connection to the Spiritual world - but not strong enough for the visions." Ally added as Aang had the question on his mind. "That's were blood comes in, you see Avatar Roku said that my great grandmother - the Spirit of Destiny - was incarnated into a human form, like the Avatar; only less powerful. Granting the descendents with a power of visions."

"Has Sophie?" Aang asked curiously.

Ally shook her head, "Not yet." Ally looked at Aang intensely, "Now being related to a spirit by blood has given me a great connection to the Spirit world but nowhere near as powerful as your connection is... The Air Spirit chose to possess me because of how spiritually connected I am then the others; now because of this, the Air Spirit saw fit to bounded himself to me, so now he lives in my being, two spirits in the same body-"

"Ew..." Sokka said.

"Sokka? Shut up!" Katara said, she seemed really interested in what Ally was saying.

Aang looked thoughtful, "So does that give you on the same spiritual connection that I have?" he asked.

Ally frowned, "Avatar Roku didn't go into it much... I assume that I'm not, otherwise I would be able to bend more than one element; however, if I am in trouble the Air Spirit grants me with knowledge, occasionally he will possess me when I am in dire need of help. Kind of like the Avatar State is for you - a defence of sorts."

"Great now you can make a club for the weird." Sokka muttered. "We'll just spirit ourselves away to the fire lord and take him down with spirit power." he said sarcastically. "woooh." he said in a fake scary manner.

"Don't you dare take that literally." Ally said to Aang as his eyes lit up. Katara looked at Ally then to Aang worriedly.

"What? No! - Giant Dingo Ravens!" He exclaimed joyfully, pointing to massive black doglike creatures with wings, he laughed, "I bet I can fly the alpha before you can!"

Ally laughed, "Not a chance!"

They both took off on their gliders and towards the massive dingo birds.

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