Just a fun idea, one I have had once before. I want to play it out.

Three years before canon

"Where am I?" Mizuki muttered, standing with shaking hands as he looked about himself. He was in what looked like a massive library, with an infinite number of books, and tiny foxes running about. "How'd I get here... last I remember I was meditating, trying to astral project but then... I guess I feel asleep?"

"No, you succeeded." He jumped, turning to face a creature, thrice his size. A giant owl.

He gaped at the sight of the being before him. "Your Wan Shi Tong! I am so excited, you're my idol!"

The owl stepped back. " Truely?"

"Yes, I want to know as much as I can! I am a nonbender, my life has been ruled by it, but I never let that stop my mind. My mind is my own, and with it... well, I can do what I please. Like you do!" He frowned. "Avatar Aang wrote in a public file that you want people to give back to you knowledge, so maybe I can come back in my sleep, in astral form, if I pass on knowledge. I won't abuse your knowledge. Self defense yes, I refuse to not fight back, but I am not the type to abuse stuff."

The Spirt leaned down, almost smiling. "You are an interesting being. Very well, what would give to me?"

"Hmm... well, I am not sure, you have so much here. I work at a library, so... well... not a lot that you don't have. How about medical texts, I have some stuff that I read I can write down?"

The Owl nodded, and something shifted in his stance. A softness crossed his face. "Very well... hmm... child, if you truly seek to find power in your life, to matter in a world of power, I would go into section six-six-two." he all but whispered that last part, and Mizukii smiled in return.

"What is there?"

"Have you heard of spirit bending?"

"It is what Avatar Aang used to stop Ozai, stripping his bending."

"A Blunt force tool of Spiritual power, but with smaller more broad applications you can do so much more... I would invest in that, bending is mostly a physical art... Magic, as it was once called, can be done by anyone. It is a lost art, perhaps you can learn to do it and gain back the peace I feel you've lost, nd the power I sense you yearn for, in a way beyond the greed of your species. " The Owl tipped it's head. "How old are you?"

"I am thirteen, why?"

"So young, it saddens me that even at your age things are ruled by your ability to perform a task. Humans confuse me."

Mizuki nodded. "Same really..."

"My Knowledge seekers will lead you to the right section but remember to leave in three hours, less your body fail and you fall into truth death." The Owl walked away, leaving Mizuki to follow a Fox Spirit away and towards a distant section of books, not knowing, for even a moment, how much his life would change in that most random of moments...

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Wan Shi Tong watched the boy as he walked away, wondering. "Was it a mistake to lead him to magic? I sense in his soul far less greed than his people, but also a lingering darkness that was... interesting. Hmm... it doesn't really matter, as the one to grant him freedom from bias, he will be too grateful to harm me. In either case, I will gain from this, getting knowledge from him and possible protection once Harmonic Convergence comes to us all."

With that in mind, he walked away, determined to get some work done. Fully aware that the only reason he helped the boy was his youth, his innocence and his drive for knowledge...

In that, Wan Shi Tong had a weakness...

Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.

This was a joy to write.

Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika.