Four Nations Boarding School

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

A/N: I had fun writing this, so please let me know what you think. I tried out a new dialogue layout and I think I like it better, so I will probably start doing it like this.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or any of its characters!

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As Aang wandered around this new place he couldn't help but think about Katara. Even though he had just met her he could tell there was something special about her, and he hoped he would get the chance to get to know her more. After nearly 15 minutes of just walking around he decided that he should just ask someone where the Main Office was. After stopping someone on the sidewalk and kindly asking for directions they pointed him in the right direction and he was on his way.

As he approached the office he was amazed by the design of the place. It was a large stone building, with several posts holding the roof up, similar to a courthouse. The posts themselves were works of art, each containing designs of the separate nations. Aang approached the large, mahogany wood doors, and grabbed the golden rails pulling them open. He entered the office and began walking towards the reception desk. Behind the desk sat two identical women, their name tags reading "Lo" and "Li". He approached the women and began to explain his situation hoping that they could help him.

"Hi, my name's Aang, I'm new here and I'm a bit of a special case, so I was hoping I could talk to whoever is in charge." Aang told the women.

In sync the women responded, "Yes, we know who you are, Avatar Aang, we were told of your arrival and have prepared a meeting with Principal Iroh. He is down the hall and to the left." "Um... thank you."

Aang responded stunned and thoroughly creeped out. He slowly backed away before heading towards the Principal's office. Iroh was waiting for him at the door, when he noticed a boy walking towards him sporting the blue tattoos of an Airbending master he knew immediately who he was.

"Welcome Avatar Aang, it's a pleasure to meet you, come on in!", he happily told the boy, gesturing towards the office as an invitation.

Aang accepted the invitation and entered the room before saying, "Thank you, and please just call me Aang."

Iroh nodded and said, "Of course Aang, please take a seat."

Aang placed his bag and staff by the door before sitting down in the fake leather chair. After Aang was comfortable Iroh walked around the desk and sat down in his chair. Iroh offered Aang some tea which he politely refused, as he just wanted to get down to business.

Iroh started, "When Monk Gyatso told me that you would be joining us, I was very eager to get to know you, and judging by your manners just know I know that you will do great here."

Aang smiled, he liked Iroh, he reminded him of Gyatso. "Well to be honest, I was a bit skeptical when Gyatso first told me about the idea, but I realize now what he was trying to do for me and I'm pretty excited," Aang told the man, "Actually I'm really excited!" He finished as the encounter with Katara popped into his brain, and he couldn't help but smile.

He came out of his trance when Iroh began to speak, "Well I'm very glad to hear that, but sadly there are a few matters that need to be discussed regarding your... special circumstances." He told the boy. "The first problem comes in the terms of your schedule, you see here we require that every student takes one combat class, these are your bending classes and for non-benders they are fighting classes. The problem is you can only take one combat class but I may have a solution to your problem. If you were to take one bending class per quarter then you could take all three bending classes."