Chapter 70: Waterstreak's Explanation

Soon, Ash found himself walking down the Water Tribe halls with Waterstreak. Stone had given him permission to train with the Water Tribe leader, and Ash had been excited to as well. I'm training with a master, he told himself, legs full of anxiety.
They walked out of the back exit of the Water Tribe, and trekked up a snowy hill. The wind buffeted Ash's face.
"Why don't you just...fly...up..." Ash gave a big grunt as he pulled himself up further, "the mountain?"
"The wind would knock me clear out of the sky!" Waterstreak shouted, laughing.
Once Ash and Waterstreak got over the hill, the winds stopped. Giving a sigh of relief, Ash walked through the snow. On either side of him were rock walls, which acted like a hall. He looked up and saw that the sky was covered with clouds; he couldn't see a single bit of blue.
The trainee Waterbender and the master Waterbender made it to a circular area. In the middle was one lone pine tree, and the rocks all surrounded the area, acting as a wall.
"Uh... Where's a river?" asked Ash.
Waterstreak laughed. "I'll be teaching you to Waterbend without using a river!"
"But... But isn't that, y'know... Advanced?"
"You'll learn, and besides, there's a water source in the Water Tribe, you'll get water from that. How much have you learned so far?" Waterstreak questioned.
"Not very much," Ash admitted, "I only learned to close my eyes and Waterbend some water out of a river to make it hit a tree, the tree was the target."
The smile wiped off Waterstreak's face. "Wow, they should've taught you more than that...! With how much you'll go through later..." 
"What?" Ash perked his ears.
"Er, nothing," murmured Waterstreak. "Now-"
"What am I  going to be going through?" Ash demanded.
Waterstreak sighed. "You know Ironfang... Right? Well, I suppose you do..."
"Go on," prompted Ash.
"There's a prophecy - 'The moon is full. An animal lurks. The animal, pure evil himself, is out to strike-"
"The fallen fire will rise and defeat the evil!" Ash exclaimed, finishing Waterstreak's sentence.
"Ah, you know that part," nodded the blue hawk, "well, you know Ironfang, he's the most evil animal of all. You... Are destined to kill him."
Ash couldn't believe what he heard.

Author's Note:
Well, Ash is the main character, I expect you all figured he'd kill Ironfang in the end. ;)