I can sneak you out

Aria: "I'm not speaking like a terminally ill person. I just mean that....that.....I want to go out and enjoy this exceptionally windy day."

Joseph spoke in a small voice, "Well....I did not see Miss Anhao on the way here...."

Aria looked expectant, "And?"

"I could probably sneak you out." Joseph sighed.

Aria smiled evilly as she said, "That was the effect I was going for."

Joseph shook his head, "You are such a snake."

Aria chuckled as she said, "I guess that would make you a mongoose? Snake's enemy?"

Aria tried to get up but Joseph stopped her, "What are you doing?" He asked.

"You said you were going to sneak me outside, right? So I'm getting up."

Joseph twirled his fingers and said, "I said I would sneak you out. But you're still not allowed to walk on your own."

As he said this, wind wrapped around Aria and she felt herself floating in the air. Aria knew this sensation all too well, but she had never flown with someone else's help.

Aria said as Joseph steadied her, "You won't drop me, right?"

Joseph rolled his eyes as he began to walk towards the exit of the recovery ward, "You're looking at the best wind student in the whole academy."

Aria said with a smug expression, "Are you sure?"

Joseph looked at her with a horrified expression, "Don't tell me....you are a wind bendor too!"

Aria only smiled and said nothing.

Joseph looked dejected as he said, "Please tell me you're not a fire bender too."

Aria: "Nope. I'm an earth bendor."

Joseph let out a sigh of relief, "Then at least I'm still the best fire bendor in the academy."

Aria said as she crossed her legs in mid-air and adjusted to a more comfortable position, "You sure? Helen is pretty good too."

Joseph said as he looked around to make sure no one was there, "She is good. But she's gonna need a lot of training to surpass me."

Aria sighed, "If only she wanted to train."

The day was cloudy and the wind was strong. Aria and Joseph had no problem sneaking out of the castle. Once they had rounded up the castle so that they were out of view, Joseph turned towards Aria, "Where do you want to go?"

Aria pushed back a strand of hair and said, "We can't go very far as you have to be back for the next class. And Miss Anhao will probably anyway realise that I am not in the ward and send a search party. So yeah, we don't have many options."

Joseph chuckled as he said, "That sounds about right. Come on, I know a place."

He walked and made Aria fly beside him. Aria was wearing a plain white dress and her hair were open, which was quite unusual.

Aria closed her eyes as she did not have to worry about walking into something. She did not know why, but Aria completely trusted Joseph now.

Soon, Aria felt like the wind was being cut off a little. She opened her eyes and saw that they were in a part of the forest she had not yet explored.

Aria looked at Joseph with an enquiring expression.