Here it goes! Prologue to the sequel! AAAAHHHH! HEY! If you haven't read Burn Bright, the Avatar the Last Airbender Prequel to this story, please do so to insure 100% understandability! Please review!

Prologue

Thirty years before Avatar Aang dies/ 24 years after the Hundred Year War...

"Mother, please, your getting a little too old to be encouraging my children to... what are you even doing?" Lu Ten huffed, his arms crossed as he stared down at me and his two children, Ami and Rae Hu, and their cousin Rin. Ami was nine, and her younger brother Rae Hu had just turned seven. Rae Hu is a spitting image of Lu Ten when he was seven. I sighed and urged the children off my back.

"Lu, I swear, you're more of a mother than I am." I grumbled as the two siblings darted off, not letting their grumpy father dampen their fun. "Besides, it's been three years since Quei passed on, I haven't seen those two smile as much in a month as they have this afternoon." Lu Ten deflated at the name of his deceased wife. "Come here, son. Taiyou will be out from his meeting with Zuko and Aang, and then we'll all go to her memorial."

"Mother, we're fine. We've gotten through most of it. It won't be much long before we won't be grieved by her memory." Lu Ten shrugged off my condolences. I sighed.

"Oh, son, how naive you are." I muttered as I watched him stroll down the path to find Ami and Rae Hu. I glanced up at the sky, taking note that it was late in the afternoon and I had promised Izumi that I would help her with her school work.

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"Aunt Roka, why didn't you take the throne?" I was pulled from my documents at my niece's question. Her sharp features were starting to develop as she entered her early teen years. I smiled at her.

"Izumi, one day you will ask yourself who you are. What are you supposed to be doing? Have you changed the world for the better? When you begin to ask those questions, I will answer this one." The young teen frowned in frustration, which she had been doing often since Zuko has started bringing her to meetings. However, she didn't push the subject. I returned to the inquiries that Zuko had asked me to look over.

It has been twenty-four years since the end of the Hundred Year War. For many years after Zuko's inauguration, he struggled with rebellions and rebuilding the Fire Nation and its relations with the rest of the world. I'm proud to say that my brother succeeded, and had created an era of peace. There have been minor mishaps such as rising opposition in the Earth Kingdom, and trouble with crime in Republic city, but Aang and the water tribe siblings and Toph and Zuko have worked hard to push forward through the struggles.

Uncle Iroh and I had stepped up as Zuko's Royal Advisers, among a small group of other Fire Nation nobles and generals. Uncle had retired ten years ago, stating that I would suffice in his stead. He went back to Ba Sing Se where his Jasmine Dragon tea shop waited for him. He had spent more time in Ba Sing Se after the war than he did in the Fire Nation, but we were happy that he was living out his dream. I still receive letters weekly from him, they mostly pertain to the White Lotus, and to my students. I was preparing to handing over my advisory position to Taiyou, who was ready to begin his own Royal duties. He was now taking my place in meetings more often, then reporting to me what had occurred. This left me plenty of time to cause mischief with my grandchildren.

Lu Ten had mastered the Dao blades at the age of fifteen. Shortly afterwards, Piandao passed away from a heart attack. I had been saddened greatly at the loss of my mentor and friend, but Lu Ten had taken his death much harder as he had seen the swordsman as a father figure. Lu Ten met Quei, Piandao's niece, and they bonded over their love of the Dao blades and Piandao. They eventually married at a young age, but Quei had always been sickly and they struggled to have children. Eventually Ami and Rae Hu were born, but the pregnancies took a heavy toll on my young daughter-in-law, she passed away in the night three years ago. Ever since then, Lu Ten had buried himself in his military work and advising his Uncle.

Taiyou was a much different story. He went on to study firebending under Jeong Jeong, mastering the element by the time he was twenty. After finishing his training he desired to travel the world like his Uncle Zuko. He spent most of his time in the Earth Kingdom, stopping by Iroh's tea shop to earn some money to fund his expeditions. He adopted a young girl, after saving her from a house fire that had sadly killed her parents. The small babe had no known family that Taiyou could find, and after months of searching he finally grew too attached to the infant girl, naming her Rin. That was five years ago. He returned to the Fire Nation, ready to take on his duties. I now care for little Rin whenever Taiyou was swamped with paperwork. Rin is my only grandchild that is a firebender. I have been training her to control her inner fire.

Rin is... what I like to call a Spitfire. She's high energy and constantly on the move. Everything she does, she does it with unwavering passion. Which has led to some... accidents pertaining to her knack with fire. She's extremely gifted, much like Azula.

Aang and Katara both married sixteen years ago. They had three beautiful children; Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin. They all live either on Air Temple Island or in the Southern Watertribe. Katara was recently named as the greatest waterbender, since Master Pakku's passing. She took over Pakku's academy in the South, even though she received many students from the North as well. She would also teach waterbenders in Republic City whenever they were staying. She also headed a team of extremely advanced waterbending healers in Republic City, setting up large facilities called hospitals where healers of all kinds would be prepared for any mass medical emergency. Last I heard she was still working out the kinks, but things were beginning to run smoothly.

Sokka and Suki separated ten years ago, though for a year after their big fight they were a little on again-off again before Sokka left to take over as Chief of the Southern Water Tribe. None of us really heard much from Suki, only little snipits of gossip from Ty Lee who was now co-leader of the Kyoshi Warriors alongside Suki. But, from what I can tell, is that Suki has a son named Kesuk who just turned nine. I have an inkling that Kesuk, which is a Watertribe name, is Sokka's son, but Suki and Sokka left on a particularly bad note. I doubt that the two will ever make up, seeing how stubborn the two are.

Toph had probably flourished the most out of the kids. She founded an academy that teaches metalbending, and she created a law upholding organization run by benders and nonbenders who work to solve crimes and protect the citizens of Republic City. Zuko has been talking with Toph about starting up a Police force here in the Fire Nation. She also has two daughters. She was married for a short while to a man named Kanto, although they split shortly after Lin, Toph's oldest, was born. I know Toph refuses to talk about him to Lin, or to anyone really. Then five years ago, after a minor disagreement between the two Watertribes that ended up being resolved by Aang in Republic city, Toph gave birth to Suyin. Frankly I was surprised she didn't just go with Sokka when the whole thing finally blew over. But, I digress, Sokka never was good in the romance category.

All in All, the heroes have succeeded in bringing about an era of peace in love. Though, I know things won't be easy for much longer. I can feel it.

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Nine years later...

I stood with my family as I watched Izumi be crowned Fire Lord. I smiled proudly at my niece. She would be the first nonbender Fire Lord in history. I looked to the front of the crowd where I saw my old friends. Sokka stood with Aang and Katara and his niece and nephews, representing the Southern Watertribe. Toph stood with her two daughters, representing Republic City's Police Department as its Chief of Police. Ty Lee was dressed in her Kyoshi Warrior garb, she was now the sole leader of the band of female warriors. Suki had retired years ago in order to raise her son, but I hear she has been travelling the Earth Kingdom, scouting for potential Kyoshi Warriors, now that Kesuk was training with Katara in the Southern Watertribe. I think it was Suki's way of telling Sokka about his son and giving them a chance to have a father-son relationship.

I glanced around at my family. Zuko and Mai watched their daughter with pride as she gave her inauguration speech. My two sons stood with their children; Ami, Rae Hu, and Rin. I glanced at the space between myself and my brother, feeling a bittersweet nostalgia wash over me. Uncle Iroh had passed on into the Spirit World four years ago. His tea shop is still wildly successful, and currently run by Iroh's successor, a young woman named Ming who he had befriended during his stay in prison.

The applause of the crowd pulled me out of my thoughts. I cheered along with my family as Izumi stood before us as the new Fire Lord. Things were beginning to change, and I was ready to see the world again before I, too, passed on.

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I stood outside the temple on Air Temple Island. Everyone was here to support Katara and her children. The four were currently in a private room with Aang who was dying. I remembered when I was sixty six, albeit that was twenty-five years ago. I planned on staying in Republic City to watch over the council until someone I trusted was in place.

"Princess Roka." I looked up as one of the Air Acolytes called me from the door. "Avatar Aang requests your presence before everyone else comes in." I nodded and stood.

"Roka." I heard Aang groan slightly. Katara ushered her children out, she was wiping away a tear as she passed me. They closed the door behind them.

"Aang?" I said as I took a seat beside the dying man. I took his grasping hand in my, his grey eyes searching for me.

"Roka. I need you to do something for me..." I nodded. "I need you to..." he leaned towards me and whispered his last request before leaning back onto his pillows.

"I understand, Aang. I promise." I replied softly. He nodded his approval. "I'll go get the others, don't die yet, old man." he cracked a smile at my morbid joke.

Aang died later that night. I had been standing outside in the pavilion mulling over his odd request. I knew the moment the Avatar Spirit left Aang's body. The night sky flashed for a second before disappearing once more. Somewhere out there, the next Avatar was being born. I smiled, I guess I'll see Aang in the next life.

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YAAAAYYY! Sorry, it took a little longer than I thought it would, but the prologue is done! Please review.