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"Nikko! Kya! Come inside! It's bedtime!" Katara called from the back door. "Coming, mom!" Nikko, her seven year old son called back. "Let's go, Kya."
"Okay," the five year old girl said. They both ran up to the house. Inside, Katara helped them remove their coats and boots. When they were finished, she picked Kya up and walked Nikko to his room.
"Night, mom," he smiled and walked in.
"Goodnight."
Katara then carried Kya to her room next door. She placed the young girl in her bed and covered her up. "Mommy. Tell me a story."
"Which one would you like to hear tonight?" Katara sat on the edge of the bed.
"The one where you meet Daddy."
Katara smiled and began her tale, "Well we met in a way people never get to. It began one morning when me and your Uncle Sokka were out fishing. Suddenly the waves began to get rough and the ice was closing in. In the process of trying to escape, the boat we were in was crushed and Uncle Sokka and I were thrown onto a giant iceburg." Kya pulled the covers up to her face. "Soon Uncle Sokka got me angry with his specail way of doing so," Kya giggled a little there, "and I started to waterbend without knowing it. I had broken through the ice and soon the water around us began to glow bright blue. Another iceburg was floating up from the ocean with something inside it. I saw it was a boy and I began to try to break the ice to free him. When it finally broke, a bright light went up into the sky. I caught the boy as he fell from atop the ice. After he opened his gray eyes, do you know what he asked me?"
"What?" Kya laughed.
"He asked me to go penguin sledding with him."
"Did you?"
"Yes we did," Katara stated and giggled
"Daddy should take me penguin sledding!"
"How about tomorrow after breakfast?"
"Yeah!"
Katara smiled and looked out the window to her right. "It's getting late. You need some sleep."
Katara tucked Kya into bed, kissed her forehead, and said "Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Mommy."
Then the master waterbender went to hers and her husbands room down the hall. Aang was already lying in bed waiting for her.
"So, what story was it tonight?" he asked
Katara crawled into bed next to him. "The one about how I found you in the iceburg."
Aang chuckled lightly and kissed Katara on the mouth smoothly. "That's my favorite one."
"Mine, too," she kissed him again, " I love you."
"Love you, too," he smiled and closed his eyes.
A few moments pass in silence before Katara remembered…..
"By the way, you're taking Kya penguin sledding tomorrow."