Alright first off to those who are just getting into this story. The first seven or so chapters are simply me going back and re-doing a story I started last year. To any returning readers the main differences between these chapters and the originals are that they are longer for one, the other difference is there were a few plot details I've thought up that necessitated a rewrite. This is because if I were to have just continued from where I left off and not changed the earlier chapters the story would have made no sense.

Also a few things for readers to know, this will be a zutara fic. I don't do Kataang, it doesn't make sense to me (as in to me it's childish). I also will not bring Jet back, he's dead and I like it that way. Other pairings I'm not sure about so I may be calling upon my readers to give me their opinions.

I prefer to have my stories features myths and old legends as I find it gives a greater sense of immersion and this one is no different.

To make it easier for you guys:

italics is for thoughts

Bold is for stories/tales/myths

this is normal talking.

"Touch eyes to screen for cheap laser surgery"-Futurama

"Alright Zuko it is your turn to pick a book" Ursa smiled softly as her son leafed through the bookshelf. Azula sat on a small couch next to the chair her mother was on drumming her fingers impatiently. Zuko meanwhile had selected a book from the shelf, it was a book of ancient legends that Ursa herself was quite fond of reading in her spare time. She watched as Zuko leafed through the chapters looking for something Ursa supposed that interested him. "Mom would you read this one?" Ursa reached down and took the book in order to see what Zuko had picked, to say that she was surprised is an understatement as she saw that Zuko had chosen one of the few myths that the Fire and Water shared. Then again Zuko you always have been different ever since... "Alright honey take a seat next to your sister and I'll start." As Zuko sat down Ursa began to read.

Some would have you believe that the water spirits Tui and La are mates but in fact they are twins, twins who are opposite in every way. Tui the moon was serene always rising and falling the same time every night, she would slowly go from full to empty then back again over the course of a few weeks. La on the other hand was everything her sister was not, she was fierce at one moment and placid the next. Though not greedy she happily accepted gifts from those who offered them for a safe voyage and often but not always would grant them passage unharmed.

Before the water spirits took up a physical form in this world the fire spirit Agni would often talk to La, she enjoyed his company though her sister would rebuke her for her erratic behavior Agni would say that it gave her a fierce edge and without it she would have been as dull as her sister. Of course La was mock outraged at having her twin insulted but inside she was ecstatic that the fire god thought highly of her.

As the years passed and the nations began to develop the fire and ocean spirit became closer. One day they slipped into the mortal world, both assuming the form of one of the people under their charge. Agni as a golden eyed firebender while La was in the form of a azure eyed waterbender, that night it is said that a child was born and from that child's descendants came the line of the fire lord.

"But mom what happened between the fire spirit and the water spirit?" Zuko asked his golden eyes wide from the excitement of the story asked. "Ya mom what happened." Azula agreed from her spot next to her brother.

"Well the water spirit twins took physical form on this plane, but they took their place far away from the fire nation. Agni was furious about this, he felt betrayed and on that day he followed there example and took a physical form somewhere in the fire nation. Some say that he did this to send a message to La that he would never forgive some, yet some other argue that he did it to get as close as he could to her." Ursa paused momentarily, obviously thinking that maybe she should have left that part out and left the kids with a happy ending. "Alright it's time for bed you two go on."

"But Mom I'm not even tired." Azula tried her very best to seem as awake as possible as she said this but the yawn that escaped from her mouth betrayed her. "Enough of this you two go I'll put this back on the shelf and be with you soon."

"Alright Mom." Both the children said, obviously disappointed that they didn't get another story. Ursa only told them stories when Ozai was out of the palace and not even Azula would tell her father about it and risk losing out on them.

As Ursa sat the book on the shelf she remembered the rest of the tale. It is said that the love and power of the mortal forms that the fire and ocean spirit live on today. They reincarnate much like the avatar eternally drawn to the other for better or for worse.

Ursa sighed, If only my marriage was half as happy as that story. And it's meant to be a tragedy.

Well just some minor changes to this chapter, I made it a little longer fixed some errors and fixed some plot to make it coincide with my new outline I have in my head.