This should be obvious, but for the record : Characters by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Story by me

*10/15/13 edit* Hi there. If your one of the followers of this story you're wondering what's going on, well, I'm finally taking the time to try and edit this thing properly. If you're new, read, comment, enjoy yourself, this is just the beginning of this whole long drawn out version of Bryke's world that I've drawn up in my head. By the by, this was originally written between Korra books one and two, so keep that in mind. Thanks for reading, much love.

Rose


Home

Aang was happy to be home. He still hadn't gotten use to Katara not going with him on his journeys but, after the children came, she'd decided that it was best not to go with him every time. He missed the company, but loneliness wasn't the only thing on Aang's mind on this trip.

He spent weeks, sometimes months, traveling the world, keeping the balance, but he felt that he was failing his people. He went from nation to nation and watched them thrive and grow, but he was still the last air bender. Yes, he had two children, but Kya was a water bender and Bumi was a non-bender. The Avatar chuckled when he thought about how Katara knew what the children would be before they were born. "This is our little waster bender." she'd say when she was carrying Kya, and "This is our little warrior.", she'd say about Bumi. Sadly, she wouldn't be saying anything like that again.

When Bumi was born the healers said that Katara would not be able to have another baby. Aang wouldn't accept that for an answer. They spent a year going to the best healers and physicians in the world but they all had the same thing to say. When he went to Guru Pathik for advice the old man said, "Aang, you must learn that you cannot control destiny. Perhaps you were meant to be the last air bender. There are some things that even the avatar cannot change."

Even Katara had accepted what the healers had to say. She told him, "Aang, we're blessed to have Kya and Bumi. Yes, it would be wonderful if they were air benders, but we cant focus on what isn't, we have to focus on what is."

He thought about what Katara and Pathik told him as he walked Appa to his stable. He also thought about Arnook and how he accepted Yue becoming the Moon Spirit. Although she was his only child, he knew that this was something he had to accept, and he did so. Aang told Appa goodnight and as he walked across the yard he straightened out his posture, put on a positive face, looked up at the moon and said, "Okay Yue, I understand."

As Aang opened the door Kya jumped into his arms and Bumi ran as fast as his little legs would carry him. "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!", they yelled as he reached down and picked his son up. Katara eased over and tip-toed to kiss him "Welcome back Sweetie.", she laughed. Aang laughed back, "There you go, making me feel 14 all over again."

"Daddy," Kya said pulling on his robes, "I learned something new while you were gone. You know you were gone a long time, Uncle Sokka gave Bumi a boomerang and Mommy is…"

"Sokka gave Bumi a what!?", Aang asked cutting Kya off and looking at Katara with his eyes stretched.

"Its just a toy.", she answered as she sat down at the table.

"I got a bumi-aang Daddy", Bumi said proudly.

"Oh yeah," Aang said, "Why don't the two of you go get what you need to show me all the wonderful new things you can do."

As the kids ran off and Aang sat down at the table Katara asked, "What's the matter Aang? You look like you're thinking about something."

She knew him too well, but he still said, "I'm fine, just really tired." as soon as the words left his mouth Kya came in bending a trail of water behind her, "That's good." he said enthusiastically.

"Daddy," Kya said annoyed, "That's not the trick.", then she proceeded to form her name in water.

"Oh wow!" Aang said, "That's very goo-oof.", his head rocked forward as Bumi's new toy hit him from behind. "Good aim son.", he said as he picked the boomerang up off of the floor with one hand and rubbed the new red spot on his head with the other.

"Okay", Katara giggled, "Time for bed for everyone. Tell Daddy goodnight.", then she turned to Aang, "You need to go lay down too."

"You don't have to tell me twice," he said as he got up from the table and kissed his wife on the forehead.

"I'll be in as soon as I get the kids down."

Aang went into the bedroom and flopped onto the bed on his back. He closed his eyes and tried not to think about what had been on his mind. He felt when Katara came in and sat on the bed next to his knees. She took his hand and held it in both of hers. "Now are you ready to tell me what's wrong?" she asked.

He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he said, "I've just been thinking about being the last," he said lightly, "I'm not complaining and I'm not blaming anyone, but my heart just gets heavy sometimes."

"You've been thinking about that the whole time you've been gone?" she asked as she traced the arrow on his hand with her finger.

"On and off.", he answered.

"I've been thinking about it too," she confessed, "But you know what?"

"What?", he asked.

"Sometimes even the healers are wrong." she placed his hand on her growing belly, "This is our little air bender."