Chapter 1
~Delivery of Interest~
The paddle hit the water steadily as Korra paddled across the clear blue water way to the mainland of the archipelago know as Kyoshi, the stars smiling upon her from their positions against the pitch black sky. She hummed the lullaby that her mother had sang to her long past her diaper days just trying to keep her heart from beating out her chest. It was hard to just focus on getting to the other mass of land when she was so nervous about what was going to possibly come out of her actions. It was amazing what a single book could contain and how much it can change a life with just a quick read of a couple of sentences.
She put down the paddle and hopped over the rim of the wooden contraption before pulling it up against the sandy beach. The chilling water sent a shiver along her spine but other than that it was nothing she wasn't used to. Once the boat was secure against the shore she reached into the boat once more before pulling out a bundle of wrapped scarves holding it closely against her chest before she began to walk along the beach.
Strolling into the ancient stone and wooden village, her sight set straight on lone hut with a very interesting smell surrounding it, though it wasn't as if it was unpleasant. She began to unravel the scarves staring at the contents with deep sapphire eyes. Stepping up the ledge and into the hut her eyes broke away from what was in her hands to the sleeping animals around her. Tucking a brown strand of her hair back behind her ear she looked for three messenger hawks that were still awake, especially three that could fly where she needed them to go.
Thankfully she found good strong looking birds and brought them to the only clean surface in the entire hut before taking one last glance at the scrolls in the bundle of blue hand dyed scarves. She could only hope to all the gods that this would work. There was time to just back away but she absolutely knew there was no way she can think stuff of like that now. She had to do this! She needed this to finally feel whole, to finally be a complete person. She then laid the scrolls out before each bird placing a kiss on each one, for luck.
"To Aang Nomad." Korra nodded and placed the scroll in the carry of the bird whom was to fly to the Western Air Temple.
"To Jet Freedom." She slid in the scroll meant for the Capital of the Earth Kingdom, Ba Sing Se.
"Then to you, Zuko Tene." With the final scroll in its container destined for the Fire Nation Palace, she pet all of the birds heads before taking them to the window and letting them fly off her arm and shoulder high into the air. She watched them for what seemed like ages even after they longed disappeared against the blackness of the night sky. Defiantly no turning back now, all she could do is hope for the reply. She sighed heavily before turning from the view and collecting her scarves wrapping one around her neck and the other around her waist.
She stepped out of the hut and walked leisurely back to her boat smiling and not regretting her actions at all, though of course this was the easiest part of the whole deal. Once those scrolls arrived at their destinations surly it would be the beginning of the greatest adventure that was ever going to occur in her life. Well she better get back to the inn, before her mother had a fit if she found out that her little penguin was out of bed, let alone off their little island. Sliding back into her boat she looked back up to the sky and sent a kiss to the stars.
"Arrive safe, my friends!"
-Fire Nation Palace-
"Fire Lord Zuko! Fire Lord Zuko!" Lee came rushing into the gardens smiling blasting volumes of his excitement and happiness. The said prince he was calling looked up from the pond he was gazing at, tossing the remains of the bread into the pond. The turtleducks were of course happy about that, quacking in said happiness.
"Yes, Lee." The Lord answered as he smiled at his chief of guard and closest friend. He was suddenly confused for a scroll was shoved in his face.
"This just came for you." Lee claimed though his utter joy was evidence enough that there was more to the scroll other than it was addressed to him. If it was just for him then there was no reason that Lee should be practically jumping in his shoes.
"It's from Kyoshi Island." Zuko slightly nodded though raised his eyebrow in expectation.
"From a Ms. Katara." Lee's smile was big and toothy but the black haired man ignored it for he had turned his full attention to the scroll practically burning off the ribbon that tied it closed, his hands shaking as he clumsily unrolled it.
The 39 year old man took a deep breath before he looked down and carefully read each word. Lee reading it over his shoulder too. This was the most interesting thing that had come up for Zuko in a long time. And looking over the contents of this letter, it probably wouldn't be the last.
-Western Air Temple-
"What's that?" Aang muttered to himself as his concentration was broken from his heavy mediating. He got up from the ground walking around the fountain and into the rebuilt temple. His grown self, 36 and a half to be precise, should have learned by now not to break his concentration from meditation just for a weird noise but he knew it was Momo who was making the sound so it was okay.
He came into the grand room that he rebuilt into a training room only to see Momo in the middle of it scrabbling and fighting with a messenger hawk.
"Momo!" He called and the winged lemur stopped his actions only to instantly fly to Aang's shoulder, his ears bent down and eyes showing his sadness from knowing he did wrong. The airbender only meekly glared at him before going to the hawk and offered a friendly hand, which it hesitated but eventually crawled upon. He checked the scroll carrier and pulled the scroll from the holder.
Glancing at the wrapped paper quickly and seeing the name, in pretty cursive, Ms Katara written on it his eyes popped out of their sockets then tore off the ribbon and quickly unraveling the scroll. His arms had moved so fast that Momo and the hawk had flown off of him but he hardly took notice as his eyes read then re-read each sentence. The contents was so astonishing that he could hardly breath, even with all the airbending powers in the world.
-Ba Sing Se-
"Hey Jet!" Smellerbee yelled as she waltzed into her friend's room, without even knocking. She then tossed the scroll that had been in her hand to her leader who caught it not even needing to look up from the maps he was looking up.
"Came for you just now, from Kyoshi." The Freedom Fighter mentioned before walking back out of the room without so much a glance. The last part had made Jet furrow his brows and take his eyes off the paper below him. He looked at the scroll after bringing it closer to him and when he saw 'Katara' written on it, a smirk split across his handsome face.
Using one of his many knifes he sliced the ribbon off and with a flick of his wrist unrolled the scroll upon the table he was at. His eyes gleamed at the words especially with each new paragraph he read.
"Well, well, now this is interesting." He chuckled to himself, the grin strongest than ever.
-Now-
"Lee/Momo/Smellerbee!" The three men, from different parts of the world, but all at the same time said.
"Yes, sire./Yeah, boss." Came as two replies, while the other one was a small chattering sound in response.
"I'm going to Kyoshi Island!" The three stated with smiles, grins, and smirks that was going to break all their faces in half from strength, but it was okay with them, because their happiness was about to break the world.
~TBC~
Author Note: Yes, I'm going to do what I can to finish this. Heaven forbid I do but I really want to. I love this idea and this is absolutely one of my top five favorite movies. Korra is getting married and wants the last thing that she thinks will help her feel like a full being. A father, but she can't tell her mother just yet. It's a surprise. This will be interesting. Please review if you like or have questions, thank you!
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