A Happy Family


189 AG - Kotta is two years old. Jinora is 28, Kai is 29. Jinora is pregnant.


"Kotta, sit down. Mommy and I," years of Jinora correcting his grammar had finally paid off, "have something very important to tell you."

The toddler looked up at her parents with big brown eyes, a thumb jammed in her mouth. Her messy brown hair were pulled into tufts of pigtails. "Okay mama." Kai and Jinora exchanged a semi-nervous look.

"Well sweetie, mommy is going to have a baby," Jinora explained.

"Like when you were younger," Kai said, scooping her up into his lap. "You were a baby once. Now you're just not quite so little." Kotta's expression shifted to one of understanding.

"A baby," she repeated. Her face lit up. "Baby girl?"

"Uh, no, sweetie... A baby boy."

Kotta erupted into tears. "Don't wanna boy!" she wailed. "Wanna girl!" Later that year however, when her baby brother was brought home in Autumn, she realized that maybe having a baby brother wasn't quite so bad.


Kainora babies give me life. Gradually, you'll learn more about Kotta, and her baby brother, and her other siblings. For anyone who wants more details on what led up to Kotta's birth (months of pregnancy, wise, and why she's named Kotta) check out Chapter 22: Baby Steps of "The thief and the airbender".