DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED ATLA. I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED THE CHARACTERS IN ATLA. I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED NICKELODEON. HAVE NO AFFILIATION, NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY AFFILIATION WITH THE WRITERS OR ANIMATORS OF ATLA. I HAVE NO AFFILIATION, NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY AFFILIATION WITH NICKELODEON.

I Want to thank my beta readers for their help, advice, and contributions: 116788 (pen name not user ID) and ReverieNishio

*116788 (pen name not user ID) is available to beta read for others, she has 3 slots open right now.

I have started writing Prequels, here is a list of them:

A Second First Date; One month after Aang defeated Fire Lord Ozai

Nightmares; A One-Shot Prequel to Together Again. Aang saved the world, he faced Ozai on his own. Everyone kept saying that he was a great hero, that he was so brave. He wore a brave face and acted all the hero they thought he was. But at night in his sleep he was a scared boy, scared for his life as he tried to get away from a psycho Firebender. The Battle came back at night.

Anila's Story; This is another Prequel to Together Again. It's about a Young Female Airbender just starting out in life. She was ready to travel the world as soon as she turns 16. Little does she know, Destiny has a grand purpose for her first child.

Chapter 2

Katara had ran as far and as fast as she could. When she got tired, she sat down, brought her knees up to her chest and cried. "No, this isn't fair! They cant take him from me, I wont let them! We can run away and elope... No, we can't I don't want to loose my family forever... What are we going to do, what am I going to do ?" She rambled to herself as she sat on the ice crying. "I have to tell Aang how much I love him, before it was too late and we are taken away from each other. He has to know!"

Aang was so excited when he left the council room that he found his way to Katara very quickly. She was sitting on the ice crying, bending the snow as it floated down. He didn't even remember how he got there or even how he knew where she was. This is how it has almost always been, being able to find her without knowing where she was.

He sat down next to her, put his arms around her and pulled her against his own body. "Hi, Katara. I.. I.. Can we talk about something ?" He saw the icy tear tracks on her cheeks.

She sobbed. "I'm scared Aang... I can't lose you. I… I love you! I love you with all of my being and I never ever want to be apart. Gran Gran once told Sokka and I that our destinies were intertwined with yours now." She whimpered. "Do you think that it means that we're meant to be together from now on?"

"I love you too, Katara." The young Avatar said. Then, he bent forward and whispered in her ear. " Wanna go penguin sledding?" He chuckled.

Her face lit up, he always knew how to cheer her up. Katara threw her arms around his neck, sniffled and said "I love you, Aang!" And she planted a kiss on his cheek.

They started walking, not in any particular direction, and held hands while saying all kinds of "oogieness" as Sokka would call it. Every time they came to a crack in the ice, Aang would make an ice bridge and they'd keep walking. After about an hour and a half, they had found their way to where Katara and her brother had found a 12-year-old boy and his ten ton flying bison stuck in an frozen ice bubble for the past 100 years.

"How did we get here?" She asked.

"I don't know. I guess we were just kind of drawn here. Drawn back to OUR beginning."

Aang said hoping she wouldn't notice his nervous voice or his shaky hands. This was the place where he first had laid eyes on her, a fitting place to tell her the news. "Katara... I want to tell you how much I love you..." His heart pounded "I... I want to tell you that all 12 slots for suitors have been filled."

"NO! I CAN'T MARRY ANY OF THEM! I LOVE YOU! I'LL RUNAWAY BEFORE I MARRY ANYONE ELSE!" She interrupted him crying hysterically. "Even if it meant loosing my family for good."

He grabbed her hand as she tried to run off again. "Katara, wait. I told you because... well... I am number 12." He finally managed to say.

Total and complete shock came over her. She sat down hard, her mouth moved but nothing came out. After what felt like an hour she finally squeaked "Aang, really, that's how you feel?"

He cupped her face in his hands, resting his forehead aginst hers, "I love you Katara, I always have, you know this. I love you so much that I would do anything to keep you with me, I would go through the spirit world for you, My Love! Besides, what man in this world would go up against The Avatar, even for a princess as beautiful as you are?" He had a cocky smirk on his face.

She smiled up at him, tears flowed once again but this time, they were tears of joy. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Aang." She tilted her face up to his and kissed him passionately on the lips. This kiss was deeper than all the other kisses had ever been; she poured all of her love into this kiss, as if she wanted to let Aang know that he and nobody else was the right one for her.

His reaction was surprised first, but then he kissed her back,responding with all the love he had for her. "I take that as you must really like me." The lighthearted young man joked.

"Aang, you mean everything to me. You mean everything to me and if I ever came to lose you…" She sighed. "I wouldn't be able to go on. I COULDN'T... Ever! It would hurt too much. I'd die from a broken heart."

The young couple walked around the broken bubble, to where they could go in what was left of it. Aang bent a small fire in front of them as they sat and cuddled for a bit. He was truly ready to spend the rest of his life with her. She has been by his side since he woke up in her arms, at 14 she was ready to leave her Village and everyone she loved, to follow him. He believed that she seriously would have ran away if someone other than him had been chosen by the council.

Aang was holding her so close to him that she could feel the heat emitting from his body as they sat there, in front of the fire.

She turned to him and smiled. "I love you so much, Sweetie, I KNOW Iwant to spend the rest of my life with you." She kissed him lightly. Her tongue brushed his lips and he caught her tongue with his teeth, nibbling lightly. She purred then began to stroke his tongue softly with her own. He let out a low growl. She whimpered as he pulled out of the kiss. He kissed a path across her cheek to her ear lobe. Then kissed her ear lightly and finally went for the killer spot which made her melt; right behind her ear lobe. Her reaction was another soft purr. His hands wandered a bit as she gasped and purred, some spots she would in hail sharply others she would let out a tiny growl. She let him explore but only over her clothes. Things were getting really hot when she realised it was going to be dark soon.

Pressing her hands softly against his chest, she pushed him out of the kiss. "We have to stop, We need to get back before it's too dark." She told him with a whimper.

He nodded reluctantly and stood up. Things always ended right about here, there had been a few times she had almost let it go further; she didn't want to stop... but she knew better; they couldn't... Not yet, at least.

(Meanwhile back in the council room)

Sokka was still, with his dad, in the council room learning all the in's and out's of being the Chief.

"Council," Hakoda said to the council of the Southern Water Tribe "There are now the 12 required suitors for my daughter's hand. We can now send out the letters to the 11 other suitors informing them of their acceptance as well as a list of their fellow competitors for Princess Katara's hand. The talks for those whom choose to still attend will start in 4 months. That should give them enough time to get here."

Pakku spoke up, "Chief Hakoda, I don't think many of them will still show up with Avatar Aang's name on the list too." He chuckled to his Step-son. Master Pakku had also voted aginst going back to traditions.

"I know this as well as you, Master Pakku," The chief laughed "But rules are rules. We must follow with the tradition, that's what the council decided so that's what we must do."

"I say forget about traditions, you know, your daughter has been the end of a few traditions, already" Pakku laughed, "She is the first girl I ever trained to fight... the first girl ever trained to fight at the North Pole."

"I know, my daughter has always had a wild spirit!" Hakoda sighed.

Aang and Katara have grown even closer than ever before in the last month. It was wonderful. Several months ago while they were in the Earth Kingdom he had found a betrothal necklace that was silver with several sapphire stones. He carried it with him at all times, however he didn't give it to her, not until he was her only suitor. He knew she would love it, the stones where exactly the same color as her eyes, her beautiful deep blue eyes.

About a month into their vacation, the young Avatar received a message from the Air Acolytes at the Southern Air Temple. They needed him to come and help with some restorations to make it look exactly the same as it had when he was there as a child.

"It will be fine, My Love! You stay here and spend time with your dad, catch up with your friends. It will only be for a few weeks maybe a bit over a month, depending on how quickly I can get all the work done." Aang told her, "You could help Master Pakku prepare for the 'other Suitors' to come." He spit out the word 'suitors' because they sounded horrible in his ears. She was his true love, no one else could ever come between them.

She nodded and blinked a few times, her eyes stung from the tears welling up. "I know Sweetie. I'm just going to miss you so much. I know that they need your help and how important The Southern Air temple is to you. I'll just miss having you around..." A tear ran down her cheek. He caught it and wiped it away, then he kissed her cheek softly.

"I will miss you too, but it's for only about a month... I promise we will do something special when I get back." He comforted her as best he could.

She gave him one last kiss, then he hopped up on Appa and waved goodbye to everyone before lifting into the air.

Katara sat on one of the piers and watched the sky to the north; the direction Aang had gone. She knew he was going to be gone for a while, but she still spent a couple hours a day searching for him in the skies. The days passed too slowly for her, she would spend the mornings doing chores with Gran Gran and the afternoons on the pier. In the evenings she would help Gran Gran cook dinner for the family. They had worked on an Inn, to house the Suitors while they were there. It disgusted her that they would be bidding on her like she was some kind of animal at an auction. They wanted to own her, like she was some kind of possession. But not Aang; he truly loved her and she him. Oh how it hurt; to be apart, even tough it was only for a month.

The month passed quickly for Aang... except that it also felt like he was a full season away from Katara. She was always on his mind. The Southern Water Tribe was only a few hours away but it felt like it was as far away as the Northern Water Tribe. Sometimes, in the afternoons he found himself staring to the southern skies; the direction The Southern Water Tribe Village was in. For some reason, he just had to look in that direction. He couldn't really explain it.

Restorations on the living quarters where coming along nicely, they looked just like they did the day Aang ran away. He even started to work on an apartment for himself and Katara where they could move in, after they were married. He also made it so that they would have a place on their own, whenever they visited the Southern Air Temple. They would have a safe place where they could have children, eventually. He closed his eyes and pictured her as his wife with a swaddled baby held lovingly in her arms.

"Avatar Aang! Avatar Aang! A message just came in for you from the Earth King in Ba Sing Se." Xing Ying informed him as she handed the message over to him.

He quickly read the letter. "Oh no! This is BAD!"

"What does it say, Avatar?" Xing Ying asked, "Is there anything the Air Acolytes can help with?"

"No, it's to dangerous for you." Aang decided with a worried look on his face. He quickly strode off to his office.

The letter was from the Earth King, it said that Long Fang somehow escaped and was putting together an elite group of lawless Earthbenders, along with Zhao and a small army of rogue Firebenders. They have already destroyed 2 villages and needed to be stopped. They told the villagers they were calling themselves "Azula Loyalists" they believe Azula should be the Fire Lord and that the Earth Kingdom should be under her control.

Aang sent a message to King Kuei, saying he would be there in a few weeks, that's the earliest The Avatar could get there. He had to go to the Southern Water Tribe first to get Sokka and Katara. Then they had to go to Yu Dau to collect Toph from her Metalbending school. And finally they would meet with the Earth King all together.