there is a huge time skip towards the end. sorry it isn't as discriptive as you would like. had to cut 500 words due to my prompt of 1,324 words

prompts: opal, incense and 1324 words,

King - Able to move one square in any direction, he is the one piece that cannot be taken. The game ends when when the King is unable to escape from enemy pieces. Task:Write about someone who is considered too important to be placed in danger.

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Lin was pregnant. Six months to be exact and she was pushing the mandatory maternity leave date. Now as she prepared for another day at work, she found it hard to get out of bed and not because of her partners arms wrapped tightly around her but because she was too deep in he mattress to get up. Letting out a sigh, she rolled over as much as possible and poked Tenzin in the chest.

"Mmm."

"I need your help Tez. Wake up."

"What time is it?"

"Just after eight. I need your help getting up."

Pushing himself off the bed, he walked over to the other side and helped her into a sitting position, before pulling her gently to her feet. "Please don't go."

"I'm barely out of bed and you're already begging. It's just one more day and then I'm all yours."

"Lin, you know why I don't want you working."

"If this is about the Agni Kai attacks I told you there is nothing to worry about. Their attacks have been small. The explosives they use aren't dangerous enough to bring down a house, let alone a ten story building made of metal." She gave him a peck on the lips before walking to her closet. "Why are you so worried anyway?"

"You mean other than because you're carrying our child? Well you're extremely self sacrificing."

"Explain."

"You throw yourself in the line of danger with complete disregard for yourself. You have so many scars from doing so. Please, for our family, stop sacrificing yourself."

Lin finished getting dressed and turned to face her partner. "I'll see you tonight."

Tenzin let out a sigh as he leaned down to kiss her. "At least think about what I said. You're too important too me. I don't want to loose you."

"I'll think about it. Goodbye."

"I love you."

"I love you too."


Lin sat at her mother's desk eating their lunch together. "Why is it that everyone can cook food but me?"

Lin cocked an eyebrow at her mother's strange proclamation. "I don't know mum. It could have something to do with you not being blind."

"Shut up. How did you learn to cook?"

"Kya taught me."

"When?"

"I was fifteen and wanted a challenge. I'm just lucky Kya was so patient with me. I screwed up so many times but in the end I got it."

A smirk graced Toph's lips. "Huh looks like that hippy is good for something after all."

They continued their jovial conversation, until the door to Toph's office burst wide open. The two women jumped from their seats in surprise to see an officer panting before them. "Chief, there's a bo-."

It happened so fast. Lin didn't process what she was doing until the last second. She was sacrificing herself again.


The doors to the hospital burst open to reveal Tenzin, with his mother and sister behind him. He grabbed hold of the nearest nurse, and practically screamed in her face. "Captain Beifong!?"

"Uh, room two zero one."

Kya took hold of Tenzin's hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "I'll make sure she's okay. You look after Toph with mum."

They looked over to the waiting room where a bloodied Chief Beifong sat with her head buried in her hands. Rushing over to her, Katara bent water out of the skins on her sides. "There's so much blood, I can't tell where the wound is from."

Dropping her hands, a sob escaped Toph's lips as she tried to speak. "It's not my blood. It should be mine. I- I had to make a call Katara. They wanted me to decide."

"Decide what?"


Lin woke to the smell of incense. It was Kya's favourite. Over the years of being hurt and healed, Lin had always associated the smell with comfort.

"Lin, can you hear me?"

Lin opened her eyes slightly to find herself in a dark room, with Kya hovering over her. "Water." Opening her mouth, Lin soon found it full of cool liquid that gave her great reprieve. "I feel sore."

"I'll try to fix that." Encasing her hands in water, Kya began to run them over the earthbender's body, hesitating when she reached her stomach.

Noticing the hesitation, Lin's eyes went wide with realisation. "No. KYA NO!"

Tears began to pour from her eyes, accompanied by screams that had never come from her before.

Kya got on the bed and pulled her in close, trying her best to comfort her. "It's okay Lin. Everything is going to be okay. We'll get through this." As she spoke, a few tears were shed from the waterbender for the niece or nephew she would never know.


Kya came out of the nursery where her sister in-law had just given birth to her third child, to find her wife asleep on the couch with a nephew on each side, sleeping against her.

Kya smiled at the sight before coming behind the couch and folding her arms over her wife's chest, causing her to wake up. "Have a good sleep?"

"Not bad given the screaming in the other room. I forgot how loud she could be."

"Do you want to meet the new Beifong?"

"Sure." Carefully standing up as not to wake her nephews, Lin followed Kya into the nursery where Su laid in the bed, while Baatar senior held their new child. "How are you feeling Su?"

"Much better Lin."

"May I hold him?" Baatar passed the baby to their new aunt, watching carefully as she rearranged the baby into a comfortable position before rocking back and forth gently. "What's his name?"

"Actually Lin," Su ran a hand over the baby's cheek as she spoke, "he is a she. Her name is Opal."

Lin didn't know what was going through her mind as she quickly handed the baby back to her parents and walked out of the room. Leaving everyone in confusion but Kya.

Lin stood looking out the window. No sign of an attack so far. She continued to stare out the window as her wife calmly approached her. "Everyone said I was too important to loose but they were all wrong. There are plenty of earthbenders out there but only one airbender. There could have been two."

"Lin, don't do this to yourself. Your mother made a tough call but it was the right one."

"Was it?"

Kya could see using the reflection from the glass that Lin had her hand under her shirt and was brushing the scar on her abdomen. "Yes it was. And because of that decision, you now get to watch your nieces and nephews grow up. With me. I know Opal really wants to get to know her aunty Lin."

Lin turned around to see her niece being held by her wife. Slowly walking over to her, she took the baby into her arms and blinked back a few tears. "Its hard. I never got the chance to hold my little girl when she was alive. Only when we were lowering her into the ground did I get my chance. I miss her so much."

Kya pulled her into a hug from behind. Not letting go for an instant. "I know it's hard Lin. I know you miss her. I miss her too. She was apart of me just as much as she was a part of you and Tenzin. But she's in the spirit world now. Growing up and watching over her mother and cousins."

"Yeah. Opal is lucky to have such a wonderful cousin watching over her."

"Mhm."

Opal began to squirm in her aunt's arms, prompting Kya to step back. "I think my niece is hungry."

"I think you may be right. Lets get her back to Su."

"Yeah. Thank you Kya. I love you."

A smile graced Kya's lips as they began to walk back to the nursery. "I love you. Too."