Okay, first of all, I'm sorry this is so late. I'm actually still waiting on what was supposed to be the second oneshot from my beta. I was gonna have that chapter out Labor Day, as my beta said she'd have it back to me by then, but then her teachers decided to drop 50 tons of homework on her, so she's been busy with that. Shame, that's one of my favorite chapters I have written so far…
I have started school at a university, which takes up more time than if I were to stay at a community college. I have millions of things to do before writing stories and stuff like that, so all those billions of things have to come first, unfortunately. Another unfortunate thing is that things don't look like they're gonna get better, so there will be sometimes long gaps in between chapters, but I'll do my best to get them out when I have the time. If you have any questions, comments, complaints, or if you're offering to do my schoolwork for me, please send me a message! Okay, now for the chapter description:
This is how the birth of Hiro and Maya was originally supposed to go. It's an unfinished scene, as you will see when you read it. So, understandably, it sucks. There's even this one part where I was stuck on what to write, so I just skipped that part to come back to it later (which I never did).
(Last thing: There are a few of my 'fun facts' at the end of this chapter)
"And it's a boy!" The midwife called over the cries of a newborn baby. Katara and Aang were overjoyed. A little boy…
"How'd you do it?" Aang asked his wife. It seemed hard to believe that Katara had a living, breathing human being inside her, and to have him come out into the world through such a… tight squeeze.
"I dunno," she said, shrugging. "I just… did."
"Well, I'm proud of you. I don't think I could have done it." Aang laughed as he wiped hair away from Katara's sweaty forehead. "I think you should just rest now."
Before Katara could say anything however, the midwife handed the baby boy over to a nurse before speaking. "Well, if you wanna rest, you're gonna have to make it quick." She said. "The other baby will be along any minute."
Aang froze. "O-other baby…?" Did he hear right?
"Why yes, didn't you know?" She said, getting back into position, preparing to deliver another baby. "Katara's having twins."
Aang looked over at his wife. Did she know? "Surprise…?" Katara smiled at Aang.
'She knew?' was Aang's final thought before fainting on the spot.
(That's how the chapter was going to end. Obviously, the plan had always been to end the chapter right after Aang finds out Katara's having twins.)
Next Chapter:
"Aang, Aang!" A desperate voice shouted. "Wake up, Aang. I need you!" The airbender put a hand to his head as he sat up. He looked next to him and saw Katara, panting heavily, clearly ready to deliver. Turning his head over to the corner, he saw a baby in a small wooden cradle.
'Oh Yue, Katara's really having twins.'
"Aang," Katara breathed as she clutched her husband's hand.
(Then there was supposed to be other stuff here) …A few minutes later, a baby girl was brought into the world. After the newborn was cleaned off, she and her brother were handed to their parents. Aang was handed the girl while Katara held the boy.
"Would you like me to go inform your family?" The midwife asked the two.
"Yes, please." Katara smiled as the woman bowed and left.
"We'll give you two a minute alone." A nurse said as she left with the other.
Aang shook his head after the two nurses left. "I still can't believe you didn't tell me we were having twins." he said. "How long have you known about this anyway?"
"I've known all along." Katara replied, "…or at least I had suspicions." She started rocking her son back and forth in her arms as she spoke. "When I had Toph confirm my pregnancy all that time ago, she said she thought she felt two living things inside me, but she wasn't so sure. I had her double check a few months later, and she confirmed that I was having twins… I wanted this to be a surprise."
"Well," Aang said looking down at his daughter, "I will admit that I'm surprised."
And that's all I had before I dumped this scene and wrote a new one. Now you can see why... Actually, what happened was one night, I was lying in bed and the scene that I used in the story for the birth of the twins just popped into my head. I grabbed the journal I use for my story ideas, and I jotted the scene down, almost as fast as the scene went in my head. So that's why this scene didn't make it in the story.
I'm sorry that this is all you get after all this waiting, but I really wanted to get another chapter out soon, and it doesn't seem as though I'm getting that one chapter back anytime soon, so… sorry… Hope you all understand.
Fun Facts about the Twin's Birth:
-I was originally gonna have Hiro and Maya born a week LATE and have Katara all pissy about it. The only reason why I had them born two days early was because I ran out of ideas for pregnant Katara.
-The reason why Katara had twins- a boy and a girl- was because I couldn't decide whether or not Katara should have a girl (which is usually what Katara ends up having in every other fanfiction), or if I should be more original and make her have a boy. I wanted both, so I gave her both!
-After I decided that Katara and Aang would have twins, I was gonna have them both unaware of the fact that she was having twins until Katara gave birth, but then I thought it'd be more fun if Katara knew and didn't tell Aang.
-After both babies were born, I was going to have Katara holding Maya, staring at her, then, all of a sudden, she freaks out because there is a dark red mark somewhere on Maya's body. There was going to be this huge dramatic thing of "OMG, what's wrong with the baby?" ending when the nurses look her over, and say that it's just a birthmark or something like that, but in the end, I decided that there was already too much drama with the babies anyway, so I just dropped the idea.
