(A/N) Man! I am on FIRE! I have so many stories backed up in my memory. Mostly because this story is a great way to tell you guys what I was like when my baby sister was born. My father gave me a necklace and said that it was for me because he didn't want me to feel left out when my sister got all of her toys. And trust me, she got a lot.

This story was created when I was walking home from school today. My school didn't talk about anything but football! It was agonizing! Considering my hometown won the mini Super Bowl, all of my teachers were like, "I know! Let's have a Science/History/Math/English lesson on football!" The only upside is that I have no homework! Woopee! That gives me just enough time to write, like, many more stories today!

Tenzin: 7-year-old Airbender
Aoi: 11-year-old Waterbender
Kyla: 13-year-old Waterbender

Disclaimer: You know what I'm about to say don't make me use more words than I have to!

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It was the middle of winter in the Southern Air Temple. Kyla was sitting in her room reading a book. Aoi was outside having a snowball fight with Tenzin somewhere around the temple. That only left Aang and Katara who were sitting in the kitchen having a nice quiet lunch.

"Do you remember when Kyla was only 13 months old?" Katara asked her husband.

Aang gave a slight sigh. "It seems like only yesterday that we were just finding out she was a Waterbender," Aang agreed.

"I miss those days," Katara sighed.

They were both about to go back to eating when Tenzin barged into the room. "Mama!" he yelled.

"Oh dear," Katara mumbled. "What is it Ten? What happened?"

"Mama, Aoi shoved a snowball down the back of my winter coat!" Tenzin said, his voice starting to crack with the tears that were already spilling down his face. "Mama," he whispered, almost pleadingly, "it stings."

"Oh, Sweetheart," Katara cooed, helping Tenzin pull off his winter coat.

"It wasn't me!" Aoi protested as his father gave him a stern stare. "He was using Airbending to make the snowballs go faster! I told him it was cheating, but he wouldn't listen to me!"

Tenzin was full on crying at that moment. Katara picked him up and held him close to her as he cried in her neck. "It's ok, Ten. Calm down. You didn't mean to right?"

Tenzin nodded into his mother's shoulder and gave a whimper off to show that he didn't mean what he had done.

"Aoi," Aang began as he walked over to Katara and took Tenzin from her, letting his cry into his father's shoulder instead, "you know that Airbending is second nature to me and Tenzin. We might not even know when we're doing it. Airbending comes naturally. Isn't that right, Ten?"

Tenzin picked his head up off of Aang's shoulder and nodded. "It really is, A. I'm sorry if I did use it to play snowball fight with you."

Aoi grimaced at the nickname. He had never really liked it. Tenzin was the first to give him the name because he couldn't pronounce his real name.

"That's ok, Ten," Aoi apologized, looking at the ground in shame. "I'm sorry that I Waterbended a snowball down your back."

At the mention of said snowball, Tenzin suddenly felt the cold ice and water mix running down his back. The slush had soaked through his 3 layers of Air Nomad type clothing. Now, he began to cry again. It really isn't fun when you have a snowball down your back.

"Tenzin," Katara said. No answer. "Tenzin, honey, can you tell me what's wrong?"

Tenzin buried himself in his father's shoulder once more and let the tears flow freely.

"I swear!" said Aoi. "I didn't do it!"

"I'm going to get our little Airbender some new play clothes to put on," Aang said to his wife. "I'll be back down in a bit to finish lunch. I still haven't gotten my dessert." Aang winked at his wife as he headed upstairs.

"Aang!" Katara yelled after him.

"What?" Aang's voice was echoing through the long hallway to Tenzin's room. "You should know by now that fruit tarts are my favorite!"

Katara blushed like mad as she turned to her oldest son.

"Aoi," she said, "we need to talk."

"Ok, mom," Aoi shrugged as he sat himself down in the chair hat Aang was previously sitting in.

"Aoi, do you know what happened to the Airbenders?" Katara questioned her son.

"No, not really," Aoi answered. "All I know is that some guy named Sozin had something to do with it and that they were all dead."

"Ok," Katara said slowly. "Did your father tell you any of this or did you just read about it?"

"I read something somewhere," Aoi replied. "Can you tell me more?"

Katara gave a sad sigh. "For you to learn, you need to hear your father tell you about it." Katara sucked in a big breath. "Aang, once you're done, you need to have a chat with your other son, ok?"

"Gotcha, Sweetie," Aang called down from the hallway.

A few silent minutes passed and Aang came into the kitchen to see a concerned Katara and a curious looking Aoi.

"What did you need me for?" Aang asked.

"I need you to tell Aoi what happened to all the Airbenders," Katara said tentatively as she watched her husbands usually happy and grinning face, go to one of sadness. He had a bit of a faraway look in his eyes and he was staring out the window.

"Alright," said Aang after a few seconds of awkward silence. "I'll tell you if you really want to know."

Aoi was grinning like mad now, happy to finally hear the whole story, but once he saw his father sulk over to the chair beside his mother's and pull it so close to hers that it was touching, he knew something was up.

"It all started 134 years ago," Aang began. "I was about your age. I had actually just turned 12 when it started. Fire Lord Sozin wanted the Fire Nation to have complete power. He said that his Nation was in a time of wealth and prosperity and that he wanted to share it with the rest of the world. The only thing, or should I say person, standing in his way was his best friend since childhood, Avatar Roku, the Avatar before me. After Roku died, Sozin launched the start of the official war by killing off all the Airbenders. He did this because… he was looking for me. I was the only thing that stood in his path now. Luckily, I had ran away before I could have been killed," Aang's voice cracked, but he continued anyway. "I was the only one left. Everyone thought I was either dead or never reborn after Roku died. 100 years had passed by then and the Fire Nation was nearing victory in the war. That was, until your mother found me in the ice burg I was frozen in when I had ran away on Appa."

The tears were flowing down Aang's face. He wiped then with the back of his sleeve and turned to his wife. She opened her arms and he gladly accepted her hug as he buried his face in her shoulder like he was one of her kids and began to cry.

"I miss them so much, Katara," he sobbed.

All she could do was pat his back. Even though she told him to stop dwelling on the past, it didn't mean that he couldn't stop missing his people.

Aoi sat there, shocked. He had never new what had happened to all the Airbenders. Now he knew. He watched as his father sat there crying into his mother's shoulder like a kid. Aoi felt bad. He never really wanted to hurt his dad the way he did. It must have been awful to loose a whole nation. Everyone. All the people that you truly cared about.

Aang sat up and wiped his eyes again, sniffling. "Thanks, Katara."

He leaned over and gave her a kiss on the lips. When they pulled away, Katara spoke. "Anytime, Aang. You know I don't like seeing anyone I love hurt."

Aoi was still a bit shocked from the news, but recovered after a while.

"Thanks, dad, for the history lesson," Aoi said. "I know how much it hurts now."

"You're welcome, Aoi," Aang replied. "I never really mind giving out history lessons. Don't think too much about it, ok? Now there are 2 Airbenders in the world, me and your little brother. That's why it's important to respect the Air Nomad culture and traditions."

"Ok, dad," said Aoi as he walked over to his father and gave his a hug. Aang returned it wholeheartedly.

"There go my, boys," Katara joked. "They grow up so fast."

Aoi and Aang laughed.

"Well," Aang said as he pulled out of the hug, "why don't you go see what your brother's up to so your mom and I can finish lunch."

"Ok, dad," Aoi agreed as he ran down the hall to Tenzin's room.

"Now," said Katara as she settled herself down in her chair, Aang taking a seat in his, "we can eat."

"And I can finally have that dessert that I've been waiting for all day," Aang said with a wink.

"Aang!" Katara yelled blushing."Why do you always feel the need to do that?"

"What?" Aang asked innocently. "You make the best fruit pies and you know it."

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(A/N) Oh, Aang, will you ever learn? Katara doesn't like it when you tease her! You should have figured that out by now!

Anyway, thanks to all who reviewed. I do hope you like this one and have a Happy Thanksgiving! Review! *evil laugh*