Again long time no see, okay so I didn't tell her but I kinda got this idea from another FFN writer, let's see if she can figure out if it's her or not. She just wrote a story and I was well this could technically work ya know, again not to her to myself. I know this is the most predictable story you have EVER read as well, it happens, it's still probably one of my favorites, and I also apologize on my lack of creative naming. This is another reason I really won't ever write OC's into an Avatar story, anyway without further ado I give you prompt #14. (By the way this one has been through almost all of my prompts I couldn't find one that fit the way I wanted so I'm settling for this)

#14-Family (It Runs in the Family): 16 years after Aangs death Katara is still mourning, but maybe Aang has been closer than she thinks.

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It was said the next avatar was to be born into the Water Tribe.

That's exactly where she had been for the past sixteen years since Aang's death.

It had hit her the hardest. She had loved him with every fiber of her being, and even to this day the pain of losing him still crawled through her body. Katara was the perfect devoted widow.

If he had been old she could have seen it coming, but he was still young and in his prime. It was a lucky shot and an absent Katara that had finally done him in. Katara had been torn for days over the grief it caused her—she blamed herself for not being there to heal him—even going so far as to refusing to hold her newborn baby. If he had held out a little longer he could have seen their daughter's beautiful face. He had waited so long to see her, been anticipating it for the previous months, even insisting on names for the child. Katara had been touched that he had wanted to name the baby after her mother if it was a girl. But he never got the chance he took his last breath just minutes before the baby took her first.

Katara had raised little Kya on her own in the North Pole. The south had proved too painful, the memory of their first meeting burned into her mind. Kya was the most beautiful thing Katara had ever seen, and now on the eve of her sixteenth birthday she had become a beautiful woman, and a powerful water bender. Although she had the thick dark hair and cerulean blue eyes of a water bender, Katara could see Aang in her smile and her movements and in her pale soft skin.

Katara smiled lovingly down at her daughter as she brushed through her hair, readying her for her birthday party that evening. She couldn't believe how fast she had grown, the last sixteen years seemed like a sweet nightmare to her now, she had lost one love and gained another.

"Mom, what was your sixteenth birthday like?" Kya asked sweetly her voice seemed to chime. Katara just smiled reminiscing for just a moment before answering.

"Big." Was her answer, "Everyone knew your father, and so therefore everyone knew me. I wanted to have it in the south pole, where I was born but there just wasn't enough room." Katara laughed a little at this, "Plus you can imagine the pain it was to get all of our friends there, so I settled for the Palace in the Fire Nation. Firelord Zuko was more than accommodating. There were people from every nook and cranny of the world, all our friends from the Earth Kingdom, all those that I grew up with in the South Pole, and newer friends from the North. It was quite the party, but yours will be much better."

"How do you know?" she replied, her shoulders stiffening as Katara hit a knot in her hair.

"Because, it's yours, tonight will be all about you." Katara gave the girl a tender kiss on the top of her head before she began braiding small strands of her hair to connect at the back of her head letting the rest of her soft dark hair hang down. Kya smiled adoringly up at her mother. "I wish he could be here. I wish he could see you," She didn't need to explain who she was talking about, Kya knew.

"He is here though Mom." She replied, placing her hand over her heart. "He's right here, he's always here. And he's always here." Kya moved her hand from her own breast to her mothers. Katara couldn't help herself, she pulled the young girl into a hug, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall.

"You are wise beyond your years Kya." Was the only thing she could say.

It wasn't long until everything was ready, the table's set, the food hot, the guests hungry. The only thing missing was the birthday girl. She was ready to be presented as a full grown adult in her people's eyes, ready to face the world now. Kya pushed the doors open in front of her, she looked her mother straight in the eyes before looking at the exceptionally large crowd that had gathered there to celebrate with her all of them clapping their hands. She could only recognize a few of her parent's friends were gathered around her mother. She took a deep bow to show her respect for her guests appearing. But suddenly the crowd was silent, she looked up to see what had happened. A small group of elders walked towards her. She looked worriedly around for a second, they never came out from the council meetings, something had to be wrong.

They stopped in front of her looking at her with such aged certainty in their eyes, such wonder. Then one took a step further and turned to face the crowd, "We are here to announce the new avatar." He said before turning back to her. "We are here to serve you Avatar Kya."

The crowd cheered and bowed but the world had gone deaf to her all she could see was her mother staring back at her such horror in her eyes.

It was said the next avatar would be born into the water tribe.

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Well yeah, so there ya are, another one-shot another prompt down. My boyfriend was reading these for some god forsaken reason, probably because he hated the movie just as much as I did, still steaming, sorry. But he enjoys my triple XXX's he calls them my hard-core chapter breaks. Oh silly boy. Well people's do whacha do. Review that is…please I could use a pick me up I had to jump in a pool fully clothed the other day, I mean sweats and sweatshirt and all then stand there in the stormy windy day freezing cold with what felt like 50 pounds of watered down clothing on me….it sucked, all part of a wonderful summer job though. But seriously who goes to a water park when it's storming…please enlighten me people. Sorry rambling again.

Laugh Bitches, ~GG