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"What? That can't be possible!"

"Oh yes it is," Toph replied. "Earlier, I thought there were other people with you and Suyin. Now I know why-I can feel their heartbeats."

Her daughter's eyes widened.

"Their?" she squeaked, her voice octaves higher than it normally was.

Toph grinned. "Yep. It looks I'm getting multiple grandchildren next spring."

At that point Lin sunk into her bed, trying to come to terms with this new development. Her mother rose to leave the room, then turned around and drew her eldest daughter into a deep hug. Lin stiffened, then relaxed into her mothers arms.

"Congratulations, kid," she whispered. "Just don't expect me to be babysitting all the time."

With that Toph left her daughter and ventured to Korra's room for an update on her condition.

Katara was busy bending water over the little girl's chakras when she heard her friend come in.

"Good, you're here!" the master waterbender exclaimed. "I was beginning to wonder what was going on."

"Oh nothing much," Toph said, evading the indirect question. "So why is Twinkletoes the Second sick?"

"A multitude of things. For example, the move to a different climate is known to cause illnesses. The change in climate from the Southern Pole to Republic City is rather jarring. After all, the city isn't buried in snowdrifts year round."

Toph raised an eyebrow. "I might be blind Sugar Queen, but even I can tell the difference between mild and freezing cold weather."

Rolling her eyes, Katara returned to her work. Through her own seismic sensing Suyin noticed the master waterbender's sharp intake of breath as she passed over the Air chakra.

"Katara, why do you hesitate over her heart?"

Katara chuckled wryly as she continued healing her patient. "Nothing ever gets by you Su. As I am sure you are aware due to your own studies and experiences, the Air chakra is opened by love, and closed by grief. Korra witnessed the electrocution of her parents and godfather, thus closing her Air chakra and causing this rather nasty fever. I can unblock it but it is going to take a lot of time, especially since Korra isn't conscious enough to meditate through it."

Suyin instinctively cradled Korra's head. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart," she breathed before kissing the top of her forehead.

Katara calmly continued moving Korra's chi through its pathways before her eyes widened at the sound of high-pitched whistles. "Ack, the tea! Suyin, could you do me a favor and bring Kya over from her room so she can work on Korra? The medicinal tea I steeped is ready, and I need to take it off the stove before it turns bitter. Toph, with me."

Toph followed her friend into her large kitchen. While Katara readied the medicinal brew, Toph poured two cups of hot green tea. For a few minutes, they drank in silence. Then the waterbender cleared her throat to speak.

"Toph, what's going on? It isn't like Lin to visit this late at night with Korra, and you spent a lot time talking to Lin in her room. Is everything okay?"

The master metalbender sighed and put her cup down. Toph, despite being at least half a head taller than her waterbending friend, was still seen by Katara as the diminutive 12 year old who competed in underground earthbending tournaments. Toph silently ran a hand through her grey hair.

"I'm pregnant, with triplets no less according to my mother. They'll be due in the spring. Tenzin doesn't know, and I don't plan on telling him anytime soon since we broke up earlier this same evening. Should I get you all some more tea?"

With nothing but shocked silence greeting her Lin poured herself a cup of green tea and seated herself at the kitchen table.

"Nothing from either of you? Seriously? To be fair Mom you already know but Katara? Surely there's a couple of things in there that would grab your attention...?"

Katara's eyes filled with tears as she tightly hugged Lin. "Children! Spirits, what blessings! Congratulations my love!" Releasing her, she gazed at the metalbender she had known since birth. "I am sorry about Tenzin, my love. Just like his father-he gets so caught up in the small things that it affects the big picture. I will not tell him about your pregnancy-that's your prerogative-but know that the minute you tell him about the children there's no getting rid of him, for better or worse!"

"Lin? Children? Wha-OH MY GOD YOU'RE PREGNANT! LIN!" yelled Suyin as she enveloped her sister in a hug. "I am so incredibly happy for you! I have been waiting FOREVER for more cousin playdates! Now you'll HAVE to come to Zaofu more frequently!" Lin laughed and warmly returned her sister's embrace.

"Lin going to Zaofu? That would only happen unless bears fly, Lin gets pregnant and oh my god you're pregnant aren't you?" said Kya as she rushed to join Suyin in hugging Lin. "Congratulations, my dearest friend."

"Kya, how is Korra? Were you able to align her chi paths?" Lin asked, still holding her sister and her friend in a warm embrace.

"I was, and I think I've unlocked her Air chakra," said Kya as she extricated herself from Lin's arms. "Once I serve her that medicinal tea Mom's kept warm on the stove, she'll be in a meditative state which will promote the healing of that chakra. In the meantime you all should get some sleep, you included Mom. It's 3 in the morning, and there's still a long night ahead."

The rest of the women shuffled out, but Lin stayed behind. "If you don't mind Kya, can I stay with Korra? It would make me feel better, being close to her."

Kya smiled. "Looks like your maternal feelings are kicking in already. Come with me, I'll get you set up in her room."

The rest of the night the house was quiet, save for Kya and Lin watching over the young Avatar.


She was back at the compound in the South Pole.

Mommy, Daddy, and Nakoda were showing her how to do some new forms. Once she had gotten the hang of it, Daddy said that they were going to take a break. They were going to bend the snow into different forms.

Korra squealed for joy. She bent all the snow that she could and managed to fashion it into the form of an air-bison. Satisfied with her work, she turned around to show everyone only to realize that there was something dreadfully wrong.

The sky was an ominous crimson. The walls had been blown up and things were crawling into the compound. Black things with green bug-eyes and no faces.

One came up right behind her parents. It whipped out a thing that crackled with lightning. She tried to warn them-but it was as if she were anchored there, unable to move or even speak.

Within a second her parents were writhing on the snow, the lightning coursing through their bodies like an electrical river. She felt herself being taken into her house. Korra kicked and screamed the entire way, but her unknown kidnapper wouldn't let her go until she placed her on her bed.

"Turn around, you coward!" the little girl shrieked.

The person turned out to be...Avatar Kuruk? What was he doing here?

"Korra," he said, his voice full of sadness. "You do realize what you just saw, yes?"

She paused for a moment and shook her head.

Kuruk sighed and turned his head, perhaps to hide the tears threatening to spill out of his eyes.

"Your parents-they were taken down by that thing. Dragged them all away. The other Avatars have been searching for them, but it has been in vain. We can't find them anywhere."

"So they're not coming back?"

When Kuruk didn't respond, Korra hung her head and began to weep, wiping her tears away as she said, "Who's going to take care of me then?"

The elder Avatar smiled. "Why don't you take a look?"

Korra cautiously approached the window.

She was in a field of yellow flowers. Tenzin had her on his shoulders and was turning tons and tons of circles. Before long, they collapsed from dizziness, giggling all the while.

Lin watched from a short distance away. She was serving food from a basket with one arm and keeping the other over her large belly. Korra ran over and gave her a hug, with Tenzin following and giving her a kiss.

"See? Not so bad, now is it? Now I've spent too long with you young Avatar, now go to sleep!"

Korra slept peacefully the rest of the night, happily awaiting the good days to come.