Author's note: Why do every chapter with Lin turns into a Linzin chapter? Okay, not really, but well.

Hello there, I'm still here. Busy week, guys, I'm sorry. Thank you all for the reviews in the last chapter, there will be more chapters about the whole Tokka problem and more about the Sukka problem. You think I forgot you guises request? I haven't. Bear with me.

Song of the chapter is Of Monsters and Men's Yellow Light. Hope you enjoy the read! x

21: Yellow light

Lin

Lin could not get over how white the snow at the South Pole was. It was mesmerizing.

"Come here, you'll want to see this," Tenzin said, taking her hand and Lin blushed as he pulled her through the ice path to wherever it was he was taking her to.

She supposed it had something to do with animals, because it had been the reason for the hike in the first place: to show the Weddell seals to Su. Everything revolved around Su, and it didn't make any sense.

In the back of her head, Lin heard Uncle's voice in a half-remembered memory. Baby's giving you a hard time, already? It really is mine. If she squeezed her brain a little harder, she'd see Uncle and Mother in the kitchen, him with both hands on Mom's large belly.

In the back of her head, Lin knew that there was a connection there, but she couldn't figure it out.

Tenzin stopped suddenly, stepping in front of her. They could hear Uncle Sokka and Uncle Aang talking ahead of them, just over this ice hill, and Suyin's electric laugh echoing.

"Okay, close your eyes," Ten instructed and Lin frowned. She hated surprises, damn.

"Why?"

"Just!" he sighed frustrated. "Just do it, Linny, what would be the point if I'd told you?"

She shrugged, but did as he said, and then he took her hands in his, guiding her with no difficulty. Lin was used to the dark, it was how Mother trained to follow her legacy. It was hard, being a legacy, but it also made her stronger.

Well, at least most of the time.

They turned to the left and the voices became clearer, meaning that they were close to the adults. Lin kept her eyes closed, waiting for Tenzin to tell her when to open them again, and as he guided her, she felt something moving around her feet.

"Ten?" she called with a hint of fear in her voice, even though he was just in front of her and still touching her.

"Oh, yeah," he said calmly. She could swear he was smiling. Tenzin stopped and she stopped too, almost tripping on the thing around her feet. "Okay, you can open them."

Used to the feeling of light after dark, Lin opened her eyes slowly, blinking a few times to adjust. It was extra hard, because of the shining snow all around them and the sun reflecting on it, making everything extra bright. It took her a moment to see again without the black spots in her eyes, and she frowned at Tenzin's large smile. What was she supposed to be seeing?

Something touched her leg and Lin jumped startled, letting out a little yelp, and when she looked down she saw a white polar beardog wagging its tail at her.

Lin felt her chest melt all over. That was the cutest thing she had ever seen!

"Oma and Shu," she gasped kneeling down and offering her hand for the animal to get familiarized with her before she could pet it. "This is so cute!"

"There are more, look," Ten said, pointing at the ice hill they had just circled. There was a whole litter of polar beardogs coming out of a large hole, but none of them was as outgoing as the one that came to greet her.

"Wow, the fur is so soft!" Lin exclaimed, petting the animal that practically purred.

"You know what the best part is?" Uncle Sokka asked, suddenly towering over them. He had a fluffy baby seal in his hands that he put down on the snow as he kneeled. "When they're this age, there's nothing stopping them from being friends."

Lin watched as the beardog sniffed at the seal suspiciously, the other animal barely worried about the contact, and in a few seconds it was decided that the two of them would be the best of friends. At least until instinct kicked them out of their utopia, it would be.

Lin watched the animals for a while, but her eyes started to drift up, to the sky. She tilted her head back, thinking that her eyes were playing tricks on her again, but no. It was snowing again. She closed her eyes as the flakes landed on her face and melted in contact with her warm skin and clung to her hair. She had never seen snow as fluffy as this and it was incredible.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Uncle said catching her attention. When she looked at him, he was still on his knees, sitting on his heels, and he had his palm up, where a few flakes were landing. "It's so different from the polluted snow of Republic City; sometimes I miss it so bad."

Lin blinked at him, trying to understand his expression. She couldn't. She realized she didn't have enough information to make sense of Uncle. She was aware of one thing, however, and it was that he was the rightful Chief of his tribe. Maybe… he was considering staying here this time.

She did not want to think of how her life would be without Uncle around.

"You know, Linny," Uncle said looking at her tenderly. "When I first saw you in that crib, so small and with such fierce lungs, I thought 'Well, look at her; her skin is as white as the first snowfall of spring'." Lin smiled. "Now, we didn't arrive in time to see the first snow, but we got here soon enough and look at you," he said putting her hair back. "As enchanting as the mid-spring snowfall, isn't she, Ten?"

Behind her, Tenzin gasped and stuttered, out of words. Lin didn't blame him, she herself was feeling a little embarrassed.

"You're being overly emotional over skin tones and snowfalls, Uncle," she said to him, and he laughed, patted her shoulder playfully.

"Kid, you are your mother's daughter," he said, which coming from him was a hell of a compliment. "Don't wander too far from the nest, you two. And Ten? Take care of Snowflake here."

"Of course, Uncle," Tenzin said right away and Lin smiled up at him. Another polar beardog puppy nuzzled her hand and placed itself under her palm shamelessly, making her giggle.

Uncle Sokka got up and went to Uncle Aang and Su again, her baby sister was happily playing with the seals.

"You want to look around?" Tenzin asked and Lin sat down on the snow, looked up at the sky again, catching glimpses of the flakes slowly coming down.

"No," she said quietly. The puppy found its way to her lap and made itself comfortable there. "Let's just stay here for a while, okay?"

Tenzin sat by her side, more of the puppies were getting closer to them.

"Sure," he said. "Whatever you want, Snowflake."

Lin smiled and elbowed him. He could call her anything, at that moment, nothing could disrupt her peace. She was happy.