Chapter 25

On their way back home from the South Pole, the family of five stopped off in Gaoling for a few nights. The Beifong estate, though mostly abandoned, was still standing despite Toph and her parents' passing's. Neither Lin nor Su had had the heart to sell it, and even had a few workers check in now and again to keep the place standing. Lin hadn't been particularly close with her grandparents, but she had visited with them a few times when she was young and they had seemed rather fond of her. Toph's relationship with her parents had improved slightly from what it had been when she had first met Aang, and Poppy and Lao Beifong had been eager to know their granddaughters. Su, of course, had spent some time with them in her teens after Toph had sent her away from Republic City, and despite having run away from them soon after, she had apparently harbored quite a fondness for them. She had brought her family to Gaoling on a few vacations, but Lin hadn't visited the estate since Poppy and Lao died, and even then she had only stayed for an hour before sneaking out with Tenzin.

As a result, Ronen had never seen the place his grandmother had come from, and Lin was surprised to find that she rather enjoyed regaling him with tales all about his Grandma Toph. Sora and Yunjin were too young to understand, but they seemed to like the sound of their mother's voice, and Lin resolved to someday bring them back to Gaoling. She may have had a tumultuous relationship with most of the Beifongs, but she didn't despise any of them, and some strangely sentimental part of her wanted her kids to know about the grandmother they would never meet.

Lin still could not understand what exactly had happened after the twins' births. She could not figure out what had caused her to feel so low, but she vowed to never let it happen again. She loved her family more than words could express and she was so relieved that they still felt the same for her. Even after all the heartache she had caused, they still loved her. They still did not hold any resentment, and she would never be able to tell them just how much she loved them for that. Everyone was insisting that it wasn't her fault, but she couldn't help feeling as if she should have done something different, should have tried harder. But Tenzin wasn't letting her blame herself. He was more than she thought she deserved and she would never stop trying to make up for the time they lost.

It was on their final night in Gaoling that Tenzin and Lin finally spoke about all that had gone on.

Ronen was in bed asleep, Tenzin was placing Sora into her bassinet, and Lin was close to soothing Yunjin to sleep as well. She paced the floor with him nestled in her arms, humming softly, until finally his eyes slid shut and he drifted off. Lin placed him beside his sister, and she and Tenzin crept out of the room. They went together to the kitchen, where they went about making a pot of tea. When it was finished, Tenzin suggested they take their tea outside, and Lin readily agreed.

They sat together in comfortable silence beneath the moonlight, breathing in the fresh air and looking up at the stars. Lin kept her bare feet flat on the cobblestone, simultaneously listening for and keeping her senses on the kids.

Tenzin broke the silence first, his voice a quiet murmur as he asked, "What did it feel like?"

Lin looked over at her husband, but his gaze was still focused on the sky above. She knew what he was referring to, and though she did not particularly revel in the idea of discussing that dark time of her life, she knew it would have to happen sooner or later. She looked down into the murky liquid within her teacup, wishing that it was something stronger, and drew in a calming breath of air before responding in a whisper, "It felt like drowning."

She heard him suck a breath of air in through his teeth, but she kept going. "Sometimes…sometimes I felt like I was already dead. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't function. My mind was telling me that I had no reason to go on, that the world might even be better off."

"But how could you think that?" Tenzin couldn't help but interject. "How could you believe something like that when we all love you so much?"

He was looking at her now, but Lin could not hold his gaze, so she kept hers on her tea. She shrugged helplessly. "I don't really know the why or the how. I think part of me knew that I was wrong. That I had you and the kids and I needed to get my shit together, but all I could think about was how I should have done something, should have…I don't know, been better. I couldn't bring myself to look at any of you, to see in your eyes the disappointment, to know that I had failed you. The guilt only fueled the hatred I was already feeling for myself and I just got...lost. I couldn't remember how to go back, I couldn't even remember what it was like before."

She finally looked over at her husband then, and there was more understanding there in his eyes than she could have hoped for.

He reached out to remove one of her hands from where it was braced around her teacup, and held on tight. He squeezed gently as he quietly asked her, "Was it because of the twins? Because you couldn't nurse them and you were overwhelmed?"

"I imagine that was part of it," Lin admitted. "But it isn't their fault. It isn't yours either. This one's on me. But like I said, I've got no idea what set it off. I've seen people like that before and I've never understood… I didn't know how crippling it was."

"It wasn't your fault either," Tenzin asserted for the hundredth time. "You aren't the only person to experience something like this after childbirth. Some people can't even recover from it, but you did."

"I wish that it never happened," Lin sighed.

"Of course you do," Tenzin said empathetically. "We all wish it hadn't happened. It killed me to see you suffer and know that there was nothing I could do. But we cannot turn back time, nor can we erase the past. I don't know what reason the universe has for sending us down that path, but we made it out okay. You made it out, and I'm so very thankful for that. If I hadn't found you that night...out in the snow...I shudder to think what might have happened. Did...did you got out there to...to die?"

Lin shook her head. "I don't know, Tenzin. I think I went out there looking for a sign. Something to convince me one way or another if I was meant to keep going or not, if I should – or if I even could – fight back against it. I...I never told you this, but...I saw my mother out there that night. I'm sure it was just a figment of my imagination, a fever dream, maybe, considering I had collapsed, but it was as if her spirit was there with me, and she told me not to give up. She reminded me of what I had. I never imagined that I'd be a wife and mother one day, but that night I realized that I wanted it. I wanted this life with you and the kids and I wouldn't change it for anything else."

"Do you really mean that, Lin?" Tenzin's eyes were watery but there was a smile on his face. "Sometimes...sometimes I worry I forced you into this."

"Yeah, well, you can't force me into anything, and even if you had, I'm glad that you did. Sure, the kids are noisy and you're a pain in my ass, but...I love you, Tenzin."

"I love you too... Spirits, Lin, I love you so much. Please don't ever do that to me again."

"Believe me, I have no intentions of ever going back to that again." She squeezed his hand lightly. "I'm sorry you had to put up with me."

"Just so long as you're happy now...and healthy...then it was worth it. You'll always be worth it, no matter what we face."

Brimming with love and affection for the man and also eager to change the subject, Lin stroked the arrow on the back of Tenzin's hand, following the line she'd memorized with the tips of her fingers, up underneath the sleeve of his robe and along his forearm. There was some light scarring left over from the burns he'd received during the battle against Korra's attempted kidnappers, but it grew fainter each day. Lin didn't consider what could have happened if she had let the depression suck her in deeper, destroy her irreparably. If she hadn't been there and something worse had happened when those Red Lotus freaks had shown up… but she wasn't thinking about that.

She focused instead on her husband, on refamiliarizing herself with the feel of his skin beneath her fingertips, with the way he shuddered at that simple bit of intimate contact they'd been without for so long. She let her hand drift down to his thigh and he inhaled sharply. Lin smirked, glad to see that she still had such an effect on him.

She rose smoothly to her feet, placing her cup of tea on a nearby table and plucking Tenzin's from his grasp to do the same with his. She then settled herself onto his lap, her legs straddling his and her hands resting on his shoulders. Tenzin bit down on his lip to stifle an eager moan, settling his hands on her hips, and she leaned in to kiss him more passionately than she had in what must have been at least two months. It soon turned heated, their hot breath mingling and tongues clashing. Teeth collided once or twice but they were not deterred. Impatient hands tugged at clothes and there was a mutual sigh of relief when their naked bodies joined together at last.

They did not make it inside, but the Beifong estate was private and the kids would sleep for another few hours yet. However, when their bodies were limp and sated, Tenzin declared that they were getting too old to sleep outside and ushered his wife to bed, where they rekindled their love one more time before falling into a deep sleep.

Upon returning to Air Temple Island for the first time since before the twins were born, Lin could feel herself come alive.

With Sora on her hip and her feet on solid ground, she closed her eyes and breathed in deep. She reveled in the familiarity all around her. The sound of waves crashing against the shore. The scent of salt water in the air. When she opened her eyes, she looked out across Yue Bay, to where Republic City continued to thrive. It had not collapsed while they were away. The city lights still shone and ships still traveled to and fro. The Air Acolytes bustled around the island as if nothing had ever changed, along with the few White Lotus that had not been moved to the South Pole to protect Korra.

This was where she belonged. Here was where she would recover. Where she would make up for all the time she'd lost with her family when she had been in that dark place. And when she was able she would return to work, where nearly everything was a nightmare but somehow it made her feel useful.

Everything made sense here. She could feel the earth beneath her, see her bustling city and her island home all around her. This was where she was meant to raise her children, alongside her husband. This was where she thrived.

Sometimes she could feel the darkness creeping up, poking at her mind, trying desperately to sneak back up on her and overshadow her life once again, but it would not succeed this time. She would never allow it to take from her again. She was already gaining some of her strength back, and if it ever came for her again, she would be ready. She would fight back, and she would win. It would not bring down Lin Beifong.

Within a week of being home from the South Pole, after the twins were settled into their new home and the family of five had gotten back into a comfortable rhythm, Lin returned to work.

She was pleased to find that Saikhan had kept things in order during her extended absence, and was only partially surprised that he was more than willing to return the position of Chief back to her. Her job was not an easy one, and though he was proud to have done it, he was relieved that not all the responsibility would fall to him any longer. He did, however, agree to work alongside her as Deputy Chief, so that they could share some of the responsibility and neither of them would have to devote all of their time to their jobs. Tenzin was thrilled to hear it, because it meant that Lin would be able to spend time at home with the family without worrying so much that things at work would fall apart in her absence.

It turned out to be a very good thing that Lin had a slightly less busy work schedule, because Tenzin needed all the help he could get.

In comparison to his siblings, Ronen had been a freak of nature. He had been fussy at times, sure, and woke at all hours of the night, but he had also been quiet and mostly calm.

Yunjin was the exact opposite. Even when he was happy he was loud, squealing and giggling and running around the house from the moment he learned how to walk. He was not content to sit in one place for longer than a couple of seconds, and his parents could often be seen chasing him around the island. They feared ever taking him into the city where they could easily lose him, and on the few occasions that they did, Lin would not allow his feet to touch the ground, keeping him perched on her hip and firmly pressed to her side. He hated it, and made sure his mother paid dearly for it, but it was better than him jumping out into the street and getting ran over by a Satomobile.

When he was angry though, he was even worse. He kicked and screamed until his face turned bright red. He had given his father a bloody nose at least three times, and once Lin even received a black eye in the midst of one of his tantrums. When the guys at work found out her two year old was the reason behind her black eye, Lin had had to endure days worth of snickering and jokes at her expense.

Sora, on the other hand, had the potential to be a perfect, innocent little girl if it weren't for Yunjin's influence. She was just as hyper as him, but well-mannered and sometimes sickeningly sweet – Lin figured she must take after her father, because she sure as hell hadn't gotten that from the Beifongs. Unfortunately, she was also easily swayed by her twin brother. Anytime he tried to get into mischief he'd pull her along, and she was too nice and too curious to try and stop him. The fact that she followed Yunjin might not have been so daunting, if it weren't for the fact that Sora also had the loudest scream Lin had ever heard. She swore one day it'd shatter the windows in their house. Sora was not at all opposed to utilizing her extensive vocal chords at any and all times, whether she was inside, outside, at home, or in the city. Tenzin sometimes worried that when other people heard Sora's screams they'd think she was in danger or that she had cruel parents. Lin was more concerned about losing her hearing before she turned forty.

Both parents feared the day the twins would start bending. Whether they be airbenders or earthbenders, Sora and Yunjin were going to tear the island apart.

Poor Ronen could hardly keep up with his baby brother and sister. He was torn between wanting to play with Sora and Yunjin and wanting to avoid getting into trouble with Mom and Dad. He tried to stop his little brother from causing too much mayhem, but Yunjin could not be tamed. Lin could see Ronen getting frustrated at times, especially when his parents were too busy trying to contain his siblings to give him the same amount of attention he was used to receiving. However, he seemed to understand, too, and Lin figured he was too smart for his own good.

Despite their differences, all three of Lin and Tenzin's children seemed to get along just fine. They fought over toys and argued over nonsense, but they weren't like their parents had been with their own siblings. They weren't spiteful and competing for their parents' attention like Lin and Su had. They didn't taunt or torment each other as Kya and Bumi had Tenzin. When they were causing mischief they looked out for one another. And during the few quiet moments, they were kind and affectionate towards one another.

Lin wasn't sure how she had gone from being intent on never having children or being married to the life she had now, but she had no regrets. Her three kids might have been a pain in the ass sometimes, but they were still pretty perfect in her eyes. Nevertheless, she made it clear to Tenzin that she was shutting down the baby making factory. She was throwing out the concoctions that helped her conceive and they were going to be more careful because she wasn't going to endure another pregnancy. Tenzin didn't argue with her. In fact he seemed partially relieved. He loved his children of course, and he did not regret his choice to mostly be a stay at home father, but three was plenty. He wasn't sure that he could keep up with anymore, especially when the twins started bending...

Sora was first.

Lin was working overtime after being called in on her day off to oversee a triad raid. The bust went well, all things considered, but the captured weren't talking and her officers were getting frustrated.

She was in the middle of an interrogation that was clearly going nowhere when she heard a short knock on the door. A signal that she was needed outside.

Lin gritted her teeth, her annoyance skyrocketing at the interruption. Her officers knew not to interpose between her and an interrogation unless the building was about to collapse. She gave her prisoner a heated glare and then stormed from the room, slamming the door and giving her officer the same narrow eyed scowl.

"This better be good," she snapped.

"Sorry to interrupt, Chief," the female officer responded, straight backed and hands clasped behind her back. She was a new recruit, but appeared unintimidated, which Lin couldn't help but respect. "But Councilor Tenzin is on the line for you. He said it was important enough to interrupt you."

Lin's stomach dropped, her initial reaction one of fear and concern. It hadn't always been that way, but with three young kids at home she was more paranoid than she'd ever been. All she could see now were all the dangers surrounding them. It wasn't particularly difficult for a kid to get hurt, and one wrong misstep could be disastrous. And the twins were wild, if Tenzin had turned his back for even a second…

"Did he say what was wrong?" Lin demanded, already striding quickly in the direction of the phone.

The petty officer hastened to follow, calling after Lin, "He wouldn't say, Chief, but he didn't sound worried."

That hardly placated Lin, but she did allow herself a calming breath. It was entirely possible that Tenzin was simply overwhelmed and eager to know when she'd be home. It wouldn't be the first time he had interrupted her at work for something that wasn't all that dire and worried her for nothing. But she had given him hell enough times that he should have known better by now.

She was still slightly panicked when she finally reached the phone, and she nearly knocked it off the table in her haste to grab it. "Tenzin?" she questioned instantly. "What is it? Is it the kids? Who's hurt?"

"Nobody's hurt," Tenzin reassured her, and though he sounded sincere, there was a breathlessness to his voice that still concerned her. "But can you leave work yet?"

"I'm pretty busy, Tenzin," Lin snapped, growing irritated now that she was beginning to think that Tenzin had worried her for nothing. "What's going on?"

"I think you should come home," Tenzin vaguely explained. "There's something here you won't want to miss…"

"Tenzin," Lin growled, "you know how I hate these games."

"It's Sora," Tenzin blurted at last. "She's bending."

"Bending what?" Lin asked hurriedly, excitement bubbling within her in an instant, causing her to forget for a moment that she was supposed to be angry at her husband.

"Y'know," Tenzin chuckled, "I'm not really sure."

"You're not sure?" Lin repeated, confused. "How can you not be sure?"

"Well she's floating small rocks in the air," Tenzin explained, "but I'm pretty sure she's using the air to do it. I can't get her to do anything else yet. I was hoping she might try something else if you came home."

"You're calling me away from interrogating triad members because you wanna find out which element our kid is bending?" Lin sought to clarify.

There was a moment of silence on the other end, and then Tenzin slowly replied, "Yes?" He sounded hesitant but also unashamed.

Lin bit down on her bottom lip, looking briefly around the area to ensure no one was close enough to overhear her. And then she said, "I'll be home in ten minutes."

Tenzin practically squealed into the receiver, and Lin jerked her ear away instinctively with a scowl.

"We'll see you then," Tenzin said exuberantly. "We love you."

"Yeah me too," said Lin. "See you soon."

Lin wrapped up the phone call and then went to find the officer that had called her out. "Have Lieutenant Ru finish my interrogation," she told the younger woman, "and let Saikhan know I'm leaving for the day. Also, tell him to call me if anyone talks, got it?"

"Yes, ma'am," the petty officer said with a sharp salute.

Lin expressed her thanks and went to leave, only to stop and turn back, calling back to the officer, "By the way, what's your name, kid?"

"Jeia, ma'am," she responded.

Satisfied, Lin said no more, simply inclining her head and leaving at last, hastening back home to the island and her family.

She was restless the whole ride across the Bay, anxious to see the kids and Tenzin, simultaneously excited and worried about Sora's new-found abilities. She knew how important it was for at least one of the kids to be an Airbender, and she hated that the pressure existed.

When she finally reached the island she practically ran up to the main house, nearly running right past Tenzin and the kids in the courtyard. She skidded to a halt and strode over to them. Tenzin was standing back watching the kids while they played, and when Lin approached all four of them looked over at her and grinned.

"Mama!" all three kids exclaimed, dropping their toys and sprinting over to her.

Lin caught Sora in her arms while Yunjin wrapped himself around her leg. With Sora settled on her hip, she put her other arm around Ronen, who wrapped his arms tight around her waist.

They cuddled with her for a minute, maybe two, chattering and fidgeting, talking over one another, telling her about their days. Then childhood energy took over and they scampered off, back to playing, rambunctious but not particularly noisy.

Lin and Tenzin watched the kids for a few moments before Lin turned to face her husband at last.

Sensing her eyes on him, Tenzin tilted his head and smiled at her again. "How was work, darling?" he asked first, laying a hand on her lower back and leaning over to kiss her by way of greeting.

"Fine," Lin snorted, not prepared for small talk to be the first thing out of his mouth. "How were the kids today?"

"Good," Tenzin replied, and then, finally getting to the heart of the matter, "They were playing and I had turned away for a moment to help Yunjin when Ronen started yelling…" A very brief expression of horror passed over his face and he shivered. "At first I thought the worst, but then I saw Ronen grinning and Sora was floating a few small rocks in the air. She only sustained it for a short time and I was wary to push her into trying more too fast. That's when I called you, and the kids went back to playing as if it never happened."

"Let me talk to her," Lin suggested, and Tenzin nodded, agreeable. So Lin called Sora over to her, her youngest, technically, her little girl. She seemed like just a baby still, not even two years old, and yet she was bending already. Soon she would be in control of an element that could possibly change the entire course of her life. Lin wasn't as excited as her husband, but there was still a part of her that was delightedly anxious.

Sora skipped over to her mother without hesitation, bouncing on her short legs and smiling broadly. The boys watched with some curiosity for a few moments before returning their attention to their game. Lin hadn't sounded hostile so there was no cause for concern, and besides that, the kids were often frustratingly unafraid of their mother. Lin was deeply offended that they actually seemed more afraid of Tenzin than they were of her most of the time. She was used to striking fear into hardened criminals and new recruits, and while she didn't want her kids to truly fear her in such a way, she still thought that she had to be at least a little intimidating. It made it very difficult to dissuade them from getting into mischief when her "mad face" only made them giggle.

Lin crouched down to be more eye level with Sora when the girl reached her, flashing a smile and then getting straight to the point. "Daddy says you were bending today."

Sora's smile widened and she nodded vigorously. "Uh huh!" she exclaimed. "Is I a earthbender like you, Mama?"

Sora looked positively delighted, clasping her little hands together and bouncing on her toes. But Lin was surprised to feel a swoop of dread. She didn't know how to train kids, only knew how to bark orders at the young recruits at the station and even they were usually in their twenties. She especially didn't know how to train her own kid. Her sweet, mild tempered, bubbly little girl. Toph hadn't trained Lin to be a "sissy," and Lin couldn't imagine trying to tone down her childhood memories of rough, aggressive training for her two year old. Not that Sora was a delicate flower by any means, but more like Lin was too fragile to bear pushing her kid into the Beifong mold. Clearly the Beifong women had some issues, and Lin had no desire to pass that onto Sora.

Nevertheless, she forced her smile to hold, even if it did droop slightly, and encouraged, "Why don't you show me what you did?"

Sora's smile didn't fade, but it did change slightly. She stared back at her mother with a fierce determination that looked frighteningly familiar. A part of Lin regressed back to her own childhood, of standing before her mother proudly, bold and overly confident and so certain in that moment that she was destined for greatness, certain that she would make her mother proud. Toph had scoffed at her self-assuredness, and then spent the following years of Lin's childhood tearing her down to size. It was Toph's way, and Lin had eventually come to understand it, love it even, but she also didn't want that same relationship with her own daughter.

Lin scooped up a couple rocks and held them out in her hand, offering them to Sora but not insistent. The toddler scrunched up her face and focused hard on the proffered gravel, her bottom lip puckering out slightly, the same way Tenzin's did when he was thinking about something particularly obstinate. Several minutes passed by and the rocks didn't budge. Sora was becoming increasingly frustrated, frowning fully and clenching tiny fists, face red as if she were holding her breath, looking more like her mother than her father now, and Lin was just about to put a stop to the whole thing...

And then Sora let out a breath of air with an irritated huff, and the rocks leapt from Lin's palm so fast she hardly saw them leaving her grasp before they disappeared. A gust of wind washed over her, blowing her hair back as she lifted her gaze to the sky. The rocks had flown high, were still rising when Lin caught sight of them, going up, up, up…

The rocks seemed to hover in midair for a split second, before they were dropping back down, straight towards Lin. Sora let out a gasp and then a frightened squeak, tugging on her mother's sleeve, clearly no longer in control of the gravel and worried it might hit her mother.

But Lin twitched a finger at the last second and the rocks came to a sudden halt an inch above her hand. She allowed them to drop into her palm before stealing a quick glance at Tenzin, who was looking back at her with the same understanding she had come to, a peacefulness having washed over him all of a sudden and a bright smile forming on his lips. Both of them knew now.

Sora was an Airbender.

Lin allowed herself a few moments to watch Tenzin's expression swell with pure joy, and then she looked back at Sora, who was smiling guiltily at her mother, as if she had done something wrong, apparently misinterpreting her parents' exchanged looks. The toddler ducked her head, long dark hair swinging into her face. Lin reached out to gently tuck it behind her little ear, and stroked Sora's cheek with her thumb.

"Sora," Lin said without preamble, "you're an Airbender, kid."

Sora's eyes went wide, and then, for a split second, she almost looked disappointed, saying, "Not a Earthbender like Mama?"

Lin winced briefly, expecting Tenzin to be offended that his first child to turn out to be an Airbender wasn't immediately over the moon about it.

But she needn't have worried, because Tenzin merely laughed, crouching down beside her to speak to Sora himself.

"Unfortunately not, sweetheart," he said to her, "but you do get to be an Airbender like Daddy."

And just like that, Sora's face lit up with delight. It didn't matter to her either way. She leapt into Tenzin's arms and began to question him mercilessly, while idly reaching out to hold onto Lin's hand, keeping her mother close even as she focused her attention on her father.

The three of them ended up sat on the ground while Tenzin cheerfully told Sora about Airbending. Soon, the boys joined them, both Yunjin and Ronen vying for space on Lin's lap.

And that was how the family of five spent their evening before clambering inside for dinner.

Lin wasn't sure if she had ever seen her husband so thrilled before in all her life. Finally the pressure of being the last airbender had been removed from his shoulders and he could breathe easier, which meant that she could breathe easier.

Tenzin did not, however, relax, but rather, spent most of his time for the following weeks planning out the best way to begin his daughter's training.

Lin was relieved when Yunjin started bending a few months later, and turned out to be an airbender too. While she would have loved to bond with one of her children over their connection to the earth, she wasn't sure that she would have been a very good teacher. She had resented her mother's approach for most of her life, even if it had taught her more than she could have learned from anyone else. She had a few good memories of training with her mother, but also a lot of bad ones, and she didn't want the same thing to happen with her own kid.

Not only that, but it kept Tenzin from fretting over their training too much. Lin suggested he teach all three children together, even though Ronen would never develop the same abilities, and it allowed him to let go of his worry about neglecting one of the kids. Airbending practice gave him something to bond with all three of them, and it kept them busy while Lin was away at work. There was no taming the twins, but keeping them occupied helped.

Even more thankfully, the fact that all three children carried the Airbending genes meant that one of them would not feel pressured to have children of their own. They were free to live their lives as they chose, something that had not been quite as simple for their parents. Lin and Tenzin may not have been forced into their fates, but they had been shoved in a particular direction and they did not wish the same to happen to their own children. If one of them wished to abstain from having children they would not be singlehandedly erasing the Airbending race. The White Lotus would not interfere in their love life. Lin would never treat the Toph Beifong legacy as something that her kids needed to live up to. Their lives would not be perfect. Their parents were still celebrities and Sora and Yunjin were two of only three Airbenders left in the world, but they would have more freedoms than Lin and Tenzin had. Lin would make sure of it.

-I must once again apologize for taking so long to get this next chapter posted, but I hope you all are still enjoying this story. Your reviews are the best and I look forward to reading your thoughts. I promise I haven't abandoned this story again and I'll do my best to be quicker next time. Thanks so much everyone!-