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This is the beginning of Part 6 Above the Clouds.


Chapter 53

They were on their way back to The Southern Air Temple. "Look Gyatso, we're almost home!" Aang said to his son sitting on his lap. There was a bit of snow at the temple still, but you could see Spring starting to pop up through the melting snow.

"I am so happy to be home. I love it at the Southern Air Temple, Sweetie." Katara said.

Aang loved that she loved The Southern Air Temple, that she called it home. He would live anywhere in the world that she wanted to live, but she wanted to live at his home... It made him so happy. It also made being The Avatar and the leader of Everything 'Air' easier.

They heard the ancient horn blow. "They've spotted us!" Katara said.

People where pouring out of the temple. "Aang, why does there look like there are more Acolytes than there should be?" Katara asked.

"Oh no, they must have come from the other Air Temples. They knew when to expect us back. Everyone knew the babies would be born in Ba Sing Se." Aang said.

"So they are here to see Kya and Sapphire." Katara said. "Oh Spirits, They are going to swarm. They are going to scare Kya and Sapphire!"

"I'll organize them so we don't get overwhelmed. Take the reins, My Love." Aang said he put Gyatso into the saddle with Jade and the twins, then he jumped off of Appa with his blue glider. Aang landed "Everyone needs to stay calm, you will all get a chance to see the babies, I don't want Katara to get overwhelmed, or the babies to get frightened. They are only 2 months old.'

"We can see visitors as soon as we get settled back in... The quicker we get everything unloaded and delivered to our home the sooner we can see visitors. So Jasmine, Lilly, Rose, and Blossom... get to the house so that you can direct the other Acolytes where to put our stuff, then start putting stuff away. You 4 will get to visit with the babies first."

Jasmine, Lilly, Rose and Blossom got really excited and took of running back Aang and Katara's home. "I can't wait to see the babies!" They bounced excitedly. "I can't believe WE are in charge of everyone bringing stuff up here." They had never been able to tell anyone what to do. "I Love working for Katara and Avatar Aang." They said.

Katara landed Appa 5 minutes after Aang had glided to the temple. She had watched as the crowd dispersed a bit. Leaving only a bit more than usual. Jade climbed down first. Katara climbed into the saddle to get the babies ready to be taken to their home. Aang jumped into Appa's saddle and got Kya then jumped back down and handed her to Jade, then he jumped back up and took Sapphire and brought her down as Katara climbed down. Aang handed her to Katara. Finally Gyatso jumped into his Daddy's open arms. The Acolytes started unloading all the bags and packages.

Xing Ying walked up to Katara and Aang, when she saw the newborn babies she was awestruck by their beauty. "I have never before seen a baby more beautiful in my life." She told them. "And their eyes, my spirits they are so blue!"

Aang was beaming, "Thank You Xing Ying! They are very beautiful, like their mother."

"We don't want a feast until tomorrow evening, we just want to relax today." Katara said.

"Oh! Jade made a wonderful suggestion a couple weeks back, we should start having dances with our feasts!" Aang told Xing Ying.


The recently expanded family of 5 went back to their Home. All their belongings have already been brought up and the maidens were running around inside the house putting things away as quickly as they could, they were so excited to see the twins. When Aang and Katara walked into their home, the girls froze, they wanted to hug Katara and see the babies but didn't want to just jump on them. They waited till Katara and Aang were seated with the babies in their arms.

"Girls, you can come over and see the babies now." Katara said.

They came over to see the babies. "What are their names?" Jasmine asked.

Aang smiled, he had chosen both of their names. "This one is Kya, and Katara has Sapphire. They are Identical Twins and they look just like their Mommy."

"Kya was my Mother's name," Katara said, "and Aang chose Sapphire, because of their eye color."

"Oh my goodness they are so beautiful." they also where awestruck by their beauty. "May we hold them?" Rose asked.

"My sissers!" Gyatso said.

"Yes Gyatso, they are your sisters!" Katara said as everyone laughed. "He just loves his baby sisters! Almost as much as their daddy does."

Rose and Blossom sat dawn and where handed the babies, after about 5 minutes Jasmine and Lilly took seats right next to Rose and Blossom and the babies were handed to them.

Five minutes later Katara said "OK girls, time to get back to work." As Aang and Katara took their newborn twins back.

"Jade could you go down to the kitchen and have Dinner baskets delivered?" Aang asked her.

The babies started to fuss a bit. "They are hungry again, Aang could you help me bring them into our room so I can feed them?" she asked him.

'Yeah, Gyatso play with Jasmine and Lilly, I need to help Mommy with your sisters, they are hungry now." Aang told his son.

Aang and Katara went into their room, it only took 10 minutes each for them to fill their tiny bellies and drift off to sleep. Aang and Katara put the girls into their bassinets that where sitting in the front room.

Jade returned with dinner, Vegetable stew with loafs of bread and fresh butter. There was enough food for Katara's maidens and Jade to eat dinner with The Avatar and his wife.


(Jade's POV)

Jade absolutely loved the happy family, she loved seeing the side of them that people didn't know. They were amazing people, fun people, powerful people but they were gentle people, loving people, they were so kind. She was their same age, Avatar Aang was 20, Lady Katara was 22, and Jade, herself is 21. Like the maidens, Jade was treated like family. Working for Lady Katara and Avatar Aang was not hard work at all. Just running a few errands and helping out with chores and things, there was more joy than work. She loves picking Katara's clothes out for her, Katara had such wonderful dresses. Jade had felt special when they were is Ba Sing Se, Lady Katara had let Jade wear her dresses, it made her feel so special to wear them, that she wanted Jade to wear them. Katara had bought gifts for her. Jade was so happy in Aang and Katara's home. She was also happy she made Hei-Won jealous.

Yeah she thought Avatar Aang was good looking, she ran around Ba Sing Se in a dress with his face on it like 6 years ago, all the girls did. Lady Katara was the perfect wife for him, She would never turn her back on people that needed her help. It amazed Jade when they told stories of what they did, saving the world. They even helped a tiny village in the Fire Nation, IN THE FIRE NATION, during the war! They needed help, even if they were the enemy, they still needed help.

Jade's mind had wandered back to that Mining village they had stopped at. She thought about that Earthbender she ran into when she was going into the restaurant as he was coming out. Lady Katara had said she knew him, that his name was Haru. 'I'm definitely going to talk to her about him.' she thought to herself.

"... Jade!" She heard Lady Katara say her name. Everyone there was lightly laughing. "Where did you go? You kind of drifted away for a bit."

"Oh! I did? I'm sorry I was lost in thought."

"You had a bit of a smile on, must have been something nice." Katara mused. "If you ever need a friend to talk to let me know. I do consider you a friend Jade. I kind of hope you consider me one also."

"Oh, Lady Katara, I love that you said that, I had hoped you thought of me as a friend. You have been so wonderful to me. I love your family so much and I love spending time with you. I am so happy that you taught me to be a midwife, to trust me to deliver your babies." Jade said. "Could we talk later? About that guy I ran into back in that mining village." She blushed a bit.

"Oh you want to talk about Haru!" Aang said with a chuckled. "That's why you were smiling." He poked fun at her.

"We can talk about him in the morning, Jade." Katara said with a smile.

Jade was so happy, Katara was a great friend... 'It is so awesome Lady Katara says I'm her friend!' Jade thought to herself. She had never thought she would be friends with someone like Lady Katara, at one point she was jealous of Lady Katara... But now she sees how much love was between Avatar Aang and Lady Katara. They are so happy and so in love with each other, she is perfect for him, no doubt about it.

He had eyes only for Lady Katara, and it's always been like that. When they had taken that walk to were she found him, you could tell it was a very important place to them, almost sacred. It was awesome to see the broken bubble, she is the only Air Acolyte that has seen it.


Jade walked back to her room, her mind went back to the cute Earthbender she had met. She found herself thinking about him a lot, she usually didn't like facial hair but it suit him well, it made him look more distinguished. She doubt she would ever see him again though, but she still wanted to talk to Lady Katara about him.

As Jade laid in her bed she shut her eyes and her mind kept playing over and over what had happened that day.

She was walking to the door when he walked out looking behind himself into the restaurant and ran into her. She was knocked down and he saw her. "Excuse me! I'm so sorry, I didn't see you! Let me help you up." He held his hand out and she took it, he pulled her back up and she got a good look and him. "My name is Haru, I've never seen you here before."

"I'm Jade, the group I'm with just stopped for a break in traveling to stretch our legs and backs and to get something to eat." She was dusting herself off, She was wearing one of Lady Katara's dresses and it got all dirty.

"I am so sorry, Jade." he blushed when he said her name, "let me help dust you off, please." He used Earthbending to help pull most of the dirt off the skirt of her dress while she brushed off her dress. Lady Katara's dress.

"Reds, yellows, and oranges? Those are popular colors today." He said. Once she was all dusted off he apologized again then said good bye.