"Without hesitation, I believe in this love and live on

I'll tightly embrace your unbandaged wound

And together we'll keep on walking, because we can't go back

Even now, the inerasable sin deep in my chest hurts, but…Darling

I remember the painfulness of the love I lost back then"

- Kesenai Tsumi Inerasable Sin

Epilogue:

The remains were ancient – they had to be at least a thousand years old, maybe even more. All that had been found were scattered onto the table. There was only a ribcage, a skull, an arm, and a leg left though – all charred black and engraved with various sigils from the past, most likely done by an ancient pick of some sort. The dark shadow loomed over the bones.

"Is this it?" asked the Fire Lord.

'Yes,' said the spirit, 'I can tell they are mine, and I thank you for finding them…I…I can be reborn now…'

"I have five magicians working on it right now," said the Fire Lord, "and it should be done within a month or so. You have been a great help to me, spirit. Once you have your body, I will make sure you are well off in your new life,"

'Thank you, but it is not truly necessary,' answered the spirit, 'The bones and having a body are enough for me,'

"As you wish it, spirit,"

It had been a week and Seyvan, Pepper, and Ashes had returned from their training to rest. Seyvan had grown taller and more muscular. Pepper and Ashes had gone through the most radical changes though. Pepper, despite her still childish looks, had matured. Ashes still did not speak, but she no longer stared into space – she smiled, she laughed, and most of all, she wrote down things or signed when she wanted to say something. She also seemed a little bit older as well.

"What are you talking about?" Seyvan hissed at Zuko.

"You know what I mean," Zuko answered.

Zuko was talking to Seyvan on his own while Pepper and Ashes marveled over small Sadako with Katara.

"Why would I like Pepper?" Seyvan said, "She's my sister!"

"Seyvan, I'm not your trainer, I'm your father," Zuko said, "and I know that Pepper and you are not related by blood, so try to pretend everything is fine,"

Seyvan growled and folded his arms.

"As much I know you don't like it," Zuko answered, "you can't have Pepper, Seyvan. She's still your sister – blood or not. It's still considered incest,"

"By you,"

"Yes, by your mother and me, but that's the only opinion that really matters,"

Seyvan scoffed, "And what if we don't think it is?"

"Then I think you're going to run into a lot of problems, because incest really isn't something that people like having in the family,"

"This sucks! How come I'm the only one that's in trouble for this! I didn't even touch her!" Seyvan yelled, "Those are just rumors running around! They're not even true!"

"You're not in trouble, Seyvan. I'm just warning you ahead of time before things get complicated," Zuko answered.

"Then how come Pepper isn't getting this treatment?" Seyvan said.

"Seyvan, you and I both know that Pepper probably isn't the one causing this," Zuko said, "You matured faster than her and now that I think about it, you probably liked her from before, didn't you, Seyvan?"

Seyvan growled.

"She was supposed to be mine," Seyvan said, "When we were just orphans on the street, we banded together and FourEyes and me made a deal that if he left, I could have Pepper,"

"Does Pepper know about this?" Zuko asked.

"No," Seyvan said, shaking his head, "Pepper never really knew, or maybe she did and didn't let us know? I'm not really sure. She acted like she didn't' notice that FourEyes and me both liked her. She's so innocent…" Seyvan trailed off.

"So?" Zuko asked.

"So what?" Seyvan said.

"Your trainer said that she would see you two go off together sometimes. Did you…?" Zuko asked.

"No," Seyvan said, cutting him off. This was a boldfaced lie, but Zuko sensed it.

"Don't lie to me, Seyvan," Zuko growled.

"I'm not lying," Seyvan answered.

Zuko still didn't believe him, "Tell me the truth and tell me now before I lose my patience,"

Seyvan made a face and looked won at the ground.

"…all right, fine," Seyvan breathed, "I tried to touch her, but only once and she pushed me away, okay?"

Zuko still sensed part of that statement wasn't true but he let Seyvan slide.

"Fine," Zuko said, "but leave her alone, understand? There's plently of other girls out there beside Pepper, Seyvan,"

Seyvan scoffed and left the room. That night, when everyone else was asleep, Katara laid in bed with Zuko. Sadako slept peacefuully in her golden crib.

"Did you speak to Seyvan?" asked Katara.

"Yes," Zuko said.

"What happened? He was in a bad mood for the entire evening," Katara said.

"A lot of things," Zuko sighed, "I think Seyvan is interested in Pepper, but from what he told me, Pepper isn't that interested in him. What did you learn from Pepper?"

"Pepper wouldn't talk about it," Katara said, "She would always steer away from the conversation if I tried to bring it up,"

Zuko sighed, "Do you think after this whole incident, we'll ever have more kids?"

Katara paused, remembering the pain of childbirth, "I don't think so,"

Crickets were chirping in the warm night. Morningstar was in Lillith's bedroom, tucking her into bed. Beelzebub was outside on the porch as Aang stood nearby.

"Can you decipher it?" Aang asked.

"Yes, I can," Beelzebub said. He looked at the scroll Aang had given him with the list of three unknown elements, "It's coded so that only few can understand it,"

"Well? What are they?" Aang asked.

Beelzebub sighed, "I doan know if I should tell you…"

"Please, Beelzebub! The new Avatar could have these powers!" Aang pleaded.

Beelzebub sighed again, "Okay, kid. But I'm only sayin' it 'cuz it's fer ya,"

Beelzebub then glanced over the scroll and looked at Aang.

"Metal, Mind, Reality," Beelzebub whispered, "The three great unknowns that unleash chaos upon the lands from their great powers. To bend Metal – Metalbender. To bend your Mind – Mindbender. To bend Reality itself – Realitybender. These are the instruments to destruction and the calling for the apocalypse. They are forbidden, for their power is dangerous. Only an Avatar of mixed Element blood can bring such terrible things into existence once again. After that, it shall become flooding back to the children born after that,"

Aang was frozen in shock at hearing these things and instantly he knew that this new Avatar would be different from all the others now that the three forbidden elements had been unleashed:

Metal.

Mind.

Reality.

It was a whole new game to play now.

END.

That's it! Fin! Finito! Le End! The End of the epic saga known as 'muted fate'! I'd like to thank my fans, my brain, myself, and everyone who reviewed. (sends out hugs and kisses, and then leaves) – ZeroSoul