Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender
AN: This chapter is written to be one month previous to the first chapter. The next chapters will be following this one chronologically.
Nalia and Jenny are also both 6 years old, in case anyone was wondering.
Chapter 3-Jenny
Katara looked at her husband with her big blue eyes and kissed his cheek. "Honey," she smiled, "please don't forget to go to the market before you get home."
"Geez, no 'I love you'? No simple 'be safe'? I only forgot to go to the market once."
Aang laughed. He knew Katara loved him, but he loved to tease her.
Katara looked at him again. "Don't forget."
"Okay, okay" Aang said amused. He kissed Katara and walked out the door. "Nalia, let's go."
"Okay Dad. I'm coming" said Nalia, full of joy. Aang looked at his daughter pull away from the kids she was talking to and come to him. She put her backpack securely on and the belt tucked her gently in.
Aang double checked Nalia's belt on her side of the glider, then went to his side. "You all set?"
"Ready!" squeaked Nalia.
"Here we go!" Aang said as he air bended the glider open. Nalia loved riding the wind to school, and Aang was happy to take her there. If he took her, he knew she would be safe.
Nalia looked at the clouds and the diminishing world below her with wonder and awe.
Even though she went to school this way every day, it still excited her. Unfortunately, she could not stay here forever; neither could her Dad, as she saw the world get bigger below her feet. "Can't we just stay up here for the day? It's not that big a deal if I miss one day of school" Nalia pleaded.
"Oh, yes it is" Aang answered. "Remember when I let you skip that one day? I have never seen your mom so angry. I slept on the couch for a week!"
Nalia lowered her head defeated, "Alright." Nalia took her belt off and hopped down.
"I love you, Nalia. Be safe, okay?" Aang said, looking at her daughter with deep sincerity.
"Okay Dad. I will." Nalia said and walked off towards the school. Nalia was already daydreaming of living in the skies when she remembered something. She turned to see her Dad walking back to his glider.
Aang was about to reach for his glider when he heard a little voice say "Wait!" Aang turned and saw Nalia running back to him. "I forgot to give you a hug." Aang bent down and embraced his child with all the love he had. Nalia whispered in his ear "I love you." It always warmed Aang's heart to hear his daughter say those 3 simple words.
Nalia pulled away from her father and walked back up to school. She turned once more to see her Dad leaving, and she walked inside.
She really didn't want to be here today. To think that she could be in the clouds, air whisking through her hair; but no, she was stuck in school. School really wasn't that bad either, she had friends, she made good grades, but she just loved flying so much more than being stuck indoors.
Nalia walked into her class and took her seat, next to the window. She started to day dream when her teacher brought her back to the real world.
"Good morning class!"
"Good morning Mrs. Claudia" the class chanted, less than enthusiastically.
"Today we have a new student joining our class kids! Her name is Jenny. She is from the fire nation. Every one welcome her to our class and be extra special to her! Jenny, you can take a seat next to Nalia. Nalia, raise your hand so Jenny can sit down."
Nalia raised her hand obediently, and Jenny sat down in the seat next to her.
"Good. Alright, you kids can talk amongst yourselves while I go get our activities for the day" said Mrs. Claudia.
Nalia turned to Jenny with a bright smile, "Hi Jenny, I'm Nalia. But you already knew that. Did you just move here?" Nalia asked politely.
"Yes, I did. Me, my mom, and my dad all moved here so my dad could expand his business. I'm not really sure what he does" Jenny replied.
"Yea, my dad travels a lot. And I'm not really sure what he does exactly either. All I know is that my dad is the Avatar."
"That's so cool! Have you ever flown before?"
"Have I!" Nalia screamed. She was so excited to talk to someone else about flying that she could not contain herself. Nalia and Jenny talked until Mrs. Claudia came, and became fast friends.
At the end of the day, Katara was sitting at home (she already finished teaching her lessons to young water benders) reading a book, when Nalia came in with someone unfamiliar.
Nalia rushed up to her mom and gave her a hug. The she said excitedly, "Hi Mom! This is my new friend, Jenny. She used to live in the fire nation, but she just moved here. Is it okay if she stays for dinner?"
Katara looked at her daughter and said "Of course! Hi Jenny, you can call me Miss Katara. You two go and play and I will check up on you in a little while."
"Okay!" they both said. They rushed up to Nalia's room and began playing for hours.
Aang came home to a warm dinner and child's laughter. Nalia and Jenny really were inseparable. He sat down at the dinner table next to Katara, and waited for his daughter to introduce him to her new friend.
"Hi Daddy!" Nalia said excitedly. "This is my new friend, Jenny. She just moved here from the fire nation."
Aang glanced over to where Jenny was sitting, and politely said "Hello, Jenny. It's so nice to have you here in our home."
Jenny looked up from her dinner plate, and as Aang stared directly into her eyes, he saw a look of rage and anger in this tiny little body that he didn't expect. Jenny looked down from Aang's intense gaze, then looked back up at him with an innocent childlike charm.
"The pleasure is all mine…Avatar…"