Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I am happy that you liked it, and thanks for any advice given to me. I will take it under great consideration. I noticed that i do tend to have a designated goofball for every story. I can't help it. I just like making myself smile, and in this story, it would be Aang, in case you were wondering. I will also try to refrain from torturing Sokka when he is used in stories. I do believe he fits the buffoon role perfectly, but i know there is a limit to how much should be used and a lot more to his character and will bring that out more next time. I just love messing with his character.

Now, this story would take place...on the island, when Tenzin is around nine. It's summer time and it tends to get hot, so what can an Avatar do to cool off his family?

If you asked anyone what the Avatar was doing, they would all give you the same answer. They had no clue. From the steps where his two elder kids sat, it looked like he was rushing back and forth from the beach to a point where they couldn't see above them. At times he was sopping wet, and others nearly covered in dirt, but he smiled the entire time.

The great Avatar was only wearing his shorts, which was why they thought he might have just gone swimming, but that didn't really explain the dirt. It also didn't explain why when he ran past them up the steps, it looked like he was carrying something.

"Dad's gone crazy, hasn't he?" Kya mumbled. Normally she would have joined her father for some fun, but it was an extremely hot day out and she and Bumi were sweating even if they weren't doing anything. She wasn't in the mood to find a shady tree or even practice waterbending, which was unusual since she loved any reason to be in the water.

"Yep," Bumi nodded. He was sitting with his head in his hands, looking at some point on the horizon. He was just as bored and sweaty as his sister. It seemed like nothing would change that.

"Should we try to stop him?"

"Nope," Bumi replied, staring off into space and making a popping noise as he finished the word.

"What's he doing?"

"Uh huh."

"Bumi!" Kya punched her brother's arm.

"What was that for?"

"Are you even paying attention?"

"To what?" Bumi asked, looking at her with tired eyes.

"What is dad doing?" He looked around, and barely caught a glimpse of the blue arrows of their father's tattooed head before he disappeared.

"Oh. I have no clue."

"You're no help," Kya decided with a shake of her head, braided hair bobbing back and forth on her head.

"Happy to be of assistance," he returned his gaze to the bay.

"Bumi just shut up."

"What'd I say?"

Kya shook her head. An unfocused Bumi was no help. Tenzin was off somewhere, probably meditating, and their mother had gone to the city for awhile, so it was just the kids, their father, and a few Acolytes, who were meditating, on the island. The only person she would be getting answers from was the Avatar himself, but she was too bored to just walk up and ask.

She didn't have to wait long, though, until the Avatar was back, from the direction of the beach, which didn't really register in their mind that he had gone the same way up last time around, and he was laughing. He stopped in front of the two of kids, who were both staring off into space now, and waved a hand in front of their faces.

When he didn't get a response, he walked behind them and grabbed both of them by the waist, carrying them easily up the steps as they began to complain.

"I need you two to get Tenzin and get into some play clothes."

"We are wearing play clothes!" Bumi complained, arms dangling, while Kya tried to squirm away from her father.

"Dad, you're getting us wet!"

Aang rolled his eyes, "Get some more…playable play clothes on. I don't think your mom will be too happy when she gets home."

At that, the two elder children grinned at each other. If there was one thing they enjoyed, any time of the year, it was doing things that tended to annoy their mother, even though they hated to see her angry. Aang released them on the top of the steps and they both ran back to the house to change.

"What's up with them?" A nine year old Tenzin asked as he stopped next to his father. He had a book in his hand and a rather serious expression on his face.

"You'll see. Go change into some dirty clothes or something and meet me over there with them, okay?"

Tenzin looked thoughtful for a second, "How will mother feel about this?"

The Avatar crossed his arms over his chest, "Let's not think about that. Just go. I'll take all the blame."

Tenzin just shook his head in a way that Aang thought was something only one of the really old members of the council would do and walked after his brother and sister. Aang had to admit, his youngest son was way too mature and serious for his age. He just shrugged as his son disappeared into the house and made his way back to what he had been working on ever since Katara had left that morning.

He used waterbending to cover the ground once more as his children lined up, tilting their heads at what their father had done. He thought it was rather comical, but only Bumi and Kya seemed to be bouncing on their feet. He knew Tenzin would have a problem with this. This was why he was going first.

"I'm not going to do this," Tenzin shook his head from his spot. He was a few feet away from the rather large, almost pond sized, bed of mud was.

"Yes you are," Aang replied, giving his son a pleading smile. "Please? For me?"

"Father, I don't see how this is going to be fun. I'll just be covered in mud."

"That's the point," the Avatar rolled his eyes, moving to grab his youngest son tightly and lifting him, setting him down in the mud so that it squished between his toes. Tenzin shivered at the feeling. "And, you have to, because I say so."

"Why do I have to go first?"

"Just shut up and go already! I'm next!" Bumi called from his spot on the side. He had already covered himself in mud, which was beginning to dry, and Kya was using waterbending on the mud to make it change shapes.

"Yeah, Tenzin. Just suck it up and dive. You'll be fine."

"I'm not worried about me," Tenzin almost yelled at his sister, "Mother's going to be mad when she gets home. Isn't she?"

Aang rolled his eyes again. At this rate he would have to water down the dirt again. "I told you not to worry about that," he said, folding his arms again, but a goofy smile on his face. "Just go, or I'll make sure you go."

Tenzin didn't doubt that. He trudged his way to where the opening to the slide his father had created was and looked over his shoulder at his smiling family before praying that his mother didn't see him do this.

He closed his eyes and threw himself into the gooey mud before slipping down and going through many twists and turns full of mud before being thrown off the edge of the island. When he realized there wasn't any ground under him, he flailed his arms and screamed, but hit the water of the bay less than a second later.

When he came up for air, he heard Bumi's laugh as the boy left the island and flipped before hitting the water a few feet away. Next was Kya, who skillfully dove into the water, and their father, who had apparently gone backwards. The water around them had turned a murky brown from the addition of the mud, but everyone was already swimming to shore.

"Last one up is a rotten sparrowkeet egg!" Bumi yelled. Of course, Kya and Aang took the challenge, using their waterbending to reach the beach quickly, while Bumi protested the use of bending in a race. Tenzin made his way back a little bit more slowly, and didn't bother trying to race his brother, but didn't try running off either. He didn't admit it to anyone but himself that he had fun and wanted to go again, but Aang seemed to notice and grinned.

He scooped up the boy before diving down the slide after his other two kids again. Tenzin actually started laughing as more mud covered his face before he fell into the water.

They must have been out there for hours before the slide wasn't being used anymore and they were just throwing mud at each other from the large pool of it. Aang had to add water to it several times now, but the gooey mud never left them bored.

The sun was lower in the sky and Aang expected that his wife would be home soon. He didn't want to say anything though, since Tenzin would freak out. She would find out anyways, so Aang didn't bother worrying over the scolding that was sure to come when she saw the mess.

It wasn't much longer before she was on the island. Aang smiled to himself when he realized this, and covered the slide with water once again, much to the confusion of the three kids, who were making mud castles. Once he was sure it was nice and muddy, he continued playing, helping Kya with her castle, which was almost as tall as him if he stood up. Bumi and Tenzin were working on one that was probably half the size of the first and they complained about a waterbender pairing up with an earthbender, who just so happened to also be a waterbender, against a nonbender and airbender.

Bumi whispered something into Tenzin's ear, and the boy stuck his tongue out in concentration as he was about to blow the large structure to the ground, when a voice stopped him dead in his tracks.

"What do you think you're doing?"

His tongue was instantly pulled back into his mouth and his eyes went wide. He turned to his mother slowly, taking notice of his wide eyed brother and sister with their matching grimaces. They knew they had been caught. The only one who didn't really seem to look guilty or sorry was the Avatar, who helped sturdy the now tilting structure, and smiled at her.

"What do you think you're doing?" Katara asked again, hands on her hips and a frown on her face. "I leave for a day and the four of you end up caked in mud and now this place is a mess."

Aang nodded while the kids all tried to give apologetic smiles. Katara shook her head and said, "None of you are coming inside until you get every spec of dirt off you, and you're all going to clean up this too."

She noticed that her husband was walking towards her now, a smile on his face and hands behind his back, "Of course sweetie. But, this was all my idea and I told them they wouldn't be in trouble."

All the kids nodded as Aang took another couple of steps towards their mother, and smiled when she said, "Fine then. You will be cleaning everything yourself, even dishes tonight."

"Everything?"

"Yes. Everything," Katara said, eyeing him up and down curiously while he was just smiling at her. Kya shook her head at her father and Bumi made a disgusted sound as he was scratching some of the dried mud off his arm while Tenzin just shrugged and stood to clean up.

The Avatar turned to look at him and shook his head, barely keeping a serious tone as he spoke, "We're not done here Tenzin."

Tenzin just gave him a questioning look and sat back down next to his brother without a word. Katara shook her head and began to turn back to the house, but Aang grabbed her in a hug and laughed. She pushed away from him, looking down at the front of her one clean blue shirt, but the Avatar had already pulled her into the mud and she gave him a look that screamed he was in trouble.

The Avatar laughed some more as the three kids began pelting her with mud and the master waterbender was soon covered. She flicked some of the mud out of her eyes with her fingers and Aang gulped when he saw the look on her face.

"Do you really want to have a mud fight with a master waterbender?" She asked menacingly.

Aang looked thoughtful for a second and shrugged, "Of course. But not right now."

Kya, Bumi, and Tenzin all looked at each other for a second before moving to the side as Aang grabbed Katara and pulled her even further into the mud. They all knew where this was going, and the end result would not be good.

Katara gave him a questioning look as she let him drag her along for a second, but he just shrugged, "You might want to get cleaned up first."

Before she could even think to ask what he meant, she was on her back screaming as the slide turned sharply and she was spit off the island. She could hear the laughter coming from high above her as she spit out water and began swimming to shore, thinking of a few ways to get back at him.

"Ouch. Guess who's sleeping on the couch tonight?" Kya said, shaking her head and looking down towards the beach, where an angry waterbender was wringing out her hair and shirt and saying some very rude things about a certain airbender.

"It was worth it," Avatar Aang smiled.

"How are we going to clean up?" Tenzin asked as the larger mud castle fell over.

"I don't think that'll be a problem," Kya said quickly as she saw her mother approaching them, using waterbending to hold up a huge glob of water.

"This is humiliating," Bumi said, standing in a bucket of cold water that went to his stomach. Tenzin, in a bucket a few feet away had to agree.

Kya just smiled from her bucket, "At least I don't have to take off my clothes."

Her brothers blushed, Bumi suddenly deciding to sit down, turning the water an even murkier shade of brown, and Tenzin following suit. Kya laughed. Her brothers' and father's swim trunks were a few feet away, drying on the clothesline while she was only down to her wrappings. There were perks to being the only girl. The great Avatar was sitting in his own bucket a few feet away, knees just visible above the murky water. He seemed to be keeping his nose under the water and blowing bubbles for his own entertainment, though he was really heating the water with firebending.

Katara shook her head from her spot on the porch and said, "Don't laugh Kya. None of you are coming inside until you get all the mud off you. I'm not letting any of you track it into the house."

The master waterbender pulled the dirty water out of the tubs and filled them again with even colder water, making sure to dump it on everyone's heads, instantly turning it brown again.

Kya turned to her father after picking a few pieces of dry mud from her hair, and shivered, "Still think it was worth it?"

He lifted his head out of the water and grinned as a dirt clod fell from his forehead, despite the cold and chattering teeth, "Definitely."

I suggest to anyone who has never gone down a mudslide, get off the computer right now and do it, unless you can't...My mom once watered down my grandma's dirt driveway, when it was clear of weeds and rocks, and me and my cousins had so much fun. We were so messy later though that we did have to wash off in buckets first. My aunt wasnt very happy since we were all clean before, but i must say, it was worth it and i would do it again in a heartbeat, though it has been a few years and it would be hard considering there isnt much dirt left.

Anyways, I have no clue as to when i will finish and/or post the next one. I have a lot of homework due when school starts and i need to get my butt in gear if i want to pass the first week of classes. I get my schedule soon and even though i already know it, it kind of finalizes things ya know? I think this is the first time i actually do not want to go back to school after a long break. I'm a nervous wreck.

By the way, i guess i should put this in here at least once, just dont expect it again because i am 1) forgetful 2) resentful and 3) just dont want to. I own nothing. That is my disclaimer. I tend to forget them, but you see it right here? That's all i promise because i sadly will never own either of the two amazing shows, and dont want to remind myself by writing this everytime.

...Carry on and ciao (no. i'm not italian if you were curious at all. I just like saying that.) Thanks and feel free to review.