Like in all the other chapters I typed up, I don't own the Legend of Korra, and I never will.

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"Ardea, come back here!" Korra yelled at the three year old. Ardea just got back from ice-cream with Bolin and his kids, and she was not being the most cooperative.

"No!" She giggled going under the couch. Korra sighed and fell in the floor. She was exhausted. She didn't want her daughter to be like this to her, she wanted her to be a little angel and do as her mother told her to do. Now she knows how her parents felt.

"Ardea, do you want Daddy to come out here?" She asked. The three year old nodded excitedly. Korra scowled, her daughter liked her father better than her mother, the one who had to carry her for nine months, the one that had to go into labor, the one who had to breast feed her.

Korra walked to their room, and saw Mako still sleeping. She sighed and walked up to him and shook him violently.

"W-what's going on?" He asked, half asleep.

"Your daughter needs you." She told him, hiding her disgust. Mako laughed and pulled her onto the bed.

"Please, Korra, don't get worked up about this." He told her, kissing her neck. Korra smiled and began to kiss him back….until the phone began to ring.

"Mako, I got to pick it up!" She said trying to escape.

"No," he pouted, wrapping his arms around her tightly.

"Come on, Mako, Ardea is going to get it, and we all know if she gets it then she will walk in on us!" Korra told him.

"Hello?" They heard a little voice ask the phone. "Oh, hi grandpa Tenzin, oh you want Mommy? Okay let me get her!" The three year old said. Mako and Korra both exchanged glances and broke apart. Korra quickly put all the blankets on Mako to hide him.

"Mommy, grandpa Tenzin wants you!" Ardea said. Korra got up from the bed and went to her daughter. Once she got there she plucked the phone from her grasp and kissed her head.

"Thank you; now go to your room before I get mad at you." She told her Ardea obeyed and went straight to her room.

"Hello?" She asked into the phone.

"Korra, you are needed in Ba Sing Se" Tenzin told her. Korra sighed heavily and rolled her eyes.

"Can't they solve their problems on their own?" She asked, annoyed about what was going on in Ba Sing Se, she had been there the year prior to solve something's and now this pops up a year later?

"It's not about the land issue anymore, Korra, they're people saying the Equalists are attacking again, we need to head over there pronto." Tenzin said. Korra couldn't believe it. They hadn't heard about the Equalist in ages and now this? She looked around and then sighed.

"Alright, what time to I have to be at Air Temple Island?" She asked.

"In fifteen minutes, we want to make good time when we arrive." Tenzin told her. She sighed, that doesn't give her enough time to pack and say goodbye.

"Alright, see you soon." She said hanging up the phone. She then made her way to her room and grabbed the nearest sack. She packed in a hurry. She only grabbed what she needed, clothes, her toothbrush, and other stuff.

"Korra, where are you going?" Mako asked.

"Ba Sing Se," she answered, grabbing the last of what she needed.

"Why, didn't you already solve their land problems?"

"It's different this time." She told him, putting the sack over her shoulder.

"What?" He asked.

"Equalist" she answered. Mako couldn't believe it, why in the world did they decide to come back now? After all they did defeat their leader and pointed out to them that he was a fraud.

"I'm coming with you!" Mako said grabbing some clothes and stuffing them in a bag.

"Oh no, City Boy, you are staying here with Ardea!" She told him, putting his stuff down. "But you can come with me to Air Temple Island with Ardea to say goodbye." She said. He nodded and kissed her.

"I'll get Ardea." He told her. She smiled and positioned her sack just right again.

Throughout the whole trip to Air Temple Island, Ardea kept asking questions of what was going on. She didn't understand why they were going to Air Temple Island, nor did she notice the sack on her mother's back, or how her father had the look of disgust on his face. But when they finally got there, everything made sense to her.

"Oogi is ready, Korra, we can leave when you are ready." Tenzin told her. She nodded and faced her husband first.

"Be careful, alright? Nothing too restless," he told her, hugging her tightly.

"I make no such promises, Mr. Hat Trick, but I'll try my best." She said.

"I love you." He whispered in her ear.

"I love you, too." She whispered back, kissing him for one last time before her departure. She then faced her daughter, who was still trying to figure things out.

"Ardea, Mommy is going away for a while, okay?"

"Why?" Ardea asked.

"Because, Ba Sing Se is more or likely under attack by very bad people, that Mommy had to deal with a long time ago."

"How long will you be gone this time, Mommy?" She asked.

"Mommy has no idea, Sweetie, but you are to be good to Daddy, and maybe if I get a letter from Daddy, saying you are being a good little girl, then I will get you something." She promised.

Ardea pouted slightly, and hugged her mother tightly.

"I love you, Mommy" she told her, as tears started to release from her eyes.

"I love you, too, Ardea." She told her back, kissing her head.

"Are you ready, Korra?" Tenzin asked. Korra nodded and waved goodbye to Pema and the kids.

"Bye, I love you!" She called as Oogi took flight. Ardea had a hard time to retain herself to not run after her mother. She was going to miss her so much that she couldn't even explain it.

"Mommy" she cried out, as tears flowed down her cheeks reaching for her mother. Korra looked at her daughter with a pained expression on her face before blowing a kiss to her.

"I love you, Ardea, now be good to Daddy!" She called down.

Ardea sobbed some more, wanting to feel her mother's warm embrace again, she wouldn't see her in a while possibly a year.

"I promise to be good to Daddy while you're away" Ardea promised. Mako put his hand on his daughter's shoulder.

"Come on, Sweetie, let's go home." He told her.

"Up, Daddy," she told him, reaching her little arms up.

Mako smiled and picked his daughter up. The exact same thing happened last year, but this was a different circumstance, he just hoped Korra would be safe.

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Ahh, such a touchy feely chapter, Korra goes off to Ba Sing Se because the Equalist might've resurfaced! Dun dun dun! And now we will see how Ardea is after her mother is gone. Ah, next chapter will not be soon I am afraid, since I am going away for the weekend! Can't wait to go, any way you know the drill, please review but this time instead of gaining honor, you earn a hug from either Bolin or Mako, or possibly both, it's your choice of course.

As much as I love Mako, I would rather get a hug from Bolin because I love him so! ^_^