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A loud wail woke Korra up from her dream. She woke up groggily and looked around, realizing it was her youngest daughter's cry. She groaned and got out of the warm bed that she and Mako shared, noting he wasn't home from work yet.
She walked across the hall and opened Mizuki's bedroom door. She was greeted by the shadows of the room. She groaned again and lighted an oil lamp, brightening up the room.
The lamp light was dull and she could only make out some of the colors that were in the room. Her daughter's wail broke her out of her sleeping and looked towards the brown wooden cradle. Korra walked over to it and then peered inside of it, seeing her daughter thrashing her arms and legs around.
Like Ardea, Mizuki made her think of herself a lot when it came to personality. But, lately, Ardea has been motherly towards her younger sister, always wanting to help her mother changing her sister's diaper or helping her burp her. Ardea had even tried reading to her.
Korra smiled and picked up Mizuki. Mizuki instantly stopped crying and looked up at her mother with her blue orbs. Mizuki's chubby little hands began to play with her mother's hair, pulling on it slightly.
Korra laughed and kissed her daughter tenderly on the forehead. Just one more week before she had to go back to training; she didn't want to go, oh no, she wanted to stay with her family and spend time with her daughters and her husband. She didn't want to train, but she was the Avatar and it was her duty to protect the world.
"Mommy" she heard a voice say behind her. Korra turned around and saw Ardea in the doorway. She was rubbing her golden brown eyes with her Platypus bear in her right hand, dangling. Her hair was all over the place, and little bags were underneath her eyes.
"Ardea, what's the matter?" She asked, going over to her with Mizuki in her hands. MIzuki's little eyes wandered over to where her older sister was and smiled, recognizing her.
"I had a bad dream!" Ardea confessed, tearing up a bit. Her lower lip stuck out a bit and started to tremble.
"Oh, Sweetie, what was it about?" She asked, giving her a tight squeeze, but made sure she didn't crush Mizuki.
"I had a dream that the Nazar conflict got really bad and we went to the North Pole without you while you were in Republic City, and-and-and-" Ardea started to cry. Mizuki looked at her sister curiously. Her eyes where filled with water and she had no idea what was going on!
"Ardea, you do know that I might have to do that, right?" Korra asked. Ardea nodded meekly and pouted.
"Sometimes, I wish that you weren't the Avatar, but other times I am thankful that you are." Ardea confessed.
"Why is that?" Korra asked, wanting to know why her daughter said that, even though she knew the answer.
"Because, then you wouldn't be so busy, but if you weren't, you and Daddy wouldn't of ever have met or Uncle Bolin or Auntie Asami, and then we wouldn't be here!" Ardea said, gesturing to Mizuki and her. Korra kissed her on top of Ardea's head.
"You're right, hey, why don't we play for a little bit-until you fall asleep." Korra suggested.
"Just, you, Mizuki and I?"Ardea asked. Korra nodded and grasped onto her daughter's hand.
"Come on," Korra said, taking her daughter back to her room. Once they reached Ardea's room, Korra opened the pink and yellow paradise and led her in.
"What do you want to play with first?" She asked. Ardea looked around and then spotted a bin.
"Let's play with my paper dolls, Mommy!" Ardea said. Korra laughed and went out of the room.
"One minute, Ardea, let me get something for Mizuki to lie down on!" She told her daughter who was getting her paper dolls ready.
Korra left and looked around the living room. She the spotted the little playpen tucked away in the far corner. Korra smiled at her luck and went over to it, still holding Mizuki. Korra reached the playpen and picked it up with one hand.
She carried the rather light playpen all the way to Ardea's room, making sure she didn't drop Mizuki on accident.
Once she got to Ardea's room, she saw that all of her paper dolls were out of their bin and were out neatly in the floor. Korra smiled and went to the bed to set-up the playpen. Korra laid Mizuki on the pick covers, watching her smile and play with her feet every so often. Once she was done, she grabbed Mizuki and put her in the playpen.
She smiled at her mother as she continued to play with her feet. Korra smiled and kissed her youngest daughter on the forehead before sitting next to Ardea on the floor.
"So, what is the plot?" Korra asked, sitting on the floor.
"The plot will be on you and daddy!" Ardea said, holding up two paper cut-outs of them. Sometimes Korra wondered where her daughter gets all of these things.
"Why would you want that?" Korra asked. Ardea laughed and smiled at her mother.
"Because of the romance in it, Mommy, you and Daddy fighting side by side each other in pro-bending, and then killing Amon! It's just filled with romance!" Ardea exclaimed. Korra smacked her forehead and looked at her three year old daughter, who was acting six times her age.
"Did Jinora tell you another romance story when you visited the Air Temple?" Korra asked. Ardea nodded and giggled a bit.
"I know the way to a man's heart!" She told her mother.
"And what is that?" She asked.
"Burning down the whole country on a dragon, and then throwing yourself in a volcano!" Ardea told her mother with a huge grin on her face. Korra smacked her head again; it was that story.
"Yeah, Ardea, don't have her read any more romance stories to you anymore." Korra told her.
"Why not, Mommy?" She asked.
"It will rot your brain cells." Korra lied. Ardea's eyes widened and nodded and looked down at her paper dolls.
"Does that mean we aren't going to play dolls anymore?" Ardea asked.
"Of course we will still play dolls, Ardea, and we will make it the best paper doll game ever!" She told her, getting more paper dolls from the bin. She found an Asami and Bolin doll, along with a Naga and Pabu doll. There was also a Tenzin, Pema, Lin, Jinora, Tarrlok, Ikki, Noatak/Amon, Meelo, and Rohan.
"Mommy, where is my Tahno and the Wolfbats dolls?" Ardea asked. Korra laughed and looked in the bin and saw them. She quickly closed the bin and looked over to her daughter.
"Yeah, there not in there anymore, it seems as though they have disappeared." Korra lied again. Ardea laughed.
"Well, that's okay, I don't like the Wolfbats!" Ardea told her.
"Your father would like that!" Korra told her. Ardea nodded and looked at the paper dolls.
"Alright, Mommy, so this scene will take place when you meet Uncle Bolin and Daddy, alright?" Ardea asked. Korra nodded and grabbed her character.
"Alright let's go!" She cheered. She had never felt so girly in her life.
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Mako arrived home around 4:00 a.m. that day, feeling drowsy. He went into his room and found his wife nowhere to be seen. He went into Mizuki's room and saw that Mizuki wasn't in her crib. Mako began to panic. What if something happened to them? And then he realized he hadn't checked Ardea's room yet.
Mako went to his daughter's room to see it slightly ajar, and light dully coming out of it. He opened the door fully and saw Korra and Ardea sprawled all over the floor with Ardea's paper dolls all over the place. He then looked at the bed and saw a playpen all set up with Mizuki in it; giggling.
He smiled. His favorite women all in one place, Mako picked Ardea gently and put her in her bed and kissed her gently on the forehead. He then picked up Mizuki from her playpen. She was still giggling when he picked her up.
Her blue eyes wide and filled with joy and her little mouth were smiling at him. He smiled at her back and touched her nose. She giggled again and jerked her head back.
"Easy now, Mizuki," Mako whispered. He carried Mizuki out of Ardea's room and placed her back into her cradle where she belonged.
Mako entered Ardea's room again and looked over at Korra. Her hair was down and it sprawled all over the floor since she let it grow out. Her face was calm and gentle, nothing at all whenever she heard bad news. He smiled and went to pick her up. He crouched down and picked her up bridal style and carried her out of the room, closing the door behind him.
He then walked across the hall back to their room. He walked through the opened door and made his way to the bed. Once there, he gently placed Korra down on the bed and kissed her forehead. He saw her mouth twitch up.
"Hey," he whispered softly. She looked up and smiled.
"Hi," she whispered back. He kissed her on the lips this time as she laughed slightly.
"Somebody's tired." He told her.
"I was up playing with Ardea." She told him, closing her eyes slightly.
"You need sleep." He told her. She nodded and stifled a yawn. "And you need it now!"
Korra let her head hit the pillow. Her eyes drooped, but being the stubborn one she was, she forced them open again. Soon sleep crept upon her, and she couldn't force her eyes to be opened anymore. Her eyes closed and she immediately went to sleep.
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"Korra, come on, it's time to wake up!" Mako told her. Korra groaned. She did not want to get up! She was supposed to be at Air Temple Island thirty minutes ago.
"Korra, its 7:30!" Mako yelled. Korra's body immediately shot up and her head looked around frantically. Her hair was tangled and all over the place. Korra rushed to of bed, ending up in a heap full of tangled up sheets around her.
Korra immediately removed the sheets from off of her and went over the wardrobe. She opened the thick dark wooden door and quickly grabbed a blue turtle neck muscle shirt, along with darker blue baggy pants. She then, grabbed her brown boots and put them on. She put her hair up in one pony-tail, leaving out her two pony-tails in the front.
"Alright, I love you, bye! Say bye to the girls for me!" She called quickly over her shoulder, running out of the apartment.
Mako waved at her as Ardea came out of her room. She rubbed her golden eyes and looked at her father.
"Where is, Mommy?" She asked with a frown on her face. Mako squatted down in front of her and patted her head.
"Mommy had to go to Air Temple Island for training, Ardea." Mako told her. Ardea frown increased and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I don't like that, Daddy, why does she have to train?" Ardea asked. Mako patted her head and looked at her with sad eyes.
"Because, she hasn't trained in an awhile, Ardea, and there is war that might happen." Mako explained. Ardea's face softens and looked towards Mizuki's room.
"If the war does happen, then they don't have permission to touch my sister!" Ardea told her. "And that is final, whoever tries to lay a finger on her, will get a beating!" Ardea finished, making a flame in the palm of her head.
"That's good, Ardea, that you will protect your younger sister, you remind me of me." He told her. Ardea gave him a questioning look and tilted her head.
"When your Uncle Bo and I were little, I parents were killed, forcing us to live on the streets. No one got passed me when it came to my brother. If they even tried to hurt him, then they would get hurt. I didn't want anything to happen to Bolin, he was all I had left." He explained.
"Oh, was that the only reason why you protected him, because he was all you had left?" She asked. Mako shook his head.
"No, because he was my brother-my younger brother-and I believed-and still do- that it is the oldest one responsibility to protect your younger siblings. Now it can be the other way around of course, but the main thing is, do you understand what I am saying?" Ardea nodded and heard the high-pitched wail of her sister.
Ardea gasped and looked at the door before racing towards it.
"Can I take care of her?" She asked.
"Let's see what the problem is first, Ardea." Mako told her. Ardea nodded and opened the door for her father. "Thank you, Ardea."
"You're welcome!" She laughed. Mako and Ardea neared the cradle where Mizuki was located. Her arms thrashed around and her legs kicked.
"Come here, Mizuki." Mako said, picking up the five-month old. Her screaming reduced to whimpers as she looked at her father. Mizuki's eyes wandered, until she found her sister. Her arms outstretched and she flexed her fingers.
"Daddy, she wants me!" Ardea giggled. Mako smiled and put Mizkuki in Ardea's arms. The two sisters looked at each other, their eyes wide with curiosity. Mizuki let out a little laugh and touched her older sister's face. Ardea smiled and went over to the rocking chair that was in the corner of the room.
She sat in the rocking chair and began to rock it. Mizuki's eyes began to droop, but automatically opening the again. Soon her eyes closed and she fell asleep.
"Daddy, she fell asleep!" Ardea whispered. Mako nodded and tried to grab Mizuki. "No, Daddy! I want to put her in the cradle!"
Mako nodded. Ardea got off of the rocking chair gently, trying hard to not disturb her sleeping sister. She then walked over to the wooden cradle and gently placed Mizuki back in.
"Doesn't she have to eat, Daddy?" Ardea asked. Mako nodded and walked over to the door.
"Let's not disturb her though. I'll make breakfast while you go get ready, and when Mizuki wakes up, we'll feed her." Mako told her. Ardea nodded and ran out of the room. Mako chuckled and made his way to the kitchen, leaving Mizuki's door open in case she wakes up.
He entered the kitchen and went to the lower cabinet and picked up a frying pan. He then put the pan on the stove and made his way to the fridge. He then opened the door and saw some Chicken-Turtle eggs. He pulled them out and counted how many. Eight, they had eight eggs left. He knew how much Ardea wanted. Two, it was always two, and for him it was two as well.
He nodded and took out four eggs and gently placed them on the hard wooden surface of the counter. He then got some butter and turned on the stove using a bit of firebending. He opened up the wrapping for the butter and cut a large amount of butter on the frying pan. Mako let the butter sizzle, allowing it to grease up the pan. After it had melted, Mako cracked the white, tough shell.
One, two, three, and four eggs were sizzling on the stove, their crackling sounded as though they were talking to each other.
Mako could hear Ardea's feet run into the kitchen. Her hair was up in pig-tails and she had a lacey pink dress on with little frills here and there. She giggled and clapped her hands as she heard the eggs talk to each other.
"Are they almost ready, Daddy?" She asked. Mako nodded, flipping the eggs over. She giggled and clapped her hands again. "I want to check on Mizuki, Daddy!"
"Let her sleep, Ardea, she's tired." Mako told her calmly. Ardea pouted and crossed her arms, but immediately lost that pout. Her father was right; Mizuki needed rest right now, and Ardea needed food.
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Hi! Long time no see my faithful readers! Yeah no editor again! Sorry, I was writing this in a rush and I just wanted to post it! So, a lot of time skips in here as you all have seen! Oh gosh I am tired, it is 12:33 am right now and I have school in the morning. (What the heck am I doing up this late on a school night?)
My Editor, I will send you chapter sixteen when I write, I promise!
And my readers, I hope you are not up this late on a school night, because what I am doing right now is ridiculous! Seriously, who would do this on a school night?
Tomorrow, I go to my sister's football game…what to do, what to do? Who knows, hopefully I'll bring a book to read. (I'm reading Eona right now by Alison Goodman, it is really good and I highly recommend it, just read Eon first!)
Okay, last thing, PLEASE REVIEW! I know I am sounding desperate right now, but please! I wrote this at like 12:30 am, so I need to know if my grammar and spelling is alright (or even better: Perfect!) Sorry I am a terrible perfectionist…my room needs to be cleaned, it looks as though a tornado has been through (to me it does)
So I'll see you (hopefully) next week for chapter sixteen!