This one is a collection of ideas that I couldn't really turn into full chapters, but I wanted to include, so I put them all together. It was a good way to go from point A to point B.

I own nothing but my crazy ideas…..

Growing

Halfway through day eight on Ember Island Zuko announced to Ursa and Kya that their punishment was over. They immediately ran outside and sis their greeting as if they'd been apart for months. Then Ursa informed Kya that Lin was "actually a cool little baby", and they would have to add an earth bending part to their greeting just for her.

On day ten it was time for everyone to head back home so the children could return to school. Upon returning home word spread quickly that Lin and Tenzin were benders. Soon the entire world knew that there was another air bender. Letters flooded Air Temple Island from all over the world with congratulations and invitations for celebrations in Tenzin's honor. Aang and Katara politely declined all the invitations and sent thank yous for the congratulations. Aang started Tenzin's beginners training and life on the island settled into its old routine.

.~.

One spring day Bumi came home sulking. Katara waited for his usual boisterous entrance, but when she didn't hear the door slam or his voice booming through the house she went looking for her oldest son. She found him sitting on the bench at the bottom of the hill, hunched over and looking out over the water.

"Hi Boom, how was school?", she asked, knowing something was wrong. He'd left home that morning in his usual good mood. He didn't say anything, he just looked at the water more intently. She sat down next to him and placed her hand on his back, "Bumi, what's wrong?"

He held his head down, his wild hair falling to cover his face, "I'm adopted.", he mumbled.

Katara giggled at the notion, "That's ridiculous. Who told you that?"

"It's not funny.", he moped, "All the kids are saying it. Kya's a water bender, Tenzin's an air bender, and I'm…I'm nothing."

She pushed his hair aside so she could see his face, "Bumi, honey, you are just as much ours as Kya and Tenzin are. Why would you think different, no matter what anyone says."

He jumped up and swung around to face her, "It makes sense! You're the most powerful water bender in the world, and Dad…Dad's the Avatar. So where did I come from?"

He tried to storm off, but his mother grabbed his arm, "No, it doesn't make sense. Look at you, you look like my dad. You act like yours, and that hair, one day I'll get Aang to let his hair grow so you can see where you and Tenzin get all that crazy hair from.", she tussled her hand in his hair and he pushed it away.

"Stop trying to make me laugh, this isn't funny. Everybody's saying it."

"And if everybody said that the sky was green would that make it true.", she pulled him into a hug, "Bumi, no matter what anyone says, you are mine and Aang's. I had you, nobody else. Being different doesn't mean that you don't belong.", She held him so that he could look into his face, "I know what its like to be the only one. I was the only bender in the family, I was the only one in the whole South Pole, but I knew that my parents were my parents.", she pulled the band from the end of her braid and put his hair into a wolf tail, "You are our warrior, and don't you ever forget it."

For the first time he smiled and looked up at her, "I won't Mom."

.~.

Bumi's new favorite pass time had become harassing his little brother. Nothing made him happier than making the little boy scowl, and the thing that usually did it was him calling out, "Hey Tenzy Wenzy!"

At five, Tenzin was still a serious little boy. While his older siblings wore a combination of Air Nomad and Water Tribe clothing, he insisted on looking like an Air Nomad at all times. A year earlier he'd decided that he wanted his wild brown locs shaved and asked if he could have all his cloths look like Air Nomad robes, some in traditional colors and some in shades of blue.

Katara and Aang worried about how serious their youngest was. They tried to get him to act more his age, but he just wasn't interested. The only person who could bring the kid out in him was Lin Beifong.

.~.

Lin was a s feisty as her mother and only slightly more reserved. On her fourth birthday her mother allowed her grandparents to be a part of her life. She loved how Lao and Poppy spoiled her, but when they became too over hearing she'd say, "No Grammy, that's not right.", and Toph would laugh.

She was a smart little girl and Toph made sure to teach her their family dynamic. Toph was Mommy, lord and master of the house. Her father had "went away", so Sokka and Ty Lee were there to help take care of her. She knew that they, Aang, Katara and Zuko loved her very much and they were her family.

.~.

After Ursa's twelfth birthday, she and her grandmother took a trip to Air Temple Island. Ursa thought it was strictly a pleasure trip, but Granny Ursa knew that here was a purpose. After Toph arrived and everyone got settled in the women told the girls to go into the kitchen for a little talk. The girls sat at the table as the women whispered to each other in the hall.

"I don't know how to start this, you should do it.", Katara said to Zuko's mother.

"I don't know what to say, I was sent away before my children reached this age, this is my first 'talk' too."

"Well I don't know either, this is…eck, I wish GranGran was still here."

Toph shook her head at the two, "Lilly Livers!", she exclaimed as she walked towards the girls and went into a lesson about growing up, and changed in their bodies and then she started talking about sex.

The girls had heard of it, and they thought they had an idea of what it was, but they realized they had no idea as Toph told them about the mechanics of it.

"Ewwww!," Ursa Jr said lightly as Toph spoke and Kya looked as if she was thinking.

Finally, Kya jumped up and slammed her hands down on the table, then she glared and pointed at her mother, "Eww! That's why he does it. That's why Dad puts a wall up when you go in the room and close the door." Toph smirked and Ursa Sr. looked quietly at Katara as the water bender's face turned a deep red. Kya started shaking her hands as if doing so would shake the realization from her mind, "Eww! Eww! Oggies, oggies, Eww! You mean to tell me that you…and you let Dad…and that's where I came from. Ahhhhh!"

Kya stormed off and Ursa went behind her, trying to conceal her amusement. A still erd-faced Katara and Ursa jumped as they hears Kya slam her bedroom door, still mumbling about oogies.

.~.

That year new life began popping up all over the island. Lee, the young air acolyte who'd helped on the day Tenzin was born, was now married and had a newborn of his own. Many of the other young air acolytes had gotten married and were either new parents or expecting.

Even Appa and Momo had offspring of their own. When Appa's calves and the others were old enough Aang took Katara and the children to see if any of the young bison would bond with them. Before Katara could approach the calves, Appa's mate came to her. Aang raised an eyebrow and whispered to Katara to raise her hand and offer the apple he'd given her earlier, which the mother bison accepted.

Aang was surprised. He'd never heard of an adult sky bison bonding to anyone. "She's chosen you Katara, give her a name."

Katara ran her hand over the bison's fur and looked at her, "Hello Hariti."

Her husband smiled, I think that's very fitting.", he turned to his children, "Okay kids, let's see what happens."

The three children had already eyed the animals that they thought would come to them. They each stepped towards them and extended their hands. Their chosen bison reacted immediately. Kya decided to name her bison Yeshe and Bumi named his Pong. When the youngest didn't announce his bison's name, everyone turned to him. He was happily petting his bison and had a smile on his face like no one had ever seen, it almost looked devious.

"Tenzin," Katara said softly, walking up to her baby boy, "have you named him?"

"Yes Mother," he answered, resuming his serious demeanor.

"Well Tenzy Wenzy," Bumi teased, "what is it?"

"For once Tenzin didn't let his brother's pet name bother him. He resumed his former smile, "His name is Oggi."

.~.

Bison names:

Hariti means "protectress of children"

Yeshe means" wise one"

Pong means "fatty"