Disclaimer: I do not own any of the following characters. Also thank you to Friendshipper for the idea.

"Hey, Kuvira," Baatar Jr knocked on the girl's open door, breaking her from her reading. She looked up from her book, eyeing the boy curiously. Her days were very routine and had been since she arrived at the Beifong estate. She usually read for an hour before training with Su. Baatar Jr. was usually with his father working on a new project or learning some architectural technique at this time. It was a surprise to see him at all before noon.

"Is something wrong, Baatar?" Kuvira asked.

Baatar shook his head quickly, but Kuvira could sense something was up. She didn't like it.

"I was wondering," Baatar began to ask, looking down at the ground. "I have to go run some errands for my dad, and, well, I was wondering if you wanted to go with me."

Kuvira looked out her window, looking for any sign of the Matriarch. "I don't know. I'm supposed to train with your mother. I don't think she'll be happy if I skip practice."

Baatar shook his head again. "It's alright. She wants you to go with me," he said quickly. Kuvira arched her brow skeptically. Baatar found himself backtracking. "It's just, she said that you've been training very hard and that you deserve a break. She said that you'll just train later, and it will give her time to prepare for a meeting in the city anyway." He relaxed when Kuvira's skeptical look went away.

"Alright," she said a bit enthusiastically. She hadn't had the opportunity to go to the city since their little adventure to the orphanage. This time she didn't have to worry about getting caught.

OOO

The chiming of the clock alerted the kids that they had been out for three hours. Baatar looked up at it and then back toward the direction of the estate.

"I think it's time we head back," he said.

"Did you get all the errands done?" Kuvira asked. He looked at her as if he had no idea what she was talking about so she elaborated, "The errands that your father wanted done?"

"Oh yes, yes we did," Baatar said, rubbing the back of his head. It was a gesture he did when he got embarrassed, and it made Kuvira laugh. "Well, we should get back. I told mother that we would be back before lunch." Kuvira nodded and followed him toward the estate. She of all people did not want to keep Su waiting.

OOO

The house was just coming into sight when Kuvira sensed something was different. She couldn't put her finger on it, but something felt out of place.

"Something's not right," Kuvira said, putting a hand in front of Baatar's chest to stop him.

"What do you mean?" he asked a bit nervously.

"It's too quiet," Kuvira said, her eyes scanning the outside of the estate. "Where is everyone? Something's wrong."

Baatar gently pushed her hand away, leading her toward the main house. "They're probably inside. Come on, let's go look."

"Baatar…" Kuvira began, reaching out to stop him. She didn't like this. It felt like they were walking into an ambush.

And an ambush is exactly what they found, along with brightly colored balloons and decorations. Kuvira had never seen a party like this and was momentarily confused by what she saw.

"Surprise!" the Beifong family said, smiles on their faces. Kuvira was taken aback. She had no idea what was going on. Her confusion was plain on her face.

"What is this?" she asked very quietly under her breath so only Baatar could hear. However, Su stepped forward and pulled the girl close to her, hugging her shoulders.

"This is a celebration for you," the woman explained with a smile. "Unfortunately we don't know when your exact birthday is, but this is the one year anniversary of when you came to live with us."

"That's why we went out earlier," Baatar explained, reaching out and squeezing her hand. "I had to get you away so they could set the house up. I'm sorry I was being really weird earlier. I'm really bad at keeping secrets."

Kuvira couldn't believe it, but Su was right. It had been exactly one year since the woman had come to the orphanage, exactly one year since she had left that place, exactly one year since she had become a pseudo member of the Beifong family. The thought brought tears to the girl's eyes.

"Kuvira, sweetie, what's wrong?" Su asked, taking notice of the tears.

Kuvira smiled, wiping them away with her sleeve. "I'm sorry. I'm just really happy," she said. "Thank you."

The rest of the afternoon was filled with cake, presents, laughter and happiness, and was one of the best of Kuvira's life. It was one of those rare moments that she felt like she actually belonged.

~AN~

Thank you so much to Friendshipper for reading and reviewing recently. And also thank you for this idea. This story had kind of died for me because of school and running out of ideas but I am always happy to keep writing for those who take the time to read and review. Sorry the chapter might be a little short. I'm a little rusty when it comes to this fanfiction and have been working way too long on a different one I have yet to publish.

In my headcanon Kuvira was given up at a very early age with no real contact with her birth parents. That being said, the orphanage had a file on the parents with their address in case of a real emergency but did not have much data besides that. So they don't know Kuvira's real birthday, which is why they would celebrate her coming home with them.

Hope you enjoyed! Please read and review and if you have any ideas PM me.