New chapter! Yaaaaay! And it only took me several months! yaaaaaaaaaaaay (only not really)

And have I even started editing my other stories? No I have not. Why? Not because I forgot, because it's hard to find the time and energy when your work all week, have a laptop that likes to load so slow you'd think it was the 90s again, and then spend some time with your fiancee by marathoning Breaking Bad.

But here it is! The new chapter!

But first! Something I need to tell you all that is going to come up in the story that I need to put into my old stories!

Katara is NOT going to be pregnant in the middle of Zuko's Slave! I still have no idea why I put that in because I honestly HATE that idea! I mean Katara is only 14! And there's so much stuff I want her to do before motherhood!

Oh and another thing! When I edit Zuko's Slave I'm taking out everything that takes place after the invasion! When Katara and Zuko get back to the gang it's gonna be skipped to either the final fight or to the actual ending! I don't like how I wrote those chapters either and I remember getting a lot of crap from people for them so I'm just gonna take them out completely!

Honestly I have no clue if I'm still gonna include Bumi, Kya (the one we know from LOK), Lin, or Su. I was brainstorming and writing drafts for this story a long time before we got Legend of Korra so please forgive me if they don't even come up

Anywho, here's the new chapter!

Kya sipped the warm tea from the delicate cup, her eyes closed in contentment. Above her was the beautiful night sky where the stars shone brightly and the moon was full. She could hear soft tinkling as a gentle breeze hit the wind chimes and she smiled a little. This is how she wanted to spend her evening in Ba Sing Se, at the front steps of her Uncle Iroh's house, not at some fancy party in the palace.

"Couldn't sleep?"

Kya looked over her shoulder and saw her father, Fire Lord Zuko, standing at the doorway of the house. His hair was out of its top knot, ending at his shoulders and he wore a robe for sleeping in. Even in the dim light she could tell his eyes were baggy from lack of sleep and could almost see the gray in his hair from stress.

Kya gave her father a shrug. "Too much on my mind, I guess."

Zuko smiled tiredly. "I know that feeling..."

Kya held up her spare cup. "Do you want to join me?"

Zuko nodded and sat down on the steps with her. She poured him a cup before handing it to him and they drank their tea in silence.

This isn't awkward or anything... Kya looked at her father. He was staring ahead, the warm cup in his hand. She looked at the scar that took up the entire side of his face. She was never scared of the scar on his face, not even when she was a baby. In fact when she was little she liked to rub her little hands against the rough skin. That was before she knew how he ended up with it. When she and Lu Ten were thirteen their parents sat them down and told them the story of the 100 year war, starting with the airbender genocide and ending with Avatar Aang taking away grandfather Ozai's firebending. The twins had never met Ozai and Kya was glad they never did, according to Zuko he was a very cruel man. Zuko's face was proof of that.

Zuko noticed his daughter staring at his scar and looked at her, causing her to immediately look away.

"Tonight wasn't that fun for you either, was it?"

Kya shrugged. "It was nothing new."

"I know you guys don't want to go but I'm the Fire Lord and if I didn't go to a gathering with other nations' leaders then the Earth King would have been offended...and if I have to go then that means everybody has to go with me."

Kya put her hand over her mouth to muffle her laugh. "Oh, so that's how it is!"

Zuko smiled at his daughter. "And you know you have to go too anyway. You are the future Fire Lady."

Kya leaned back on the steps and groaned playfully. "Uugh but I don't wanna..."

"But you gotta." Zuko reached over and ruffled Kya's dark brown hair. She laughed again and pushed his hand away.

"Dad, come on. I'm only sixteen, do I really have to deal with all of this right now?"

"You're really asking me this, the man who was Fire Lord ever since he was sixteen?"

"Touche."

"Look, I'm not going to force you to come to these meetings and gatherings forever. And it's not like you can't have some fun while we're traveling to these gatherings. Aren't you going to that spa with your mom tomorrow?"

Kya smiled at the thought of spending time with her mom the next day. "Yeah, I've actually been looking forward to that. But can't you and I ever do something together? I'm pretty sure this is the first time we're spending some real time together in over two years."

Zuko let out a tired sigh. "Well, you know being the Fire Lord isn't an easy job. You'll see how it is when you do actually become one."

"You can't take some time off?" Kya smiled wider as an idea formed in her head. "Let's go to Ember Island this summer! Uncle Iroh could take care of the Fire Nation while we're gone! Or maybe we could go to one of the Air Temples, Kyoshi Island...Oh! Oh! Or maybe Republic City! We still haven't gone there yet!"

"What about the Water Tribes? Sokka usually takes the kids there in the summer."

Kya lost her smile and was she seemed suddenly very interested in her teacup, taking a long sip of her tea. Zuko laid his hand on her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"Still not ready to go back?"

Kya closed her eyes and shook her head. "I miss grandpa and I want to see Uncle Sokka and Koda, and Yue...But there's no way I can go back just yet."

"Kya...it's been six years."

Kya put her empty cup down and stood up. "I'm going to bed. Goodnight, father." She gave him a kiss on the head and went into the house to go to the room she was sharing with Lu Ten and Mizuki. She carefully opened the door so she wouldn't wake her sleeping siblings. Lu Ten was asleep in one bed on one side of the room while Mizuki was asleep in the other bed opposite Lu Ten's. Kya carefully crawled into bed Mizuki was asleep in and laid back against the pillows. As she laid there waiting for sleep to overtake her, she stared through the window and up at the sky where the full moon shone brightly in the sky.

Ba Sing Se had some very nice restaurants in the upper ring; their food were made from fresh vegetables and fruits, their desserts were delicious, and the best thing about them was that they all had vip rooms where the customers could get a table that was in a private room. And that was exactly where Katara and Kya were having lunch after their trip to the spa. While everyone else would need to pay extra to get a private room, Katara and Kya were able to get the room for free because they were the Fire Lady and fire princess of the Fire Nation.

While eating her chocolate dessert, Kya stared at her freshly painted nails, the bright blue color reminding her of the Water Tribes.

Why did I pick this stupid color...

From across the table Katara watched her daughter stare at her nails and asked in a worried tone, "Is everything okay, Kya? You've barely said anything all afternoon."

Kya smiled at her mother. "I'm fine, mom. I think I'm just a little tired."

Katara looked at the color of Kya's nails and could get an idea of what she was really thinking about. "Kya...I'm thinking maybe this year could be the year we visit the South Pole again."

Kya gripped her spoon tightly and took a deep breath to calm herself down. "You can go with Lu Ten but I'm staying in the Fire Nation."

Katara held Kya's other shaking hand and gripped it gently. "I know Yue and Koda would be really happy to see you."

"Then they can visit me in the Fire Nation because I never want to go back to the South Pole. Ever."

Knowing it's best to drop the subject, a smile formed on Katara's face. "Your father told me that you were talking about wanting to go to Ember Island this summer. I think I'll be able to convince him to come with us this time."

Kya smiled again. "Yeah, it would be great to do something as a family that didn't involve 'important Fire Lord business'."

They finished eating and left the restaurant. As they walked down the street Kya noticed a group of kids her age laughing together as they sat at a table outside a restaurant. When she and Katara passed by the teens hushed and stared at them and Kya could swear she heard the word "freak" in a hushed tone. While this would have bothered most people, Kya almost laughed at being called such a name.

I've been called worse.

Mizuki watched her big brother waterbend with wide eyes and a big smile on her face as she laid on the grass. Lu Ten was currently bending the water in park's fountain into different shapes, even so far as freezing the water completely, covering the fountain with clear icicles and white frost. Kya smiled as she watched her brother entertain their little sister. Like Lu Ten, Mizuki was a waterbender but unlike Mizuki, she hadn't gotten any training from Pakku or had even set foot in neither the North or South Pole. Of course Katara was an excellent teacher, having learned everything from Pakku herself and being a powerful waterbender, but Mizuki wanted so badly to see the Water Tribes and to play in the snow for the first time ever. Kya felt the guilt build up in her stomach and she looked away from Mizuki and Lu Ten. It's not like she was stopping them from visiting the poles, they just didn't want to go without her.

Lu Ten sat down next to his twin and poked her forehead. "Hey, what'cha thinking about?"

Kya smiled at her brother. "I'm just sitting her all jealous over you and Mizuki being waterbenders. Why do I have to be the odd one?"

"Ha, you'd hate it. Remember how Granpakku made me work on my waterbending all the time?"

Kya playfully ruffled Lu Ten's messy black hair, making it even messier. "If I was a waterbender at least we would have suffered together. It was so boring being by myself the whole time."

Lu Ten laughed. "You think that's rough? Try being pretty much the only waterbender in the Fire Nation."

"Awe, you're not the only one. What about our widdle sister? You could have important waterbending conversations with her."

Lu Ten closed his eyes and shrugged. "Meh."

Kya did the same. "Meh."

The twins looked at each other before smiling and laughing. With Lu Ten and Kya together it was almost impossible for them to have a serious conversation.

"Ow!"

The twins laughter immediately stopped and looked in the direction their younger sister was in. There was a an older boy who was yanking on Mizuki's hair while the younger waterbender tried to push her away.

"Why don't you use your firebending to stop me, freak?" The older boy sneered as Mizuki cried.

"Maybe because you're pulling the wrong freak's hair."

The boy froze and looked behind her to see Lu Ten and Kya glaring down at her. In Kya's hand was a bright flame.

"You got a problem with firebenders, kid?" Kya asked in a deadly whisper.

"Or do you just feel like such a tough guy picking on a six year old?" Lu Ten asked.

The boy immediately released Mizuki and stuttered an apology to the terrifying teens before running off. Mizuki sniffled and Kya scooped her up in a hug and held her close. Kya could ignore the whispers and the name calling, but when it was aimed at her baby sister? She was having none of that.

And that's the end of that chapter. I'm going to try updating sooner and I'm going to see about rewriting my other stories whenever I can.

Next chapter is going to be Lu Ten centered, I don't want to make this story be more about Kya when the twins are both supposed to be the main characters.

And when are the kids going to be running off on their own adventures, you may ask? Patience, my dear readers. That time will come soon enough.