DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED ATLA. I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED THE CHARACTERS IN ATLA. I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED NICKELODEON. HAVE NO AFFILIATION, NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY AFFILIATION WITH THE WRITERS OR ANIMATORS OF ATLA. I HAVE NO AFFILIATION, NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY AFFILIATION WITH NICKELODEON.
I have started writing Prequels, here is a list of them:
A Second First Date; One month after Aang defeated Fire Lord Ozai
Nightmares; A One-Shot Prequel to Together Again. Aang saved the world, he faced Ozai on his own. Everyone kept saying that he was a great hero, that he was so brave. He wore a brave face and acted all the hero they thought he was. But at night in his sleep he was a scared boy, scared for his life as he tried to get away from a psycho Firebender. The Battle came back at night.
Anila's Story; This is another Prequel to Together Again. It's about a Young Female Airbender just starting out in life. She was ready to travel the world as soon as she turns 16. Little does she know, Destiny has a grand purpose for her first child.
I Want to thank my beta readers for their help, advice, and contributions: 116788 (pen name not user ID) and ReverieNishio
*116788 (pen name not user ID) is available to beta read for others, she has 3 slots open right now.
Chapter 7
"OK, let's go see Aunt Wu now." Katara said as Sokka finished licking the meat juices off his plate.
When they arrived at Aunt Wu's, they are greeted by a frizzy-haired Meng. "Oh hi Aang!" She blushed. She still had that little crush on him even after all these years and was delighted at the fact that his name rhymes with hers.
"Hello Meng—and its Avatar Aang, thank you." Aang said to her.
"Oh! I didn't know you were the Avatar!"
The airbender just grinned. He remembered Aunt Wu had once predicted that Meng would marry a guy with big ears and the fortuneteller's assistant immediately thought it was Aang. And although she had conceded in her unrequited love, Aang had to tell her about his relationship with Katara now.
"I'm with Katara."
Meng nodded. "Is your relationship serious?" She asked, her chocolate eyes hoping for the opposite.
"Uuummmm, yeah, seriously getting married VERY soon." Aang informed her.
"Oh," Mang said, now slumping down. "How wonderful for you both." (Saying "floozy" under her breath).
Aunt Wu came out to call on the next person. When she saw Katara her face fell. "Who's next?" she asked indifferently.
Katara jumped up and said "I am!"
"I remember you." Aunt Wu said to her.
They went inside the room. "What a lovely betrothal necklace!" The fortuneteller exclaimed before she started to examine Katara's palm.
"Thank you. He said he chose it because its exactly the same color as my eyes." Katara told her.
The fortuneteller started doing her thing. "Huummmm… As I thought… Oh my… Interesting…"
Katara couldn't sit quietly any longer "What do you see?"
"I see you have found your 'very powerful bender', but really, you have had him all along... With your love he will no longer be the last of his kind... His love for you grows within you now... You will have some hard times but in the end everything will be okay. Never give up hope."
"I do love him more and more every day. Thank you so much Aunt Wu."
They walked back to the sitting room as the session finished. Then Aunt Wu called Aang in. "We are going to use the bones again; hopefully it doesn't explode on us like last time."
Aang picked a random bone and tossed it into the flames; after a few seconds they heard cracking sounds. The fire got bigger than before and even the cracking sounds were louder. "Not again!" Aang groaned.
The fortuneteller examined the cracks for a few moments then started. "You will not be the last airbender; you will father more. There are difficult battles coming up, but you will come out victorious in the end... Aunt Wu set the bone down and looked directly into his eyes, "The last time you were here, you asked me if I saw love in your future. I had not seen any, but your destiny is intertwined with hers... You are a very powerful bender... You are HER very powerful bender that I predicted she would marry. Her reading are also readings about you, young Avatar."
"Thank you, Aunt Wu." He said as he stood up.
Sokka didn't want a reading so they left after Aang had his fortune told.
Zuko and the Kyoshi warriors were almost at Ba Sing Se. The weather's been in their favor almost the entire trip.
"So your mom and Ikem will be at your palace when we get back?" Suki asked casually.
"Yeah, I just wish I didn't have to stop more problems caused by Azula... I was supposed to be there when they got there. This is so frustrating; she has always made things more difficult for me."
"I'm sorry Zuko," Ty Lee said, "I know how she is. She WAS my best friend. Now Suki is my best friend."
"Mai and I were going to get married after my mother got to the palace... it was going to be a small ceremony with just our closest family." Zuko told them.
"Oh My Spirits! Congratulations!" The girls said in unison. The two warriors knew that Zuko and Mai were betrothed, they just didn't know when the wedding was going to be.
"Why didn't you at least tell your personal bodyguards!?" Suki asked him.
"It was going to be a secret. We were going to have a big one later." Zuko informed them.
"Talking about marriage," Ty Lee piped in "when are you and your cutie going to get married, Suki?"
"I want him to ask, but well it's not like I can tell him to ask me." Suki sighed.
They were only an hour away from Yu Dao. Katara was telling Aang about the reading Aunt Wu gave her.
"Of course your love for me grows within me now." Katara said. "She didn't need to tell me how much more in love we are everyday. She did say that with my love you won't be the last of your kind."
"She told me I won't be the last Airbender; that I will father more." Aang shared with Katara. "She said that our destinies are intertwined, that your readings are also my readings." He chose not to share anything else that he was told. He didn't want to scare her, not with the upcoming problems they were heading right into, and their wedding coming up soon too.
"Oh look," Sokka said "there's Toph's School!"
Toph was already outside waiting for them. "I heard Appa even before you started to land." She told them.
There where hugs all around "Hey Snoozles!" "How you been Twinkle-toes?" "What's up Sugar Queen?"
"We came to pick you up Toph," Aang told her, "Did you get a letter from King Kuei?"
"Yeah, and I read it 10 times too!" She said.
"Why do you always do that?" Sokka asked.
Toph waved her hand in front of her face.
"Long time no see!" Sokka said making the pun on purpose.
"Yeah I've spent my whole life 'no-seeing' so that's a long time" Toph added. She was always so sarcastic.
"Anyways," Aang started, "the Earth King wants Team Avatar's help with a group calling themselves 'The Azula Loyalists'. It is led by Long Feng and we've received new Intel that ex-Admiral Zhou is with them, too. They've attacked villages and burned them down. There were ex-Di Lee agents as well as rogue firebenders."
"Okay. I'll tell the Lily Livers-I mean my students-that I have to leave for a little while. I'll be right back." And off went Toph.
After about 20 minutes she emerged from her metalbending school with a bag slung over her shoulder. "OK I'm ready."
"Off to Ba Sing Se! It should take us about a day and a half to get there," Aang told them. Katara climbed out of Appa's saddle and onto his head, taking a seat next to Aang. She slipped her hand through his arm, kissed his cheek, and then leaned her head on his shoulder. After a short time she was sleeping lightly on him.
Aang was so happy they would be married soon. He thought about what Aunt Wu said about him fathering Airbenders. That made him happy in 2 ways: first is that there would be Airbenders again, and also being a father. He couldn't help thinking about the day before yesterday.
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