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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), FanFictionKatie, and ReverieNishio

*116788 (pen name not user ID) is available to beta read for others, she has 3 slots open right now.

Chapter 23

Aang woke up to the loud sound of a very fussy baby. He quickly dressed himself then went into the baby's room, where they had put him down the night before. He smiled when he went into the room. Gyatso immediately stopped fussing and he too smiled and said "Dadada!"

Aang picked him up carefully and hugged his chunky little boy, and a tear ran down his cheek. He was so happy he was home again. Back with his own family. "Good Morning Little One, let's let mommy sleep a little longer, she's really tired still." He said as a grin crossed his face at the thought of last night.

Aang got a pre-filled milk bottle from the ice cupboard, that Katara had for the nanny to feed Gyatso. As he fed the baby he talked to him softly. "I haven't been here but that's because I was hurt really bad. I'm here now and I always will be." After he finished the bottle Aang attempted a diaper change... it wasn't as easy as he expected it to be but they got through it without having to get mommy's help.

"Want to see something mommy couldn't teach you?" Aang showed Gyatso his marble trick again and his son giggled.

Katara was woken up by the sounds of Aang playing with, or teaching Gyatso she couldn't really tell the difference, it looked the same to her, and she laughed lightly. He had let her sleep in, it was the first time she had slept in since Gyatso was born. It was almost like a dream, Aang at home with them, playing with their baby, with his baby. She pinched herself... it truly was real.

She got up, got dressed, and when she went into the front room, Aang looked up at her and was smiling from ear to ear. Gyatso kept saying "Dadada" He was so in love with his family.

"I gave him a bottle and changed his diaper." Aang told her proudly.

"Thank you! I'm so happy that you came home to us. I would never have asked for anyone else." Katara told him then kissed him.

"I'll never leave you again, I promise. I can't, anyway... I have a family now...But how does he know I'm daddy?"

"I told him about our adventures, and about you. I tell him the stories every day. I tell him how Mommy ("Mamama" Gyatso chanted) and Uncle Sokka found Daddy ("Dadada" Gyatso changed his chant) in a giant frozen bubble."

Happy tears ran down his cheeks. Katara sat down next to him and wrapped her arms around them. "I love you both so, so much." Then she started to cry too.

His heart swelled with joy.

Katara pulled out of the embrace, sniffled twice then wiped her tears away. "What would you like for breakfast?" She asked Aang, changing the subject.

"You don't need to cook anything for me." He told her politely.

"It is MY job to take care of MY beautiful family, I'm going to make tea and sweet rice."

"That actually sounds great." He told her, shrugging.

She started cooking breakfast as they continued to talk. "Gyatso loves sweet rice." She mentioned. "And cakes... when I was pregnant all I wanted to eat were cakes." She laughed.

"Airbenders where known for their cakes." He said, also laughing.

"That's what I told Suki. She said it must have been 'the Airbender within' that wanted all the cakes." They both laughed even harder.

"The rice will be done very soon. I just need to heat water for some tea. Then Breakfast will be ready." She informed them.

"Can I?" He asked vaguely.

"What? Heat the water?" She was a bit caught off guard for a second.

"Yeah, I can do it faster than the cooking fire will with my firebending." He explained, nodding.

She started laughing at herself.

"What's funny about me heating up the water for you?" He wondered, a bit confused.

She shook her head, still laughing, then pointed to herself. She was giggling so hard that she had to sit down on a nearby chair. It took a few minutes to stop laughing so much. "I... forgot... you... can... Firebend!" She said in between breaths.

This made him laugh hard too.

There was a knock at the door then Suki came in

"What's so funny? I could hear you two laughing from outside."

Aang caught his breath just long enough to say "Katara forgot I can Firebend!" And then he went back to how hard he was laughing before Suki came in.

Suki joined in the laughter, even Gyatso started giggling.

"I haven't seen Katara this happy since we were back in Ba Sing Se. I'm so happy you came home to them."

It was getting windy inside, Katara hadn't noticed at first because she was laughing to hard, but now her hair and papers were getting blown around. "Crap, I'm so sorry Little One, I'll feed you now." She grabbed a stack of bowls and quickly scooped some sweet rice into them.

Aang and Suki stopped laughing also. "You weren't kidding when you said he was powerful, were you. I'll collect all the papers that got blown around. Then I will get back to the water that needs to be heated up for our tea."

"Thank you Sweetie. Gyatso thank Daddy." Katara instructed.

"Dadada" he said.

"We need to visit Toph sometime soon," Katara said "she doesn't know about him."

"Nobody told her?" He asked.

"No, nobody outside this village knew until Zuko and Mai came to visit. The council and The Order of the White Lotus decided that 'the child of the Avatar and the only living Airbender needed to be protected' they didn't want anything bad to happen to him, they didn't want anyone to do anything to him." She told Aang.

He was in awe over the decision to protect his child. That this little boy was so important to the whole world.

"You are such a cute little family." Suki told them. "When are you planning on getting married?"

"I don't know yet, as soon as possible. We are already a family." Katara said as she was feeding small bites of sweet rice to Gyatso.

"Num num num" Gyatso said as he ate his breakfast.

Aang heated up the teapot and made a pot of tea for everyone.

"Sokka will be bringing us information from the council soon." Suki said, "that's what he told me before he left this morning."

After Aang served the tea, he went over and sat down next to Katara. "Can I feed him, please? I really want to."

Katara smiled and kissed him. "Of course you can Sweetie, I'm glad you love him, that you want to spend so much time with him!" She was so happy, Aang absolutely loved his son, those 2 empty spots in her heart were full... her heart was whole again.

Suki and Katara sat at the table watching Aang with Gyatso. "It's a miracle that he came home" Suki said.

"Want to know something that's a miracle?" Katara asked.

"Remember how hard Gyatso's birth was because I didn't have Aang with me, How I kept calling him and saying I needed him?"

"Yeah, it was sad."

"He had a dream 9 months ago, he told me yesterday. He said he could hear me crying out in pain saying I needed him, and he was trying to find me... he said he heard me cry out one last time... then he heard a baby cry."

Suki's eyes got huge and her jaw dropped. "Oh my spirits!"

"We have a weird connection, we have since the very first time we were in Ba Sing Se right after you helped us walk through the Serpent's pass. I knew something was wrong when I was unblocking my chakras. Katara was in the crystal catacombs." Aang said listening to the women chat. "I also saw Gyatso in my dreams too."

"So what do you think about Gyatso?" Suki asked him.

"I have a son." Aang replied excitedly. "He is awesome, most Airbending children can't make a tornado till they're almost 3!"

"I think it's adorable when he blows little gusts of air." Suki said.

"Katara putting up the chimes was a great idea." Aang told her.

"They keep him happy when there's a storm and we are stuck inside. The only thing I could teach him was to blow... I don't know anything else about Airbending, I've seen you do stuff but I don't know how you focus the energy. I had already decided to take him to the Air Acolytes after the tournament. To see when they think he should start training," a huge grin appeared on her face "now I don't need to... he can be taught by the greatest Master Airbender in the world... His daddy, The Avatar." His true love told him.

"Want to go for a ride on Appa later? He really loves it! Like A true Air Nomad would." She said.

"Speaking of Appa... Where's Momo?" He asked the two beautiful women curiously.

"At Sokka and Suki's... Gyatso wouldn't leave him alone. He was always trying to grab him by his tail or blow air at him." Katara said.

"Can we go visit there?" He asked Suki.

"Sure, I think he will be happy to see you." Suki said, nodding.

Katara put even more fur onto Gyatso to get him ready to go outside in the cold Southern weather. "I'm sorry about the furs" she told Aang, "but here in the South Pole babies need lots to stay warm. I know it goes against Air Nomad teaching, but since you were gone and I was alone I came home. We can live anywhere you want."

They were ready to go. When they went outside everyone was watching their every move. "Why is everyone looking at us?" Aang asked, taking a step closer to Katara and Gyatso.

"Because they want to see for themselves if The Avatar really is still alive." Hakoda said as he came walking up to them and picked up his grandson. "Good morning Little One!"

"Papapapa" Gyatso chanted, grinning.

Aang pulled his hair back so everyone could see his tattoos.

Everyone cheered.

Still holding Gyatso, Hakoda turned to them and told them; "The council would like to speak with you two NOW! I'll hold Gyatso."