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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) and ReverieNishio

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

Chapter 41

They were finally on their way to the palace in The Fire Nation. First, stopping at Master Piandao's home to have him make a new Space Sword for Sokka. It had been a week since they left Song's village.

"Oh help me, oh help me, oh help me!" Katara whimpered as she was washed over with anxiety.

"It will be fine, My Love." Aang comforted her.

"I'm going to become bigger than I was with Gyatso. I'm not going to be able to move... Oh Spirits, I'm eating for 3 now. I'll probably be eating everything they put at our table back home!"

Aang was laughing at her anxiety. "I'll carry you if you can't walk. You can eat what you want, when you want, and however much you want. You are still going to be beautiful."

"Then why did you laugh at how big that fake belly I had back in the Fire Nation? I was THAT big with Gyatso... I'm going to be twice as big."

They had had this very conversation over and over since they found out they were having twins, Katara's eating had actually tripped, too.

Katara and Aang were in Appa's saddle with Gyatso. He was holding their fingers as he took shaky steps back and forth between them. "He will be walking all by himself soon." Katara said proudly.

"Isn't that wonderful!" Aang said.

They had been in Fire Nation territory for almost 5 days now.

"I wonder how Zuko, Mai, and Baby Ursa are."

*RRRRRRRRR*

"Looks like we will find out soon, there's the Palace." Aang said.

Appa landed in the Palace Garden. Zuko and Mai were informed immediately as Appa had started his decent, they ran out to greet them.

Aang jumped down with Gyatso first. Katara had started to crawl down. "Hold on, I'll help you down, I don't want you to slip or fall."

He turned to Zuko, "Can you hold him for a second? I need to help her down."

"Yeah, sure." Zuko said taking the little boy from his friend.

Aang hopped back up and helped her climbed down. "Aang I can do it myself, I'm not an invalid!" Katara snapped at him.

"What's up with them?" Zuko asked Gyatso.

"Mamamama" Gyatso answered.

Zuko and Mai laughed. Then they saw Katara turn around, her protruding tummy was noticeable, not big but big enough to notice.

Katara walked to Zuko and gave him a big hug. Then gave Mai one as well. "How have you both been?" She asked them.

"Wow Katara you are positively radiant! How far along are you?" Zuko asked her. "You cant be more than almost 3 months!"

"Yep, About 3 months." She smiled.

Mai's eyes bulged "That big at 3 months!"

"Two heart beats!" She laughed.

"Oh my! Two!" Mai said.

"That's what I said." Katara laughed again. "OK let's get something to eat, I'm hungry."

They went into the palace and had the kitchen staff serve a lunch. "Your dress is beautiful who made it for you? I think I may have one made in Fire Nation Colors."

Katara smiled "Thank you so much! It hardly fits now. I made my own clothes. And I'm in need of new ones, I can barely fit in the ones I have right now. I knew I was pregnant when we left home, but I didn't expect to grow so big so fast. I have already started making a yellow dress with a red clock, it should be done by the time we get back home."

"Home as in your igloo?" Zuko asked.

"No, the Southern Air Temple." She said. "You should come visit us there. It's breathtaking."

"Has your morning sickness been bad?" Mai asked her.

"It was until we went to Ba Sing Se, Irho, such a wonderful man, gave me a dried tea blend that works almost instantly. And the best biscuits I have ever eaten."

"Wow, he only makes his biscuits for people he truly cares about. He really is a great man." Zuko said.

They had a wonderful time catching up, talking about what's going on in the world. Aang and Katara had traveled from the Southern Water Tribe Village, to The Southern Air Temple, to The Earth Kingdom, and now to The Fire Nation all in the 3 months since they got married, and soon back to The Southern Air Temple.

"To be honest I just want to go back home. Back to my girls, I miss them so much." Katara said.

"Your girls?" Zuko asked her.

"She has 2 Acolyte girls that help her. She spends time with them while I work, so she doesn't get lonely. She spoils them, sewing lessons, cooking lessons, gifts. The works..."

"Jasmine and Lilly are like little sisters, they are 12. They had lived in one of those villages that The Azula Loyalists destroyed. They moved to the Southern Air Temple to become Air Acolytes. They are my Maidens." Katara explained to them.

"Aaawwwww how sweet." Mai said.

"We get so much attention where ever we go. People argue with us about payment for some reason everyone wants to give us everything for free. It gets frustrating." Katara told them.

"Uuummmm Katara, you do realize you are married to the most famous, the most important, and the most powerful man in the world, right?" Zuko asked.

"Yes... no... Yes I know he is the Avatar, glowing and all," the corners of her mouth turned up at the thought of him glowing, "but to me he is just Aang, My Aang, my husband... the man I love... the father of my children... the goofy boy with a crush that I found in a bubble... Ya know, I didn't even know he was the Avatar until you showed up in my village." She told Zuko.

"She asked me one day who was in charge at the Southern Air Temple. She didn't want to get into trouble." Aang started laughing.

"Who is in charge there?" They asked.

"The same person in charge of all the Air Nomads/Acolytes." Katara said. Now she was laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"Aang is in charge... of ALL of it."

"Being in charge of an entire people is overwhelming sometimes. And you have to be The Avatar for the world too." Zuko said.

They stayed with Zuko and Mai for a week then Katara was totally ready to go home.

"Hey Zuko, I need to talk to you about something." Aang said.

"Sure, What do you need." Zuko said.

"The young woman who found me and took care of me in their hospital, she had told me she knew you... Well she knew a young man with a scar on his left eye and his fat tea loving uncle, they told her their names were Lee and Mushi."

"Song and her mother found you?!" Zuko said in surprise

"Yeah, well she told me they stole her Ostrich Horse... I'm not telling you what to do but, well, maybe you could replace it... I'm sorry I'm not telling you what to do."

"No, Aang, You're right. I need to make amends for the things I've done wrong. I had completely forgotten about Song and her mother. Thank you for reminding me." Zuko told his friend. "I will take care of that right away."

They departed with gifts from The Fire Lord and Lady.

They started their trip back to The Southern Air Temple. They were traveling over an area they had never gone over in the Fire Nation before, Aang thought a straight shot would get them back home sooner. Aang was sitting in Appa's saddle with his family. They were eating lunch, Gyatso was walking better but he still held on to their fingers for support. Katara thought he might be able to walk ok own his own but because they were on Appa it was a bit more difficult.

Appa started to fly in a circle and was descending, darting off in a different direction. Aang and Katara noticed his odd behavior. "I'm going to go see what's wrong with Appa, I've never seen him act this way." Aang jumped onto Appa's head, he was looking around to see what had caused Appa to act funny. Aang saw something small, white, and brown dart through the clouds. Aang thought he was imagining things, if he didn't know better he'd have thought it was a Baby Sky Bison. Then to his shock he knew he had seen more, almost 10 baby sky bison and a few adult sky bison. "Katara, LOOK!"

She looked in the direction Aang was pointing, "Are those... SKY BISON!"

"I'm going to let Appa follow them, I can't believe it, I thought they were extinct!" Aang said.

"This is so wonderful... We need to find where they are hiding." Katara said.

Appa followed the Sky Bison for about an hour then they all started to land on a small island in the southern part of the Fire Nation. When they landed Aang jumped off of Appa and looked at all the Sky Bison, the heard must have had at least 100 Sky Bison in it. Aang started to walk around looking at all the animals. "Excuse me, people are not welcome here." A woman said from behind a Sky Bison. As she stepped out from behind the Sky Bison she saw Aang, she saw his Air Nomad clothing and the arrow on his forehead that matched the arrows on ALL the Sky Bison's heads. "I am so sorry, Avatar Aang, I didn't realize it was you." She bowed to him.

"How are there so many? I thought they had been killed in the attacks on the air temples." Aang said.

"We have been raising this herd for over 115 years, they stay here because for the longest time it was the only safe place for them to be." She told him, she was dressed like a Fire Sage. "It is such an honor to have The Avatar come visit us, to have the last Airbender here to see the herd we have been raising."

"This is amazing! Oh, I'm not the last Airbender, I have a son who is also an Airbender." Aang told her.

"When it is his time to get his bison we would be honored to let him find his best friend." She knew that there was a strong bond of friendship between an Airbender and their Sky Bison.

"I don't want to ask for too much, but are there any that are tame for the Air Acolytes to use? They are all trained and live in the way the Air Nomads did."

"Yes we have a few that we use, and we are still training many to carry people. Anything for Avatar Aang, an Air Nomad, the Sky Bison belong to the Air Nomads." The woman Fire Sage told him. She walked over to Appa to get a good look at him. She patted him on the nose then got licked by a giant tongue. She laughed. "A very happy Sky Bison if I say so myself."

"Appa is my best friend," Aang told her, "We have been together since I was 6."

*RRRRRRRRRRRRR* Appa said then licked Aang. Aang laughed then blew himself dry.

Katara had climbed out of Appa's saddle with Gyatso, she was walking around looking at all the Sky Bison, she was amazed that so many still existed. Gyatso was squealing happily saying "Ap Ap ap ap."

"They are so cute Aang." She said as she pet a baby Sky Bison.

"Avatar Aang, we Fire Sages are here to serve The Avatar, and as The people taking care of the Sky Bison serve the Air Nomads, pleases accept our services to continue raising this herd. For future Air Nomads and Air Acolytes."

"I want to first say, Thank You for raising them. It would be an honor to let you continue raising them." Aang told her.

A few more Fire Sages came out to see what was going on. Their eyes went huge than bowed to Aang, "Avatar Aang it is an honor to meet you."

"It is an honor to meet all of you." he returned the bow. "I am so happy to see so many Sky Bison, Thank you, all of you."

After visiting all the sky bison and ooohhhhing over the babies they had to go. "The babies are just Sssoooo cute." Katara kept saying.

"Return anytime, we will start training some for the Air Acolytes." The female sage told them.