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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 60 (From Jade)

Avatar Aang and his Wife Lady Katara had come back a little over an hour after Jade and Haru got to the Avatar's home. She and Haru had stopped at the kitchen to get some rice, eggs, and vegetables, Jade was going to make Stir fry vegetables with fried rice for them for dinner. Her and Haru were actually having a pretty nice time. He had told her how he meet Aang and Katara, what they did for him and his dad and his village. Haru was 2 years older than Katara. Jade knew that The Avatar and his wife have always helped wherever they were needed.

Haru had told her about the invasion on the day of the black sun, he told her about the awesome submarines that Katara's brother had invented and how they used them, that they had to surface to replenish the air. How from that half way point Avatar Aang had left to find the Fire Lord. He told her about the caterpillar tanks the Earthbenders used in the invasion. He told her about the full suit of armor that Katara's brother had made too, to protect the loveable Sky Bison. Katara had told Jade that was the day of Aang and Katara's first meaningful kiss. Haru had told her about what Avatar Aang and Lady Katara had personally done in the invasion. She knew they had done a lot but to imagine them fighting... Imagining a 12-Year-Old Avatar and a 14-year-old Katara, leading the Invasion on that day was just amazing. Jasmine and Lilly where 13 and Rose and Blossom were 16. She could never imagine them leading an invasion they were still just kids. The amazing thing was... They did! Avatar Aang and Lady Katara DID lead an invasion on the Fire Nation Capital! And they were only 12 and 14. The Invasion wasn't successful because the Fire Lord was hiding in a bunker underground like a scared child... Hiding from a 12 year old boy... A grown man scared of a kid, pathetic. Jade liked the New Fire Lord, Fire Lord Zuko and his wife Lady Mai, they were so kind and friendly... Fire Lord Zuko is one of Aang's best friends now.

Haru told her about what the Western Air Temple looked like. Her clubhouse was modeled, kind of, like the Western Air Temple. But to hear him describe it was amazing. She liked him, he was sweet and handsome and funny, Lady Katara and Avatar Aang where right, she did like him and he liked her, she could tell. He had the look in his eyes that she had seen when Aang looked at Katara. He blushed a bit if their hands touched, he smiled for a second if she saw him staring at her.

It's kind of funny, Jade had been VERY into Avatar Aang, he was Ssssssoooooo cute when he was younger, and she was actually sad when he had announced his marriage to Lady Katara. She was in utter shock when they had seen Gyatso the first time, they had a child together and they weren't married until that little boy was nine months old. It was all the girl Air Acolytes dream to go out with him, even just once. Now he's down right dreamy; he is really tall, with chiseled features, the few times she had seen him without a shirt she was in awe with his well defined upper torso, it made her wonder what this strong, Earthbending miner looked like beneath his shirt, Jade blushed at herself she was never one to wonder what was beneath a man's clothes. . Jade remembers the day back in Ba Sing Se when Avatar Aang had come to their clubhouse. He had Lady Katara, at the time was just Katara, with him. She even remembers the Look an Katara's face when Won-Yee said "What an honor it is to meet Avatar Aang's first girlfriend!" She didn't know that he was in love with his wife since he woke up... literally he woke up in her arms, the first thing he saw was her, her face, her eyes. From that moment on, no other girl even got a second look. He worked hard to get her to like him... Funny, Lady Katara had told Jade that she had actually liked Aang for a lot longer than he knew. They were such a cute sweet family. Jade had a shameful secret that she locked away, she was one of those girls who had questioned Lady Katara's faithfulness to Avatar Aang. To think about it now... after Katara is her best friend, she had spent so much time with her, having fun, talking, becoming part of the little family, Lady Katara had even told her the story about how she had gotten pregnant, about what the fortuneteller had told her, about how hurt and torn Katara was when Aang had gone missing... It made her sick to her stomach with guilt. Katara had told Jade how badly it hurt her for The Air Acolytes to have said that about her. Jade knew Katara truly loved her husband, she would never be unfaithful to him, even in death she wouldn't.

Haru walked into the kitchen and asked her "Would you like help with anything?"

"Oh, you're sweet, thank you," She smiled, "that would be great, could you start water for tea?" She blushed again as she watched the Earthbender move... 'What is wrong with me?! I've never thought about this sort of thing before, I've never even looked a guy and has these thoughts before.' She fought the urge to reach out and touch him, to run her fingers through his long hair.

Haru put a kettle of water on the stove to start heating it up.

Aang was just coming out of his room where he had put his wife down to rest. Poor Lady Katara was so warn out, it was sad to see her like this. She was always so happy and always did stuff for "Her Girls" as she called them. When they went shopping in Ba Sing Se Lady Katara had bought some jewelry, a couple combs and a bag for Jade. She let Jade wear her dresses when they were there too. Jade felt so special while they were in Ba Sing Se, Lady Katara was such a wonderful, loving woman. Jade never felt like anything more than an employee everywhere else she worked... But here, in this home, she was a friend, a friend to not only Lady Katara but a friend to Avatar Aang also.

"How is Lady Katara doing, Avatar Aang?" Jade asked him.

"She is lying down but insists on reading a book right now." Aang said. "I've never seen her this worn out before, I just don't know what to do..." Aang looked like a lost child, scared and on the verge of crying. "There's something wrong and I can't figure it out. I know her, there is something wrong..." He trailed off.

Haru left the kitchen and sat down by his friend. "She just needs to rest, Aang, she has been doing a lot around here. You guys have 3 babies, 2 of which are Airbenders, she tries to make everyone happy, putting herself last. Remember she got herself arrested for Earthbending to help break me and my father out of prison, I can't think of ANYONE else that would purposely get themselves arrested to help someone."

Jade came out of the kitchen with a tray of tea. "How did Lady Katara get arrested for Earthbending? She's not an Earthbender." Jade asked.

"She put a bolder on an air vent and had me use Airbending to lift the bolder like she was Earthbending it." Aang said glumly.

"Avatar Aang, would you like to take tea in to Lady Katara? Or do you want me to do it? Dinner will be done in a few minutes."

"Could you do it? I need to check on Gyatso and the girls playing with him." Aang said. "Maybe you could get her to say what's wrong, I know there is something wrong I just can't get her to tell me."

"Ok, let me finish dinner, it's just about done, I'm just waiting on the rice to be done, I'll bring her food and tea to her, and see if she is up for talking."

"Thank You Jade." Aang got up and went into Gyatso's room.

Jade gave the rice one last stir, she was satisfied that it was done and put the food on the table. She made a plate of food and some tea and put them on a tray to bring in to Lady Katara. She knocked on Katara's door then went in. "How are you feeling Katara?" Jade said as she entered the room.

"I'm good, the rest is nice." She said smiling.

"No, you are lying to me, I can tell. You always put everyone else a head of yourself, sometimes you need to be selfish! Aang looks like a lost little kid out there, he doesn't understand what's wrong and you won't tell him."

Katara's eyes started tearing up. "The problem is... I don't know, I don't know what's wrong. I'm just so tired. I don't want him to worry, there is a lot he has to do right now, he needs me. I am his wife, I am supposed to take care of him, and our children. I can't spend all day in bed, I need to help him get ready for the meetings coming up. I need to work. He needs me."

"He wants you to rest. I can take care of the cooking and cleaning around here, there are perfectly capable Acolytes that can head up the renovation plans on the temple. I will run your house until you are back to normal... He is right, your sparkle is gone. He just wants you to get back to normal. Haru told me how you got yourself arrested to help him and his father."

"Yeah I did, I felt horrible, he was arrested because of me, it was my fault... I told him to Earthbend to rescue that poor man from the cave-in. Then the idiot went and turned him in... For saving his life Haru got arrested. If I hadn't told him to help the man, Haru never would have gotten arrested."

"Katara, I hope you feel better soon. I'll be back in a bit I need to serve dinner to the guys, and then I'll come back... Ok?" Jade asked Katara.

"Yes, that is fine." Katara put on her brave smile as if nothing was wrong. "Thank you for talking with me."

Jade left the room, after she closed the door Aang stood up hoping Jade found something out. Jade motioned for Aang to follow her into the kitchen where Katara couldn't hear her talking to him. "She said the reason she got herself arrested was because Haru getting arrested was all her fault, she had to fix her mistake."

Haru had followed Jade into the kitchen too. "It wasn't her fault, though." Haru said. "In the end, I would have done it anyways."

"She thinks it was her fault." Jade told them.

"Did she say why she hasn't been feeling good?" Aang asked Jade.

"She says she doesn't know why she is feeling like this, she said she is just tired and doesn't want you to worry."

"How can I not worry, I love her with all my heart and she... I just want her happy again, I want her to get her sparkle back."

"Neither of you have been laughing as much as you use to, maybe she just needs to have fun, laugh, play, be like the two of you use to." Jade said.

"Like plan something for just her and myself? No babies?" Aang thought about it for a bit and realizes that every time they started to play or have time just the two of them they had to stop because a baby was crying or need to be fed or woke up from their nap. "Jade! I need your help, can you and Haru babysit for a few days. We haven't had any time together since the twins were born... NO time alone at all."

Haru looked at Jade and blushed a bit as he smiled. "Sure, I'll help if it is going to help her... I owe you guys.

"Avatar Aang it is my honor to do what you need me to." Jade said with a smile.

"Watch things here you two, I'll be back in a little bit... Do you know who was in charge of cleaning the apartment next door? The one we will be merging with this apartment to make ours bigger?"

"Yeah, Katara and I did most of the work in there. Why?"

"Is it done?" Aang asked.

"Yeah we finished it before lunch."

"Perfect! I'll set it up for you two to babysit in for a couple days, You will be close enough to be there in a matter of seconds but far enough for Katara and I to have alone time! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!" Aang hugged Jade and started to get things together to be put next door. "Haru, you know what needs to be done with the meeting hall right?"

"Yeah, We got it all covered... She needs you right now." Haru said.

After Aang went into Gyatso's room to get his stuff together Haru turned to Jade, "I guess we are going to get to play house for a couple days." He laughed "Perfect way to get to know each other better."

It started to get windy inside, the wind was coming from EVERYWHERE it seemed, blowing in different directions from different directions. "What is that?" Haru yelled over the wind.

"It's Aang!" she yelled back.

"Aang?" Haru Yelled a bit confused

The wind stopped and Aang was standing in front of him. "Yeah, what do you need?"

Haru was surprised that Aang had just appeared in front of him. "Oh, I asked Jade what the wind was, I thought I heard Jade say it was you but the wind was so loud I wasn't sure I heard her right."

"It was me..." Aang said as if everything was perfectly normal.

"How was it you?" Haru was still feeling lost.

"Airbenders can run as faster than the wind." Aang simply said as if it where common knowledge. "It's one of the Airbending forms."

"I didn't know that, you are the only Airbender I ever met." Haru said.

"No I'm not, 2 out of my 3 children are Airbenders too!" Aang joked.

Jade noticed that Aang was starting to get happier, excited that he will be able to spend alone time with his wife. Jade hoped that this time would help Katara feel better... Bring back her sparkle.

"I need to go back in with her, I told her I would be back in to see her." Jade said.

"Ok, that's great, Haru can help me." Aang said.

Jade knocked on the bedroom door then went in. "You finished eating?" Jade said as she entered the room.

Katara was sitting up in bed with the twins in front of her on the bed. Katara was smiling at her pretty little girls. "Oh, Yeah I finished a bit ago. What is Aang doing to make wind blow everywhere?"

"Oh, we three have a surprise for you! Aang should be in here in a few minutes."

"You three?" Katara asked

"Yes, Aang, Myself, and Haru."

"Okay, now I am nervous." Katara let out a small giggle. "Have you had a chance to talk to Haru?"

"Oh, Yes and we will have plenty of time to talk for the next couple days too..."

"What do you mean by that?" Katara asked a bit perplexed.

There was a knock on the door than Aang walk in. "We have a surprise for you!" Aang said as he walked in followed by Haru. "Jade told me you finished with the apartment we are adding onto ours." Aang said.

"Yeah we finished it. Why?"

"Jade and Haru are going to watch the babies for a couple days in there so that you and I can have some alone time, to help you feel better." Aang said with a twinkle in his eye and a grin from ear to ear. "They will be close enough for us to get to in a few seconds if we need to but away so that we can relax. So that YOU can relax, My Love."

"Really? But you need to work on getting ready for the meetings." She said.

"I got that all covered." Haru said.

"But Jade can't handle all three babies alone." Katara said.

"That's what we are for." The 4 younger girls said as they also came into the bedroom.

"Everything is covered, My Love." Aang said to his wife as she sat on their bed in shock...

She had a tiny smile on her face. "You guys all want to help me? Why?" Katara said.

"Because I owe you," Haru said, "You helped me and my father and my village."

"Because we love you, Lady Katara!" Jasmine, Blossom, Rose, and Lilly all said at the same time.

"Because I love being your friend, I love your Babies, I love your family, and you have made me feel like family too." Jade said.

"MOMMY!" Gyatso said as he climbed onto her bed and tackle-hugged Katara.

"Ok, My Love, hand them over." Aang stretched out his hands for the twins. "I already put the prefilled bottles in an ice cupboard over there."

Katara's smile grew as large as possible, "I love you all so much... Thank you for doing this for me." Tears of joy where running down her cheeks. "I had no clue you all felt this way."

"Katara," Haru said, "How can we not, you give so much of yourself out that it is time to get some back."

Katara handed Kya to Aang, Aang passed her to Jade. Then Katara passed Aang Sapphire, which he handed to Haru. Gyatso followed the 4 younger girls out of the room.

After a few minutes everyone was in the apartment next door, Leaving Aang and Katara alone in their home.