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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 68

(Jade)

Aang and Katara were so wonderful, they honestly cared about her, they wanted her to be happy too. It was amazing that The Avatar thinks of her as part of his family, She had had a huge crush in him... to even imagine seeing him every day was a dream, now not only does she see him every day, he considers her family, like a sister. Her best friends is that girl that sat off by herself watching all these girls fawn over her boyfriend in The Club House. Jade had lost her mother at 7, she was raised by a father that was hardly ever around he was always looking for good work. When she was 11 he got a job on a boat, he left her with one of his friend Joon (Pronounced June). Jade got a couple letters from him, then about 3 months after he left, Jade was told he stopped sending money and Joon kicked Jade out... She started working early to support herself, Jade pretty much was family-less. Then she and a few of her friends had seen Avatar Aang handing out fliers trying to find his missing Sky Bison, Appa. He was adorable. They decided to make an Avatar Aang Fan club. Those other fan girls were her family, she spent all her time that she wasn't working with the other girls. Most of the time she was living in the club house. Now that she thought about it... Lady Katara had ALWAYS been with him whenever she saw Avatar Aang, they were near inseparable, and still are. Then one day Avatar Aang brought his fan clubs together and told them they would no longer be The Avatar Aang fan club, they would be called Air Acolytes. From that moment on things had become easier, she along with all the other Air Acolytes were taught in the ways of the Air Nomads, and they would move to the Air Temples to live and learn like The Air Nomads once did.

The Air Acolytes were a great family, they all worked together living in harmony, nobody went hungry or lived in poverty. The Air Nomad culture made everyone near equal, there were Jr members that worked a bit harder but nobody ate better than anyone else, nobody's room was better, nobody had more of anything than anyone else... well that was until Lady Katara showed up and then two 12 year old girls started working In Lady Katara and Avatar Aang's home then they started getting dresses and gifts... Then when they found out Lady Katara was pregnant again, and with twins. She needed 2 more girls to help her, they got beautiful dresses and gifts as well.

While Lady Katara and Avatar Aang went to visit her family in The Southern Water Tribe. Jade had spent a day working with Xing Ying, she told Jade about feeling Lady Katara's babies, the way she described it sounded amazing, Jade wished she could feel too she'd never felt a pregnant woman's tummy before She wanted to feel the babies moving around. When they came back they had Lady Katara's brother and his wife with them, Jade had been assigned to help bring their belongings back to their apartment. As Jade lead Suki and Lady Katara back to the apartments she built up her courage and stopped and asked Lady Katara if she could feel the babies too... Lady Katara just smiled and found the babies then showed Jade where they were, Jade could feel the babies' heads and backs and little tushies, she could feel them moving around and kicking each other, it was AMAZING, filling the lives within moving around... There was something about Lady Katara that made Jade want to be friends with her, when Jade was in The Avatar's home Jade built up her courage and told them if they needed her help she would love to work in their home too. Lady Katara looked so happy at the idea of having a girl her age in their home. From that moment on she had become part of their family, they made her part of their family.

Lady Katara made her one of her girls. Lady Katara had let Jade borrow all her gorgeous dresses that all the girls envied at The Southern Air Temple. Lady Katara took her shopping, she bought Jade gifts. Lady Katara had taught Jade how to deliver babies. Then Jade literally delivered Lady Katara's twin daughters. Jade was so scared that day. It stated out like every day, checking the positions of the babies. Had they dropped yet? Were they turned correctly?, with Suki everything was great... Then Lady Katara told Jade to check her, Jade could feel the hardening of her belly, checking for dilation Jade got scared and told her that she was in labor. Suki and Mai sent her running to the palace to get Avatar Aang. Jade had thought her lungs were going to explode from running so hard. They wouldn't let her pass, they wouldn't let her get Avatar Aang. A guard went into the meeting then in just a few seconds Avatar Aang had come running out. He picked her and... Holy Crap she had never traveled so fast in her life. She knew Airbenders could run faster that the wind but she didn't expect to ever know what that had felt like. They were back with Lady Katara in just a few minutes. The Avatar was so sweet and loving to his wife, he kept telling her he was there with her, that she was strong and she could do it. This was something that in her mind she had never thought about. Before Lady Katara had even though her to be a midwife she really didn't even know how babies were born, no one had ever even had "The Talk" with her. She only knew about cycles because the lady she worked for told her the gist when Jade at 13 had gotten scared because she thought she was bleeding... It was so embarrassing, her employer had to tell her what her mother never had the chance to.

Jade loved Katara, she helped Jade so much, Jade was able to ask about anything and Katara answered honestly, even when it was very embarrassing to answer. Katara had "The Talk" with Jade. Jade didn't know what happened for a girl to get pregnant. While delivering Kya and Sapphire Jade learned a few things though, and Katara filled in the little bits to make the information whole.

Jade wasn't clueless anymore. She was happy that she had Katara, She had no clue about love or guys or feelings or kissing or well anything else that had to do with love. She felt so calm and relaxed talking to Katara about everything, Katara was truly like a big sister... or like a mom, a really young mom... She actually was a mom too. Katara's brother had said she was always like a Mom to him after her mother had been killed, Lady Katara is 1 year younger than her brother. Maybe that's one of the reasons Jade felt so comfortable talking to her about the things she had never been told.

Jade felt so good inside, she is still a bit surprised at herself for kissing him last night, she just wanted to, she liked the way it made her feel. As she walked to Aang and Katara's home her heart started pounding and she felt dizzy just knowing she would be close to Haru again... 'I think I'm in love! Oh how exciting it feels.' She thought to herself. She was practically skipping like a little girl. She had never felt like this before. Katara told her to tell him how she felt, the thought of that was a bit scary though. 'Maybe I should tell him at our picnic today.' she thought.

Jade knocked twice then entered Aang and Katara's home. "Good Morning everyone!" Jade was feeling so light and bubbly today.

"Good Morning Jade!" Katara called from the kitchen.

Jade went into the kitchen to see Katara. "Hi!" Jade said and gave Katara a hug.

"You must be in a very good mood." Katara joked.

"Oh, I am! Where are the guys?" Jade asked.

"They went down to collect a team of Acolytes so that work can start on expanding our home. I don't expect them back for another half hour." Katara told Jade. "Join me for a cup of tea." The two young women sat at the table drinking their tea, as Gyatso ate his breakfast

"Katara, I kissed him again last night, I don't know what came over me, I just did. Then I ran up to my room and waved goodbye to him from my window. And this Morning when I was walking over here I felt so... So good inside, my heart was pounding just thinking about Haru, I felt dizzy and I was practically skipping here. Oh it feels so wonderful! I think I love him."

Katara was smiling, "I am so happy for you. Doesn't it feel wonderful and scary? Aang and Haru had talked for a couple hours last night after Haru got back. I think he was asking Aang questions about love. Aang had said he's be to bed in a few minuets but then didn't come in until after I had fallen asleep."

"I'm going to tell him today at our picnic." Jade had a bit of a panicked look on her face.

Katara laughed. "I think it will be ok, you don't need to be scared. He's not going to run away from you... He can't there is no way down right now, Aang sent Acolytes out for the decorations for the Visiting Dignitaries' apartments the balloons are gone." She Joked.

Jade couldn't help but laugh at what Katara had said. "You are such a great friend!" Jade told her.

"Thank You, you are fun to talk to." Katara told her. "I am so happy that you are in love... I told you, you and him would be prefect for each other! Being in love is such a wonderful feeling. You know, I am happy that I can help you. I never had anyone to talk to, I wish I did, Aang wishes I had someone to talk to." Katara laughed. "He said that if I did maybe I wouldn't have confused the hell out of him so badly."

"You confused him? You never said anything like that to me before." Jade's interest was piqued.

"In The Cave of Two Lovers it was MY idea to kiss, I actually wanted to kiss him... When he kissed me on the day of the invasion I kissed him back... When he talked to me about it a couple weeks later I told him I was confused and I didn't want to talk about it."

"You lied to him! You told me you liked him since just after the Northern Water Tribe Attack."

"Yeah I was scared and confused." Katara told her. "But look where we are now... eight years later we are married, we have three beautiful babies, and I could never picture my life without him. My Gran Gran told Sokka and I that our destinies were intertwined with his. When I went home pregnant, after it was finally out that I was pregnant she told me she suspected that me being pregnant by him was also part of that same intertwined destiny. Aang told me that even Aunt Wu said our destinies were intertwined, that my readings where also his readings. The first time I saw Aunt Wu, she told me I was going to marry 'A Very Powerful Bender' when I went to her right after I got pregnant she said "I see you have found your very powerful bender, but then again you have always had him."

The front door opened and Aang and Haru came in. "Hi sweetie, I'm in the dining area." She called to him.

"Hi, my love, we should be starting soon." He walked into the dining area and kissed her on the top of her head.

"Good Morning Haru!" Jade said blushing.

"Good morning Jade." he said then sat down next to her.

"Would you like some tea?" Jade asked Haru.

"That sounds great." Haru answered.

"Tea, sweetie?" Katara said

"Yes please." he answered

Jade and Katara both went into the kitchen returning with two cups of tea. Katara had to put more water on, the tea was almost gone.

"Like I said, we will start working on our home in just a little bit. I was thinking you could spend time in our room with the babies, we don't need them sneezing from all the dust that will be in the air, we might lose one." He laughed at his little joke.

"Sneezing Airbenders are a very bad thing." Katara laughed.

"How bad can it be?" Haru asked.

"When I first met Aang he sneezed, Sokka said 'You just sneezed and shot 10 feet into the air.' then Aang said 'felt higher than that.' And Aang could control it better than 2 children under 2 years old can, you have to hold tight. Aang had gotten sick once and I had to tie him to a heavy rock, because he kept sneezing."

"I learn new stuff about Airbenders every day!" Haru said.

"Yeah if Gyatso has a temper tantrum he can create a tornado." Aang said.

There was a knock at the door, Katara answered it. "Aang your crew is here, Let me get the little ones, Jade could you please help."

"Right away Katara." Jade said.

Katara, the three babies and Jade went into Katara and Aang's bedroom while work commenced on their apartment.