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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.
This Is The Beginning of Part 7 The World Leadership Meetings.
Chapter 75
"The World Leadership meetings are going to start in 2 weeks." Katara told Jade. "Aang and I are going to go to The Southern Water Tribe to pick up my brother, Suki and their baby soon. My family will kill us if we don't bring Gyatso, Kya, and Sapphire."
"How long will you be gone?" Jade asked.
They were sitting in the newly expanded huge front room. They now have 2 couches positioned in an L formation with a blanket in front of the couches. Kya and Sapphire were on the blanket on the floor. They were about 5 months old now. They had mastered rolling over and holding their heads up with no problems. They have started the military crawl, pulling themselves around on their tummies, they are almost able to sit up on their own now too. Kya and Sapphire were identical but Katara could tell them apart, Sapphire had a bit of a temper like Katara, and Kya is Sweet and gentle like Aang. Sapphire likes to grab and kick at Kya, while Kya likes to scoot off the blanket and explore her world. From their personalities Katara knows that Sapphire was Baby A, the opne that always started the fights and Kya was Baby B, the one that was always moving around.
Aang walked in their front door (They now had a door in their kitchen too.) "Hello, my love, Everything is finally ready for the meetings."
"When will we be leaving to go get Sokka and his family?" Katara asked her husband.
"I was planning for us to leave tomorrow morning, stay for a full day and come back the day after." He told her. "The World Leaders should start getting here as early as a few days from now. Earth King Kuie and Fire Lord Zuko will be arriving in their own balloons, King Bumi, Chief Arnook, and The Representative from Yu Dao will be coming up on the balloons we have here."
"King Bumi, King of Omashu, and Aang are the same age." Katara told Jade.
"Really, wow." Jade said.
"Kya is trying to escape again, could you grab her please, Sweetie." Katara asked him.
Aang walked over to Kya and picked her up. "Where do you think you are going, My Kya?" She got a little mad she wanted to explore. He cuddled her for a minuet, kissed her pudgy cheek then set her next to, Sapphire, her twin who immediately grabbed Kya's shirt and tried to eat her arm. Sapphire kicked at Kya. Aang picked up Sapphire . "You need to be nice, My Sapphire." He said to her then cuddled her for a minuet and kissed her pudgy cheek, then set her back on the blanket.
"He's such a sweet daddy." Jade commented.
"They sure like to fight. They have been fighting since before they were born." Katara laughed. Jade and Aang had both felt Sapphire kicking at Kya while still inside Katara.
Sapphire could already blow and make it swirl for a second. Kya could only make liquid ripple when she got mad. Aang and Katara were already showing them bending tricks. Airbending was almost effortless so Sapphire, like Gyatso, she picked it up early.
"I'm going to be starting dinner in about half an hour, Sweetie. I'm making fried dumplings and Tofu balls for dinner." Katara told him. Besides her seal jerky Katara ate mostly a vegetarian diet, with fish every once-in-a-while.
"Ok, I'll come hungry." He joked. "I will be in my office if you need me." He kissed the top of her head then headed down the hall to his new office. His old office had become Haru's room. Aang still wanted the twins in the room with Katara and himself, but Katara had the twins' room set up for when he was ready to move them there.
Aang had been looking at a list of a few last things that needed to get done before the other World Leaders got there. He needed to have Agendas and Meeting times as well as a little map of how to find where everything was. He needed to have a few Acolytes assigned to each Leader to guide them around and run errands for them. He decided to have Xing Ying choose which Acolytes got assigned to which leader. He had a few Acolytes already working on writing out the "Welcome Packets" for the leaders too. He was satisfied that everything was going smoothly, he felt better about leaving in the morning to pick up Sokka and his little family.
There was a knock on the door then Katara came in. "Dinner is done, sweetie."
He looked up at her and smiled at his wife. "Ok, thank you, my love I'll be right out." He followed her out and into their new dinning area. The Table was already set and the food out on the table.
Katara had already started feeding Kya and Sapphire tofu and rice as well as cooked and mashed up fruits and vegetables.
"Do we have everything we need for our trip?" Aang asked Katara as they did one last check before leaving.
"I think we have everything we need, spare blankets, warm clothes for three days, diapers, snack for the trip, South Pole over clothes... Yep, I think that's everything." Katara told him as she settled into Appa's saddle.
Aang jumped onto Appa's head with Gyatso in his arms. Gyatso settled into his daddy's lap as Aang called "Yip, Yip." Appa took off, Gyatso copied "ip, ip." Once they were at a nice altitude Aang and Gyatso climbed into the saddle and shared a snack with their family.
After their snack, Kya and Sapphire yawned and fussed for a second. Aang played with Kya while Sapphire nursed. After Sapphire fell asleep Katara placed her in a warm bundle of blankets then nursed Kya. When Kya was asleep Katara snuggled her up with her sister in the same warm bundle. "They like to be close to each other when they sleep." Katara said as she watched the baby girls snuggle aginst each other.
Katara knew they were getting close to the village, the air was getting chilly. She dressed all the children in their warm furs, then pulled on her full length Parka. Aang never got cold... Something about Airbenders being able to control their own body heat with breathing technique.
"We will be there in about half an hour." Aang told her as he was showing Gyatso how to make a small air marble in his hands.
"Ok, sweetie, I cant wait to see my family again. It's been 3 months since we had last seen them." Katara said.
"You always get so happy when we go to your Tribe's village. It's so cute." Aang said with a smile.
"I don't really like living there but I love to visit." Katara told him.
"I like living close enough to be able to visit often." He responded.
Appa was preparing to land in the square; Katara could see her family standing in the front row to greet them.
Appa set down. "Papa!" Gyatso yelled as he jumped off of Appa into his grandfather's arms.
"I hate it when he does that." Katara grumbled.
"We want our Great-Granddaughters." Kanna said before Katara had even climbed out of the saddle.
"Ok Gran Gran." Katara called as she handed the twins down to Aang and he passed them to Kanna and Pakku.
"I am so happy to see you Katara!" Suki said as she hugged Katara.
"Are you ready to come live at the Southern Air Temple for three months?" Katara asked Suki.
"Yeah, getting away from the cold for a few months is going to be great." Suki answered.
"Lets go to my igloo and have tea. Gran Gran, Master Pakku, Dad, Would you like to come have tea also? I have wonderful news for everyone!" Katara asked her dad and grandparents.
"That would be lovely, Katara." Gran Gran said as she cuddled Kya.
When they got to Katara and Aang's Igloo, Aang heated the water for the tea. Katara put seven cups on a tray with the tea-pot. They filled the cups and passed them out to everyone.
"We have wonderful news for everyone!" Katara told them. "Sapphire is an Airbender! And Kya makes water ripple when she cries!"
"Oh my Spirits, another Airbender." Suki said.
"I've never seen a Waterbender show any signs until at least a year old. Looks like she inherited her mother's power." Master Pakku said.
"That is wonderful, Katara and Aang!" Hakoda was so happy for them.
They spent all day visiting with family and friends, Kanna made a wonderful feast for dinner, including vegetarian dished for Aang, and Gyatso. Katara took some of the cooked fruits and vegetables and mashed them up for Kya and Sapphire. As everyone ate the meal Kanna had cooked, Katara was telling Suki about all the changes that were made to get ready for the meetings due to start in about 2 weeks. (They left Haru's name out of everything because they wanted it to be a surprise for Sokka and Suki.)
"Where did you make the meeting hall?" Sokka asked Aang.
"The building that I found Monk Gyatso in... It needed a lot of work... I named it 'The Monk Gyatso Memorial Meeting Hall" He said proudly.
"It is beautiful now, I can't wait for you see it. They did a wonderful job with it." Katara said.
The rest of dinner went happily, Kanna brought out a tray of kale cookies and tea for dessert. "Gran Gran, I love your cooking... it's one of the things I miss about leaving here... The other things I miss are all of you." Katara smiled at her family, those were the only thing she missed about it too.
Appa loved playing with children. Aang had taken Gyatso to play slide with the other children.; however Gyatso played it a bit differently, he gave himself a bit of a boost up as he neared the end of Appa's tail, sending himself about five feet into the air then laughed as he softly floated back down. The other little kids thought it was awesome, as they watched the tiny Airbender play with them.
Katara had come out to tell Aang that lunch was ready, "Aang, lun..." she froze as she watched her little boy float down, she always got nervous when her son used Airbending to go up into the air or when he used it to float down.
Aang turned to her and saw the panicked look on her face. "He is fine, My Love, I promise. I'm right here, if something goes wrong I'll catch him. I would never let them get hurt."
"I know, it's just never something I imagined I would have to deal with, as a young girl imagining being a wife and mother. It's not normal watching your child send themselves flying into the air... well not for the people of the Water Tribes. I know it is for the Air Nomads though, I trust you Sweetie, but it's still scary to me... I know you would never let any harm come to us." She walked over to him as Gyatso went down Appa's Tail once more, she watched as he went up then came back down into his Daddy's arms. "Lunch is ready. I made Rice and Grilled Vegetables, and I cut up some soft fruit to go with it."
"Ok My Love, Gyatso lets go eat lunch." Aang said then took his wife's hand and walked back to their Southern Water Tribe village home.
When they walked into their home, Sukie had Kya, Sapphire, and Little Hakoda on their bellies on a blanket, on a fur pelt on the floor. "Kya keeps trying to escape." Sukie told them.
"Yeah, she is a free spirit like her daddy, even though she is a waterbender." Katara told her.
"She's not the only waterbender with a free spirit, you were ready to follow me to the North Pole the day after you met me, My Love, you have a free spirit too." Aang told his beloved wife.
"I hadn't ever realized that... I guess you are right, I have followed you wherever you went since I found you, leaving home... I never stopped following you and I will never stop following you... I love you Sweetie." She said then hugged him.
Sokka came in as they were getting ready to all sit down to eat lunch. He kissed his wife then took his son and played for a few minuets. Sokka gave him a small bite of rice. "Katara, you never cook meat anymore." Sokka grumbled.
"Why cook meat? I'm the only one who would eat it at home... No point really to make it. I don't really eat it anymore either." She told her brother. "Occasionally I'll have seal jerky or a piece of fish... but most of the time I just eat vegetarian like the rest of my family."
Aang smiled he had noticed she was just on the edge of vegetarianism too. "Don't change for me, My Love." He told her.
"I'm not, I'm fine without meat. How long have I been cooking food for you too? Since I met you. I'm just used to it, Sweetie." She smiled.
"Are you guys ready to leave in the morning?" Aang asked Sokka and Suki.
"I'm looking forward to warm weather again!" Suki said. "And spending time with you, Katara."
"You guys will love summer at The Southern Air Temple, it's so beautiful and there are lots of ponds to relax and cool off." Aang told them.
"Jade is excited to see you too, Suki." Katara said.
"She is such a sweet young woman." Suki said.
"She really is, she is my best friend." Katara said.
"I thought I was your best friend." Suki said
"You're my sister Suki." Katara told her. "Sisters have a special bond."
"We are ready to go, everything we need is packed... Sokka is bringing a lot of smoked fish and and seal jerky." Suki told them.
"There is a kitchen in the apartment for 'The Southern Water Tribe Representative" Katara told them. "You can bring meat with you, and cook for yourselves."
"Is that the apartment we stayed in the last time we stayed there?" Sokka asked.
"No, that one is gone now." Aang said.
"How is it gone?" Sukie said "What happened to it?"
"We remodeled our apartment and doubled it's size, it became part of ours." Katara told them. "We wanted something bigger since we have 3 children and a house guest."
"A house guest?" Sokka said.
"Yep... No we will not tell you who it is." Aang said. "You'll have to wait to see tomorrow."
"I will say he is Jade's boyfriend though." Katara said.
"Jade has a boyfriend?" Suki was a bit surprised.
"Yes, they are very much in love too." Aang said with a smile, he was still proud of the outcome of the set-up.
"They are so cute." Katara said.
The rest of the day passed quickly. Katara couldn't wait to get back home and show Suki all the changes; remodeling, decorations, the meeting hall, and Jade and Haru.