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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 Aang had decided to take Karata out on a date… It was a special banquet in honor of The Avatar. Once they were there nothing was like it should have been for a first date… Katara didn't even get to sit near Aang. It was such a failure that Aang and Katara decided it didn't count, Aang asked er out on a second first date.

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

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Chapter 105

Things went back to fairly normal. Katara really loved her Fire Nation house, sitting on the veranda was so nice. She still gave cookies to the children that stopped said hello. Katara always had a little bag of goodies for Kayla when she and her mother passed. Katara once asked Akemi why she brings Kayla to work, there was no one at home to care for Kayla, and if there were someone to watch her they couldn't afford to pay.

Aang came home from the days meetings; Katara was sitting on the floor in the front room playing with her three small children. She just didn't seem as happy as normal. "Hi, My Love how was your day?"

"It was okay." She sounded a little down.

"Is there something wrong?" He walked over to her and sat next to her.

"Just realized something today, I take everything we have for granted..." She mumbled. "We don't have to work for anything... We don't have to bring our young children to work with us because there is no one to watch them, because we can't afford to pay for childcare."

"Oh, what brought this up?" Aang asked her as he rubbed her back.

"Akemi... I asked her why she always had Kayla with her..." Katara sighed. "I wish there was some way to help her."

"I don't know if there is My Love, we can't pay for her child care. We're not exactly rich... Everything we need is provided back home; we get gifts all the time like our new home here. Zuko provides all our food needs right from the palace kitchens... I hate to put it this way, but we have what we have because I'm The Avatar."

"I know Sweetie, I just hate seeing people that need help. Maybe I could offer to watch Kayla while we are here, Gyatso would love to play with her, with all his new toys from Uncle Zuko."

"Mama... I give Kayla toys." Gyatso said to her.

"You want to give her some of your toys, Little one?" Aang asked his son.

"Yes, Daddy to help." His son answered.

"Are you sure? Uncle Zuko just gave all them to you?" Aang asked his son.

"Yes Daddy, I want to help too." Gyatso said.

"You are such a good little boy." Katara said to her sweet son.

"Ok, it's settled, we will offer our help as soon as we see them." Aang said.

"Let's go have some tea on the veranda and watch for them." Katara said as she got up to get the tea snacks and goodies, as well as a small bag of rock candy for Kayla.

They weren't outside for too long when they saw Akemi and Kayla coming down the street. Katara stood up and walked about half a block to meet up with the woman and her daughter. "Akemi, Aang and I want you and Kayla to sit with us and have some tea."

"Please Mommy; I want to tell my friends I had tea with The Avatar and his family!" Kayla pleaded.

"I wish we could, but I have to bake bread to go with dinner tonight, that's going to take a couple hours." Akemi said to them.

"I have a couple loafs of bread, just delivered from the palace this afternoon, I will give them to you. Aang and I would be honored if you would join us." Katara smiled at the woman.

As mile grew on Akemi's face, "I would Love to! Thank you so very much Lady Katara."

"Thank you Akemi, we are happy you will be joining us." Katara said as they walked back to Aang and Katara's home, Kayla was skipping in delight.

As she walked to her home Katara saw the hooded figure dart off into an alleyway and disappear. Katara had seen the hooded figure several times in the area, in different places but it was the same figure. Katara had brushed it off one to many times, she needed to talk to Aang about it tonight, but for now she was happy to have Akemi and Kayla over for tea.

Katara led the way up the steps to the tea table. The three of them sat down, Kayla sat next to Gyatso, he offered her a sweet roll. "Mama may I?" Kayla asked.

Akemi smiled and said "Yes, you may."

"You may have all you want, Kayla." Aang said.

Kayla's eyes grew ten times bigger, "Thank you so much Avatar!"

"I want to ask you something but I don't want you to think I'm stepping out of bounds... If you feel I am, please tell me so." Katara said to the woman.

"Okay..." Akemi said.

"Would you consider letting me watch Kayla sometimes, when you work, to make things a little easier. Gyatso would love to play with her... It's ok if you say no, it was just a thought, and I wanted to help you." Katara said.

Akemi sat in utter astonishment she was frozen for a few minutes "Lady Katara, you're nobility, not a poor washer woman's sitter. It's not your place to babysit."

"I am no better than you... My house, A gift from The Fire Nation, the food on this table, delivered from the palace a few hours. My maid is my best friend, she is laying down right now because her morning sickness has been bad. We are just normal people, and I want to help you."

"I help too, toys for Kayla." Gyatso said.

"Please let me help you, at least once... Maybe tomorrow?" Katara gave the woman a reassuring smile, "You can drop her off on your way to work."

"Ummm... You really want to help me! But I'm nobody..." Akemi said.

"Your daughter said Avatar Roku was your great great uncle... So we are family." Aang said, he had sat back quietly this entire time, just watching his kind wife try to help this woman. "Excuse me please, I can hear my daughters, they must have just woken up." Aang got up and went into the house.

"Seriously, he can hear them? I didn't hear anything!" Akemi said.

"Yeah, it's something his Earthbending Master taught him to do, he can hear a beetle burrowing underground." Katara said.

Aang reemerged from the house 10 minutes later with a pretty little girl on each of his hips.

"They are very beautiful, Avatar Aang and Lady Katara." Akemi said, admiring the two girls.

"Thank you." Katara and Aang said in unison.

"So, will I be seeing you tomorrow morning?" Katara asked the woman.

"Please mommy, may I stay with them tomorrow, please?" Kayla asked

"Please." Gyatso said also. "Play with toys."

The little boy's adorable pleas were to cute to refuse. "Ok tomorrow morning. It just seems so odd to have someone who's station in life is so much higher than mine to offer to watch my child."

"Thank you for giving me the honor of helping you." Katara said.

"We must go now, thank you for the tea and snacks." Akemi said to them.

"Let me go get the bread for you and I have something for Kayla inside." Katara got up and walked into the house to retrieve the 4 loafs of bread and the small sack of jelly candy for Kayla. Gyatso followed her into the house and ran upstairs and grabbed a beautiful doll from one of the shelves in his room and ran back outside.

When Katara got back outside she saw her son, "Kayla, toy for you." Gyatso said handing the beautiful doll dressed in royal clothes.

"Here is the bread I said I'd give you." Katara said then turned to Kayla, "Take the doll he wants you to have it, and I want you to have this." Katara handed the little girl the sack of candy.

"Thank you so much!" The little hugged the new doll tightly, "She's so pretty, Mama."

"She is pretty... Thank you all again... We must go now, Goodbye."

"Goodbye." The family said in return. "We will see you in the morning."

Around the dinner table that night Katara told Jade and Haru about tea that day. "So we will be having a little visitor tomorrow. Akemi has agreed to let me watch Kayla while she is working."

"Play with Kayla!" The very smart little boy said.

"I just felt so bad that she works so hard and has to take her daughter with her because there is no one to care for Kayla."

Jade sat quietly for a few minutes... "Katara, I'm going to have to bring my baby with me when I work for you."

"I hadn't thought of that... but I don't think it's the same. I would be offended if you didn't bring your child with you, I know you work for me, but you are more like a friend spending the day with me, with a few chores... I don't work you hard... Akemi works so hard but gets hardly any pay... Back home we all work together, we all get the same... Housing, food, necessities, everyone benefits from it all." Katara said.

"That is true." Jade smiled.

Katara came into her room from the nursery; she sat down at the dressing table and started happily humming as she brushed her hair. She felt happy she was going to help Akemi with Kayla. Kayla was such a sweet little girl; she was so excited to spend the day with the Avatar's family.

Aang finished with his nightly meditation just after Katara had come back from her hour of putting their daughters to bed. Her humming made him happy, but from past experience, he resisted the urge to smile. He sat motionless, listening to her beautiful voice. After a few minutes he opened his eyes, she had seen his reflection and said "I'm so happy about tomorrow, watching Kayla is going to be fun."

"I know you will enjoy it, I may have to leave before she gets here. Meetings and all, My Love." Aang said to her as he got up from his pillow and went to stand behind her in her chair, he started to run his fingers through her hair, goose bumps made her feel like her hair was standing on end. She closed her eyes and purred at the sensation. He leaned down and softly kissed her cheek, then made a trail to her neck then lightly bit where her neck and shoulder met.

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