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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 112

"Aang please, I'm feeling much better. I want to go down stairs, I want to see people, I want to cook for my family. I can't stay coped up in here all the time." Katara had recovered nicely over the last few days.

Aang was afraid, he was afraid that if she left their bedroom something bad would happen to her. She was gone for almost a week but to him it might as well have been for 17 months, like he was for her. He had gone crazy, hurt, frustrated, angry, scared, and anxious. "Well... I don't know... I just... I'm scared, okay Katara, I scared something will happen again." He admitted to her.

"Oh, Sweetie, is that why you won't leave my side? I promise you I'm okay. You helped make me okay." Katara tried to reassure him.

"You have no idea how it made... Yeah, you do never mind." Aang said realizing how she had felt when she thought he was dead.

"Well, I can walk on my own... with a little support so I'm going to leave this room. I'm going to go talk to Li; I need to talk to her. You can help me or you can watch me do it myself but I'm not staying in here anymore!" Katara said as she readied herself to stand up.

He couldn't just sit and watch her, so he gave in. "Okay, okay I'll help you. Why are you so damn stubborn?"

"Since when has my stubbornness been new to you?" She asked him. "In as long as you have known me, when have I not been stubborn? That's what I thought!"

Aang extended his hand to her, to help her stand up. Once she was up she got herself dressed, and looked sadly at her reflection in her mirror. She put on a smile that Aang knew was fake and they went down stairs together, Aang helped Katara to the couch. Katara was so happy to be out of their bed and down stairs with everyone else.

"Mommy!" Her sweet beautiful children said as they all ran to her.

"Hello my little ones! I'm so happy to see you guys, I messed you so much, all locked up in the room." She gave Aang a quick dirty look then turned back to her children. After she happily played with her children and visited with everyone she asked Aang to help her into the garden, she wanted to talk to Li alone, well Aang could be there but she didn't want anyone else around, it was nobody's business what she needed to talk to Li about.

Katara sat down at a table in the garden, Li joined her. Aang went into the kitchen and made tea really quick and brought it out for them all, and then he took a seat next to his wife. Li was too ashamed to even try to look Katara in the face; she just kept staring into her tea cup. Aang had already told Katara about the conversation he had had with Li in the garden.

"Li..." Katara started. "What happened to me wasn't your fault. I hold no blame or ill will towards you; if anything I owe you my gratitude. I know that you are the reason those men didn't get to do to me what they wanted to. Please look at me; I want to look into your eyes, to thank you properly."

Li slowly lifted her head; Katara saw so many years of hurt and sadness in the woman's eyes. "Li, I don't blame you for anything that happened to me, I know you were just doing what your father told you to do. We can see your physical scars and bruises; I can't imagine how bad the emotional and psychological ones are. I want to help you, to make you feel safe; we will do anything in our power to help you. Aang told me you want to become an Air Acolyte... Would you like to start now?"

Li nodded her head slowly "Yes please... but I don't know what I need to do to start being one."

Katara smiled, "I'll help you Li." Katara turned to Aang, "Get me some water, please Sweetie."

Aang went into the house real quick and grabbed a glass of water and brought it out to Katara. "Here you go, My Love."

"First I want to help you with all those bruises you've been trying to hide from everyone." Katara said in a reassuring voice as she reached out to take Li's hand.

Li was hesitant but put her hand into Katara's. Katara pushed Li's sleeve back revealing more than she had expected to see. "I'm going to heal as much of this as I can. Katara pulled the water out of the glass and onto her hands; Li was surprised to see the water begin to glow. Katara worked on each cut, bruise, and scar as best she could, after about an hour Li looked completely different, happier even.

"Next, will be your clothes." Katara said with a smile. "Air Acolytes wear Air Nomad colors. Sweetie we need to go inside now, please help me."

Once inside the house Jade brought down several dresses, some of her own and some of Katara's. "Jade, is an Air Acolyte."

Jade smiled at Li, "I'm happy to see you have decided to become an Air Acolyte... I've been an Acolyte since The Harmony Restoration Movement... over seven years now. I was among the first of them, Aang and Katara are my best friends, Li, I have been one of Katara's Maidens" Jade laughed "Well I'm her Maid now." Jade said rubbing the little ball of her tummy that was just barely showing. "Aang and Katara set me and my husband up, literally, it was a set up. They are very wonderful people."

Jade and Katara had Li try on the dresses, pined back the areas the dresses didn't fit right, on her slender frame, then went quickly to work altering the dresses to fit Li. In a matter of less than an hour, Li was dressed in Air Nomad colors and was smiling for the first time in a what felt like years to her.

Lunch time rolled around faster than they had expected, "And the last thing to becoming an Air Acolyte, it might be hard at first but you'll get used to it, is vegetarianism. Air Nomads believe all life is sacred, so they don't eat meat." Katara told Li as she readied lunch for everyone.

"Your children are beautiful." Li said as she watched everyone putting food at the table and children in seats.

"Thank you, Li." Aang smiled.

After lunch all the children were put down for their naps the adults sat in the front room to talk. "Li I need you to tell my husband everything you know about The new Ozai group and what their plans are. Don't be scared we will do everything we can to protect you." Katara told her as the had tea.

"They... They want to overthrow Fire Lord Zuko, they want the Avatar to return what he took from Fire Lord Ozai. They are planning to break him out of prison... Once he kills Fire Lord Zuko and princess Ursa, he is going to have the thrown returned to him and they are going to start another war. They will do anything they can to put Ozai back on the thrown. Even go after innocent children." Li was truly afraid.

What Li told them scared them all very much, nobody was safe. "I really hate to make you do this Li," Aang said, "but I need to take you to Fire Lord Zuko... to tell him everything you told us. He needs to know, you must understand the severity of this plan of theirs."

"Yes Avatar Aang, I do. I will speak with him; nobody has ever shown me the kindness that you all have, even with me having to take part in Lady Katara's kidnapping." Li told them all.

Aang took Li straight to Zuko, he was in his office, he hated he thrown room the flames just weren't him. He was reading over some papers when Aang walked in, Li with him. "We have a huge problem, Li is General Bujing's daughter she knows a lot of information that we need to discuss."

After she told Zuko everything she had told Aang and the others Aang and Zuko talked together alone, Li was waiting outside Zuko's office.

"They aren't safe, none of my family is... they'd do anything to get me, I can't sit and wait until something bad happens. I have to send them all back home... It's the safest place for them." Aang was pacing in front of Zuko's desk as he talked.

"Your right Aang, they are not safe right now. I need to triple the security at the prison as well as here at the palace, me and my family aren't safe either." Zuko said rubbing his temples trying to relax the headache he had gotten from all this away.

"I'm going to go home and talk to Katara, I am going to send her back home where she and the children are safe." Aang said right before he left.

Zuko sat back in his chair, he was scared too. Just the thought of Ozai hurting Ursa infuriated him; he started writing out orders upon orders to post more guards in and around the prison Ozai is in and others to post more guards in and around the Palace.

Aang and Li walked back to Aang and Katara's house. Aang told Li about sending everyone back to the Southern Air Temple, and that she was to go with them.

"Katara, I need to talk with you!" Aang called as soon as he walked in the door.

"Yeah? What did Zuko have to say?" Katara asked as she came out of the kitchen.

"You and the children, and Li, Jade and Haru are going to The Southern Air Temple. If you stay you are in danger. I can't have you in danger... I just can't."

"NO!" Katara said. "You promised you would never leave us again! Sending us home while you staying here is leaving us. I am a fighter I can fight just fine!"

"Don't even try that one, you got tricked and got kidnapped. I was dying inside worried sick... You can't stay here! I won't allow it."

"You will not win this one, Aang! No matter what you think or do or say I will not leave you here and go home" Katara yelled at him.

"Why are so so damn stubborn, I'm afraid, ok Katara I'm truly scared that I'll lose you forever... Not just you If I lost any of the children it would kill me. I WILL NOT ALLOW IT!" Aang yelled.

"Oh, you mean like how I almost lost you when you were twelve! Like how everyone thought you died, the day of the explosion! How I was all alone raising our son by myself?! Don't play that card with me!" Katara yelled back.

Aang, could feel the anger building up, "I need to clear my head right now!" He said then grabbed his staff and walked back outside.

As Aang soared peacefully through the sky it made him feel better, detaching himself from the earth, becoming one with the sky. He watched people milling around in the streets, as he flew over a beautiful park he could see happy families playing together and eating together... BEING TOGETHER. His mind went to his own family, how much he loved them, how even only a few hours a day away from them made him a little sad. How could he send them back? He knew it would break his heart to see them go. Katara was right, too, he had promised he would never leave them again; he has NEVER broken a single promise to her. 'It is no longer safe for them here right now... the safest place in the city was the palace... The Palace!" Aang knew exactly what to do. He flew to the palace and landed in the courtyard. He walked through the palace to find his friend.

"Zuko, I have an Idea! I need to ask you something." Aang told his friend in his office.

"Okay, I'm listening." Zuko said to him.

"Katara won't leave; we just got in a huge fight over it... I was wondering... Can we stay here until this is over with? Please Zuko it's the only way to keep them all safe." Aang pleaded with him.

"I think I might have a few spare rooms here." Zuko joked trying to lighten the mood.

"Thank you so much Zuko! I'll go get everyone and come right back!" Aang ran out of the room, he ran straight home blasting air as he did.

As soon as he entered the house everyone's attention turned to him. "We need to pack up our stuff. We are all staying at the Palace until this is all over."

After the family was settled nicely in their quarters Aang walked across the palace to Zuko's office. The door was open so Aang knocked on the door jam.
"Oh, hey Aang! Is everything okay?" Zuko said putting some paper to the side.
Aang sat down in the chair across from Zuko. "Yep, we are all settled in and everyone is happy. Thank you again Sifu Hotman, you know how stubborn Katara is." Aang said.

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