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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:

Chapter 113

Aang and Zuko were discussing security upgrades to the palace in Zuko's office when Katara voice came screaming down the hall. "Aang help! Help me!" her voice got louder as she got closer.

Panicking Aang and Zuko jumped up as fast as they could throwing the office doors open just in time to see, not one, but two small redish-orangish-yellowish blurs zoom passed them. They looked in the direction the blurs had come from.

"Aang Stop Them!" Katara yelled to the father of the blurs.

Aang looked over at his friendthen dpown the hall in the direction the fast moving tiny airbenders went in. "Sorry I bett get them before they cause too much trouble." A loud scream came from down the hall.

"Too late." Zuko said with a laugh.

"I'll be right back." Aang told him then became a blur of yellow and orange himself.

Katara came to a stop next to Zuko. "He showed her how to run." She said, painting and gasping for breath. "They were running around in the front roomof the suit you gave us... a girl came in to make sure we were okay, to see if we needed anything. The frightened the poor girl thenslipped out in the confusion. I hope the girl is okay, Jade is with her right now."

Zuko was dumbfounded for a few moments, he looked down the hall then back at Katara. "You... you deal with this all the time?"

"No, not this much. Gyatso just showed Sapphire how to run. Normally it's just him no big deal, as long as he doesn't get out." Katara told him. "Sapphire is only a year old, Gyatso didn't figure out how to run until he was a year and a half."

"How do they do that?" Zuko asked.

"I have no idea. The only think I know, and this is because I asked Aang about it, somehow they slightly walk on air." Katara told him.

Aang came walking back, Sapphire on his hip and Gyatso's hand in his. "What do you need to tell Mommy?" He asked the little boy.

"I sowwy Mommy." The two and a half year old little boy said, head hung low.

Katara wanted to smile at him but he was in trouble and was being repremamded. "You know you aren't supposed to go outside our home, you can get hurt. Inside is okay Little One."

"Mommy, we inside... a BIG inside." Gyatso said.

"We are not inside OUR area though. You need to apologize to Uncle Zuko too, this is HIS house." Katara told the boy.

"Your house BIG!" Gyatso said to Zuko.

Zuko smiled "Yes it is big."

Aang nudged Gyatso, "That wasn't an apology."

Gyatso took a breath and blew it out rippling the tapestries around them. "I sowwy Uncle, I be good now."

"Why dont we all go outside, to my mother's turtle-dunk pond?" Zuko suggested. "We can let the children play and we can have some tea and snacks... Cookies maybe?"

Gyatso brightened up. "Cookies!"

"Let me go get Mai and Ursa, while you go collect Jade and Haru. We can meet outside in ten minuets." Zuko said as he locked his office door, then strode down the hall to find his family.

They all met up by the turtle duck pond, there were a few more guards around the parimiter than what would normaly be. Some of the ser`vents were out setting up a table with chairs, kitchen girls started coming out with trays of tea and cookies and all kinds of cakes, buns and candies too. The servents also put down blankets for them to sit on on the ground.

They all talked and laughed as they watche d the children play. Katara had Kya and sapphire on her lap while they all tosses bread to the turtleducks. Kya got a bit excited trying to go to the turtle ducks and accidently pulled a small wave onto herself. She got the cutest little pouty face on then began to cry."Oh, poor little girl! It will be okay, it's just a little water." Katara said as she comforted the crying baby.

"Dada" she kept saying as she cried arms stretched out to Aang.

He got up and walked over to them, "My Kya. Did yuou get yourself all wet? We can dry you off really quickly." He lightly blew her dry then took her into his arms. As soon as he had her in his arms she wrapped her little arms around his neck and and pressed her face into the crook of his neck.

Katara watched as the baby girl started to calm down. "See and if you had sent us home you wouldn't be her hero right now." Katara grinned widly at the Daddy daughter moment.

"I know... You're always right." He said to Katara.

"No, not ALWAYS, just most of the time." Katara laughed.

Gyatso walked up to the tea table and put his hand out, "Cookie please?" He said to Zuko. Smiling, he handed a cookie to the boy. Gyatso put the cookie in this other hand then again he reached out his empty hand, "Cookie please?" Zuko shifted his eyues over to Aang and Katara who just shrugged, so he gave the boy another cookie. Gyatso sat down next to Ursa on a blanket under a tree, "Cookie!" He saoid as he handed the little two your old one of the cookies he had gotten.

"He's doing it again." Katara said as she laughed. "Too much like his daddy, such a flirt."

"Hey now, I couldn't help it you were to pretty to not flirt with." Aang said chuckeling. Ashe rubbed Kya's back as she shuttered a couple times, "I think she fell asleep, Katara can you come check, please."

Katara set Sapphire on the ground then stood up from her position infront of the Turtle Duck pond, "Yeah she fell asleep cuddeling her daddy. Do you want me to take her or are you okay with holding her for a while?"

"No, this is fine, she wanted me anyways." He said as he kissed the top of the sleeping baby girl's head, she had attached herself to him. "It's just about nap time for them anyways."

"So what is going to happen with Li?" Zuko asked Aang and Katara.

"She has decided to become an Air Acolyte!" Katara said. "Jade and I already gave her dresses to wear... She is scared so baddly, her father was crule and abusive to her. I'm not going to press her an anything... I wanjt her to talk to me when she's ready."

"That man is the reasoin I have this." Zuko said pointing to scar. "He wanted to send a whole company of new recruits, 'fresh meat' on the fromt lines," He took a breath then let it out, "they would have all been killed, they never saw a single day of battle... I spoke pout and told him that that was wrong, that he couldn't do that... and we all know about the Agni Kai."

"As you can see," Zuko gestured to all the extra guards, "I've already ampped up security here at the palace, we should be safe here until he's cought."

"We need to get a council and generals together we need to stop him... I already almost lost Katara and one of my children in the kidnapping. Li said you and your family are at risk also. We have to figure this all out." Aang said as he swayed with the sleeping baby.

"I know Aang. I've already summoned my best Generals... I have a spy as well... She has found her way into the going on's with this New Ozai group, Quite easily actually... That's why she was always covered up when she went to see you. Azula has helped us a lot already." Zuko told all of them.

"I'm sorry but I don't think this is appropriate conversation around little ones." Mai said standing up. "Like Aang said, it's nap time for the children."

Katara and Jade collected Gyatso and Sapphire while Aang, Kya still in his arms, walked back to their quarters with them.

Dinner was served a few hours later in the grand dinning room. Li was sitting off by herself, as far from Zuko as she could get. For the last ten years she heard her father obsessively rant like a lunatic about being shamed by a thirteen year old spoiled Prince in front of all the great war generals.

"Hey... ah... Aang we will have that converasation after dinner." Zuko said as everyone ate their dinners. The kitchen staff had prepaired special vegetarian dishes for the Avatar and his family.

"In your office?" Aang asked.

"Yeah... I have some papers in there that I need to go over, with you... Security measures and all that stuff." The FireLord told him.

"Okay, let me help Katara put..." He started but was cut off.

"No Aang, you go with Zuko after dinner. I can bathe and put our little ones to bed by myself." Katara said. "It is important that you guys talk about this stuff. It was VERY kind of Zuko to allow us stay here... to stay together as a family."

"You guys are part of my family... you are the first real friends I have ever had." Zuko said to them.

After dinner Katara hurded her little ones to their quarters. She bathed them and sang them all to sleep. She was so worn out, She filled the huge bathtub with hot water. As she uyndressed she looked in the mirror at herself, the time she was locked up in that tiny room with hardly anything to eat then all the time she was in and out had altered her normaly curvacious body into someone boney and siclky looking. She did not want Aang to see her body like this... It broke her heart how did he feel. Her hands came up to rest on her tummy, you couldn't see anything yet but she was so scared that there might be something wrong... Not eating burned her body fat to nurish the baby. She climbed into the deep tub and let herself slide down until the water came up to just under her nose. As she soaked her hands still on her tummy, she concentrated on the baby. She unintentionaly activated her healing abilities, she could see the baby in her mind. She could feel the strong steady beat of it's heart... Not IT'S heart... Her heart, she didn't know how this was working but she knew it was another little girl. She closed her eyes and concentrated on the baby's energies, letting it flow over her, the baby was just fine. A strong little stuborn girl, fighting to live... What Hide had done to her should have killed the baby and she knew it.

"So what's going on?" Aang asked Zuko.

"Well I've trippled the guard count around the palace and ordered more soldiers to police the capital. I've also sent out several covert teams to find where they went into hiding." Zuko told Aang.

"We need to end this as quickly as possible... They can't succede... I'm the Avatar, I'm theone who is supposed to keep the world in balance..." Aang was slumped down in the chair across from Zuko.

"You have never had to do it alone Aang, we ALL worked together to get things back in balance... And we will contenue to keep it in balance... You are never alone." Zuko said.

"She doesn't know it, but she has nightmares sometimes... she yells for me... Begs for help... she doesn't know I noticed but she lost quite a bit of weight while she was gone and while she was asleep... I'm scared for my family... I'm scared for your family, too." Aang was so stressed out but when he was around Katara he had to be strong... look strong... it was hard when you feel like a little boy that just found out you lost all your people... Your entire culture iradicated as if it were some sort of desease.

"Hey, we're done for now... Go be with your family." Zuko said stacking some papers neately on his desk. "Nothing bad is going to happen, not in the palace atleast."

Katara was still in the deep tub in their bedroom, soaking in the relaxing hot water when Aang came in. "Oh, you are back sooner than I thought you would be." She said lowering herself under the water so he couldn't see how skinny she had gotten.

He watched her suspiciously for a moment then asked "Why did you just sink down in the tub?"

"A... A cold draft came in with you... Burrrr it's cold on my wet skin." She said awkwardly.

"You were born and raised on a huge chunk of ice... When did cold and wet ever bug you?"He asked her.

"Okay... I just... I don't feel comfortable with you seeing my body right now." She said uncomfortably to him.

"Why? You've never had that problem before." He didn't understand why she was acting funny.

"I... Because I'm all sucked up and boney... It's uggly." She wimpered.

"Oh, My Love you will never be ugly to me." He reached his hand out to hers. "Come on... take my hand."

Her insides were turning on her, she felt so nervous as she stared at his hand. "If you wont come out I will take you out... it's your choice." He softly told her, trying to coax her out of the water." Her eyes were full of fear. She looked from his hand to his grey eyes. His eyes were almost sliver right now, full of love, comfort, and support. "Please, My Love, Come to me." She began to slowly stretch her arm out to him, their fingers touched. His hand remained still, he waited fpor her to close her hand around his before he closed his own. He never once broke his direct eye contact with her.

Once she was fully out of the tub he collected her in his arms and carried her to their bed. He gently set her down on the down comforter. Softly touching his lips to hers. "I love you, Katara. I have for what feels like forever... I woud never think you are ugly in anyway... Ever, My Love."

Her cheeks grew rosey and a smile appeared on her face. "I love you too." She drew him into a deeper kiss, a kiss that she never wanted to end.

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