TA Disclaimers

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED ATLA. I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED THE CHARACTERS IN ATLA. I DO NOT OWN, NOR HAVE I EVER OWNED NICKELODEON. HAVE NO AFFILIATION, NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY AFFILIATION WITH THE WRITERS OR ANIMATORS OF ATLA. I HAVE NO AFFILIATION, NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY AFFILIATION WITH NICKELODEON.

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 airbenders 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.

Chapter 125

"We're almost home!" Aang called over his shoulder, Katara was sitting in Appa's saddle having snacks with Li and their three children; Jade and Haru were on Pumpkin along with most if their traveling necessities. Aang smiled back at his family, Li was helping Katara with the snacks. Li was not the same woman they rescued from her father. Most of her physical scars were beginning to vanish, her newest one was being cared for by one of the most powerful waterbenders in the world, and with her help Li was healing quite well. Her psychological scars were on the mend too. She transformed into a prouder, more confident woman, since she stood up to her father.

"Li, look there it is!" Katara said as she pointed to the castle floating on clouds. Katara and Jade had told Li about the air temple and about how beautiful it was, but Li had never imagined anything as beautiful as the sight that laid out before her. Tall glistening white towers reached for the noonday sun, with red accent tiles on the roofs of all the buildings.

"Oh my! Lady Katara is even more beautiful than I had imagined!" Li told her, she was a bit anxious about her new life in the sky. "Don't worry, the Air Acolytes will make you feel welcome." Katara chuckled softly, "They may be a bit jealous of your clothes, but they'll get over it."

"Thank you so much, both of you… I can never repay you for you kindness. You saved my life twice." Li's confidence faltered for a moment as she thought of the horrible things that happened to Katara, at her father's estate. "I don't really deserve your kindness… My father…"

Katara cut her off. "Li I never blamed you for what happened, and you know that. If it weren't for you I could have lost my little one because of all the horrible things those disgusting pigs wanted to do to me… Aang is very grateful too." Aang had been listening to the women's conversation, nodding in agreement. "You're going to love it here, this is where Aang grew up… Well until he was twelve then run away." Katara laughed.

"Hey! If I hadn't ran away, I would have never meet you, Mrs. Avatar!" He chuckled.

"Oh, Hey… Just what I need, another title." Katara laughed. "I think I'm going to forget who I am soon." Li laughed at Katara's joke. The trio joked and reminisced as they drew nearer to the temple.

Appa touched down in the center of a crowd of oranges reds yellows and browns, Pumpkin was only a few minutes behind them. Li panicked a bit as people closed in on them as they began to unload Appa, he hands began to wring the end of her over robe. "It's okay, Li," Katara put her hand on Li's shoulder and said in a comforting tone "They are just unloading Appa. I want you to spend the night in our guest room. Then we can walk down to the kitchen after breakfast. You'll love it." Katara was carrying Sapphire, and Li was helping by carrying Kya, Gyatso was walking along holding on to his mother's skirt.

Li smiled back at Katara, "Thank you so much."

"You are very welcome, Aang and I owe you so much. Now let's walk to my home."

"Hello, Ladies!" Jade said as she quickly walked over to her friends.

"How was your flight home?" Katara asked Jade as she led the way.

"Pumpkin's head got uncomfortable, so I moved to the saddle. Then the saddle got uncomfortable so I went back to her head." Jade said as she stretched a bit.

"Yeah, I always had a hard time flying when I'm pregnant too. It gets so uncomfortable." Katara agreed.

"Jade! Lady Katara!" Four girls hollered in unison as they ran up to them, hugging each of them tightly. "We missed you so much!"

"Hi my girls!" Katara said hugging them back. "This is Li, she is a friend we made in the Fire Nation! She wanted to become an Air Acolyte."

"Is she going to work in your home too?" Jasmine asked.

"No, she wants to work in the temple kitchen." Katara told the girls.

"Oh, you are going to love it, it's huge!" Lilly told Li smiling happily at the new member.

"Any good news from the Fire Nation?' Rose asked at they walked.

"I have some!" Jade said excitedly. "I'm pregnant!"

"How wonderful! A new baby!" Blossom exclaimed.

"Two new babies!" Katara said with a smile.

"Oh that's so wonderful! Congratulations!" The girls giggled and bounced.

"Thank you!" Aang said as he came up behind them.

"Dang it Aang! Where are your bells?!" Katara asked him.

"On my other boots." He said with a sideways smile.

"I hate it when you do that… I got you the bells for this exact reason!" Katara glared up at him

Lilly giggled, "He always startles her because he walks so softly that it hardly ever makes a sound." She told Li.

"He startles us too." Rose chimed in.

"Even me." Jade said with a smile.

Li felt oddly comfortable walking through the beautiful open hallways of The Southern Air Temple. It felt right to her, this was her new home and she wasn't afraid anymore. It had been years since she felt like this.

"I have an idea!" Katara squeaked with happiness. "I was going to wait until tomorrow, but I'm hungry, let's stop by the kitchen real quick and grab some snacks! Li can get a small look while we are there."

"You were just eating snacks with the children." Aang said to her.

"I know, but I'm hungry again Sweetie." She gave him her cutest pouty face.

"Okay, we will take a detour." He shook his head as he gave into her adorable pout.

"It's the baby, I swear." She told him.

"I know. Do we need to take a trip to your tribe for blubbered seal jerky like you like?" He asked her.

"Nope!" She told him. He raised an eyebrow as he gazed quizzically at her. "I have given up meat totally."

"Really?" He noticed her not eating meat during meals but he had just figured it was because she didn't feed their children any meat.

"Yes really!" She shook her head at him. "Boy, you underestimate me! I decided not to eat what the rest of my family does not."

"Boy?! Did you just call me a boy?" He was surprised by his wife's words.

"Yes I did… You will always be my Boy in an Iceberg, Sweetie." She took his hand and kissed the back of it as they walked.

Li had seen Avatar Aang and Lady Katara interact over this last few months that she was with them, but this was a completely different side of them, she figured it was because this was their home. That they were somewhat freer here. She followed along with the chattering group trying to take in all the beauty this ancient Air Temple held. There were corridors and balconies, stairs and gentle slopes, everything seemed to be reaching upward trying to touch the sky.

"You'll Love living here!" One of the girls that had greeted them as they began to walk back to Avatar Aang and Lady Katara's home. "I'm Jasmine! Who are you?" The girl smiled up at her.

"I'm Li." She manages a bit of a smile.

"We will get you all set up with your own room and everything." The petite girl told her. "I'm thirteen! How old are you?"

"Oh, I'm nineteen." Li told her.

"You're pretty!" The girl told her.

Li couldn't help but smile, nobody had ever told her she was pretty before, and her father had always looked at her with disgust. When Li was born there were complications and her mother had to be cut open, causing her to never be able to bear any more children. Her father always wanted a son that could follow in his footsteps and become a loyal soldier for The Fire Nation, and later a highly decorated soldier. Her mother died when Li was still young, she felt like she failed her husband because she couldn't give him the son he wanted. Shortly after the spoiled prince had dishonored her father in front of all the great Generals her mother could no longer take all the stress he was putting on her and she had drank a poison, she closed her eyes and never again opened them. Li knew her father blamed her for everything that had gone wrong in his life, she knew this because she heard it in a daily rant.

"It's your fault your mother can't give me anymore children! It's your fault I will never have my son! You are a worthless girl, good for nothing. You caused your mother to drink that poison!"

His words dug into her spirit, leaving her empty, a hollow shell desperate for love. Turning her into the perfect servant, she would do anything to get some sort of praise or affection from him.

"I'll be your friend! I can show you around!" Jasmine told Li. "I think it would be okay with Lady Katara if I helped you get use to this place. You are going to LOVE the kitchen! It is so big!"

Li had noticed that everyone was the same colors she was wearing, hers were a bit finer but Lady Katara had told her they would be, because they were Lady Katara's own dresses altered for her to have. Jasmine walked beside Li rambling on about all kinds of stuff about being an Air Acolyte. About all the beautiful places to see at the temple, she even chattered about the greenhouses, and all the different foods it produced. Li had been so absorbed in what the bouncy girl had told her that when she realized that everyone had stopped walking. When she looked up she was standing inside a huge room full of shelves upon shelves, tall cupboards stretched the expanse of the room on one side and stoves and ovens along the opposite, on the stoves there were pots steaming and bubbling, she could smell breads and cookies and cakes baking ion the ovens. Pots and pans hung from racks that themselves hung from the ceiling. Long, sturdy wooden tables set end to end ran the expanse of the room, on the tables were bushels of almost every kind of fruits and vegetables she could think of, there were bags of grains, some spilling over. It was more then she had expected, when they told her she could work in the temple kitchen she had imagined something close to the size of the kitchen at the Fire Nation Palace, this was one hundred times grander than she had expected.

Li was still taking in the kitchen when she heard the sweet girl's voice, "Come on Li! We are going to Avatar Aang and Lady Katara's home now!" The girl took her hand and led her back to the group of people. They walked up a few stair cases then walked through an archway that led to a circular area that had several doors in it.

"Okay, Li. This is our home." Aang said as he opened the door for his wife. Jade followed Katara, the Li went in next. Li was taken aback by their home, The Avatar was a very important person, yet their home was smaller than her father's home, there weren't trophies scattered about showing his greatness, no expensive art that Lady Katara had bought, no tapestried or banners. It was a simple home, beautiful but simple, Li actually felt relieved, less anxious about her new life. She now realized why Avatar Aang had told her they didn't need any servants in their home.

Katara set Sapphire down on the front room floor then turned to Li. "I'll show you to the room you will be staying in for tonight." Katara began giving Li a tour of the simple house, Li peered into the rooms as Katara opened each door in the house. The last think Katara had showed her was the guest room. "The bed is very soft."

Aang came up behind them yet again, startling them yet again. He let out a short chuckle, the mischievous side of him actually like to see then jump. "I'll talk to Xing Ying in the morning to get Li her own room and everything else she needs."

"Thank you both so much… No one has ever showed me as much kindness as you have." Li said as she wiped a tear.

"Li, I am happy to help you, you father was a horrible, horrible man. You don't need to be afraid of him anymore. Fire Lord Zuko sent him along with everyone still alive that raided the palace to The Boiling Rock, AND you are here, you can live free of all the pain he caused you. We love you Li, and we want you to be happy here… Who knows you may even meet a guy here." Katara beamed as she saw the corners of Li's mouth turned up and her cheeks pinked a bit.

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