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 written prequels to Together Again, they are part of what I call my TAU (Together Again Universe) here is a list of them along with its Summary

A Second First Date; Aang wants to take Katara out for the perfect date, their first date was so bad Aang want's this one to be perfect… Aang wants to take Katara out for the perfect date, their first date was so bad Aang want's this one to be perfect… You don't always get a second chance.

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; She was ready to travel the world the moment she turned 16. Little did she know, life never goes as expected and that a young Airbending Master just starting out on her own is no exception. Will the winds of change bring her happiness and fulfillment? Or will she only to bed led to sorrow and regret?

I have a new collection of One-shots called Dear Diary: They are Katara's thoughts that take place during the time they traveled the world before the Hundred Year War ended.

Other stories I am currently working on (Together Again Universe are marked as TAU)

A Warrior's Path: Suki wants to be the best warrior she can be and follow in her mother's footsteps. Life comes with so many choices to make, will she always make the right choice? Will life teach her to be the best leader she can be or is there something else in store for her?

Across the Wastelands: (TAU) Aang is sent on a journey by King Bumi… One that only he can take… To search for something very important, except Bumi wouldn't tell him what he needed to find! What will he find? (Completed, takes place during Chapter 132)

Embers: (TAU) This story is a spinoff from Together Again. After Mai's death Zuko took his daughter to Ba Sing Se for a vacation; he wanted to get as far from the Fire Nation as he could, leaving nightmares and bad memories behind. One day Zuko took his daughter to the Zoo that Aang had created and that is where he met the beautiful green-eyed, chocolate brown haired beauty Taryn.

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Chapter 137

"Don't even try it!" Katara told her baby airbenders as she followed them down the palace hallways. Gyatso and Sapphire haven't had much space to move around since the family left the Southern Air Temple. They had been allowed to run around in their quarters but they get bored of that quickly. Kya was toddling along at the same pace as her mother. Gyatso and Sapphire let out a little snicker then bolted around a corner. "Hey! I said no!" She hollered knowing that her children were probably already out of earshot. She turned the corner, she found a confused looking Taryn standing in the middle of the hallway.

"Uummm Hi!" Taryn said.

"Did you see my children?" Katara asked then laughed softly.

"I'm not sure what I saw." Taryn looked really confused.

"Orange and yellow blurs and a gust of wind?" Katara asked.

"Yeah, something like that." Taryn answered.

"That would be my children." Katara laughed.

"How…?" The only other airbender she had seen was the goofy kid that her mother kept ranting about for ruining her sister's brand new dress ten years ago.

"I have no idea, you'd have to ask their daddy." Katara told her. "So… you must be coming from the Royal Family's suite." Taryn's face went bright red. "It's the only thing in this area… don't worry I won't tell on you."

"I… No we… Oh…" Taryn wasn't sure what to say. "He just wanted to show the suite to me… My mother would kill me if she knew I was even close to it."

"I won't tell on you and Zuko's not like that anyways." Katara told the young woman.

"Hi!" Taryn felt a tug at her skirt.

"Oh, Hi!" Taryn knelt down to see the little girl better.

"This is Kya, she's my little waterbender." Katara explained to Taryn.

"She's so pretty." Taryn said to Katara.

"Thank you!" Kya answered then buried her face in her mother's skirts.

"Aang just dropped Ursa off with her Nanny." Katara told her. "Then he had to leave the palace for a little bit."

"I didn't know she had a nanny… She was always with Zuko back in Ba Sing Se, and whenever we spent time together she was with us then too."

"He is a great father, but he has responsibilities here, his office is big but far too small to have Ursa in there with him all the time. He won't need one anymore after the wedding." Katara said to Taryn.

"Do you have a nanny?" Taryn asked Katara.

"No, I have my Housekeeper slash best friend and Maidens that help me." Katara put her hand on her growing belly. "I've been pregnant twice since we get married almost three years ago."

"Twice? You have three children and your pregnant now… No disrespect but isn't that three pregnancies?"

"Yeah it is. Gyatso was eighteen months old when Aang and I got married." Katara explained.

"You… and… The Avatar… before!" Taryn started to blush at just the idea, she was clueless on the whole birds and the bees stuff but she knew the basics and was raised being taught that only married couples should be doing that.

"Don't call him that… He hates being addressed so formally by his friends." Katara told Taryn.

"I… okay, I didn't know he would think of me that way." Taryn answered.

"Zuko is family to us, figuratively and literally… Zuko's great-grandfather is Avatar Roku, and since the Avatar is the same person reincarnated Aang sees Zuko as his great-grandson." Katara explained. "So you are family to us!"

"I didn't know the last Avatar was his great-grandfather." Taryn was amazed at all the new things she was learning about the 'tea server' she fell in love with.

"Walk with me." Katara told Taryn "I need to find my children."

"Maybe they're visiting Ursa?" Taryn suggested.

"That is a good place to start!" Katara smiled.

Taryn felt another tug on her skirt, when she looked down the one year old held her arms out. "Up pwease."

"You are just so adorable." Taryn said as she bent down and picked up the copper-skinned little girl.

"They are all really good most of the time… My airbenders need to move; they don't like being cooped up for too long, it's that nomadic blood in them."

"So where's your husband?" Taryn asked as they walked.

"He talked to Zuko earlier… He needs to look at the old census records… He's looking for some people." Katara said to her.

"Oh, okay." Taryn answered.

"Taryn, after we find my children would you like to have tea with me and Jade in my suite?" Katara asked her.

"Really?" Taryn looked so surprised, she didn't expect any sort of invitation from The Avatar's wife.

"Yes, really!" Katara laughed.

"That would be wonderful!" The younger woman answered excitedly. Taryn's life was turning out so much better than she had ever imagined. She was still in awe over the fact that she fell in love with the Fire Lord, not she was being invited to have tea with Lady Katara, wife of the Avatar.

As the two women rounded another corner they found Zuko watching the three children playing. He smiled when he say them. "Hello Ryn! Hi Katara! I assume you're looking for these two."

"Yeah… They got away from me." Katara told him. "I told you two not to run off!" She scolded her two children. "You Daddy isn't here to catch you!"

"I just wanted to play with Ursa more." Gyatso looked like a sad sky bison. "I'm sorry Mommy."

Sapphire hid behind her bug brother. "Sowee Mommy."

"So how are you two getting along?" Zuko asked the women.

"Katara invited me back to her suite for tea!" Taryn said excitedly. A wide smile spread across his face.

"I'm so happy you are getting along so well." He told them.

"She's a sweet young lady." Katara told him. "Okay guys it's time to go back to our rooms."

"Can Ursa come too?" Gyatso asked.

"Please Daddy?" Ursa pleaded. "I could go with New Mommy!"

"She might not-" Zuko was cut off.

"I would be happy to take her with me!" Taryn told him.

"See Daddy, Please!" Ursa said again.

The smile on Taryn's face warned his heart, "Of course you can." Zuko said to the two most important girls in his life.

"Yay!" Gyatso and Ursa squealed excitedly hopping up and down.

"So young and are already inseparable." Zuko chuckled.

Katara and Taryn talked and laughed as they walked back through the halls that led from Zuko's Family Suite.

"Where have you been?!" Taryn's mother said as the turned a corner. "You are not allowed to go to that part of the palace."

"I'm sorry." Katara said. "I asked Taryn help me find my children, they got away from me."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Dyna said. She had thought her was off with Zuko being defiled. "I… I didn't think… I didn't know she was with you Lady Katara." Dyna bowed and held the bow until Katara addressed her.

"You really need to start thinking better! Do you even know your daughter? Do you even know that Zuko is a respectable man and would never do anything to your daughter until after their wedding? I feel so insulted that you would insult one of my best friends… that you would think so low of him!" Katara finished, then turned to Taryn and said with her normal cheerful voice "Come on Taryn, tea will be delivered to my suite any minute, cold tea is doesn't taste good according to Iroh!"

Katara waddled off with her three children, Taryn following close behind with Ursa. "See you later Mother." Taryn loved how Katara was not afraid to say what needs to be said to some people, mainly her mother… Even her father never set her straight, he would just give in and go into his study, the only place in their whole house that Dyna was not allowed to go. Taryn spent a lot of time in there, reading his many books and keeping up with the current news. He often had news from around the world delivered to him; that's how Taryn knew the Fire Lord was working to undo all the terrible things past three Fire Lords did to the world.

The guards that stood outside The Avatar's suite opened the doors as they approached. "Why are there guards outside your door?" Taryn asked.

Katara's smile fell "I don't know what all Zuko had told you but the palace was raided." Katara said carefully, trying not to inform Taryn of anything Zuko might not have told her.

"Oh! Zuko told me about that… He said his wife was killed that night." Taryn told her.

"So no details on that?" Katara asked.

"I… I don't think he wants to talk about it… I don't want to ask him about it, it seems like a touchy subject." Taryn told Katara. "You were here when that happened?"

"Yeah, my family was here that night." Katara said.

"So you know what happened." Taryn softly mumbled, but Katara still heard her.

"It's not my place to tell you what all happened… You will just have to wait for Zuko to tell you." Katara said in an apologetic tone.

"Its fine, I was just curious." Taryn said sadly. "I love him and he loves me and he chose to marry me… and I love Ursa so much... that's all that really matters, isn't it?"

"It pretty much is." Katara answered. The Avatar's suit wasn't as big as the Royal family's but it was still quite large. "Have a seat while I go get Jade, if the tea gets here before I'm back you can let them come in and set everything up… Oh and Gyatso, you and Sapphire are not allowed to run out again."

"Okay Mommy, we'll be good. We're playing with Ursa." The little boy answered her.

Katara walked down the hall and knocked on Jade and Haru's door. Jade answered the door. "Hi Katara!"

"Taryn is here, I invited her to have tea it would be fun if you joined us too." Katara told her.

"That sounds wonderful! Would you please help me bring Bo and Tyra out there too?" Jade asked.

"Of course I'll help you." Katara followed Jade back into the room, Jade handed Bo to Katara then collected Tyra and followed Katara down the hall.

When they got back out to the main room all the children were sitting around the table with tea snacks in front of them, they were all giggling because Taryn was balancing a spoon on the end of her nose, which led to Katara and Jade laughing too.

"It really is great to see you again!" Jade told Taryn. "I'm just surprised that you are marrying the Fire Lord… I mean how did you even meet him? Your mother must be ecstatic, I remember how she was always plotting and planning trying to marry you all off to rich, important people."

"It was totally by accident… Ursa dropped her brand new doll and I returned it to them… He told me his name was Lee and he invited me to the Jasmine Dragon to thank me… It just kinda went from there... I had no idea who he actually was all I knew was that he was from the Fire Nation… It wasn't until after he asked me to go home with him… that he loved me and wanted to marry me… When he told me who he was I thought he was lying and messing with me… I was so angry, I thought he was playing some kind of trick. I hated him… I mean Royalty doesn't pretend to be commoners… Not the men that my sisters married didn't, they loved their title and flaunted then every chance they could." Taryn told them. "When I told him I never wanted to see him again he told me to talk to the Tea Shop owner Iroh."

"Iroh is such a wonderful man." Katara said. "Very wise." All three girls nodded their heads.

"I was so angry but at the same time my heart ached so badly because I loved him so much and missed him so much… I didn't know you could fall so hard for someone so fast…"

"I fell in love with my husband in just a few months." Jade told her. "It really is amazing when you find that person that you are destined to be with."

"What about you?" Both Taryn and Jade turned to Katara, she grinned then shoved a couple cookie in her mouth then mumbled something about it being rude to talk with a full mouth. She started to cough and had to take a drink before she choked.

"You already know Jade." Katara playfully rolled her eyes at the Air Acolyte.

"Aang and Katara have been together since the war ended but she fell in love with him before that." Jade told Taryn.

"After the war ended and I realized what he meant to me…" Katara smiled and shook her head. "Young love."

"That's so romantic." Taryn said, she was having so much fun talking to Katara and Jade. "How old were you guys?"

"Oh… young…" Katara let out a small laugh, "I was fourteen he was twelve."

"Seriously?!" Taryn was shocked. "That's so young."

"He is my whole world." Katara told her.

"I know exactly what you mean… I missed Zuko so bad, after I told him to leave me alone… He told me when he was leaving Ba Sing Se… after the first few days the anger in my heart turned to sadness… I missed his smile and I missed Ursa."

"Daddy and me missed you too, mommy." Ursa said.

"Aaawww she calls you Mommy already." Jade said.

"She has ever since I told Zuko that I would marry him." Taryn told them as she looked into the smiling face of the little princess. "I went to see Iroh the morning of the day Zuko planned to come back here… I shouldn't have waited so long to see him… He told me everything, he even showed me proof that Zuko was who he said he was. You have no idea how happy I was that he didn't lie to me, that he wasn't trying to play a trick on me…. As for Mother…" Taryn shook her head. "She has been getting on my nerves so bad ever since she found out that 'The Tea Server' as she called him was actually the Fire Lord and he wanted to marry ME… She even offered him one of my older sisters."

"Oh! Bad move!" Katara winced. "That had to make Zuko very angry."

"It did… but I told her that after the wedding was over she was going back home." Taryn felt proud of her self for standing up to her mother.

"That must have felt good!" Jade told Taryn. "That woman can be scary."

"Zuko was proud of me!" Taryn laughed.

The Doors to the suite opened and caught the ladies attention. "Katara! The tall Airbender said as he came rushing in. I think I may have found something useful!" Aang froze when he saw all the ladies sitting around the short table in the room. "Oh! Hello ladies!"

"Hello!" The all three said in unison then started laughing.

"Well that's a good sign! You all look like you're having a good time."

"Katara rescued me from my mother." Taryn told him.

"That woman is just scary Aang!" Jade told him.

"Katara yelled at her again." Taryn said.

"Now that is a scary… I've been on the receiving end of those a several times." Aang laughed. "Anyways, I found a led, I have to travel to where we found the herd of Sky bison. And Zuko told me to tell you that Dinner will be served soon."

"Oh! I hope we didn't ruin anyone's appetite." Taryn said as she watched Katara down two sweet rolls in a row.

"She'll still eat at least two platefuls at dinner." Aang started laughing.

"Wha…" Katara innocently mumbled through the bread in her mouth.

"He's not joking." Jade told Taryn. "You should've seen here when she was pregnant with Kya and Sapphire."

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