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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 141
Katara was sitting on Appa's head, as they flew in circles waiting for Aang to return. She was nervous, nervous that Aang had gotten his hopes up and would find nothing…. Nervous about meeting a huge family that nobody in the world even knew existed. When she found Aang airbenders were believed to be extinct, but then again Sky Bison were believed to be extinct and they had Pumpkin. It was kind of ironic that both airbenders and sky bison could be found in the Fire Nation, right under the previous few Fire Lords noses. A flash of red and yellow flying through the clouds caught her attention, she began to climb back into the saddle when land landed softly on the saddle horn.
"I found them!" He exclaimed, a huge smile on his face and excitement in his voice. "There are so many of them."
"Oh, Aang, I'm so happy for you!" Katara said, Aang helped her back into the saddle then directed Appa on where to go, Pumpkin following the large bull.
"They are your family too Katara." He reminded her.
"I know, Sweetie, but for you… It's a connection to your mother." Katara told him.
"I told them I was coming to get you guys, they said family is always welcome there."
"Did they know who you are?" She asked him.
"They all knew exactly who I am, they called me by my name before I ever said who I was…" Aang knit his eyebrows, "They said they expected me to look older than I do."
"They're not the first." Katara laughed. "Even Zuko was surprised that you were a child, the first time he saw you."
"My sister said the same thing." He told her, Appa moaned as he approached the clearing at the center of the homestead. Katara watched in amazement as people started creating a circle, she could hear loud chattering and see people pointing up at them.
"Oh, wow!" Katara said. "There are so many more than I had expected!"
"Let me help you down." Aang said as soon as Appa's feet touched the ground.
"I'm not an invalid." She told him, but gave in to him knowing that she would never win this one, she never did.
An older gentleman stepped forward, "Welcome to our home!" He said as Aang hopped down with Katara in his arms.
"Hello!" Katara said stepping forward. "I'm Katara, Aang's wife." She then turned to see Gyatso hop out of the saddle floating softly to the ground, while Aang brought down Kya and Sapphire. "And this are our children."
"Gyatso, Kaya, and Sapphire!" Aang said proudly, he loved his children so much.
"Three children and one on the way!" The man said. "I am Zakai III and I am so happy to meet you!"
"It is wonderful to meet you too Zakai III." Katara said to him.
"Please, come inside, you look like you could use a seat." Zakai III said to her. "And please just call me Zak, everyone here dose."
"Thank you Zak." Katara said taking her little girls' hands and followed Zak inside, Aang close behind with the rest of their group.
"So where are you from?" Zak asked Katara.
"I'm from the Southern Water Tribe, I'm Aang's Waterbending Master." She explained.
"How many airbenders are here?" Aang asked the Patriarch of the homestead.
"We can talk about that later, Aang, let's all sit down and have some tea and snacks." Zak told him as he led them into the large house. When they got inside they all sat down in the large front parlor. "Have a seat." He told them, then turned to a teenage girl that was reading a book in there. "Shreya, would you please go into the kitchen and make us all some tea?"
"Yes Grandfather." The girl answered then disappeared through a door.
"We have waited a long time for you to return to the homestead." Zak told them.
"Return?" Katara asked him.
"Right after Zakai and Anila got married they came here." He explained to them. "He built this house for his new bride and son… Aang, you were his son, you may not have come from his loins but you were HIS son. He accepted you immediately. Karma and Sonam also lived here… I'm guessing that from the fact that you are here you found Sonam."
"Yeah, she told me about my parent's… well my Airbender parents. She also gave me a trunk from my mother." Aang told him.
"She lasted a long time in those mountains." Zak commented.
"She passed that night." Aang said sadly. "I wish I could have brought her back with me."
"You're finally here and that's the important thing." The elderly man told Aang. "Great Gamma Nila always said she knew you were still alive… No matter what anyone said, she said she could feel you alive." Shreya came out of the kitchen with a tray of tea and tea snacks, she placed the tray on the table and began filling the cups and passing them out. Once all the adults had tea she reached into her pocket and pulled out a few pieces of candy and passed them out to three small children.
"Thank you." Gyatso told her, followed by his sisters, their parents smiled as they watched their children chew happily on the homemade jelly candy.
"Thank you Shreya." Zak told her.
"You're welcome Grandfather." The girl told him, then returned to her chair and picked her book back up.
"Master Zakai, What's going on?" A girl dressed in Air Nomad colors said as she came running into the large house. "There are people sitting on Sky Bison, are the Sages…" The girl topped dead in her tracks when she saw the tall young man turn towards her.
"Amari, I'd like to introduce you to Avatar Aang and his family." Zak told her.
"A…Avatar Aang as in Nila's SON Aang?!" The girl asked.
"Yes, Amari, Nila's SON." Zakai answered.
But… but he is so young! He.., he should be…" She was cut off.
"One hundred twenty two and a half." Aang told her. "I know I don't look it." He grinned his biggest grin causing the girl to blush.
"I'm Aang, and this is my family," Aang smiled. "My wife Katara, and out three children, Gyatso, Kay and Sapphire."
"Your children are adorable!" The girl told them.
"Amari, why don't you take the children outside to play?" Zakai asked her.
"Yes, sir." She answered then began to collect the three small children.
"Gyatso and Sapphire are Airbenders, Kya is a waterbender." Katara informed the girl.
"Wow, a waterbender! I've never seen waterbending before!" The teen girl told them.
"Maybe we could show you sometime." Katara smiled.
"That would be so awesome!" Amari told Katara, then led the three children outside.
"How much longer do you have left?" The man asked Katara, gesturing to her swollen belly.
"About two and a half months." Katara said as she rubbed her tummy. "Aang and I chose her name already."
"We decided to name her Anila." Aang told him.
"I bet she'll be as beautiful as her namesake." He pointed to a large painting of Anila and her firebending husband Zakai, she was very beautiful and looked so happy with him. "I remember her." Aang told him. "When I was little, she used to play with me at the Yangchan Festivals. She even took me out gliding."
"She loved you dearly." Zak told him. "She taught every generation about you, that you would someday return to the Homestead, up until she passed… One of her dying wishes was for us to look out for you and welcome you home when you got here. I must say though, I didn't expect you to have a family with you."
"Do you have any questions for me?" Aang asked the man. Zak let out a short laugh and shook his head.
"My biggest one is how do you look so young?" He asked them.
The couple went onto explain everything, starting with Aang and why he ran away, and about the huge storm that caused the ocean to swallow him and his sky bison. Next Katara explained how at only fourteen she found him and brought him back to the world. Aang then, again went on to tell him about everything they did, everything he learned, and finding his different bending masters all on his own. Katara talked about how Aang had been killed and how she mercilessly brought the Avatar back to life. They both told the elderly man about their days hiding in the Fire Nation and the attack on the day of the Black Sun. And then they told him about the final days, and the final battles they each took part in. And finished up that story with finally figuring out how they felt about each other and then getting together.
"That is an amazing story, and you both were so young!" Zakai told them both. "You truly have Nila's heart and strength… And I'm happy you found love so early."
"So for my question, how many Airbenders are here?" Aang asked.
"I'll show you, follow me." Zakai III told them, as he led the way outside, in the center of the village was a stage like podium with a large horn, Aang recognized what it was immediately and bent air into the small opening.
"Thank you." The Patriarch smiled at Aang. "But I could have done that myself… I may have a firebenders name but I'm an Airbender." It didn't take long for all the people were standing or sitting around the stage. "It is my honor to introduce Avatar Aang! He and his family have returned to The Homestead!" The collective mass erupted in cheers and applause.
"FEAST! FEAST! FEAST!" The crowed began to chant.
"Of course we'll have a feast! If Nila taught us nothing she taught us that Feasts are how we celebrate!" The man laughed and everyone else did too. Scanning the crowed he stopped on a man and smiled. "Aayon!" He called out waving for the man to approach. "Aang, Katara, this is my youngest son. Aayon would you take Aang and Katara on a tour of out village? I need to get the feast preparations under way."
"Yes father." The man said smiling at the couple. "It is an honor that I am not worthy of, thank you so much for choosing me."
"You don't have to be formal with us." Aang told him.
"Ok then follow me! We are a totally vegetarian people, fire and air alike." He told them "In school we learn the ways and traditions of both Air Nomads and those of the Fire Nation."
"Is everyone here from Anila and Zakai?" Aang asked.
"No, we have some that have no relation to them at all, not everyone is a bender here and we do leave the Homestead for supplies that we don't have here. Many people move away for a few years, meet and marry, then come back home to raise a family."
As they walked the man talked about the village that the Homestead had become, showing them all the different buildings and fields of growing food. There were no shops, there was something like a marketplace, but instead of buying the stuff you just took what you needed; it reminded Aang very much of the Southern Air Temple. The tour led them passed a park with a playground where several children were playing; Aang and Katara stopped and watched the children play, seeing their own laughing and playing. Gyatso was showing off his own airbending with other children that were airbending, the twins were being loved on by a group of girls about Lilly and Jasmin's age.
"Where are you from?" Aayon asked Katara.
"I'm from the Southern Water Tribe." Katara told him.
"That must be a cold place to grow up." He commented.
"I go back often but I didn't really fully grow up there, I found Aang at fourteen and well… I've been living the life of an Air Nomad since." She told him.
"May I ask you a question?" Aang said the man.
"Sure." Aayon told him.
"What happened after I ran away from the Southern Air Temple?" This had been the biggest thing on his mind since he found out he had been frozen for one hundred years. Even the information Katara had given him left huge holes in the timeline, and Bumi was too unpredictable to fully believe everything he said. He needed more information and this group of people, his family would know more and he would finally know everything.
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A/N I'm sorry it took me so long to update, I kinda lost motivation for a while, but I'm back and ready to write for you all again. Thank you all so much for your wonderful reviews, they help encourage me to keep writing for you guys!