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Prophecies

On a beautifully warm and sunny day, the gaang were sitting round a table, when a baby's cry broke the comfortable silence.

Mai and Zuko looked at each other, "It's your turn," a bored and exhausted Mai said. "I did last night".

With a grunt, Zuko got up and trudged to baby Kozuan's room. Aang thought that he looked funny, and laughed, affecting everyone around him.

"Ah... Poor Zuzu... NOT!" laughed Toph crudely.

Mai just smiled slightly, before coming to Zuko's defence, "Well, it's really difficult to look after that baby. Not to mention, really disgusting. He reminds me of Tom Tom, my baby brother. Urgh."

There was a slightly awkward and uncomfortable silence after this, purely because none of them, apart from Ty Lee, had ever heard Mai say so much.

The saving grace came from Ty Lee, "I'll look after him for you sometimes, Mai! Kozuan is sooo cute!"

"I wouldn't mind giving a helping hand once in a while either, actually," Katara chipped in, and next to her, Suki agreed.

Mai sighed with relief at her newfound friends' helpfulness, "Thanks, guys. That would be nice. I feel so weak, recently, and useless as well. Zuko's great, I guess, but he's kind of inexperienced, too."

By this point, Aang was getting pretty worried too, considering in order for him to repopulate the Air Nomad population, he had to 'get some babies' – and they were hard work, according to Mai. So, he decided to change the topic.

"Just out of interest, did anyone have a strange dream last night?"

"Well, it depends what you mean by 'strange', Aang."

"Well, I had this dream where Kozuan was big, and there were five other kids, all around eleven years old. One was Gyatso, one called... Satoshi, and the other one called Mei-Yin, I think. But the really strange thing was that one of them called Katara-"

"Mum. And someone else called her Auntie," interrupted Sokka.

"Exactly! Wait... how did you know? Did you get the same dream, too?"

"Yea... I woke up in a cold sweat after that."

"Actually... I had the dream too. I was sort of scared that the boy called me 'Mum'. He looked really quite familiar, though... For some reason."

"That sounds really familiar, actually. I dreamt the same thing, though I couldn't tell whether or not they looked familiar. I could tell it was you, though, Katara. You sounded pretty much the same..."

"Whoa, Toph! You can dream?!" asked Sokka.

"Yes, Sokka. I can dream. It's kind of different for me, though. I couldn't really tell how many people there were, because I couldn't see them. I could tell that they were people – pretty much – because of the vibrations, but it was really blurry, because of the sand. My dreams are in vibrations, and I can smell, taste, hear. Basically, it's all the same, except that there's nothing visual."

"So it seems that we all got the same dream... Did anyone not get it?" asked Aang.

No one in the room replied, even Kohter and Haru.

"So what does that all mean?" Aang shook his head confusedly, and Sokka pretended that he had a beard.

"Maybe, Aang, someone is trying to tell us something. Aang, maybe you should ask Avatar Roku."

"I think you're right, Katara, I have a feeling that this is something quite spiritual, and possibly prophetic."

Mai added, "When Ty Lee gets one of her 'feelings' about something being spiritual, or nonsensical, then you should believe her..."

"Okay. I will. Does anyone know when the next solstice is?" Aang asked.

At that moment, Zuko came back down the stairs, "Yeah. There's a solstice tomorrow just after midday. Why?"

"Well, you see, we all had the same dream last night, and Ty Lee thinks that it may be some kind of prophecy, so we decided it would be best if Aang asked someone who might actually know what's going on. Like Avatar Roku," Suki informed him.

"Hm."

That evening, once all of the gaang were fast asleep, they dreamt again, and just like the previous night, their dreams were all the same as each other's.

"More than a hundred years ago from now, the Fire Nation started what was to become the centenary war. Fire Lord Sozin started the attack on the rest of the nations by driving the Air Nomads to extinction. The next Avatar in line was told to have been born into the Air Nomads. However, when the world needed him most, he vanished. The rest of the world had given up hope in ever finding the Avatar, and given up hope for their freedom. However, when Sokka and I were fishing one day, we found Aang in a frozen airball with Appa. At first, we didn't realise that he was the Avatar, because he never wanted to be the Avatar, and he just wanted to be a normal kid. Luckily for the rest of the world, he realised that in order to save the people, he needed to fulfil his destiny of becoming the Avatar, and therefore restore the balance in the world. In order to do that, he had to defeat the Fire Lord."

"So, with the help of my friends, I set out to master the three other elements: Water, Earth, and Fire. Katara and I decided to go to the North Pole, to find a Waterbending master, because Katara was the only Waterbender in the South Pole. We travelled to the North Pole, along with Sokka, and pursued by Zuko. However, it all became urgent when I found out that Sozin's Comet – which Fire Lord Sozin had used as an energy supply to start the war – was going to return in the next summer, which would've given Fire Lord Ozai enough power to destroy the entire world. This meant that I had to master all of the elements – and the Avatar State – before the summer ended."

Dream Katara and Dream Aang were older, and wiser, and they were storytelling, along with Dream Zuko, Dream Mai, Dream Sokka, Dream Toph, Dream Suki, Dream Ty Lee, and Dream Haru chipping in with the details when they were included. They were retelling the story of the Hundred Year War to the six children who were in the previous dream.

"Wait a minute. So Auntie Katara, Uncle Aang, Uncle Sokka and Dad weren't friends? Or did Dad just feel like 'pursuing' those three?" asked the always apt Kozuan.

Older, Dream Zuko grinned sheepishly, "Well, we were more like enemies. You see, back then, I was obsessed with gaining the approval and love of my father, and I was obsessed with restoring my honour. I was the 'banished prince'. Fire Lord Ozai had fought me in an Agni Kai because I talked in one of the meetings. I refused to fight my own father, so he deemed me as dishonourable. Anyway, the only way back to my father's good graces was to capture the Avatar – Aang."

The sleeping Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko were all reminiscing, but Kohter was very interested to hear the whole story, since nobody had told him before – even if this was all in his subconsciousness.

The next morning, when the gaang woke up from their slumber and strange dream, they all looked for each other quickly, and found that they had, indeed, all been having the same dream.

"This is getting to be really strange. Aang, you do really need to go and look for Avatar Roku," commented Zuko.

Worried as always, Katara asked, "Would you like us to come with you, Aang?"

"No, Katara, I'm sure it will all be fine. Don't worry about it, 'kay? I'll be back in time for supper." Aang kissed Katara to reassure her, and went on his way.

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"Wait. Avatar Roku, are you telling me that there's gonna be another Airbender?"

"No, Aang. You are not listening. I said that all of these dreams are prophecies of the future. You will still be the only true Airbender."

Seeing the crestfallen look on Aang's face, Roku paused. "I'm sorry, Aang, but it is the truth. However, there will be someone in your midst who will be able to manipulate air like an Airbender. But, she will be a waterbender. In fact, it seems like she will be your daughter, Aang. You see, we here in the Spirit World have worried about something since after you defeated Ozai. It has become almost too peaceful. It seems that someone is planning something big. Someone spilled that Azula was going to be 'accidentally' released but she will regain her sanity, Ozai was going to temporarily get some of his bending back, and some Yan Chen Archers, some of the Dai Li, and Koh were going to be allies. We don't know why or how, though, so it's not possible to stop them. Also, it seems that Mei-Yin, your future waterbending daughter, will be the next Avatar, but like you, she will have to learn quickly, because both of you will be needed in the next battle. It is a worrying prophecy, especially considering there are many benders involved."

"Wow. Avatar Roku, why can't the world keep itself balanced and peaceful for a while?"

"Wait, Aang. I have not finished. It is imperative that you tell your friends that Kozuan will be an accomplished Fire Bender, and he will be able to learn how to create, as well as redirect, lightning. Satoshi – the son of Suki and Sokka – will, clearly, not be a bender, but he will be a master swordsman, and the greatest non-bender warrior of his time, as well as a very skilled archer and he will be very intelligent; he will also learn different fighting styles and skills from all those he grows up with. Keianna, the third eldest, will be an earthbender, and the daughter of Haru and Ty Lee; she will also be as skilled as her mother when it comes to acrobatics, and blocking chi."

Roku gestured at Aang to get himself more comfortable, before he continued in his narrative.

"Gyatso and Mei-Yin will be Katara's and your children, and they will be twins. Both will, initially, be waterbenders, but as I've mentioned, Mei-Yin will be an Avatar, although she will not be fully realised until after you have died, and she will not be able to go into the Avatar State consciously until then, too. They will be apt learners, and of course, they will both be master waterbenders. Neelima, will be the youngest and final addition, and she will be from Toph and Kohter. She will be an earthbender, and a metalbender. She will also possess Kohter's special talent – but I cannot tell you that as it is not in my place to say so. You may, however, ask Kohter yourself."

"But I still don't understand. Why is this all going to be happening? And when?"

"I do not know yet, Avatar Aang, but it does seem that you will need as much power in your side as possible. Well, I have a suspicion that once Kozuan reaches the age of sixteen, this will all take place. Do not worry yourself, Aang. You will have a peaceful time ahead of you for a while yet."

"And what about the Energybending?"

"No, Aang, I cannot tell you anything about that yet. And I certainly cannot tell you everything that will happen in the future – also because I do not entirely know myself. I think I have told you enough for now, Aang. There is a lot to tell your friends."

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As soon as Aang returned, he told the gaang everything that Roku had told him – leaving out the part where Kohter was involved, because he wanted to find out the truth first, before he told everyone else.

After a pause while everyone was processing the detailed information, Zuko asked, "So, Aang, do you think we should tell anyone of what we know?"

"No, I don't think we should. Not yet, at least. Not until all of the children are born and, probably not until the events of the dream has happened."

There were murmurs of agreement from everyone.

Sokka commented, "Well, Kozuan, it looks like you're going to have as much fun as we did when you grow up."

The baby turned in Mai's arms, and made a sound that was very similar to a groan.

Aang, Katara, Sokka, Zuko, Toph and Suki laughed in agreement, while Mai, Ty Lee, Haru and Kohter joined them.

None of them were very sure of the future ahead, but they did know that they would all be facing the twists and turns that life threw at them together – they would definitely be having some new adventures and new additions to Team Avatar, as well. And that was all good.

THE END

Well, this is it, I'm afraid. Obviously, it's not the end for them or the next generation, but that's definitely it for now.

Thank you for everyone who read the story (and is still reading my stories), and especially to everyone who reviewed - I don't know if I would've updated without the encouragement.

I apologise to everyone for not updating in over two (or so) weeks... I'd temporarily lost my Avatar mood, and when I got it back - which was only quite recently - I realised that I had to focus most of my attention on my schoolwork, and my parents kept bugging me to stop 'daydreaming' and start working on my homework. Anyways. I've decided that I'm not going to start another multi-chaptered fic until I know I can finish updating it in under three months - so as to not disappoint you guys.

So yeah, basically, I'm really, really, really sorry, and I promise to stick to the decision.

Again, thank you for being patient with me, and for reading. Don't forget to review with any suggestions, improvements, random comments, or whatever else!

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