The young Firelord held his new bride close. Though it was early morning and a few minutes after they're first time together, he could not rest. He looked to the sky for guidance.

"I don't want to be my father…I don't want to become the monster in her life."

"Zuko…"She sighed against his chest. "May we please go to sleep now? I can't feel my legs?"

Zuko chuckled and smiled.

"Of course love."

He looked down at her drifting face, then back up at the sun on the horizon.

"From here on," He whispered, picking her up bridal style. "I'll be all you've ever dreamed of and more. No more screw-ups or forgetting things or fighting. I'll be the perfect husband in every way."

Zuko placed his Lady onto their bed and kissed her forehead tenderly.

As he closed the balcony curtains and welcomed the future and whatever it held…

He was granted the promise of A New Dawn.