Ok, I said it was rated M and would have lemons, but I decided not to because I suck at that stuff. It'll just be a teen romance.
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It was two years after the war. Katara of the Southern Water Tribe was on her way to the Fire Nation to discuss business with the Fire Lord. She was nearly there; she could see the palace from the hill she stood on. Momo was perched on her shoulder, having previously been terrified by the long and fast trip across the ocean. Katara was very good at wave riding, but now she would have to walk the rest of the way. She was clad in a beautiful blue silk dress with the Water Tribe insignia on the back. Her dark, wavy hair was pinned up in a bun with a white rose stuck in the center.
"Okay, Momo, this is the last nation we visit. We just need one more signature on this global peace treaty and we'll be ready to go home."
But home was the last place Katara wanted to go. Since her father was now the official Chief of the Southern Water Tribe, she was expected to get married within the year. If she returned, there might be a new husband waiting for her. Hakoda knew it wasn't fair to her, but there were new laws that had to be upheld. Katara figured that if she didn't go back, those laws would no longer apply to her. Of course she would have to return Momo to Aang somehow...without him telling her she shouldn't run away from her problems and all that crap. She could run if she wanted to, it wasn't anyone else's business...and she would stay away from home if she didn't have to give her father the peace treaty. Momo wasn't a messenger hawk, he couldn't take the treaty all the way back to the Southern Water Tribe...
As Katara walked into the city, everyone stopped and stared at her, whispering different things among themselves, "That's the representative from the Water Tribes, the Waterbender girl who traveled with the Avatar!" "I heard she was beautiful and wise; the Fire Lord seems to have a high opinion of her." "If we weren't at peace, I'd like to tell her to go home and mind her own business! That little wench has no right marching into our city to talk to our Fire Lord."
Katara forced herself to ignore them and kept walking until she reached the palace.
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Sorry it was so short...I had to make some adjustments, too. I'm getting better at this, haha.