Katara?"

She hummed only somewhat conscious of her name being called from far away. She tried to roll onto her back, making her aware that there was pressure on her hips keeping her body on her side. Her brow furrowed confused in her sleep.

"Katara, wake up, I have a surprise for you."

Finally, Katara started to wake up, rolling from her waist up to lay on her back. She opened one eye, annoyed and confused as to who would dare wake the Fire Lady. "Wha?"

"Good, you're up," Zuko smiled down at her from his spot on her hips.

"Zuko?" She rubbed her eyes and spoke groggily.

"Yeah, here let me light the candles," He flicked flames to candles on her bedside table.

She whined when she opened her eyes again to see his dopey grin. "Not that I didn't miss you, but what are you doing back? You weren't supposed to be back for another two months."

"I know," Zuko smiled, taking his weight off her hips so she could turn to her back and he could sit on her lap. "The Sun Warriors were much more cooperative than we believed they would. I'm positive that it was because of Uncle."

"I assume it went well. Did they say if they wish to come back to civilization, or help future benders? Or just that they weren't as cranky as they were last time?" Katara asked sitting up and leaning against the backboard.

"No, they said that they are happy continuing to live as they are, however, they will be a bit more leant on who may come to their island. Still pretty cranky, though." He smiled and bent forward to hug her. "I missed you."

She smiled, no long annoyed that she was awake in the middle of the night, and hugged him back. "I missed you too. Why didn't you send me a letter saying you were on your way home?"

He scratched the back of his neck. "Well, I got your last letter the day we set off. It seemed pointless to send one."

She sat forward in bed and gently kissed her husband's lips. He had been gone for almost two months and she deeply missed him. They wrote to each other every week but letters don't replace warm hugs and cuddles. "Did I hear something about a surprise?"

Zuko's smile grew twice as large. "Yes, stay right here." He crawled off of her and went to the side of the bed where he hung over. "Close your eyes." He demanded before he came up.

Katara rolled her eyes but closed them. She felt Zuko crawl back onto her lap. "Okay, open them."

She couldn't believe her eyes. On his head was a small, red baby dragon curled in his hair. Another baby, only this time blue, curled around his neck and was biting its own tail. On his shoulder, a gold one stood looking at Katara.

"This one," Zuko said smiling pointing to the one on his head. "Is mine, his name is Druk. The gold one is Uncle's, he named her Destiny. And the blue one," He smiled taking it off his neck as it rolled in his hand. "Is Izumi."

"Th-those are dragons…" Katara said pointing open mouthed. "How?"

Zuko's smile seemed to grow. "They said sometime after Aang and I went there more eggs began to show up near the dragons' dens'. After a few weeks, they began to hatch. You should have seen the island, Katara, there are hundreds of them flying around and they are all so adorable."

"And they just gave you some?" She asked. Zuko had put Izumi down on Katara's lap so she could roll and play around, her eyes hadn't left it.

He nodded energetically. "Yeah! They said that if more dragons were being put on earth then that meant that they were meant once again to be in the world. These are the only ones they have let off the island so far. They said we need to keep their existence as quiet as possible. Uncle and I talked and we think that as long as they are small we can keep them quiet and let them stay in the yards, but when it rains we will need to bring them in. Maybe to sleep too for a while."

Katara blinked. "They aren't sleeping in bed with us, Zuko."

He smiled and slightly pouted. "Well, not forever."

"Zuko-"

"Here," Zuko smiled holding Izumi back up to her. "Technically, you aren't allowed to have a dragon because you can't bend fire. But because you are my beautiful and wonderful wife, and Fire Lady, and mother to the future prince and princess, you can take care of her until we do have children."

She laughed as Izumi licked her nose. "I would love to Zuko."

He squinched up his nose. "The Sun Warriors have some pretty strict rules that are put in place for dragons. Uncle has the list somewhere."

"So we have dragons now?" Katara said holding out her arm to let Izumi crawl on it. She squeaked not used to the animal yet.

Zuko laughed slightly. "Yeah, Druk is normally calm unless Izumi gets him to play with her." On his head Druk stirred, breathing a small flame then going back to bed. "Destiny is always very regal and calm, she just sits on uncle's shoulder. But Izumi is always filled with energy."

Izumi tangled herself in Katara's hair. "How big will they get?"

"Well, Destiny will grow slightly bigger, about to the size of a koala-sheep, then stop. But Druk and Izumi will grow to be giants."

Katara giggled as Izumi began to gnaw at her hair. "That is just perfect." She laughed untangling her and holding in her hands.

"So, do you like them?" Zuko asked hopefully.

She smiled as Izumi squirmed. "I love them."

"Great." He said happily putting Druk and Destiny on one if their extra pillows. "I'm glad."

Katara laid Izumi onto the pillow with the other where she shot out two small bursts of flames then lay back down. Zuko carefully moved the pillow to the bottom of the bed. He crawled back up and got under the covers to lay with her. "I'm glad you're back, I missed you."

"I missed you too," He smiled pulling her close to him.

"Please let me know next time you come home early, I had so many surprises planned for you and even a special dress that I know you will love," She said curling around him. "And next time you decide to bring dragons home."

"I will," He sighed closing his eyes with a smile on his face. "I love you."

Katara smiled back, feeling sleep pull her in once again. "I love you too."