I don't own ATLA. You know the episode The Beach? I wonder if Mai was on her period, maybe that's why she was so bitchy that day..Anyway's please review.

"I do not wish to marry him father!" Princess Yue exclaimed. She just found out she was put in an arranged marriage to Prince Zuko, of the Fire Nation. She hardly knew him, they never met.

"The Prince even made this necklace for you." Chief Arnook said, holding out the beautiful carved necklace. Yue took the beautiful betrothal necklace in her palm. It was a red dragon and a blue moon together. Making a purple colour when they met.

"Well, it is beautiful!" Yue gasped at its beauty. "It must have taken him days to mak- who cares, I'm still not marrying him!"

"Yue, it has to be you to marry the prince to unite our alliances." Chief Arnook said. "For the peace."

"Then why don't you marry him!" Yue cried and ran off. Chief Arnook sighed.


Princess Yue laid her head on her dresser as she cried. She didn't want to marry a total stranger. She'd run away, yeah that's it, she'll run away. No Princess means no marriage. Yue packed her little sack and tied a bunch of bed sheets together and hooked it around her bed. She slowly scaled down the frozen palace walls. She hurried to a boat and started rowing. She was going to travel to the Northern Water Tribe sister tribe, Southern Water Tribe for now. As she started rowing further and further out she notices she was being sucked in by a whirlpool. Princess Yue tried to row her way out as fast as she could, she started throwing some things into the whirlpool. Including Prince Zuko's betrothal necklace, anything to stop the whirlpool from taking her in.


"Is she awake?" A voice whispered.

"I don't know, she's been out for so long." Who were these whispering voices? Yue opened her eyes to see a Water Tribe boy and girl.

"Who are you?" Yue asked frighten. The pair looked at each other.

"I'm Katara, your highness." The girl said.

"I'm warrior Sokka." The boy replied he then got up. Katara placed a cloth over Yue's head.

"Who am i?" Yue asked confused. "How did I get here?" Katara gasped. Suddenly Sokka came back with an older looking gentleman.

"Oh spirits, thank goodness you're ok!" The man said, hugging her tightly. Yue pushed him away.

"Who are you?" Chief Arnook looked speechless.

"Yue, I'm your father." The man rubbed her cheek. "Don't you remember me?" Yue shook her head.

"Uh, Chief Arnook, may I speak to you outside?" Katara asked. Chief Arnook nodded at the healer's request.

"What's wrong with her?" Chief Arnook asked the young healer when they were outside the Southern Water Tribe tent.

"I'm afraid she has memory loss." Katara said. Chief Arnook put his head in his hands.

"Oh spirits, what am I going to do now?" Arnook sobbed. "She was supposed to go through the marriage!"

"Chief, shame on you!" Katara said. "Your daughter has memory loss and all you can think about is some stupid marriage?"

"Katara, we need Princess Yue to marry Prince Zuko so we can assure our protection that the Fire Nation won't attack our tribes!" Chief Arnook said firmly. "So I offered my daughter to be betrolled to the young prince, my plan is now ruined." Snowflakes started to fall on Katara's head. Chief Arnook started to look at her strangely. What was it? Did she have something in her teeth? The chief then took up a ball of snow and dropped it onto Katara's head.

"Chief, I mean no disrespect but what was that for?" Katara asked, shaking off the snow. The chief grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Wait, stop," The chief ordered. He took her hand and led her to the river. "What do you see?"

Katara gazed into the water, with snow still in her hair. "I see Princess Yue." In the reflection it showed Katara looking similar to Yue with the snow on her hair.

"Exactly, Katara, you can take Yue's place, just for now until she remembers!" Katara stepped back from him.

"No, I can't," Katara pleaded. "Please don't let me go through with this!"

"Katara, we need a stand in until Yue remembers!" Arnook said. "Our tribes need you."

"But what if she never remembers?" Katara said. "I'm going to be stuck in a loveless marriage with a total stranger!"

"Katara.." Arnook took her hands.

"No, I refuse," Katara pulled back her hand "To marry a man from a Nation who killed my other!" Katara turned away and folded her arms.

"So the other tribe's families must suffer too."

"What do you mean?" Katara turned to face him.

"If there is not a suitable bride for Prince Zuko to marry they'll attack the tribes!"

Katara unfolded her arms and gasped. "They can't do that!"

"Fire Lord Ozai said that will happen if there is no princess for the Prince to marry."

"That's cruel!"

"Yes they are, but if there is no princess that means our tribes will be under attack," Arnook. "Katara, sometimes our duties aren't the easiest to do, but when it has something to do with protecting others we must make these sorts of sacrifices."

"But what about me and what I want?"

"Katara you are willing to let other's suffer for your own happiness?"

"No, but my heart is telling me this is wrong!"

"Then what does your head say?"

"To go through with this." Katara said softly.

"Will you?" Chief Arnook asked. "Are you willing enough to make such a sacrifices so the other tribe children can grow up with two parents instead of none?" Katara nodded.

"Yes, it's my duty and honour to fill in for the Princess."

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