At the water tribe homes, Princess Yuki walked into her room quietly as she had heard the news about the treaty. Yuki thinks, "So I am going to marry Prince Zuko. I hope he and I will like each other enough to try and be friends." Yuki knew that Zuko and she wouldn't probably like each other in the beginning, but they would like each other later on in the marriage. So she decided that she would go to the fire nation and get to know the prince. Yuki arranged a set of boats to take her and her family to the fire nation. They would be there in three days.
Princess Yuki sat in her boat tent alone. She was given a picture of the prince and she sat there starring at it. She traced her fingers across the outline of his face. Yuki wondered what Prince Zuko was really like. Princess Yuki was lost in thought, when her mother came into her tent. Her mother asks, "What are you thinking about Yuki?" Yuki says, "I am thinking about Prince Zuko. Have you ever met him?" Her mother shook her head. Yuki says, "That's too bad. I want to know what he is like so bad."
Yuki put the picture of Zuko down and looked at her mother. Yuki asks, "Is there something you want to talk about?" Her mother nods and says, "I want to talk to about this marriage. If you don't want to go through with it, you don't have to. I want you to know that." Yuki says with a smile, "I know I do not have to do this. I want to do this mother. I can save our people by doing this." Her mother shook her head and said, "You don't get it. Once you marry Zuko, you are bound to him forever. Do you understand?"
Yuki nodded and looked down at the floor. She asks her mother, "You don't want me to marry the fire prince, do you?" Her mother shook her head. Her mother says, "I am worried he will treat you badly after you are married to him." Yuki asks, "Like father did to you?" Her mother nodded slowly. Yuki says, "I don't think Prince Zuko would hurt anyone unless he had to." Her mother looks at her and asks, "How do you know for sure?" Yuki shrugged and said, "I don't know for sure. I just have a feeling." Her mother smiled and said, "Then I will trust your judgment towards him." Yuki smiled and hugged her mother.
Finally after three long days, Yuki and her family arrived at the fire nation. Yuki was the first to get off the boat. She bowed to the fire lord out of respect. The fire lord says to her, "Welcome to the fire nation Princess Yuki. I hope you had a safe journey coming here." Yuki smiles and says, "Thank you for letting us come here early my lord. I am honored to be here." She adds, "It was a great trip here my lord." The fire lord smiled and said, "I am glad to hear that. My son Zuko is still preparing your chambers for you. I must say you have an odd taste in colors for a water bender." He guided her into the fire nation's royal estate.
Yuki asks, "Why do you say that my lord?" The fire lord says, "Your favorite colors are red, black, and blue. I have always thought water benders only liked the colors light blue and white." Yuki smiles and says back to him, "I don't like to blend in with people. Why go through life unnoticed when you are to stick out is what I always say." The fire lord smiled and said as he sat her down in the living quarters, "I will have Zuko meet you here in a few minutes. Now if you excuse me, I must have a meeting with your parents."