Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own Avatar. Maybe – not very likely, but I can dream, can't I? – someday, but not yet. Oh, and I – obviously – don't own the characters either. If I did Zuko would be mine and all who posed a threat to that fact would be locked away forever; Sokka would be my adopted older brother and would grow fat on meat; Iroh would end up getting in deep trouble after drinking all my green tea; Mai would hate me the first few months, then lean to like me when I'm in my 'plotting' mode; Ty Lee would be my friend for a day or two, then I'd get boarded of her and donate her to homeless people; Azula and I would take over the world together, then stab each other in the back; and Aang would be given to my friend, Bailey, because I said she couldn't have Zuzu. So yeah, be glad I don't own Avatar.

A/N: Not much to say here folks. This is probably gonna turn out pretty choppy, so I'll try to fix it up when the shows that I'm currently in end and I don't have any auditions to go to. Say, about two months or so. I'll keep adding chapters though, and then edit them later. Advice always appreciated, please R&R!

"What do you mean you lost your sister?" Aang asked, seemingly exasperated and a bit angry. "How do you lose your sister? You're in the middle of the South Pole! How far could she have gotten?"

Sokka cringed under The Avatars glare, signs of his worry for his apparently missing sister apparent in his wide eyes, mussed up pony-er warriors wolf tail, and tussled clothes.

"How should I know?" He asked, sounding more than a bit desperate. "I was coming back from the four nations council, just like you, when dad comes running up and is all 'Have you seen Katara? Where is she?' And we've been looking ever since. I called you over to help, not to lecture!"

"O.K." Aang said, managing to sound a little calmer. Judging by the slight shade of red he was turning, his rage and worry was not yet spent. "Where do twent year old girls go when they find out something like that?"

"I dunno, I guess they'd like to talk to someone about it" Sokka mused. They froze, and then looked at one another.

"Toph!" They exclaimed simultaneously, breaking into wide smiles. Then their expressions fell as they remembered that the blind earthbender has seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth.

"I guess Ba Sing Se is a good place to start"

"As good as any"

"Lets go then."

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"I can't believe them!" A girl growled as she stormed into the sauna of the Fancy Ladies Day Spa in Ba Sing Se. The steam swirled around her as she sat down with a huff, clouding her perfect features. Her hair was bundled up into a white cloth atop her head and a towel of equal whiteness encased the rest of her body, leaving only her mocha arms, legs and head visible. Her eyes, normally the peaceful clear blue of running water were now clouded with anger. Her name was Katara, and anyone around her right now should be really glad that she's not a firebender; if she had been they would be flaming right about now. As it was, firebenders were the last thing Katara wanted to think about right now, seeing as one of 'their kind' was the cause of her problems.

"What's gotten into you?" a disembodied voice from across the room sprang up, laughter dancing in the tones. Katara looked up, trying to squint through the thick fog to see who had spoken. The voice had been oddly musical, soft like the wind, and yet strong like the earth. It had a wired beat to it, Katara believed that it could possibly match the beat of a fast waltz. That wasn't what had caught her attention though, the voice had sounded… familiar. Annoyed with trying to see through the fog Katara used her bending to push away the moistening in the air.

The girl looked to be about eighteen or nineteen, with black hair that poked out of the cloth that was wrapped about her head. Her build was a slim one, high cheek bones, thin yet powerful looking arms, and the light crème skin that was native to the Earth Kingdom. If she stood up she would be tall, not greatly so, but defiantly as tall as herself, if not more so. The Earth Kingdom girl turned toward Katara, a smile playing across her light pink lips as she stared at her with soft, unseeing, mint green eyes.

"You never go into this much of a spaz…" the girl continued "… Sugarqueen"

Katara's mouth fell open in shock and she openly stared at the girl – woman – before her.

"Not that you don't ever spaz." She continued "Because you do. A lot. Not this much though, what's up?"

"Toph?" Katara managed after a few seconds of shocked silence. "Is that you?"

"No, it's Zuko" Toph replied in a voice so dry it could rival Mai.

"Ugh!" Katara breathed out in anger and annoyance at the soon to be fire lords name. "Please don't mention him!"

"Trouble in paradise?"

"What?"

"Oh nothing, the author of the fan fiction made me put this in, now we can get on with the story, so don't worry."

"… What's a fan fiction?"

"Never mind. Now spill. What happened to get you so upset?"

"An 'act of peace' or something like that. I forget how exactly they worded it." Katara explained with a huff in her voice.

"Oh. I see. Arranged marriage." Toph said, with a grimace "I see they've hooked you into it too. I'm sorry, really I am. What'd your dad say?"

"Some thing along the lines of 'I'm so sorry. Congratulations!' With Sokka heading the Four Nations Council I think he's just happy to have a male heir" Katara said her annoyance evident in her voice. Toph was in the middle of telling Katara that she 'knew how annoying parents could be' when Katara realized what exactly her friend had said.

"Wait. Back up. 'They've hooked me in too'? What's going on? What have they done to you?" She asked, angry "They can't just push us around like this, it's not right!"

"Maybe so, but I don't see a way to get out of it" Toph said with a sigh.

"You're better at this stuff than I am, Toph," Katara admitted "but wouldn't it be easier to just – I dunno – run away or something?"

"It would be easier, but what would people think?" She stood up "Well, I think my spa session is over, so I'll be going. Enjoy your day, relax, and then head to the Firenation. I do believe you have a wedding to plan. Oh, and keep in touch this whole 'disappeared of the face of the earth until my wedding day' thing is getting annoying. I believe you know the address to the Bei Fong Estate, and I'll just have the servants send my letters to the Firenation."

A/N: I'm hoping to get a five reveiws or so before I post the next chapter, but I'll settle for two or three good ones, though the occasional 'I love this!' is appriciated I know my writing isnt the best and want to know whats wrong with it.

Please R&R!