Author's Note - Hi everyone thanks heaps to those who decided to read my fanfic :D... It is my first attempt at a fanfic and i hope you all like it... I plan to upload this chapter, the prologue of sorts, and i will then upload the first chapter and from there i ask a favour to those who read it, would you please please please leave me a review telling me what you think, whether i should carry on with the story and whether you like where the story is going?

PROLOGUE

Screams of pain echoed around the dark palace, bouncing off the deep red marbled walls, as a young servant girl rushed along a corridor leading to the royal chambers. When she reached the large golden ornate doors at the end, she entered in to a bustling room, full of nurse maids and servants, all hurrying around the room, all of the focus on the tanned woman laying on her back in the large silk quilted bed. Katara screamed again as another contraction racked her body with pain. Zuko, the only male in the room, crouched next to the bed, holding his wife of four years, hand tightly to his lips and grimaced as another of her screams pierced the cool, night air flowing in the window across from the bed.

"I'm so sorry Katara," he whispered as her back arched in pain, her eyes closed tightly and her mouth open in a silent scream. She dropped back to the bed panting hard as the pain subsided slightly. Zuko reached across and gently wiped the sweat from her tan brow, before picking strands of her mahogany hair from her flushed cheeks and she gave him a weak smile. "Its.. OK.." She cooed between heavy breathes and then reached out to touch his lips gently. "I'll be fine... Not... Long now.." Her smiled brighten slightly before she grimaced in pain from the next contraction. The distressed Fire Lord climbed up onto the bed holding his Fire Lady's shoulders as she screamed again.

"Push, my dear" the old woman kneeling at the end of the bed called to Katara, and Zuko felt her tense up with the effort, right before the old nurse maid yelled "I can see the head, keep pushing love!" Katara screamed again pushing with all her might. Zuko Buried his head in her her hair, tears welling in his eyes from seeing the love of his life in so much pain. Katara groaned with the effort before exhaling loudly in relief as Zuko heard a weak cry from the foot of the bed. He looked up quickly and then looked to Katara's face, worry etched into his brow. She was laying against his chest, with her eyes closed, a small smile creeping to her lips as she took deep breathes and listened to the cries at the foot of the bend that were becoming more and more insistent.

"It's OK, Katara, its over, you're OK" he gushed while stroking her face and bringing his lips to hers, ever so gently. She smiled in to his lips, before she tried to pull herself up on her elbows. Zuko moved to sit further behind her and pulled her to sit closer and lean against his chest.

The bustling in the room increased for a moment, all of the nurses and servants wanting to have a look at their newborn heir. The old nurse pushed through the crowding women, cradling a bundle of red cloth in her arm. She looked up and smiling hugely at her Lord and Lady before bringing the bundle around the side of then bed and resting it in Katara's waiting arms.

"You have given the Fire Nation a beautiful baby girl" she said almost proudly smiling again as she backed away from the bed, pulling the arms of the other maids as she went, "Come, everyone" she said sharply to the younger servant girls still trying to get a closer look. "This is a special moment that i would think the Fire Lord and Lady would like to have to them selves, don't you think?" she said before ushering everyone out of the room pausing only to smile towards the new Royal family again before shutting the large golden doors behind her.

Katara held the bundle close to her chest smiling happily down at her new baby girl. Zuko reached down and pushed the red cloth away from his newborn daughters face, revealing her tiny face to him, her eyes still closed tightly as she adjusted to her bright new world. She was tanned just like her mother, already with a full head of thick, jet black hair, pasted to her forehead and neck.

"She looks just like you my love" he said smiling proudly down at his baby girl. "She is just as beautiful too" he said kissing Katara's forehead before leaning down and kissing his daughters head lightly.

The baby girl grimaced slightly, making both her parents smile, before she opened her large, bright eyes for the first time. Both Katara and Zuko gasped as they looked into her eyes. They were wide and had a thick frame of dark eyelashes, but more interesting was that they were two toned. The outside of her iris was a ruby red colour that blended into a deep purple before lightening to a clear blue on the inside. The couple looked at each other, both unsure, but when they looked back at the strange sight, they watched as the colours visibly began to blend in to each other and once the beautiful baby girl had blinked a few times, her eyes had focused and Katara gasped again at the new almost metallic shade of purple in her daughters eyes. The rare jewels focused slowly on to her parents faces and she smiled.

Both Katara and Zuko were speechless, as they looked down in awe at her dazzling eyes. After a few moments, Katara turned her head to look at the smooth side of her husband's shocked face and whispered, "Violet..." pausing before looking back down at the precious bundle in her arms and said again, a smile in her voice, "I want to name her Violet."