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"Grrrrrrr!" Through all the walls in golden castle the loud noise of anger could be heard. "I bet he gets his kicks from throwing these huge crappy balls in which every important leader is forced to attend, as if we have nothing better to do!" Katara snapped at the poor unlucky girl who was pick to help her during her stay at the Fire Nation. Said girl was trying to put her in a nice red and gold gown, but no Lady Katara would not have it. She ran to her seal skin bag and pulled a blue and white gown just as lovely as the red and gold one if not more and as the young maiden tried to help her put it on she swatted at her and insisted on putting it on herself.
Katara turned to the young maiden and apologized.
"I'm so sorry, I know you're just doing your job and all but Fire Lord Zuko pisses me off, I swear he does this to piss me off…"
"No Lady Katara no need to explain yourself, if you want the truth that's part of the reason he does do it, but you didn't hear it from me."
"Ooooooooooooh, I knew it, he's going to die tonight!"
"Now Katara," Sokka's voice came from the door. "Don't get that pissed, you do look funny when you're mad."
Even after the war and all these years Sokka still tried to be funny, and make jokes. Key word, tried.
"Sir Sokka." The young girl bowed her head.
"What the hell is up with you guys?" Sokka asked. "Water tribe people always treat others as equals, no Sir, or Lady."
After the war each Nation was assigned a Leader, but the Water Tribes couldn't pick just one leader, so it was settled, The Northern Water Tribe's leader would be Sokka, and The Southern would be Katara, the other Nations didn't have this problem, Toph was already the rich and held power, add the fact she could kill the majority of the population you have youself a leader. There are no Airbenders, apart from Aang so that was settled easy, and Zuko never picked a side in end, he just took out Azula, and his father died, so he was the rightful heir to the thrown, though some people didn't think that was right.
Sokka tied the back of Katara's dress for her as she continued to rant.
"I'm gonna rip out his throat and feed it to Appa!" It was a well known fact that Zuko feared the bison and flying more then water.
Then I'll freeze him to a pole naked!"
The young girl put in her input just to help the Water Mistress cool off before the Ball actually started.
"Would it be smarter to freeze him to the pole naked," as the young girl said this she blushed. "then rip out his throat and feed it to this Appa?"
"Good thinking!" Katara praised the girl.
"All tied, no one will be getting into your dress tonight!" Sokka said pleased with himself.
"Sokka," Katara yelled, then punched him in the arm.
"Well no one cares, that peasant couldn't find anyone to bed her if she paid them." A voice called from the hall way as it passed.
"Errrrrrrrrrrr, You wait till I get my hands on you, you big, big spider monkey!"
She finally spit out.
"Spider monkey?" Sokka asked.
"Shut it!" She said back in her fowl mood.
She walked up to the mirror to do her make up. She never wore much to these things. She applied some light blue liquid to her eyelids, and some red liquid to her lips. She looked at herself. She looked pretty, like her mother, as Gran-Gran used to tell her. The dress went all the way passed her feet. The dress itself was lovely. It was blue with white fur trim. It was a v neck and at the point of the v was a dark blue broach, one that had been passed to her from Gran-Gran when she died. There was a design on the dress, a little scene of a mermaid, reaching out to a hawk man. She always loved this dress when she was little playing dress up, Sokka always made fun of her, but now he stood behind her with his hand on her shoulder, where a father might stand.
"I'm going to find Toph and help her get ready." Katara said bitterly and left the room.
"You know," Sokka said turning to the young maiden, "I bet there's a bigger picture then what we all see."
And with the only smart thing Sokka said all night he also left the room probably looking for his good friend Aang so they could go perform their normal ritual before the Ball. It involved annoying the Fire lord. Who ever he struck at first was deemed lucky for the rest of the night.
Hope you enjoyed, tell me if you see any errors. Kerri