The sun was slowly breaking the hold of night over the fire nation. It truly was a new day, for the war was over and a new Fire lord crowned. Zuko was awake. He had been for near an hour, and not idly. The orange spiraling fire on the pedestal next to him cast shrinking shadows as the sun brought forth light to conquer it. There was so much to do. Withdrawing the troops, giving the nations the prisoners they had taken, and much harder, regaining the honor of the fire nation. Footsteps echoed, soft as they were, into the war room where Zuko was planning the withdrawal. There was a long road ahead of him. He was doubting his own abilities. He wished his uncle was here for advice, but he knew he couldn't rely on it forever. His uncle was now in Ba Sing Se, living happily in a tea shop. This was his nation now, and he needed to lead it.

"You shouldn't get up without me Zuko, it's rude to leave your betrothed in bed alone." She said speaking softly. Zuko didn't look up, just closed his eyes and took a long breath. "I'm sorry Mai, I couldn't go back to sleep. Didn't want to disturb you." He said, feeling her arm, covered in the red fire nation robe she wore, wrap around his shoulders. "I have so much to do." He said. "I just hope I can do this." He opened his eyes feeling her hand on his chin, turning it to him. "You were born to do this Zuko." She said, kissing him gently for a moment. "Come on." She said. "I'm hungry." He looked up to her and gave her a half-hearted smile. "Alright, I suppose that's a good idea." Together they walked out of the fire nation's war room.

Appa landed on Omashu, which was being fixed due to the destruction done during the eclipse. Repairs had been put off due to the coming of the comet, and gathering of the members of The White Lotus. The gang was greeted with excitement, and a vanishing of a cabbage cart, leaving them all a little confused. Bumi slid off of one of the mail delivery slides and landed heavily on the ground in front of them.

"Bumi!" Aang greeted, hugging his old friend. "So what brings you to Omashu Aang?" He questioned, quirking an eye at him. Katara answered with a smile. "We are making our way to the South Pole, to return home, and Aang wanted to see how things were going here, and it seemed a good place to stop for the day." Aang jumped in right after, "Yeah, no more pushing Appa, right boy?" He said beaming and patting the bison's head which licked him in response. He chuckled a lot and Bumi cackled making everyone quiet. "Well Aang, stay wherever you like, my city is your city. As for me, I need to get back to repairs." Bumi grinned again and jumped, with an assistance from Earthbending and went back to the slide he was fixing.

"It's nice not to be stuck in a tent again don't you think?" Sokka said to the group, leaning back on his hands. It was back to the original group again. Suki had gone back to Kyoshi island, and Toph stayed in the Fire Nation, wanting to become a blacksmith of sorts. "I can agree with that." Katara said with a smile, laying some nuts and berries between them. She sat down next to Aang on the floor, and took a handful, looking at Aang, who was playing with Momo, a ball of air being used to make him jump.

"What do you think Aang?" Katara said, looking at him. "I dunno. Camping was fun." He said looking at her with a smile, the ball of air vanishing. He took a nut out of the bowl and popped it in his mouth. "Here you go Momo." Katara said, laying some on the floor. The lemur ran over without hesitation. "So Aang, this energy bending thing, what exactly can you do with it?" Sokka said breaking the comfortable silence, sniffing a berry skeptically before eating it. Aang looked a little surprised.

"Uhh…I'm not sure. I mean, I know I can take bending away, but maybe give it to people? It does seem like it to be one sided would be unbalanced." He said with a shrug, eating a berry. "I'll be right back." Katara said, kissing Aang's cheek and getting up, heading to what was her room. Aang watched her green robe flow as she disappeared around the corner. "So what's going on between you and my sister?" Sokka asked with a raised eyebrow. Aang put his hand on the back of his head.

"Well uh…"

"Well uh what?"

"It's a, um…"

Katara broke the awkwardness by calling out. "Aang, can you come in here? I want to ask you something."

"Coming Katara!" Aang replied.

"This isn't over!" Sokka told Aang as he walked away.

"What do you need Katara?" He asked her strolling in, the medallion on his chest bouncing as he walked. She gave him a smile and looked to a few piles she had made. There was piles of clothes on the bed. "Which one should I wear when we stop in Ba Sing Se?" She asked him. There was her traditional blue, her parka, an earth kingdom dress and her fire nation red outfit. "Well I think you look good in all of it." He said with a smile. "But, if you want to save the blue for when you go home, you can wear the red." Aang said, remembering what she looked like in all of the different outfits. "Thanks Aang." She said, shifting her clothes as he stepped out where Sokka was waiting. "Let's take a walk." He said.

It had been quiet between them as they left the house, Sokka announcing to Katara they would be back. Sokka broke the silence.

"Listen…I know you have had a crush on my sister for awhile now. I'm not even thick enough to not see that." He said. "But, now things seem different. What's going on Aang?" Aang looked away for a moment and stopped walking.

"I love her." He said to Sokka before looking away. A cart flew by overhead, letting a moment pass between them before he looked back to him. "Are you guys together or what?" He asked raising an eyebrow at the monk. "Well, since the coronation, her and I have kind of just been. Like what happened between you and Suki. Never really announced, but it just is." Sokka nodded rubbing his chin. "You better be serious about this Aang, because if you aren't, things are going to get bad." He warned. "Not just with me." He added. "I don't envy you if you cross my sister." He said. Aang nodded unafraid. "I know, and I promise you, I'm not going to." He replied.

"Well, as long as you guys aren't all gushy near me, then I have no problem with it." Sokka said with a shrug. Aang chuckled. "Deal."

A/N: Okay, well here is the first chapter of my first multichapter fanfiction! Please, Review because I need to know what you guys think. I will try to have chapters up weekly! Most importantly, enjoy!