Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of A:TLA, sadly.

Also this is my first fanfiction so fingers crossed it will turn out good.

Katara

I could feel the breeze blowing through my hair and took a deep breath in. The smell of clouds brought a smile to my face, I got into a comfortable position in the saddle and closed my eyes. And yes clouds do have a smell, it's something between rain and fog, and fog also has a smell too but I'm not going to get into that. I could hear Sokka and Suki snoring next to me, I cracked one eye open and saw Aang in the front guiding Appa and Toph playing with a rock. The war ended 2 years ago and everything is just about done. I mean there are still some Firebenders who are trying to build an army to take over the Fire Nation but honestly it's just a handful of them. Maybe later in the future it would be a problem if more come together but right now there isn't anything to worry about. We didn't expect everyone to like how the war ended, it took a while for the Fire Nation to accept how the world is now, heck even the Water Tribe and Earth Kingdom. After hundreds of years of hatred towards the Fire Nation I understand how hard it would be to trust them. But now that we have the Avatar and an amazing Fire Lord I can see the future of the world being in complete peace, no hatred towards any nation. Speaking of the Fire Lord that's who we're on our way to see now and to say I'm excited would be an understatement. We haven't seen Zuko and Ursa in almost 6 months, we try to visit them as much as possible but it's hard. After the war ended Zuko stayed in the Fire Nation while the rest of us went to Ba Sing Se to help get everything back in order. We also stopped off in some other villages along the way and let me tell you it wasn't simple. And yes, you heard right we found Zuko's mom. She reminds me of my mother so much, she's caring, gentle, and super funny. It didn't take long to find her but it also wasn't easy, but that's a story for another time.

"We'll be there in about 20 minutes!" Aang yelled. I opened my eyes and looked down over Appa's saddle. Past the clouds I could see small little houses, when I looked up into the far distance I could kind of make out the Fire Nation Palace. I felt a wave of excitement run through my body and I all of a suddenly got really giddy. After months and months of working I can't wait to just relax and Zuko really knows how to treat his guest. You almost feel like you're royalty.

"Calm down Sweetness, we'll be there soon." Toph smirked while rubbing the rock between her hands. The rock keeps her calm when she can't see, it's almost like a stress reliever. When it was time to go to the South Pole Toph was a mess. Toph and ice don't mix well. In all honesty Toph was kind of useless. 1. She couldn't bend anything and 2. she couldn't see, so all she really did was wrap herself in furs and hide in one of the igloos. It wasn't her fault anyway, but we did try to make Toph have some sort of fun. We took her penguin sledding, and then everyday for 3 months she made us go penguin sledding with her. I can safely say I hate penguin sledding now. But after we left the South Pole Toph was a huge help, I don't think we could have gotten anything done without her. She has to be one of the best Earthbenders in the world. Don't tell her I said that, she won't let me live it down. After helping out in the Earth Kingdom we went to the North Pole, but they really didn't need all that fixing. They've always been stable since the beginning, so we just stayed there for a couple days and then left.

"YOU GUYS WE WON THE WAR! LET'S CELEBRATE!" Sokka screamed. I rolled my eyes and continued to watch the little houses pass underneath us.

"Sokka we know, it's been 2 years you don't have to keep reminding us." Suki said rubbing her eyes sleepily.

"But isn't it great?" Sokka grinned. I turned around and watched as Toph crawled towards Sokka and punched him in the arm. "Ow, Toph!"

"Sorry Snoozles but someone had to do it." She laughed. Every since the war ended Sokka has tried to find any excuse to celebrate. For example, 'Let's celebrate that we didn't die', 'Let's celebrate that Loserlord Ozai lost his bending', or 'Let's celebrate that Azula is a crazy psychotic ex princess'. There's more than just those. I think he's just trying to find an excuse to party, we did go and celebrate after the war and Sokka went all out. And by all out I mean dancing on tables and making out with trees. After we witnessed that we all swore to never celebrate anything with Sokka ever again.

"Alright guys we're here." Aang said hopping down from Appa. I quickly got up and helped a very pregnant Suki get down carefully. She's 7 months into her pregnancy and she is just a big bundle of hormones, it's a pain in the butt. One minute she's happy, one minute she crying, and then another minute she's eating tiger seal meat covered in tomato carrot jam. It's disgusting.

After we got Suki safely on the ground I crawled back up onto Appa and helped Toph.

"Ah, sweet sweet earth." Toph said with a grin. I was about to turn and get our luggage from Appa but felt a hand wrap around my waist.

"Don't worry Katara, I got it." Aang said with a smile, he kissed my cheek and flew up to get our bags. I smiled sadly at him and turned back towards Suki who was bawling her eyes out because of how beautiful the palace looked.

"It's just so pretty!" Suki wailed. I looked over at Sokka and it looked like he was about to faint, again. From the moment Sokka found out Suki was pregnant until now Sokka has fainted a total of 21 times. He's doing a lot better than I expected.

"I know Suki, come on you need to go lay down." I said with a smile. She wiped away her tears and started towards the palace doors. "Sokka why are you just standing there? Come on."

"Hey Zuko, it's good to see you again?" Aang yelled from behind me. I quickly looked forward and saw a tall man in a long red robe, his black hair was up in a knot held together by a gold headpiece, but the thing that stood out the most wasn't the blazing scar on his left eye but the genuine smile that was displayed on his face. Mai was standing next to him with a bored look on her face but I knew she was happy to see us, with Azula in a mental health facility and Ty Lee with the Kyoshi Warriors she really doesn't have any friends in the Fire Nation.

"Welcome Aang, it's nice to see you." Zuko said formally. I tried to hold in a laugh because this wasn't like Zuko at all. From the time I first met Zuko all I really knew of him to do was yell a lot and preach about honor.

"Oh come on Zuko, give your old friend Aang a hug." Aang teased. Zuko let out a chuckle and walked over to Aang, giving him a friendly hug. When they let go Sokka ran into Zuko nearly knocking him off his feet. I saw in the distance some of the guards watching with wide eyes, expecting the Fire Lord to attack Sokka.

"Hey Sokka, it's good to see you too." Zuko said hugging Sokka back.

"Move Lazy Bones, it's my turn to hug Sparky." Toph said pushing Sokka away and wrapping her arms around Zuko. Toph grew a couple of inches in the past 2 years but she was still a lot shorter than him. Zuko looked down at Toph and smiled at her, Zuko and Toph have gotten really close since he first joined the Gaang. They're almost like brother and sister in a way, which is good for Zuko because he never got to play that brotherly role growing up with Azula.

"OK can we please get this over with, my feet are killing me." Suki said walking up to Zuko.

"It's nice to see you too Suki." Zuko grinned, he then called over one of the guards to get some rooms ready for us and to help with our bags. "What, you're not happy to see me Katara?" Zuko smirked. Oh what I would give to wipe that grin off of his face.

"Of course I'm happy to see you Zuko, who wouldn't be?" I smiled, wrapping my arms around his neck. I made sure not to let the hug last too long because Aang gets jealous fast. I will admit when Zuko's arms were wrapped around my waist they started tingling but I quickly shook off the feeling. We all started to walk towards the palace, I looked over at Toph and saw her smirking at me. I gave her a confused look but she just continued to smirk.

"Mai do you mind showing our guest to their rooms?" Zuko turned to Mai. She just rolled her eyes and started walking down a corridor. "I just have some paper work to handle and then we will have lunch."

"Alright Zuko take your time, we'll be fine." Aang reassured Zuko.

"When guys are all settled in you can just roam around the palace and look around if you want." He then turned and walked into a dark room.

"I think it would be a good idea if the boys stayed in one room and the girls in another." Suki suggested. Me and Toph nodded in agreement while Sokka turned around to face us.

"What?! No Suki, you're staying with me!" Sokka yelled. Suki then slapped Sokka in the back of the head with a scowl. Me, Toph, and Aang started laughing and even Mai cracked a smile at that.

"I do what I please and I want to be with Toph and Katara, do you understand!" Suki said crossing her arms. Sokka nodded and turned around walking into him and Aang's room. Me and the girls followed Mai a little ways down the hall and we stood in front of a big door.

"Well this is your room." Mai said with no emotion in her voice. She was about to turn around and walk away but Toph stopped her.

"Where do you think you're going Gloomy, we have a lot to catch up on." Toph said puling Mai into the room with us. I saw a shocked look on her face that then turned into a smile so small you would have never noticed it. I told you Mai was happy to see us know matter know many times she rolls her eyes.

An hour later we're all laughing at a story that Toph was telling us. Apparently back in Ba Sing Se during the middle of the night Toph snuck off to the market to get a late night snack and was ambushed by some boy who had a crush on her. He tried to kiss her but ended up hanging by his underwear in a tree instead.

"Aw poor kid." Mai said while clutching her stomach in pain from laughing.

"So Mai, how have you been so far since the war end?" Suki asked her after we all calmed down.

"It's nice and all but it's so boring." Mai whined. "I'm practically trapped in this damn palace. The guards don't let me out of their sight, I complained to Zuko already but he just brushes it off."

"Well now that we're here we are going to have one hell of a good time." I said enthusiastically. We all laughed but suddenly stopped when there was a knock at the door.

"You ladies ready for lunch?" Aang asked through the door. We all got up and headed out of the room to the dining hall. When Sokka looked up from eating he instantly saw Suki and ran up to her to see if she's alright. It's cute how much he cares about her but I could totally understand why it aggravates Suki so much.

"Sit where ever you like, we're having roast duck, clam noodle soup, and Komodo sausage. Oh, Katara do you mind getting my mother from her sleeping chamber I think she'll be very happy to see you." Zuko smiled.

"Ya no problem." I got up and made my way towards Ursa's sleeping chamber. I knocked on her door and waited a couple seconds. The door swung open and I came face to face with Zuko's mom. She was gorgeous. Her long black hair fell down her back and a gentle smile was playing on her lips, she then grabbed my arm and pulled me into a bone crushing hug.

"Oh Katara, look at you! You've grown up so much in 6 months, how are you, where have you been, how's Suki?" She asked suddenly. I laugh then pulled back from her hug. Grabbing her hand I led her to the dining room where everyone was waiting for us.

"I'll explain everything later but first everyone's waiting for us to eat lunch." I said. She nodded her head in understanding but then started smirking.

"Last one to the dining room is a rotten turtle duck egg!" She yelled running ahead of me. I stood there in shock but quickly started running after her. We both ran into the dining room at the same time laughing. "I won!"

"No you didn't I won fair and square." I smiled triumphantly, walking towards the table and sitting in between Aang and Ursa.

"In you're dreams, Zuko tell Katara that I won." Ursa turned to Zuko who had a mouth full of noodles.

"Actually you both came in at the same time." Sokka said while trying to stuff an entire duck leg into his mouth..

"Oh come on! Alright fine but next time I'm going to win." I teased Ursa. She looked at me with a grin, now I know where Zuko got it from.

"We'll see about that." She said sticking her tongue out at me. We all started laughing, I looked up from Ursa and spotted Mai with a small frown.

'Are you ok?' I mouthed to her. She nodded and continued to pick at her duck. I knew she wasn't ok, I'll ask her about it later. The rest of the time we ate all I could hear is people talking and Sokka eating. Looking around I realized I was surrounded by the people I care about the most, the only people who were missing was Gran Gran and Uncle Iroh. They both died last year, Uncle Iroh from a heart attack and Gran Gran from just old age. Being a healer I felt like I could have done so much more, but there was nothing I could do. All I did was helplessly watch as Iroh and Gran Gran died, Zuko was heart broken we all were but he took it the hardest when Iroh passed. It was only me and Zuko in the room when it happened.

Flashback

"No! Uncle, wake up!" Zuko screamed kneeling next to his uncle.

I looked down and saw that Iroh's chest wasn't moving. I didn't know what to do, I had to do something. I tried to think of an idea but came up blank, I felt so useless. I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes and I let out a soft sob. Zuko was now shaking Iroh's shoulders yelling for his uncle to come back. Iroh was one of the good ones he shouldn't have died, he's helped Zuko so much. Iroh was supposed to be at Zuko's wedding and become a grandpa. I went over to Zuko and knelt down next to him, pulling him into a hug. He turned and wrapped his arms around my torso, burying his face into my hair.

"He didn't deserve this." Zuko said barely over a whisper, I could feel his tears running down my neck.

"I know." I whispered back. I'm not sure how long we sat there crying together but the next thing I knew it was 8 o'clock at night and everyone else came back from the market.

Iroh was one of the most wisest men I've ever met, I'm just glad he got to see what an amazing man Zuko turned out to be and I know he was proud of him.

"We should all go to the beach!" Suki said after we finished our meal. We were all out in the palace garden which was just outside of the actual palace, there are trees, hundreds of flowers, and a couple ponds scattered around. It was breathtaking.

"Sorry Honey but I'm pooped, I'm not going anywhere." Toph said leaning against a tree. We all nodded in agreement.

"B-but" We all looked over at Suki and she was just about ready to cry. She was sitting next to Sokka who looked like he was about to have a panic attack.

"Don't worry Suki I'll take you to the beach tomorrow, I promise." I reassured her. "We can even go to the market and find some baby clothes if you'd like."

"Thanks Katara, Sokka why can't you be nice like Katara. Instead you treat me like a goat dog." Suki cried, she then got up and ran towards the other side of the garden.

"Suki, wait! I would never treat you like a goat dog, you're so much cuter than a goat dog." Sokka yelled running after her. Ladies and gentlemen I introduce you to pregnancy. Out of everyone in the world I would have never imagined Sokka as a dad and I'm not sure if I can ever imagine that. Oh La and Tui please don't let that baby take after Sokka.

"If that's what it's like to be pregnant than I don't want a baby." Mai commented after a while. Toph then started to laugh uncontrollably.

"HAHAHA, imagine Mai pregnant." We then all caught on to what she was laughing about and we all joined in except for Mai. She looked confused.

"I don't get it." She said bluntly.

"Well no offense but you're not very emotional but if you were pregnant you would be very emotional." Aang explained. Mai still didn't laugh. It got quiet all of a sudden and we all just looked at each other awkwardly.

"I still don't get it." Toph then rolled her eyes and sat up.

"Forget it Gloomy. Hey, has anyone seen Momo?" Toph asked. We all looked around looking for Momo, now that I think about it the last time I saw Momo was in...uh oh.

"Momo! We forgot him in Omashu!" Aang yelled getting up and opening his glider. We all stood up and walked over to Aang.

"Wait where are you going?" I asked putting my hand on his shoulder. He looked scared.

"I have to go get him, it'll only take a couple of days Katara. I promise." He then gave me a quick peck on the lips and flew off. We all stood there and watched Aang disappear into the distance.

"Well I don't know about you guys but I was a mess when I was pregnant with Zuko. I ate the weirdest this like dirt and grass, it was awful. So, who would like to see some of Zuko's baby pictures?" Ursa said trying to change the subject. We all laughed and followed her back to the palace. You can always count on Ursa to make you smile.

Well that's the first chapter I hope you guys liked it. Please R&R!