Of Prince and Peasant...

Whoever thought...

AN: Hola all! Well, here I am in another 'epic' adventure. This time with Avatar. Yay! Well, I'm not exactly good with Chinese and Japanese names, but I'll try and remember the characters names. Please no flames, constructive critisism is allowed but not desired! Anyways, on with the...er... fanfiction. Oh, by the way, this will sometimes be a songfic and some of the other crazy words we use. LOL :)

Chapter one...

Watching and Wanting Me...

Katara sat by the fire, warming her cold hands. She looked around for a sign that someone else was awake besides her. Toph turned in her rock tent and pulled her sleeping bag closer to her small body. Aang cuddled next to Appa and occasionally wiping his nose free of Appa's shedding fur. Sokka was snoring loudly as usual. Oh, how she hated being the last one awake. But for some reason, she just couldn't fall asleep. She blamed her wide range of emotions. She felt watched, but so alone at the same time. Sometimes she wished that she could just forget everything and go back to the North Pole.

'No use sitting here. Might as well go do something worthwhile.'

Katara got up as quietly as she could manage and walked over to her sleeping destination. She picked up her bag and pulled out her water uniform (swim suit). She untied her robe behind a tree and slipped on the flimsy outfit. She carelessly dropped her robe and sash behind a tree and undid the long braid in her hair.

'I'll find everything later'.

She walked to the large pool of water closest to her dispence. She stepped into the semi-cold water and sighed.

"Feels back to finally be back in my natural element." She began to play around with small streams of water. She waded deeper into the water until it finally reached her mid waist. She playfully began nudging the water in different directions until she grew bored.

After a while she sat down on a rock and relaxed for the first time in what seemed like days. It felt nice. She took a deep breath and looked up at the stars.

'They are so beautiful, all shining together like small white fires in the distance.'

After a while, Katara got up and began to walk back to the camp. She hoped that Toph had sensed her feel vibrations and woken up. It was in vain. She knew that even if Toph had woken up, she would have rolled over and gone back to sleep. Katara had began to feel tired very suddenly. Very tired. She reached for the tree's to help her keep from stumbling. She felt so tired. Finally she gave up and curled up on a long, flat rock. Her wet skin made her cold. As she drifted to sleep, she saw a figure walking toward her. She could not see its face. She was too drowsy to care. Whatever it was, she would deal with it in the morning. It could wait, couldn't it?

Serveral minutes before...

Prince Zuko made his way toward the Avatar's camp. He followed the smoke rising from the top of the tree's to navigate his way. Plus he could hear Sokka snoring from a mile away. He held a small ball of fire to see where he was going. He knew that Toph was a very light sleeper due to the vibrations and one small step could ruin his attempt for honor. He looked to the ground for anything that might give him away. Meanwhile he was not looking forward and happened to run into a rock. A rather large rock.

"Shiit!" He swivled around a bit and then regained his balance. "Whoo! That was close." He sighed. Then a small noise caught his attention. A girl looked warily at him from the top of the rock. It was Katara. Zoku's eyes widened, thinking that she had seen him, but she just fell back asleep without another sound. He could see the Avatar's camp just through the tree's. He was about to make his way forward when he heard a voice coming from one of the tents.

"Snoozles? Is that you?" The small earthbender arose from her tent and looked around. He knew she could not see him, but could feel something. "Ok, whoever's there better come out and face me!" She yelled making the avatar shuffle around and Sokka open one eye to yell at her.

"What are you talking about? Go back to bed! Can't you see it's not even dawn?!" He heard the sleepy Sokka say toward her.

"First, I can't see ANYTHING!" She waved her hand in front of her face. "Second, Get up snoozles! Someone's here." She said as she gathered her fighting stance.

"It's probably just Katara. Right sis?... Sis?" Sokka lazily got up to do a half assed look-around for her.

"What is going on?" A dazed and sleepy avatar rubbed his head.

Zuko realized his chance had been foiled, but not fully. He still had a chance. He grabbed the sleepy water maiden and began to run off.

"Katara! I know thats you over there! This isn't funny." Toph yelled toward Zuko.

Zuko took off as fast as he could manage toward his ship. As soon as he got close, he sent a ball of fire into the air to alert his uncle that he was on his way. He heard the creeky ramp lay out for him. He ran aboard his ship as fast as he could manage and pulled the ramp up as quickly as he could with the girl on his shoulders. He quickly set her down and set the ship into sail mode.

"What's the hurry?" Iroh said in his usual joyus voice. "And why have you brough a girl aboard?" Iroh looked at him strangly.

"Toph heard me coming and alerted the camp. It was her or nothing." Zuko said aggitated.

"I see. Well, when she wakes up, perhaps she will wish for some tea." Uncle headed toward the cabins.

"Uncle! She is a prisoner, not an honored guest!" Zuko glared at his uncle.

"Prisoner or no, she should still feel at home!" His uncle only worsened his anger.

"Uhhggggg!" Zuko slapped his head in his hands.

He picked up the sleeping girl and began to carry her to the brigg.

"Just where do you think your taking her?" Iroh appeared behind Zuko without warning.

"The brigg, where prisoners belong. Where else?"

"Take her to the guest rooms, that's where a young lady belongs." Iroh directed sternly.

"But..."

"I will hear no more of this. Take her to the guest room while I get her some tea." Iroh scurried off happily.

Zuko banged his head against the wall. His uncle could be so infuriating sometimes. He opened the door the the room and set her down on the bed. He knew that when she woke up that she would freak, so he locked the door. Before he continued down the hall, he looked on her one more time. Her hair fell down around her face and complemented her skin while her perfect hourglass figure breathed peacefully. Zuko shook his head.

'Having a crush on the enemy, not a good idea. Besides, she's a water wench.'

Zuko shook his head as he walked down the hall toward his room for a peacefull nap.