Chapter 2:

Ursa stood looking at Fire Prince Oazi, he was her husband-to-be, he was hansom and she couldn't help but notice his beautiful face and sad looking eyes. He tried to smile at her but she could tell that he didn't really want to be engage to her, Ursa noted he didn't show signs visible signs of disgust but she understood he was as forced into this as she was.

He walked into the room and took her hand and kisses it.

" I have much to show you today, the capital is a big place and I'm sure you'll like it here." Ozai greeted warmly

He guided her while holding her hand gently he looked to the woman servants with a meaningful look.

"Milady Ursa, you should carry this parasol. The city is built on a inactive volcano and our cities humility and heat is very hard to get used up." a woman explained respectfully

Even though she was from a village were she had hot summers, she understood why she was giving the parasol , she had heard of the capitals summers and how bad they could be to those not born in the capital.

She took the yellow parasol in her free hand and as they left the Palace she breathed in as the heat hit her.

Ursa looked to Oazi as he showed no signs of feeling the heat, but he was a fire bender and off course he had been born here.

The shade of the parasol helped her a bit as they walked to the palace gates, she noted guards followed them. She took note of the crowd outside the palace gate who cheered , there were women calling out to Fire Prince's name and about they loved him. Yet Ursa noticed they grew quiet and gave jealous eyes as they noticed her beside him. Usually Oazi would not walk the streets like this as a Prince didn't walk, but Ursa needed to see the streets in a normal manner and not from some palanquin, it seemed his fans got why he was hand in hand with a woman. They were heart broken that the Prince had taken new lover but he was never seen out with his lovers so that meant…

"Your very popular.. " Ursa spoke up lowly to Prince Ozai

" Just ignore them, after all they were just disillusioned woman who thought I would pick one of them to marry. You see dear Ursa me walking hand in hand with you like this is to show my ties and union to you. After all Prince doesn't hold hands with just anyone other then his wife or in your case wife-to- be. "

Ursa nodded as she understood why they were holding hands, it was to show the Prince was taken by her, they weren't married yet but he wanted it known it that he was taken.

He saw something had caught her attention and it was a book store.

"May I look at the book store Fire Prince Oazi." Ursa asked gently

He took her over and she saw a old book which she already had and a new herbal book.

" Ohh it's 'The Dragon princess and the phoenix King." Ursa announced joyfully

Oazi knew of the book but he saw the way Ursa's face lit up as she turned to him and pointed to him.

" Gave me your heart and I shall gave you the world. I love that line in the book. Have you read the book Prince Oazi?" Ursa asked enthusiastic

" I know of it, but I can tell you like it way more then I do, do you want me to buy it?" Oazi retorted gently

Ursa shake her head a little to show she didn't want the book

" No I have to the book in my room.. I think.. It is one of the things I packed to bring here. I didn't even get a chance to look around that room yet." Ursa replied awkwardly "You can buy me the herbal book."

Ursa put a hand on her hip and frowned a bit, but Oazi kisses her cheek and she jumped in shock. She hadn't expected it and she blushed as his bread had tickled her face.

" Don't worry your stuff is safe, I have not read the book in a long time, but you make it sound interesting to me, maybe I'll get you to read it to me."

He moved a daring kiss towed the side of her lips.

" After all you Put such passion into your words."

She stares taken aback by lips touches on her face, she blushed as he guested to a servant.

" Buy Lady Ursa the herbal book and have it taken to her room."

The servant bowed and he took Ursa to there next stop, as he walked he pretend he was looking for something but he smiled with a dark smirk out of Ursa site.

A few simple kisses that he'd preformed as part of his duty had made her flustered. It would be easy to convince her he had feelings for her, it was his duty to act like a loving husband and he would act that way.

He didn't want to marry a stranger and even though his spied had gotten him info about her, he still knew little about her. This woman who was to be his wife would bring him the power and that made him want her.

She seemed happy that he'd brought her a book, she seemed genuinely happy rather then the forced happiness at his proposal. He'd make a note to buy her more books to show his supposed love.

Oazi led Ursa a jewellery shop filled with the most beautiful me necklaces, rings, hair accessories.

Ursa looked in the window for a moment at all the jewellery, she was to be Princess and she guessed he wanted her to dress like one. He guided her her in and took her to the hair accessories.

" Choose what you want, you will wear it on our wedding day."

Ursa looked at all the golden, or even silver hair clips, she didn't know how most of them were meant to go into her hair. She understood how Oazi crown was placed on his hair but she had never worn hair pins before.

She picked an elaborately decorated hair pin up, she examined it with a perplexed look. Oazi chuckled he could tell she didn't know much about the hair clips.

" Don't worry, your woman in waiting will help you pin it into your hair." Oazi offered softy

Ursa smiled a bit uncomfortable but handed him the one she liked with two hands.

"This one is nice, I am not a big jewellery woman." Ursa awkwardly told him

He took it and admired her choice, the hair pin was gold with red flower like circles on each side with crystals within those circles.

" Excellent choice."

He handed it off to be wrapped up and carried by his servants.

" There one more place we are going today, then we will head back to the palace. "

Ursa blinked a bit confused that they were going back so soon, he smiled at her a bit as he saw her confused look

" Don't worry we will explore more after our marriage ceremony in a few days."

She looked off and felt herself shaken, they would be getting married so soon, it was becoming real that she was going to be the wife of a Prince she didn't love.

She knew her mother had packed the wedding kimono her grandmother had worn in her wedding to Roku but she doubted she was going to be allowed wear that.

" Fire Prince Oazi? " she asked nervously as she circled a earring with her slender finger.

He walked up close to her, he could tell something was on her mind, he waved his guards to stay at a distance. The Fire Prince took her hand and turned her to face him.

" What is on your mind? " he asked gently

She looked around for a moment to make sure no one could hear him but her.

" My mother gave me my grandmother's wedding kimono ..She wore it at her wedding with grand father.. It seems fitting." Ursa explained sheepishly

She motioned for him to come closer as she blushed, she knew she it would be bad if others to know about her blood ties to Avatar Roku.

Oazi got in close to her now with a big smile on his face.

"After all.. Fire Lord Sozin is the man who married my grandparents."

If history had been kinder to them both, she and Oazi might of growing up as friends. Yet they were not friends are anything else beside strangers, they growing up living different lives without knowing about each other, although she only knew him from royal portraits

He smiled and took her hands in his own.

" Then you should wear that kimono, it's important to you after all. " Oazi replied gently

He took her hand and escorted her from the shop, he frowned in disgusted out of site of Ursa, he could act kind and comprise with her, but his deepest dark thoughts told him that every aspect of the avatar should be destroyed, but he pushed those thoughts aside. Ursa was to be his wife so he had to learn to love her despite her bloodline.

" Is strange isn't it Fire Prince Oazi?" Ursa asked gently

He raised his eyebrow at her as she took his hand and turned to him, her face red with the heat, she hated the heat in the city, she hadn't ate and drank and it was taken a toll on her.

" What is strange?" Oazi asked curious

She smiled but she felt everything going black, Oazi watched as she fell to the floor with a loud thud.