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A/N: Sorry this took so long to get up.

A quick thanks to those who reveiwed. I'll try and fix that grammer! I'm just not good at it. Maybe I'll have my teacher edit these for me before I update.

Next chapter may take a while to put up. With everything thats been going on I'm up to my neck in things.

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Katara had been sitting in one of the royal gardens watching the sun set when the servant came to fetch her. Next to her room, this garden was the place she spent most all of her time, it was just so peaceful here, so quiet, it even had a pond with which she could practice her bending. All in all it reminded her of the spirit oasis in The Northern Water Tribe, tranquil, solitary, completing, and not as wretchedly hot as the rest of the Fire Nation. Here she felt connected with herself and her past, here she could think, and her mind was much more open than it was anywhere else.

When she was here she could understand why Aang chose to meditate so often, it made you feel so calm, peaceful… complete. The little creatures that lived in the pond were charming as well; she had taken to bringing crumbs to feed the animals whenever she came to visit. 'Turtleducks' one of the servants had told her when she had asked, she had named them. The mothers name was Nena, while her four offspring were all named after plants. They seemed to recognize her now, and Lily would even come up and rest her head on Katara's lap, though Briar still nipped at her fingers.

"There is someone to see you, Lady Katara" the servant said with a bow.

"May I inquire as to whom?" I asked, standing up to follow him to where ever it was that dared disturb me waited. I thought I had made it clear that I was not to be disturbed during my garden time.

"That would be me" The servant whirled around as the girl came into the garden uninvited. "Katara, as the future Lady of the Fire Nation, you really should teach your workers manners. I had to question no less that three people to find my way here. You also should install maps, not that they would be of use to me, but still. How do you find yourself around this place?"

"Toph!" Katara cried with a smile, rushing forward to hug her friend. "You're here." Realizing that there was a servant present she dismissed him, then led Toph to the pond side blanket she had laid down before spilling out her guts.

"Thank Nan you arrived!" she exclaimed "I've almost had it with all the wedding planning, it's killing me!"

"I can imagine" Toph said, slipping into the role of best friend as easily as she might lift a pebble. The earth bending girl proceeded to sit quietly, nodding in all the right places while her friend told her about the horrors that had occurred during the two weeks she had been stuck in 'this steaming waterless wasteland of never ending scorching sunlight' and how she couldn't stand that 'brat of a sister-in-law-to-be' Azula, who had been given the task of showing her around the castle.

"I see" she said at the end of the most likely hugely over exaggerated tale of her friend's displeasure. "I'm surprised you haven't killed someone yet! I'm assuming you still haven't seen anything of His Royal Pain in the Ass yet?"

"Nope, no sign of him yet" Katara admitted, at least somethings were going O.K.

"Well you have something to be thankful for then." Toph said in the most optimistic voice she could conjure up, which wasn't much, but it was something. "Now tell me, how's the wedding planning been going?"

Katara let out a loud groan as the question was asked. Toph couldn't help it, she laughed.

"It's not funny!" Katara exclaimed, exasperated "It's really hard to plan with that many people coming, and I haven't got all of the replies back yet! You try planning a wedding like that!"

"Alright, alright" Toph said, holding her hands up in the air in a 'I didn't mean it' fashion. "I won't laugh anymore, it's not fair to you, I understand! I got it easy I guess, I won't have to plan mine, being blind and all my mother insists on making all the preparations. Of course, you know who you're gonna spend the rest of your life with!"

"You don't?" Katara asked, shocked.

"Of course not! You're weddings a peace wedding, mines an arranged marriage, I don't get to know who the heck I'm set up with until the day actually arrives!" Toph explained.

"I had no idea!" Katara exclaimed "How is it you haven't gone completely insane with wondering who it might be?"

"Nothing to it really" Toph said, "I always knew I'd get stuck with something like this, the best thing I can do is practice my bending or keep busy in other ways, like helping you. Now, you haven't told me yet, what's your plan for revenge against Sokka?"

"Well, I haven't set up the whole thing, but…"


A/N: Well, thats it. It's short, I know. I said I'd make it long, I know. I lied. Chapter four will be longer to compensate. I promise. Sort of. I now have a total of 10 (count 'em ten) reveiws for this story so I say thank you people. Keep adding, I'd like at least fifteen before I update again.

Thanks to those who have followed loyally through both of my chapters - you know who you are - and have reveiwed every time. I hope you'll continue, even when my grammer is down the drain and my writing decides to join it, because I appriciate your comments. I'll put ya in my book - if I ever get it published.

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