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#94 Lost

Katara glanced warily around her. No one was to be seen. The castle guards were mostly stationed at the main gate. Only a patrolling guard could come across her and the chances of that were slim to none. She shivered and pulled her blue cloak tighter around her body. One would think that the Fire Nation would be a place of warmth. However, it was rather like a desert. In the daytime it was perfectly warm, but in the nighttime it was freezing cold.

She walked down the corridors slowly, carefully rounding each corner, so she would not bump into anyone. The moon cast strange shadows on the walls and her hand flew automatically to her mother's necklace. It was her main source of comfort when she felt alone, thought that wasn't very often.

The golden tassels on her cloak made a soft swishing noise as she rounded a corner impatiently. Red, red, everywhere. No matter where she turned it all looked the same. The inside of the Fire Palace was like a maze.

"Honey?" asked Zuko, poking his head out of one of the many doorways she had just passed.

She stopped her back stiffening and slowly turned around.

Zuko tried to stifle his laughter. He really did.

"It's not funny." Katara said blushing. "Why couldn't the kitchen have been put closer to the bedrooms when this place was built is what I'd like to know!"

"We could just get a guard to escort you," said Zuko.

"I will not have someone escort me around my home, just because I happen to get a little hungry at night," She thundered back at him. "It's all your fault anyway."

"Yes, yes all my fault," he agreed in monotone, crossing his arms over the top of his robes.

She eyed him suspiciously. "Are you mocking me?"

"And why would I do that?" he asked with a grin on his face that Katara found adorable despite herself.

"Oh, forget it." She sighed rubbing her overly large belly. "Let's just get back to bed before your child decides to wake me up again." She strolled into her bedroom passing her amused husband. Slipping under the covers, she closed her eyes and rolled over onto her side. A moment later Zuko lay down beside her.

"Just promise me we'll talk about getting you an escort tomorrow." He mumbled close to her ears. "It can't be much fun getting lost every night."

"Fine. We'll talk," Katara said shortly. She smiled, as his arms encircled her and pulled her close to him.

After all, she reasoned, there was nothing wrong with being found.

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