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Palace Couple

The wedding for the Crown Prince Zuko and the Crown Princess-to-be Katara was set for next week. And the world already knew thanks to the nosy reporters snooping around the palace. But, while the biggest wedding of the year was being planned, Zuko and Katara both had to learn the proper process since the palace wedding was completely different. And so, the next day, they both arrived at the school studio in the palace, where they would learn the way.

"Okay, Katara, are you ready?" Hakoda and Sokka asked worriedly.

"Of course, I mean it'll be just like school. You go there, you learn, then come home. Right?" Katara replied trying to sound confident, but it didn't really help. But no matter, Katara readily walked out the door where dozens and dozens of reporters and photographers busily took pictures and asked questions. She made her way through the tough crowd and into the limo which would take her to the palace again. Still, the photographers and reporters followed the moving vehicle. Some gave up and just headed back to interview Katara's family, but some were determined enough to even follow her all the way to the palace. One snoopy reporter, however, was someone that Mai hired to dig up clues to break up the new "couple" after they got married. Katara headed into the school studio, and met the teacher, who apparently was someone named Mr. Iroh.

"Hello Miss Katara, I am Mr. Iroh, you're teacher for today." Mr. Iroh said welcomely. He held out his hand and Katara shook it with a warm smile. Out of nowhere, Zuko appeared with another servant who was carrying a stack of books.

"Hello, Mr. Iroh. Hey, Katara." Zuko said sounding bored. He walked over to where Katara was sitting and took a seat himself.

"Okay, good, now that you two are here, let's begin. Now, when you both enter with his and her majesty, along with Miss Katara's father..." Mr. Iroh continued. Katara busily took notes, so that on the day of the actual wedding, she wouldn't mess up and fall on her face in public. But Zuko just sat there pretending to be listening. After Mr. Iroh finished each segment, the servant brought in another stack of books. Each book had all the information about one thing that Iroh talked about. But they weren't really of much use. Three hours had went by while Zuko and Katara were "learning" and when the clock finally hit 4:00, Katara was on her way home with a head full of knowledge on just how to go through a simple wedding.

She entered her living room and threw herself onto the couch once more, again totally beat from that day. Just as she was able to go and get some "brain food" the phone rang. She went to go and pick it up, but she saw the caller ID and groaned.

"What do you want Jet?" Katara rolled her eyes.

"Katara. Katara! Have you thought about what I said? Did you reject them?" Jet asked almost frantically.

"Ugh, no. I did what was best for my family. You would've done that too if you were in the same situation." Katara replied calmly.

"Yeah but, you could've been with me, remember?" Jet said.

"Look, if you're going to keep acting like such a baby and jerk, I don't know what I'm going to do with you. Seriously, Jet, you've been acting weirder lately."

"No I haven't, and besides, I have a little offer. Do you have time tomorrow? Afterschool? Maybe you can come over to the treehouse tomorrow, it'll be em--" Katara cut him off realizing what he meant, and right when he said it, she decided it would be best if they weren't seeing each other anymore.

"You know what, Jet? I've had just about enough of your creepy talk. You've changed, so now I have something to say, I think we should break up." Katara told him.

"W-what? Are you kidding me? Why do you suddenly want to break up?" Jet asked almost panicking.

"Don't take it too personally. I mean, I'm getting married next week!"

"B-but..." Jet pleaded. But he thought about it, and realized she was right. He also thought about it some more, and also decided to give up on the break-them-up-with-the-help-of-Mai- plan too, since there really wasn't any use for that now. "Okay, but we are still friends, right?"

"Sure, we're friends. But I kind of have to go and do some studying and all. Bye" Katara finished her sentence and hung up the phone and ran to her room.

"Bye" Jet whispered sadly even though she had already hung up.

The following day, Katara was supposed to go back to the palace for a tour. She was going to need the tour if she was going to live there in a few weeks. First, Mr. Iroh introduced her to the main living room, where her majesty usually was. The inside was decorated with red and gold walls, with black molds in the corners, making the room have that royalty feeling. No wonder her majesty stayed in that room a lot.

Next, she went to visit the kitchen, where all the delicious food were made. Wow, this place looks almost nothing like a kitchen, well, not like the one at home though. Hehe, I'll probably get used to this kitchen. Just as she was leaving to visit another room, the kitchen staff entered the room. Mr. Iroh introduced all the staff to Katara. They were pretty nice people.

Then, she visited the dining room. Katara finally decided that the dining room would be her favorite room, and boy was she right. The dining room was highly decorated, even more than the main living room. Over the table, there was a maroon colored tablecloth with little patterns of a fire sign. Apparently the royal family liked the subject of fire. Totally opposite to her. When it came to elements, she was just like a water sign. But anyway, in the middle of the table, the centerpiece was a single candle stand. Around the stand was a weaved stem of a rose, all leading up to the candle. It was breathtaking.

Lastly, she went to visit her future bedroom. Unlike most houses, the couples' rooms were separated. They were forbidden to sleep in the same room unless they were the King and Queen, or if his and her majesty had arranged a room for them. But that was unlikely. After her three hour tour of the palace and the people who worked there, she was finally allowed to go home. Whoo! Boy, this was some busy week for me! Even though, this was already a pretty busy week for her, next week was going to be even busier. Especially because of the wedding!

To be continued...

Whoo! The wedding will probably be in the next chapter. Also, this chapter was pretty important, because she's going to be living in the palace next week. So she'll have to get used to where all the rooms are. Wow, I haven't even written the next chapter yet!

-zkjanie