Because sometimes I'm not terribly original, and because I love mixing dialogue from Joss Whedon shows with other fandoms (usually via icons), this drabble is a dialogue-heavyhomage to the Buffy The Vampire Slayerepisode "No Place Like Home", written by Douglas Petrie and directed by David Solomon. Those of you who know the episode will hopefully be amused at the familiar language, but it should work just as well for those who haven't. If not, well… it amuses me. :) And by all means, watch Buffy. Because it is awesome.

This one's also way too long, so forgive me for breaking drabble structure. Others will not be this long. Though to make up for that I did sneak in a Christmas reference, if you can catch it.


Wooing Katara: 2nd Attempt

Katara was putzing around the campsite, wondering why they were still in this same village. But without Zuko outright threatening to kill them, Aang seemed in less of a rush to leave, especially since he had yet to successfully ride the local man-eating bears. As she pondered, she noticed Zuko standing nearby.

"What are you doing here?" she snapped, "I said I was running away and not getting married to you."

Zuko scowled, "Passing through the forest contemplating the political ramifications of your incessant and pointless rejection of---"

"Five words or less,"she cut him off, waving a waterwhip threateningly.

"Out. For. A. Walk. …Bitch."

"Out for a walk, near our campsite? I don't have time for this, Princey."

Zuko's scowl grew to three times its size. "I'll be on my merry way, then."

He turned and stalked off, pausing after about ten feet to look back and snap, "You know, contrary to one's self-involved world-view, your camp happens to be directly between parts... and other parts of this forest. That's it. Satisfied? You know, I really hope so because Agni knows you need some satisfaction in life besides puddle-frolicking with Junior Air Monkey and I never really liked you anyway and—and you have stupid hair!"

That having been said, Zuko promptly ran away. Sokka, who just arrived, looked at his sister. "That guy is a prince, right?"

"Inbreeding," she shrugged.