Right at three Katara met with Zuko right in front of the throne room. "Ready?" He asked.
Katara nodded as she smoothed her skirt. She was dressed in a light blue gown. It was soft and made of satin. Her hair was in a braid and stayed over her shoulder. "Take my hand." He said. Taking his hand the guards opened the throne room doors. They made their way to the balcony windows. Right outside those windows were fire nation, earth nation, and even some water nation citizens.
Taking a deep breath Zuko opened the balcony windows and the two walked outside. The crowd went up in a loud uproar of clapping and cheering. Putting a huge smile on her face she and Zuko waved to the crowd. "Follow my lead." Zuko said.
Follow his lead? How? Oh no. He was fixing to make a speech and she was going to speak as well. Great.
"Fire Nation, Earth Nation, Water Tribe Nation. It is my pleasure to announce my engagement to a wonderful woman. I have fallen in love with Katara of the Southern Water Tribe and I have asked her to be my wife. And she has accepted. I want this...no...We want this to signify what we want...peace. Peace in every nation." Zuko said looking to Katara.
Taking a step forward Katara took a deep breath. "Prince Zuko and I agree that the time of war is over. We have suffered for over a hundred years fighting over what? Land and power. Greed has consumed us deep within. I am so grateful to have found love with Zuko. I don't care that he is fire nation just as he doesn't care that I am water tribe. We want to be the example. We want peace and in order to have peace we must work together to make things work and to get alone. I am happy to have said yes to Prince Zuko the future Fire Lord of the Fire Nation. I am happy to know that I Katara of the Southern Water Tribe will be you're next Fire Lady. Through our differences we will make this kingdom great. And we will make this strong." She finished. People began to cheer louder and clapping sounded like thunder was rolling in. Before taking their leave, Zuko took Katara's hand and kissed her cheeks and then her lips. The crowd got even louder.
Both of them waved goodbye as they turned and walked right back through the balcony doors. Ursa was standing in the throne room having heard the whole speech. "You know you two make a great team. I couldn't have worded the speech better myself. Would you two mind joining me for tea? I would like to go over some wedding plans. And Katara's coronation ceremony that will be coming up." Ursa said gesturing to the tea set that was in the parlor.
"Coronation?" Katara asked.
"Yes dear, we have to induct you in as Princess Katara. This ceremony will be taking place in a few days. It won't take long dear. You just have to say, 'Yes, I accept my role as Princess of the Fire Nation.'"
"Uhm okay?" Katara muttered as she and Zuko took their places on a love seat across from Fire Lady Ursa.
The three of them took tea as they went over wedding plans and coronation plans. Katara felt her head swimming but it all seemed to fall into place over a matter of minutes. By the end of tea, Katara and Zuko had chosen a wedding date. Turns out they were going to go with the original plan and marry the day after Katara turned sixteen. Because it was less than five months from now. Zuko was about to turn eighteen in a couple of months as well. The coronation was set for next week. Katara was going to have a lot going on the next few months and she welcomed it with open arms.
AN: I was wondering if you guys wanted me to go ahead and skip to the wedding day or if I should go ahead and do the coronation and then Azula's wedding. What do you guys think? Thank you for R&R :) it makes my day :)