IT'S BEEN TOO LONG! and i'm sorry about that. But now i have a lot written so i should hopefully post faster. i have no excuses what so ever so just...work with me. ok? Thank you! Enjoy!

Zuko's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling. I took a deep breath and looked at Malika. She was still asleep. There was a full moon last night, so it must've kept her up. The full moon. Katara got her power from the full moon. I wonder if she was up all last night. Most likely. I got out of bed and slipped on my shirt. I took one last glance at Malika before walking out of the room and up the stairs. I found Katara's room and knocked on the door. A few minutes later she opened it. I only stared at her. Her eyes were red. She had been crying. Why? I had no idea.

"Are you ok?"

She looked away. "Yeah, just fine. Couldn't sleep last night. What do you want?"

"I just came to check on you. Malika is worn out from the full moon last night. I figured you were too."

She looked at me. "Yeah, but I'm fine." She looked away again.

I stared at her. "No, you're not." She broke down crying. I grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. "You have to tell me what's wrong." I whispered. She shook her head. I walked into her room, still holding her. I closed the door and leaned against it. Her arms tightened around my waist. "Katara, please. I want to help." I whispered.

"There's nothing you can do." She managed to choke out.

"Why?"

"Just forget it." Her crying picked up. Her whole body shaking. I tried to calm her down, but nothing seemed to work. I walked over to the bed and sat down.

Katara's P.O.V.

I held onto him more tightly. I've never felt so scared before. That dream. It was frightening. To most people it probably would've been nothing. But to me…it was a nightmare. I couldn't get it out of my head as much as I tried to. Aang. It was about Aang. About how lost I was without him. I had everyone else, but he made my life exciting. Adventurous. Full of something to live for. Without him…I felt like I was nothing. I dug my face deeper into the crook of Zuko's neck. Just wanting to disappear. I could no longer be here. After a few more minutes of my crying I finally calmed down.

"Now will you tell me?"

I sniffed. "I had a dream. It frightened me. I don't know why. It just…I can't explain it. It was about…how lost I am without Aang here. My life has fallen apart and I just…I don't know." I held on to him again as if I were going to fly away if I let go.

"It's ok. It was only a dream."

"More like a nightmare."

"Is everything ok in here?" The door opened. Malika stood there. She had a confused look on her face.

"Katara had a nightmare. I'm only comforting her."

She walked in and sat on the other side of Katara. "Your heart hurts, doesn't it?" Malika asked. I nodded. "I know the feeling. But yours is more…mental. Mine is both mental…and physical."

Zuko and I looked at her with a confused look. I pulled away from him. "What do you mean?"

She looked at Zuko, raising an eyebrow. "What?"

"Get out, that's what."

"Why do I have to get out?"

"Because I'm about to tell Katara something."

"We're getting married, are we not?"

They glared at each other for a while. Then Malika sighed. "Fine. I guess, but only for that reason." She looked down and clasped her hands together. "There was this…guy a long time ago."

"Maybe I should go."

"No, you said yourself. We're getting married. You'll learn these things later in the future, might as well start now. It's nothing super terrible. Just…a little story about my old love life."

"I'm out of here."

He stood up, but I grabbed him. "She's your fiancé, whatever she wants to tell you you're going to found out."

"Didn't I just say that?"

I looked at Malika. "Not helping."

Zuko sat back down, closed his eyes and sighed. "Fine, just get it over with."

She took a deep breath. "Before I get into full detail I'll just start with: I broke my vow."

Zuko opened his eyes and looked at her. "What vow?"

"That I would never love again. I've lost many important people to this war. I once loved…many years ago. When he died…I wanted to cross out my heart. And of course I told myself that it was forever broken and would never mend again. I vowed to myself to never love again. Thinking I'd never find anyone that would…see me as me."

"And you ended up finding a jerk who loves you for you." Zuko elbowed me. "Hey!"

She clapped her hands. "Yeah. A broken vow."

"Wouldn't you have broken the vow if you went through that arranged marriage?"

She shook her head. "I vowed to never love again. I never loved the man I was to be married to. Not even like. This is…actually the second time. I had a relationship with someone else before Zuko. It was pretty hard, but…I took care of myself." We stayed silent for a while.

Malika's P.O.V.

My head was in my hands as I over thought things. My head began to hurt, but I couldn't stop thinking. I yawned and fell back on Katara's bed. She and Zuko had been playing some card game Iroh taught to them. They were sitting on the floor.

"Why don't you play this game with us? It's interesting." Katara said.

"And boring." Zuko added.

"Oh, big deal. It gives us something to do…fire!"

"You can't do that!"

"Yes I can. It's in the rules. Iroh said so himself."

"Well I say you can't do that."

"It's not your game! So deal with it and make your move."

"Air!"

"No fair!"

"It is fair!"

I rubbed my face and groaned. "Can you guys ever do something without having to bicker?"

"No!" They both yelled at me.

"Ok, ok. You didn't have to yell at me. Geez." I sat up and looked at their game. "What exactly are you doing that's supposedly wrong?"

"He thinks he knows everything."

"I do know everything!"

"No you don't. Just because you're the Fire Lord doesn't mean diddly doo-dah."

"Really? Diddly doo-dah? Who says that anymore?" She threw a card at his head. "Ow!"

"Don't underestimate me. We're on a ship at sea. I'm a master water bender. You don't want to get me mad!" He threw a card at her and it hit her shoulder. "Hey!" She jumped up and tackled him.

"You've got to be kidding me." I said, falling back on the bed. I heard growls and yelling in pain and throwing each other against the walls.

"What's with all of the noise?" The door burst open. I sat up and saw Sokka standing in the doorway.

He was staring at Zuko's and Katara's awkward fighting moment/position. Katara was holding him down with her legs, one hand grabbing his hair the other in a fist about to punch him. Zuko was pulling her hair with one hand and the other was grabbing her throat.

Sokka looked at me. "You're ok with this?"

"I'm not part of it."

He nodded. "Ok, I'll just leave you two with…whatever you're doing. Just don't kill my sister." Sokka walked out and closed the door.

Then Katara punched Zuko in the chest. He grunted. He threw Katara behind him and she hit the door. "Ow!" She sat up and stretched. Her bones popped. "Alright, I give up. Let's try to get through a game without killing one another. Ok?"

Zuko rubbed his chest. "I think I need to…settle down for a while."

I rolled my eyes. "Come here." I said. He stood up and walked over to the bed and sat next to me. "Lift up your shirt."

"Why?"

I slapped his hand. "Because I said so!" He took off his shirt. I pressed on his chest and he flinched. "You punched him pretty hard." I said.

"Serves him right." Zuko tried to jump at her, but I held him back. "Stop. Control your anger, Zuko." He took a deep breath and relaxed. I pulled water out from a bowl and began to heal his chest. "Is that better?"

His eyes were closed, but he nodded. A while later I stopped. "Thank you." He said.

I nodded. "Now, try and play a game without killing one another. I wanna see how long you two can go." They got back on the floor and started a new game.

The game was going on for a while now. I watched them carefully. "You can't put that there." Zuko said.

"Why not? You're allowed to. Fire goes over air. I'd think you'd agree."

He rolled his eyes. "How does fire go over air?"

"Air makes fire worse because it only pushes it further and makes it stronger from the oxygen in the air. Yeah, that's right. I can be smart. So deal with it and play a card." Zuko set air on water. "You can't put air on water. Air makes water stronger!"

"How?"

I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "I'm not gonna survive much longer." I muttered.

"Because air makes waves bigger, pushes the water on shore. Use your brain, Zuko."

"This is getting boring. Do something else." I stood up and walked out of the room.

"Malika!" Zuko called after me.

"What? You guys are boring me. I'm leaving."

"No! Um…meet me in our room."

"Why?"

"Just go."

"Ok, fine. Whatever. So demanding." I walked down the hallways, down the stairs and into our room. "Why does he want me in here? I have no clue. He's just…" I sighed. I felt arms wrap around me. "Ok, why did you want me in here?"

"You don't know? Come on. We've been trying to have our own privacy, but we end up getting interrupted."

I raised my eyebrows. I turned around. "Ok, so? What's your point?" He shrugged. "There's got to be some reason. You can't just tell me to come down here so we can 'have our privacy' and not even say anything."

"I can't think of anything."

"Try."

"No." He kissed me.

I put my hands on his chest and pushed him back. "Enough for once." I said with a smile.

He laughed. "Ok, fine. I'll stop…for now."

I laughed and playfully hit him. We sat down on the bed together. "You're dangerous." I said.

"So are you, but that doesn't stop you." I rolled my eyes. He leaned in and kissed me. There was a knock on the door.

"Can you guys stop kissing for one second and help me?" It was Suki.

I pulled away. "What is it?"

"You guys need to start planning."

I fell back on the bed. "You heard her. Go plan."

"She said us. That means me and you."

"No, in girl talk 'us' means the guy. So goodbye."

"No, you're coming with me." He picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

"Put me down! You know I hate be carried!" I pounded on his back.

"Stop hitting me or I'll drop you."

"Go ahead and drop me!"

"No!" He opened the door.

"Um…am I-"

"Don't ask. What do you need?"

"You two need to start planning," Suki said, still staring at us awkwardly. "We'll be in Ba Sing in a little over a week. You need to make invitations, and design the wedding and make the wedding dress and…everything."

Zuko sighed. "Let's go."

"Put me down first and I'll go."

"I'm not putting you down."

"Zuko! Put me down!"

"No. I'm not going to." I set my hands on his bare back and heated them. "Hey!" He let go of me.

I stretched out my arms and broke my fall, but I flipped over onto my back. "Ow." I whispered. The floor was cold on my back and my head began to hurt. "Can you help me up?" I asked. It came out hoarse. Zuko turned around and grabbed my arms. He pulled me up. "Thanks."

"Don't do that to me again."

"I had no choice. You wouldn't put me down."

"I'm gonna be stuck with you forever, aren't I?"

"Until one of us dies." I walked passed him and all the way upstairs to the tower floor.

Iroh was playing Pai Sho with one of the crew members when we got there. "You seem to be getting better, but you will never beat me at Pai Sho." Iroh said as he made a move.

"No one can beat you at Pai Sho, Uncle."

Iroh laughed. "I wonder why that is."

"Are you gonna help us?"

Iroh stopped playing the game. "And miss the planning of my nephew's wedding? Why would I miss that? Game over. Try again next time." Iroh cleared the Pai Sho table and the four of us sat down.

"First thing's first. One of us has to make the invitations." Suki said. I grabbed them and passed them to Zuko.

"Why do I have to make the invitations?"

"Because you know everyone and you're the Fire Lord. So you're making invitations."

"Why can't you make them?"

I sighed. "Because I'll have to use my official title as Princess Malika. And I don't like my real title."

He rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll make the invitations."

"Well, we've got the invitations cleared. Next thing. Decorations. We need to order a few things." Suki said, looking at the three of us.

"What do you mean order?" I asked.

"The theme. Fire Nation, Water Tribe or both."

"Why can't we just do all four nations? Aang should be able to find a few things from the Air Temples to use, right? Or he could use earth bending to make Air Nomad sculptures."

"Not a bad idea, I suppose. But even doing that, merchants around the world have Air Nomad artifacts and it's too expensive. Unless, the Fire Lord can find a way to get everything free."

"I'm the Fire Lord, I can get you whatever you want. I guess that's two things I have to do. Do I have to do the next?" Zuko asked.

"Actually, the next one is all me and Malika. Katara too, if she wants to help."

"If I want to help with what?" We turned around to see Katara, Toph and Sokka walk in.

"If you want to help design Malika's wedding dress."

"Why wouldn't I? Of course I want to help." Katara sat next to me.

"What about me? Can I help? I need something to do." Sokka said.

"You can help make invitations to people Zuko doesn't know."

"Fine, I'll make invitations."

"What about me? Just because I'm blind doesn't mean I can't do anything."

"The wedding is most likely to be outside. Maybe you can use earth bending to decorate."

Toph dropped down to the floor. "I'm fine with that. Maybe I can even make sculptures of Malika and Zuko."

"But you don't even know what we look like." I said, rolling my eyes.

"Finally, someone understands me being blind." She waved her hand in front of her face.

"Ok, another thing is the food and everything."

"I'll do that!" Iroh practically yelled.

"Uncle, no."

Iroh pouted."Why not?"

"Because you're going to only have tea and nothing else."

"Just because I love tea doesn't mean I'll only make tea. I can make roast duck. Everyone loves roast duck."

"Not me." I said.

"What? My own soon-to-be-niece-in-law doesn't love roast duck?"

"No, sorry. I've been trying to become a vegetarian. Aang has actually inspired me and seeing as I love animals it makes sense."

"What!" Sokka yelled. "You can't become a vegetarian. It's not right." Katara hit him.

"Don't worry, it hasn't exactly happened yet."

"And it better not happen. Zuko, make sure she stays with the meat. Don't let her become a vegetarian."

"But she'll kill me." Zuko argued.

"It's worth it! The world can't survive without meat."

I formed a ball of fire in my hand. "But it sure can survive without Sokka." I held the fire up to his face.

He backed away. "Hehe, I was only kidding, Malika."

"You better have." The flame disappeared.

"Ok, so Iroh will take care of food and drinks. Just not too much tea and roast duck." Suki said, trying to make it clear.

"I think I can manage." Iroh replied.

"Alright, we've got everything that I can think of. If any of you have any ideas just come to me. Katara, Malika, if you'll follow me we can start designing dresses." The three of us stood up. "Iroh, you can start writing down ideas of foods and drinks. Zuko, before you and Sokka make the invitations write down the names of people you think you should invite then come to us for approval. Toph, just…think about what you should do. Ok? Alright. We've got planning to do people. Let's go!"

We all went our separate ways. We went into Suki's room. "I finally get to spend some time with you guys. But, this is important for Malika. She's marrying someone she loves and isn't forced into it." Katara said.

"Thanks. Ok, you guys. I just want a plain wedding dress. I mean you can have designs on it just no…color. I don't want you guys to make me fell home with red and blue. I just want this white."

"What about purple?" I glared at her. "White is fine. White is a…good color. I bet it looks good on you."

I rolled my eyes. "Can we just plan?" So, Suki and Katara began to sketch out dresses as I threw out ideas.

Zuko's P.O.V.

Sokka and I were out on the deck because he specifically said "fresh air helps you think". Personally I didn't think anything helped him think better.

"Well, who would've thought that you'd be getting married so quickly? Feels like just yesterday you nearly destroyed the Southern Water Tribe."

"Uh…yeah. Did I ever apologize for that?"

"You apologized when we went to the Boiling Rock. Don't worry about it. So, have anyone you want to invite?"

I thought for a minute. "Is it weird to invite Mai?"

"Duh! She's your ex-girlfriend. I doubt she wants to come to your wedding."

"But she's the one who said that I could stay with Malika. We technically got her approval, it's nice enough to invite her so she'll at least know we're still friends."

He sighed. "Fine, we'll invite your ex-girlfriend. Anyone else?"

"It's best to invite Malika's mother."

"Don't they like…hate each other?"

"Malika hates her."

Sokka stared at me for a while before putting down Malika's mother on the list. "Ok…find any news about yours?"

I looked away. "No, I haven't. And I wish she'd show up already. This is the time that I really need her."

"Maybe if she's still out there she'll find out about the wedding and come to Ba Sing Se and find you."

I looked at him. "Do you really think that's a possibility?"

He nodded. "How about we get your mind off of that and back to the invitations? Anymore people?"

"I didn't exactly have a lot of friends…Ty Lee! She'd want to come."

"Ok. Well, let's see. Does Malika have any friends?"

I glared at him. "She grew up on the streets."

"Still. Ok, fine. We'll invite other people. My dad, Gran-Gran, the Swamp People, King Bumi, the Earth King, The Boulder, Hippo…other people."

"There are a few…but they still don't know my true identity."

"Is this when you were an outcast in Ba Sing Se?"

"Yeah. Kind of. There was Song…and then there was Jin…they were pretty close and they don't even know who I am."

"Well, don't invite them. You'll break their hearts. You obviously had a thing with them."

"No I didn't!" He gave me a look. "Fine, there was a small thing with Jin. That was it. It was one date and one kiss."

"Uh-oh. Yeah, you're not inviting her. Ok, so…what?"

"Just bring up names. There's gonna be some people who come to mind." And we thought and thought and thought, and very few people came to mind.

Malika's P.O.V.

My eyes were closed as I tried to tune out the bickering between Katara and Suki. "Maybe we should ask Malika what she wants." Suki said.

"You're just figuring that out? It's my dress so I should be the one to decide what I want." I opened my eyes. "Show me the designs." Suki handed me the papers. I looked over the designs. "Most of these are good…except for the third page. Shows too much. Maybe if you just cover up those spots it'll look good. The fifth one is beautiful. I love the top half, just the bottom half is too…fluffy."

"I thought you'd like the fluffy." Katara pouted.

I shook my head. "You know, now that I think about it, it should have color."

Suki's eyes lit up. "What colors do you want?"

"Blue."

"Only blue, nothing else?" Her spirit went down a little, but her eyes were still full of excitement about the color.

"Blue and white. That's all I want. I'm gonna leave you two to make more designs and edit the others. I'll be back." I stood up and walked out.

I walked down the hall, my hand on the metal wall. I walked deeper into the ship. I came across a door. I raised an eyebrow and put my hand on the handle. I turned the knob, but the door wouldn't open. I tried even harder, but it still wouldn't budge. "Now what would he keep hidden in here?" I heard something from up the stairs. I turned around and ran back down the hall. I stopped and turned back around. I slowly walked backward and bumped into something. I turned around and nearly screamed, but my mouth was covered by a hand.

"Calm down."

I relaxed at the familiar face. He removed his hand. "You scared me. What are you doing down here?"

"I should be the one asking you that."

I sighed. "I thought you were making invitations with Sokka."

"I was. And then we took a break. So what are you doing down here?"

"I needed a break from Katara's and Suki's bickering. They're fighting over how to design the dress. So, how're the invitations going?" We sat in the hall.

"We don't know who to invite. You really don't have anyone to invite and neither do I. We don't really have many friends considering what's happened."

"You're right. But, you do have friends. Everyone that came to your coronation. They appreciate what you did for them. I think they'd come to your wedding. The Fire Lord's wedding. Who wouldn't come?"

"I guess you're right about that."

I nudged him. "I am right. So go make invitations. I need to…head back to the girls."

"I can take you back to them."

"No, it's fine. I know my way." We stood up and went our separate ways. But instead of going back to Suki's room, I went to go look for Toph.

I found her in the control room with Iroh. "Toph, I need you."

"Well, hello to you too, Tough Cookie. What do you need?"

"I need you, that's what. Come on." I grabbed her and pulled her away.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

I pulled her deep into the ship and found the door again. "I need you to unlock this door."

"You're gonna get me in trouble."

"When has that stopped you?" I put my hands on my hips and stared down at her.

"Good point." She brought out her meteor bracelet and shaped it into a key. She put her hand on the door and found the key hole. She put in the key and tried to unlock it.

"Hurry up, Toph."

"I'm trying."

I heard a click and the door swung open. There was a huge, cold wind that came out. My hair blew into my face. The wind was gone. I looked back at the rom. It was pitch black.

"Can you feel anything in there?" I asked.

"There's something, but I can't make it out. Don't worry, it's not an animal or anything. Can I go now?"

"Uh…yeah. Sure, I'll see you later." She walked off.

I formed a flame in my hand and walked into the dark room. The room was cold and damp. It must've been unused in years. I closed the door behind me. I found a chest in the middle of the room. I walked over to it and sat in front of it. It was black with golden rims. I opened it. I pulled out the first thing I saw. A picture of a woman. She was beautiful. Long black hair and dark eyes. She looked familiar, but I couldn't make out why. I set the picture aside and pulled out the next one. It was a picture of a family. Mother, father, daughter and son. Zuko's family. I picked up the first picture and looked at it.

"This is your mother." I whispered. I took out another picture. Zuko and his mother. "You must really miss her." I said. I heard something.

I put the pictures in the chest and closed it. Then I closed my hand and the flame went out. I was in complete darkness. I heard more creaking. I froze for a few minutes. When I felt safe I made another flame and opened the chest again. I took out more pictures and at the bottom there were papers. I took them out and looked them over. Words were crossed out and some of the papers had burned edges.

I read one: I worry I'll never see her again. All I want is to see her one last time. At least get a proper goodbye. I don't know where to start my search. My search…I never know if I'll even be able to start. I might not be able to start if I do capture the Avatar and return home. It'll never happen. I should just give up. Give up searching for her. For my mother. The woman who has-

"Makes sense, doesn't it?"

I jumped up and my flame went out. I turned around only to see Zuko standing there with a flame in his hand. I sighed and looked down. "How did you find me?"

"Toph isn't good at keeping secrets."

I shook my head. "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

I looked at him and held up the paper. "For intruding. I didn't mean to."

He walked up to me and took the paper. "No one was supposed to read this."

"I kind of figured, but…I had to know what was always on your mind. Now I know. You weren't only searching for the Avatar you…you were searching for your mother." He looked away. "Why was she banished?"

"She killed Fire Lord Azulon to save my life."

I bit my lip. "You still want to find her, don't you?"

He nodded. "Sokka and I already talked about it. He made a good point that she'll eventually hear about the wedding and come to it. I hope that she does."

I put my hand on his face and brought his gaze to mine. "She will. I promise." His golden eyes searched my face. My hand fell to his chest and I closed my eyes. I felt the beat of his heart. It was like nothing I've heard before. I felt his lips on mine. Soft and warm. His flame went out and he wrapped his arms around my waist.

Zuko's P.O.V.

I pulled away. I could feel her muscles tense and her heart beat rapidly. I kissed her. Her muscles seemed to have relaxed, but her heart was still beating like crazy. I mentally laughed at that. I deepened the kiss and she responded.

She pulled away a little. "Zuko, I think we should get back to work. There's too much that needs to be done."

"We need a break."

She laughed. "I'd like a break, but we need to get to work. The girls will be looking for me soon." She opened the door. I sighed. "Come on, Zuko. It's ok. I'm all yours. Just think about it."

I smiled and followed her out. I closed the door. "Alright, fine. I'll see you whenever Katara and Suki decide to let you go."

She laughed. "Ok, I'll see you later." She kissed me on my cheek and ran off.

I walked off to find Sokka. I found him in the kitchen. He looked at me and froze. Food in his mouth. "Hey Zuko. There you are. I looked everywhere for you." He swallowed the food.

"Did you look anywhere besides the kitchen?"

"Yeah, of course I…no."

I rolled my eyes. "Can we just get back to the invitations?"

"Actually, I have a good idea."

"Oh yeah? And what's your idea?"

"I was thinking that when Aang gets to Ba Sing Se he can fly around, dropping flyers everywhere talking about your wedding. And then we can send a messenger hawk to the Fire Nation to tell a messenger to go around and tell everyone. Don't you think it's perfect?"

I thought about it for a while. "Not a bad idea, Sokka. Looks like you use your brain after all."

"No need for insults."

I rolled my eyes. "Pass me a moon peach, well ya?" He grabbed one and tossed it to me. I caught it in one hand and took a bite.

"Well, that's less work for me. I'm going to find Suki." Sokka said.

"She's still designing dresses for Malika. I suggest you not interrupt. From what I heard she and Katara keep fighting over how to design them."

"Yeah, it's better not to." I shook my head and continued to eat the moon peach.

Malika's P.O.V.

I sat in the room listening to Katara and Suki yelling at each other. "Will you guys shut it already? You're really annoying and giving me a headache. If you want I can leave right now and we can forget about you two designing my dress and we can find someone else who's a professional. Now shut up and design at least one dress without arguing!" I fell back on the bed and closed my eyes.

The room grew silent. After a few minutes all I heard was paper. Half an hour passed and they hadn't argued. There was a knock on the door. "Will someone get that?" I asked. The door opened.

"Hey. What are you guys doing here?" Katara asked.

"We pretty much finished the invitations so…yeah. Have nothing better to do." Sokka said.

"It's your wedding dress, why aren't you helping?" Zuko asked as he sat next to me.

I opened my eyes and looked at him. "Because, the only thing I'm doing is judging the dresses. I have nothing to do with the designing."

He lay next to me. "We have something better to do."

I rolled my eyes. "What can we possibly do on a ship?"

"Almost anything, I guess. If you're creative. Spar, sleep…"

I sighed. "Fine, let's go." We sat up and stood up.

"Where are you two going?" Suki asked.

"Go out on the deck and do something better than listening to you two argue all day."

"You can always help, you know."

I rolled my eyes. "I'll pass. Just try to make something decent."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

But I only waved her off. We walked out of the room and walked down the hall, our footsteps echoing behind us. "Suki is really crazy. Hey, quick question. Why are there rules?" I asked.

He laughed. "Where did that come from?"

I shrugged. "Just thought about it."

"To keep order."

"Well, it sucks." We walked onto the deck.

"Then how else do you expect to be Fire Lady?"

I turned around and walked backwards until we were a decent distance apart. "Because I'm the one making the rules."

He positioned himself. "You're insane." He said.

I smiled. "You know you love my insanity." I said.

"I do."

I smirked and positioned myself. "Do you love my fighting skills?"

"You know it."

I bended out some water and lashed it at his arm. "Then prove it."

After a couple of hours of sparring, Zuko and I walked to our room. I immediately fell on the bed and yawned. "I'm tired."

"Since when do you get tired so quickly?"

I laughed. "Who knows?" I turned over and looked at the large window and I sat up.

"What is it?"

I got off of the bed and walked over to the window. "What is that?"

Zuko stood next to me. Both of us stared out of the large window that showed the underwater world. We were staring at something that looked like an underwater forest. Trees and everything.

"Tell the captain to stop the engine." I said as I turned around and walked toward the door.

"What? What are you doing?"

"Just go tell the captain to stop the ship." I said as I stood at the door. I waited for him. He walked over to me and we walked up to the deck.

On the way I had called everyone to come to the deck. Zuko came back from telling the captain to stop the ship. The ship came to a slow stop. We looked over the railing into the depth of the ocean.

"I can't see anything." Zuko said.

"That's because you have to go under." I said as I got up on the railing.

"Malika, what are you doing?"

"Relax, I'm a water bender. Remember? I'm going to check that thing out whatever it is. I'm curious." And with that I jumped into the cold water.

Author's Note: Cliffhanger! What do you guys think it is? O.o only i know! lol. I hope you guys liked it.