Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar or any other character. I own Saige, Chico, Zukia, Jin, and a few other people.

/Authors note/ I did write a scene about something bad happening at the wedding…. but my little sister and I didn't like it. So I know you wouldn't like it much either. Sorry to you wedding crashers out there.

Run Away

By FyreFlower

Wedding

Time for the wedding! It was almost sundown and everyone on the ship was gathered on the shore of AnYun, everyone including Chico and Zukia. I was wearing my gold dress and Zuko was wearing his traditional armor attire. It was customary for men of military rank to wear their uniform (in this case, armor) to their wedding. The same went for people of royal decent, which would be a Prince of the Fire Nation.

Zuko and I looked at each other and smiled, this was what we had been waiting for. I held a bouquet of freshly picked panda lilies, their fragrance filling my senses with their sweet perfume. Zuko winked at me and I smiled, my heart feeling like a butterfly, fluttering around in my chest with excitement.

Aang, Katara and her brother Sokka stood with Uncle Iroh off to our right. Sokka looked uncomfortable; he kept fidgeting in his new clothes. My guess was that he forgot to take the metal pins out before he put the clothes on. I sighed, shaking my head. Katara looked beautiful in her dress, and Jin noticed, he stood beside her, his arm lightly touching hers. I think there will be another wedding not long after mine.

The crowd split, allowing the Fire Sage to come forward to do the ceremony. He stood in front of Zuko and me, he began to speak.

"We are gathered here today, in the union of these two young people. Prince Zuko of the Firenation, son of Fire Lord Ozai and late Queen Kisana. To be joined with Lady Saige of…." The Sage stopped and looked at me. I answered for him, "Of Florida."

The sage continued, "And lady Saige of Florida. Daughter of…" Again the Sage stopped. By this rate, Zuko and I would be married by next week. I didn't want to bring my parents into this, but the wedding had to continue, "Scott and Stacey."

The Sage looked at me quizzically, but went on with the wedding, "… May Avatar Roku shine down upon the union of this young couple…."

: Time Gap…. a long, boring…time gap:

An hour later, the Sage was still talking about vows and long ago past and relationship ties. My back was stiff from standing still and straight for so long. Finally, after I felt like I was going peg out from boredom, the guy pops the long awaited questions.

"Do you, Prince Zuko, take Lady Saige as you lawful wedded wife?"

Zuko turned and looked at me, his eyes filled with silent relief and love, "Yes, I do." He replied loudly for everyone to hear.

The Sage turned to me, "And do you, Lady Saige, take Prince Zuko as your lawful wedded husband?"

I smiled up at Zuko, "I do."

The Sage rolled up the scroll he had been reading from, " Then I now pronounce you, man and wife. You may now kiss the bride Prince Zuko."

Zuko leaned down, and softly planted his lips on mine. There was cheers and applause.

Uncle Iroh was crying and laughing with joy, he kept wiping his eyes with a now damp kerchief. Katara, Aang, and even Sokka was clapping along with everyone else. I looked over at Katara, our eyes met and she winked at me, I winked back. I looked back up at my new husband. I have never felt happier in my whole life, I was finally living in the fantasy world I had only lived in my dreams, if I was dreaming now, don't wake me up.

At the end of the party the Pompun fruits were served out to everyone along with the other desserts. The sun had already set and it was dark on the beach, the only natural illumination was the moon and stars that shone down on us from their heavenly blanket. Torches have been lit to provide more light. It was like Music night on the beach. People were singing and dancing, having great fun. ShanLing was beating a taboo on the drums and Zuko and I danced with each other while Jin and Katara danced also.

"You and I are equal now Prince Zuko." I smiled up at him. Zuko grinned, "Yes, I suppose we are Princess Saige. Did you have a good wedding? Did it meet your expectations?"

I smiled and pretended to think about my answer then I replied cheekily, "Better then what I originally thought. It was the best wedding anyone could ask for."

Zuko smiled and we continued dancing until midnight. That night, it was special…

: Time Gap:

; Zuko;

Zuko was half awake, he felt like he was the luckiest man in the world, but he could not think of why, his mind still clouded with sleep. He opened his eyes and realized the reason of his contentment. Saige was asleep in his arms once again. He remembered what happened last night, the first time for both of them. Zuko smiled, and she chose him.

Zuko knew it was time to get up, he carefully let go of Saige, careful not to wake her up. He got out of the bed, Saige shifted in her sleep, gravitating to the spot that Zuko just got out of. She murmured sleepy words, but did not awaken. Zuko brushed a stray wisp of blond hair out of her face, smiling. Zuko didn't want to wake her, she was tired and she needed to sleep. Zuko wrote her a letter and set it on the nightstand.

'Good morning love. I hope you slept well, as well as I did. I'm letting you sleep in, I will be in the galley, come see me when you awaken, I'll have breakfast ready for you. I love you muy mucho. Zuko.' He used two words that Saige had taught him, Spanish words 'very much'. He dressed and tied up his hair into his traditional ponytail.

'I bet Uncle is going to start his 'nephew, niece' routine when he sees me.' Zuko shook his head, hoping that his Uncle didn't. But he had a good feeling that it was a hopeless prayer. Zuko left his room and headed for the galley. Upon entering, he was greeted by the one person he was hoping to avoid that morning. 'Oh great.'

Uncle Iroh smiled at him jovially, "Am I going to be a granduncle soon?" He asked.

Zuko didn't answer him, but instead walked off to his table and sat down. Uncle Iroh came over and sat down beside him, they ordered the usual and waited to be served. Iroh tried to start a conversation with his silent nephew, in hope to get some words out of him, "We are leaving AnYun today, Prince Zuko. And heading for the North Pole today. The ship is fully stocked and ready for sailing…"

Zuko nodded wordlessly, not verbally answering his desperate uncle.

"We should be at the North Pole in about a month, weather permitting and the ocean hadn't frozen over…" Iroh sighed; he wasn't getting anything out of his nephew. "Alright Prince Zuko, I will stay out of your personal life for now on." He gave up.

"Thank you."

Their meal was served shortly after Iroh forfeit. Zuko ordered Saige's fruit and fish, so it would be ready for her by the time she awoke hopefully. Zuko and Iroh ate and talked about the ships condition and weather reports. Saige arrived in the galley followed by Zukia. The little Panyar followed close to her master, scared of all the big people and the loud noises of the galley. Zukia already though of Saige as her new mother, and she followed her everywhere.

"Good morning Princess Saige." Iroh greeted her warmly. Saige smiled and shook her head, "Don't start calling me a Princess. Saige will do just fine, thank you." She said. Iroh agreed. Zuko kissed Saige on the cheek as she sat down beside him, " Morning love." Her food arrived and Zukia jumped onto her lap and curled up comfortably. Zukia's alert eyes watching the fat man, and the other man who had brought her here. Saige fed her a small fish and she ate it hungrily.

Zuko told Saige that they were leaving AnYun that day. She was sad to leave it, but Zuko knew that they had to leave or they wouldn't reach the North Pole on time.

; Me;

After breakfast Aang continued to teach me airbending. I was getting pretty good he told me. Aang even taught me how to use the glider! I kicked off of the deck and glided into the air above the ship, trying to go as high as I could.

Zukia watched me from the bow of the ship. She had screeched when she couldn't follow me on the glider when I was in the air.

"What's wrong with Zukia?" Aang had asked when Zukia first started up her antics.

I shrugged as I petted the little cub. "I dunno. But I think she wants to follow me, but can't."

Chico and Momo sat atop of Appa who was swimming along side the ship. I landed back on the ship and Zukia bounded up to me, rubbing against my legs, begging to be picked up. I gave Aang his glider back and I paid attention to Zukia. She purred loudly, licking my face. I laughed, "Hey stop it, you'll lick my face off!"

"How long until we reach the North Pole?" Aang asked, looking across the ocean towards the north. I could tell he was anxious to learn and Master Waterbending, it was his job.

"In a month." I said, stepping up beside him, "We can't get there any sooner Aang. We still have until next February till the comet comes. We'll master the elements by then." I assured him.

He smiled faintly, "I hope so."

That night, I had a strange dream; Avatar Roku visited me in my sleep.

(Dream)

I looked around at where I was. I wasn't on the ship anymore. I sat a top of the leafy canopy of a giant tree. The stars shone bright and large above me, a man materialized out of the air in front of me. I recognized him as Avatar Roku from episode three. He smiled at me, his dragon curled up behind him, watching me with bright alert eyes. I looked back up at Avatar Roku, he gestured around him.

"Do you know where you are Avatar Saige?" He asked, his voice spoken in my head. I looked at the sea surrounding the tree, "No, I don't. Where am I?" I said.

" You are in the Spirit world Saige. Do you know who I am?" I nodded, "Your Avatar Roku, the Avatar that came before Aang."

"You are correct. I have brought you here to tell you that you were brought to the Avatar world to aid Aang in mastering all the elements before the comet arrives. You also being an Avatar better our chance of ending this war. You and Aang are to defeat the Fire Lord before Soltzens comet comes." Avatar Roku waved his hand, and the starry sky turned bright red. A large fiery comet streaked towards us from the heavens. I yelled and put up my arms to protect myself from the blazing comet. But I wasn't burned, it passed through Avatar Roku, Me and the tree, it vanished into the ground, but leaving it unmarked as if nothing had disturbed the soil. I stared in disbelief at Avatar Roku. He folded his hands into his voluminous sleeve and looked at the red sky, "If the Fire Lord is not defeated, then all is lost." He said slowly, " The other remaining nations will be destroyed, leaving only the Fire Nation to rule. Everything would fall out of balance if this happens. It is up to you and Avatar Aang. Work together, and you accomplish the unthinkable. Farewell, and good luck." Avatar Roku's dragon reared up on its hind legs. Its tail swooped over and touched my forehead, I fell into darkness.

(End Dream)

I bolted up in bed, breathing hard and looking around. Zuko groaned beside me, "…Saige…what is it?" He mumbled sleepily.

I remembered the dream. Had Avatar Roku really spoken to me? Was that why I was here? I felt something itch my foot. I reached down, and pulled off a leaf. I stared at it; it was the same type of leaf that grew on the tree in my dream. It had been real!

I shook my head, "It's nothing Zuko." I told him, "Go back to sleep. It was just a dream."

I added the dream part. It was not originally in the story but I thought it would be fun to try a dream experiment. I have weird dreams, One time, not to long ago, I had a dream about Aang, Sokka and Katara running away from Zuko and hiding on my school bus to get away from him. It was weird. We drove to my old school and we hid in the chapel. Zuko pounded on the big oak doors then burned them down. I don't remember the rest. I need to write this stuff down. My friend Sarah had a dream about being sucked into a Pac Man game…..Weird huh? Sorry that nothing tragic or horrible happened during the wedding. Next chapter takes place a month later. Leave me a review please! The more reviews I get for this chapter, the sooner I will post the next one. Remember: I do not enjoy flames. If you don't like it, then stop reading. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. I just wanted to broadcast that to everyone. I've had one flame this whole story. Simpatica reviews por favor. (Nice reviews please).