A/N: This is book six, chapter fourteen of the Avatar Story. Things are going to get a little sour up in here. This is part I of the story. After all these years, Aang and Katara are finally getting married. The wedding is happening tonight, outside of Republic City. But things might get a little bad when the wedding gets…crashed.

Chapter 14 - The Corruption part I - The Wedding


On the island, where Korra arrived, there's a large factory. One of the old fire nation factories. Inside the factory are a ton of workers and engineers, all infected by the Sha. Pouring lava in pots, fusing metal together. In the center of the room is a giant bomb, still in progress of being made. Korra watches the whole thing from a platform. Vaatu flies in from a hole, then arrives at Korra.

"How are things going?" Vaatu asks.

"Everything's going according the plan." Korra says. "Once the bomb is done, we'll fill it with Sha energy, and then we'll drop it directly on Avatar Aang." Korra turns to face Vaatu. "I hear his wedding is tonight."

"What are you suggesting?" Vaatu asks.

Korra faces Vaatu then smirks. "I was thinking oh…we should crash it."

Outside of Republic City, On-Ji and a few of Aang and Katara's friends are setting up the wedding. On-Ji's planning the whole thing. So far, there's a gazebo, a couple of rows of chairs, five of each row, in two groups (Where there's a path in the middle for the walk)

Aang and Katara are excited about the wedding, but they are also nervous. Not really nervous, just a little. Aang is at the Jasmine Dragon with Zuko and Toph. Normally, he wants Sokka to be apart of this, but he figured Sokka would feel comfortable talking about this whole…Aang marrying his sister. You know: Oogies.

"I don't know, guys. I'm a little nervous." Aang says.

"About what? You're marrying Katara. You should be excited." Zuko says.

"I know, I know, and I mean, but…I'm just nervous. What if at the last minute, she has second thoughts?" Aang takes a sip of his tea.

"Oh COME ON!" Toph slams her face on the table, causing it to shake, putting Aang and Zuko to their surprised. "You can't be serious, you and Katara have been together for years, and for five of them, she's been waiting for you to propose to her! There's no way she's going to say no."

Aang takes a moment to think about it, then he takes a deep breath. "Yeah, you're probably right."

Meanwhile, Katara is at the orphanage. Her mother is helping Katara out with getting fitted for her wedding dress. The wedding dress looks exactly like the one Ummi wore when Katara was at her wedding inside of Avatar Kuruk's dreams. Suki sits aside. "Why are you nervous?"

"I don't know, Suki." Katara says. "I do love Aang, and I really am happy and excited we're getting married."

"Then what is there to worry about, dear?" Kya asks.

Katara sighs. "Well, what if something happens? We're all ready in a middle of a war against these dark spirits, the Sha. Or what if Aang starts to have second thoughts."

"That's crazy. Aang's a nice guy and he loves you very much. Plus he proposed to you." Suki says.

Katara smiles. "Yeah, you're right." Kya pauses the fitting. Katara steps down of the stool then faces her mother. "Thanks for the dress."

"It's my pleasure. That dress is a family heirloom." Kya says. "My grandmother got married in it, then my mother."

"And then you?" Katara asks. Kya nods.

"It makes me so proud for you to wear it, you are going to look beautiful." Katara smiles then she hugs her mother.

Yinyang and Rosy are at the florist shop. Rosy just hums happily as she looks over the flours. Yinyang isn't too peaked to be here, babysitting Aang and Katara's adopted child. Rosy is so excited for the wedding, even since she gets to be the flower girl.

"How did I get stuck babysitting?" Yinyang says to herself. Just then, Sokka walks into the shop.

"Uncle Sokka? What are you doing here?" Rosy asks.

Sokka kneels down to Rosy's level. "I'm getting some flowers for Katara."

Yinyang is surprised with her eyes aiding open. "You're going to the wedding?"

Sokka turns to face Yinyang then stands. "Yeah. What's the matter?"

"I just didn't expect you to go cause of how you feel with Aang dating your sister." Yinyang explains.

Sokka feels sick just thinking about that. He mouth gets a little full then he shallows. "Threw up a little in my mouth." Sokka clears his throat. "I'm still not use to two of them being together, but I should at least attend to the wedding. For my sister."

Yinyang crosses her arms on her chest then leans against the wall. "Yeah. Same here…except for the whole not use to Aang and Katara being together thing."

Sokka just rolls his eyes then takes a look around at the shop. Suki arrives at the bakery in the city. She's been put in charge to take care of the wedding cake. (Would you really trust Toph after what happened on Aang's Birthday?) Suki walks up to the counter.

"Hey, you have any wedding cakes?" Suki asks.

The owner from behind the counter looks excited. "Oh, you getting married?"

Suki just laughs. "No silly, I'm already married. It's actually for my sister-in-law's wedding. Katara."

"Ah yes, the one who ordered a birthday cake." The owner leaves the counter and stands by Suki. "Some blind women kept losing the cake over and over and over, until some guy ordered the last cake."

Suki just looks upset. "Yeah. I knew we shouldn't have trusted Toph to pick up the cake."

"Cause she's blind?" The owner asks.

"No, cause she has a bad reputation with cake deliveries." Suki says.

"Right…" The man and Suki walks around the store. "You're lady friend ordered the cake. At first, I wasn't sure if I could get it done but…"

The owner walks behind some curtains into another room, and Suki follows. When Suki enters, she can already see the wedding that was made: The cake is in a blue and light gray stripes. In each 90 degree part of the cake is a Yin and yang symbol made of icing, only the yin is gray colored with the water tribe symbol where the black dot usually is. The yang side is the same thing, only blue with the air nomad symbol.

On the top of the wedding cake has a gazebo with a male air nomad and a female water tribe in it, and on top of the gazebo has a heart.

"Oh man, you are a genius, they are going to love this!" Suki says.

"I hope, cause I stayed up for a week straight working on this. I fell asleep for a day and a half." The owner says.

Suki just feels a little weird hearing that. "Oh…I'm just gonna go now." Suki moves to the other side of the cart the cake's standing on. The owner stops her from pushing.

"Not so fast, you still have to pay for this." The owner says. "Five hundred gold pieces."

Suki is shocked. "Five hundred?!" Suki reaches into her money bag, All she has with her is fifty gold pieces, thirty-five silver pieces and a copper piece. Suki just takes out five gold pieces. "How about five gold pieces?"

The owner just laughs. "Five gold pieces won't even give you a single slice of the wedding cake. The piece is five-hundred."

Suki starts to beg, she gets on her knees, holding her hands together. "Oh please, oh please. I need this wedding cake for my friend!"

"And you'll have it." The owner says, calm at first, but then gets serious at the next sentence. "For five-hundred gold pieces!"

Suki gets back on her feet, upsettingly staring at the owner. "Well I'm paying with five gold pieces!"

The owner gets into Suki's face. "Listen here missy! I sweat my butt off making this cake!" Suki feels grossed out hearing that, then hopes there literally isn't any sweat in that cake. "I'm selling this baby for five hundred and no less!"

Suki and the owner gets into an argument, for every time they speak, the speaker pushes the other person back.

"Five gold pieces!" "Five hundred gold pieces!" "Five gold pieces!" "Five hundred gold pieces!" "Five gold pieces!" "Five hundred gold pieces!" "Five gold pieces!" "Five hundred gold pieces!" "Five gold pieces!" "Five hundred gold pieces!" And then… "Five hundred gold pieces!" "Five gold pieces!" "Five hundred gold pieces!" "Five gold pieces!"

Suki pushes the owner all the way against the wall. "I'm paying with five hundred gold pieces! That's that!"

The owner grabs Suki then pushes her against the wall on the other side of the room. "I'm selling for five gold pieces! End of discussion!"

Suki just looks into the owners angry face, then speaks calmly. "Ok then. You win. Five gold pieces it is." Suki hands the owner five gold pieces. The owner lets Suki go then Suki leaves with the cake. "Pleasure doing business with you."

The owner humps then gives a single nod. "Whatever." The owner puts the gold pieces in his chest, then he walks into another room, then realizes he's been tricked. "Hey! Wait a minute!"

Suki takes the cake to the wedding. Suki sets the cake aside along with the rest of the food at the reception. On-Ji walks up to Suki. "Oh hey, Suki." On-Ji looks at the cake. "Wow. This cake is amazing!"

Suki smiles. "I know." Suki takes a look at the wedding. "Wow. This wedding is amazing! You are a really good wedding planner."

"Thank you. It is my job. I even did Firelord Zuko's wedding." On-Ji mentions. "It is such an honor do be the Avatars wedding planner."

Later today, the sun begins to set, and everyone's getting ready. Aang is getting ready for the wedding. He's all ready in his air nation suit. Aang turns to face Zuko. Zuko helps Aang straighten his bow-tie. "You ready?"

Aang takes a deep breath. "Yeah. I'm ready." Aang and Zuko makes their way to the wedding. They stance on the one side of the Gazebo beside Iroh. Sokka wakes a look at the cake.

"The cake is excellent." Sokka says. "I can't believe you tricked that baker to sell it for five gold pieces."

Suki just giggles innocently. "I don't know what you mean."

Kya and Hakoda are sitting in the front row. "I can't believe Katara is marrying the Avatar." Hakoda says.

"I know. Seems just yesterday, she was a so shy and little." Kya says. "She's grown real proud and strong."

Everyone takes their seats. The wedding's about to begin soon. Suki stand beside Iroh, only on his right side where Katara's gonna stand. The wedding begins with Rosy walking down the aisle, laying flowers on her trial, then Katara slowly walks in with a bouquet of flowers, in her wedding dress, with her hair out with the looses, and wearing a flower headband. To Aang, Katara is beautiful, but the way she is now, she's the most beautiful person that he has ever set his eyes on.

Katara walks up the gazebo, standing on Iroh's right side facing Aang. Aang smiles and blushes. "You are very beautiful." Aang says.

Katara blushes as well. "Thank you, you are looking very handsome."

Iroh clears his throat, then begins the ceremony. "Friends, family, beloved ones. We are gathered here today to witness to marriage between Avatar Aang and Master Katara."

Iroh moves on with the ceremony. Everyone here are really heart touched for this special moment, all except for Sokka who's still trying hard to support his sister and his friend. Even Toph is starting to cry. Toph takes out a tissue and blows her nose.

"Are you crying?" Sokka asks.

"Of-of course not!" Toph wipes her eye. "I…I just got something in my eye."

Ty Leestarts crying. "Aww…" Ty Lee starts hugging Toph, hard. "I just love weddings!"

Toph tries to break free of Ty Lee's grip. Back to Iroh.

"Do you Aang take Katara as your lovely wedded wife?" Iroh asks.

"I do." Aang says with a smile.

"Do you Katara take Aang as your lovely wedded husband?" Iroh asks.

Katara smiles. "I do."

"Now, if there are anyone out there who has a reason these two should not be married, speak now or forever hold your piece." There's nothing but silence, then Iroh continues after a brief moment. "Now then, I pronounce you Aang and you Katara as husband and-"

"Stop the wedding!" Everyone gasps and facesat the entrance of the aisle, to see that person that stopped the wedding is Korra. "I object!"

Everyone chatters with each other, wondering who that girl is. Aang steps off of the gazebo, glaring at Korra. "You again! What are you doing here, Korra?"

Katara walks up to Aang. "That's Korra?"

Korra crosses her arms in front of her chest. "It's good to see you again, Katara. After all these years."

"Yes…that's right." Katara says. "You were that Nightmare that was trapping Aang into that Eternal Slumber!"

The crowd gasps hearing that. "What are you doing here?"

Korra just chuckles. "Why are you concern about me? You have bigger problems to worry about."

Korra points up. Everyone was confused until a large shadow starts to cast over the wedding. They all look up and sees a giant airship with a large Sha Bomb hanging under it. Everyone gasps at the sight of it, then Aang faces Korra.

"What are you doing?" Aang says.

"You could say I'm crashing your wedding." Korra takes out a ram horn. "Literally."

Korra airbends a deep inhale then blows the horn. Korra does a twirling jump with her air bending, jumping high into the skies. Aang fixes his eyes on Korra, up until she reaches to the airship where he can see the Sha Bomb has been dropped. The bomb is falling directly at the wedding.

"Everyone take cover!" Everyone starts running away, fleeing. But about five seconds later when they did, the bomb crashes onto the gazebo, causing a massive explosion of Sha Energy. The explosive impact causes a massive wave, blowing and wiping out anything within a three hundred yard radius, the wave ended at the very edge of Republic City.

An hour later, Aang lays unconscious in the middle of this dreaded waste land. Aang gasps in his awake. Aang sits up, then stands. He looks all around his wasteland. Aang is completely shocked and worried. This land destroyed for miles around. "Oh no…"

Aang walks up for a few feet. "Katara! Katara!" Aang shouts. But there's no answer. "Katara! Where are you!?" Aang hears a fainted sound, then he notices someone coming out of the ashes.

Aang runs to that person, then notices it's Katara when she's standing up. "Right…here."

Aang holds on to Katara, helping her standing. "Oh, I'm glad you're okay."

"I'm fine, dear." Aang lets Katara go, she loses her balance at first, then regains it. "But…where's everyone else?"

Aang looks around, he's also noticing there's no one else around. "Guys! Everyone! Where are you?!" Nobody answers. Even Katara starts to worry.

"Sokka! Zuko! Suki!? …Mom! Dad?!" Katara shouts. Nobody still answered. Katara starts to get sad. She holds on to Aang as she lays her head on his shoulder, sobbing a little. Aang wraps his arm around Katara, closing his eyes feeling sad as well. Just then, an arm pops out of the ashen ground.

Katara jumps and screams a little, then notices it's only Sokka. "Here." Suki pops out of the ground, not to far from Sokka, gasping for air. Aang and Katara looks around, noticing everyone's popping out of the ashes as well. Yinyang, Zuko, Iroh, Toph and all the other people that attended the wedding. Katara smiles, but then frowns noticing someone missing. "Where's mom?"

Everyone looks around, feeling concern. For Katara and Sokka, worried. "Katara!" Katara turns to see Rosy, running towards her.

"Rosy?" Rosy runs up to Katara and grabs her by the leg.

"Rosy. Ms. Kya. She's in trouble!" Rosy says.

Katara gasps hearing then, then runs off. Aang, Hakoda and Sokka follows Katara. Katara finds her mother, crushed under a boulder. "Mother!" Katara runs to the boulder. She kneels down to her mother, only to find her unconscious. Katara attempts to lift the boulder, but fails to lift it.

Aang puts his hands on Kataras shoulders. Katara turns to see it's Aang, then she backs up with him. Aang lifts the boulder with his earthbending, then tosses it aside. Katara kneels down to her mother. "Mom!" Katara isn't receiving a respond of any kind. Katara starts to worry deeply. Tears are filling her eyes as she holds on to her mothers corpse. Katara holds on to her mother close as she closes her eyes, crying softly.

A moan escapes from Kya as she breaths. Katara looks at her mother, noticing she's struggling to wake up. "Ka…Katara?"

"Mom! You're alive…Oh no." Katara lays her mother down. She takes out her water pouch. Katara starts healing her mother, feeling her body. She gasps then bends the water back into the pouch. "We have to get her to the hospital." Katara tries to lift her mother, then Sokka helps.

When they are standing, everyone hurries to the hospital in Republic City.