After Prince Zuko had gotten all of the supplies for the ship, he told Zelda that she could go shopping to her great joy. They had walked around to many of the shops, Prince Zuko nearly telling her that they were leaving many times because he was getting so bored, but she finally found a dress she liked.

Princess Zelda was in the changing room while Prince Zuko awaited her. He sighed and rolled his eyes, 'Girls and their love of shopping. It drives me insane.' Then that thought suddenly left his mind when Princess Zelda walked out of the changing room. The Prince looked at the Princess and his mouth fell open.

Princess Zelda was wearing a ballroom gown that almost looked like it was meant to be bought by royalty. It was a blue color that matched her eyes perfectly. Covered with blue glitter, it was long sleeved and didn't have any straps at the top leaving her shoulders bare. The beautiful dress sparkled when she moved. The top part of her dress, torso up, fit her figure perfectly.

"I really like this dress, Prince Zuko, what do you think?" Zelda asked as she held up the bottom of the dress.

"I..uh…it's really…uh…nice," he responded dumbfounded, completely at a loss for words.

"That's good enough for me," the Princess said smiling, "I'll buy it."

In a flash of magic she was in her normal royal dress again and had the blue ballroom gown in her arms. Prince Zuko walked with her to pay for it. The clerk who owned the store said, "That will be 10,000 gold pieces." Prince Zuko's eyes opened wide at the price of the dress.

"Alright," Zelda said and in a flash of magic she had a sack that was filled with gold pieces. The clerk looked at her curiously as she handed over the gold.

Prince Zuko and Princess Zelda walked out of the store, Prince Zuko holding the dress in his hands. "Are you ready to go back to the ship soon?" Prince Zuko asked.

"Yes," she said. "Hey isn't that Iroh?" Zelda asked pointing at someone carrying a load of purchases.

Prince Zuko sighed and said, "Yes." He was being followed by some of the men from the ship that were also carrying a bunch of things Iroh had bought. Prince Zuko shook his head at his Uncle. Princess Zelda giggled when Iroh noticed them and said, "You should see all of the interesting items I found in this town! I see that you've been doing some shopping yourself."

"I bought a dress," Princess Zelda said smiling.

Iroh returned the smile and continued walking toward the ship. Princess Zelda and Prince Zuko followed walking side by side.


When they finally made it back to the ship, Princess Zelda went to put the dress in the room and Prince Zuko went to meditate.

Prince Zuko was sitting on the pillows on the floor, making the flames of candles grow and shrink. It was very calming for him just to do this simple firebending. His eyes were closed but then a green light pierced the darkness behind his eyelids. Prince Zuko opened his eyes to see that a figure was appearing in the green light. Then he saw that it was Princess Zelda, spinning rapidly in the green light as she appeared. Her spinning slowed, as she stopped she opened her eyes and smiled at Prince Zuko.

"Now, I remember that more clearly. Farore's Wind," Prince Zuko said.

"Do you mind if I join you? I haven't meditated in awhile," she said.

"No, go ahead, sit," he said motioning for her to sit on the pillows next to him. Zelda sat cross-legged on the pillows and closed her eyes with her hands on her legs.

"Do you meditate regularly, Princess?" he asked quietly.

"Yes, I've meditated since I was about 4 years old. Do you ever notice how level-headed I am?" she asked opening her right eye to look over at Prince Zuko.

"You are always very calm now that you mention it," he said.

"That's why. I regularly meditate. My father always told me that a level head is the sign of a great leader," Zelda said.

"My uncle has always told me that as well," Prince Zuko said.

"Not only do I meditate to keep a level head, but it helps me become a better fighter and keep my magic in check," Zelda said taking a deep, relaxing breath.

"I meditate to keep my fire controlled. Fire is hard to control if you don't have a level head," Prince Zuko said.

"Magic is usually controlled easily, but it can be driven to become untamed by powerful emotion. Mostly anger."

"Anger makes fire uncontrollable too."

"Anger is a powerful emotion. It leads to many other things. Violence, hatred, pain," Zelda said while taking another relaxing breath. "Now I think it is time for silence so we can better focus. While meditating, I make myself think nothing, feel nothing, hear nothing, and see nothing."

Prince Zuko nodded with his eyes still closed. The two sat in silence for some time, while Prince Zuko made the flames of the candles grow and shrink. Suddenly, he felt the pillows beside him move. He opened his eyes to see Princess Zelda was now levitating above her pillows. Turning his head, he asked Zelda, "Why do you do that?"

"It furthers the feeling of being in nothingness. Would you like to try?" Zelda asked smiling now with her eyes still closed.

"And how might I be able to try that?" he asked.

Princess Zelda waved her hand over his head while shimmering magic fell upon him and he felt like he weighed nothing as he lifted into the air still cross-legged. Prince Zuko looked around him as he rose into the air. He enjoyed the feeling more than he imagined he would. Freedom was the most prominent feeling. Princess Zelda saw him smiling as he watched himself rise off of the ground. Now levitating at the same level as Zelda, he looked over at her. She was watching him, smiling as she watched.

"What?" Zuko asked her roughly.

"It's so easy to tell when it's your first time levitating," she said laughing. "The ones that have never done it before always look so happy."

"I have to admit, this is very…interesting," Zuko said cracking a small smile.

Uncle Iroh stood at the door with it peaked open only a small amount. Just enough so that he could see what was going on in the room. He smiled to himself as he hatched a plan that would…hopefully…bring Prince Zuko and Princess Zelda closer together.

Uncle Iroh snuck into the room without a sound. The two teens wouldn't notice him because they were deep in meditation and had their eyes closed. Tiptoeing over to Zelda's left side, he still went unnoticed. Then he bent closer to Princess Zelda's levitating form.

"HELLO!" Iroh's voice boomed loudly into Princess Zelda's ear. Princess Zelda screamed, jumping backwards and Prince Zuko, still levitating cross-legged, turned his body so that he faced Uncle Iroh. Princess Zelda thought that she would hit the cold, metal floor. She closed her eyes awaiting the impact, but instead she landed on something warm and soft. Zelda opened her eyes to see Prince Zuko with his head tilted down looking at her. Zelda had landed in Prince Zuko's lap. Still levitating, Prince Zuko sat her up on his lap, so that her back was against his left arm with her legs stretched out over the right side of his lap.

"Uncle! You are not supposed to disturb me while in the meditating room! You know that!" Zuko said losing his temper.

"I just wanted to see if you kids were up to anything…interesting," Uncle Iroh said smirking.

"UNCLE!"

"Fine, fine. I'm leaving now," he said waving his hands in a way that says, "I surrender." Still smirking, he walked out of the room and closed the door.

After Uncle Iroh left, Prince Zuko looked down at Zelda, still in his lap, and asked, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, just a little…surprised," she said holding her heart.

"And you said I used to scare easily," Prince Zuko said smirking at her.

Princess Zelda glared at him, but then smiled. Then she wrapped her arms around him and pulled herself up to hug him. Prince Zuko smiled, wrapping his arms around Zelda and pulling her even closer so that she was now up against his chest. Zelda laid her head on his chest and Zuko laid his head on hers. The two royals were still levitating and stayed in this position for what seemed like forever, which they both wanted to do. Then Prince Zuko put his feet on the ground, but still held on to Princess Zelda. He was holding her above the ground in his hug. Prince Zuko pulled Zelda away from him and set her down gently on the floor.

"Let's go to dinner," he said smiling down upon her.

Princess Zelda nodded, returning the smile. Prince Zuko walked toward the door, but stopped before he exited the door. Turning around, he held out his hand to Zelda, she gently put her hand in his and he closed his hand around hers. They walked together, hand in hand, to Prince Zuko's private dining chambers.


kayko15: I am so glad that you like the story! I love the Legend of Zelda which is why I put Princess Zelda in the story n.n