Chapter 13

Christmas Ball

Finally it was Christmas, Larry and Ellen have done some major shopping to prepare for the Christmas Ball that night, while Katara sat in her room holding her mother's dress and stared at it for a long, long time that seems to be all day and finally made up her mind, she was going, not only because she felt like it, she wanted to make her mother proud, wearing the beautiful dress.

Slipping the dress she now understands why her father said she looked like her mother, since she wore her hair down with two strands of bangs braided around her head to clip together with a natural Water Tribe jewel, and slipped on her blue slippers.

Her blue dress had a layer of see-through silk layering over the aqua blue silk that lay beneath it.

Attaching her necklace firmly to it won't fall off and looked on her desk and saw her water basin and took it making sure it was fully filled in case she had to use it and hurried downstairs and found Ellen in a red and orange dress, with her black hair up in a bun.

Larry wore a black and red robe.

Ellen squeezed Katara's hand and with tears filling her eyes form joy and laughed, "You look beautiful Katara.

Wiping her eyes tearless, careful not to ruin her make up Larry began, "Well ladies we should go now shall we?"

Ellen and Katara nodded as they got into a carriage that waited outside.

The snowflakes floated down from the sky as they got out of the carriage Katara followed Larry and Ellen into the ball as she watched them go and talk to some friends.

Katara stood alone by the balcony and watched the moon break through the snowy clouds making sure that the snowflakes sparkled in the air as they fell.

"Thank you Yue." Whispered Katara as she gazed up the moon and suddenly saw a shadow run through the garden.

Katara frowned and turned around and was greeted by a bunch of girls in pink, orange and red and one of them began, "So you are that girl who everyone is talking about? The waterbender girl?"

Katara nodded as she saw the shadow creep out of the garden and ran somewhere on to the roof.

Katara frowned at the roof as one of the girls asked, "Did you see something?"

Katara nodded and replied, "Are you firebenders?"

"No."

"Well then be careful then, keep your eyes open, I have a feeling something might happen."

The girls nodded and walked away as Katara continued to study the roof until there was a tap on her shoulder and turned around and saw Prince Zuko as he said three words "Care to dance?"

Katara accepted his hand replied, "I'll be honour to."

They danced on the dance floor during a slow dance, everything was perfect until…

"Greetings! Sorry about bashing the party, anyways…OW!"

Katara walked forward and shot another waterwhip and scowled, "You always come to ruin everything for everyone! Well listen up Jet, you aren't getting anywhere tonight, the moon is up, I rise with the Moon, and you, you rise with nothing because you are a fool who murders innocent people."

"Alright dear Katara, lets fight now, I am not going to hold back trying to kill you this time, you were lucky to survive that poison arrow, but it seems to heal much too quickly, anyways now to get rid of you!"

Zuko stared at his uncle both shocked and watched Katara face turn into horror as she noticed her cover was blown; Jet took noticed also and taunted, "What Katara? Lied about your true identity, why is that? You didn't want to be found?"

Katara scowled and shot icicles at Jet and noticed people backed away, most of all she noticed Lord Iroh and Prince Zuko staring at her with shock.

Tossing Jet aside she ran for her escape as she ran towards the ocean knowing Jet was after her.

She ran on to the snowy beach and caught Jet behind her and did the same thing she did to Zuko back at the Northern Tribe Siege, as she shot Jet into the air and froze him there and shot icicles at him angrily and shouted at him angrily, "What is with you Jet? Ruining my new life, what is a so great murdering person? What, do people like you have? A giant list with the people you want to murder?"

"You, Katara, is the first person on my list who I need dead. You will ruin my plans if you continue to get in my way. Any guess what; I don't give the shitt, now AH CRAP!"

Katara held a giant block of snow over jet and frowned, "I am not a murder, I don't kill anyone, killing is not in my blood."

Katara was about to walk off when she noticed Zuko staring at her with disbelief and looked at Jet and back at her.

Katara noticed that Larry, and Ellen along with Iroh and his men have came to see what was happening and Jet laughed coldly, "Look at this Katara, your cover is blown, maybe I won't have to kill you to succeed my task-"

"SHUT UP!" shouted Katara and shot a giant wave at Jet washing him to the ground froze Jet back in the frozen tower.

Iroh looked at Katara and noticed a sad spirit trying to comfort her; the two of them look too similar.

'Of course, that is Katara's mother! They look so alike!'

Iroh placed a hand on Zuko's shoulder and whispered, "She is going through a lot, I see her mother…wait…more spirits? They look like children and people…"

Iroh was right; he was the only one who could see the spirits that surrounded Katara trying to comfort her.

Jet glared at Katara and scoffed, "Well then Katara why are you here? Tell them really why you are here! TELL THEM!"

Katara broke into angry tears and shouted angrily at Jet, "YOU THINK I WANTED TO LAND HERE? I WOULD RATHER BE HERE THAN BACK SOUTH WERE PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM THE FROST FLU! THE SHIP I TRAVELED ON PEOPLE DIED, BURNED AND THROWN INTO THE OCEAN!" Katara paused to wipe her face and cried, "My people are dying when I can't do anything about it, the burning flesh was all I was able to smell when I was stuck on the ship, I got on to a raft floated in the ocean for 17 days! Without food! I was heading north, but I couldn't continue or else I would've been dead by now! Everyone is probably dead by now! And you want to know why I was hiding my identity? I was protecting myself, I was hiding, I was afraid what would happen."

With that Katara created a blizzard and vanished.

When the blizzard died down Iroh looked at his guests and began, "Katara is having a rough time, and about that young man threaten to kill people will be put in prison-"

Zuko looked where Jet once was trapped and scowled, "He escaped!"

"What?"

"He is after Katara, I know it." Growled Zuko as Ellen and Larry returned each looks and began, "Prince Zuko, we might have an idea where she went."

"Where?"

"At the-"

Disclaimer: Ooooh I am soooo mean! MUAHAHA! Now where do you think Katara ran to? Hmm…