CHAPTER 12!
Yeah.
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Katrina was talking to Katara when there was a knock on her door. A soldier announced there was to be a formal dinner tonight then, after there was to be Music Night. He left after the announcement.
Katrina nearly died with excitement.
She ran over to her closet and flung open the doors. There was a whole row of dresses. She looked expectantly at Katara.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Pick one! And some shoes!"
Katara laughed and went over to the closet. She picked out the most beautiful dress there…
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Sokka and Aang landed near a prison hold. They disguised themselves as people looking for slaves.
They walked into the prison hold.
"What can I do for you fine gentlemen?" asked the owner of the hold.
"We are looking for a slave girl about 16 years of age to work at our farm," Sokka said, lowering his voice.
"Ahh yes. Right this way, right this way," said the ugly owner.
Sokka and Aang were shown many girls. Sokka finally found Rayna.
"I would like this one," Sokka said, pointing to Rayna.
"Right then," the owner replied.
They walked to a desk to fill out some paperwork.
"The name of your farm, please?"
"Uhh…Appa…uh…sopolis. Yeah. Appasopolis. "
"Hmm…I've never heard of that one. Oh well. Your name please?"
"Uhh…Ashter Hurnderrfeurnderhoff" said Sokka. Aang chuckled under his breath.
"Can you spell that, please?"
"Uhh…H-u-r-n-d-e-r-r-and the rest just like it sounds."
"Okay then. She will cost three copper pieces."
"Ok. Here. Goodbye!" shouted Sokka on his way out.
"Uhh…. Goodbye? Wait a second, the short one's the Avatar!"
Sokka looked over at Aang to see his hood was pulled down. He looked at Sokka with frightened eyes and Sokka knew Aang hadn't done it on purpose.
"Get them! Guards! Get the Avatar!"
"RUN!" Sokka shouted.
When Katara walked into the mess hall, everyone inside was completely astonished by how she looked.
She wore a dress that had a purple middle that faded into black on the top and bottom. It was about an inch below the knee. She had beautiful silver high heels on and her mother's necklace.
Zuko stared at her open mouthed. Katrina looked over at him and shut his mouth. That seemed to wake him up.
He walked over to the door and held out his arm for Katara to take. (A/N I know this is very out of character, but, in this story, Iroh made him do this or else he would show everyone the pictures of Zuko he found in the basement. He also made Zuko do something else…)
Katara hesitated a minute then took his arm. He walked her to the table and pulled out a chair for her. She sat down and he went around the table and sat in his seat. At that precise moment, the chefs came out with the food.
The food laid down before her were extremely unfamiliar. She poked what looked like a steak with her fork. Everyone was staring at her. She picked up a cup and took a drink from it. It was horrible.
She came really close to spitting it out. She finally managed to swallow it and looked at the people surrounding her. Katrina muffled a giggle and told her that that concoction was a sauce for the meat.
Katara could feel herself going red. Katrina whispered the correct things to eat and drink and pretty soon her mouth was in heaven.
After dinner and desert, Katrina led Katara to a big empty room. The dancing room.
"It's time for Music Night!" shouted Iroh excitedly.
Pretty soon everyone was dancing and people were playing instruments, and it looked like fun. Katara and Zuko were the only ones not dancing. Katrina pulled Katara into the crowd and they started dancing to the fast beat.
About an hour later, things had quieted down. The crew was playing some slow songs, and Katrina was dancing with a tall soldier. Zuko got up and walked slowly toward Katara.
"Umm…do you want to…ummm…. Would you please…ah…dance…with me?" he stuttered.
"I would love to," she said.
They walked out to the dance floor and started dancing gracefully. As they passed Katrina and the soldier, Zuko saw that they were kissing. He looked very shocked at the prospect of his sister KISSING. He decided to end it by kicking the soldier hard in the knee.
Katrina glared at him and mouthed, "I'll get you for that," and went to go see if the soldier was all right. Katara laughed and Zuko smiled. After that, the conversations went a little more smoothly.
Katara couldn't believe it. She was falling for her mortal enemy.
Rayna, Sokka, and Aang crashed through the trees and finally got to Appa. They scrambled on and took off.
Aang went up front to steer.
Sokka looked at Rayna and said, "I am so sorry I had to leave you."
She smiled and said, "I knew you did it for a reason."
She kissed him. When they broke apart, she said, "Thanks for saving me Ashter Hurnderrfeurnderhoff."
They laughed and Sokka put his arm around her.
After two more hours, almost everyone had gone to bed. Zuko walked up to Katara and whispered in her ear. She nodded and they left the room together. Iroh was curious. He waited for a good four minutes and followed.
He peeked around the corner and saw Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation and Katara of the Southern Water Tribe, mortal enemies, kissing in the moonlight.
He smiled and let them be alone.
Well, there you go! Some Zutara fluff. I actually like this chapter a lot, so I made it extra long. FOUR PAGES BABY! Yeah…
-Looks up at the sky and whistles while bystanders stare-
-ZK