Zuko motioned for Aang to step forward along with him. They looked onto the crowd and then smiled at each other. They were both so happy about how everything turned out. Even though there some casualties from the war on both sides, the world was at peace—at least, there was peace for now.
Zuko turned around and walked toward the meeting room in the fire lord's palace. He had earlier arranged for all of the generals and delegates from all of the nations to come and sign a peace treaty. Even though he was pretty sure most, if not all, of the people who were coming to the meeting wanted peace, he had a bad feeling that there would be some people who would object. Zuko hoped that the meeting would go well and it wouldn't last more than a couple of hours.
He heard light footsteps behind him. Obviously, it was Aang—no one else had such light footsteps. Zuko turned around to face him. "Hey Aang," he said.
"Hi Zuko," Aang said quietly. He looked very tired. He wasn't the same comical kid that he once was. Of course, battling Ozai would do that to someone. 'Agni knows what Ozai did to me,' Zuko thought sourly. He really wanted to get revenge on the man that had ruined his life, but he knew he couldn't do that because it would make Aang upset.
"Something on your mind?" Zuko asked.
"Yeah," Aang answered. It's just been so rough lately with everything that's been going on. Now that the war is finally over, I don't know where to go. Obviously, we probably won't ever see each other again," Aang said with tears in his eyes.
"You really think that I would allow that to happen?" Zuko demanded. "After living with you guys we're practically family. I would never let us fall apart," Zuko stated confidently.
Aang smiled. "Well, that's nice to know. But, we should probably be getting to the peace meeting," Aang said.
"Oh yeah," Zuko said, "Monkey feathers! If we don't hurry we'll be late! First impressions are important for everybody!" Zuko stated. Aang smirked. Zuko went on, "And that includes the Avatar!" he said as a smile was creeping up his face.
And with that they sped down the hallway as fast as their feet could take them.