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"You're seeing who?" Ursa asked rather accusingly in Zuko's opinion.

"Katara," Zuko sighed, "her name is Katara, Mom. She taught Aang waterbending."

"She's a waterbender? Zuko, my love, you know I support everything you do but, well, how serious are you with her?"

"I'd say pretty serious considering I've written to her father, Chief Hakoda, about her staying here, indefinitely."

"This wasn't the plan," was all Ursa responded with.

Zuko stared at her. "What plan?"

"You were supposed to marry one of Azula's friends. Either Mai or Ty Lee. There was a reason those were the only ones of her friends that came over to the palace. Depending on whom you seemed to like more when she turned thirteen your engagement to her would be announced."

"Well I managed to be banished before either of their thirteenth birthdays not to mention the fact that I barely interacted with them after you left. I pretty much stayed away from Azula as much as possible and when Uncle came back he tried to get me to spend more time with him while all I wanted to do was practice firebending and try to learn how to be a good prince."

"I know Sweetheart, I know," Ursa placed her hand over Zuko's scar, "I know what happened. This is just something that I thought would still happen. I'm sure Katara is a wonderful girl. Its just another thing that's very different from what I thought would happen."

"Well she's going to be arriving soon, she's been visiting her brother on Kyoshi but as soon as she found out you were here she immediately made plans to come back. You'll love her Mom, I promise."

"I'm sure I will."

Ursa didn't have long to wait to meet the girl who had captured her son's heart. The next morning news of Katara's arrival spread through out the palace with Zuko rushing off to the docks to meet her. Ursa smiled at the eager look on his face when he left and hoped that Katara was in fact a good match for him.

Deciding that feeding the turtleducks was a much better way to spend her time waiting rather than sitting in some room somewhere Ursa went to the kitchens to get some bread and made her way to the pond. This was one thing that hadn't changed, something she was immensely grateful for in this new world.

Lost in thought Ursa didn't hear Zuko approach. "Mom," Ursa nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of his voice. "I'd like you to meet Katara. Katara this is my mother." Zuko had the biggest grin she had seen in a long time on his face. Next to him was a lovely Water Tribe girl in a very nice Fire Nation dress with Zuko's arm around her waist.

She bowed and gave the traditional Fire Nation solute before saying "it's a pleasure to finally meet you Lady Ursa." Ursa wondered if this was how Katara addressed everyone. She seemed almost too formal and like she was trying too hard. Ursa's heart went out to her.

"Please call me Ursa. How do you greet someone new in the Water Tribes?"

"Well we claps hands at the forearm like this," Katara grasped Ursa's arm in the traditional greeting. "But we also do this," and Katara threw her arms around Ursa and hugged her. "I'm so happy that you're here. Zuko couldn't stop talking about you on the way up from the harbor and I know how much this means to him. He missed you so much and I couldn't wait to meet you." As Ursa hugged her back she decided that this girl was possibly exactly what Zuko needed. Anyway plans could change.