Now to answer the question posed in the last installment.

Twinkletoes-Aang

Sugar Queen-Katara

Meat and Sarcasm-Sokka

The Blind Bandit-Toph

Honor Lord-Zuko

Knives-Mai

The Beast-Appa

Wet Blanket-Kya

Short Winded-Tenzin

Heavy Metal-Lin

I think that's all of them. I don't own Korra.

Five minutes. She had exactly five minutes to get out her window before the next patrol came through. One thing that hasn't changed about the Fire Nation is its order and discipline.

She made it out the window and navigated the inner gardens. It was still early morning, but she had a bit of a trek before her.

The halls of the palace were easy enough to get through unspotted. She reached the entrance to one of the secret passages and went in. She followed it until it let out half a mile outside of the palace.

She walked to the dock and took her boat. It wasn't much, but she didn't need it to be. She got in, strapped her feet down, and firebended her way out. The boat was a custom design made by Sokka.

She rode until she reached a small island just outside of the capital. She dragged the boat onto the shore and made her way up the cliffside to her balloon. She kept it hidden in case she needed it. She climbed in and was off to her secret meeting.

"Bumi, we need to get going if we want to make it there in time!" Katara yelled. There was a Winter Solstice party in City Hall. The Avatar and his family were invited, of course. Bumi wasn't going though, he was headed out with them.

"I'll meet you there." he yelled. He was packing his bag for his trip. He knew that wouldn't get past his mother without a fight.

"No. I don't know what you're planning, but it can't be good." she yelled back. He weighed his options.

Option A. Fake illness. Problem? she would insist on staying home with him.

Option B. Sneak out of party. Problem? Way too easy to be caught. And would take too long.

Option C it is then.

"Is she going to be there?" he asked. He knew what the answer was going to be. It was really quite obvious.

"We've been over this, Bumi. She's not coming." his mother replied gently. She knew he wasn't taking the separation from his new girlfriend well. He was never that great at handling her absence even before they were dating.

"Then I don't want to go! Just leave me here to die!" he yelled, slamming his door for effect. He knew that she would either give up or come up and drag him out, leaving him with Plan B.

Just then Aang walked inside. "What's wrong dear?" he asked his wife. He was looking forward to the party. Ever since his kids got too old to appreciate it these events were the only times when he could find someone who enjoys his marbles trick.

"These teenagers today are just so over dramatic. He's throwing a hissy fit because he misses his girlfriend." she replied, raising her voice at "hissy fit." Aang could see she was trying to be supportive of their son, but he was testing her patience.

When I was his age I didn't want to spend a moment away from my girlfriend." Aang responded with a smile.

"We had been dating for four years when you were his age." she said. Her expression was a bit hard to read.

"And our son has known his girlfriend for his entire life. Cut him some slack, just for tonight."

"Will you at least go up and talk to him?" she asked. Of the two of them he was better at getting through to their first son.

"Of course I will." he said before walking up to Bumi's door. He knocked on the door and got no answer for a moment before hearing "Come in."

He entered the room to see his son sitting dejectedly on his bed. He took a seat at the edge of the bed.

"You do realize I'm going to have to pretend to be as shocked as your mother when you get back, right?" he said with a smile tugging at his lips.

"What are you talking about?" Bumi asked. His father raised an eyebrow at him. "How did you figure it out?"

"You left one of your letters on your bed when I came in looking for you. It had a day and place for a meeting. I wasn't sure until now, but you've made it rather obvious. Now I'll get your mother out so you can make a clean escape." Aang said.

"You're not mad?" Aang shook his head. "Why are you letting me do this?"

"Her highness will be there no matter what and the thing Zuko will hate more than you sneaking out with her it's you standing her up." Aang said as he stood and headed for the door.

"Dad?" Bumi said.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks." Aang smiled to himself as he left the room. The marbles may not do the trick, but he could still make his kids smile.

She walked through the city with her hood covering her face. As far as she knew no one was onto her. By now her absence must have been noticed. She felt sorry for the poor soul that had to tell her father that she wasn't in the palace.

It was a bit chilly out, but it wasn't too bad. She sat in the center of town, where the fire fountain used to be, and waited.

He landed at the edge of the city on the cliff near the river. He told Umi to stay put while he was gone. She was a good bison and was quite fond of him.

He entered the city, hoping he wouldn't be noticed. Despite being the Avatar's son he was rarely recognized, but it happened on occasion. He had no idea where he was going at all. The town wasn't exactly small and he had never been there.

He wandered around for ten minutes until he found himself in the center of the town. He saw a hooded figure come near him. He was prepared to run away when he noticed it was his girlfriend. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lee!" she yelled before kissing him. He took the hint that they were using fake names.

"June." he said with a smile. They stood there for a moment before choosing a nice little tavern to sit in They sat in a table in the corner in silence.

"Now that we're together I can't think of anything." the princess said with a big smile on her face. Bumi chuckled in response.

"Maybe this whole thing was a big mistake then?" he asked, his face matching her's.

"If you're so unhappy you should leave." she replied. He had no intention of calling her bluff. A waitress came over to the table and they placed their orders.

"Seriously? You're ordering three 'meat specials?'" she asked him. He shrugged.

"I live on a vegetarian island, meat isn't an option to me most of the time." he responded. "You, however, ordered cake. Why?"

"My parents don't like me eating too much sugar because I get 'unbearably hyper and somewhat stabby.'" she answered. "They never have to know about this."

The waitress came round with their food and put it on the table before walking away.

"So how long should we stay out here?" he asked, taking a bite from the meat he ordered. This going to be a one day thing, or are we never going home?"

"As much as I would love to run forever, I don't think we could pull it off. My father would burn down nations to find me and your mother would track us down and kill us personally. If she knew that you ran away she could find you immediately, she's scary like that." she said. "Am I rambling?"

"A little bit." Bumi said with a bit of a blank look in his eyes. "You were not kidding about being hyper, were you?"

"Not at all. I've always been like this, ever since I was a little girl. You know disgusting the cakes are at my birthday parties? Low sugar. Remember that one year when I set your pants on fire and you jumped into the turtle duck pond to put it out?"

"I do." he said as he motioned the waitress over. He leaned over and whispered to her. "My friend here is a bit under the weather. Could we get two room? And our bill of course."

"I'm sorry, sir, we only have one room left. Would you be able to share a room?"

He thought over it. Dragging her through the streets looking for somewhere else would be a terrible idea. And he couldn't leave her here alone. He just had to hope no one would recognize them and a certain someone won't tell anyone.

"No problem at all. Please, show us to it now." he said. He walked to the other side of the table and tugged on her arm. "Come along dear."

"But my cake..." she said, motioning to the little that remained of her "dinner."

"You can take it with you." he said, knowing that it was the easiest solution.

"Yay!" she yelled as she picked up the plate. The two of them followed the waitress upstairs and into a room at the end of the hall. The room had one bed and a small table.

"I hope the room is satisfactory." said the waitress as she walked out. Bumi surveyed the room for a minute.

"Okay, you take the bed and I'll take the floor." he said. She dove onto the bed and collapsed face down. She rolled onto her back.

"Don't be silly, there's plenty of room for the both of us. He was about to protest when she grabbed his arm and dragged him down next to her. "See? Isn't this better than the floor?"

"I think there might have been some alcohol in that cake as well..." Bumi muttered to himself.

"What was that?" she asked.

"Nothing." he answered.

She nodded slowly. Then she started to close her eyes. "I'm tired. Good night." With that she fell asleep, her arms still clinging to his arm.

"Good night." he said before closing his eyes.

The next morning he woke up first. He shook her awake and they got up.

"I just remembered I got you a gift." he said. He reached into his bag and pulled out a small box. She opened it to find a set of throwing knives.

"These are totally awesome!" she yelled, hugging him. "If only I got you... wait!" She turned and started digging around in her bag before finding something. "Here!"

The item she handed him was a topknot holder, meant to be worn by the crown prince.

"This is a royal artifact." he said, his voice a bit shocked. "I can't accept it."

"My father keeps saying he'll have a new one made for me. One made for a crown princess. This will just speed it up a bit."

He sat there turning it and looking at it from every angle.

"We should get going." the princess said. Bumi nodded. They walked out the door, through the hall, and down the stairs, only to be greeted by the sight of the Avatar and his wife.

"Sorry, son, nothing I could do." said Aang. Katara glared at him and he took the hint to shut up.

The four of them stood there awkwardly. Bumi looked at the door in relation to where his parents were. He knew he wasn't getting past them.

"Come on, kids, let's go. We're heading to the palace before Zuko executes half the royal guard." said Katara.