Author's Note: I'm sorry I wrote in my last chapter that they were travelling to the Eastern Air Temple, I'm sorry they're going to the Western Air Temple instead. I forgot where we were up to…
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Avatar, sadly…
Chapter 11: The Dream
After a couple of days at the Northern Air Temple, Aang, Katara, Zuko, Mai and Ursa left to travel to the Western Air Temple. When they left, Aang and Katara usually sat on Appa's head whilst Zuko and Mai lay down snuggled up together. Ursa normally sat by herself and sometimes pretended to have conversations with Momo.
'It's such a beautiful night' Aang thought to himself whilst they were flying. Katara was resting her head on his shoulder and was about to fall asleep. Ursa, Mai and Zuko were sleeping on Appa's saddle quietly. Katara's head slipped off his shoulder and landed into his lap as she fell asleep. 'We better land and get some sleep' thought Aang as he turned Appa towards the ground. When they landed, the group were still sleeping so he made tents for each of them and woke them up so that they could go into their tents. He and Katara shared a tent once again and Katara fell asleep in his arms and soon after Aang fell asleep, still hugging Katara.
It was bright and sunny, without a cloud in the sky. Aang was walking into a bright room. He opened the huge wooden doors and walked into the room. There were heaps of people in the room, in many rows of seats. Aang walked up the aisle and stood at the front of the room. There was possibly a hundred or even more people in that room, all looking up at Aang happily. Sokka was standing next to him, in a bright blue Southern Water Tribe suit. He shook his hand and gave him his famous Sokka dopey grin. Some music started playing and the wide doors opened once again. A girl walked down the aisle and Aang soon realised that it was Toph… in a light blue dress! Shortly behind her stood a young woman who soon turned into Suki; she too was wearing a light blue dress, though slightly longer. She stood next to Toph who was standing next to Aang. They both smiled at him and Suki kissed Aang on the cheek and Toph punched him in the arm. The music changed once again and the doors opened wide and a beautiful woman walked through the doors and she turned into Katara. She was looking so beautiful. With a long white dress and a veil in her hair. On the veil she had beautiful blue and white flowers. Obviously for the Water Tribe and Air Nomads. She stood next to Aang and he held her hand. She looked absolutely beautiful. They turned towards a short bald monk whom Aang did not notice before. He had a bright blue arrow on his head and Aang soon noticed that he was an Airbending Monk. They had found the Air Nomads! This made Aang so happy. The monk started to talk about love and marriage and undying loyalty that a married couple have for each other. After a while Aang looked at Katara and noticed that she was smiling at him, he smiled back and squeezed her hand. Then Sokka yawned a long loud yawn. Aang and Katara laughed, but they weren't the only ones, for everyone watching the ceremony laughed. Zuko, Mai, Toph, Teo, Hakoda and even Master Pakku and Katara's grandmother. The monk coughed to get everyone's attention and they all became silent. Aang and Katara turned back to the monk and Aang nudged Sokka to keep him awake. After a while the monk started actually going on with the ceremony.
"Will you, Aang of the Air Nomads, take you, Katara of the Water Tribe, to be your lawfully wedded wife? To love and to hold, through sickness and through health, through good times and bad?" Sokka gave Aang a beautiful gold necklace with Katara's betrothal stone on it. Aang didn't have to think of the answer as he took the necklace from Sokka.
"I do" he replied as Katara lifted her veil and hair out of the way and he fastened the necklace around her neck. Aang smiled and Katara smiled back, her sparkly bright blue eyes shining up at him. The guests awed and a few of the women blew their noses and wiped their eyes. Aang saw in the corner of his eye that Mai was one of the women crying, that was definitely a first. The monk coughed once again and the noises from the crowd stopped once again.
"Will you, Katara of the Water Tribe, take you, Aang of the Air Nomads, to be your lawfully wedded husband? To love and to hold, through sickness and through health, through good times and bad?" Suki gave Katara a lovely gold bracelet with the Air Nomad and Water Tribe symbols carved next to each other. She looked up at Aang and smiled widely as she spoke.
"I do" she replied as she fastened the bracelet around his wrist and the crowd once again awed. The monk ignored them this time, for he had given up telling them to be quiet.
"I am happy to now pronounce you, in the eyes of the Spirits, man and wife. You may now kiss the bride" Aang grabbed Katara's delicate veil and flung it over her head. She grabbed his face and kissed him hard. They were married, and were now going to have a long life to live with each other, with their family, happily and lovingly. The crowd cheered and clapped loudly. When they stopped kissing they grabbed each other's hands and ran down the aisle, where the crowd threw rice and the children blew bubbles onto them. Aang and Katara ran straight to Appa who had a huge roll of parchment stuck to his tail saying "Just Married" and they flew away, into their new life together…
Aang woke up quietly. It was already bright and Katara wasn't in the tent with him. He got up and put his shirt back on and walked outside to the smell of cooking pears. It was the smell of his favourite food; roasted pears. He noticed that Zuko, Mai and Ursa had already packed their tents away and were eating roast duck. Aang thought he was going to throw up when the aroma of duck blew past his nose. He Airbended the air away from him and literally flew to Katara, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her cheek. This caught her by surprise and she turned around and kissed him on the lips. They sat down and ate their breakfast, for Katara had also chosen to keep her promise and become a vegetarian. After breakfast they packed up their gear and Aang flew Appa on their way to the Western Air Temple. Whilst they flew, Aang kept on thinking about his dream. 'Sometimes the Avatar can have dreams that are the future' a little voice in his head said to him. Aang flashed a wide smug grin across his face and did a little dance in his head. Aang soon saw the Western Air Temple appear over the horizon and they continued flying to the Western Air Temple.