DISCLAIMER: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender and I never will… I'll just go cry in a corner now

Chapter 16: Journey to the South, Part 2

Soon after, the gang had packed their stuff on Appa's back and were flying, and gliding towards the South Pole. Aang was sitting on the Sky Bison's head with Katara sitting next to him, holding his hand. Teo was gliding next to Appa, he was talking to Toph, who was facing completely the other way. Ursa was staring at the sky and the sea below in awe for she had never been over water on a Flying Bison before. Zuko and Mai were lying in the saddle in each other's arms. The air had started to chill, and it was lucky that Katara had packed some fur jumpers for her, Toph and Teo for they were the only ones who didn't have a fire chi in them and Katara was used to the cold. Katara couldn't wait to get back to the South Pole and see her family again. They flew for a few hours until they had to stop because Toph and Teo had to put on their jumpers. But soon after they were flying again. Katara had fallen asleep next to Aang on Appa's head, now it was her turn to dream…

It was bright, it was warm, and it was peaceful. Katara looked around. Where was she? Where was Aang? Where were everybody? She turned on the spot until she noticed that she was wearing a beautiful light blue Water Tribe wedding dress. 'where am I?' she thought as she looked out to the scenery. She was standing on an island, it seemed familiar somehow. Then an idea occurred to her; she was on the island that Sokka took them when they were preparing for the Invasion on the Day of Black Sun. she noticed some people coming towards her… it was Suki, and Sokka! Suki was in a beautiful dress that was mixed Water Tribe and Kyoshi Warrior, "Sokka, are you wearing a suit?" Katara asked when she finally saw Sokka clearly. He was wearing a dark blue Water Tribe suit. He looked very handsome in it.

"c'mon Katara, you can't be late to your wedding" Suki held her hand out for Katara to grab hold of.

"okay" she took her hand "hang on, did you just say my wedding!"

"yes sweetie, your wedding… to Aang?" Suki looked at Katara as if she was crazy.

"oh of course, my wedding" she said unconvincingly. Suki and Sokka didn't hear the uncertainty in her voice and they grabbed her and pulled her around a large mountain. The first thing Katara saw was a white, silk aisle and heaps of chairs on both sides of the silk cloth. There were many people looking back at them but Katara was only looking at one person; Aang was standing at the top of the aisle with a huge grin on his face, the grin that she fell in love with. He was wearing the monk clothes that he wore on Zuko's coronation, when he was recognised as the Avatar and a fully mastered Airbender. Suki pushed a bunch of Water Tribe and Air Nomad flowers into her hands and she and Sokka started to walk in front of her. Katara saw her father, Hakoda come up next to her, looking very handsome in a Water Tribe Chief suit. They linked arms and started to walk down the aisle. Not long after, Katara was holding hands with Aang and was listening to a Water Tribe monk talking about love and commitment. "if there is anyone who think that these two should not be together, speak now" the monk said to everyone in the ceremony. It was silent, obviously everyone wanted them together. A smirk crossed Katara's face and she looked at Aang, who was also smiling wide.

Suddenly a huge black cloud covered the sky and a thick fog surrounded the soon-to-be-married couple. Katara heard a shuffling of equipment and then the fog cleared. Everyone had disappeared. Aang was gone, and so were the guests. It was only Katara, alone, abandoned and very vulnerable… all Katara could do was let out a huge scream for help –

"AHHHH!" screamed Katara as she jumped off Aang's shoulder and nearly fell off Appa's head. She would've fallen if Aang didn't have his arm around her waist. She turned to look at him and he was looking at her with a smug look on his face.

"nightmare?" he asked with a teasing edge to his voice.

"yeah, don't look at me like that, I'm not used to having nightmares".

"now you know what it's like for me. Do you want to talk about it" he asked, his smug looked removed from his face. Katara had to think about it for a little moment. "well there's no time to talk about it, we're here!" Aang exclaimed.

"where?" Katara asked confused.

"the Southern Water Tribe silly" he kissed Katara's forehead and he steered Appa down towards the tiny town right below them.

when they landed, they were greeted happily by the village people. They were happy until they saw the Fire Nation Royals, in particular Zuko.

"why are they unhappy to see us?" Ursa whispered to Zuko, who was looking really embarrassed.

"er… when I was looking for Aang, I kind of invaded this village" Zuko replied.

"well then, apologize Zuko! Otherwise we'll never be allowed to get into the village. Zuko walked up to Kanna, Katara's grandmother. He bowed low to her and apologised.

"I am very sorry for what I did to your village three years ago. I was lost in my ways and I regret everything that I had done" he looked up to Kanna and waited for her response. Her frown turned into a smile and she bowed back to him.

"it is a pleasure and great honour to be in the presence of the new Fire Lord, his Fire Lady and…" she cut off, and signalled to Ursa. Ursa came forward and bowed to Kanna.

"I'm Princess Ursa, mother of Fire Lord Zuko" Kanna bowed back to her and signalled for them to come into the village.