Disclaimer: I own nothing…

This fanfic was based on the Korean drama called "Princess Hours". So if it sounds somewhat familiar, just refer back to that. And yes, I didn't even finish my other story, but this idea just came to me in the middle of the night, so I just started writing it…

Also, the first paragraph of this chapter only is regular Avatar time, and then after that, the rest is AU.

Enjoy

Palace Couple

Two thousand years ago, before the dreaded war even began, there were two men. One of them was a crown prince, destined to become king of his nation. The other was just a low-life pauper, destined to do what any other poor person would do. However, they were the best of friends, even though the prince was from the Fire Nation and the pauper was from the Water Tribes. The Southern Water Tribe to be exact. They were so close as friends that they wanted to become family. So they decided on a contract that their great-great-great-great-great grandchildren would wed through an arranged marriage. And the contract was set. They each got themselves a special ring to pass down through generations until it got to their great-great-great-great-great grandchildren. And indeed, they still kept the ring and the promise to this very day.

Modern Time (A/N: This is where the AU part begins.)

"Hey Katara, did you hear about the prince?" Toph asked.

"What about him?"

"It turns out, he's transferring into our school!" Toph replied.

"(gasp) Really?! No way!!" Katara and Toph screamed their heads off in excitement, even though they new almost nothing about him.

"Hey! You two! What are you doing loitering in the hallway?!" Mr. Pakku asked.

"…"

"Well. Since you two are loitering and not answering me, you two both have cleaning duty! Now get going!" Mr. Pakku walked away leaving Katara and Toph with their jaws on the floor.

"Wha- What the heck! That's not fair! We didn't do anything!" Top complained.

"Yeah, I know! Oh well, we better get to work, before we get in trouble for no reason again." Katara said. Once they were done cleaning most of the hallways, Toph went to get some more sponges while Katara left to get some clean water and a new towel. But right as she was walking, she tripped over her own two feet, therefore dropping the large can of water. The dirty water splashed all over another students shoes. Katara gasped and slowly looked up to find that she had accidentally dropped water all over Prince Zuko's shoes!

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I'll clean it right up!" Katara hurriedly grabbed the towel and quickly started cleaning his shoes. Her heart was beating so fast, she thought she couldn't even breathe. How could I have ruined the Prince's shoes?! I'm going to get in so much trouble!

"Ugh! Stop it! Just take these and throw them away!" Zuko threw his now dirty shoes at Katara and walked away, making her furious! She had had enough. First, she got in trouble for no reason, cleaned the school until her fingers were pruny, and now this retarded prince of jerks was yelling at her for trying to clean his shoes?!

"(scoff) Hey! You! You know what? I've had, like, the worst day today so far, and I don't need you to go and make it worse than it already is! Just because some you're some prince who's going to become king, doesn't mean that you get to rule the school! At home, I'm treated like a princess!" Katara's yelling caught everyone's eye, making her the center of attention. But even though she just yelled her heart out, Prince Zuko just ignored her and kept walking. That's when an idea popped in her head. She slowly grabbed the shoe lying on the floor, aimed it at him, and threw it right at Zuko's back, and getting a perfect shot.

Oh, but unfortunately, that hit made Zuko twice as furious as she was. He froze in place, slowly turned around, and walked toward Katara, making her a bit scared and she shrunk back to her nervous self. When he noticed this, he came dangerously close to her.

"You've got guts…I like that." He smirked and walked away again as everyone in the crowd surrounding them whooped and cheered thinking that he might've liked her. As he walked out the door, he ignored all the questions asked by the students, and leaving Katara at a loss of words.

Meanwhile, back at Zuko's palace and Katara's house, the king and Katara's father were staring at the promised ring from two thousand years ago.

To be continued…

I hope you guys liked it. It was actually supposed to end a little shorter than this, but when I look back at the reviews I got for my other story, I've decided to make it a bit longer. And, I'm sorry if the description wasn't good enough. (I'm really bad at that)

R'n'R

-zkjanie