Epilogue

The South Pole had been rebuilt since she was last here. Although she'd been here for half a year, she still seemed to forget where everything was. She was surprised at how many water benders moved down from the north.

"Master Katara!" called a little girl she was training.

She had put a stop to people calling her 'princess' the first week. She would water whip anyone who still call her that. She turned to see the little girl charging her.

"What is it Rina?" she smiled.

"I heard you're getting married!" Rina beamed.

Katara frowned. "What are you talking about? I'm not getting married."

Rina faltered. "But my sister said you were marrying Hahn from the north."

Katara raised an eyebrow. "Your sister Lia? The one who's been chasing after him? I bet he told her that to make her jealous. You tell her I said she can have him."

Rina giggled as she ran off. Katara sighed and continued on her way to the inventor's room. Sokka had sent for her earlier that day, and she was curious. As she stepped inside she shook her head at the mess.

"Sokka! How in the world can you work in here? It's a mess!" she scolded.

His head popped up from behind the desk. "Oh! Finally! Look what I invented." he beamed.

She frowned as she look at the contraption in his hand. She couldn't figure out what it was. "What is it?"

He flipped the lid and ran his finger across a switch causing a flame to erupt. "I call it a fire-start." he chuckled at his own unknown joke.

"What's it for?" she asked smartly knowing he wouldn't catch on.

"To light things on fire. You know light a fire, light a candle, or even light a pipe. Like the ones Gran Gran smokes." he rattled off.

"Why not call it a lighter?" she mused.

Sokka's eyes grew wide in amazement. "I never thought of that! I have something else too."

He dug around all his contraptions until he pulled out an odd shaped thing. It had a tube that connected to a bottle looking thing. When she leaned forward to look closer he pulled a switch and water squirted out spraying her in the face.

She sputtered in surprise. "Sokka!"

"Now I can water bend!" he laughed. "I haven't named it yet. I figured I'd send some to the fire nation since it's so hot. The kids will love them."

She bent the water out of her clothes. "So it's a toy?"

"Well, yeah. I noticed not a lot of kids had toys unless they were noble's kids. At least this way, they can have fun and stay cool at the same time." he replied bashfully.

She gave him a hug. "It's a wonderful idea. I'm sure the fire nation kids will love them. Even Aang will want one, even if it is shaped like a gun."

"That's it! Water gun! Katara you're a genius!" he cheered and turned serious at her sad look. "Why the long face?"

"Nothing. Just bored." she replied.

He put his inventions down and sat next to her. "The South Pole isn't as exciting as you remember it, right?" At her nod he continued. "I know you only came back here to help out, but everything here's under control. Have you written to Zuko at all since we got back?"

She frowned. "Why would I? He's busy running his nation. Besides, he's probably already married by now."

Sokka smirked at her. "Well, he writes to me all the time. He even asked me why you never return his letters. I told him you were busy training new water benders. But I refuse to lie anymore. Kata, that boy has been in love with..."

The bells outside alerting everyone of incoming ships cut him off. Katara jumped up and ran out the building, followed by her brother with a smirk on his face. As they neared the docked ship, she stopped short causing him to run into her.

"KATA! Warn me next time you just want to stop in front of me!" he barked.

But her eyes were on the fire nation ship docked in front of her. A tall young man stood at the ramp watching her with a smile on his face. As he started to walked down the ramp, Sokka gave her a push.

Zuko, being unused to the snow and ice, fell when a light weight collided with him. He landed in the soft snow only to have it puff up in a cloud around him.

He opened his eyes to see nothing but blue. "Hello peasant, did you miss me?" he smiled.

Katara leaned forward so her lips were just barely touching his. "Of course I did, Princess."

He leaned forward and captured her lips in a tender kiss. Both were unaware of the small crowd they were drawing, or the cold snow seeping through their clothes. The only thing they knew, was each other and the feel of their lips touching.

I'm not sure if I'm writing a sequel. I thought about writing one about Zuko and Katara going around and correcting all the problems in the fire nation. If you think I should let me know. And again, if you see spelling errors message me so I can fix them. I normally write late at night and into the next day. Sometimes my hands type faster than my brain thinks. Thanks.