~~~~~~~A/N: This story is basically an AU where the Gaang are all royals living in a time where Avatar Roku and Sozin worked together to stop the volcano. Thus, the 100 Years War never happened and Roku was able to help the nations work together. ~~~~~~~

Katara tried to calm her nerves as she looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was up in a knot-like hair style where her hair was braided and twisted to create two large loops at the back. Still, she kept her iconic hair loopies on the side.

"You look beautiful," Gran-Gran complimented her.

Katara smiled and thanked her grandmother. It was true, she had to admit. Her dress was beautiful, her makeup was perfect, and everything seemed to be in place. Still, she was nervous.

"I'd compliment you too, but I've got no idea what you look like," Toph said from her place beside Katara.

Katara chuckled at her friend's words. She'd only known Toph for a few months, and although they started on a rough patch, they got along relatively well now.

"Well, I can see, and I assure you, I've never seen a more beautiful bride," Suki complimented while she stood by the door.

Toph snorted at her guard's words and asked, "Are you trying to secure a job in case things go south with me?"

"While your parents are paying me I have to say no," Suki joked back.

A knock interrupted their chat. Suki opened the door and a woman stood outside.

"Princess Katara, it's time," the woman said with a bow. 

"She'll be right there," Gran-Gran replied and walked toward the door, turning to smile at Katara before leaving.

Suki gently closed the door behind her.

"Are you ready?" she asked.

"Of course," Katara replied.

"I still think it's too early," Toph mumbled.

"No, we're right on schedule," Katara told her and started to walk toward the door.

"You know what I meant," Toph sighed.

Suki opened the door for Katara and Toph. Silence came over them, until Toph realized her friend's heartbeat increased after her comment.

"This rock way is pretty cool though," Toph said nonchalantly as she followed behind Katara. That was her way of thanking her for keeping her into consideration and of breaking the tension.

"You're welcome," Katara replied as she exhaled once last time and walked out.

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It was finally time. Katara didn't know what to think as she and her husband-to-be walked down the aisle together. Their friends and family stood on each side, watching the couple make their way forward. Her brother and father's faces reflected her own, so she smiled at them and they smiled back.

Everything after that was a blur. She simply focused on the way the ship bobbed with the waves. She had already prepared herself for the dreaded words of "to have and to hold" which meant she'd have to give herself to him just as he would do to her— though she felt he'd probably not be as impacted as she. But then his lips uttered a different vow than what was custom.

"To honor and to hold," he said and brought her back down to reality.

What did that mean? "To honor"? Were her books on the matter dated? They had to be. There was no way it meant anything else to him.

After all, Prince Zuko had as much love in his eyes as she did for him. None.

~~~~~ A/N: Yep! This is a Zutara fanfic! Though it will focus on other couples as well.~~~~~