SBIH Ch.3 Redo- Hello

Oh. My. GAWD. I am NEVER doing one of these again.

At least, not anytime soon.

MY VERY FIRST COMIC! Er, well, sort of. A scene from the end of Chapter 3 of my fanfiction "Smile Because It Happened," redone slightly in order to fit in with 's weekly word submission thingy. This week's word was "Hello"- and thus, this comic thing was born. (Full view for best quality )

Observe the scene HERE:

Katara took the proffered cloth and gazed at it for a moment, a lump of unease settling rather roughly in her stomach. Slowly, almost hesitantly, she unfolded the material until the gift within was exposed. She stared in mute shock, first at the necklace, then at Aang.

“K-Katara, w-w-would you… uh, will you… m-marry me?”

Hakoda and Pakku both cleared their throats. Aang winced. “I… I mean… I would be honored to… to, uh… have you as my wife.”

The Water Tribesmen nodded in approval. Kana scowled. “She should at least have some say in the matter,” the elder woman grumped under her breath.

“That’s not how things are done,” Pakku reminded her quietly. “A man doesn’t ask for permission from anyone except the young lady’s father. And Aang already went through the proper proposal with Hakoda.”

Kana shot her husband a disgusted look. “You should know better, Pakku.”

The Waterbending Master actually appeared to be fidgeting. “We… we’ll talk about this later.”

Meanwhile, Katara could only stare at the orangeish-yellow- or was it yellowish-orange?- betrothal necklace with its carved wooden pendant. She gazed mutely at the Air Nomad symbol Aang had painstakingly engraved into the ornament.

A great gust of wind suddenly swept over the group, causing everyone to try and block the blast of air, which blew the necklace and its cloth wrapping out of Katara’s hand. She tried to grab it as it flew away, but she missed. Turning, she looked at the source of the gust to see…

Nothing.

She blinked. What could’ve caused such a huge gust of wind? It wasn’t Aang…

A dark figure dropped down seemingly from the sky in the middle of their group, surprising everyone and triggering a defensive stance from every warrior- except Toph.

“Glad you could make it, Sparky.”

Zuko straightened up from where he had landed in a crouch and proceeded to brush off his dark red tunic and black pants with impeccable calm. “Wouldn’t miss it,” he deadpanned.

Yeah, if Katara had had any sense, she would've totally spouted the nosebleed when Zuko showed up like that. I know I would've.

You like the story? You intrigued? You DYING to know what's going on? Read Smile Because It Happened HERE: [link]

(please ignore the anatomy mistakes. This is my first time doing something like this, so please be kind.)

Zuko, Katara, & Toph (C) Bryke & Nickelodeon
"Smile Because It Happened" storyline & art (C) ME