"It was a very cold winter at the South Pole, I had to stay there with my dad and help him train the young waterbenders. But I wasn't a simple waterbender, I was also the princess of the Fire Nation and my mother wasn't only the Fire Lord, she was the avatar either. This story is about how I felt in love, about how much I suffered, about the curse put on my family and about how I've learned what's important in life."
As Mia said, it was a cold winter at the South Pole. Mia was just 17, and she was a very talented waterbender. Her father was from south and her mother was Fire Lord and Avatar, thing that made her travel a lot and Mia didn't spend too much time with her.
They were there just for 2 weeks, and the lessons for the kids went great. At one moment, a Fire Nation ship arrived in the tribe. Mia sighed. "I think we're going back home. Thanks a lot mom." She said that on a very sarcastic tone, because she didn't want to leave, being a waterbender made her feel much more comfortable here.
It was her surprise to see that, not the captain got off the ship but one of the youngest general's of the Fire Nation. General Chan, he was about 24, and Mia noticed him before at the balls organized at the palace, and as a matter of fact she started to have a crush on him. And now she finally had the chance to talk to him.
With slow steps trough the white, cold snow, she was getting closer to him, her heart was starting to beat faster and she felt like the winter was gone and instead there was the hottest summer ever. "Well hello general! Looking for someone?" Although she was confident on the outside, her confidence was gone. She was starting to find her words harder, his pale skin, his black long hair and his deep amber eyes, made her float into another world. "Am I in love?"
She stopped floating when Chan, bowed in front of her with respect. "Your highness." This was one of the thing she hated, bowing and being that respectful, she was human like them too.
"Please stop with the formalities, and call me Mia." Chan stood up, trying to find his words, but when he saw her smile, her deep blue eyes like the ocean, her beautiful look without any make-up to fake her looks, he was hardly speaking. Was he falling in love too? "Did my mother sent you?"
"Yes, as you know the war between the Fire Nation and the EarthKingdom it's pretty complicated and she has to accomplish her avatar duty. She asked you and your father to go back to the RoyalPalace to take care of everything while she's gone." She wanted to say no because she knew she would leave all those children without a teacher, but she had to do it, she was the heir of the throne and even she didn't want to become Fire Lord one day, at least she could've do her duties as a princess.
"Ok then, we're leaving tomorrow morning." Mia turned around so she can tell her father the news, but she had to add something. "See you tomorrow, general Chan." Service with a smile, that was her motto.
The night passed quickly, all the kids said goodbye and made her promise she'll come back soon. She went directly to her cabin and stood on her bed almost crying. She was afraid to fall in love again, after what her last boyfriend did to her, just using her because she was the princess. She stopped crying when somebody knocked at the door. "Mia, I wanted to ask you if you would like to have breakfast, in case you didn't eat anything before we left."
A short smile appeared on her face, not only that he remembered that she asked him to call her Mia, thing that most people forgot the next day, but he cared if she ate or not, thing that nobody outside the palace ever did for her. She stood up, whipped away all her tears and opened the door. "Actually, I'd love to have breakfast, general."
"Hey, I stop with the formalities you do it either." She just smiled while he drove her to the room where was a table with a lot of food, they were alone, mostly because Mia's dad ate as many sea prunes as he could before they left.
They laughed together, talked about a lot of things. Mia really wanted to tell him what she really felt, even if something inside her told her that she shouldn't she did it anyway. "Chan, I really want to tell you something, but I'm a little bit scared about how you'll react."
Chan just smiled, and looked in her eyes. "It's ok, you can tell me anything, don't be scared."
Mia took a deep breath to give her strength. "Chan, I've noticed you for a very long time, at the parties from the palace and many other times. But yesterday, I felt exactly as always, like I'm in love."
Chan took her soft hand into his, and took one blonde highlight and put it after her ear. "Mia, I've noticed you before either, not in the same way you did, but…" Mia looked down, how could she be so stupid, she really taught he would love her too, she was just doing a stupid teenager move. But not, that wasn't the truth, Chan softly took her chin and made her face him. "But yesterday, when I saw you coming trough the snow to me, I felt way different, like the whole world stopped and it was only you and me, I was falling in love with you Mia."
Mia started blushing, was that a dream, would she wake up in her bed from the cabin and realize that was just a fantasy? "Chan, I don't know what to say…"
"No need to say anything." Then he kissed her soft lips; that was the first kiss that Mia really felt it was real. It was the first time in her life when she felt that way.
After they finished eating, Chan escorted Mia, to her cabin and kissed her one more time. "One more thing Chan, I wouldn't want mom or dad to find out. See, I just had a very bad experience with a guy and I don't know how she'll react if I'd tell her I'm in a relationship again."
Chan just kissed her forehead. "Then, this is our little secret, my princess."
It took shorter than usual to arrive at the palace, anyway, the person who was welcoming them didn't please Mia too much. It was Yan Cho, his family was very close to the royal family and after one year ago when his family died in a fire, Fire Lord Rena invited him to live at the palace. "Mia, I'm so glad you are home again, how was your trip." He also had a crush on Mia for two or three years.
"Any time when I don't see your face is a great time." She sarcastically smiled at him.
"Don't be s rude Mia, you can't know what future reserves." She saw a grin on his face, which was a bad sign.
"I know what my future reserves me, and I don't see you anywhere." He couldn't annoy her. Or at least not today, she was happy that she was loved by someone for real.
"You are missing an option my dear… arranged marriage." His grin became more evil this time, and Mia started to be angry.
"And you're missing on fact, my mom wouldn't destroy my life with something like that."
"Ohh, I think she would, after that incident with your ex-boyfriend, she would want to protect you. She wouldn't want your heart to get broken again, so who would she chose for this other than the one who stood by the side of the royal family for so long?" Mia was angry and although she tried to ignore him she just couldn't.
One year has passed and in that period, her mother didn't say a thing about marriage, thing that made her think that all the things that Yan Cho said, were just some words to annoy her.
Chan got a one year furlough so he could stay with Mia. They had a great time together and they loved each other a lot, no sex was implied until one day.
Mia and Chan arranged to meet in a villa of the royal family from the capital. Chan was already there when Mia arrived. "Hey, what took you so long?" He said while kissing her.
"My training took longer than usual." He kept kissing her deeper and deeper, he wanted her a lot, but he wouldn't do anything is she wouldn't want it, he loved her too much to hurt her. "Chan, I decided, I want to do it with you. Right now."
Chan stopped kissing her for a moment. "Mia, are you completely sure? I don't want to hurt you. And I don't want you to regret it later."
"I'm sure, I won't regret it later, I promise." She tried to reach his lips, but he didn't let her.
"Ok, but promise me that you have any doubts you'll tell me to stop." She nodded "And I promise I'll extremely gentle." After those words he caught her lips into a deep kiss.
He took her in his arms and carried her to one of the bedrooms from the villa. He gently placed her on the matrimonial bed and kissed her again. He broke the kiss and started kissing her soft neck; a soft moan escaped her lips. He slowly undressed her from her beautiful blue dress.
He kissed and touched her entire body, he made sure she was pleased and she was wet enough so it won't hurt her so much. In the end, after all the playing and teasing they got to the main thing. "Are you sure this is what you want?"
"Chan, I'm not holding back, not now! Go ahead and put it in, but please be gentle." He gave her a sweet, soft kiss.
"Always, my love." Chan slowly entered inside her, trying no to hurt her. A loud moan escaped her mouth, Chan kissed her trying to take away the pain. The pain slowly disappeared, becoming an uncontrollable pleasure.
They spent that night together in each others arms. The next morning Mia realized few important things. "Chan, I came up with a decision, I'm going to tell mom about this. I feel like I can't lie to her anymore, and in the end, it's my life I can do what I want." Chan agreed with her. He helped her dress back, and promised her he'll wait right there for her.
She went to her mother, told her everything that happened in the past year, and she told her only one thing. "Honey, this is your own life, and you do what you want. But take care not to get your heart broken."
From the outside, Yan Cho heard everything, and he was extremely angry, he had to think of a way to gain her.
Mia ran back to Chan as fast as she could. She had to tell him. When she got there she embraced him tight, and he got the message. "I'm so happy."
"Me too, my love. Me too."