Chapter 1- Running away.

Zuko was fast asleep. Tired after failing his fire bending demonstration in front of Fire lord Azulon. Then the sound of his door opening quickly brought him out of his slumber and was on guard for an immediate attack. As his eyes started to clear he recognised the figure standing in front of him. It was his little sister Azula. Standing there with a shit eating grin that made you want to knock her teeth out. But Zuko knew better he's sister was a prodigy and he well to be polite was not. And Azula would never let him forget it.

"Azula what are you doing here?" Zuko asked rather cautiously. "Fathers going to kill you" Azula said in a singsong voice. Zuko didn't look convinced. "No he really is." Azula said this time in a serious tone. "What are you talking about Azula? Fathers not going to kill me." Zuko said with confidence. "After you left Grandfather was furious that father would ask for Iroh's birthright. That he didn't not understand the pain of losing a first born son. And ordered him to kill his first born son." Azula stated "May be you can get a nice Earth kingdom family to adopt you." Azula said once again in a singsong voice. "Knock it off Azula dad wouldn't do what." Zuko said trying to convince himself that it was not going to happen. Then a new voice was heard at the doorway "Your father wouldn't do what?!" said the unknown voice. Zuko and Azula looked up and saw that it was the mother Ursa looking at Azula with a stern look. Azula replied with a lie "nothing" "it's time you and I and have a talk young lady." Ursa stated and dragged Azula out of Zuko's room.

Zuko was in shock could his father really kill him, he didn't want to believe it. So he tried to channel that thought out of his mind by chanting "Azula always lies" like a Mantra he kept repeating it. He started to think maybe father could do it he would have a lot to gain. Zuko was not a fire bender he could feel, while he could produce a few sparks. He felt like there was a conflict of energies in his body. Something else flowing through him. Ozai could kill Zuko and have Azula be his first born. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was going to happen. After an hour of thinking he come to the conclusion that Ozai was going to kill him. If he wanted to survive then Zuko would have to take Azula's advice and leave the Fire nation.

Zuko quickly gathered the essentials and sneak out of his room. He quickly left the palace and went all the way to the harbour. He could have paid the fare to have a boat take him to the Earth kingdom, but it was too risky he didn't want to have the sailors recognise him. So instead he snuck unto the nearest ship, from the looks of it looked like a cargo ship to an unknown destination.

Zuko was aboard the cargo ship and snuck into a crate filled with strange weapons. The trip was well underway and Zuko could feel the onsets of fatigue kicking in and slowly started to drift into sleep. He started to dream of his mother and would she miss him. He also started to dream of his uncle Iroh and the fun times he had with him. Would he be ok? Would he be safe from his father and grandfather?

Zuko was still asleep but then he felt the crate start to move. This meant only one thing the ship had docked. Zuko started to ask questions like where had the ship taken him to and would it be out of the reach from the Fire nation? Zuko could feel the crate moving and knew it was heading to its destination.

It felt like days had gone by but the crate had finally reached its destination. Now came the big moment, where was he? As the crate opened up he saw that he was in a very big village. Was it an Earth kingdom village? Zuko asked himself. Then Zuko saw something, something extraordinary, he saw a mountain with faces carved in it. As he was observing this amazing structure he did not see that a man had approached him from behind "Who are you?!" The voice boomed authoritatively. Zuko quickly whipped his head around and saw a man with white spiky hair and a mask looking at him.

Back in the fire nation….

Ursa was in her room making a poison for Ozai to give to Azulon. She could not believe that Ozai would kill Zuko just because he wanted the throne. She had struck a deal with Ozai that she would kill Azulon and go into to exile, whilst Ozai promised to keep Zuko away from harm.

Ursa was done with the Poison and on her way to give it to Ozai. Before giving it she decided to check up on Zuko and see if he was alright. As she approached his room, she opened the door and looked inside and saw that Zuko's bed was empty. He was gone.

TO BE CONTINUED.

A/N: this is my first attempt at a fanfic. I know my writing could use a lot of work and I'm open to criticism. This is story is inspired by Deus Swiftblade and may have similarities. But I shall try to keep it original. See you all next chapter. And please Review :)