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Author's Note: I will no longer be having a main story. I'll be trying to make another story in which I will attempt 100 themes. Enjoy!
On that Summer Night
"Push!" The wet nurse forced.
Fire Lord Zuko could hear the cries of pain from his wife. He was waiting outside the bedroom, begging the spirits and Agni to make this a successful birth, that he may finally have an heir to the throne. He didn't want to just be murmuring little prayers; he wanted to be with his wife. He wanted to hold her hand throughout the labor and be there for her.
"Uncle, I couldn't just be out here, just waiting. I have to be there for her." Zuko squeezed his uncle's hand.
"Then, be with her." His uncle said quietly as he removed his hand from his nephew's.
"But, what if—"
"It doesn't matter," Iroh hushed his nephew. "You love your wife and your child that's all that really matters right now."
The Fire Lord went inside the bedroom.
"Fire Lord Zu—"
"I don't care what you say. I just want to be here with my wife." He cut off the wet nurse.
Mai reached for Zuko's hand and squeezed it very tightly.
"Does it hurt?" Zuko asked softly.
"What do you think?" Mai hissed.
After a few minutes of pushing and pushing, they suddenly heard a baby's cry.
Mai made a sigh of relief and kissed Zuko on the lips.
"It's a girl." The wet nurse announced.
The couple broke the kiss and the wet nurse put the baby in the Fire Lady's arms. Zuko quickly went outside and called his uncle to come in.
"Is it a boy?" Iroh asked.
"It's a girl, my own little girl." The Fire Lord said proudly and cradled his daughter in his arms.
"Careful, Zuko, you might drop her." His wife warned. "You could be quite clumsy with things sometimes."
"Well, this is not a thing. She is my daughter." Zuko pointed.
"What are you going to name her?" His uncle asked before the two could fight.
"Why don't you name her after your mother?" Mai suggested and looked up at her husband.
"Ursa?" Zuko seemed to be thinking.
"Unless you want to name her Azula," Iroh laughed.
"No!" The couple exclaimed in horror.
"It's Ursa." Zuko confirmed.
And on that summer night, a new princess of the Fire Nation was born. A princess named Ursa.
