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Hello anyone who decides to read this:) I've been wanting to write Zutara fanfic for sooooo long but I didn't have a good enough plot. Now I do and I can't wait to get this rolling. This will be a multi-chapter fic and I can't wait for you guys to read and review it! Please tell me what you think!

NOTE: This story takes place after the last season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The story line will not reference the graphic novels The Promise or The Search at all. Quite frankly i'm kind of mad about what they did with Zuko's character in those.

Thanks and ENJOY!

Chapter 1: Zuko

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"I think I'm the one who should be thanking you."

Zuko bolted upright in bed, his sweat-covered chest heaving with the difficulty it took to breath. He clenched his fists in satin sheets and swung his legs over the side of the bed. Shaky hands came up to the scar in the middle of his chest as he gulped for air.

Seven months.

Even after seven months this nightmare, this plague, refused to leave his mind.

"Zuko?" Mai's sleep weary voice muttered behind him. "Come back to bed." A pale hand lightly tugged on his arm, jolting him out of his drowning thoughts.

"I'll be right back," he mumbled. Zuko felt around in the dark for his robes and quickly shrugged them on. The stone floor was cold and inviting against his numb feet as he made his way towards the bathroom. He was almost afraid to see his reflection in the mirror.

Sure enough, dark, hallowed out eyes greeted him as soon as he turned on the bathroom light.

This needed to stop. He was fire lord now. He had a lifetime of reigning to be worrying about. His mind shouldn't be dwelling on the events of the past. Zuko's father was defeated and his sister was safely tucked away in a mental facility. He was happily engaged to Mai and the nation seemed willing enough to except her as their fire lady.

Except for the rumors going around that she was barren.

"Zuko? Are you ok in there?" Mai called out, once again bringing him back to the here and now. He rubbed his temple and splashed cold water on his face. It should have helped to dispel the things racing through his head, but all it did was remind him of her.

Her.

Her and her aqua blue eyes staring down at him. Telling him…

"I think I'm the one who should be thanking you."

Zuko groaned. "I'm coming, Mai," he called out. He didn't need another big fiasco of guards knocking down the bathroom door, like the time he had accidentally fell asleep in the tub.

An embarrassing story that continued to circulate around the palace.

Zuko wiped his face with a towel and quietly returned to bed. He was hoping that Mai had fallen back asleep, but her arms slid across his waist and hugged him into her chest.

"More nightmares?" she asked.

He swallowed and tried to push away the guilt eating at his brain. "Yeah but I'm fine now. Go back to sleep."

From her silence he could tell Mai wasn't buying it, but a minute later she rolled over and sighed. "Whatever. Goodnight."

Zuko pressed his lips together and stared up at the ceiling.

Seven months.

Even after seven months he couldn't stop thinking about her.

Her.

Katara.

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So how do you like chapter 1? The Next one is going to be called Katara and will be in her point of view! I can't wait till this really takes off. Please tell me if I should write more or not and thanks for reading!

BYE!:D