Intoduction to The Passage Of Dawn: Aurora, Peasent to Princess:
Zutara! When a young girl gets thrown out of her villege, Zuko takes it upon himself to care for her. As he adopts the name "Father", she adopts the name Arora. When Arora falls deadly ill, Zuko has no one to turn to for help but a healer- A waterbending-healer. Will Katara save her, and if she dose will they be able to escape Zhao and Azula in time?
I have been given the honor of continueing the story: The Passage Of Dawn: Aurora, Peasent to Princess by Panda-chan's Kari-chan the first fourteen chapters, are hers, I will add her name to the bottom so no one thinks I'm joking or steeling, I had FULL permition. this is an amazing story and I hope that I'll be able to do as well as Panda-chan's Kari-chan. Please Review and save the dieing race of Natasha's brain cells!
Zuko: just get on with the story!
Gir: I've got Monkys in side my head!
Love and Peace!
-Natasha
Chapter 1: The Girl in the Woods
Prince Zuko had once again cornered Aang on a small island. But, as usual, he escaped at the last minute. The island also had a village, but it was to small to be of consequence.
To say the Fire Prince was unhappy was an understatement. He walked through the forest, fuming the whole way. Then he heard a strange sound. It sounded like someone was…crying? His curiosity overriding his previous anger, he followed the sound to its source. It was a little girl; no more than 5 years old. The sight tore at Zuko's cold heart. Very slowly, he approached the little girl. She looked up at him, questioning him with her sad eyes. Then he noticed something. Her hair was pitch black, and her skin was a light tan, but what surprised him most were her eyes; her topaz orange eyes. She couldn't have been an Earth Kingdom native like the villagers.
"It's alright," he said in a soft very un-Zuko like voice. "I'm not going to hurt you. Why are you crying?"
"Your Fire Nation, aren't you?" she asked looking at his armor.
"Yes," he said his anger rising slightly, "I am Fire Nation. Is that a problem?"
"Oh no. That makes things much better. Now I know you won't hurt me once I tell you my story." She said, smiling wanly.
"Why would I hurt you?"
"You'll see. I'm going to start at the very beginning." She took a deep breath. "My mother was a firebender. My father, however was an earthbender. They loved each other and were married. But when my father brought her home, the villagers hated her and called her a monster because she was from the Fire Nation, but when my father told them to stop they did. My parents were happy and soon she was pregnant with me. She died giving birth to me nine months later. My father was completely grief-stricken, and when the villagers saw me, they hated me too because I was a firebender. My father didn't pay much attention to me, except to feed me and change me. I reminded him too much of mother. When he left to fight in the war, the villagers took this chance to get rid of me. They said if I ever came back to the village again, they would kill me. That's why I'm crying. I'm not wanted or loved anywhere and I have nowhere to go."
She bowed her head in sadness.
Zuko felt his heart go out to the sad little girl. He wasn't wanted in his home either.
"How about you come with me?" he said.
"Does that make you my new daddy? Are you a firebender too? "
"Yup, on both acounts." he said making a small flame in his hand.
"Wow…" she said staring at it in awe.
"What's your name?" he asked suddenly.
Breaking her gaze on the flame, she replied, "I don't have one. The villagers all called me 'filth' and 'demon-spawn' and my father didn't remember to name me."
Surprised and disgusted by the treatment of the girl, he said, "Well how about I name you?"
"That would be cool!"
"How about…Aurora?"
"I like it. Its pretty."
"Okay, Aurora. Let's go to my ship." he said, beckoning to her.
"Wait, one more question; What's your name?"
"Zuko. Prince Zuko." He said taking her hand in his and helping her up.
"Does that make me a princess?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said leading her towards the forest and the ship. "Yeah it does."
