Jiana strolled down the ornate corridors of the Fire Palace, taking in all the wonderful decorations surrounding her. Her wavy raven-black hair, swaying gracefully as she walked.

Her mother was a wealthy Noble from the fire nation and she was an advisor and a friend to the Fire Lord Ozai. Jiana didn't know who her father was but she wished she did. From the few stories her mother told her he sounded like a powerful man. She guessed he could be an admiral, Captain or a great firebending soldier.

Whenever she had the courage to ask her mother about her father, Lyn instantly changed the subject. She guessed the reason for her mother's silence was the fact her father was dead. However, Lyn would never tell her curious daughter much about her father.

As she was walking, she overheard shouting coming from a near-by door. She curiously strode over to where the conversation was coming from and pressed her ear up against the hard, varnished wood. Now she could hear the conversation fully.

She made out the two familiar voices of her mother and the Fire Lord. She stood at the door and listened intently to the conversation. She felt tears welling up in her eyes as she listened. She knew she should stop but she was desperate to hear the rest of the conversation.

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"Lyn, why won't you love me?" Asked the Fire Lord Ozai gently (having a huge amount of trouble maintaining his gentle tone.) Ozai stepped forward to kiss her but she stepped a couple of paces back.

"I did Love you, before you betrayed my trust by not telling me you were already married to that pretty woman, Ursa. The fact you had one son and another daughter, makes your betrayal worse." Replied Lyn, trying to keep calm.

"Technically I was cheating on Ursa by having an affair with you." Replied Ozai, replying in his defense.

"So, that is immaterial, you still betrayed my trust like I meant nothing to you. If I knew you were married I would never have slept with you, let alone give birth to our daughter, Jiana. What do you think the public would think about me if they heard about your cheating on Ursa. They'll probably think I'm the sleazy bitch who forced myself onto you when clearly you were the only one being a cheating whore." Yelled Lyn, not managing to hold back her white hot rage any longer.

"I never liked Ursa as much as you," replied the Ozai "I loved you more. I always have." trying to make it sound like he wasn't pleading with her. The Fire Lord pleads to no one not even one of the two woman he loved.

"Fine Ozai, would you break up with Ursa and honestly tell her that throughout most of your marriage you have loved another woman more. I bet Zuko and Azula would love to hear about your betrayal to their mother. Maybe Azula won't mind because she loathes her mother. But Zuko loves her. You treat Zuko like he never exists. I know how much Zuko loves Ursa he would be devastated at your cruelty towards his mother."

"Lyn, I…I-"

"Would you tell Zuko and Azula they have a step sister that is also a rightful princess of the Fire Nation or are you too scared to damage your honour in the public's eye. You are denying Jiana her position." Shouted Lyn cutting off Ozai in mid sentence

"LYN, I CAN'T JUST DO THAT!"

"See, you're ashamed of me and your ashamed of my daughter. How could I love a man who is ashamed of his lover and daughter? You screwed up, Ozai. You Screwed up big!"

"I am not ashamed of you, I Love you. But I can't just announce to the nation that I had and illegitimate daughter with royal blood." The Fire Lord said truthfully.

"Illigetemate, Is that all she means to you? You've Lost my trust Ozai! You want to know what I think of you now? You are a Fire Lord who rules his country with an iron fist. You do not have your country's interests at heart. The only interests you have are your own. You are a terrible leader." Said Lyn coldly, bravely carrying on talking. Ozai flinched at being called spoken to without the respect and awe people usually spoke to him.

"DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT BITCH OR YOU'LL BE PUNISHED"

"I will never ever Love you again. You are filthy power hungry scum. I don't even believe it is right for you to be taking over the other nations. Anyway, say I did love you again, which I won't, you'll just use me and when you get bored of me you'll just go after to another girl. Just like you did to Ursa. You will never change. When I loved you I thought I could change you, but I was WRONG. I CAN'T AND NO ONE CAN, YOU'RE BETTER TO THE WORLD DEAD!" Lyn shouted.

"YOU DARE INSULT ME!." Ozai Screamed in fury. He sent a fire ball hurtling towards Lyn who attempted to dodge it but it hit her squarely in the back at full force. Lyn screamed in agony and rolled on the floor desperately trying to put out the flame engulfing her back.

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At the sound of her mums agonizing scream, Jiana let out a heart-wrenching sob. She burst open the unlocked door with tears still streaming out of her eyes, letting go of her sanity and letting pure firebending instinct fill her. She saw that her mum had put out the fire. She felt slightly relieved. Now she had to distract her dad from sending another one.

She sent multiple fury-induced flames towards her dad. They were nowhere near as powerful as his but they were the most powerful she had ever conjured. They hit the surprised Ozai and knocked him off his feet.

Lyn had got the message and regained balance and made her way towards the Fire Lord, who was on the ground, she brought her foot up and brought it down onto his stomach winding him. Then Jiana grabbed hold of a sword that hung on the wall and used the handle to knock out a stunned Ozai.

The force wasn't enough to keep him blacked out for over a minute, after all Jiana was only ten years old and hadn't got all her strength, she hadn't even reached puberty.

Lyn motioned for Jiana to follow her as they ran down the corridors and out the door leading to their rooms. They quickly put together the items that they could carry (a few clothes, photo's, all their money etc) and ran out of the door. On the way out Jiana slung the expensive bow and arrows that Zuko had bought her for her fifth birthday over her shoulders. Lyn was horrified that Zuko would think to buy such a dangerous gift for her at such a young age.

Zuko was also young, he was about eight at the time and he was also a good friend to Jiana, despite their age difference. Zuko was also obsessed with firebending and swordplay. She didn't understand why he and his crazy sister were so obsessed with firebending. She too had the ability but she lacked the same enthusiasm that Zuko and Azula possessed.

Jiana was still young, but she showed considerable talent in archery. One of the archey masters had seen her talent and offered to train her for free. Which was unusual for them since archery masters were usually money hungry people. It was also unusual since most archers started training at the age of fifteen, which was more than double her age when she got the bow and arrow.

Lyn was very hesitant to let her daughter learn archery at such a young age but Jiana persisted and Lyn gave up and let the archery master, Azin, teach her the art. Jiana was very grateful. The past five years she had kept up target practice and was an exceptional archer. Another thing she loved to do was watch Zuko firebend and occasionally joined in using her own firebending. He watched her train with the bow and arrow and marveled at her acute accuracy. Jiana also watched Zuko fighting with the sword and she also marveled at his ability to attack and defend with such graceful ease. Her mother's footsteps thudding on the marvel floors broke her thoughts on both Zuko and her own happy memories of when she was younger. Memories that soon are going to fade and be replaced by the hard and tiresome life that lay ahead of her.

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They walked out of the palace trying to look casual, since the palace was heavily guarded. Lyn, because of her adrenalin rush, forgot completely about the excruciating burn in her back. Lyn knew the guards since she was a regular visitor to the palace and the guards became quite accustomed to her comings and goings to and from the palace.

All hell broke lose when a burnt Fire Lord came burst through the doors pointing at them and yelling at the top of his lungs "GET THEM" Both Jiana and Lyn heard his yell and both took it as a signal to start sprinting.

The Fire Lord and his guards had speed and agility which was amazing. It outmatched their own by a long way. All that training thought Jiana sourly. Jiana instinctively climbed up a tree, out of view of Ozai and the guards. She was going to call to her mum to hided with her but she was stopped when she saw what happened next.

AN//: I left a bit of a cliffie, sorry to all of you who hate them. As a reader, I know I do. But I guess I'm EVIL. Anyway this is set before Zuko is banished, if you haven't already picked up on that.

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