The Five Wives of Fire Lord Zuko

Another scream ripped from the lungs of the girl laying in the birthing bed. "You are doing very well Lady Jin." One of the mid-wives says, as she mops the sweat off the Fire Lady's brow with a wet rag. "Just one more push."

"I-I can't." She whimpers, tears filling her dark brown eyes. "I can't do it." Her voice cracks with the last word.

"Yes, you can, My lady." The midwife says, taking her hand. "Just one more push."

Taking a shaking breath, Jin lets out another loud scream as she pushes. Crying feels the room and she starts to relax.

"Her majesty has just given birth to a healthy baby girl." The midwife says as she cleans the child up.

Tears spring to Jin's eyes. No. "It's okay." She says, trying to convince herself more than anyone else. "I'm still young. I still have time to give him a son."

The midwives say nothing. What can they say? They all know that the Fire Lord wants a male heir to take over his throne. This was the third pregnancy the Fire Lady has had in the two years that she and the Fire Lord had been married. This pregnancy was the first to produce a child, the other two were unfortunately lost early on.

"Where is my child?" The Firelord asks, as he enters the Fire Lady's chambers. "Where is my son?"

The earth kingdom native looks up at him fear slowly creeping over her. "Say hello to your daughter Zuko." She says, offering the child to him.

A look of devastation falls over the Fire Lords scarred face. Reaching out he takes his daughter from her mother. "What have you named her?" He asks, making the Fire Lady relax, naming the child was an honor. The Fire Lord's own father had named both Zuko and Azula, Fire Lady Ursa had no say in the matter. At least that's what she was told, Earth Kingdom customs had always been different than those of the Firenation.

"Avani." Jin says, after a long moment. "Her name is Avani."

-Four Years Later-

The Fire Lord sits at his place of honor in the war room. Today they are discussing the future marriage of his daughter. Despite her not being born a male like Zuko had wished, he was truly proud of what the child had accomplished in her four years. The girl was very talented musical, like her father, and showed skill in reading and writing. She had also skipped the clumsy toddler age and was very good at gymnastics which reminded him of his sisters childhood friend Ty Lee. However, it seemed that the young girl took after her mother as she is nearing her fifth year and has yet to show signs of being a bender. Zuko supposed it was to be expected.

"There are many noble families seeking to arrange marriages to Princess Avani." One of the Fire Lords chief advisors explains. "We can find her a suitor that will strengthen your alliance with the other nations."

"Very well. Arrange a party and invite those who should be invited." He says, as he exits the room. He wasn't in the mood to deal with politics today. Jin had been requesting his presence in her chambers constantly for the last year or so. The couple had yet to produce another heir let alone a male. Zuko was growing more confident that the gods had decided to punish him for some reason. Perhaps, because his sister had spouted of curses when he had forced her to marry one of the Fire Nation nobles after the death of their father.

The same conclusions had not been reached by Jin, who still insisted that she would be able to birth a male heir, if only he would give her the chance to prove herself. After the birth of their daughter, Jin had managed to carry one other child, but she had unfortunately lost it before she was even aware that she was pregnant. That was a little over a year ago. Since then, Zuko had only spent one night in his wife's chambers. If the truth was to be known, he had a tough time looking at her. It didn't help that Avani was nearly the spitting image of her Earth Kingdom mother.

Yes, the gods were certainly punishing him for something.

Jin sits in her chambers surrounded by her ladies in waiting. She had heard from one of the king's advisors that her daughter was soon to be engaged to a noble or possibly even a prince. She silently prays that her child's marriage would not be as much of a disappointment as her own very confusing marriage. She wonders if things may have been different if she had married her first intended instead of the current Fire Lord.

Prince Lu Ten was supposed to be her original suitor. When he had died in the Battle of Ba Sing Se her engagement was quickly shifted so that she married his younger cousin, the then Prince Zuko. Initially, Jin had been very excited about the arrangement. Despite the gruesome scar that covered half of his face, the prince was indeed very handsome. She had all these fantasies on how she would marry the prince and have his raven-haired babies. She had even argued with her father when he had brought up the subject of her returning home to marry one of the nobles in her own nation. In hindsight, she had been one stupid little girl who hadn't learned her lesson.

She still loved the Fire Lord, a part of her knows that he shares the same feelings for her. He had loved her, at least once. He still loved her. He was just upset that she had yet to produce the male heir that he wanted so badly. All she needed was time. She was sure that she would be able to give him what she wanted.

Standing up she motions for her ladies to assist her in preparing for bed. "Have any of you heard news from my husband?" She asks, as one of them undoes the topknot at the top of her head.

Silence.

"I suppose that means that my husband will not be joining me tonight." She says, ignoring the looks of pity that the ladies are sending between one another. They always had that look. Oh, how she hated that look.

"My Lady, you have a new Lady in Waiting." One of the guards says, bowing before the Fire Lady.

The Fire Lady nods slowly. "Send her in."

A/N: Thank you for reading this far.

Now you all can vote for who the Lady in Waiting will be. I already have a plan for at least two of them. Here are the options, leave your votes in the comments or PM me.

Ty Lee Toph

Katara Yue

June Song

Mai

You can also vote for your own OC. I need a description and a backstory along with a name.

A/N 2: This story takes a lot of inspiration from the Tudors and Game of Thrones, along with historical events. Characters will be a little OOC, but I will try to keep them as similar to the show as possible. Due to the theme of this story some of these marriages and affairs took place while they were underage, as historically it was period appropriate and as I said that is where I am drawing inspiration from.

Zuko: 17 in the first portion. Currently 21.

Azula: 15. Currently 19.

Jin: 15. Currently 19.

I will add the ages of the other characters as they appear. As for the current state of the Fire Nation, Zuko still was punished for speaking out against his father. Iroh is alive, but Zuko tends to reject his council. Ozai was murdered by an Assassin. Azula would have taken the throne, but he had not been able to lobby for her. So it was automatically given to Zuko.