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Chapter I
Zuko's POV
What have I been doing? I betrayed everyone. Myself, my uncle Iroh and Aang.
I thought I had become good. But is the honor and the glory really worth it?
I don't know anymore. I have torn myself into pieces.
Shatter my mind and heart.
My thoughts were jumbled and in a twirling vortex on my way back to the fire nation palance.
The image of Aang being shot down by my sister Azula. My uncle's disappointment and my failure to even look upon his face.
I shook my head.
Tired from the turmoil and tension, I was kidnapped into the land of nightmares.
Dreaming
It is cold.
No, it is freezing.
I open my eyes and lying in front of me was the avatar.
Aang.
I reach out to touch his face. It is freezing.
I attempt to make a fire in my hands, but couldn't make the power flow out of my body.
I try and try.
Aang is gradually starting to disappear.
The panic latched onto me like a drowning man to a piece of wood.
I did not want Aang to go away.
Without thinking, I take off my clothes and wrap it around him.
Aang did not hug me like he did that night and continued to disappear.
With this realization, I was shocked awake.
I began to laugh with tears falling from my eyes.
What have I done?
Aang's POV
Body is sore.
Cannot move.
Eyes.
Open.
You can do it.
Come on, open.
What greeted me was unexpected. Red flags. Fire. Fire nation symbol.
Images collided with my mind at an insane rate.
The only one that lasted was Azula attacking me with lighting on my back.
Zuko.
My heart skipped a beat.
Clearing my mind in an instant, I started to run.
I did not want to think about him.
I cannot think about him.
"Hey! He's awake!" A fire nation soldier called out.
I continued running even though my limbs were screaming in protest.
I ran up to the deck on the boat.
"Yo! Aang, it is alright." Sokka's voice was coming from a fire nation soldier.
He took off the plate on his face and it revealed he goofy boys face.
Aang felt a sense of relief wash over him as he continued to spot all of his friends. There was Toff sitting in the corner, Sokka's dad standing there smile and Katara with a worried smile.
The sudden relief caused Aang to feel the fuzziness on his head. Wait. What? My hair grew out?
"How long was I passed out for?"
Katara replied, "For a few weeks Aang."
"Why are we on a fire nation's ship? Where are we going? Did we miss the invasion date with the..."
"Calm down. We are okay. After you were d... you passed out... We took over a fire nation ship and now are heading towards the fire nation. Everything is planned out and our objective is to invade on the day of the black out. "
Sokka added excitingly, "We also have a secret weapon."
"Really?"
"Yeah, you."
"Me?"
"The whole world thinks you are dead, killed by Zuko."
I felt like blacking out.
I cannot believe this.
I lied to everyone for him. I put the entire world in danger. I hung from the cliff of death and even came back at the thought of him. I gave up power, fame, life just to be with him.
And he tells everyone he killed me for his... what.. his honor?
The rage I felt was distant and unpleasant. I made me feel hollow. I started walking back inside the ship.
"Aang, are you okay?" It was Katara, who everyone thought I was in love with. I know it would be wrong to direct my anger towards her.
"Yeah, I just need some time, alone."
As I walked back to my room. The tears started to form and fall.
I remembered those baffling nights again.
The nights where I was captured and Zuko risked his life to save me.
He probably just wanted the fame to be his and not someone else.
What about that night in the cold though?
I was in the spirit world and even though Zuko did kidnap me. When my soul found my body again, I was untied and Zuko was taking his clothes off and dressing me trying to save me from the cold. I knew a better method to stay warm though.