This fanfic will start with the first few episodes of season 1 and kind of skip through

Disclaimer: I do not own avatar the last airbender or any characters, I do however, own Sarafina

"Uncle!"

I jump at the sound and fall onto the cold metal floor of my cabin.

I realize that it's just Zuko calling for Uncle from the deck above. I wonder if they've found anything about the Avatar. I leap up from off the ground and reach for the doorknob. I stop. I'm still in my nightgown, and my hair is hanging tangled in my face.

I quickly rush to my clothing chest and slip on my uniform, specially fitted, since not too many women are Fire Nation soldiers. I pull my hair into a high ponytail with my red silk ribbon; though it's lost some of its shine through years of wear. I bend a handful of water from the pitcher by my bed and splash it on my face.

When I'm alone, bending small amounts of water is okay, I've learned. Besides, since I've never been trained at all, it's all that I'm able to bend anyways.

I strap my sword to my side, and sprint up the stairs and on to the main deck. Iroh is standing next to Zuko, while silently sipping tea, and Zuko is excitedly shouting and pointing at a beam of light shining in the sky. I walk up beside them and bow slightly. "General Iroh, Prince Zuko"

Iroh gives me a funny look "Sarafina, how many times do we have to tell you this? Drop the formalities. We aren't in the fire nation anymore, and you're family anyways."

I relax my shoulders only slightly. "Sorry Uncle." I smile meekly.

Of course we aren't actually related. I practically grew up in the palace though. My father was frequently away because of the war, I had absolutely no desire to hang around the house with my stepmother and half-sister, May. When my father was gone, my step-mother treated me worse than dirt, though May and I got along well enough. So I would go with May to the palace since she was always good friends with Princess Azula. I couldn't stand Princess Azula though, so I would play with Zuko.

It eventually evolved so that I would spend more nights sleeping in the palace than in my own home. With all the time I spent over there, Uncle Iroh insisted I call him Uncle. Though in formal situations, I would have to address him as General, just like I had to call Zuko, Prince Zuko.

"Sarafina!" Zuko shouts excitedly.

"Look!"

He hands me a telescope, so I hold it up to my eye, and he guides the telescope to a certain spot in the sky. I gasp. A shinning beam of blue light is shooting straight into the sky, and you can't even see where it ends. "We've found the avatar!" Zuko yells, laughing.

He hugs Iroh. Then he hugs me, closer though. "We're going home Sarafina," he says into my hair.