A Dream Shattered

by The Big Hosepipe in the Sky

Zuko really does get some strange ideas into his head sometimes but a childhood dream may have started a tear between him and his father that never got repaired.

Ozai had been enjoying a nice cup of jasmine tea until

"Daddy I want to fly"

Which caused him to spit all his tea out only just missing his oldest child.

"You want to WHAT?"

"I want to fly like the air nomads, can I daddy? Please!"

"NO THE AIR NOMADS WERE WEAK, YOU ARE A PRINCE OF THE FIRE NATION ACT LIKE IT!"

Ozai turned away from his fearful son, he just couldn't bear to look at him after those dreadful words that had come out of his mouth.

He sighed Zuko really needed to start acting like royalty, wanting to be like those flying idiots! Sometimes he couldn't believe that he was his son, far too much like his mother for his own good.