We Both Suffered The Same Pain

Chapter 1

Zuko's PoV

After being crowned Fire Lord of the Fire Nation, I slept in my old room and began work. It was difficult but with Team Avatar helping while Uncle went back to Ba Sing Se to fulfill his dream of running a tea shop, it was less difficult then i'd thought it would be.

I fired most of the top generals and servants with Toph's help because they didn't want to serve under me. The four nations need to rebuild their friendship so I started with new generals and servants to help in the palace and help the country.

Aman, my faithful servant has been with me since the beginning, he was a young servant and served under my father although he wanted the war to end, he was from the Earth Kingdom. Uncle introduced him to me at the party to celebrate me becoming Fire Lord.

A few weeks after living in the palace, I decided to move into the Fire Lord's Room. I walked in with Aman and just looked around, neither of us saying anything.

"What was my father like?" I asked suddenly.

"In what way your highness?" Aman replied.

"While he ruled the Fire Nation. What was he like in the Palace. Did he say anything about me or my mother? Was he angry all the time?"

Aman sighed. "Whenever I was around he didn't say anything about the family. Unless it was to give news to Azula. He was angry nearly all the time and we all feared him. Punishment was severe."

I looked down at the floor, servants had emptied the room apart from the chest at the end of the bed. It was locked and there wasn't a key.

"Aman, could you go and get two guards to take this to my study and to find Toph for me and tell her to come to my Office." I said.

"Of course."

I made my way down to my Office and sat down in the chair. The guards had arrived immediately with the chest and I waited for Toph to arrived.

"You wanted me, Sparky?" Toph said gazing out at nothing.

"Could you make me a key out of the meteor rock you got back when Sokka was training the ways of the sword."

Toph took off her rock bracelet and started earth bending it into a key.

"What's in the chest then?" she asked.

"I don't know, it belonged to my father and i'm about to find out what is so important that he locked away for no one to see."

Toph handed over the key to me. "Well I'll let you open it alone, just give it back to me at dinner. Later Sparky" she shouted.

'Could it be war plans? Information with mother? It looks heavy' I thought.

'Here goes nothing.'

I opened it expecting files, papers, plans. Anything with information about certain people who were a threat to the Fire Nation in the war.

But all there was, was a couple of books sitting at the bottom of the chest covered in dust.