Well um this is my very first fanfiction so I hope you like it, My friends were reading it as I was typing and said Zuko's parts was a little dull, so I'll take note to that as I'm typing. Please ignore or notify me about any misspelling or bad grammar and I'll fix it...Wow I wonder how others have managed to come up with a bio, it's so awkward because I'm not talking to anyone face to face...Oh well I'll get used to it, lol.

Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish I was, I'm not; Meaning that I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Rating: RT (Teens)

Prologue: A girl from the Earth Kingdom follow the Prince of the Fire Nation and soon joins the Prince and his uncle on their journey. What do you think will happen?


There is a partly cloudy sky; a dead tree dominates the right side of the scene. There is a figure in the distance riding an ostrich horse. He wears a round, coolie type hat. It is Zuko. He looks sullen.

He rides the ostrich horse over a rope suspension bridge. The ostrich horse puts a foot through one of the planks and almost loses its balance. Zuko acts quickly to right the animal and continue crossing the bridge.

Later, Zuko stops his mount mid stride, as he smells something. He looks down and sees two people in Earth Kingdom clothing around a campfire. Zuko sees food cooking and clutches his stomach. He moves his hand to the hilt of his two broadswords, then, getting a closer look at the two people by the campfire, he see a man approach his pregnant wife who reclines against a tree. He rubs her belly and smiles at her.

He releases his grip on his broadswords. He lowers his eyes in resignation and moves forward on his mount.

He is almost asleep in the saddle. He tries to take a drink from a water skin. It is empty. He shows a vacant face, no expression at all, as the banished Prince rides to the horizon. The landscape is a grassy field strewn with huge, circular shaped stones with squares cut from the middle. Many are embedded in the earth.

Zuko's eyes have grown heavy and he fights back asleep. His eyesight is blurry. He fights back asleep, jerking himself awake a few times. He has a momentary vision of a beautiful woman with dark hair wearing Earth Kingdom clothing, but he wakes with a start.

Zuko then spots a village in the distance, and decided to go through it.


Somewhere in the village, a girl named Ama walks out of her old wooden shack. She has a rather light-tan complexion, raven colored hair falls to her hips as her bangs is at reach to her dark emerald orbs of sight. She wears a simple Earth Kingdom outfit, it consist of light brown and green layers of fabric wrapped around her waist representing a long skirt, she wears a light green tunic-shirt with yellow seams fitted to her body. She let out a sigh as she pulls her hair back and tightly wraps it in a ponytail, using a green ribbon.

"Well I better get to work, I don't want to be late again", Ama says to herself as she walks forward.

"Hey! There he is! I told you he'd come." said a boy in the distance. Ama turns to her right, revealing an ally with a crowd of people. She thinks about weather or not she should check it out or get to work for a moment.

"Well it's not like anybody pays any attention to me anyway", she says as she moves towards the crowd.

"Let the kid go", says a boy rather threateningly, yet calm. He seems to be around her age.

One of the soldiers begins laughing, and then in an equally threatening tone but more harsh way, he says, "Who do you think we are? Telling us what to do?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. But who you are. You're not soldiers. You're bullies. Freeloaders abusing your power. Mostly over women and kids. You don't want Lee in your army. You're sick cowards messing with a family who's already lost one son to the war", says the boy with the scar.

"Are you going to let this stranger stand there and insult you like this?" the soldier asks his comrades.

One of the other soldiers on the left brandishes his spear and walks forward. The boy with the scar pulls back as the soldier lunges, and then draws the handle of his swords right into the stomach of the charging thug. The soldier is knocked backwards; he gets up and runs off.

Ama snickers at this failure, "coward", she mumbles and continue to watch.

Another soldier runs at the boy with his spear, but he blocks the soldier and then brings him to the ground with a palm blown to the forehead. This thug gets up and runs away as well. The last pawn charges the boy with his spear, but he breaks it in half with a blow. The thug drops the remains and runs. The kid tied to a post, which Ama assumes is Lee, laughs with delight.

The only man left, who is assumingly the leader of the group of soldiers, draws his two war hammers and adopts a bending stance. The boy with the scar then draws his broadswords. The leader slams the ground with one hammer, raises a rock and hits it with the other hammer. It flies at scar face (got tired of typing 'boy with the scar' so I'll just call him scar face until Ama finds out who he is), who shatters it with his blades. The soldier repeats the move twice in rapid succession. Scar face destroys one rock, but is hit in the gut by the other. He recovers, and runs at the soldier with his blades.

"Give him a left! A left!" says a rather exited old man.

"It's not a fist fight", an old woman said getting annoyed with him.

"He's got a left sword, don't he?" He reasons, then continued to cheer on scar face.

Scar face continues rushing his opponents. He chops several more rocks, but is again thrown backwards by one that gets through. He staggers.

"Look out!" the old man warned Scar face.

"Behind you!" Ama joins in.

Scar face is being steadily driven back by the soldier. The thug leader alternates hammers as he smacks the ground, each time raising rocks and hurling them at the boy with the scar. Finally, with a mighty blow to the ground, the soldier raises up a shock wave of earth and rock that travels along the ground between him and his opponent. A huge rock erupts from the ground as the shock wave nears Scar face, striking him in the chest and throwing him to the ground. The crowd gasps as Scar face falls in the dust, an expression of pain on his face.

"Get up, and fight this douche! Stop laying around!" Ama screams in anxiety, as the soldier walks toward him.
He opens his eyes and screams in fury. He spins as he gets up, firebending a circle of fire around him. The soldier draws back, dropping his hammers. Scar face fires a blast at the soldier that hits him full in the stomach. The thug is shot back and falls to the ground. Ama is bewildered at the sight.

"A firebender..." she whispers in awe.

Scar face is wreathed in fire and his expression is angry. Lee looks in surprise. The soldier recovers and gets back up. He assumes a bending stance. Scar face charges him, sending many bolts of fire from his blade in the soldier's direction. One hits him and is thrown back into the wall of a nearby building. Part of it collapses on him after he impacts.

"Who, who are you?" the soldier asks weakly

"My name is Zuko. Son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai. (Sheathing his swords) Prince of the Fire Nation and heir to the throne" he says confidently. The Prince of the Fire Nation? Ama thought confused.

(Pointing) "Liar! I heard of you. You're not a prince, you're an outcast! His own father burned and disowned him," the old man yelled at Zuko

Zuko turns away from the old man, ignoring the comment. Instead, he walks over to the soldier, who cowers at the Fire Prince's approach. He bends down and takes the dagger back that the thug had apparently taken from Lee. He walks over to where, assumingly the mother of Lee, is untying Lee. After this is done, she moves in front of Lee as Zuko approaches, shielding him.

"Not a step closer" the mother blocks Zuko from getting to her son.

Kneeling down and offering the dagger to Lee, who looks out from behind his mother. "It's yours. You should have it." Zuko bows to Lee holding out the dagger to Lee.

"No, I hate you!" Lee said rather harshly. He turns and walks away with his mother. Zuko kneels behind them, still silhouetted by the sun. The crowd stands still behind him.

Zuko is now riding away from the village on his ostrich horse, his round hat back on his head. The villagers including Lee, watches as Zuko leaves. They look upon him with dull hatred.

Zuko rides into the sunset.


Well thats it for today folks, I hope you enjoyed it! - Lol, just kidding! Don't worry guys, if you liked this chapter and want to read more, I'll be posting everyday, with no delays. I promise.