This is my new a story (which was a developed project in the duration of THREE YEARS, in those years I decided the life, personality, and place of my OC) It takes place in the third season of ATLA i.e. SPOILERS so, If you don't like spoilers PLEASE STOP READING NOW AND GO WATCH AVATAR ON YOU TUBE TO CATCH UP!!!

Italics OC's point of view

Bold Flash Back

Plain text Regular Omniscient P.O.V.

NOT A ZUKO/OC PAIRING!!!(THANK GOD)

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It's been two years, and yet it feels like I could remember when I first left home as if it were only yesterday. Some of us look different, some exactly the same. Some have the new born pride or scarified shame. Upon our hearts is a new horizon. One that has been dreaded by many and long waited for by some. Although a new life is to be found, the past lurks and begins to haunt you. I confess myself disappointed…

A Fire Nation general named Aku Wei had come home from war when his wife had asked him if it was the right time to bring life into the world. His wife Kichigai had become obsessed with having a child while he was gone and was hoping that it would finally be time to have a child.

Aku and Kichigai tried their hardest to have a child but all efforts had failed. They sought medical attention to see what the problem was. They found out what was wrong… Kichigai was barren and couldn't have children (totally redundant sentence, at any rate). This upset Kichigai greatly so greatly that Aku couldn't bear to see his wife in such depression and pain. He pleaded with the sun spirit to help his wife have the child she so sorely wanted. One day Kichigai found out she was pregnant and they both celebrated and praised the sun spirit.

Kichigai bore Aku a child, she couldn't be any happier. Most people in the fire nation are born with black hair and golden eyes. But this child was born with red hair almost as red as blood. And eyes as bright and yellow as the sun. This child was a child of the Sun spirit and so such that it has been her title all of her life.

There was just one problem. Aku wanted a boy not a girl… He wanted a son who could keep his family name for generations. He thought Kuryttieru was a curse from the Sun spirit and loathed her since she was born. Kichigai tried to love and nurture Kuryttieru as much as she could but there was no avoiding the fact that her own father despised her. This left a whole inside of Kuryttieru that her mother feared would never be filled. A missing puzzle piece in her life that she would forever be doomed to look for.

All her life Kuryttieru tried to get her father's love and approval. She worked hard on her fire bending became obsessed with being the best. She worked herself to her limits which drained most of her energy. But Kuryttieru didn't care. Practicing fire bending all her life with no breaks led her to be a powerful bender but she was always terribly ill. And sadly she was still not approved by her father… She thought if she was the best her father would love her and even today she still does not have his approval. She has had brilliant plans and has assisted in many victorious sieges. And yet, she is empty. Kuryttieru has achieved a lot in her short life trying to live in the foot steps of her father, Following the admirals and trying to be a military prodigy for the Fire Nation. Inside Kuryttieru is the still the little girl that wants to be loved by her father but she knows it will never happen.

It is nothing but a dream…

The sun was sinking into the sea as night subtly swept the sky. A young lady who was sixteen years of age stood at the front of the ship, getting her last feel of sunlight for the day. She had long black hair and purple eyes which peered into the beautiful twilight. A figure lurked behind her, but she didn't move a muscle, a young man with a scar covering his left eye approached her. A scar that made her cringe on the inside almost every time she saw him. But just like the sun spirit within her, his scar was a sore subject…

"Something wrong?" He asked inaudibly.

"I should be asking you that, shouldn't I?" She responded swiftly. He did not respond, he merely looked into the orange and pink pale colors of the sky just as she did.

"We both should be happy shouldn't we? We are going home to our fathers…" She started softly. The silence lingered, until he broke it.

"I don't know if he'll accept me back…" He argued. She sighed, her long black hair loose and dangling in her face.

"That is something to worry about. I don't even think my parents will even recognize me… The point is I'm going home and hopefully I've finally found my father's approval…"

"I suppose you're right…" He recognized, and averted his eyes back to the striking sunset in their midst.

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That was the Preface, don't forget to read and review… Umm Thanks for even clicking on my story… And tell me how it is so far… Update soon!