Chapter 1

A Broken Bird Cage.

It was a cage, that was the only way it could be described. Made of Platinum, impossible to bend. It was simply something that she had to accept, never again she would leave that place. She wondered if she was ever going to see the outside world again...she wondered if she even deserved to see the outside world again.

She was sorry, that wasn't enough. So she accepted her fate in her cage, a cage that was completely cut off from the outside world. That was something that Kuvira had accepted the moment she was put into the cage. The room was completely dark, only a small bit off moon light shined through the small slit in the wall. It was like a metal box. This was her life now. It would be her life from then on, she had to accept that...she kept telling herself that. At that moment however, a sound that was not unlike a blowtorch cutting though metal was heard. A light blue light enveloped the room, the normal silence of the prison was broken by soft whispers.

The sharp blue light stopped as a small pushing sound was heard before a loud was heard.

"Oh man I wonder !" It sounded like a male teenager, perhaps in their late teens as a voice replied.

"Shush! Let us just hope that this is the correct room, and whatever Grandmother is looking for is here," a female voice replied as the sound of a finger snapping was heard and a light soft blue flame filled the empty room. At least that is what the unknown duo thought, however the moment light filled the room all three looked at one another.

It was just as Kuvira had thought. There were two teens standing in front of her. One was obviously female, she had short black hair with yellow eyes. She was wearing a black and white outfit made for easy movement. She appeared to be from the Fire Nation. As for the male, he was about the same age. He too had short black hair and yellow eyes. Though his clothing had far more blue in it, the two looked at Kuvira as the metalbender looked back.

"Oh...I think this is the wrong room..." the blue dressed teen stated.

"Shut up! that's the least of our problems!"

"Who are you two..." it was a blunt question as Kuvira staggered to her feet, "or would you want me to call the guards?"

"Um well...we..." the teenage girl tried to find a perfect excuse.

"We're burglars!" the male stated bluntly as the female pulled her hair.

"Don't tell her that!"

"Oh sorry...thieves!"

"Chún shut up!" the female snapped accidentally revealing the name of her partner.

"Oh come on Zhèn, relax a little! We're here right? I mean it's a lot more exciting making a mistake instead of pulling off perfectly!" Chun grinned as Zhen eye twitched before the firebender turned her attention to Kuvira.

"Um...this might sound odd, but could you conveniently get amnesia and completely forget we were here?" Honestly, Zhen simply hoped that the woman wasn't going to attempt to blackmail them and force them to take her with them.

There was a moment of silence as Kuvira sighed. There was no point in it, for a split second she wondered if she found her way out. Then she wondered if she even deserved a way out before she backed into a wall and slid down. Sitting on the cold metal floor once again. "Do what you want..." it wouldn't matter where she went. She was going to be chased, things would simply end up worse if she went with them. For herself as well as the two people in front of her.

There was a moment of silence as Zhen exhaled. However Chun had a far different reaction, he almost seemed irritated.

"What kind of reaction is that! Most inmates would jump at the chance to escape and your wasting it! You know what, forget that! You're coming with us!" Chen raised his voice as Zhen mouth hung open. She was completely speechless at what he just said.

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Zhen nearly stomped her foot. Even she was incapable of keeping her voice low. "We can't do that! Are you crazy? The whole point is to avoid attention, not bring it with us. Plus she's not interested!"

Chun completely ignored her as he stared straight at Kuvira. "Listen, I know this island isn't a place for normal inmates. Once you're here, the only way you're leaving is by them carrying your body out. Right, so there is no reason to turn down my offer, they put you in a platinum cell, that means you're a Metalbender. There are a lot of rooms we can open far more quietly with one with us. Plus this is your chance to escape, there is no logical reason for you not to go with us. Plus, before you say some garbage like what you've done can never be forgiven, I don't care!"

Kuvira looked at him for a moment. Honestly he was kind of annoying, though he had a point. If the entire thing failed their was nothing they could do to her that was worse than her current situation. Honestly, death at that point would have been far better. "Fine..."

"Great!"

"No,no, no, no! Don't you even care what I think?" Zhen snapped as Chun shrugged.

"Nope!"

Zhen simply frowned, she already lost the argument. She wished that he would be more aware of her feelings, but honestly she doubt that was ever going to happen. "Ugh, whatever, don't blame me when this bites us in the butt!" Zhen huffed as she walked towards the opposite end of the giant cell. Preparing to burn a hole though the other.

Chun smiled before he looked at Kuvira again. "Well, nice to meet you Mole Lady!" it was at that moment Kuvira realized that she never actually told the duo her name. Though it was most likely for the best, at least until they escaped the island.

"Hey! Hurry up, this wall is finished, hopefully what we are looking for is in the next room!" Zhen raised her voice, it seemed that they dropped all pretenses of being quite. Zhen pushed the block of platinum as it fell forward. It made sense, despite being incapable of being bent, platinum was a rather soft metal. If hit with enough heat and time it most likely easily could have been pierced.

Kuvira also took note of Zhen's flames, and the odd color of blue. It seemed neither of the two drew attention to that fact however. The three walked though the nearly created hole. It lead directly into the next cell...though calling it a cell might have been a bit much. There was still no light in the room, but the overall room structure was completely different. In the center was what appeared to be a small black metal box.

"So, that's what Grandma wanted..." Chun stated as he quickly ran to the center of the room.

"W-wait, Chun! Don't you think we should check for traps and plan our escape route first?!" Zhen said as Kuvira spoke.

"Most of the guards don't stay during the night. This place is off the coast of Omashu, outside of a handful, most go home once it reaches sunset. Even if an alarm does sound, they most likely think there isn't anyway off the island since their are no boats at port during the evening..." Kuvira wondered why she even bothered learning such a thing as Zhen grumbled.

"No one asked you..."

Chun shrugged slightly before grabbing the black metal box. No alarm was sounded as he walked back towards Zhen and Kuvira. "Hmm, it's really closed huh, grandma said that if we found a box not to open it...but..."

"No, no, no! I agreed with whatever you said up to this point. But we are not going against grandmother's wishes. She asked us not to look, so that is exactly what we shall not do!" Zhen snapped as Chun sighed.

"Well..I guess you're right, she does trust us. We really shouldn't break that trust..."

The two talked as if they were simply picking up groceries rather than breaking into a prison. Though Kuvira was more interested in knowing what kind of grandmother sends her two grandchildren to such a place on a whim.

"Welp...this is super dull..." Chun sighed, "I wanted to do something cool, maybe fight some guards and escape swiftly...maybe get myself a wanted poster."

"Please do not jinxs us, lets just hurry up and return this to grandmother Azula..."

Kuvira recognized that name...she actually read a book about such a person. Azula, the Fire Nation princess that conquered Ba Sing Se. It was such a silly thing to think about, but it was still something that Kuvira wanted to ask. "You two...aren't talking about Princess Azula from the royal family...right?

The moment Kuvira asked that Zhen covered her mouth as Chun nodded and smiled.

"Yep! She's not as crazy as people say...only a little crazy!"

Author note

I kind of wanted to do a worldwide adventure type of story for once. I honestly probably should have worked on this a little more...