Hi. This is my first Fanfic, so it might not be that great. Oh, HI MARISSA, A.k.a. pandasokkahats! I here by dedicate this chapter to you! (And I'll give you a randomly invisible cookie too!)

Ok people, yes , It's the same Hannah from Marissa's fruba Fanfic, and nooooo I am noot that obsessed!

Ok, well, um enjoy and review!

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"Hello. May I help you?" my Mother asked the soldiers at the door.

"We have explicit orders from the orders Fire Lord to take your Daughter to the Palace. Now." With that, the man who seemed to be in charge pushed my mother aside and began to search for me. I cowered down deeper into my dark corner, hoping and praying that they wouldn't find me.

"Wait! Take me! Leave Mela out of this!" She sobbed. "Please I'll give you anything! Money! Food! I'll serve in the army! Please! Anything, just don't take Mela!" The soldier threw her aside without further thought. That really made my blood boil.

"Leave my mother alone you big bully!" I yelled, jumping up into plain sight.

"NO!" My mother screamed. "Mela, run, get out, leave this place! Don't worry about me! I'll be fine! Ru…" The soldier had kicked her, leaving her unconscious.

"NO!" I screeched, running up to the man who had hurt my mother. "You brute! She didn't do anything to you! I'll… I'll… Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Before I could finish my empty threat I was stuffed into a sack, then nothing.

"Hi. Um, I'm Zuko. I…I'm glad that you'll play with me. I'm really looking forward to it. Paying that is. We're going to sooo much fun together! I have lots of toys, and…um are you ok?" The little boy with his hair in a pony tail stopped running everywhere, picking up some of the most exquisite toys on earth and showing them to me, when he saw that I was clutching the seat I was sitting on till my knuckles turned white.

"No sir." I whispered. Ever since I was taken I haven't said much to any one. The boy walked over to me, his eyes sad.

" You don't have to call me sir. But why... why are you so… so… I know it's me isn't it? I'm too foolish aren't I? I'll try to be a grown up. I promise. Oh no! Now I've made you cry!" His words. They were too nice to be the son of the Evil Fire Lord who had taken me from my home, given me a scar (This is important.) and killed my mother in one night. I was six for heavens sake! But Zuko was innocent though. A bystander. And he was my only friend in this entire place, and I was making him sad. Not foe long!

"No, it's not you. I just had something in my eye. Now, do you want to play?" I said, whipping my tears away, and replacing them with a smile.

"Ok! I know well be the best of friends! Honest!" And so it was. We became inseparable. Then when he grew older, he was training and learning all that he would need to be able to one-day rule. I wanted him to get the chance, for he would be a good King, not like his father. I, however, was being taught to be a proper maid, and lady. I was failing miserably at being a 'lady'. I told Zuko, and then when I showed up for lessons, I was informed that I would no longer require them.

Well that WAS one of the perks of being friends with the prince. We went on mini adventures together outside the Palace, and gave each other comfort when one of us felt down. Then, IT happened. (Zuko gets his scar.) He changed. He didn't talk for days. Then suddenly, he was exiled. I was part of his crew, as a maid, nothing else. He ignored me, and I worried from a distance. And that brings us to the present day.

"Zuko has requested new sheets. And he wants his dinner ready early. Iroh wants tea, and fish, and his quarters are in need of cleaning. Get to it!" A soldier had walked up to me as I was cleaning the hallway. I sighed as I put my scrub brush into the bucket of murky bucket water. Everything that either of them wanted was always given to me to do. Talk about annoying. I picked up the bucket and began to clean Iroh's room. Boy, there was food scraps everywhere! What a slob. I scrubbed it clean, and then put the bucket back in my room. I got new sheets for Iroh, and Zuko, taking my time. If it wasn't just right, Zuko would throw a fit, and that demand the entire room to be cleaned, and I didn't feel like doing that.

"Mela, Mela! You're supposed to be making dinner now! Fish takes forever to make, and Zuko is dinning in a couple of hours!