Alright, first off, I completely think there aren't enough ZukoxOC stories around here. Guess what? I am making one BITCHES! I am such a Zuko fangirl it's impossible. My friends always complain I am either talking about him or L from death note. Ah well, here ya'll go! This story starts right after the 3th episode when Aang finds monk Giatso's skeleton.
Disclaimer: if I owned Atla, it would be a cheesy romance story and nobody would watch it and stuff.
TWACK! As my arrow hit the tree my curses were heard through the trees. I bet I scared off all of the animals in hearing range. Darn it.
Well, I guess I should explain what I am doing here huh? My name is Sora. I am very tiny, about 1,60 meters. Stop laughing! I have the usual brown hair and green eyes of an earthkingdom civilian. I just love my hair hanging all loose, letting the wind curl it. I am wearing boyish earthkingdom clothes: a short-sleeved green vest which reaches halfway my thighs, a three-quarter black shirt underneath. My green trousers stop right underneath my knees and my feet are shoved in black flats. The only thing making it girly is the black ribbon around my waist.
Oh, and I'm an orphan. Ever since birth though, my dad was a traveler with my mom. They settled here in this little village when my dad was very sick. He died and then my mom found out she was pregnant. But grief made her weak and sick and she died during giving birth to me. Ever since then I lived in the church in our village. I live there with three other orphans. We all get lessons in self-defense, which means archery, sword fighting and close combat.
Well anyway, I am just hunting in the forest surrounding our village right now. Nothing special. Or so it seemed.
"AAAAAAAH!" My arrow had flashed straight past my target Mr. Bunny and disappeared in between two trees. Whoops, I guess I hit someone again.
"Hello?" I asked when I jumped over the low bushes. There in the small clearing two boys, a girl, a sky bison and a flying lemur were all staring at me. One of the boys who seemed to be of the watertribe had my arrow through his wide left sleeve. Bursting out in laughter I pointed my finger at him, "That's the first time I hit something!" The other boy, who appeared to be a monk, grinned at me.
"Uh hey!" the monk-kid grinned at me, "I don't want to be rude, but, who are y-" He was cut off by the older looking watertribe idiot, "STOP ASKING HER QUESTIONS! What if she's firenation?!"
My eyebrows shot upwards, "Me , firenation? As if! I am completely harmless!" I snorted. The unladylike sound seemed to irritate the girl, whom was also in watertribe attire. She stood up, "Hi, I am Katara. The idiot is my brother Sokka, the airbender is Aang and these are Appa and Momo." She gestured towards every single member of their little pack.
"You're an airbender? Then you must be the avatar!" I practically screamed. Aang scratched the back of his shaved head and nodded sheepishly. "wow… my village practically worships you. Oi, you guys need a place to stay?" I asked in a rush.
"Yes we do! Well I mean, if we aren't bothering anyone." Katara said. I smiled, "No of course not. The church I live in usually harbors travelers." And as they all packed their things to go to the village I chattered on and on.
"So what are you doing here?" I asked. Aang smiled, "We are going to the northpole! Looking for a waterbending teacher." I stared at the young avatar in awe, "Wow, that's pretty far away. Is Katara a waterbender too?" Sokka looked mad, "Hey, why can't I be a waterbender?!" I stared at him, "You look to idiotic to be one." As our laughter and Sokka's angry words echoed through the woods we walked towards my village.
"You never told us your name." Katara said. I grinned, "I am Sora. A non-bender. Horrible at archery, but great at close-combat and swordfighting just like my father. Or so I've been told." I gestured at the thin sword strapped to my back, "This is the only thing I have left of my parents."
"You told us you live at a church?" Sokka asked. I nodded, "Yes indeed. All the orphans live there. Well, now it's just the four of us." Appa groaned causing me to jump, "Is he going to eat me?!" Aang laughed, "No, Appa couldn't harm anyone!"
"THIS is my village!" I smiled as they let their gaze wander over the small houses and the big house-like building in the middle. I pointed at the latter, "That's the church. Come on, let's check it out!"
As we entered the building I pointed at the paintings on the wall opposite of the door, "Those are all the avatars. One day, you will be in this painting too!" Aang gazed at the wallpainting. It was huge and covered the entire wall. The avatars were all lined up in a circular motion, their faces surrounding each-other. I pointed at the last one in the row, "Avatar Roku. You will be next to him." Sokka whistled inbetween his teeth, "Someone put a lot of time in this."
"Ah, more travelers I assume?" we turned around to stand face to face with the priest, father Shomu. I smiled, "Yep! And you wouldn't believe who!" I pushed Aang forwards, "The AVATAR!" Aang grinned awkwardly, "Uh hey…" Father Shomu sank to one knee, "Avatar, it's such an honor to have you here." I grinned at Aang's awkwardness and looked at the tall brown haired man dressed in a long green gown.
"Father, can they sleep here for a night or some?" I asked. Father Shomu stared up at me, "Child, why do you ask? Of course! Show them to their rooms please, my dear." With that he walked away. Weird man, I thought. Shrugging, I turned to the gang, "Come on guys!"
As the gang was settled and Appa and Momo were safely in the stables, I sat down and looked at the evening sun above the seawater. The village was located just out of sight for any firenation ships, behind a bunch of trees, but if they'd come closer to shore they'd see it easily. Which was the case right now. A big firenation ship made their way fastly towards the shore.
I jumped at the ringing of the alarmbells. Good, somebody had seen it too. The ship had now reached shore as the villagers gathered in front of the church. I sprinted towards them and saw Aang, Katara and Sokka looking around a bit frightened. I stopped next to them, panting, "A firenation ship. It just reached shore."
The three of them looked surprised and even more frightened. Aang muttered softly, "Zuko." I stared at him, "You mean the firenation prince? THAT Zuko?" They nodded.
Suddenly, "THERE THEY ARE!" a villager pointed at the trees. A bunch of rhinos stood there, firebenders on top. In the middle was a teenage boy, but he was too far away to see him clearly. He said something and the firebenders steered their rhinos forward. Then they attacked.
As fire irrupted from their fists, I charged at the firebenders, my sword drawn. Just like a few other villagers. Ducking underneath a fireball I ran past the first rhino, my sword cutting through the thick leather of its saddle. The firebender fell from the rhino's back and jumped up, shooting another fireball at me. I jumped over it and tried to attack him, but he was too quick. After a few seconds of dancing around each other, I managed to kick the guy roughly in the chin, knocking him out.
The village was lit on fire. Buildings burning down to the ground, people unconscious or worse. I spotted the avatar and his friends fighting a few meters away. I raced towards them and dragged them along, "You gotta go!" I yelled over all the noise. Katara understood and nodded.
We ran towards the stables and got Appa and Momo out. But as the trio climbed on the enormous beast fire flew over our heads. I whirled around and stood face to face with the teenage boy from earlier. His hands lit on fire. On the left side of his face was a scar. He had golden eyes and raven black hair, which was neatly shaven except for a diamond shape ponytail on the back of his head. His firenation armor shone brightly in the fire.
I pulled my sword and screamed, "Aang, go! I'll hold him of!" Aang's voice rang in my ear the next moment, "No, I am not letting you here! Come with us!" I smiled sadly at the offer, "I can't, my place is here." And as the firenation prince attacked I threw a burning piece of wood at Appa, whom took off in fright. I watched them fly away for a moment, but it didn't last long. I whirled around to face Zuko.
I countered the prince's furious attempt to knock me out. He was defiantly pissed off. "You must be a friend of the avatar. Trying to protect him with your own life." My hair smoldered a bit as I barely avoided the prince's attack, "Yes, I am one of his best friends." I lied. Zuko smirked, "Well then, you probably know where he's heading next." And with that he shot a tremendously fast fire punch at me, knocking me out affectively.
Ooooooooh cliffy! A cookie for the person who knows what's happening next! So, review please! Really, I'd love to see what you think of this. That's it for now. Peace out.