DISCLAIMER: I do not own Avatar: the Last Airbender or any of the characters from the series. All characters from that universe, except for Yundi are property of... Who the hell made Avatar? (You can tell I'm not the biggest fan…. oh well.) No one but me owns the mysterious dark figure.
Once again, Zuko found himself watching a play about his life, but this time the actor looked and sounded exactly like him. He watched himself as he struggled to get past his father and sister who were guarding the tower where his mother was kept.
"Give it up Zu Zu!" Azula shouted at the actor. "It's no use trying to reach her." But he had to reach her. Couldn't they see that? He felt his anger boiling as he took a lunge towards her- and fell flat on his face.
He looked around him realizing he was still in the audience. There was Yundi standing in the back, trying to get away from his embarrassing friend. Mai stood near him, shaking her head and saying, "Zuko you idiot! You ruined everything."
"No I didn't!" He cried. "I needed to help her!"
"You've destroyed your life Zu Zu." Mai responded, except now she sounded like Azula. She was even morphing into her. "It's your own fault." she said, kicking him hard.
"No it's not!" he cried. "No it's not!"
His eyes instantly popped open and he found himself in his bedroom. He was breathing heavily, and despite the cool night air, was sweating profusely. Phew! He thought. It was just a dream.
He felt Mai stir beside him. "What?" She mumbled. "What happened?"
"Nothing." He told her. "Go back to sleep."
" 'mkay." she muttered, turning over.
Zuko sighed. It had been a month since his coronation as Fire Lord, and he still hadn't gotten his father to speak. Why wouldn't he tell him where his mother was? Did he have no heart at all?
He sighed again, and rolled over. "I'll worry about it in the morning." He muttered to himself. For now, he just wanted to get some sleep.
. . .
Far away, a dark figure stood alone, gathering his thoughts. He knew he had been standing in his room just moments ago, and now he was on some mountainous country side.
"What happened?" He said aloud to himself. "Where am I?"
