Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender. If I did there would be Zutara, a lot of Zutara!
A/N: This story is set in season 1: After the Water bending scroll. About two episodes after, I really don't know. This is a really over used plot but I want to write one so… I am. This isn't the kind of fic where they fall in love in under three chapters… Nothing against the fics that do. Really… ;) Zutara!
Title: Mistake
Rating: T, this might change to M in some chapter later on…
Parings: Zutara of course.
Chapter 1: The Unknown
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
-George Bernard Shaw.
Zuko's POV:
I looked at the map again. How was this possible? According to my men the Avatar had be spotted in over ten different places. How was this even…?—
"Nephew?"
"Yes Uncle, what do you want?" I was still staring at the map. I was so confused! How was he doing it? It was impossible that one kid could be in several different places at once. Even if I did find him I couldn't catch him. I had tried every plan, everything. How the hell am I going to capture this boy?
"Nephew…"
"What is it uncle?! What do you want?" I snapped. A bit harshly. I sighed, "Sorry…" He sighed and smiled sadly.
"I wanted to tell you that the Avatar had been spotted landing on an island with his friends."
That's it!
"I'll be there in a sec. I just got an idea and if anyone make's me forget it, Agni help us all!"
"Of course nephew" he closed the door. That's it! His little girlfriend the water tribe girl yes! It was perfect; take the girl as my prisoner, the Avatar comes after her, I swap her for him. Thank you, Agni. I looked at the map, The Trio islands? I stabbed my dagger in the map on the area of the Trio islands. This was a perfect idea it couldn't fail. Not this time.
"Sir?"
"Yes."
"Zhao is here…"
"Alright where is he?"
"In the waiting room, Sir." I nodded.
"Sir...?"
"Why is there a dagger in the map?" I looked at him and then back at the map.
Why did I do that?
Because you're not thinking straight.
"I don't know… Go tell Zhao, what I just said." I told the guard.
"Yes, Sir."
I looked back at the door, and again at the map. Why have I got a bad feeling about this? I tried to remember that history lesson I had on the Trio Islands. I needed to ask my uncle. But first I had to meet Zhao; I rolled my eyes at the thought. What the hell could he want now? I walked though to the meeting room to see him talking to my uncle. That was fine with me. It saved me trying to find him on this ship; it may look small, but this ship was a maze. If you didn't know where someone was, it was near impossible to find them.
"Zhao. What do you want?" He walked up to me.
"Any news on the Avatar?" I froze.
Do I tell him?
No you idiot!
But…
No buts, if he found out, he would use your plan. Besides when it comes to women Zhao has no honor.
You're right.
I'm always right, now stop looking like an idiot and answer him.
Yeah… I blinked a few times.
"No…" I didn't even look at him; he gave me a funny look.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!" I snapped. He nodded, "now you know, you can leave."
"Fine." He growled. After he exited the room I walked up to my uncle.
"Do you remember that history lesson I had about the Trio Islands?" He nodded. "Can you remember any of it?"
"The Trio Islands are not a safe place to be. They say it's guarded by some Fire bending legend, who was killed by Agni herself, and was never to enter the Fire paradise that we go to when we die. If the Avatar has gone there, I would get them off there. This legend, he chooses a woman… A wife to take, because he is… Lonely. And I know that a girl travels with the Avatar… No one has ever gone on that island, and ever left alive. Well no women anyway. I know that you know that if she is taken by this… Thing, she will die a very painful death…"
"Don't you mean Trinion…?"
"Yes."
Who or what is Trinion?" We both looked at the guard.
"What!" I said, "you don't know?"
"No…" I sighed how didn't he know?
"I'll leave you to tell him Zuko," my uncle left the room.
"Trinion is or was a legendary fire bender. He died in the most heroic of ways, he saved the Fire nation. When he died Agni let him into the paradise that we fire benders go to when we die. He did something so wrong, no one knows what it was. But she banished and he was killed by Agni."
"But he was already dead..."
"Agni killed his sprit his soul, he nothing but empty person, well he's not human but... Now he roams the Trio islands where he is trapped; the one thing he looks for is a wife. To end his pain."
"That's so sad. Why didn't Agni forgive him?"
"She did, he refused to… forgive her, rumors say that she waits for him so she can reunite him with his wife."
"Oh." My uncle walked back in the room.
"We need to help, her."
"Why?"
"Because even you know that any women who dies by his hands will never enter their after life, she'll be alone forever." I sighed, why does he talk me into these things?
"No, But I have a plan. I capture her, the Avatar comes after her, and he takes her place, so really to make you happy, she not even going to get hurt."
He sighed. "You do know that if he see her, he will never give up, he will chace her to the end of the world."
"Yes," I rolled my eyes.
"Alright, but remember to only take the men on this island, not any of the women."
"But..." The guard tried to finish...
"I know uncle. Go tell the helmsman to head for the Trio islands."
"Yes Prince Zuko."
Katara's POV
"Sokka?" He looked at him.
"Yeah."
"Where are we?" Aang asked.
"I think were on the Trio islands."
"What!" He shouted...
"What?" He looked at Aang.
"What wrong Aang?" I asked.
"We can't be here." He was looking in all directions.
"Why?" I asked
"Trinion…" He said.
"Who?"
"The…"
"Aang?" I walked up to him.
"You can't be here Katara." He looked me in the eyes.
"What?—"
"Come on Aang stop tying to scare her!" Sokka shouted.
"He's not lying." We all looked in the direction of the voice.
A/N: Chapter 1 done. Please tell me what you think in a review. If you have any ideas just let me know.
Happy reading,
BeauitfulNight22. :)