Chapter 1
Seventy-nine years have passed since the day, when former Fire Lord Sozin wiped out the Air Nomad population, when his Fire benders used the power of the comet to enhance their bending. Since, then the War had began and the Fire Nation slowly was conquering the other nations while at the same time searching for the Avatar, who escaped the Fire Nation long ago, not showing any signs of his existence. The Avatar would reemerge in a few years but a young girl was born to fulfill her destiny to help the Avatar and lead the Fire Nation away from the times of the war and into the new era.
General Iroh was campaigning in one corner of the Earth Kingdom. Despite his appearances, the man still had a lot of compassion within him. He knew that sometimes the Fire Nation committed various atrocities in the world and unlike many other Generals and Admirals of the Fire Nation, General Iroh always treasured winning military victories by using strategy, having as little soldier casualties as he could.
"General Iroh, there is a woman, who want to see you. We captured her when she entered the camp; our intelligence officers suggested that she maybe a spy for the Earth Kingdom" spoke an officer.
"Its alright Colonel Mongke, you can bring the woman here. I doubt that anyone could challenge a member of the Fire Nation Royal family, especially the Dragon of the West" General Iroh laughed as the man bowed to him before bringing a woman inside.
"Hello my dear lady, how can I help you? I must warn you, that the Fire Nation does not kindly treat its prisoners, especially spies. So, how can I help you" smiled Iroh as he put he stopped writing the report he had been working on and looked at the woman, who looked vaguely familiar to him.
The woman was not very tall. Her face had a slightly darker complexion than Iroh had, instantly indicating to him that she was probably from a Water Tribe. This was strongly supported by her blue eyes, which radiated compassion from young woman's face; the woman was probably in her early thirties or late twenties. The woman had long brown hair, which was tied behind her back. Despite obviously being afraid from being in those surroundings, the woman did not show off her fear.
"Hello, my name is Senna. I am not a spy, if you wanted to know" spoke the woman, as she looked deeper into Iroh's eyes
"I believe you my dear. So, what troubles you? Lieutenant Lee, please bring me some tea for two of us" spoke Iroh as he continued watching this woman, who intrigued his greatly.
"Well, a few years ago I was a silly young woman, seeing many men. A year ago I met a Fire bender when he visited the town I worked on and we spent a night together" spoke Senna as she looked at the man as Lee brought them tea.
"Please, feel free to drink this Jasmine Tea. It is my favorite" smiled Iroh as he gave the cup on a small plate, with some hot tea in the cup, to his visitor.
"Thank you for you hospitality, Mister?" asked Senna
"Call me Iroh, beautiful woman" smiled General Iroh as he looked at Senna
"Well, as I was saying, a year ago I met with a Fire Nation officer and we spent a night together. I have not seen other men strangely that year, as I was very busy with helping the war effort by healing the wounded. Yes, I am a Water bender but I can only heal as the Northern Water Tribe people only teach the women how to heal and not fight" spoke Senna
"If any other officer was in my place, they would put you in chains and you would never see daylight again" spoke Iroh seriously as he remembered a story of how the Fire Nation under his father's leadership imprisoned all Water benders of the Southern Water Tribe, who were currently in prisons, awaiting their death from old age.
"I know all the risks but I had to come here. You see, I recently gave birth to a daughter and I realized that she is your daughter" spoke Senna as Iroh actually spat tea from his mouth; the men never expected to her such news.
"I must warn you that my patience is growing thin, I might call my guards and they will take you to prison; you admitted yourself that you are a Water bender and by extension an enemy of the Fire Nation" spoke Iroh
"I understand that but mu daughter is special. She is a" spoke Senna as Iroh then realized that Senna held a small baby in her hands, whom she hid in her dress. The baby screamed and then accidentally coughed. "Achooo" coughed the little new born girl as fire escaped her mouth and flew outwards; Iroh's beard slightly caught on fire but the man managed to put the fire off.
The General looked at the girl and saw that she indeed resembled him somewhat. "My daughter is a Fire bender and I remembered your face from that night. Recently I saw your face on a wanted poster in one Earth Kingdom village and instantly recognized that this was you, I learned from some of my friends that you are General Iroh, who were currently stationed here" spoke Senna as the little girl looked at Iroh.
"I have a daughter" smiled the man. "Back in the Fire Nation I have a son, who is six years old. I think he would be glad to hear that he has a younger sister" smiled Iroh as he looked at the little girl, who lay on her mother's lap.
Suddenly a man ran inside the tent. "Is something wrong, Private Kuzon?" asked Iroh as the newly arrived man jumped at Senna and stabbed the woman in her back with dagger before smiling at his deed.
"Death to all traitors" spoke Kuzon as Senna realized that death approached her. The dagger barely passed her daughter's body, only cutting the girl's hair but shortening it. Iroh saw in horror how a small piece of hair fell on the floor; Senna coughed blood as she then fell towards Iroh.
"Please take care of our daughter Korra" spoke Senna as she fell on Iroh motionless. Little Korra landed on Iroh's lap and began crying but then after Iroh hugged her she felt comfort and quieted down.
"My daughter" spoke Iroh before he looked at Private Kuzon; "Agni Kai at sun set" spoke Iroh to the man before calling for Lieutenant Lee to arrive.
"How can I help you, General Iroh?" asked the man
"Please take this little baby to my personal quarters and prepare the proper burial tomb for the cremation, I want the Fire Sages to perform the ceremony appropriate to the wife of a Crown Prince" spoke Iroh as he gave the little child to his most trusted advisor, Lieutenant Lee, a man in his early twenties that admired the General greatly; Iroh remembered fondly how he taught Lee some of the Fire bending forms he knew.
At sun set the entire platoon met as they prepared to face the Agni Kai. "Will you apologize for your actions before its too late?" asked Iroh the man as he took of his shirt and faced the opponent.
"Never, I will fight this Agni Kai to the death" spoke Private Kuzon, a man in his late twenties, as he too, took off his shirt.
"Then it's settled." Iroh jumped and began sending one Fireball after another, all of which hit the man and pushed him away. " What's the matter Private Lee, why don't you fight me like a horrible man you are" spoke Iroh as he kept sending his fire attacks at the man. Iroh took a deep breath as he then produced an extremely heated fire, which he sent at the man; upon the impact the fire was so intense that the man began screaming as he realized that he was no on fire. Iroh then took another deep breath as he then quickly formed lighting, before sending it at the man, instantly killing him.
"General Iroh, sir, are you alright?" asked a female officer her superior.
"I am fine Colonel Lina Sato. I am not injured," replied Iroh to one of his other favorite people in his army, Colonel Lina Sato, who was a rather remarkable woman; she recently married a Fire Nation noble Hiroshi Sato and gave birth to a beautiful girl Asami. Sato was also a rather powerful bender, who despite her age rose quickly in the ranks.
Next day Iroh stood next to a tomb, where Senna's body lay. The woman's body was cleaned from all the blood; she looked peaceful as one could mistake the Water bender woman for just a sleeping woman.
"Yesterday a great tragedy hit General Iroh. Senna of the Water Tribe, may you rest in peace" spoke one of the Fire Sages, who then sent fire at the tomb; the fire began consuming the body as a tear escaped the General's eye.
That day Iroh officially sent a letter to his father that he now had a second child, a daughter, who by the looks of it would later become a Fire bending prodigy. Despite his grief, Iroh managed to make a smile as he thought about his older child, his son Lu Ten who would most likely love spending time with his newly found younger sister Korra. Iroh hoped that the girl would share his love for tea as well.
"I think it is time for me to visit my family" spoke Iroh as he looked at the nearly cremated Senna's body.
Later that day General Iroh prepared his ship and traveled home to see his family and to show them his daughter Korra, who slept peacefully in his arms. Iroh dismissed his soldiers; Lina went to visit her daughter Asami while Lieutenant Lee came with Iroh to help his former mentor and friend in looking after the girl while they would travel in the ship.
And so Korra became the Princess of the Fire Nation. Soon after, four years later Prince Zuko was born to Iroh's brother and his wife, Prince Ozai and Princess Ursa. Two years later Princess Azula was born. The four children appeared to love each other, although the strongest bond soon formed between Princess Korra and Prince Zuko, who loved to spend time together despite Korra's occasional teasing of her cousin. Zuko also admired Lu Ten, as the boy soon became an accomplished Fire bender and a great solider, often accompanying his father on some of his missions.
Life was good but the tensions began rising within the Fire Nation Royal Family. Zuko and Azula could not stand each other, as they often teased the other, mainly Azula; while Korra teased her older cousin too, the older girl's pranks never intended to hurt Zuko's feelings, which was definitely not the case with Azula. Prince Ozai also grew more jealous of his brother, whom he liked to call a "Tea Loving Weakling". The man absolutely did not understand how his brother managed to sire a child with a Water Tribe woman, no less. If not for Azulon, who adored little Korra, the little Fire bending prodigy, Prince Ozai would have murdered the little girl himself.
Ninety-five years after the arrival of Sozin comet, the tensions within the Royal family had finally reached its peak. General Iroh and his son Lu Ten were campaigning by Ba Sing Se; it was clear that the two would soon conquer the city and destroy its famous impenetrable city wall. At the same time, Prince Ozai was plotting on how he could become the Fire Lord, taking his older brother's place on the throne after their father would die.
A/N:
Korra is not the Avatar here, but she will be a powerful Fire bender; her personality will stay the same. And so begins this Alternative Universe Story, where Korra will be a Fire Nation Princess, second child and only daughter of General Iroh. In this story Korra is indeed Iroh's daughter.
This story will feature Zutara, while the other pairings are undecided. From second arc, the story will take place at the same time as Katara and Sokka found Avatar Aang; the story will parallel Team Avatar's adventure but will focus on Korra's team. Amon will not be in this story; the main characters will be Korra, Zuko and Asami. Asami mother's name is from Dota 2 game, Lina, who also uses fire as her attacks.