First fanfic. I mean, like, ever! I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
It was a very quiet night for Kerryn. She had finished putting the kids to sleep. It wasn't long before Thalia and Derek went willingly to theirs. So, with nothing left to do, she went to go sleep in the chair in the hall. Again. There was a bunk bed that belonged to the Thomas siblings in one room and two beds in another for her brother and cousin. Kerryn kept the crib in the hall where she could keep an eye on Neo during the night. There was another bed but she shuddered each time she thought about it. Humming a soft tune, she went to go comfort Neo, who was winding himself up for a big cry.
She rounded the corner and saw a figure draped in black. Kerryn stealthily took out her water pouch and quietly placed it on the floor without the cap. She bent the water to her whim and slowly but surely, the water wrapped itself about the intruder's ankles. She froze it immediately and bolted to the crib to see if the figure had harmed Neo. At the sight of his "mother", he calmed down and swiftly fell asleep. She spun on her foot to face the person who had frightened her Neo.
She whipped the hood off of his head. There stood a boy who looked a little older than her, with black messy hair that fell around his shoulders. Bright golden eyes stared back at her with an air of surprise. As she took him in, he studied her. She was a good head shorter than him with blue eyes that had a rim of hazel in them. Her hair was a big mess of curls. He felt tempted to reach out and stroke them. He noticed that her hair went only a little past her shoulders, unlike girls he knew that kept it past their elbows. She had bangs that swept to the side and that only the bangs themselves were dyed, his favourite colour incidentally, bright purple.
"Who in the HELL are you?" Kerryn whispered furiously.
"My name is Zuko."
Not the best beginning chapter but I'm working on it. Please review. I can deal with flames if you have real reasons.