A/N: Heres my new story! I told u i would get it up today did i not?Anyway i hope u like it and i am very srry zutara shippers that i have let u down :(...ENJOY!!!

The Right of Choice

Prologue

Who was this? Well whoever it was, they had put up quite a fight.

The prince slowly rubbed his shoulder and grimaced over the crimson bruise that last hit had given him. Sighing in discomfort, Zuko ran a hand through his dark, black hair and closed his golden eyes.

"Who are you...?" the seventeen year old prince asked mostly to himself.

Crossing his arms and leaning on the sink in the infirmary on his boat he remembered the fight between them...

He remembered that he was so caught up in going back home, he had not payed close attention to his surroundings. After all, finally being claimed Fire Lord after his fathers death, did strike him as a surprise.

He looked over at the figure laying on the counter and smirked.

Even though you fought well it did not mean you could withstand my firebending...thought Zuko smugly to himself.

Due to the person fighting in a hand-to-hand combat style, he/she was easily defeated by Zuko's firebending. It had, after all, become better in his years training under Iroh.

He walked up to the person as his previous thoughts returned.

He hadn't confirmed whom the figure was, or even if it was a he or she. He narrowed his eyes; this person too was wearing a mask. He or she had on armor, baggy black pants, and a baggy black shirt. The person also wore a ski mask which supposedly would only show the person's eyes if he took the mask off.

He reached out and touched the mask, determined to see the face behind it. Slowly tugging on the mask he began to pull it down...

A/N: So there goes the prologue!i'm sure u no if the person is a girl or a boy though!HELLUR! ZukoxOC ring a bell?Well antiways...REVIEW!!!!luv u and laterz!!