A/N: So hi. For my nineteenth b-day my cousin got me the entire series of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I've been watching it at night and I fell asleep during the first season, and I dreamt bits and pieces of this new story. I will tell it in mostly Zuko's POV, since I think this is mostly his story. This is AU so beware, and there will be lemons later on in the story.
Chapter One: Out of the pot
KPOV
We were flying on our way to the city of Omashu from the Northern Water Tribe when we saw a ship. We all knew whose it was, after all we had dealt with him enough times to know. It was the storm we did not notice. After we did it was too late; I was already falling. Before I hit the ocean I blacked out and I never felt it when he saved me.
ZPOV
I saw that bison flying overhead and was getting ready to shoot it down when I saw the storm moving in. Then she was falling. The next thing I knew, I was in the water grabbing her and getting her to the boat.
"Zuko, why did you –"
"No idea, Uncle. I have no idea why."
I walked into my bedroom and laid her down. All the time I was asking myself one thing: why?
I hummed as I washed the salt from my skin. I wasn't positive about doing it until a memory came to me. It was quick and painful. It was a memory from long ago; before my banishment, before Azula, and before my father's hatred. It was a memory of my mother singing the same song to me when I was young. Quickly I stopped humming and turned off the water.
I stepped out and quickly pulled on a pair of pants. I turned and saw my reflection in the single mirror on the ship. I put it there to remind me why I was supposed to be fighting this. Now all I saw was a confused teenager. I heard a door open and a voice calling my name. I walked out to see Uncle holding three bowls of rice, three cups, and his tea pot.
"Uncle, what are you doing here? You know that I don't like it when others are in here."
"I came because if I didn't our little guest would have starved. You barely pay attention to your own needs; hers would have gone unnoticed. Now sit down and we can have our meal."
It was then that I realized something else that I had neglected to do.
"Damn. I left her in her wet clothes. Uncle, could you step out for just a second and maybe find her an extra uniform?"
He nodded and walked out. I walked up to the bed and sighed. Then I made quick progress of her top-clothes by burning them off. That left her in her under-clothes, and, luckily, they were dry. I covered her with an extra blanket and sat and poured the tea. A few minutes later Uncle came back carrying not a uniform, but a water tribe woman's summer outfit.
"Where on earth did you find a woman's outfit on an army ship? No, never mind I don't want to know. Just set it on the end of the bed. Sit and please eat."
He did sit and began to eat. He had half of the bowl done before I had even eaten four bites. It was then she began to stir.
A/N: Like, love, or hate? I did tell you that this was going to be AU and yes, I did mess with the plotline. Deal with it.