Phoenix Prince and the Dragon of the West

Author ladykempton

Disclaimer I don't own Avatar the Last Air Bender it is owned by the creators and Nickelodeon.

This is my second Avatar fic this one is not a sequel to Four Benders Sokka, Appa, and Momo. I am still new at this so please be patient I will try and put in paragraphs in I will also try and put in correct spellings any name miss spellings are my own.

Summary: this story is a very alternate Avatar world want if Zuko is punished by his father for being want he called weak and a failure every one other in Avatar with the exception of Aang, Iroh and Toph are the same age but every one else is two years older so Zuko is Eighteen Katara is Sixteen Sokka is Seventeen Azula is also Eighteen (she and Zuko are Twin's Zuko is the oldest by ten minutes) there is going to adult themes threw out mostly involving torture no non con there will be a romance later on with a new character friendship only with regular characters rated M to be safe.

Chapter one Pain is your only friend

Zuko lay in his cell his life had gone straight to hell in less then eight months first his Cousin Lu Ten died at Ba-Sing-Se then his mother vanished the night she vanished his grandfather Fire Lord Auzlon died suddenly then he was summoned by his father to the town room there his father coldly said that his Mother had made him weak then with out warning he shot white hot fire at his face Zuko screamed in pain as he felt the flesh on the left side of his face melt he fell to the floor writhing in pain he could not stop the cry's of pain Ozari then kicked him hard in the stomach "shut up you sniveling little worm your Mother isn't here to protect you any more" he growled as he continued to kick his son after want had seemed hours of pain Ozari stopped "get it out of my sight put it in a cell I don't want to even smelled it put it some were where no one will here it cry for its mother" he said before he delivered another savage blow he then turned his back and resumed his seat on his throne two silent guards dragged away the semi conscious boy a few hours later a healer was brought to his dark cell his cuts were cleaned and his burn was attended to then he was left alone then twice a day food was brought to him it was enough to keep him alive nothing more he was given a bucket of clean water once day for his drinking water plus a second bucket for his waste then after about a month he was taken out of his small cell and he was taken to a larger cell his wrists were shackled to a a hanging chained that was attached to the ceiling he didn't say a word as his arms were stretched until his feet barley touched the floor his toes just about brushed the floor "hello Zuzu" said Azula her voice cold and cruel.

Azula walked around her brother she sneered at him "Fathers not going to kill you Zuzu and he said I can't kill you ether mores the shame but I can play with you a little after all you wouldn't play with me when we were younger" she said as she walked around his dangling body she came right up to his face she smiled evilly at him she roughly lifted his chine "you are never leaving this place Zuzu this is your home now in time people will forget you as they will forget mother" she said she then turned her back on him "you're too quiet I don't like it" she said as she this time went behind him Zuko felt the heat of fire behind him he screamed out as Azula hit him with a whip of fire "ah thats better thats noise I like" she said as she slashed his back again and again Zuko could not hold the cry's of pain.

Zuko no longer screamed when Azula "played" with him which annoyed her even more she told him that his Tea loving fuddy-duddy Uncle had gone in to self imposed exile when he heard of Zuko's disappearance "he thinks your dead Zuzu he's not coming to help you this time" she had laughed cruelly at him as she hit him with a heated metal poll Zuko just ground his teeth together he slowly planed his revenge he didn't care how long it took he would have revenge against his Sister and his Father he didn't even flinch as he was taken down from the shackles Azula was bored so she lift the cell Zuko was dragged back to his cell and thrown in he still said nothing a few hours later a bored looking healer came and treated his wounds then he lift all the while Zuko didn't even flinch as his burned and bleeding back was treated Zuko looked at the plate of table of dry bread and the hunk of dry cheese he sighed it was not much but it was food he began to eat it trying to make his meager meal last as long as possible.

Six years later

Zuko did his push ups and did his Fire bending stances even though he he was never getting out of his prison he still did his Fire bending practice he knew that is want his Uncle and his Mother would have wanted him to do Azula only came now once every few months when she was anger at the servants or with Father she would come to him and take out her anger on him one day during one particular time she was anger she told him that the Avatar had returned and that the Avatar was a twelve year old boy who was travailing the world with two water peasants she also told him that Iroh was now teaching the Avatar Fire Bending so he was now considered a traitor.

Most of the prisons guards didn't know who he was they just though he was a traitor none of the guards were permitted to talk to it as Azula now called him it had no honor and was unworthy of being talked to Zuko finished his stances he had been feeling something strange all day he had no idea want it was but it was getting worse suddenly he heard a rumbling sound the rumbling got louder then the whole room began to shake Zuko pressed against the wall as the whole cell block seemed to be shaking he saw cracks begin to appear in his cell wall then he heard a roaring sound the roaring got louder he heard yelling and cry's then it stopped Zuko stood there waiting for anything to happen then after want seemed like an eternity the whole ground began to heave then there was a loud explosion.

Zuko could feel the raw power of nature a Volcano had erupted it must have been one of the out laying Volcano that was edged around the capital city Zuko closed his eyes he could feel the Lava flow as it burned its way down the slops of the Volcano Zuko then open his eyes he walked over towards the far wall of his cell he peered threw one of the huge cracks of his cell he blinked as he saw day light he could just about see the sky he could see thick black clouds slowly filling the sky he could see ash drifting down he then heard shouting coming from behind his cell door "lets get out of here the Lava is heading this way" yelled the warden Zuko then heard another voice "want about the prisoner's Captain" called a guard Zuko heard a laugh from the Warden "want about em most of them are traitors,cowards " he said coldly "lets get out of here" he shouted Zuko heard the guards leave he could also hear the prisoners yelling to be let out Zuko looked back at his wall he breathed deep then suddenly he shot fire at the weakened wall he then ran up to the wall he gave it a swift kick he blasted it again then he kicked it again the wall collapsed Zuko looked of the hole he had created he could see he was not far off the floor he then began to climbed down the shattered face of the cell tower just as Zuko set foot on the ground there was another loud rumble Zuko looked up the tower he saw thick black smoke felling the sky he then heard another explosion he saw flecks of Lava shoot in to the air he realized a new Volcano had exploded a few blocks from the prison Zuko ran away from the prison.

Zuko some how got to the docks because of the confusion of the erupting Volcano Zuko sneaked on board a small boat he settled in the cargo hold and closed his eyes sleep soon over took him.

Zuko woke suddenly as he heard shouts he stood and went to the top deck he could see that at some point they had gone to sea they were now being attacked by a ship that Zuko vaguely recalled as being a Earth kingdom ship the ship that Zuko was on was easily boarded he turned and saw a fist come towards his face the world went black.

Zuko woke up chained to a beam next to him were several members of the ship he had stowed away a few were conscious a few were other unconsciouses or a sleep the one nearest to him looked at him he blinked "your not part of the crew" he said Zuko sighed "stowaway" he said the man grinned he looked a again at the filth young man who was chained next to him he could see a huge burn of his left eyes his hair was messy his cloths torn and raggedy "have I seen you before" he asked something about him nagged at him he was sure he had seen him before Zuko looked at him he gave a shake of his head "I don't think so" said Zuko as he drew his knees up and crossed his arms over them he then lowered his head down on to his arms and closed his eyes he was a prisoner again this time he was a prisoner of the Earth Kingdom.

End of first chapter.

Zuko arrives at his new prison in the city of Gaoling Zuko begins to develop a new style of Fire bending.

No more torture but Zuko will be beaten up a few times there will be mostly bad language so rating will remain M to be safe.