Author's note: Hi, folks, first Avatar fic here! Please be gentle.
Prologue
There were these moments...
Usually, she knew precisely what she wanted. She wanted power: the throne and the fire. She was the daughter of the Firelord, clever and beautiful, and a firebending prodigy. It was only right that she inherit the throne after her father.
But there were these moments...
She did not really need Zu-zu in Ba Sing Se. But she plotted the coup so as to let him play a role in it. She did not really need to take him home. But she crafted a love affair for him to return with her home. She did not really need to tell him not to visit Uncle in prison. Instead, she told him to stay away and watch out for himself.
There was no question, of course, that Zuko would have to learn his place and step away from her path to power when the time came. But in the meantime... she enjoyed playing with him. Needling him. Manipulating him. Having him around.
