Chapter 2- Clash
Zuko was walking to school thinking about how this year would turn out for him, surely it'd be the same as any other year people would see his scar, assume some ridiculous idea of it's origin, word would spread and he'd spend the rest of the year in the back of the class room.
Just thinking about it put a pit in his stomach. 'Maybe if I-'
*THUD*
To distracted to notice he had accidentally bumped into another student, knocking the students books out of his hands and onto the ground.
"Hey! Watch it!" the other student exclaimed. Snapping Zuko back to reality.
"Sorry that was my fault" Zuko said apologetically.
"Yeah I know it was,next time watch where you-" the student looked up and stopped speaking after realizing who he was talking to. He just stood there as if he'd just seen a ghost.
Zuko crouched down to help the student pick up the books but before he could even get one, the other student had already snatched them all up.
"Actually sorry it was totally my fault, I wasn't paying attention so please take this." The student said as he handed Zuko his lunch box.
"Why would I want your lunch!?" Zuko asked confused
"I'm sorry if its not to your liking, but please don't hurt me"
"Huh?" Zuko was even more confused than he was just a second ago
Zuko was about to give the student his lunch back but, the kid had already started running.
"No Wait! " Zuko shouted but the student continued running.
'Ugh why am I so bad at being good.' Zuko thought to himself and continued walking.
When he arrived at the school he immediately went to drop off the lunch box he had just "acquired" at the "Lost & Found"
"You sure seem to find a lot of lunch boxes, don't ya?" the girl at the front window asked playfully her name was Ty-lee
"Yeah, well" he said
"Don't worry Zuko, we'll get this back to whoever it belongs to." she told him cheerfully with a smile.
Ty-lee was one his sisters friends she was also one of the few people that knew his situation and that Zuko wasn't a bad guy.
While he was leaving the main office he noticed a crowd of people trying to find out the class they were assigned to. He walked towards the the group of people, and as he waited in the crowd he managed to spot his name on one of the schedules.
"2-B" he said to himself.
As he scanned the rest schedule to see who his class mates were, his eyes came upon a certain someone's name.
Zuko couldn't help but smirk to find out he was in the same class room as "her".
"What's he smiling about?"
"Maybe he's thinking of a way to burn down the school"
"Y-you think so? "
Yeah I mean look at his scar he's obviously a firebending delinquent, who likes to play with fire"'
Zuko heard the conversation between the two girls which left him irritated. He was about to walk away when a hand grabbed his shoulder and stopped him.
"Hey! looks like we're in the same class buddy." said a cheerful voice all to familiar to him
It was Sokka his best friend since his freshmen year off high school.
"Yeah, looks like it." Zuko remarked with a grin
"Hey, I'll be in the same class with you two as well" said a female voice
Zuko turned around and there she was the girl he'd had a crush on for nearly 3 years. Her eyes so blue you'd feel like you were staring into the ocean...Katara.
"O-Oh really?" Zuko lied pretending he didn't know
"Hey we're going to the cafeteria to get some breakfast before class starts, you wanna join?" Sokka asked him
"Uh, yeah, sure" Zuko replied even though he had already eaten.
When they arrived at the cafeteria and had each gotten their breakfast the three of them sat down at a table. It was a after they sat down that Zuko noticed he was sitting next to Katara and that gave him a feeling that felt a lot like butterflies were fluttering around in his stomach.
"Uh- I'm not really that hungry" Zuko said as he stood up with his tray at hand and started heading towards the bathroom.
"What's with him?" Sokka asked
"No clue." Katara answered and they began eating
'This year, I'll tell her how I feel' Zuko thought to himself as he walked to the bathroom
'I'll definitely tell her maybe during the sch-'
*THUD*
Once again Zuko was so deep in thought that he bumped into someone. But for some reason everyone in the cafeteria had stopped what they were doing and all attention was on him and the small student he bumped into.
"Woah! The Dragon and The Blind Terror are already picking a fight with each other!"
"Uh-oh"
"Its only the first day and they're already going at it."
"My money's on The Blind Terror."
"Nah no way The Dragon is much tougher."
These whispers could be heard all over the cafeteria
"Blind Terror?" Zuko questioned confused by the name given to the person he just bumped in to. He decided to look down only to see that the food that was previously on his tray was now all over the small students face and clothes. He noticed the student was female, and was so small she seemed to resemble a doll, upon closer inspection he noticed her sightless emerald grey eyes.
Zuko felt his soul shiver as her sightless eyes stared into him.
"I'm so sor-" Zuko didn't even get a chance to finish as he was cut off by a pillar of earth straight to the chin that seemed to have come out from underneath the cafeteria floor.
Zuko fell to the floor flat on his back
'The name fits' Zuko thought as he laid on the cold tiles of the cafeteria floor.
"Pay up" he heard some of the students tell each other. Before he closed his eyes and passed out.
A/N : Thats chapter 2, I hope you guys enjoy it so far. :)
