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It was a week later in the South Pole. Katara was outside of the village, near the ocean, practicing her minimum bending. She relied on the bending moves she taught herself and not the official moves. The 14-year old waterbender had nobody to teach her waterbending. Just then, Sokka, Katara's 15-year old brother, ran over.
"Katara, I've been looking all over for you!" Sokka exclaimed and Katara stopped bending, the water dropped back into the ocean. She looked at her brother and saw that he was probably worried.
"What Sokka?" Katara asked, wanting to know what happened or what's going to happen.
"The Fire Nation is on its way, you need to be prepared." Sokka informed his sister and her eyes slightly widened. The Southern Water Tribe had stayed out of the war for over 5 years, ever since the raid. They thought that the Fire Nation had forgotten about the South Pole, but they were wrong.
"Do you know who's leading them?" She asked, wanting to know who her oppenent would be. Sokka shook his head negativiley.
"No I don't, but we need to get back to the village!" Sokka informed his sister and they started towards the village.
"Get everyone inside, Sokka!" The waterbender told her brother and he nodded before running off. Katara ran to right outside of the village and she was prepared to fight to defend her home. Even if she wasn't a master bender or close to one, she would have to protect the village.
"Prince Zuko, we're almost to the Southern Water Tribe." Iroh told his nephew as he walked over to him and Zuko nodded.
"Alright, I'm ready." Zuko informed his uncle as the ship landed at the Southern Water Tribe. Right when the ship got to the South Pole, Katara got into a fighting stance. The gangplank slowly opened, smoke came out of the ship and Zuko walked down the ramp with soldiers behind him. The prince noticed Katara and she bent snow at him.
"Show me your leader!" Zuko commanded her as he brushed the snow off. Katara's eyes narrowed and she hit Zuko with a stream of water. The prince stumbled backwards, but, other than that, kept his balance.
"I don't want to fight you." He told her, trying to sound sincere. Katara didn't believe him and noticed the soldiers start to destroy her home. She glared at Zuko and ran to fight the soldiers. Zuko watched the soldiers destroy the village and noticed Iroh watching from the ship. Iroh turned his head away, disappointed in his nephew for spreading the war. Zuko tried his best to ignore Uncle's look and ran to help soldiers fight the waterbender.
Katara saw Zuko join the fight and hit as many people as possible with multiple streams of water. Zuko gave the soldiers a signal and the soldiers stopped fighting. The prince got into a fighting stance and Katara trned in her fighting stance to face Zuko. He noticed that even though Katara barely knew any bending moves, she did a good job at fighting the soldiers. Zuko knew that she might be hard to defeat.
"I really don't want to fight you." Zuko told her, sounding sincere.
"Yeah right!" Katara exclaimed, not trusting him believing that the Fire Nation always lies. She hit Zuko with some water and he glared at her. His temperature went up and the water turned to steam as it was boiled off of him.
"I told you I didn't want to fight you." Zuko said and shot a large blast of fire at her. Katara dodged to the best of her ability then hit Zuko with snow. The prince blasted fire at the snow and created fire daggers. He ran towards her and Katara's eyes widened for a millisecond. She did her best to dodge and block his attacks.
When Zuko saw that she was tiring, he made the fire daggers disappear and quickly grabbed her wrists. He looked into her eyes and froze. Katara struggled to get free, but to no avail.
"You're coming with me." He told her loud enough so the she could hear him. Katara's eyes showed fear, she didn't want to be stuck on a Fire Nation ship or anywhere that had Fire Nation in the name. Zuko signaled the soldiers to get back on the ship and they marched back onto the ship.
"Let go of me!" She commanded and he ignored her. Zuko forced her onto the ship, making Katara do the logical thing, which would be scream. Sokka heard his sister scream and ran towards the ship.
"Katara!" He yelled, worried for his sister's safety.
"Sokka!" Katara yelled back and she tried to run off the ship, but Zuko continued to hold her wrists. Sokka threw his boomerang at Zuko and the firebender skillfully dodged it. Sokka ran onto the ship just as Katara kicked one of Zuko's shins. He grunted then glared at her.
"That won't be enough to escape." Zuko informed her and Katara's eyes narrowed. The prince continued to hold her wrists and threw her into his quarters. He shut and locked the door then ran towards Sokka, who was lunging at Zuko with a spear. Zuko broke the spear with his arm and Sokka grabbed a club and swung it at Zuko. The prince got hit on the shoulder, then he used the half-moon crescent kick, that knocked Sokka off the ship and into the water.
Katara thought that he forgot to lock the door, so she tried to open it, but it didn't budge. She thought for a moment and started pounding on the door with her fists. Zuko heard, but decided to ignore it.
"Set sail! We are going home!" Zuko yelled and Katara's eyes narrowed. The prince saw his uncle and Iroh also heard the banging on the door. Uncle Iroh's expression was of disappointment. Zuko did his best to ignore his uncle and the two relatives walked their separate ways.
Katara knew that her attempts to escape won't work. The waterbender searched for a hiding place and found one. She quickly got under a desk that was surrounded by shadows. Katara hoped that her hiding spot wouldn't be found. That was her place to hide and she hoped that no one would enter the room. Katara didn't know which room she was in on the ship. All she knew was, was that it wasn't a cell, but to her it felt like one.
Author's Note: Okay, these short chapters will hopefully stop next chapter and be longer!
