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I stared at his face. There was a large scar covering the left side of his face. I never remembered seeing that on the banners or pictures of him. I tried to turn my gaze before he saw it, but I was too late.
"It's bad isn't it." he said almost shyly. I couldn't speak. Was I supposed to say yes? It wasn't actually that bad it just took me by surprise.
"No, it's not terrible." I said quietly. He smiled. The smile made me forget my anger for a second.
"You know it's a crime to lie to the prince." he said smiling. I glared and he stopped.
"Why me? There were so many other girls out there and yet...you picked me." I said to avoid the sudden awkward atmosphere. He took my words into thought, then once again he smiled.
"You're a healer aren't you?" he said as if he knew the answer. But how could he know? It's not like I was waterbending in front of him. He saw my facial expression.
"It's your eyes. They are a trait of a water bender."
"A lot of people in our tribe have blue eyes." I said.
"Yeah but none were glaring at me like yours." he said still smiling. I turned away from him not knowing what to say to him.
He could never know what I had gone through when they had taken my mother away.
"Trust me it's nothing personal." I said coldly still unable to look at him. Out of the corner of my eye I saw him lean against the wall and take a sip of water out of a little glass. I flicked my wrist before I knew what I was doing, and I heard the prince gasp. Then he surprised me again by laughing almost hysterically.
I turned and I couldn't help but smile. I had frozen the water to his tongue so the glass was hanging there with the water attached to it. He was actually laughing at this? Wasn't this illegal? I thawed it out and he touched his tongue.
"Interesting party trick. I think my tongue will have freezer burn for a while." he said still laughing. I was still smiling but I said nothing. Why was he so nice? Everyone in the firenation was rich and powerful and well...horrible. Why was he different? It made no sense to me because now I was a prisoner, and this was pure nonsense.
"Why did you want a waterbender?" I asked making him cease the laughter.
"Because we have many soldiers that are injured and they need more attention than bandages can provide." He said still with traces of humor in his tone.
"Why is everything funny to you? I'm a prisoner and all you can do is laugh?" My voice rose a few octaves, and my blood began to boil. His face was a little shocked but then he became serious. Slowly and cautiously, as if I would bite him, he walked toward me. We were only a few inches apart and I suddenly noticed the height difference. He looked down into my eyes, and I felt my face get hot. He placed his hands on the wall behind me so he boxed me in. Was he trying to be intimidating? It wasn't going to work.
"I thought laughter made girls happy? And you're not a prisoner. You're special." He pushed away and lean against the back wall again. He looked at the necklace around my neck.
"Oh...I'm sorry you won't be able to marry him." he said quietly. It was my turn to laugh. He looked at me questioningly.
"It was my mothers...it's all I have left..." When I said this I saw something in his eyes change. I couldn't understand the emotion, whether it was understanding or sympathy. I decided to change the subject.
"Shouldn't the prince be in the palace?" I asked sarcastically. His jaw tightened but his eyes were still soft.
"Maybe i'll tell you that story a different time." He muttered heading towards the door.
"So i'll see you again?" I said sounding too helpful for my taste. He turned to me and smiled.
"Of course you will. I told you, that you were special." And with that he left me with my thoughts.