So this is the second chapter of this potentially sucky fanfic Characters are probably OOC so bear with me please :)
Rated T just because I'm paranoid like that
Once again I don't own Avatar :( although I do own Tiana
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Previously
" Him " she said pointing directly at Zuko with a voice dripping with venom.
The group then turned to the former prince and said in sync "Zuko? " he stood almost as surprised as them..but still trying to place where he'd seen the girls face before
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" Me? What about me? " Zuko stood anger rising in his voice at the strange but familiar girl, she lowered her hand but still steaming at the once friend turned foe 'YOU! He's here to kidnap the Avatar!!" now the band of teens stared at each other before bursting into laughter , Tiana showing no amusement spoke again " This isn't funny!! Its serious! He's here to kidnap the avatar! " Sokka then stood up tears streaming down his face from what had just unfolded " No he's not! " he said trying to get a breath between his laughter but seeing as he couldn't Toph spoke laughing almost as hard " Sparky is harmless ! " she managed out , Zuko who had almost fallen over from the accusation stayed silent Katara however was the next to speak " He switched sides a while ago " she explained and not two seconds later had another figure joined the Gaang
"What's going on? Oh! I see our new guest has awoken " Suki said with a sweet smile on her face but then tilted her head out of curiosity " Umm...what's going on here?" they all started explaining about what had just occurred with a snicker here and there mainly from Sokka and Aang though
Later
After explaining the events Aang spoke " So you never did tell us your name " He said his eyes gleaming with curiosity " Oh I'm sorry… I'm Tiana " she said in a polite tone but keeping her eyes on Zuko
" And where are you from " Suki then said still with the same sweet smile she had first greeted her with but before Tiana could answer Sokka scoffed " Fire nation "
Tiana eyes left Zuko for a moment before giving Sokka a roll of her eyes " Im actually from a small village called Gong-Xei in the Earth Kingdom or rather was called…" she paused and turned her gaze back to Zuko " But Zuko would know all about that village... Wouldn't you ? " He looked up to see her Icy glare that could freeze even the fire nation.
" What do you mean?" Aang said with a look of sorrow and sympathy clear in his eyes " this kid is emotional isn't he? " She thought, she stood with all eyes on her wondering if she should give her long sorrowful story before deciding against it " I'd rather not get into details but in short My village was burned down because of someone who told the fire lord about a group of people who'd been planning a revolt against him ...so many lives were lost" she choked out , Aang put a hand on her shoulder and she then wiped the tears that began to sing at her eyes regaining her composure she began again " But pony-tail is half right, I was originally born in the Fire Nation before moving to the Northern water tribe and finally the earth kingdom " Almost all the gAang all but one impressed by her travels Katara tells her about how they lived at the Northern water tribe for a brief time and how they loved the earth kingdom ,she interrupts the water bender to inform the teens that she will be leaving soon "Thank you all so much for the bandages and your hospitality "Turning on her heels she started for the forest " WAIT!" Aang yelled out after her ending up in front of her " Why don't you come with us? " he began his eyes hopeful for a new ally , companion and friend " I could always use another teacher y'know different techniques " he said taking a basic fire bending stance she smiled at the young boy "Alright.. but I'm not so sure I can teach you how your mm... used to " she said thoughtful " I can do it! any new bending moves will help " Aang said looking hopeful again
"... You're cute " she said with a side smirk and a hand on his should with this action Aang blushed like mad " But I really don't think you understand " She motioned for them to follow her to the nearby stream she then rolled up her sleeves and pant legs "Watch closely " she then summoned the water with one fluid motion while somehow also controlling fire at the same time the group stood totally stunned at the spectacle that was unfolding in front of them all standing open " ..... how? " one muttered out " impossible " another said " ...it can't be real... it's a trick right? " Zuko muttered out " ...I'm hungry...." Sokka said before being smacked by Suki and Toph.
A look of pure concentration and bliss was on her face although it always made the same thought and wish come to her mind... she'd always wished that the Nations could flow and work together as easily as her bending.… Her ultimate wish was Peace she closed her eyes in both concentration and thinking of old times before she lost her family…
She was pulled out of her concentration when she heard a large crash "What? " she then saw a figure standing not twenty feet away
" Oh hello Avatar... peasants... Zuzu " she spat out with such hatred " Oh and who's this? ... " she inspected the unfamiliar girl "So you've added a new member how...pathetic.… Well whatever you need to try to balance out the odds I suppose" she then grinned zuko muttered a curse word under his breath.
The now six teens took a fighting stance " Its six to one you can't win! Give it up Azula " Sokka yelled out to the girl " Who said I was alone? " a malicious grin beginning to form as two girls came to her left and right flank obviously her close companions and six Dai-Li agents " Meet Ty Lee and Mai and the Dai-Li" the innocent looking girl was Ty Lee and the bored looking one was Mai " Lets just get this over with " the taller girl said with a fake yawn.
Everything after that flashed before Tiana's very eyes as soon as she'd seen the three girls pounce all hell broke loose
Tiana had been fighting off Mai's daggers and Stilettos Dai-Li while the others had been fighting off Ty Lee,Azula and the six earth benders. When a cry of pain was heard and Tiana forgot about Mai and turned towards the noise to see Katara slide down the side of a cliff face after a boulder was hurled at her by one of the Dai-Li agents and he was still fast approaching at her , Katara was too dazed from the hit to get up immediately so she was about to run to her aide before she saw Aang running to her side then turned back to Mai who wasn't in sight , now on her guard to find the silent girl she began scanning her surroundings . Not being able to find the girl she ran to help Toph who was beating two Dai-Li agents senseless and didn't hear an approaching third and but before he could strike she'd attacked him with a blast of fire .Toph turned and realized what'd happened and gave a nod in thanks " So thats three down and three to go " she thought but then saw the girl Mai she remembered was going to attack Zuko who was seeming to have enough trouble fighting his sister. After a short internal battle while running on whether to help the prince or not she decided if he has turned good might as well save him , but if he's still bad then she could at least kill him later , she threw a fireball at the approaching dagger and Zuko shot a quick glance at the girl who was now in battle with his former girlfriend, he fought his sister who then decided she'd had her fun with dear old
"Zuzu" and wanted a new target she quickly scanned the battleground before looking where Zuko's gaze lied... " so this new girl huh? Hm.. Why not have some fun with Zuzu " She winked at Zuko and ran to attack the girl who'd just saved Zuko.
He hadn't seen it coming nobody did... nobody even noticed till the end of this seemingly simple battle...
After the quick decision Azula leaps almost gracefully towards Tiana who looks up at the approaching fire nation princess who's shooting lightning at her and she tries her best to redirect it , Tiana then makes the next move by combining the two elements to come at Azula at an astounding pace the princess obviously surprised at this doesn't shield herself , The girl who'd just given Azula the biggest surprise began to attack her again when all of a sudden the fire nation princess disappears she searches the grounds and sees her going after the Avatar now but before she as soon as she begins to chase her down she feels a sharp pain in her side she looks down and sees one of Mai's daggers t she quickly pulls it out and sees its dripping with fresh blood
"No" she says to herself "I will not go out this easily not here I refuse ..." trying to regain as much strength as possible she quickly does a bending move and throws mai back and proceeds by freezing her to the tree Mai throws a glare almost as bad as her daggers .
She turns quickly and sees that there's there's only Azula and Ty lee , she runs to them as quickly as possible , she then sends a huge fireball in the shape of dragon at Azula almost expecting the attack she easily dodges it but doesn't expect the water in the same dragon form as the fire had been following it she's blasted up against another cliff face and slumps to the ground Zuko and Aang look at the girl with their jaws hanging open after the amazing attack but then see Toph who'd just been disabled by Ty Lee and run to her aide after they went to fight the pink teen she fell to her knee's that being the last of her strength she grabs holds onto the stinging spot on her side which is bleeding heavily and then looks at the others she looked to Sokka who'd begun flailing his arms around to try and ward off Ty Lee before he just slumped to the ground unable to move, Suki who she had also been jabbed in her pressure points earlier still trying to regain feeling ,Toph yelling out curse words a girl of her age probably shouldn't know , Katara still dazed from the hit but unharmed and finally Aang and Zuko trying to get Ty Lee without getting jabbed themselves.
She watched as Aang sent a powerful blast of air at the girl and send her flying , then she sees Zuko picking up a protesting Toph insisting on walking herself and flipping Sokka over his shoulder who yells out an ow after his face smacks into a tree branch as Zuko runs to board Appa and places the two teens carefully in the saddle on the giant bison , Aang picks up Katara's dazed form and also carries her to Appa and yells "Tiana to hurry up" She runs to Appa using whatever strength she has left after that last attack and loss of blood but manages to make it to the Bison " YIp Yip!" she hears the young monk say "Tiana..are you okay? " Katara says finally out of her daze " Yeah " she manages out "Just really tired …" she then feels her eye lids getting heavy "Yeah! you should've seen this fire dragon slash water dragon!! It was incredible !! You should've seen it Katara, will you teach me that one Sifu Tiana? " she looks up with heavily lidded eyes and says '"your wish is my command little one " before falling into a deep sleep against one of the sleeping bags
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flashback
At a Festival in the Fire Nation
"Mommy Mommy!!!! look at all the pretty lanterns ! " Her younger sister Liu-Xi said pulling my parents by the sleeves " her parents both laughed and when she looked at her wonderful family she thanked the spirits that she could call them her own so she couldn't help but smile herself being the oldest at the age of 9 and her sister being 5 ... correction 5 and a half she had to make sure that her sister stayed safe just as her brother would've protected her , her sister and parents she now took on that responsibility... ever since he enrolled in this war...
" Tianaa " her sister whined pulling the older girl out of her thoughts as she tugged on one of her pigtails she immediately looked down at her little sister" Yes , Liu? " " Will you come with me to see the turtle ducks? Mommy and Daddy are going to the tea house and said if we stayed together we could go .…just us!! " she smiles warmly at her sister "your wish is my command little one" the little girl then grabs her sisters hand and pulls her to where the cute turtle ducks she checks her pockets and frowns " What's..Whats wrong? " the younger of the pair just kept searching her pockets before finally answering "I don't have any food to feed to the ducks " the nine year old then tilted her head thoughtfully and checked her pockets " ha! " the older girl said with an accomplished look gracing her features and looked down to her sister and put her hand in a fist around the food she'd found, the five year old looked confused before she'd then opened her fist to reveal a small packet of crackers the younger girl smiled the her biggest and best smile and started breaking up the crackers and began feeding the ducks the older girl just smiled and watched her sister feed the turtle ducks and then looked up to see the royal family well half of it at least "I wonder where the other two are .… the fire lord is probably doing something important but I thought there was a daughter too " she thought, she watched the mother and son but noticed the mother looked sad...remorseful like she had done or was going to do something the prince " Zuko .… " she'd remembered from a lot of her daddys political colleagues and posters and such.
Not really paying attention to what was going on she trips on the fire nation princesses foot "now I wish she hadn't come" you hear snickering and the fire lady comes over and scolds her daughter she begins apologizing for her daughters actions. Just then she sees a hand in front of her face " er...need help out? " he says blushing like crazy , she blushes too and then takes his hand " thank you..." she whispers the fire lady then comes over to you and the Princess says her apologies but not without a few mumbles and grumbles of course, " Let me buy you something new to wear " she says taking the girls hand but she slips her hand out of the fire ladys hand she looks down at her feet "Thanks for offering but... my parents will be worried and my little sister wants to be with the turtle ducks right now .." Azula rolls her eyes at the girls shyness and Zuko just keeps staring " Hm.. you might catch cold in that so why don't you and Zuko go to that store right there Azula and I will stay with your sister.… if of course its all right with you...? " " Tiana " she finishes "And yes that's fine I suppose thank you I'll go tell my sister but... are you okay with this... "she blushes as she says his name " ..zuko? " he hears her sweet melodic voice and can't help but say anything other than yes " Alright " she chimes not too much later she comes back and says her sister is fine with it and locks arms with Zuko.
They walk into the store and are greeted by a kind looking old man " How may I help you kids.... " he studied the boy " ...my word .…Augusta !! we have royalty in our shop!... how may I assist you Prince Zuko? " his wife they guess walks in after he finishes his greeting to the Prince and Tiana
" *ahem* The Lady would like a new kimono please " he said in his most regal voice he could muster the younger girl just giggled at this "hm...I have just the one " He went into the back of the store and returned with a white silk kimono with fire lilies embroidered in it and red and gold trimming at the neckline sleeves and bottom of the kimono she just looked at it in awe "We'll take it " he then hands the man the money and she goes back and puts it on.
When she emerges Zuko can only stare in wonder of the girl before him she was...beautiful maybe even more than his mother "You look...wonderful " she blushed and managed to say thank you the two kids then leave the store to go back to their families
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Zuko's P.O.V
Zuko stares intently at the girl across from him he studies her face but still just can't figure out where he remembers her from he keeps wracking his brain for an answer but continues to end up with nothing , He tries to talk himself out of thinking he remembers her but why would she act like she knew him? " damn ... so many questions unanswered... like why did Mai and Ty Lee go back to fighting with Azula after they'd helped us escaped the Boiling Rock and now with this girl...Tiana where did she come from, how did she get that injury when we'd ...rather Aang had found her and more importantly why does she act like she knows exactly who I am … past reputation , mutual friends and small meetings in towns... better yet why does she herself seem familiar ? " When he drifted back to earth he realized that he'd fallen asleep he looks and sees the suns about to rise and everyone is still asleep except Aang who looked like he'd fall over any second " Let me take the reins for a bit , you sleep. You need your rest " Aang only answered with a big Yawn and settled down next to Katara " figures "
He'd been flying for a few hours now daylight had past it had to be about 10 when everyone had finally stirred Aang took the reins again and everyone had scooted up to the front of the saddle to talk with each other he looked at them chattering away momo sitting on Aangs shoulder.… his usual resting place, but he'd also noticed that the mysterious girl was still sleeping " she's been sleeping for a while... maybe I should wake her up to tell her that we're approaching the western air temple so they could rest before setting off to the fire nation " he carefully crawled across the saddle and sat next to the sleeping girl he then gently shook her when that didn't work he put him hands on her waist and placed her from her original position of lying down to a sitting position he felt something sticky on his hand and looked down and inspected his hand . "what the....holy Agni! " he panicked and saw a huge gash on her side " AANG!! " he yelled out causing the others to turn to him he now cradled the not sleeping but unconscious form of the girl who'd basically saved them "What's the matter?! " Aang said trying to keep his eyes on the sky and look at the same time Katara then saw Zuko's blood-stained hand and turned to Aang "We need to land .…QUICKLY!! " Aang saw the Western Air Temple and Appa sped through the air and came to a screeching halt , Zuko was the first to get off with Tiana in his arms then followed in order by Aang, Katara , Sokka, Toph and Suki.
He ran to the Air temple and searched for the bedrooms , when he'd found one he carefully set the girl down and called Katara in first Katara was about to undress the girl but then a thought came to her mind... what if she's not wearing bindings? She shooed the boys out and undressed the girl who did in fact have bindings on to Katara's relief. She then called for water and Zuko bursted in without thinking with a bucket of water after realizing she was only in her bindings he blushed and excused himself " pfft..boys " she muttered before beginning to heal the girls wounds.
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Chapter three should be up soon... maybe xD
