Okay chapter three…this one will probly be short since mi papa needs the comp 2night for some poker tourneys….oh well….thanx to stfu n00b for the review, even though i have no idea what the heck it's supposed to do...at least i finally got a review for this story...and now the disclaimers quickly so I can do the story…
Zuko-DFoC does not own Avatar, otherwise there would have been a 3rd season already and I would probably be with Katara…read & review…and no flames or I will shoot 'em right back at ya…
DFoC- or I will slowly drink away your life as I bury my sharp fangs into your sweet and pulsing necks…//bares fangs, hisses, then sinks them into a flamer of a story that was actually really good, flamer shudders, falls down dead// ahhh…lip-smacking good…now get over here Shane and kiss me //makes out furiously with boyfriend// now the story
"I'm so…yawn…tired," Lena said after flying for hours on end. She laid a hand on her growling stomach and smiled. "And hungry." She looked over the bison's head and noticed some smoke from a campfire. "Well, where there's a camp there's probably food, and maybe somewhere to sleep." She pulled on the reins to guide the bison straight to the camp, but decided it would probably be better if she walked there from a small distance instead of dropping straight in.
She landed the bison in a little secluded area not far from the camp, got off, and walked. She could smell something cooking, and her mouth started watering. When she got near the camp, she heard talking. She stopped just behind the last few bushes before the camp, listening carefully. Their accents sounded so familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.
"We've got to do something. Your mother and father are getting more irritated each passing day," one voice said. The person sounded kind of old. The next sounded more like a teen, about seventeen Lena guessed, as she was about to turn seventeen herself.
"No!" the kid commanded. "I know what I'm doing. Soon, traveling will control all they think, their thoughts, and then they will have to travel. We'll start walking some more tomorrow morning. You're dismissed." The kid said that last part a little too curtly, possibly meaning it to be an insult. The older guy whispered something, but apparently the bossy brat didn't hear.
"Looks like I found meself a purty little sneak." Lena found her mouth covered by a moldy cloth, the stench of it unbearable. A man had snuck up on her, gagged her, and tied her hands and feet together in one fluid moment. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder, completely oblivious to her kicks, her muffled screams. He walked into the camp, whistling for the others to come out. "I found us a pretty to play with tonight," he said with an evil smirk on his face. He threw Lena down and her eyes widened at what he said, thrashing some more. The bratty kid she heard earlier came out of the only tent behind her.
"What the hell is going on? You all have specific orders to follow." He stopped when he saw Lena trying to avoid being touched by his men. She was failing, and one man's hand was about to rip off her shirt, another man working on her skirt and shorts. They quickly let go of her, fire surrounding them. "Well, well, well. What have we here, men?" he asked with fury dripping like poison from his voice. Lena twisted her head around to look at here savior, frowned and wriggled even more seeing the kid she had heard earlier.
"I found me a sneak, your highness. In the bushes, just over there." He bowed deeply, pointing to the bushes where Lena had been hiding.
'A prince?' Lena thought curiously. 'The only nation I know of that has a prince is…the…oh shit.' She thrashed around even more, trying to loosen the ropes that held her and get out of there. Her face was thrust upward by a hand. Lena found herself staring into a pair of dark, amber eyes. She averted her gaze, refusing to be caught in the spell they were giving off. Immediately, she saw on the tent behind the kid the Fire Nation emblem. Without thinking, she looked straight back into those deep eyes. His hand let go of her and she instinctively closed her eyes. Instead of feeling pain, she felt the moldy cloth drop from her mouth. She looked, and saw the cloth on the ground in front of her.
"We don't treat guests like this, even if they are water tribe peasants," he told the men. The boy moved behind Lena. She felt warmth as the ropes were burned away. She mentally slapped herself.
'Idiot! Why didn't I just use fire to get these damn ropes off me?' Lena felt the same warmth on her feet as the ropes turned to ash on the ground. She got up and dusted herself off. She looked around, trying to find a way out, but all free men had surrounded the camp, blocking any escape paths. She sighed.
"Now, what's wrong?" the prince asked her. She looked up angrily, crossing her arms and turning around. "Oh come on now. Don't make me regret taking off those ropes. Is this how you repay the person who let you free?" He was circling around her, trying to look into her eyes again, and each time she moved a different way, still avoiding his glare.
"If you call this free, then I don't want to know what you call captive," Lena retorted sourly. The prince pursed his lips in a frown.
"Well then, guess I'll have to go back to you being captive." The boy snapped his fingers. Lena didn't know what he meant until two big guys had her arms pinned to her side, easily picking her up and carrying her to the prince's tent.
"H...hey! Let me go!" she screamed. They set her down on the bed roughly and left standing outside the tent so she couldn't leave.
"You've got to be freaking kidding me! I just left home and now I'm captive to some spoiled palace brat!" Lena was shouting this, and then started to talk in some language that no one else knew. No one, that is, except the prince. He walked into the tent after a few minutes, saw her pacing around.
"If you don't stop that, you're going to make a hole in the ground," he said with slight boredom. Lena shot death glares at him.
"If I want to make a hole, then I will. Back off, you palace bastard!" He was moving toward her.
"You aught to be more careful about what you say to me." Lena purposely widened her eyes.
"Oh, I'm so scared! What are you gonna do about it, tell your mommy?" The boy was searing with anger, and he couldn't help letting it out. And the nearest person happened to be Lena. He shot a whip of flame at Lena, expecting to hear screaming. Instead, he saw her slap the fire aside. "Pathetic. My turn now," she said with a smirk. She didn't want to blow her cover, so she just bended the water in the cup on the small table behind the prince and whipped him with it. When he turned to stop the next whip, it hit him right in the face.
"Peasant," he spat out angrily. Lena just smirked, shrugging her shoulders.
"What can you do? I am who I am, and apparently I'm the person kicking the fire prince's ass." The water fell to the ground with a splash as the prince moved with such speed that he was holding onto Lena's wrists tightly in one second. "What the...? Let me go!" She was struggling to get out of his grip, but he held on tightly.
"Don't think so. Now why don't you sit down," he said with force as he shoved her slightly causing her to trip and land on the bed. "And chat a while. What's your name?"
"Like I'd tell you," Lena mocked. The prince started getting angry again, and she stuck her tongue out at him. She knew it was childish, but she couldn't help it.
'It's so fun making him mad! And he looks so cute!' Lena's eyes widened at her thought and she shook her head quickly, trying to get it out of her mind. With a sigh, the prince sat down on one of the cushions next to the table, just staring at Lena. She returned the glare, noticing just what he looked like then. He had black hair, cut short and slightly spiked in the back. 'Well, at least they got rid of that rule about the hair. They all looked so stupid with ponytails,' she thought. He had dark amber eyes that anyone could drown in if they stared long enough. Instead of wearing the normal princely armor, he was wearing a pair of black pants, tied off at the ankles (A/N: they look like Zuko's when he's fighting Zhao on his ship, here's a link to see them fighting with Zuko in the pants) and a vest with no sleeves and gold trimming (A/N: the shirt's in there too, but more around 1:50 or so). He was barefoot, and she noticed his shoes over by the tent entrance. She looked around the tent and noticed the Fire Nation emblem on many things, like the rug, the table, even the cushion he was sitting on. She also noticed some broad swords hanging on the wall behind him. The entire time she looks around the tent, which is actually quite small, the prince watched her with interest.
"Lena." The boy was startled by her voice suddenly.
"Wh…what?" he stuttered.
"Lena, my name. you asked earlier, and now I'm telling you. Your turn, princey." She stared hard at him.
"Don't call me that," he commanded.
"I'll call you what I like, seeing how I'm stuck here. And you didn't actually roll out the welcome wagon either." He sighed at her anger.
"Fine. My name is Prince Caiine. And as you've probably guessed, I am from the Fire Nation." Lena nodded her head sharply.
"Gee, really? I thought you were from one of the Earth Kingdoms. I never would've guessed Fire Nation." She stared at his eyes again. She saw a small vein had appeared on Caiine's forehead.
"Watch your mouth peasant, or I just might give you back to my men tonight." He smiled when he saw her go rigid at the thought, and she was quiet. "Better. Now tell me, why are you traveling?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Lena noticed that the guards in front of the tent had left, and that it was dark out. She decided to use her only weapons left: her female charms and bending. She got up and walked over to the boy, sitting down in front of him. Her eyes became full of emotion, and the boy was surprised at her actions.
"You know, I've always admired the Fire Nation very much," she told him flirtatiously. He smirked at her actions again. She leaned over him, her mouth close to his, and gave him a small shove. He toppled off of the cushion he was on and landed on the floor. Lena threw the pillow aside and tugged her belt off her waist, her skirt loosening. Caiine smiled at her again. She put her hands on the ground and twisted them inward. Immediately, the ground from her hands to his turned to quick sand, and his hands sank down.
"Hey! What the…" Lena had tied the belt around Caiine's mouth, so he was struggling not to sink down any more than he was while trying to call out for help. Lena put her hands back on the ground and twisted her hands the opposite way, causing the ground to become hard, trapping the prince by his arms. His eyes got wide, then slitted in anger as he realized who she was. This girl, the one he had so graciously invited into his camp, was the Avatar.
"Ya know, I do like the Fire Nation, seeing how my father's a great fire bender, along with my uncle, the Great Dragon of the West. But you're just not my type. And I'm not gonna sit here any longer worrying when the hell you were finally gonna figure out who I was. So, see ya, princey!" And with that, she left the prince, who was struggling to get free, and walked right out of the camp towards where she left Miku and Momo. About a minute after she left, a guard came into the tent and saw the prince with arms buried in solid ground, and fainted. Caiine rolled his eyes, lifted his head, and snorted smoke and flame from his nose.
'That peasant will pay for this!' he thought cruelly as another guard came in and started freeing the prince from his prison. And Lena, settling down into sleep next to Miku's fur, laughed silently to herself, thinking of the look on the prince's face as he found himself buried in sand and learned she was the Avatar. She closed her eyes, and sleep took her in a second.
Okay I know I said this would actually be short cuz of my dad's poker tourney, but I ended up finishing it the night after so I kinda made it a little longer…well I hope you liked it, so please review!!! And if you didn't like, then be slightly human…DON'T GIVE ME A FLAME!!!! that's about it for tonight, so I'll probably be updating sometime in the future, maybe tonight maybe tomorrow, who really knows….i am open for character suggestions, because Lena needs to travel with someone eventually…oh and check out the sight from above to see Caiine's outfit. Thanx for reading and please review…byeeeee/\/\
