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Chapter 3
The Voyage
I and my siblings were out on the street, and everyone who had found out the rumors about us showed no sympathy, thanks to my dad. With each day that passed, my hatred for my father became stronger. He did this to us. I would always convince myself, but there was still a part of me that remember being tossed into the air by him, when he wasn't a deserter.
Don't worry though, I have a plan. I always have to have a back up plan nowadays.
We walked towards the docks, where many fire nation ships were held. All you have to do is find a boat, and travel to the South Pole, to find your grandmother. It seemed simple enough in my head, but now that I was actually standing there, I realized how many things could go wrong.
I gripped my younger siblings' hands, and continued onto the wooden dock. "Hikari?" A familiar voice sounded from behind me. I turned around excitingly, but the face was different from what I remembered. "…Zuko?" I asked hesitantly, seeing that half of his face was bandaged. "Yeah. What are you doing here?" He asked, looking down to Michi's face. "I was about to ask you the same. Our house has recently burnt down, we don't know if our mother survived or not. What about you?" It felt like I was having a normal chat with an old friend, but things were definitely not normal here.
He looked down in shame. "I was banished by my father. I'm leaving, in search for the avatar." He looked determined, but I saw the pain hidden in his eyes. "We're trying to find a boat to head to the South Pole for our Grandmother…" I looked at the boat he had his hand on. "Do you have one?" Riku let go of my hand, embarrassment flooding over him as he didn't realize it was there. Zuko hesitated, and then looked at my sister, my brother, and me. We had been living in the same clothes since the day our house burnt down, (Four days ago,) and figured it wasn't an exactly perfect picture.
"Zuko, who is this?" I heard a gentle voice and turned to see Iroh coming down the ship's stairs. "You don't recognize me?" I asked, giving a rare grin. He chuckled lightly, "how could I forget about you, Hikari?" He looked at our poor condition, and frowned immediately. "Their house has burnt down Uncle, they are wishing for a transport to the South Pole." Zuko said stiffly. "Well then what are you waiting for? Come right aboard!" He said, gesturing to the deck, and my siblings ran forward. "On one condition, you stay with us." Zuko added, shocking me.
I considered the options. Stay behind, and miss the opportunity to leave, or stay with Zuko, and get Michi and Riku safely to grandmother.
In this case, there were no options; I would always put my family before myself. I sighed, but nodded slowly. Iroh was about to interrupt, but thought better of it, followed me and Zuko on board.
How will I tell them? I thought to myself as I watched both of them imitating a soldier that was standing very still, and not laughing at their funny faces.
I know short chapter, but I'll be uploading one shortly after this! Just wanted to leave a cliffhanger. :D Haha, I'm evil.