Okay, Hi! So shorter chapter, but I felt it was alright enough to post! :D So I might have slower updates. I've been busy drawing and I got a new lizard yesterday(YAY!) and he's gonna get a lot of my attention, so I'll do my best to keep updating as quickly as possible, but for now, here's the next chappie. ;P Enjoy.

I opened my mouth to explain when Chad ran into the Prop House, "What happened?" he asked and shortly after the sprinklers stopped, "Are you all alright? Where'd the fire come from?"

"We're all fine," Sonny said, "And as far as the fire goes, we were hoping Zuko could tell us."

They all looked at me. I looked back and forth at everyone in the room. I closed my eyes and exhaled. Why should I not tell them? It's not like it's a secret or anything. I should tell them who I am.

"I can bend fire," I said.

"Bend fire?" Sonny said, "What does that mean?"

"I can…" I started, a flame appearing in the palm of my hand and everyone gasped, "…Manipulate fire," I juggled it between my hands, "Control it… make it do what I want…"

Sonny went to touch it and I made it disappear, "But fire is very dangerous and very unreliable," I said. She pulled her hand back.

"It can be used for good…" I said, "However, nowadays, all the fire benders use it for evil…they cause grief…pain…suffering…even death. There's a war going on. It's been going on for one hundred years."

"That's terrible," Sonny said.

"Yes. Fire Lord Sozin started the war… And his son, and his son have continued it…hopefully it will stop there…it depends on the next Fire Lord," I said.

"Why did he start the war?" Sonny asked me.

"Fire Lord Sozin wished to expand the Fire Nation into a worldwide empire. Most of the Fire Nation didn't agree, however, the war still went on. After a comet came, Sozin's Comet is what it's called, Sozin wiped out the Air Benders… all but one… The Avatar… Master of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire… But the Avatar had gone missing before Sozin wiped out the air benders and I found him several months ago… however when I found him I planned to bring him back to the Fire Nation-"

"I can't believe the Fire Nation. I mean, you're from it and you're alright, but I think anyone related to Sozin should be ashamed of being related to someone as horrible as him!" Sonny said.

"Yeah, I'd hate being alive if I was related to someone as horrible as that," Nico said.

"But I bet you'd be as ruthless and evil as him. It seems to run in the family from what you're telling us… Sozin's son and Sozin's son's son... All Fire Lords you tell us?" Chad asked.

I cleared my throat and said, "Yeah."

"Yeah, and who knows how the next Fire Lord will turn out! I mean it sounds like these other guys were real jerks. I bet this other guy's already pretty bad," Chad said.

I looked at the floor, "He's made some mistakes… that's for sure… There are plenty of things he regrets… things he wishes he could take back or redo."

"Zuko… you're not telling us something," Sonny said.

I looked up, straightened my posture and said, "I only told you my name and what I am, but not who I am…"

No one spoke so I continued, "I am Prince Zuko. Crown prince of the Fire Nation, heir to the throne and son of Fire Lord Ozai and Princess Ursa, great grandson to Fire Lord Sozin…"

"Oh," Chad said, "Well… you know, I wouldn't have said what I did about the next guy in line being a jerk 'n all…"

"But… I don't know if I will ever be Fire Lord… I don't know," I said quietly.

"Why?" Sonny asked.

"Because I've been banished from the Fire Nation," I said, "I was challenged to an Agni Kai after I spoke out of place in a war council… I thought I was challenging a general, however, it was my father, Fire Lord Ozai I was fighting… I… I fell on my knees and begged for forgiveness and not to fight… I was already looked down on in his eyes and that was just another thing he thought was cowardly and disrespectful. So…"

"… So he burned you," Sonny said.

"Burned, disowned, banished… only when I found the Avatar and brought him back to my father I could return and regain my honour… Everyone thought it would be a mission that could not be completed for the Avatar had disappeared for close to one hundred years… though three years later I found him, had him in my grasp! I was on my way home! And he escaped. I was chasing him all over the world with my Uncle… the only other member of my family aside from my mother who wasn't bad… He was more of a father to me than Ozai was…But I stabbed him in the back…betrayed him…" I closed my eyes for a moment and just stood there.

"Did something happen to your mother, Zuko?" Sonny asked.

"Something. But I don't know. She disappeared when I was young. I never found out what happened…" I said, opening my eyes.

"So about this Avatar dude," Chad said, "You said he could do all that magic bending stuff or whatever?"

"All the elements. He can manipulate Fire, Earth, Water, and Air. I was told to capture him and bring him back to my father so I could restore my honour… Yeah, I followed him all over the world, but if I did capture him, it was never for long. He'd always escape… But just recently… even though I had hunted down and tried several times to capture him, he and his friends let me into their gang... Aang needed to be taught fire bending and I could teach him… But I didn't get their trust easily. I had to earn it. And slowly but surely, I did. Now I aid Aang in his quest to end the Fire Lord's reign and the war and bring peace back to everyone," I said.

"Wait, so you said you followed him all around the world… so how come you've never seen here?" Sonny asked.

"I don't know. It doesn't make any sense. I have been all around the world… but I have never seen here or any other place like it," I said.

"Huh… odd," Sonny said.

"Do they all dress like you did when we first saw you?" Tawni asked.

"No one dresses like you where I come from if that's what you mean," I said.

"So they all dress out of fashion and you know…. All baggy like?" Tawni asked.

I looked down at what I was wearing: a baggy black short sleeve shirt and the same grey sweat pants as yesterday.

"These aren't even mine," I said.

"Yeah, they're mine," Chad said.

"Oh…" Tawni said, "Sorry."

"None taken. They weren't even clothes I liked," Chad said.

I sighed.

"Not that they don't look good on you or…or anything…" Chad said, "Baggy works for you!"

"Thanks… I suppose," I shrugged. I didn't really care at the moment about how I looked. Normally, I just didn't care.

"You at least could do something about your hair!" Tawni said.

"What's wrong with my hair?" I asked.

"Look at it! It's shaggy, it's hanging in front of your face, it's longer than a lot of girls' hair I've-" I cut her off,

"Hey! My hair is fine!" I said. I wasn't quite yelling, but I was still loud about it. Though I did have to admit, it was getting a bit long. After who knows how long I had been unconscious at sea, my hair did seem to be a bit longer than it did than when I last remembered seeing it.

"You could at least get a trim!" she said, rolling her eyes, "I still think that your scar will turn away girls as soon as they look at you, so maybe some makeup."

"I do not wear makeup," I growled, "I'm not a girl!"

"I don't know about her, but I like your scar," Sonny said, "It just makes you seem more…mysterious or something!"

"Or intimidating," Chad said.

"A bit scary," Grady said.

"And that whole fire bending thing doesn't seem to help," Nico added.

"Ah, give him some space," Zora said, "I'm sure he doesn't like being ganged up on like this."

There was silence and I couldn't help but noticing Sonny staring at me in an odd way: A way of admiration… curiosity… and like she wanted to ask me something, but was too nervous to ask.

Chad seemed to notice her look, too. I saw him look to her, to me, and back to her. He looked a bit confused, but more concerned if anything.

"Zuko?" She asked quietly, "Can I talk to you alone?"

I looked at Chad. He shifted his weight from one foot to another and still looked concerned.

"Sure," I said.

And she walked out of the Prop House and into the hall, but she walked pretty far and after looking around said, "Do you want to go out for dinner tonight? I know this really nice place, it's pretty fancy, but the food is great and-"

"Sonny, you aren't asking me on a date are you?" I asked.

"What?" she laughed, almost nervously, "No, no, no, of course not! I meant like, a casual dinner or something!" her cheeks were flushed with red. She was embarrassed and I didn't feel like she was completely telling the truth.

"Alright then. As long as it's casual," I said.

"Alright, so we'll leave you know, later tonight, like eight or something?" she asked.

"It's up to you," I said.

"Alright! Sonny said, "Eight it is!" and she walked back towards the Prop House.

I sighed, not walking back with her quite yet. I had a bad feeling about this. And I started to feel like Sonny felt about me in a different way than I felt about her. This wasn't going to turn out well.