The afternoon sunlight had fully shown into the room and onto her face, interrupting her slumber with it's stinging rays. She groaned and sat up, looking around the room. Her thoughts wandering to last night, where had she been at the time? She couldn't remeber. What was she doing? She didn't know. Who was 'he'? She had no clue...

Now what? Walking up to the window, she breathed in deeply at the crisp air.

Down.

She looked down, only to find herself and a high position. The ground was far down. It suddenly hit her. A tower.

Yes, she was in a tower. Not a very high tower, it wasn't a castle, it was probably just a watch tower. Great.

Walking around the room, she saw a note that stuck on the doorknob. It read:
Don't leave.
Wait for me.
I'll be back...

Chills went up her spine. What did this stranger want to do with her? She didn't know and didn't want to know. All she planned to do was get out. Get out now.

She twisted the doorknob. It wouldn't budge. More twists came until she gave up. Stuck. Stuck in somewhere she didn't know, with some she began to fear. Last night didn't matter. She was tired and couldn't care less. But today did. And so does when he comes back.

"Where are you guys..." she whispered, now beginning to cry. "Help me."

Zuko wandered the woods looking for some food. He's already picked berries and fruits good enough for two. Oh how he wished he still had his ship. Things were easier back then, not when his sister came to ruin everything, but when his mother was still alive. Then he remembered something from one of his journeys...

"My mother's necklace! How did you get that?" yelled the younger girl he tied to a tree. A look of frustration both in their eyes.

"So, that was her mother's. I wonder what happened to her." Yes, he wondered. He wondered about her past, then about his, then about the present. And from the viewpoints of those in this story, the present was NOT good.

Light in the room started to grow dim as the sun sank down. She continued to cry, for she knew she had to face 'him' when he came back... and she was scared. Moments later, the sun was no more, and the light slowly fainted away with it. Once again, the she lay in the pale darkness. There were candles nearby, but she had no matches or fire to start them. Silence...

The door slowly burst open to reveal the masked figure once again. She watched him come closer in fear.

"Who are you!?"

"..."

"I said, WHO ARE YOU!?"

"..." Instead, he flared up the candles and set down the food by her. She gasped.

She was with a firebender...