First impressions

Finally Zuzu is discharged from the hospital. She can't wait to start her mission. To leave her monstrous father and evil sister behind. To leave her room where she cried daily for hours without comfort, and alternated between sleepless nights and vivid nightmares ever since her mother left. To gloriously return with the Avatar's head, just like her father demanded. So she can prove to him she's worth more than a punching bag or a sex toy. So she can regain her honour and her right to the throne.

Her father didn't even come to set her off, but what else did she expect?

Azula, on the other hand, appears with a spiteful grin on her face. 'My dear Zuzu, you weren't planning on leaving without saying goodbye to your little sister? Were you?' she asks in a sarcastic way.

'Goodbye Azula.' Zuzu mutters coldly.

'I've heard father deformed your body. Seems you're no longer the fairest girl of the Fire Nation. Not that you ever were.' she chuckles.

Despite feeling like she was just stabbed by little needles, Zuzu keeps an emotionless face, deciding to ignore her sister.

However Azula continues: 'Good luck killing the Avatar! You shall need it, especially with your crappy Fire Bending. But don't worry, Zuzu, if you fail I shall take the throne.'

The fake sweetness on her voice makes Zuzu feel sick to the stomach.

So she simply turns her back to Azula, enters the ship, and orders her crew to set sail, without looking back.

Soon enough her uncle tells her: 'The Southern Raiders spotted strange activity in the vicinity of the Southern Water Tribe. They are suspicious it could be Avatar related. Admiral Zhao has already been informed and is currently on his way. So we should speed up and attempt to arrive before him.'

Her uncle was right. Admiral Zhao, her father's best friend, was the most power thirsty man she ever knew. He would do anything to catch and kill the Avatar before her. He wouldn't allow anything to get in the way of his ambitious dreams. He wanted to be worshiped like a celebrity and written in history books as the Avatar Slayer, the saviour of the Fire Nation, the best Admiral ever, and who knows what else.

So they sail as fast as they can.

Zuzu wonders how the Avatar looks like. He's over a hundred years old, so he must look like a mummy by now. She wonders if he's bald with tattoos, and wears the typical orange monk clothes, or if he's undercover wearing blue Water Tribe clothes. She wonders if he's weakened by old age, or if he masters all four elements making him invincible.

The idea of having to fight such a powerful being triggers her anxiety. But arriving late and having to fight off Zhao instead would be a complete disaster. Zuzu feels her hands shaking, and it's not from the ice-cold air. She feels herself becoming dizzy again and realizes it's due to her hyperventilating. So Zuzu focuses on taking deep breaths and tries to empty her mind, afraid of entering in state of panic again.

Eventually the ship stops ashore the Southern Water Tribe. Meaning the moment of truth has arrived. Zuzu follows her men out of the ship slowly and gracefully, trying to show off confidence, even though she feels like puking. At least there are no signs of Zhao.

A weird guy with a painted face runs shrieking in her direction. He clumsy aims a boomerang at her, but she effortlessly catches it mid-air, and throws it back striking him on his forehead. He immediately falls unconscious on the snow. The guy must be retarded announcing his attack in such a loud way.

Zuzu's nerves subside as she realizes the rest of the villagers are women and children. However she can't spot the Avatar. The only person looking over a hundred is an old wrinkled Water Tribe woman.

Zuzu yells in frustration: 'Where is the Avatar!'

As nobody dares answer her, she threatens them with fire: 'I'll burn you all alive if you don't hand me over the Avatar!'

Again nobody answers. Zuzu's anger rises to uncontrollable levels. However when she's about to put her threat into practice, a bald kid with an arrow tattoo on his head and orange clothes appears and says: 'I am the Avatar!'

Zuzu can't believe him, he's too young, so she shouts: 'You're just a kid!'

So the kid blows her onto the ground with Air Bending and says: 'And you're just a girl.'

His comment is enough to send her over the edge. Zuzu stands up as fast as she can. Her hair is already a mess, making her wish she had worn a ponytail. She steps closer to the kid and says: 'I am not just a girl! I am Fire Princess Zuzu, heir to the throne! And I am your soul enemy, the Anti-Avatar, here to destroy you!'


A/N: I decided to make Zhao admiral since the beginning, so he can be more powerful. Please Review!