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They reached Narune village around noon the next day. During the last few hours on the train; they counted how much money they had left.

"Restoring Sindain tapped me out." Monica growled irritatingly. Aang and the others didn't have money either. "What about you sparky? Your a Prince; you should have unlimited funds."

"Yeah." He answered; getting everyone's hopes up for money. "On my ship. I didn't think I'd need much so I didn't bring much." They sighed irritatingly and tried to decide what to do.

"Looks like we'll need to get jobs." Katara spoke up. "Do you think Narune Village has been wiped out yet?"

"I don't know. If it hasn't I suppose that would be the best place to look. Since smarty here didn't think to bring money!" She narrowed her eyes at Zuko. Who just shrugged it off.

Now that they were in Narune; they saw before them a dusty lot; empty; and deserted.

"Where did everyone go?" Aang asked as if he had just joined the group and had not heard the origin point story.

"Dran.." Monica gasped. "He got Dran too!"

"who the hell is Dran?" Zuko asked irritatingly; Monica explained that Dran was almost the size of appa; and was a dog with wings and horns, and Narune was his origin point. Monica gazed around the empty lot and spotted a house that was in the shape of a submarine.

"Lets see who is in there." They all nodded and ran to the building; climbed the stairs and raced across the deck; and climbed one more short set of stairs. The door was round; and they had to bend over to crawl through it.

Inside the house was a man that was mayor of Narune village. He was a middle-aged single man; and had a love for his town. When we entered; he was slightly afraid of us at first; but as we explained to him what was happening; he warmed up to us and told us of what happened in Narune village...

"It was during our festival. Everyone was having a blast; but soon beams came from the sky and caused fires to burst out from the buildings; and windmills to fall. It was horrible." He growled at himself angrily. "What am I supposed to do? Lose my town? the fire nation has finally gotten a way to destroy all that is good in the world."

"Sir." Monica spoke up. "We are doing what we can to help stop this. We've already fixed sindaine; and all we've got to do now is fix everything else. We'll get your town back!" Monica spoke enthusiastically; like she didn't doubt anything that was going to happen.

"Oh thank you!"

"Father?" Azula knelt before ozai in his throne room. Fire surrounded the throne which her father sat; perched and waiting.

"Yes Azula?" Her father replied.

"What are your plans for the dark genie? Why do you use him to wipe out the world; when you could use him to break through Ba Sing Se's walls?"

"Because daughter of mine;With the genie's power; I can do so much more." Ozai told her. "Why bother using the genie for Ba Sing Se; when I can destroy all that I can before hand?"

"Brilliant father." Azula bowed to him. "Grandfather would never have thought of such a brilliant plan."

They were going to start into the cave the next day. Until then they camped out in the empty lot. Zuko lay on his back stairing up at the sky; thinking.

"Thats who you are Zuko...someone who keeps fighting...even though it's hard..." Zuko closed his eyes for a moment; thinking back to when he had his mother to love; and care about him. "When you mess with a mother's child...she'll bite ya!" His life was so care free back then; back when his mother would scold Azula for frightening him; back when he had someone who cared about him. His mother's face appeared on the screen of his mind. He could still hear her soft lullabys; the warmth of her hugs when he was scared; he wanted nothing more than to see his mother again; to once again feel that love he had lost so many years ago.

"Zuko." He opened his left eye and saw Monica sitting beside him. "Are you awake?"

"Am now. What do you want?" He rose and saw her shush him. "Why?"

"Come with me." He nodded and they both walked to the far end of the lot; Monica telling him why she had asked if he was awake. "You looked like you were about to cry; why? were you having a nightmare?"

"No." he replied. "I was thinking is all. Nothing more than that. It isn't a nightmare; it isn't that I'm still angry at my father; it isn't anything like that."

"Tell me then, why did you look like you were going to cry?"

"I was thinking-"

"I know you were thinking. But about what?"

"My mom. OK?" Zuko shouted at her viciously; as if he was ashamed of telling her that.

"OK; don't need to get snippy about it. I think about my mom too; it isn't anything to be ashamed of."

"What happened to yours?" Zuko asked; partially wanting to know, partially trying to direct the subject away from himself.

"I don't know. Father says she left to go on business in a far away place;but he won't tell me where; or what kind of business she's doing. What about your mom?"

"She-She treated me better than my father did; she loved me unconditionally and would do anything for me." He told her, thinking back to those times he had with his mom. "She ran out on me one night while I was half-asleep; when I woke up she was gone; and no one knew where she was." Monica put her hand on his arm for sympathy. "After that I didn't know what to think; Azula had father and her friends; but I didn't have many friends and I didn't like to play with Azula. So I hung around my uncle mostly. Mother always said that I was someone who kept fighting; even though it was hard. "

"Well-" Monica searched for something to say. "You've got us now. Aang, Katara, Sokka, and I. Were your friends now. I know it hurts; to miss your mother and all; but you've still got us.It isn't like your all alone; with only Azula- whoever she is- and your father." She began to ramble; unsure of where she was going. But Zuko cut her off; telling her he understood what she was trying to tell him. They returned to the camp site; where everyone was sleeping soundly; Aang was curled up on the ground between Sokka and Katara; Monica slept between Sokka and Zuko. Monica and Zuko went back to where they slept and closed their eyes; whispering a goodnight to each other.

yes I've done it again :D You all need to reveiw more. Seriously. but I do appriciate the reveiws I did get! omg; that episode with Zuko's mom was hot. It was all "OMG I'M SO HOT BECAUSE I'M ZUKO." and I was all "yesssssss!"