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"We need to go somewhere," Toph whispered. I tried to think of a place that was hidden. A place where we could relax for a couple of days, then I remembered when we went to Ember Island with Azula. It was an awful time for me but if I was just with Zuko, it would have been different. I really wanted to try that out again. This time I would actually enjoy it. "Zuko, what about Ember Island?" He glanced up from his dinner and shrugged. "Yeah, I mean I doubt Azula would be there. I mean no one would really look for us there and beside we just need to hide Aang's arrow. No one would recognized us at all,"
"Then let's go!" Toph said excitedly. I chuckled and looked over at Aang, who looked just as excited. "Yeah, let's go!" Everyone agreed but Katara. We all looked at her and she sighed, "Fine. We just need to be careful!"
We packed up the camp and climbed onto Appa. Appa took the reins and said the normally, "Yip Yip"
Appa lunched himself into the sky and Zuko told us it will be a few hours before we arrive. So, I did what a normal person would do and took a nap resting against Zuko. It didn't take me long to fall into a deep sleep.
"Harmony!" I jerked my head to the left and then to the right. There was no one there. No one, but I knew it was Zuko's voice. It had to be. I knew his voice like the back of my hand. "Wake up!" I was in a dark hallway and every few minutes a flash of fire would just go past me. I could feel the heat but all I heard was Zuko screaming for me and an evil laugh. "Leave her alone!" I could feel panic swelling up in my chest. Where was he? Was I even alive? Was someone attacking me or using me against him? Suddenly the dark hallway went bright and I found myself standing in a court yard. Katara and Zuko were hunched over something. I took a step closer and saw my pale, lifeless body. Zuko was sobbing while Katara was running water over my burns. I glanced at Zuko's face to see that he was also burnt badly.
That's when I heard the laugh again. Azula was tied up and looked crazed even more than she already was. She was spitting out her blue fire left and right then she suddenly stopped. "The whole will be a better place without little Harmony!"
"Harmony, we are here," I jerked away and saw Zuko was rubbing my back lightly. Aang and Katara was unloading Appa's saddle while Sokka was helping Toph get down. "Are you alright? You are sweating,"
I sat up fully and ran my hand over my face. He was right; my face was covered in sweat. "Bad dream. Let's unpack," I said quickly sliding off of Appa's back.
000
We decided to have a look around and saw that there was going to be a play. "Oh come on. It should be fun. Aang's has his head cover. No one will know!" I said pleading with Katara. She finally agreed and we took our seats in the very back on the top balcony. Zuko wrapped his arm around my shoulders and the play began. The more I watched it the more I felt sick. They had made Zuko out to be a baby while they made me out to be like:
"Oh Zuko! I know my looks are overpowering but please! Oh please don't hold that against me,"
"I do not sound like that at all!" I hissed nudging Zuko in the side. Zuko pushed me away and glared down at the stage. The intermission came and I made a bee line into the lobby. Everyone was furious but Toph. We hadn't gotten to her character yet and I was almost ready to see her react so negatively like we did to ours. Aang was pissed because they made it seem like Katara was head over heels for Zuko.
They made Zuko seem like a spoil rotten prince. The person who played Aang was actually a girl and Sokka wasn't really sure how to react to his character. Me on the other hand was livid. They made it seem like I was a bitch who just teased Zuko the whole time. They made it seem like I only cared about my looks. I sighed and leaned against the wall watching all of us mope.
A group of kids walked by and told Zuko that they loved his costume then stared at me. "Wow! Your costume is good too! But you don't really seem as beautiful as Harmony though," I pushed myself off the wall and made movement towards the kids before Zuko jumped to life pushing me back. Sokka held me back and I let out a low growl.
"I'll see you guys later. I need to get out of here before I lose my cool," I hissed pushing Sokka off of me. He backed away and Zuko didn't put up a fight. No one really tried to stop me and I was thankful for that. That play was making me cringe and I just couldn't take it anymore. I knew I wasn't like that, but a part of me wonders if that's what really thought of me as. It wouldn't have hurt as much but we were in the Fire Nation. Is this really what my fellow Firebenders saw me as?
I reached the beach house and stared at the picture that Katara had found earlier. She thought it was Zuko when really it was his father. The Fire Lord. The look on Zuko's face was heartbreaking. His father looked so innocent and yet his father was never like that. From all the stories, Iroh told me about him, he was just as cruel as he is now. I knew Zuko didn't want to believe that but in a way I think he knew.
I sighed, I hope Aang have a plan on how he is going to defeat the Fire Lord. Because he wasn't going to think twice about killing Aang. The end was getting close.
