Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


"So it's agreed?"

Solemnly their eyes met over the dying candlelight. Jaw clenched, she nodded knowing that this would be the last thing Zuko would want. Still, she had no choice. She had to protect his people - her people.

"Good." Hakoda sighed, clearly relived as he addressed the councilmen. "Send our fastest runners. Inform our brothers and sisters of the plan."

She watched them go, heart heavy. "This feels wrong."

"You have a duty to protect your people."

"They're my people!"

"And they always will be, but they have chiefs to look after them. Zuko's people only have you."