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


The sad melody of the tsungi horn drifted through the night as it had for weeks now. Iroh had taken to playing the instrument when visiting Zuko, reminiscence of their time together at sea.

Zuko had once confided in her that he'd hated Iroh's music nights, although Katara had never understood why, until now.

Listening to the notes, she could easily see Zuko as he'd been; young and brash, recently banished and injured, saddled with an impossible quest. With nothing but the empty, endless darkness of the sea before him, the lonely sound of the tsungi horn must've been heartbreaking.


Author's Note: So the author went and got pneumonia. Sorry for the lack of updates last week but I wasn't feeling the greatest. I'll post what I can this week while I continue to recover. Enjoy!