One Thing about the fire Nation that was hard to overlook was that it wasn't new at all zuri could look at a Building and knew there were People older then the Buildings in republic City but here the Buildings felt ancient and each step she took felt like taking a step in history itself.
It was late when they arrived and most people were asleep except the gaurds who wore the same white make up, with their eye lids a crimson red and dark green armor. zuko and the gaurds escorted to her room the hallway felt like it was built for a giant and imposing. "You should sleep now we will be meeting the rest of m- our Family tomorrow." he smiled for brief second before closing the door.
she walked to her bed, the room it felt somehow like a cage she looked at the bed and the Windows were completely locked, she looked into the Wardrobe and saw Elaborate gowns and robes. gold flame Ornaments that looked like the ones worn by her uncle, so she decided to take out what felt the most comfortable and use it as a sleeping gown. She rembered her friends in republic City and what they are be doing now...most likely cutting a hole in to some fools bag or is eating burnt meat at that one stands in the park. She kept staring at the ceiling of her bed and only fell asleep after midnight.
She woke up with the dawn, to a woman in the same make up and armor but with gigantic grin on her face. "Morning!"
She yelled startling zuri and causing her to fall out of the bed. "Um, morning I'm zuri and you are?" She asked to the very positive gaurd.
She grabbed her cheeks pinching them. "Ty lee, and you look so much like your mother." zuris eyes wideden to the size of dinner plates.
zuri "WHAT? You knew my mom?!" She asked wanting to know more.
"Oh yea though you didn't get her personality she would have attacked me for suprising her and then order a maid to clean up." She said in her cheerful tone with a smile.
Zuri just added note her mother, she was a ruthless. "Why would I attack one of the guards and Why would my mom?" She added the second part.
Ty lee placed her index under under lips. "hmmm I think it was something about respecting the Nobility. Anyway I'm here to help you get clothed and how do a top knot" Zuri kept looking confused. "A top knot like zuko or Lady ursa." She looked agian confused. "You will meet her soon enough." After being clothed in Brown and dark red Robes and then being showed how to do a top knot like a princess she followed ty lee who was talking about what she would have to do as a member of the royal family until she saw the pond and a elderly woman sitting there feeding the ducklings.
She decided to walk to the Pond and see the ducklings. "They're so cute." The eldely woman looked at the visitor. She had a shocked expresion for btirf Moment before smiling at the Girl who had all her concentration on the ducklings. Zuri would always spent her free time at the republic city park the only Thing she feed was grass and so she pulled Hand full of grass and threw it into the water which caused the elderly woman to look peplexed for Moment before the turtle ducks started rushing to it.
She giggled seeing the Little birds grabbing what they can. "Can I Show you a trick?" Zuri nodded and the woman dipped her finger into the water causing one of the duckling to swim toward her and eat the Crumbs from her Hands. Zuri awed at what the woman just did. "Looks like their mother hasn't come out of the nest." zuri looked at the at water not noticing that the mother turtle duck was out of sight.
Zuri nodded and saw the bread placed next to her. "Can I have some, to feed the ducks please?" agian The elderly woman looked suprised.
She smilled at her ripping the bread in half. "Of Course you can, you're so well behaved." she said Petting her head as she threw pieces of bread into the water.
Zuri just stared at the water and the ducklings Swimming on the Surface as her eyes turned heavy and layed her head on the shoulder of woman not care in the world.
Ursa smiled at her removing the from her face as she smiled.
Meanwhile
Ty lee reached the Dining room. "Good now your Grandmother is at the Pond she always skips on breakfast so she will arrive later and-" She turned around to see that the Girl had disapeared. "Oh no..."
Zuko walked through the open hallways. "What do you mean you lost her?! If anything happend to her." He walked to the Pond. "Mother di-" Before he finished his mother hussed him as he saw zuri sleeping on her grandmothers shoulder. Zuko let out relieved sigh as he left the two and rentered the Dining room.
Mai was first to ask. "did you find her?" He nodded. "where?"
His half sister kiyi joined. "Yea and why isn't she with you? Did she fall into the Pond?"
Zuko chuckled. "Even she did we wouldn't forgot how you fell into it and she is with mother, to be exact sleeping on her shoulder." kiyi eyes widen if easy to carry cameras were invented she would be grabbing one ,taking Picture and be printing it on T-Shirts.
kiyi stood up. "I Need the court painter!" she ran.
Mai gave no reaction and saw the subtle smile on zuko. "Why are you so happy?" She asked, izumi Looked at her father.
He saw his sister was out of sight. "You think she will realize that-." He said as they saw kiyi leading the court painter. "-we have a camera right?" Mai shrugged.
Izumi stood up. "Father may I see my Cousin now?" she spoke in respectfull manner and stood up once zuko nodded.
Authors note: short but sweet. Honestly though this is me and my grandmother when i was 10 and when writing this chapter ended up at Pictures of turtle ducks and the I looked up ducktales and just to summarize I ended watching the entire reboot and the one movie. Ok while writting the next chapter I figured it would be better if izumi was more or less the same age as zuri cause it meant more interactions and less me trying to think of Things to write.
