Thank you for the reviews! I'm so happy! However, it might take me a while for Chapter 3. For now, here's Chapter 2. Enjoy!

Chapter: 2

Zuko was shocked. " A girlfriend!" he said, backing away. Kitten and Iroh nodded. " I don't need a girlfriend!" Zuko yelled at them. Iroh whispered to Kitten. "He's just upset because no girl would date him." Kitten giggled. "I heard that, uncle!" Zuko yelled again. Then he left the palace in a huff.

He entered the palace gardens. " I don't need a girlfriend!" Zuko said to himself. "That'll just waste my time!" There, he laid down on the grass and watched the clouds slowly float in the sky. As the minutes flew by, he got sleepier and sleepier by the second. Soon, he slept; however, he experienced a strange dream.

In his dream, he was floating in a white void. He was very surprised. "Where am I?" He thought to himself. Then a huge door appeared in front of him. He touched it, and it slowly opened. Inside, was complete darkness. For the first time, he felt scared. "What if it's a trap?" He thought. He slowly backed away, but a voice stopped him. It sounded like a girl. "Don't leave me!" She said. He looked in the darkness and there, he saw a girl running toward him. A black dragon was chasing her. He held his hand out and said, "Quick! Take my hand!" The girl was too far to hear him. He tried to say it again, but his voice froze. He couldn't speak. Not only that, he couldn't move. He couldn't do anything at all. The girl was closer, although, her face was in shadows. He didn't know who she was. Just when she was about to grab his hand, the dragon swooped down and took her away. He could only watch helplessly as the dragon dropped the girl in its mouth and swallowed her whole. When he finally moves, he started throwing fireballs at the dragon. Suddenly, a huge hand came out of the darkness and blocked the fireballs, protecting the dragon. It retreated into the darkness. Then a familiar face appeared. "Zhao!" Zuko yelled out. Zhao smirked. He began to breathe deeply and soon, he blew out a huge fireball. There was no way Zuko could block it. He braced for impact. Everything went black. That's when he woke up.

He was covered with sweat. "What was that all about?" He thought. "Does it mean anything?" A girl about his age sat next to him and gave him a white cloth. "You must've been working out a lot." She said to him. Zuko didn't say anything. He was distracted by the girl's appearance. She was very beautiful. She wore a silky, red kimono, and her hair was neatly rolled in a bun, but her bangs covered her right eye. She began whiping Zuko's face. "By the way, my name's Shonen." She said. "Shonen?" Zuko asked.

"I know, it's a strange name for a girl." She said, blushing.

"It means boy, right?"

"Yeah, but it also means pure of heart."

"Really?"

"Yup! Hey, what's your name?"

"Zuko."

"Oh."

Shonen got up and walked away. Zuko followed her. "Shonen, could you tell me how you got your name?" He asked. She blushed when he said that. "Did I say something wrong?" He asked. She shook her head. "No, it's just that it's kinda silly how I got my name." She said.

"Try me!"

"Okay, fine! My father thought I was a boy when I was born, kinda stupid, huh?"

She could hear him snickering. She yelled at him. "Zuko! That wasn't very funny!" She tried to hit him, but he dodged it. She tried to hit him multiple times, but he was still able to dodge all of them. Suddenly, the wind started to pick up, causing Shonen's kimono (the bottom part) to fly up over Zuko's face. He was now staring into Shonen's kimono. Let's just say he saw certain things a normal prince would see. Not only did this made Shonen very embarrassed, but it also made her very angry. While he was staring, she kicked him right in the face. He flew right into a tree. "Perverted boy! I hope I never see you again!" She said, walking away.

After she left, Zuko got up and walked back to the palace. He wondered about what he saw on Shonen's legs. "What are those strange markings on her legs?" He thought.