Summary: Prince Zuko has joined the trio and vowed his loyalty to the others, Aang has finished waterbender in the North Pole, but has yet to learn earthbending. And now admiral Zhou wants Zuko dead more than Aang, so he can prove to the banished prince that he is a worthless scum with no honor... some romance in later chapters...OoO Guess who!

Last Chapter: It's time to leave their camp, Sokka disagrees with Aang's and Katara's decision of letting Zuko accompany them to learn the elements. But the only way to leave camp is to ride Appa, but what happened to the certain prince that hasn't been on a flying bison? He's fine, just a little sick beyond all reasons (Sokka's perfectly fine with that)

"text"- someone talking

text- flashback or dream

(text)- probably me speaking

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar or any of the characters, I have new places and a couple random people, those belong to me, the rest... no, I unfortunately don't and never will own that other stuff

Part Three: A Mysterious Girl anda Much needed Map

Earth Kingdom

"HEY! Hey... Youuuuu frrreakin' baassstaared! Cooome herre soooo I caan pounnd... yaaaa!" A girl at the age of 15 yelled. She stumbled and landed on her butt and jabbed her finger into the dirt. "I don't tink so litt'e girl! 'Ome back when you quit hoggin' all da rum!" The owner of the pub yelled backat the girl. "You even old 'nuff to drink dis 'tuff!"

"Course I caaaan!.. aaaam?.." She nodded to herself in agreement, as if she was having a conversation with herself. "Youu knoww whaat old mannn? II dyn'tt liiike yerrrr 'reaaakiin' booze... an'waay. It'ss a b'ile of shit! It always was, and alwayswillbeee!" She stringed the last few words together quickly before she past out on the streets. "Dat's what ye geet vor stealin' me beer!" The pot bellied man chuckled as he shut the pub door, light streaming from the inside. Snow falling lightly powdered the rooftops and gracefully fell on the unconscious girls face. She winced slightly in her sleep, but quickly blacked out again. From above, a red ribbon hawk circled the frost covered girl. From the hawks angle, it could see the earth kingdom child sprawled out on her back, her body twisted in a agonizing position, her clothing freezing over.

"Are we there yet?" asked a sullen Sokka to no one particular, for about the 19Th time. "Does it look like we're there?"questioned Zuko, annoyed by the water tribe boy's talking, as much as sitting upon the damned bison for the last 8 hours. A glaring Sokka muttered something under his breath. Zuko glared back,

"Excuse me?" Zuko looked at Sokka expectantly

"...nothing"

"That's what I thought" replied Zuko, his face filled with victory.

"You two stop arguing right now!" Commanded Katara, "Both of you should be sleeping anyway!"

"Then why are you awake?" The two teenagers asked in unison, then glared daggers at each other for thinking like each other. Katara hissed her answeras though it was obvious,"I couldn't, with all the noise you're making!" It was about three AM and right now, Aang and Momo was the only one sleeping.The moon reflected off the ocean below them, the ghostly white orb lighting up the bison also. The silver bison hail shimmering in the wind, the salty air filling their noses. When the two siblings finally fellasleep, Zuko took in the scenery from the bison's saddle. Smiling slightly for the first time in a while, he slowly drifted off to sleep.

"Mother? Where are we headed?" A young Zuko asked a beautiful woman in her early thirties looked at her child and laughed, "We are to see your uncle Iroh, my son" The woman propped her head back up and smiled. It was a heart warming smile that she saved her only son and her brother-in-law, for they were the only people who made her feel happy. "How come I have never seen my uncle Iroh before, mother?" He clutched the womans' silky hand harder. The woman chuckled again and glanced at Zuko, "That is because he is..." She looked for the right words to use"-unfortunately involved in the war" She sighed at her own response, she did enjoy Iroh's company, but she didn't enjoy that he was involved in her husband's pathetic war.

"I know why you don't like the war mother... I do not like it either. But when I am older, I shall discontinue the fighting, and the world will be at peace again!" He smiled, but his brow furrowed when he saw his mother's upset expression, "Mother... What is wrong?" She sighed and stared off into the distance, "I am afraid that the war will be over... The water tribes will be almost wiped out, and the earth kingdom will be powerless, and as you already know, the last airbender, our only hope... the avatar, was last seen about one hundred years ago" She paused... "We're here" she managed to choke out. She opened twin oak downs with one hand, for Zuko's hand was still cradled in his mothers.

"Ah! Yuuki! It is nice to see you!" beamed a man from across the deep crimsom room. He took five steps towards the mother and son, and bent down, so he was about Zuko's height, "And prince Zuko! I have not seen you in a while! How old are you now?" Zuko looked up at his mother for help, she nodded and smiled at him. "Five.. My birthday is in a week from now" Zuko's voice quivered. "Wow! And to think that I have not seen you in almost six years!"

Zuko nodded and let go of his mothers warm hand "I'll leave you two alone, I'll pick Zuko up later, is that alright Iroh?" She asked the man who was about forty. He gave a warm smile and nodded, "I believe Zuko and I have a lot of catching up to do-" He replied as he patted his nephew's shoulder lightly. "Well, I will see you two later-" She turned her head towards Zuko, "-I want you to behave Zuko, understand?" Iroh patted Yuuki's shoulder gently, "I do not believe my nephew will be any trouble, right Zuko?" He looked down at his nephew, Zuko smiled warmly at his uncle. Iroh wasn't such a bad guy after all. He hadn't felt this type of warmth from anyone except from his father, and not evenhis father gave off thosefeeling nowadays. He could tell that his uncle would be they for him, that feeling felt a lot like fatherly love.

A sudden jerk of the bison, jostled Zuko from his sleep. He rubbed his head with his right hand, and was leaning on the leather saddle with his left. His eyes jolted open and looked around, no one was awake, every living creature besides the bison were sleeping 'Ah, sweet silence' It was still dark, but he could tell it was early afternoon, It was just a cloudy day. He got to his knees and pushed himself up up a grunt. Zuko walked near Aang and shoved the avatar's stomach with his foot, "Get up." He hissed in and orderly tone, "We slept in." Aang eyes fluttered open and sat up with a gasp. His eyes first found Zuko, "You don't happen to knew where we are then... do you?" Zuko's eyes widened in bewilderment, "YOU DON"T KNOW WHERE WE ARE?"
Oh, cliffy! Who is the mysterious alcoholic girl that is in the beginning and what does Zuko's mother's name mean? A chocolate cookie to who ever figures one of the two first out first! Third chappy: done! Didn't think that I'd finish that soon :) Please post!