A/N: Ok, ready for chapter 5? Lol! Thought so!

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Chapter 5

Surprised, Sokka and Jaeda turned around to see an army of Firebenders charging at them. Sokka quickly pulled out his boomerang and threw it at one of the soldiers. It hit him square in the face and left a bloody mark, but he was still concious.

Jaeda started kicking and punching a few enemy benders, and managed to knock two or three of them out. But the soldiers grabbed ahold of their arms and took the two struggling teenagers back to Zuko's ship.

"Let me go, you freak!" Jaeda screamed, trying to free herself from her enemy's grasp.

"Excelent work, men," Prince Zuko said once they saw him. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Zuko walked up to Jaeda and sternly looked her straight in the eye. "It's that little Water Tribe girl who couldn't keep her mouth shut!" Little girl? thought Jaeda. I'm only like two years younger than you!

As you can well imagine, Jaeda was furious. "Let us go, you thug!" she shouted in Zuko's face.

"What did you call me?" Zuko scowelled, in a threatening sort of way.

"You heard me!" Jaeda yelled. "I called you a THUG! A NASTY, SPOILED, SELFISH, LAZY BASTARD!" She spit at his shoes. "You make me sick!"

Sokka, on the other hand, had a very worried look on his face. Uh oh, he thought. He didn't even want to think about what they could do to Jaeda.

"Now you've done it!" yelled Zuko. "Tie him to that tree so he doesn't escape," he said, pointing to Sokka, "while I teach this one a lesson!" Three of Zuko's men obeyed, and tied Sokka to the tree right behind where Jaeda was standing.

A fire ball fomed in Zuko's hand. "You ready?" he asked mockingly.

Jaeda didn't answer. She just glared at him.

"Stare all you want, brat! It's still going to hurt." And at full speed, he threw the burning fire ball at Jaeda.

"Gahh!" she cried as it his the left side of her waist. She then fell to her knees, trying her best to fight back the tears.

Sokka gasped. "Leave her alone!" he shouted, trying to beake free from the ropes that tied him to the tree. But the rope was too strong. Please, Sokka thought, don't kill her. Please.

As another fire ball was forming in Zuko's hand, he stared down at the helpless-looking figure in front of him. She was tall and thin, with long, beautiful auburn hair. Her jade-green eyes showed much anger.

Once he got ready to throw the fire ball in his hand, the expression on Jaeda's face changed. Her eyes were full of fear, and tears were streaming down her cheeks.

Zuko hesitated. That frightened look on Jaeda's face brought back horroble memories from the day his father burned him and gave him that ugly scar. He shuddered, and then sighed.

"I... I can't do it... he said, facing the other direction. Most of his men gasped, and Sokka let out a sigh of relief. Jaeda just sat there, crying and in pain. "Just take them both to the prisonhold."

Confused, Zuko's men did as they were told and took Sokka and Jaeda to the prisonhold.

When the two finally got there, Jaeda sat down in the corner, wrapping her arms around her burn. Sokka reached over and hugged her, trying not to hurt her more than she already was. "I'm just glad you're alive," he said. He kissed her cheek.

"I should have kept my mouth shut," Jaeda muttered. "Then this probably never would have happened."

Sokka kissed her again, this time on her fore head, and took her in his arms and held her close to him. Soon after that, they were both asleep.

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Jaeda woke up, finding herself wrapped up in Sokka's arms, with her head leaning against his chest. She smiled, wondering what the sleeping Sokka was dreaming about. She didn't want to wake him, so she just sat there quietly.

A few minutes later Sokka finally opened his eyes and yawned. "Good morning," he said, rubbing his eyes.

Jaeda giggled. "Have a nice sleep?"

Sokka smiled sweetly, the sound of Jaeda laughing cheering him up a bit. "It was alright. How's your burn?" he asked.

Jaeda managed to scoot back a little so he could see. "It still hurts," she said. "I can barely stand up." She put her hand over the painful burn.

"We'll need to put a bandage over it," Sokka mentioned.

Suddenly, the door to the prisonhold opened with a loud creak. Surprised, Jaeda and Sokka turned around to see Prince Zuko walking in with something in his hand.

Oh great, they thought, We're dead.

Zuko walked over to where Jaeda was curled up in the corner. "What are you doing?" ske asked. Zuko said nothing. All he did was take out a bandage.

WHAT? thought Sokka. Nobody messes with my girl! It's pretty obvious that Sokka has never trusted that spoiled pathetic excuse for a prince, and he never would. He got up as if he were about to attack Zuko, but Jaeda motioned for him not to.

Zuko bent down and wrapped the bandage around her waist, right where he had burned her. Jaeda flinched when the bandage touched her bare skin, but stayed quiet.

Once he finished, he noticed the confused look on Jaeda's face. But he answered before she could say anything. "Wouldn't want a dead prisoner now, would we?" he smirked.

The look on Jaeda's face hadn't changed. What is up with him? she thought.

As Zuko was heading for the door, Jaeda spoke up. "Hey, what happened yesterday?" she asked, the confused expression still on her face. "You know, when you didn't throw that last fire ball at me...?"

Zuko stopped. He just shook his head. "No reason..." he said.

"Oh, come on!" Jaeda said. "There has to be a reason!"

Then Zuko sighed. "Fine, if you must know..." He sat down on the bed that neither Sokka or Jaeda even bothered to sleep on, and continued.

"When you were staring up at me..." he started, "...you just looked so frightened and all...I just couldn't do it. It brought back too many painful memories."

"Like your scar?" Jaeda asked softly. Zuko nodded. Then he told them about how he got that dreadful scar, about when he spoke out of turn, about the day his own father banished him.

Jaeda's eyes widened. For a moment, she didn't know if that was the real Prince Zuko- that mean, selfish jerk- who she was talking to.

Then Sokka finally opened his mouth. "So, you actually did something nice for a change?"

Zuko glared at Sokka, and then left the room, as if nothing happened.

"Ok..." said Sokka, with one eyebrow raised. "That was... weird."

Jaeda nodded in agreement. She layed her head on Sokka's shoulder. "When do you think we'll get out of here?" she asked unenthusiastically, with a touch of sarcasm.

Sokka sighed and put his arm around Jaeda. "When Aang and Katara finally discover we're missing, I guess..."

The two of them just sat there, not even saying a word to each other. This moment of silence gave Sokka time to think. Are we ever going to get out of here? No, I can't think that way, of course we are! Aang and Katara have probably realized we're missing, and are looking for us right now! I hope... Sokka kissed the now sleeping Jaeda on her forehead. I just hope her burn heals soon...

A/N: Chapter5 done! YAY! Please review! Pretty please? REVIEW! J/K Lol! Thanks! -continues chasing Sokka around the block- YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE! Lol! I love Sokka! R&R :)