Prince Zuko was in the captain's quarters of the ship. Deep in thought, he had his eyes closed tight and his arms folded.

'Where can the Avatar be heading?' he asked himself. He thought back to when the Avatar and his water tribe peasant friends had tried to rescue Princess Zelda.

"Aang go! Go, master waterbending!"

That is what Zelda had said to the Avatar. 'But, where could he master waterbending? The only two places he could do that are at the South Pole and the North Po-.'

Zuko's eyes opened and he jumped up. "That's it!" he said excitedly. "They've been heading north for as long as I can remember. Of course!"

Smiling because of his discovery, he walked out of the room in a much better mood.


The sunlight coming from the window beat down heavily on Princess Zelda's closed eyelids. Finally giving into the bright sunlight, she opened her eyes. Instead of seeing Prince Zuko, she saw a piece of paper lying on his pillow. She reached over to it and saw that it was a letter.

Princess Zelda,

I am taking care of some things on the ship. We have stopped at the city of Kaikou for supplies and fuel for the ship. Go to breakfast and when you're finished meet me at the entrance of the city.

-Zuko

Zelda sighed to herself after reading the letter and stood up. She suddenly realized that she felt much stronger and energized. Walking to the chair she always laid her dress on, she realized that she didn't even need her staff anymore. To test if she actually had her normal power back, she spun around, releasing magic all around her to change her clothing. In a flash of magic, she was wearing her royal dress and all of her jewels. Smiling, she waved her magic around her head and her hair was instantly combed and fixed. 'When Nayru healed me last night, she must have given me my energy back,' she thought.

"Finally!" she said loudly, extremely happy to have her full power back. Zelda didn't like being without her magic for long. It made her vulnerable. And she did not like to be vulnerable. Smiling, she walked out of the room in a much better mood.


Princess Zelda walked off the ship behind all of the sailors and soldiers. She looked out seeing beautiful blue skies and a bustling town ahead of them. The town was not very large, forests surrounded it and in the background was a mountain looming over the town of Kaikou. Zelda noticed Prince Zuko standing at the entrance as he said. Princess Zelda began walking down the steps, but she felt very awkward, having been at sea for a couple of days. She wouldn't let her awkward feeling show, after all she is a princess and princesses are graceful.

Prince Zuko was leaning against a tree near the entrance of the city with his arms folded and eyes closed. Princess Zelda snuck up to him quietly in hopes of scaring him, but apparently she wasn't quiet enough because his unscarred eye shot open quickly.

"What were you doing?" Zuko asked sharply glaring at her.

"Uh….nothing," the princess responded, smiling as her cheeks turned a little red.

"You were trying to surprise me weren't you?" he asked, still leaning on the tree in the same position.

"Maybe," Zelda said smiling.

"Well it wouldn't have worked anyway. I don't scare easily," he said coldly.

"You did when you were a child," Zelda said smiling even wider, remembering all of the times she had snuck up on Prince Zuko when he was least expecting it.

"W-well…so did you!" Zuko said, as he jumped up, not leaning on the tree anymore.

"At least I never screamed," Zelda said smiling wider still.

"Hey! I was alone and you used your magic to appear right behind me! And, if I remember correctly, I put you into a good headlock after that!" Zuko countered now smirking.

Prince Zuko had always treated Zelda like his younger sister, not a princess, which is one reason why Zelda liked him so much. He treated her like a normalperson. Zelda was the same way towards Zuko. They'd never behave like royalty when they were around each other.

That comment wiped the smirk right off of Zelda's face. "That was cheap! I couldn't escape it! You lifted me up off the ground!"

Now it was Zuko's turn to widen his smirk, "Well, it's not my fault you were always short."

At that last remark, Zelda gasped and glared at him. Shaking her fist, she said, "I'll get my revenge soon."

"I can't wait until then," the Prince said smiling still. Then he turned and walked toward the town. "Come on, we have some things to get."

Zelda glared after him, but followed still steaming over the short comment.

What the two royal teens didn't know was that a certain uncle was hiding behind a tree watching the whole ordeal.

"It seems they are in love again," he said to himself. "I'll have to make sure their relationship gets more…serious." Uncle Iroh smirked to himself. He too headed for the town, as he loved to shop.


Princess Zelda and Prince Zuko walked into the town accompanied by all of his Fire Nation soldiers and sailors. Looking around, Zelda saw just how full of life this town was. They were right in market place, surrounded by the noises of commerce. It reminded her so much of the marketplace at Hyrule.

"Are you sure that this town welcomes the Fire Nation?" Zelda asked, just to be sure that they wouldn't be thrown out.

"Yes, this town is on a neutral island and welcomes all people," Zuko said, looking down at Zelda. "First we're going to get supplies for the ship and food. You're coming with me, too."

Zelda sighed, "Alright, if I have to-."

"You do," Prince Zuko said before she could finish.

Princess Zelda raised an eyebrow at this comment and responded with a simple, "Fine."

Prince Zuko began walking and Zelda walked beside him. He looked over at Princess Zelda, watching her as she looked at the various shops with excitement.

"What are you so excited about?" he finally asked.

"I love to shop," she said even more excitedly than she looked.

"Who said you were allowed to shop?" he asked.

"I don't need permission," she said smirking. "I'll go shopping if I want."

"And how do you plan to do that if you can't escape me?" he said roughly.

"Don't you remember Farore's Wind?" Zelda asked. Farore is the goddess of courage in Hyrule. Princess Zelda has blessings from all of the goddesses, Nayru's Love, the shield blessing, from the goddess of wisdom, Farore's Wind, the transportation blessing, from the goddess of courage, and Din's Fire, the fire blessing, from the goddess of power.

"I don't thi-wait. Is that the one where you disappear and reappear somewhere else?" Zuko asked eyeing her suspiciously as they continued to walk.

Princess Zelda widened the mischievous smirk she already wore as she nodded.

"You had better not!" Prince Zuko said loudly as he pointed at her.

"What will happen if I do?" she asked smartly.

"Just don't!"

"Fine, don't get all worked up. I was just kidding," Zelda said giggling.

Prince Zuko glared at her. "You seem to be feeling much better."

"Yeah, I think when Nayru came to heal me last night, she also gave me my energy back. I was so glad when I found out I had my full magical power back," she said as she held her hands out, palms up with sparkling magic dancing around her hands.

"She's going to be such handful now," he muttered quietly, sighing.

"What was that?" Zelda asked.

"Uhh…we're at the place where we get fuel," he said quickly making something up. But, it was true; they had arrived at their destination.

Princess Zelda eyed him suspiciously and just decided to go along with his made-up comment.