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An American Firebender

Chapter 8:

May was outside with Iroh; playing Pai Sho. (that board game) May was beating Iroh! She moved the last piece into the correct spot.

"SCORE!" she yelled. Iroh and the crew were stunned. She had actually beat Iroh! "Take that!" she said. Iroh was staring at the board. His technique had been flawless and then came a girl who beat him! The crew was looking at her in disbelief. Zuko came up hearing all the commotion.

"What's all the noise about?" he said.

"I BEAT GENERAL IROH!" she said.

Sir!" yelled the helmsman.

"What?" yelled Zuko.

"Admiral Zhao is heading this way!" yelled the helmsman.

"NOT comadercreepoh!" she said. ( ArmyGirl7 came up with this name, not me)

"How many names do you have for Admiral Zhao?" asked Iroh.

"Oh, my friends and I have an entire list of names on my laptop!" she said.

"What's a laptop?" asked the boiler man. May slapped herself in the face lightly. She sighed.

"It's a device that is very complicated, but wonderful! It has a key board, a screen where I can see pictures and words, numbers, games on it, and I could go on and on." said May.

"Oh," said the crew.

"how do we get rid of monkey face Zhao now?" May asked. "Any suggestions? They all looked at her. "NO ONE LIKES HIM!"

"Is that so," said Zhao. May turned around with the rest of the crew to face Zhao. There was another person next to Zhao, Zula.

"Is this the girl you were talking about, Admiral Zhao?" asked Zula.

"I believe so." said Zhao.

"And hello, brother." said Zula. May had anger building up in her gut.

"How's my niece doing?" asked Iroh.

"I'm doing just great uncle." said Zula. Zula gave May a glare. "But that's not why I'm here."

"Then why are you here LITTLE sister?" grunted Zuko. He hated his sister.

"I informed Fire Lord Ozai about this girl with you and what she did." said Zhao. Zuko's face turned to May. May didn't look very happy. "She is to come with me to the Fire Nation."

"I'm NOT going with that moron to the Fire Nation!" yelled May. Zhao glared at May.

"That's why you got in trouble girl." said Zhao.

"Wait till my father gets a hold of you!" said Zula. "Besides you get to go to your home nation."

"Oh, you mean United States of America!" said May. "I'm an American, not Fire nation citizen."

"There is no such nation!" said Zula. "That girl is crazy!"

"Not on this world maybe, but on another world; millions of billions of miles away." yelled May. Zuko out his hand on her mouth. May glared at Zuko.

"She's crazy! She doesn't mean that stuff!" said Zuko.

"Seems like you have a girl friend Zuko!" said Zula. May and Zuko each blushed, but only barely.

"There's nothing you can do, Prince Zuko. I have orders from Fire Lord Ozai." said Zhao presenting a scroll. Iroh read the scroll. Iroh looked at May then to Zuko.

"She has to, Prince Zuko." said Iroh. "You have to, May." Zuko let go of May.

"I'll be fine," she said. She headed of to Zhao's ship.

"Till next time, Zuko." said Zula coldly. Zhao, Zula, and May left Zuko's ship. May turned to face Zuko one last time with a worried look.

The ship seemed quite without May on board. Zuko spent much time meditating, or practicing his bending. He would look threw his telescope for the Avatar. The crew seemed to work slower than usual, and Iroh seemed to drink MORE TEA than usual.

May was in a cell on Zhao's ship; waiting to meet the one and only, Fire Lord Ozai. She was worried what might happened. Zuko wasn't here this time to help her get out of this one. May was on the ground. Her hair had lost its shine, and her eyes seemed to be duller. She had been on They make me write a WHOLthe ship for about 8 days already.

It had been a total of 14 days since she last saw Zuko. May was in a prison in the Fire Nation. She was expected to face her penalty today. A guard came un unlocked the door. May made no attempt to escape. The guard shoved her out of the cell. May walked over to where the trial would be held, by the Ruler of the Fire Nation.

May was waiting to see what the penalty she would get. The Fire Lord was NOT kind and she knew that, but up close it was a totally different level.

"I've come to a decision." said the Ozai. "She will duel Admiral Zhao." May took a sigh. She thought it would be worse. "She will duel with a blind fold on though." Now May was scared. "This will take place at sunset, today. That will decide her fate whether she get the death sentence or not." Zhao had a smirk on his face.

Oh god! Oh god! This isn't good! This ISN'T good! I'm dueling for my life! she thought.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! They make me write a WHOLE LOT BETTER and i don't get writer's blck as easy. Hope this chapter caught your attention.