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An American Firebender

Chapter 12:

May was on her bed looking up at the ceiling.

"This isn't right" she said. "Zuko can't capture Aang and turn him into Ozai. But I can't just say that straight to Zuko. He would think that I'm siding with the avatar. On the other hand I don't wanna be known as a person who help the Fire Nation win the war." She sighed putting her head in her pillow. Zuko came in threw the door.

"May are you okay. Your usually outside by now." said Zuko.

"I'm fine, just thinking." she said.

"Thinking what?" asked Zuko sitting down on the bed beside her.

"Nothing." she lied.

"C'mon and tell." he said.

"You won't get mad will you?" asked May.

"I won't." he said.

"Okay, but please DON'T and I say DON'T yell." she said. "I don't think that taking the avatar to your father is right."

"What?" said Zuko almost yelling.

"I don't think this is the way to regain your honor." May said looking at Zuko.

"MAY! You know what you are telling me?" said Zuko almost yelling.

"Yes I know, but that's what I think." May said.

"He is the only way to regain my honor!" said Zuko.

"That's your problem. You only see that you need to capture him. I thought you father said that you had to return with the Avatar." said May.

"Yes! That's what he said!" yelled Zuko.

"Then why don't you wait till the Avatar masters all four elements. The you could take him to the Fire Nation. Then the Avatar can restore peace and you can have your honor." she said.

"MAY!" yelled Zuko. "That's crazy!"

"It might be to you, but wouldn't you like to make friends or even meet different people from different nations?" she asked. "All you have to do is wait for the opportunity to come around and take when you need to. This isn't your opportunity. Just wait."

"MAY!" yelled Zuko. "I'VE BEEN TRAVELING AROUND WITH THE AVATAR FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND NOW YOU ASK ME THIS!"

"I can't help it." she said. "I think too much for my own good."

"This is the only way." said Zuko.

"Also the fire nation is AFTER ME!" said May.

"Not when finds out that you help the fire nation win the war." said Zuko.

"I can only hope." she said. "But I'm just saying."

"Whatever." said Zuko trying to calm down.

May had stayed in her bed for the rest of the day. She had felt tired, but thought it was from being in the spirit world. She sat on her bed. Zuko entered the room.

"May are you okay? Your looking paler than usual." said Zuko sitting down next to her.

"I'm fine Zuko. Just tired." she said. Zuko looked at her. Her eyes seemed to be a little grey and her hair seemed to be a little off color. She even looked pale.

"You look like your sick." said Zuko.

"No, I'm fine Zuko." she said. She looked down. She knew this feeling in the pit pf her stomach.

"What's wrong?" asked Zuko.

"I don't think I'm going to be here for much longer, Zuko." she said.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I think I'm going to be going home soon." she said.

"How could that be?" said Zuko.

"Just like I came, I must also go." May said. Zuko realized she wasn't playing around.

"No, you're here and your coming with me to the Fire Nation." Zuko said.

"No, I'm not." she said. "I know this feeling down in the pit of my stomach. It was the same one I had the day I was sent here." Zuko looked at her; her appearance seemed to be fading out. "I now this will be my last night here with you on this ship."

"No, your staying here with me like you promised." he said. May smiled, but was hiding something.

"I can't keep this promise, at least not for now." May said. "Fate is going to tare us apart."

"May, no its not." he said.

"Yes it is." she said. She seemed to fade out some more. "At least I'll know I played a part in the war."

"your staying here." he said. May's smile was fading. She herself seem to be disappearing. "May!" said Zuko.

"Good bye, Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation." she said. Zuko went to grabbed her hand, but he was only able to grab it for a few seconds till his hands went straight threw her. Zuko looked up at May. She managed a small smile as she steadily disappear into the air, till she was no more. Zuko looked where she had just sat moments ago. Zuko got up and walked out of the room.

"Prince Zuko, what wrong?" asked His uncle passing by.

"May's gone." he stated sadly.

"What?" said Iroh, but Zuko left before he could answer. He went to the prison hold. He got the keys and unlocked the door cell's that held the avatar and his friends.

"Now get out of here in less than 5 minutes or I'll recapture you again!" he said.

"Why are you letting us go?" asked Aang.

"Just come back to my ship when you have mastered the 4 elements and I'll explain everything then!" Zuko said. "Now LEAVE!"

Zuko and the rest of the crew watched as the Avatar took off from his ship.

"Why did you let them go, Prince Zuko?" asked Iroh.

"A girl told me of a different way to regain my honor. She was an American Firebender." said Zuko. "She was an American Firebender, uncle and will always will be."

A/N: They'll be one more chapter and that's it. Hope ya'll enjoyed this chapter!