Dirty little Secrets.
This was created when I was listening to Dirty Little Secret by American Rejects. There's a chapter for each of the four main characters, Zuko, Sokka, Katara, then Aang. Word count for each is approx. 300.
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Zuko has a secret.
And he can't tell anyone, not his Uncle, not his Sister, most definitely not his Father.
It's worse, more humiliating than the reason for his scar, not that that was ever really a secret.
It's closer kept than the fact that although he respects his Father, he thinks he loves his Uncle more, and would give his life for him.
He thinks that the War has no meaning, he thinks that when his father dies, he would take the throne and restore peace. Try and repair some of the damage his Nation has done.
He remembers the stories his Mother used to tell him before she died giving birth to his Sister. Zula doesn't understand, she never heard the stories of the four Nations at peace with one another.
The same stories he can hear every time Iroh speaks, because he knows his Uncle believes them too.
His Father was brought up to be the Lord of an all-powerful Nation, but Iroh had the time and space to learn the old stories.
Zuko looks at his maps, sees where the borders between the Nations used to be, thinks of the destruction that his Nation shaped, the bonds of trust it has broken.
The pain it has caused.
He pursues the Avatar and his Water tribe companions and ponders the friends that they have made in every Nation and thinks, "this is how it used to be". His ship changes course as information arrives of the Avatar's appearance at an Earth Nation market place.
He will catch the Avatar one day, but he doesn't know what will happen then, if he will return to his Father.
Or if he will join the Avatar on his Quest.
Zuko keeps his secret.
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