Chapter 2
Another Dimension
Zuko woke up from his unconsciousness and rubbed his head as he opened his eyes and looked around, mist and fog, he couldn't see anything. Looking at the ground, he saw rocks and began walking till he heard a splash and looked at his feet and saw water, looking ahead of him he began to walk into the water and noticed how shallow it was and continued walking and walking till the water reached his hips.
Indeed the water was freezing; he could see his hot breath in the air from the cold as he walked through the cold water, it didn't seem it was getting deeper, but it was getting colder, heating up his body by Firebending to avoid getting hyperthermia, he made a fireball appear in his hand and waded further out, although Firebending to get some light didn't really help because all you saw and felt, water, water and more freezing water!
He scowled as he waded deeper, and notice the water was up to his chest and groaned, no point of turning back when you have no idea where the hell you are!
Splish, splash, slish, splash was all you could hear.
Suddenly something swiftly ran through the fog, as Zuko shifted himself into a battle stance and called, "Whose there? Show yourself!"
Continuing to wade through the water he finally made it to some random shore and kept himself in battle stance ready to attack whatever lurking into the shadows.
"OW!" scowled Zuko as he was hit on the head and spun around and saw two deep blue orbs staring at him and disappeared.
Furrowing his eyebrow he shot flames at the mysterious figure that was lurking in the shadows and saw two waterwhips attack him but turned them into steam as he ran forward with two blades of flames and dashed towards his mysterious opponent turning its attacks into steam until he saw two giant icicles shot towards him and ducked as more shot at him as he firebended to shatter them.
Ducking several more attacks and smirked, "Not bad, I like tough opponents."
Shooting more flames he shot a great ball of fire at his foe, and charged up electricity ready to aim his lightning bolt at his foe.
Spotting the blue orbs widen in horror the lightning shot towards them, expecting to hear a cry of pain he saw that the bender caught the lighting and was holding it.
Ready to redirect the lightning the attack never came, instead his foe shot it at the ground making it as a get away shot and fled.
Zuko ran throw the smoke and coughed as he looked up and saw something run behind something.
Running through the mystique fog and mist, he ran into a pile of water crashing down on him and thought, 'A waterfall…'
Walking into the waterfall he entered a cave and saw a blue light and walked up to it and saw a giant city that had a gigantic palace in the back on a hill.
It was beautiful, green fields, the town was filled with people, but the palace, Zuko was suddenly grabbed and heard, "Sir, we found a trespasser; he doesn't look like he's from here."
"Take him to the palace, lets take him to the chief, he will know what to do."
"Release me now!" snarled Zuko.
"Sorry sir, we can't do that."
"Then I'll do it the rough way." Heating up his hands his fire blades shot out ready to fight as he saw the men gaze at him in horror and furrowed their eyebrows, "He's a Firebender; we better catch him before he does anything destructive."
"Get'em!" shouted a soldier as they charged at Zuko with their weapons as Zuko made a wall of flames and fled into the city, as he heard a bell ring, probably a warning danger is here.
Zuko leaped over a cabbage merchant's cart and ran towards an open field, where he can see everything.
Dashing out of the town he ran up towards the farm field and saw soldiers ready to attack him.
Gathering around the electricity preparing to shoot an arrow shot him in the shoulder as he hissed in pain as another arrow shot into his arm as he fell to his knees and as he yanked the arrows out watching the blood drip down his shoulder as his arm bled rapidly.
Went the guards hand cuffed him he hissed in pain as they practically dragged him into the palace as he left a bloody trail.
Entering the throne room he saw numerous of soldiers and guards and saw a giant symbol with a Water Tribe Symbol but with a raindrop in the middle of the symbol.
"All hail Chief Haroko, and Prince Sokka and Princess…."
(A/N: I have no idea how to spell Katara's and Sokka's dad's name, please forgive me if its wrong!)
The two royalties walked out and sat on the throne as everyone bowed by Zuko until he was shoved to the ground hissing with pain, as he faced the ground not willing to face the chief.
"Where is the Princess?" the scribe began once again.
The grand doors slammed open as a girl hurried up and took a seat not looking at her father.
"Katara, do you have a reason why you were late?"
"I was, uhh."
"Your highness she was outside of the gates, where the mist and the fog was." began a soldier as he walked in.
The chief shot a glare at his daughter and demanded, "Perhaps then you might have the reason how this scrum trespassed into our territory?"
The princess looked at Zuko and quickly looked at her feet and nodded solemnly.
"Your highness; we are guessing this stranger who comes from a different Nation from ours, he can Firebend-"
"I am a Firebender damnit, and-." grumbled Zuko and hissed in pain again as he was whipped by a soldier with an actually whip.
"Never talk to our leader like that!" scowled a guard who whipped Zuko.
"And where do you suppose he's from?" asked the Prince.
"No clue." replied the guard.
"Well then fire scrum, where are you from, who are you?" asked the chief.
"Ha, like I'll tell you!" laughed Zuko darkly with sarcasm and furrowed his eye brow and glared at the chief and his children.
"You will and you must!" commanded the guard as he whipped Zuko again, but this time Zuko cried out in pain and fell to the floor seeing everyone glaring at him except the princess before he fell unconscious.
"Take him to the cell, and when he wakes up bring him back here, Katara now will be the time explaining what you were doing outside of the city?"
"I was wondering around and got carried away?" she began nervously poking her two index fingers.
"Katara you said that like over filthy times, what's the real reason? Did that firebender follow you?"
"No!" she exclaimed with defence, "I was only by the entrance of Fog Valley and-"
"Katara I heard enough go to your room."
Katara walked out of the throne room and took one last glance at her father and brother and left.
Sitting in her bedroom she read until she got tired of it and walked out of her room and down below into the prison cells and saw the guards asleep and took his keys and unlocked the door and locked it behind and looked at the empty cells till she reached Zuko's cell and saw him chained to the walls and hung his head low then snap up as he heard a jingle of the keys and saw the princess and scowled, "Great, what do you want?"
"Answers." She replied simply, "My father has no rights to treat you this way, being whipped, beaten up, it just isn't right."
"Ha, like I'll tell you anything."
"You can tell me, and I could possibly think a way to help you."
"How could you help me? I have no clue where the hell I am; I was sucked into a portal and woke up in this place filled with fog and mist."
"Fog Valley, you must've been the one I fought earlier."
"I fought you?"
"Yeah, I am guessing so because how else would you have found the city?"
"Whatever."
"Look, I can help-"
"I don't need your pity princess."
"But look at you, you are badly wounded."
"So what? I dealt with even more pain before." He snapped.
"Look; can you-"
"I don't take orders from anyone!"
"I am not ordering you, I am asking you-"
"Look all you are going to do is get me in more trouble princess, I don't get help from anyone, now scurry off will you before I burn you into crisp." He sneered darkly.
"Will you stop interrupting-"
"I have every right to interrupt you, you got me trapped here, you are responsible for this, you are screwed princess; because once I get myself out of here you will be my first target, then it'll be your father, then your brother, and maybe even better I will slaughter all of your precious people." He threatened coldly, with darkness and cruelty in his eyes were strong and angry as the princess furrowed her eyebrows at him and frowned and replied icily, "Well be that way, threat me and my people; I am not scared of a simple fire scrum that killed my mother."
"Soon you'll be in the grave with her; so you might as well leave before I burn you into crisps…"
"Go on threat me all you want, I am not moving from my-"
Zuko flared his hands and caught the princess off guard and asked with a hint of sarcasm coldly, "Aw, did the little princess think a firebender would actually burn her into ashes like her mother? Well beat it, I can kill you right here without struggling, and your guards won't protect you will they, because they have no idea you're here."
"That may be true about the guards not knowing but-"
"I have darkness in my blood; I will not hesitate to kill you now if you don't leave."
"You can't command me!" she scowled.
"Well beat it, I have much greater power than you princess, so run for your life; or…" creating a fireball in his hand with a dark smirk on his face; Katara had a hint of horror in her eyes and watched the flame be extinguished as Zuko closed his eyes and continued to have his cold dark smirk smudged on his face, "Well too bad, I'll wait; it would be better to do it in front of your people and especially your father, and if you did managed to survive, your father would have a 24/7 body guard; I am right aren't I? Pretty smart for a heartless firebender that is." Adding the last part like vomiting poison and opened his eyes and stared at her coldly with hate in his eyes as she freaked out with his golden eyes staring at her hauntingly and left.
Disclaimer: Well how did you like it? This story is similar to other story I'm writing called, 'The Colors of the Sea', sounds interesting eh? REVIEW!