Chapter 4

Back Home Again

Zuko burst into another dimension as he tumbled on to the ground and groaned as he rubbed his head and looked up and was greeted by someone he missed dearly…

"Zuko! Thank goodness you are alright, your men told me about that vortex! Oh god you are soaking! BLANKETS QUICKLY!"

"Azula?" he muttered as his sister helped him to his feet and looked over his shoulder and asked, "Whose that?"

"Oh, shitt; take her to the cell before she wakes up, make sure she is shackled and locked, she is dangerous if you are off guard." Warned Zuko as two guards took the limp girl to the cell as Azula helped her brother back inside as his men greeted him as Azula helped him into bed and went over to his closet and threw some dry clothes to him and replied, "I'll wait outside."

Closing the door behind her, Zuko quickly got changed and sighed with relief with a warm dry cloak inside of a soaking one that is literally destroyed.

"Azula."

Azula came in as Zuko sat down on his bed as she sat on the end and asked, "Zuko, what happened, where did you find the girl?"

"Another dimension."

"What?"

"Water Tribe secret hide out. People from the Southern Water Tribe fled and were sucked into another dimension, like I have, and trust me, you don't want to go there, you first get thrown into a fucken cold swamp, and then you have to swim through the damn thing, then you enter some damn city that hates trespasser and get thrown into prison."

"Shitt, now I get where you got all of those scraps and cuts, yikes; that is one bad bruise." She observed.

"Well anyways that girl the princess, she was the one who got me into that mess, getting beaten up and nearly was killed by daemons!"

"What a bitch!"

"Yep, and this is my revenge."

"Smart thinking bro, just…"

"Just what?"

"Don't turn into dad, like I had." and left the room.

Zuko was silent and had a flash back…

"Great, what do you want?"

"Answers…

"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."

"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."

"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-"

"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!"

"Well beat it, I have much greater power than you princess, so run for your life; or… "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."

End of Flash Back…

His eyes softened and walked over to his precious chest and withdrew his knife that his uncle Iroh gave him not too long before his mother vanished.

Putting aside the weapon he went over to his meditating table and began to meditate.

Azula walked down the halls and went down into the cell and saw a guard flee and nearly bashed into her as she hurried in and saw the girl struggling to break free.

The girl caught Azula in sight and screamed, "Let me guess, you area a firebender scrum bitch too! Why did he kidnap me! I WANT ANSWERS!"

"Sorry you can't command me around." Replied Azula simply.

"AND WHY IS THAT?" the girl out raged angrily.

"I am a princess just as well as you are, so is my brother, who kidnapped you."

"ERG! Once I get my hands on him, I am going to kill him!"

"Yeah whatever, how about you calm down and chill out; I hear you are originally from the Southern Water Tribe."

"No."

"What?"

"My people are from there."

"Then where are you from?"

"Atlantic."

"Where is that?"

"I'm not telling you."

"Why is that?"

Katara just stared at Azula and replied, "I was the first person to enter the vortex in 500 years."

Azula took a seat and began, "How about telling me how you got there and your other people got there too?"

"Uh, well okay I guess; I was sailing through the water when a storm suddenly hit and then I was in the other dimension, end of story.

"What about your people?"

"Oh they thought I was dead until they got sucked into Atlantic too like I have, but unlike them I am different because I was the first person to enter ever since 500 years ago."

"What is that, that makes you special?"

Katara was quiet, "I cannot tell."

"What?"

"You heard me, you aren't deaf."

"Right, anyways I have to go training; talk to you later." Replied Azula as she left and closed the door behind her.

Making sure she was no being spied on Katara closed her eyes and focused on the element water…

Suddenly the ship's piped cracked and began leaking making the water fall to the ground, giving Katara an advantage she whipped the water at the chains and chattered them and smoothed out her skirt and broke the cell door down with her marking on her arm glowing a faint blue as so did so her raindrop crystal as she began running down the halls and heard a guard shout, "The girl escaped!"

Katara looked around as she ran past an open door and heard a chef yawn and sighed with relief that he wasn't after her; well at least she hoped as she ran out the door as the soldiers on the ship approached her cautiously and set fireballs at her as she extinguished them all with water jets that shot out the ocean as Azula and Zuko came out full armed as the waterbending girl turned to them the two siblings unleashed a massage power of lightning.

Katara clapped her hands together and closed her eyes as a massage barrier surrounded her as the electricity struck the barrier.

The two siblings stared at the barrier preparing themselves to redirect the lightning just in case, but nothing came, instead they saw the barrier began to charge with electricity with it as they saw the shield shrink into a small ball held in the princess's hand as she furrowed her eyebrows with an angry frown as she released the electricity force which made everyone flee inside except for the two siblings stood where they were preparing for their worst.

Katara hung on to the power as she aimed it at a certain target and shot it like a snap towards Zuko as he was ready to avoid it, but was tackled to the ground with Azula as they just missed the shot.

Zuko looked at his sister as she sent a blue jet of flames at Katara but were useless.

Azula backed away into her brother and gasped, "She's strong enough to defeat uncle, along with the…"

"Avatar." Zuko breathed.

Katara's light on her arm faded as did so her crystal as she looked at them and was about to leap into the water when a hot hand grabbed her arm and hissed, "You aren't going anywhere, you are far home now, there is no way you can turn back."

"You may have taken me from my home where people are fleeing from being eaten alive by the Daemons Sharks, they-"

"The Daemons Sharks were after you."

"What?"

"The daemons sharks want you dead, out of their territory."

Azula walked over to the two and looked at Katara and replied, "Besides, now that we are almost home, you will be treated like a guest."

"It better be that way or else." Threatened Katara as she shoved past the two siblings and stopped as she added, "My brother will know where to find me, brace yourself if my tribe attacks."

Zuko and Azula looked at each as Katara walked to the other side of the ship and stood there.

"This can get bad Azula, you better have a plan."

"I don't have a plan."

"WHAT?"

"Look, we can't make a plan without doing research."

Zuko nodded as he crossed his arms across his chest and looked out at the sunset and took notice and saw something jump over board and gasped, "OH FUCKEN SHITT!"

Looking into the water he saw Katara start swimming towards the other direction as the sky was beginning to get dark and shouted, "AZULA!"

Azula came running out as she gasped when she saw Katara swimming away and groaned, "She is so stubborn…"

"Yep, find anything?"

"Nothing on this ship though, so far. We'll have to check the library uncle rebuilt when we get home and read the legends that took place a 100, no wait 500 years ago."

Zuko nodded as he watched the 'Atlantic Princess' disappear in the distance…

Disclaimer: So Katara is some kind of princess, okay I am going into fantasy basically right? REVIEW PLEASE!