Hi again people! I kinda' messed up the last chapter. (I forgot to put in the last part of it. So here it is. Oh, and I'll have a contest from now on ;)
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Kalay, another maid, had poked her head into Zuko's room, looking nervous. "He's in one of his moods again. And if his dinner is late, well, I don't even want to know what he'll do to this time." With those ominous words she left, her footsteps pounding down the metal hall. I sighed and finished quickly and headed to the kitchen.
As I slaved over the Zuko's dinner in the steamy kitchen, I couldn't help but feel my bandaged arms. I never wanted to suffer that particular discomfort again. I had finished preparing Iroh's food, and his tea was boiling. Then in walked the prince of fire himself. I was in no mood for him.
"Ahh, that looks delicious! I hope it tastes as good. For your sake." He gave me a sarcastic smile that sent shivers down my spine. The once was a time when he would smile genuinely, his face a bright ball of joy. NO. Those days were gone. He was hardened and cruel now.
As I added some spices to the fish sauce, Zuko put his course hands on my shoulders, gently sliding them towards my inner waist. I shrugged him off brutally. I retuned to the cooking, but he grabbed me by my forearms.
"Not so fast girl! Did I say you could return to your cooking? Remember, you are my slave, you follow my commands no Questions!" Without further conversation, he pulled me into a tight kiss. For a moment, we were kids again.
(Flash Back)
'Have you ever kissed someone before?" Zuko was looking at me with interest.
"No." the 13-year-old me replied. "Why have you?"
"No." He looked at me, smiling. I smiled back. We looked around to see if anyone was watching, and no one was. We leaned in and kissed. His lips felt warm on mine, but then I realized what would happen if we were caught. I broke away, both of us blushing as red as fire.
(End Flash Back) - Sorry peps, I know it's short, but I've got a lot more to talk about! ; -)
Then suddenly I was back in the present. The kiss was becoming more passionate, and I struggled even more. His hand lit on fire as I struggled to free myself. The bandages burned and fell away from my arms, smoldering on the floor.
My arms, now bare and unprotected began to blister under the intense heat. I moaned in pain and agony as I fell to my knees. Suddenly Zuko let go of me, as if he was awakened from a dream. He looked at his hands in disbelief, walking towards the door with pure horror on his face. He turned quickly, running from the room. I slowly got up, ignoring the pain in my arms. It had happened again. He had gone into a war like trance of 'Fiery' passion. I was really beginning to worry about what was happening to him
As I walked over to the sink to cool off my arms, I glanced down at the scar on my wrist. So long ago it seemed, that I was taken from my mother, and put under this vow of servitude. I bandaged my arms again and, sighing, I finished preparing Zuko's dinner, and rang the ready bell. Kalay came in and took it out. Before she did though, she glanced at my new bandages and sighed.
"How you manage to forgive, even worry about that guy is beyond me." Before I could get in a word edge wise, she left the room, carrying the trays.
"Whatever." I replied to no one in particular. I walked out of the room, dawdling in the halls, waiting for the obvious request to do some other chore. No one on this ship was ever idle for long. When I reached the deck, another soldier approached me.
"Prince Zuko has ordered me to find you immediately and offer his apologies. Also he wasn't you to go to the laundry immediately. Apparently they're short handed there." With nothing more to say to me, he walked away, running over to talk to another guard.
The nerve! First of all, he couldn't have managed to say sorry himself, which would have been forgivable if he hadn't added the insult of giving me a task in the same breath! I was so furious that I banished everyone from that room, and since I was the in charge of all the other maids, I had the power to do so. I wanted to be alone to sulk off this hurt, and be able to forgive Zuko. I didn't like to hold grudges. And besides, I didn't want to hurt Zuko further, (She means emotionally of course) and cause him to really lose it. About an hour into folding all of the ships laundry, Zuko appeared in the doorway.
"Listen, Mela, I'm sorry for how I acted. I was… out of line. I take full responsibility for your wounds. I just thought u would want to know. Mela?" His damn words. They always made me feel like scum for being so unforgiving towards him. How his life had been ton's times harder than mine! But I was in no mood to feel this way. Instead I became more angry at the fact that he always had to be so…so, nice! So I continued to fold the laundry instead. He got a strange look in his eye when I didn't respond. On that scared me.
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WOW! Intense! What will Zuko do?
Ok, now for the contest! Ummmmmmmmmmm, hmmm, let's see.
OH! Ok, Finish this quote, and the most creative one gets the chapter dedicated to them!
When Life hands u lemons. Ok, well good luck!
