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Gidget: Stop dancing and do the disclaimer!
Sarah: Fine. You don't have to be so mean.
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Zuko knocked on James' door. He had been in there ever since they had landed on that island and saw the Avatar's bison flying away. At first James had looked relived but then they heard faint shouts of joy from Zhao's ship. Zuko knew they must have captured one of the Avatar's friends but James seemed to know more.
"Come in Zuko." James called and Zuko entered. James was sitting on a mat with his eyes closed. He had been mediating. "What do you want?"
"I want you to tell me about your girlfriend." James' eyes shot opened.
"Ok." James got up and sat on the bed. "Come sit by me." Zuko sat by him. "What do you want to know?"
"Who was she?"
"Her name was Sarah. Her title was Air Queen Sarah, Master Airbender, Lady of the Southern Air Temple, Daughter of Air Queen Serena and Air King Keith." A/N: James purposely left out Lady Avatar.
"She was the Air Queen?" Zuko was shocked.
"Yes. She was."
"Wasn't Keith the one who led the Air Rebels?"
"Yes. He also killed his wife, his youngest daughter, and tried to kill Sarah. He tried to kill her again when she was ten. That time he was going to try to kill her younger brother." James said bitterly.
"What were the names of Sarah's brother and sister?"
"Her sister's name was Elizabeth, but everyone called her Lizzie. Sarah was a year older than her."
"What about the brother?"
"I'm not ready to tell you that. Maybe when you're older." Zuko didn't like the answer but knew better that to push his uncle.
"Who would kill his own family?" Zuko shook his head as he spoke.
"I don't know. The worst part about him killing Lizzie was that he killed her right in front of Sarah."
"We were always taught that Keith was a noble firebender that tried to rid us of the airbenders and the Avatar." Zuko confessed.
"There was nothing noble about that man."
"When did you first start to like Sarah?" Zuko asked, trying to change the subject.
"Well, we met when we were six. I went to check on my little sister Ruby who was in the care of Sarah. I was waiting to meet with her when her sister was being killed and she was fighting for her life."
"You mean Aunt Ruby was living in the Air Nation?"
"Yes. She and Sarah were good friends. After I met with Sarah I stayed there when I could which was most of the time. They had become friends with a healer's apprentice, Sapphire, who we learned was Princess Sapphire of the Southern Water Tribe when we were nine."
"You're not answering my question."
"I began to fall in love with her when we were seven and we had gone to Earth Princess Emerald's 7th birthday party."
Flashback
James stared at Sarah from across the ballroom. He couldn't take his eyes off her. He had never realized how beautiful she was.
He saw Ruby pointing at him and quickly looked away. He had been caught by his own little sister. James groaned knowing he would never hear the end of this. For a six year old she sure did have a big mouth. If they were in the Fire Nation everyone would have known he was staring at the Air Queen by morning. Why did Ruby have to be eleven months younger than him? Why did he have to have a crush on her best friend?
Deciding that he had better go over there and deny anything his sister said about the matter, he slowly walked to his sister's side.
"Hey James." Sarah greeted.
"Would you girls like some punch?" He asked trying to hide his nervousness.
"Sure." The girls said together.
He walked to the punch bowl trying to act normal. He had just finished filling four cups with the red punch when he saw Emerald talking to the girls. He groaned at the thought of carrying five glasses. James filled the last cup and walked over.
"Hello ladies. I saw Princess Emerald over here so I brought her a cup. Could someone help me?" Sapphire helped him distribute them.
End Flashback
"Even though that was when I started to love her I didn't begin to court her until we were nine." James sighed.
"Why do you look like you're 16?" Zuko asked.
James held out his right hand for his great-nephew to see, "Do you see the ring on my finger?" Zuko nodded and James spoke again, "It's called a Ring of Eternity. Sarah gave it to me. It was created by the airbenders. Nobody really knows what it does except that it can make you live forever. As for why I look 16, I have no idea."
Zuko couldn't believe all the answers he was getting. "Why did Sarah disappear?"
"I've always wondered about that. I think it may be because of when the Fire Nation slaughtered her people, although she had disappeared three years before that."
"Do you think she died?"
"No. Ruby came home and told me that Sarah had gone in search of her younger brother who had recently gone missing. Ruby gave me a message from Sarah saying not to go looking for her. I haven't seen her since."
"Why weren't you in the Air Nation when she left?" Zuko asked.
"I had to come home for a war meeting. It was my father who came up with the idea for the war but my brother who carried it out as I'm sure you know."
"What are you searching for?" Zuko hated his curiosity.
"I'm not ready to tell you."
Me: What do you think the answer is? I'll give 100 cookies to whoever figures it out.
Gidget: I would actually try to get that right because she makes excellent cookies.
Zuko: Why can't you have James tell me already?
Me: Because I don't want him to.
Zuko: That's not fair.
Me: Who said life was fair?
Sokka: I did.
Sarah: You're an idiot.
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