A/N: This is my first A:TLA fan fiction. This is going to be a oneshot unless I get 15+ review saying otherwise. It takes place before 'The Blind Bandit' and after 'Zuko Alone'.

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Zuko wandered onto a busy market place on his ostrich horse trying to find something cheap, hot, and good.

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"Come here miz, I dun bite." a creep old man said.

"No"

The girl sat there in the shadows, unknowingly staring at this man. 'What's wrong with hi, I'm not a prostitute!" she silently thought to herself.

"Wha not? Youra wasting your be-autay…just sitting thera."

She didn't think it was true though, she wasn't beautiful, she was…plain. Her eyes were a darker shade of brown and her skin was pasty, but she was in the sun so much her skin had darkened. Her hair was in a top knot holding on to her hair, and some of her hair had escaped and was hanging down her back. There were two thick brown bangs framing her face. In her real home this was considered hideous, however, she fit in just fine in the Earth Kingdom, except for one thing.

"How, sir, could I be wasting beauty if I have none?" she sternly stated.

"Yea…uh-huh do."

"You sir, are drunk! Please go away!" she nearly screamed

"No um…not." She quickly stood up a punched this horrible man in the face. He turned around, running, and eventually collapsing and barfing.

Then the woman simply walked away.

As soon as she got out of the alleyway she sprinted to the town square, crying for she could no longer hold her emotions in.

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Zuko walked up to a vending stand and bought feed, a cup of hot tea and a fruit.

"Buto!" a shrill cry came from behind Zuko. He turned around and looked at the weeping woman running toward him, head facing down. She ran right into him staying there. Zuko blushed madly.

"Umm…I am sorry, but I am not who you are looking for." the young woman looked up and stared him straight in the eye.

"I'm sorry, you and my friend look very similar from behind. I'm sorry, I need to go now!" She backed away slowly then turned her head and began picking up the pace.

After a few steps, though, she couldn't move something or rather someone had grabbed her.

He twirled her around and his eyes met hers. For a brief moment, the world had stopped…

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A/N: I know the chapter is really short, hey hey it's my first . If I had kept going then it would HAVE to turn into a chapter story, but if no one liked it then I didn't want to bother to write one. So if you want to see more, review.