This is my first ever Zutara Fan fic, so please no harsh Flamers, unless you're Zuko, then thats ok lol. My friend Natasha is writting a Zutara Fan Fic currently and I kind of thought, why not give ita shot too. So here's the Prologue to "Heartless"

Enjoy and please review! Review keep me going!

JeSs

Prologue:

I stood outside the main hall; everyone was inside for the annual dance had begun.

The beautiful light shinned down upon me, casting a strange glow over my face and shoulders.

Tonight, I wanted to be left alone, to mediate. I didn't want anyone to disturbed me.

Here under the protection of the moon, I was safe from my enemies. Tonight was a solar eclipse and the sight was indescribable.

"My lady, the festivities have begun, why aren't you in the main hall?" I didn't needto look to know that it was one of my servants.

"Please do not worry about me, I need to be alone." I looked down at my hands and sighed. I couldn't believe that I could have let it all result in this. A world where war and hatred was something of common recognition.

I dreamt of the day when children would never have to live a life like we now had to.

I heard footsteps sound yet again behind me, gravel crunched behind my servant's feet.

I rubbed my temples, getting frustrated with his consistent want to have his way.

"I told you, I'd rather not go to the celebration. I've had enough."

When I got no reply, I found that I was curious enough to turn around and take a look.

My heart stopped as my gaze caught his. It wasn't my servant.

"Why must you separate yourself from everyone?" His dark eyes were focused on me, and only me.

"Maybe I feel that separation can save me a lot of pain, no one can hurt me … and I can't hurt anyone else."

He walked toward me, slowly, making me tense up.

"Why are you here?" I asked, looking down at the ground, refusing to look into his eyes.

He caught my chin in between his fingers, a smirk crossing over his lips.

"Do I always have to have a reason for seeing you?"He leaned closer, trying to steal a kiss but I turned away, letting his lips touch my neck instead. A mistake.

I felt his lips curve into a smile against my skin.

"You feel hatred toward me to cover your true feelings?" I felt myself sigh in relief as he released his lips from my neck.

"What...you mean Despise?" I tried walking away but he pulled me back.

"If you are here to kill me, you'll have to do it with your bare hands. Tonight is a solar eclipse; you can't use your bending."

"Listen to me Katara, they didn't send me here on a mission, I come of my own free will." He gently touched the side of my face, making me quiver.

"So it's your own goal to suck the life from me," My hand formed into a fist as I became ready to fight him.

"Katara, you know that's not why I'm here!" he shouted, his voice echoed down into the gray canyon beyond us.

"Then why did you come, you're just wasting your time."

I neared the edge of the cliff and stared down at the endless rock formations below.

"I have to disappear for a bit. So that maybe Admiral Chang and his troops won't find me," He took my hand and grasped it tightly.

I pulled away and tried to get away again, so I ran.

"I came to tell you I loved you!"

I stopped.

Suddenly his words rang in my head and I could hear nothing else.

"I didn't want to leave without telling you that first." I heard his footsteps going further and further away from where I stood. But I couldn't turn around, I couldn't run to him. I just couldn't.

Instead, I fell to the ground and cried.

That was the last time I ever saw him… in that life that is.