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Unwanted

Sometimes I wish I was something else. Sometimes I wish I was who I pretend to be. Because no one dares love the person I truely am.

Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation.

And being an exiled prince of a nation the rest of the world is at war against leaves me nowhere to go. I am unwanted everywhere I step. I am hated by all who see me and know my identity.

In order to be accepted I must pretend. I must say that I am an Earth Nation refugee by the name of Lee. Then those of the Earth Nation look at me with such sympathy and kindness in their eyes. They treat me like an equal and they respect me. Like here in Ba Sing Se.

My Uncle and I are well liked here. Our neighbors love our company and my Uncle's kindness. The tea shop's customers and employer appreciate our service and my Uncle's tea making abilities. We're very well liked. But not as Prince Zuko and ex-general Iroh. No, we're liked as what we are not. And as what we will never be.

If they ever discovered who and what we were born as, this would all change. Just as its always has.

With knowledge of my true identity everyone always seems to forget who I've been, what I've done. They forget how much I've done to help them, they forget my kindness. They immidiatly become blind of my suffering and can only see the blazing fire that rests in my palm. Suddenly, they become aware of the evil and malice that shines in my golden eyes. Something that never acually existed. And yet, they see it. They seem to forget that I'm even human. They can only see me as a scarred monster.

So they hate me. They hate me because of who I was born as, because of what my people have done.

Which makes me wish sometimes that I could be the person that only exists in other's thoughts. At least that way I could acually belong somewhere.