A/N: This one switches to Zuko and Terra (Read That was Then). I know there is a huge gap from when That was Then left off until now, but you don't need any of that, and I will put some of it in here if I can.  Terra's appearance is still the same, accept her eyes are normal. They are yellow/gold still, but they have the white. I just didn't like the way they were before.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender, Nick does. I do however own this plot line and my OCs.

Without friends, no man would choose to live, although he has all other goods.

Chapter Two: Sarcastic Apology

"Dig the ship out and follow them!" The enraged Prince of the Fire Nation yelled at his crew, "As soon as you're done with that…"

"Um, Prince Zuko?" Terra asked, coming up from below.

"What now!"

"Well, you know that girl we captured near Kyoshi? She kinda, escaped too…" Terra braced herself for the outburst and sure enough:

"WHAT! How could you let her escape too! All of you people are worthless!" He yelled before storming off to his room. Terra sighed. This was not turning out to be a good day for the Prince.

Iroh walked up behind her and sighed as well.

"Sometimes I just don't understand my nephew. He should know by now that his father does not want him home."

"I know," Terra began slowly, carefully choosing her words, "He just, wants to believe that his father loves him. He wants it so much, It's kind of like a distorted truth to him."

Iroh grunted in reply. He knew that this was true, but it hurt to hear it out loud.

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Auralee sighed as she felt the salty sea breeze on her face. Her 'family' were pirates and they had just set sail once more to find a new place to sell their 'traded' merchandise. She had lived on the pirate ship The Half Moon since as far back as she could remember. She was the only person on the entire ship that had been there that long. She had seen numerous captains, first mates, and ship hands killed or replaced over the years. Not many could last long on a pirate ship. She had sun darkened skin and her once dark hair had become bleached to a soft brown. Her liquid blue eyes matched the ocean she loved to sail and she always carried a sword at her side.

On the ship she went by Auralee, but everywhere else she was know as The Pirate Princess. No one but her ship mates new her real name, and she didn't plan on letting anyone else in on the secret. Names were a powerful thing. She had learned that the hard way.

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Terra knocked softly on the Prince's door.

"What?"

"Um, can I come in?" She asked.

"Fine." Terra opened the door and went in to him meditating but the candles were somewhat out of his control. "What is it?"

"I just wanted to see how you were doing. You kinda, blew up on me earlier." Terra said, sitting down beside him.

"Of course I blew up! I lost the Avatar and that Earth brat in a matter of minutes! The avatar is my ticket home Terra. You know I can't get back without him."

"I know, but shouldn't you at least be happy that he is in fact alive? I mean, he could have been dead for all we knew. We have months before the comet arrives. That's plenty of time to catch him. Next time, we just won't underestimate him."

"You don't understand! You didn't lose everything you had! I was a prince, you were a slave Terra! I lost everything,you on the other hand, had nothing to lose!" Zuko exploded.

"Nothing! Zuko I could have died because I saved you! I had a home, a family, I mean, maybe they weren't related to me, but they were the best I ever had! Don't tell me that I had nothing to lose!" With that, she stormed out of the room, almost running in Iroh.

Later…

There was a knock on Terra's door.

"Enter." She said angrily. It was Iroh.

"I have just been speaking with Prince Zuko. He is very sorry for the things he said to you."

"Yeah and Zuko's father really loves him and Azula has stopped being a bitch." Terra said sarcastically.

"Alright, so I couldn't get my nephew to apologize, but that doesn't mean –"

"What? You think that he really is sorry deep down inside or something? No. He changed. That scar… when his father gave it to him, he took away the real Zuko that we knew when he was 14."

"I know." Iroh said, defeated. "I have just hoped over these two long years that maybe, maybe we could bring the old Zuko back. He is like a son to me. I hate to see him so angry at everyone and everything he used to love."

"Just two years? Man, it seems like eternity…"

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"Land ho! " Came the watchman's cry from the crow's nest.

"Finally." Said one of the newer crew members who was not used to being out at sea for such long streches of time. "I just hope we don't get anything stolen like that last group the docked here did. What was it, a glass monkey?"

"Yeah, but nobody ever steals from us 'cause we got Princess P!" Said another that was a bit more experienced. Auralee smiled to herself. People everywhere feared Princess P. The other pirates of the sea envied her skill and the fright that her name induced.

"Alright maties! Put 'er in! We got work to do 'fore nightfall!" The Captain yelled.

TBC

Quick Quote:

"And also, Momo could talk, you said some very unkind things."

-Sokka (The Storm)

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Preview of Chapter Three:

"Fire Nation." Dani whispered, staring at the mask half covered with snow. It had a sense of foreboding about it. Just looking at it there made them shiver.