Note: I know I put the disclaimer as its own chaptered but I didn't want to have to keep rewriting it, but it seems kind of lame so I guess I will anyways! Oh, yeah and I'm learning Spanish so I thought I'd share some really quick:

La chicka es muy, muy linda y muy comica.

I just said, literally: The girl is very, very pretty and very funny.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Avatar: Last Airbender characters or the story line.

Chapter Two

When he opened his eyes again, he realized that it was dusk, I must have slept for a full day, he glanced at the sleeping girl, she must have too.

He let out a low moan at the sight of a ship graveyard. The ships were new from his father's fleets; some were water and earth bender ships, while others were more than a hundred years old. Beyond the vessels was a small beach. His heart began to thump in excitement they had actually made it. They were saved. The beach was slowly creeping toward them but even though they were miles off he had an uneasy feeling about the island. His memory flashed back to when he was younger:

"Uncle," he said while sitting in the chair next to Iroh, swinging his legs back and forth under him, "What are you doing?"

Iroh was leaning over a large map, he looked up smiling at his nephew filled with so much love and curiosity, "Ah, Zuko, its so good to see you, and what mischief are we up to today?"

His younger self smiled up at Iroh, "None yet."

Iroh let out a joyous laugh then said, "We can only hope. And where is your sister and her two lovely friends?"

He screwed his face up in disgust and in a reproached voice said, "Ew, I don't know."

Iroh laughed again placing a hand on Zuko's head, "One day you'll come to like them."

He jerked his head from Iroh and changing the subject he replied, "What is that map of?"

Iroh's golden eyes fallowed his finger to the map of their world, "It's our world, see? The red is us, the Fire Nation, the blue are the Water Tribes, and the green is the Earth Kingdom."

His mind flashed back to the present, I don't remember this island, he thought as they passed by the ships and crashed onto the beach.

He glanced at the female water bender at his side; she was breathing, it was shallow, but it was breath. He examined the island slowly taking in the environment around him one area at a time. The beach went all the way around as far as he could see, beyond that was nothing but a dense forest, and in the middle of the forest was a massive volcano.

No, I definitely don't remember this island.

"Where am I?" the girl asked slowly raising her hands up to her face; she let out a loud groan dropping them to her right rib cage.

"Are you hurt?" Zuko asked trying to keep his voice from sounding harsh, but at the same time making her realizes they were not friends.

Her aqua colored eyes opened halfway then opened all the way until he was completely in her vision, "Y-y-you!"

She tried to jump up, but her injury wouldn't allow it. He sat up, an arrogant smirk stretched across his face, "Keep that up and you'll kill yourself."

"Oh, like you care!" she screamed at him while trying to roll off the driftwood and into the sand as if an attempt to get away from him.

"I don't really," he snapped back getting to his feet.

She growled at him, rolled on her side, then yelled, "Y-your so annoying! I hate you and all your kind, stupid fire bender!"

He felt a sharp pain in his chest, and defensively said, "I just saved your life!"

She didn't say anything to that, but slowly rose to her feet, nearly falling over out of pain and weakness, "I didn't ask for your help!"

"I'll keep that in mind next time I see you drowning!" he yelled through his teeth. He was trying to stay calm with her but it was very difficult for him; he turned on his heels and began to walk toward the woods.

"Hey!" he heard her voice yell, "Where are you going?!"

"What do you care?" he could hear heavy breathing as her feet shuffled through the sand, and then she stopped.

"I-I don't-" she stopped talking, finally, he thought walking on, but then he heard her fall to the ground with a thud.

"Great," he hissed turning around to see her passed out in the sand, "Stupid."

He walked over to her, kneeling down, he gently moved her long, wet hair out of her face. He could feel that she was shivering deeply and found himself shivering as well. Scooping her up in his arms, he walked to the edge of the forest where their campsite would be. He gathered large pieces of wood so that he could build a fire to keep them warm; this was going to be a long night.

When he opened his eyes, he couldn't remember where he was or how he had gotten there. The sun was just breaking across the sky and a gentle breeze ruffled through his dried hair. Any signs of the storm were now gone. He rolled over to see the water bender curled into a ball on the other side of the fire he had made the former night. Her eyes slowly opened as well.

"What?" she snapped at him even though she was unable to move through her pain. He laughed, some, amazed that she was able to be so tough, "Stop laughing, this isn't funny!"

"Your hurt badly, aren't you?" he questioned using a distant tone no longer laughing. He knew that he couldn't be her friend or act friendly toward her otherwise he would be a traitor to all. He didn't want to make friends with her, and then have to fight her in the war. He had to keep his distance; it would be better that way, for both of them.

"No thanks to your sister!" she hissed no longer looking at him but at the ash pile that had once been the fire pit; she seemed to be avoiding his eyes.

He grunted, stood up, then commanded, "Let me see where your hurt."

She sat up, looking him straight in the eyes and said, "No."

"Don't be stupid," he snapped loosing his patients, "It could be serious!"

"I don't care," she paused then added, "You can't be trusted."

"I saved your life, I didn't let you drown when I could have," he walked toward her a little then stopped in his tracks because of the small water whip she had formed, "Would you stop?!"

"NO! GO AWAY!" she yelled at him lashing the air with her pathetic whip, "WHEN AANG AND SOKKA ARRIVE YOU'LL BE SORRY YOU EVER KIDNAPPED ME!"

"I DIDN'T KIDNAP YOU!" he yelled back at her now sorry he had ever saved her life, "I SAVED YOUR LIFE!"

"RIGHT, LIKE I'M SUPPOSE TO BELIEVE THAT AFTER WHAT YOU DID?!"

"Believe what you want," he growled walking into the trees, "I don't care."

She didn't say anything but allowed him to leave. The forest trees were very large, almost as big as medium size huts covered by green-gray mossy type plants.

Zuko

He jerked around trying to find the voice that said his name, but no one was there, just the trees of the forest. He shook his head, and then continued to walk in the direction he was headed.

Zuko, the voice came again, we know who you are fire prince.

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