A/N: Some people have told me to watch the Mary Sue tendencies of my OC, to those of you who are worried, BE PATIENT, she is not in any way a Mary Sue, and Will not be. TRUST ME, I'm sick of those too... LOL Just enjoy the story.

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The rain had passed and Iroh almost felt sorry he had to wake his nephew. He knew he hadn't been sleeping well. But nonetheless, they had to get to Ba Sing Se. They travel on for several more hours before finally deciding to stop for the night. They eat some food then, Iroh starts to sing quietly. His singing is just enough to lull Zuko into a light sleep.

As Zuko starts to dream, the images turn toward his mother, Ursa. Memories of just lying in her arms while she told him stories, or of playing games with her. Even though she always seemed to favor Zuko, he knew in his heart she could never choose between her children, even though Azula was deffinately more talented and ruthless than Zuko, Ursa loved them both the same.

Aya also weaves in and out of his thoughts, bringing back happy memories of training and games. There was this one time, when Aya was working on a complex waterbending move shifting between ice and water and ice again, leaving it in a wavy serpentine shape. While Zuko was working on a slightly more difficult form of the flame dagger than he previously knew. Once he gets that nearly mastered, Aya shows him some simple forms and moves to use with them.

She warns Zuko though, "These are hotter and of greater risk to you than the others, so be careful. I don't want to have to heal you so much."

Zuko blushes and retorts with, "I'm not a little kid. I won't burn myself."

He starts to work with the forms she taught him and almost immediately burns his leg.

"Ouch! Dammit!" he yells in disgust with himself.

"See, I told you to be careful," Aya chides.

She ushers him over to where the bars and she uses the water healing ability to heal his leg like new. He gives her a sheepish smile and then thanks her quietly. Aya shakes her head at his embarassment.

A few minutes later he's called away to a family meeting with Fire Lord Azulan. Zuko didn't remember much about that meeting.

As a matter of fact it was morning and it was time to move again. Iroh and Zuko pack up their few possesions and start to move toward Ba Sing Se again.

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A/N: The next chapter you will see some major changes.