Moving forward.
As promised, a solder came down with soup and a cup of tea. Zhen was tempted just to throw the soup to the side and focus on the tea. That bowl of salt had nothing on this smooth blended tea. Once she had finished, she placed the tray on the floor beside her bed. Stretched out like a contented cat and laid down relaxed. There must have been something in that tea she decided, she felt warm and tranquil.
Abruptly, she felt the ship heaved forward. Sitting up as if someone had pricked her with a needle she thought,
"What happened to sailing slowly to avoid getting stuck in those chunks of ice plan" She immediately got up and looked down the corridor. There were two choices. Left or right. She suddenly heard shouting coming from the left. It sounded like commands of a certain impatient prince. She took the left and soon found the stairs to the deck. It wasn't far after all. There was a beam of white light shooting up to the sky, but as soon as Zhen had laid her eyes on the site it disappeared.
Meanwhile…
A boy lay in her arms. He had the most unusual clothing she had ever seen and a tattoo of a blue arrow on his head. The girl sensibly dressed in warm blue clothes was stunned…
… Back on the ship.
Orders were flying everywhere. They were setting full speed toward where the light had been.
"What could have caused that light?" Zhen thought, but her thoughts were soon interrupted by a very annoyed person.
"What are you doing on deck? You had no permission to be out on deck!" Zuko yelled.
"I didn't know I was confined to that room. You didn't say." Zhen said scathingly. She knew that it wouldn't really help her situation but there were more important things to be worried about. Zuko looked ready to burst into flames,
"Go back to the room unless I give you permission to come out!" seethed Zuko. Zhen considered just staying on deck but it would be a pointless thing to fight for, better to wait till they were at the source of the light then come out. Besides, she would probably get bumped around by all the frantic solders. Giving Zuko a cold stare she went back to her room.
Fragment: For those who are going to be in this story, don't worry, I will brief you in how your character gets involved.