AN: I decided to give u all a longer chappie, so here it is!

She started to pace. The fire nation. She was going to be a Princess of prisoners in war. It hurt her to think she actually believed in Zuko. 'I actually liked him. He betrayed me. Why am I surprised, he is the son of Ozia, The Fire Lord.'

Her legs grew tired and she sat down.

Ray was so angry. Her feelings just fueled it more. Iroh heard her mumbling.

It was late before the boat pulled forward. "I just don't understand."

Iroh heard her clearly. "Me neither." he said after a while.

"I'm so frustrated, and angry, and irritated, and sad. I don't know why." she said meekly

"Your in love." Iroh gave her a smile.

This surprised her "What?"

"It's between you and my nephew."

Ray just nibbled her lower lip. "So he doesn't feel the same?"

"Oh he does. For quite some time he's had a little crush on you. Only recently has he admitted it though."

She had a slight giggle, along with a smile. It quickly erased, though.

She shot to her feet. "Then why did he leave me! Why was he so rude in the time I needed him the most! Why did he betray me!" she screamed.

Ray spun around and sat down with her back to Iroh. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take my anger out on you." she whispered

"I understand." Iroh said while bowing his head

"Thanks."

"Zuko, the guards are complaining that they can't quiet down a young girl in the prison hold. Can you go do that tonight?" Azula asked innocently

"Whatever."

She had screamed, and punched the wall, and stomped, and kicked. No matter what, though, the guards couldn't keep her quiet. Iroh watched as her emotions were eating her from the inside out.

It made him sad. She was so young.

Her emotion swings were terrible. One moment she was screaming her head off while the next she was cradling her rocking body and crying in the corner. Iroh wanted to confert her so bad.

'And to think that my nephew affected me the most.' he thought. 'He had a deeper affect on her.'

What he didn't know, though, was that Zuko was her whole world. Her friend, the one she could trust, the one that she looked up to, the one that led her, her first crush, and the one that was more like a family than her own. It crushed her soul and spirit.

"Zuko!" Azula screeched

"What." he snapped

"Go and quiet down that little brat, I can't sleep."

"Than why don't you do it yourself." he answered nonchalantly

"Because your more intimidating."

He choked on his drink. Azula always lies. "Ya right."

"Yep, now go." she said while pushing him. "It's cell 310"

He was walking down the hall of the prison hold. He was looking at the cells for numbers. "270...286...292," he didn't need to look at the numbers anymore because of the noise. A girl screamed and it hurt his ears.

"Oh, your going to get it." he mumbled. All Zuko had to do was follow the noise.

Ray had been throwing such a fit that her white dress was now ripped and covered in dirt. Her top was now hanging on her arms and bottom of her shoulders. Her hair was matted and ratty. If you looked at her just right, she looked like an evil spirit.

It suddenly turned quiet. Zuko finally made it to the end of another hallway. He stopped and right in front of him behind bars was his uncle. "Uncle?" his innocent voice quickly turned to anger as he turned around.

'Cell 310. It's her.' he thought.

Zuko saw a girl standing in the middle of her cell with her hair down covering her face.

"Be quiet girl. No one wants to hear you." he commanded

"No." she said defiantly

"Do you know who I am?" he asked as his anger boiled

"Of coarse I do." She looked up and he saw her icy glare. "Your the one that betrayed me." she spat

The glow in her eyes were missing, he noticed, it just wasn't there.

Zuko was confused, he thought she left. "Ray? What are you doing down here?"

"I'm down here for the same exact reason everyone else is. I'm a prisoner." she hissed

Zuko noted that her voice wasn't the same. It was filled with venom.

He was so confused. "Why?"

"Because of you!" she screeched

This surprised him, he ended up taking a few steps back.

"What do you mean?"

"You're clueless." she stated, bowing her head back down. "I was there the whole time. I never left." she said slowly.

He was quiet and waited for her to continue. Alas, she did.

"I was there, when you went on a date, fought Jet, moved into your own apartment," Her eyes met his again and turned glare colder than ice. "When you set Appa free, when you were sick, fought your sister, and most of all," he had his eyes close as her voice dropped deadly. "When you betrayed the Avatar."

"Why do you care what I do." he snapped looking into her eyes.

"I don't. Not anymore, that is. You didn't just betray the avatar. Katara trusted you and was about to help you, free you of your scar, your mark. Then you turned your back on her a heartbeat later. You betrayed Katara, her brother, her friends, the Avatar. You betrayed the whole world besides the Fire Nation. If that doesn't matter, than what about Iroh. He was your only family, father figure, and stuck with you for three years, when in the end you what? Betrayed him? And if that doesn't faze you one bit then what about me. I was your friend when we were kids and when this stupid war didn't matter. I stuck by you when the world gave up on you. I trusted you with everything, and still this is how I get repaid? Was I just some pawn in your games? Did I mean nothing to you? Was I merely used to satisfy your needs? What about our friendship, was that even real or another one of your games?" her voice rose with each word.

"I don't need to answer some peasants' question." he answered, his eyes growing cold.

Ray's eyes twitched. "Oh, now I'm a peasant? Your turning into your father." she said, her anger boiling.

"That's a compliment. I thought you would be happy." he said coldly

"Of what? The monster your becoming? Or that you turned your back on me?" she asked the next part sarcastically. "Oh wait, am I supposed to be happy that I am a prisoner?"

"I'm finally going home." he stated

"Ya, well Guess what? I liked you a lot more when you were the banished prince. At least then you were actually nice."

Zuko glared at her. "You don't know anything peasant." he sneered

"How do I not know anything? I was there most of your life. I grew up with you. Last time I checked, I was your friend."

"You need to shush your mouth and be quiet. Learn respect."

"And how do I not know respect? I don't lie. I'm pretty sure I know more about respect than you."

"If you make me come in there to shut you up, you won't be happy."

She couldn't take it anymore. Her teeth were grinding. "Aah!" she screeched and punched the wall. Fire erupted from her fist. Her screech bounced off all of the walls in the prison and hit everybody's ears. Her flame was so pure that at first it was as white as freshly fallen snow, then it turned light purple, blue, and finally red with an aray of color laced into its very essence. She stood there as if it didn't hurt. Her punch to the wall hard enough to break knuckles, only hers didn't.

This surprised him, his eyes showed shock for a split second before he controlled it.

"You are not permitted to bend." he said in a monotone voice.

He turned to walk away, glancing at his uncle, who was shaking his head, and then to his furious friend.

"Consider our friendship OVER!" she screeched at the top of her lungs. Her voice was so loud, it punctured his ears.

What surprised him the most, though, was what he heard her whisper afterwards. A tear dropped "And to think I loved you."

That broke Zuko's heart. It kept replaying in his head all night. 'She liked me like that? If only I could go back and say I'm sorry. That won't help though. She hates me now.'

He ended up tossing and turning all night.

When Zuko strode away, Ray bursted into tears. She spun around and sat down with her legs to her chest. She had her back to Iroh. Her body was shaking with sobs.

"I thought he'd help. After everything we've been through, he still leaves me in the dust. I can't believe I actually trusted him." Her tears had dried by now.

"I actually can't believe I thought a friendship would work. With the crown prince of the Fire Nation." she huffed. "Idiot."

She sat like that for the whole night. When the sun's rays seeped through the small window in her cell, Ray climbed into the corner and rolled into the smallest ball she could manage. She fell asleep like that.

Iroh was awake the whole time and heard her pleas, her promises, her plans.

He was a little surprised, she truly was a genius for her age.

"Brother, we have 3 more weeks until we reach the capital. I hope your excited." Azula told Zuko during breakfast. It was the morning after the little fiasco between Zuko and Rayan.

"Cool, can't wait." he said in a monotone voice.

"Oh, do you know if any of our prisoners are benders? Father wants to know."

"No, I'll go see later though." Zuko said. 'Should I snitch on Ray? I don't know, maybe 'cause that's the right thing for my country, but then again it will be another reason for her to hate me.'