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Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar blah blah, and I don't own McDonalds (who's food tastes bad anyway), but I do own Allison (or Ally as she will be known in the future) so haha, power to the people! Yeah, so… here's chapter 3

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Where the hell am I? Zuko thought as he walked through rows of camping equipment. All the stuff he had seen was new, and none of it looked like something he would normally see at a market. Zuko looked up at the lights, they were so bright, and they didn't flicker like candles do. This whole place just confused him, and that confusion fed into his anger of the world. But the prince was careful to keep his bending in check. Zuko knew all to well that people did not accept him for who he was, and he wanted to at least know what nation he was in before he started spouting off fire.

Zuko slowly approached a man behind a glass counter. "Looking to buy sell or trade?" The man said seeing the teen.

The prince stood silent for a second before saying; "I would like to trade for 'American Money'" He quoted the sales lady, trying to use her exact pronunciation.

The man laughed. "So you want to sell, well let's see what you've got?" He waited patiently for Zuko to show him his coin.

Zuko was irritated that he had just told the man he wanted to trade, but his words were twisted into sell, but the prince was too tired and hungry to correct the man's mistake. Zuko pulled out his bronze coin, leaving his last silver one still in his pocket. "How much will I get for this?" He asked.

The man studied the coin, then replied with; I will give you $100 for it."

Zuko wasn't sure if one hundred dollars was a lot of money or not, but being an experienced bargainer he tried for higher. "Three hundred." He said, not showing any sigh of weakness.

"Hmm," The man leaned on the counter, "$150, that's it."

"250"

"$200 that final, take it or leave it!" Zuko could tell the man was getting agitated, so nodded his head in agreement. The man stuck the bronze coin in a velvet box, then opened a noisy contraption. Soon he handed Zuko 10 pieces of paper, each with the number 20 written in the corners.

"This is 'American money'?" Zuko asked, making sure he wasn't getting ripped off. The man nodded his head and started cleaning off the counter. "What nation is this?" The prince asked before leaving.

"Kid has someone his you on the head with a brick. You're in the good ole US of A, that is why we're using the American currency."

Zuko saw that this man was stupid, there were only 4 nations and the US of whatever the heck he had said was not one of them, and he was not going to be of anymore use so Zuko turned his back and walked away. He was finally headed towards what he had come in the store for. Zuko could smell the stench of cooked cow, and it made his stomach flip. Thankfully there was no line and he was first up to the counter. "Whoa, cool shirt man!" Said a boy dressed in a red polo. His comment made the prince grin on the inside, not even an hour had passed, and he was getting comments on his new look. "So," the boy continued. "what would you like ta, you know, eat?"

Zuko looked above him, there seemed to be a lot of words written there, but he couldn't read any of it. He stared at the menu a little longer before pointing to one of the pictures, "I want that."

"Ok, uno BigMaco coming up." This boy also pushed buttons on one of those machines that the clothing lady, and the coin man had.

"What is that?" Zuko narrowed his eyes to the cash resister.

"It's the bling box dude." The boy looked at Zuko in disbelief. "It's where The Man makes us worker bees put his riches." Still Zuko showed no understanding of what the boy said. "Look, it's just a cash register, every store has them." And with that he gave Zuko his hamburger. "$2.56" Zuko handed he a twenty and took the change. "Have a good day."

"Whatever", Zuko mumbled under his breath as he left the food place. He quickly rushed over too the sale lady and gave her what he owed. Then Zuko finally made his way up to the front of the store and with a quick sprint through the magic doors, he was out. Zuko sat down on the curb and ate his BigMac. The array of flavors swarmed his mouth, and slid down with perfect ease. This could have been the best food he had ever tasted. Zuko sat there and just thought about a few things; Oh my god this tastes delicious. It's cold out here, where am I going to sleep? He watched the night sky as the remaining fireworks exploded. Zuko took another bite of his burger. I'm probably going to have to camp out again. Where am I? Why is everything so weird here? Licking his fingers, the prince stood up and threw his trash away. He found a bench a few yards down, and curled up on it. Slowly he started to fall asleep, then using his old clothes as a pillow, Zuko crashed for the night. About four hours later, Zuko was shaken form his slumber.

"Hey, Kid, what are you still doing here?" It was the sales lady. Zuko tried to ignore her, but she kept shaking. "Hey, don't you have a home you need to go to?" This statement brought back painful memories of when Zuko was banished, but he kept his sadness buried.

"No," He answered her. "I have no home."

The lady sighed, then surprised Zuko by pulling him onto his feet. "Come on," She said taking his hand and leading his over to one of the giant creatures.

"What are you doing?" Zuko asked, his voice painted with anger as he ripped his hand out of the woman grip.

"Well I can't just let you stay out here on the streets." She said, pulling keys out of her bag. "Now do you want to have a warm bed to sleep in or not?" There was a bit of force in her tone as she said this.

"I don't need your sympathy." Zuko stated. He knew the right choice would be to go with her, but his pride stopped him from doing so.

"Fine! I've helped you enough today." The lady said, then she opened a door to the creature and sat down inside. There was a monstrous noise, as she backed up and drove away. Zuko was shocked that she would take back her offer so suddenly. Most people tried to convince him that all they wanted to do was help. You're so stupid! He told himself. Should've gone with the woman, at least then you would have had a place to sleep. Zuko looked up into the starry sky, yeah, but she had helped me already, I don't want to burden people with my presence, or take what I can't give back. Then to his left he heard the squealing of rubber. The creature (car) the woman had gotten into was coming back. It slowly came to a halt, with the passenger door in front of Zuko. Remembering what the woman had done, he opened the door and looked at her. "Get in." She said pleading. "I promise I won't hurt you, I just can't stand the thought of a kid spending the night out alone on the streets."

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Haha, will Zuko get in the car, or will he suck it up and stay on the streets? Only the next chapter will tell…