Author's Notes: I'm so so sorry, and to make it worse this chapter will not make it up. More at the end.

Prince Tai Shan woke up with a dull headache. He observed his surroundings and was horrified to find himself in a dinky metal cell. He wondered what had he done wrong to deserve this. "H-hello?" he cried out, hoping to get some answers. Where was his dad? What was going on?

"Hello?" a male voice returned. He sounded like he was in the next room.

"W-who are you? Where am I? What am I doing here?" the young prince tried not to sound panicked. However, even seven year olds were allowed to be scared.

"I don't know why you're here," the stranger answered sympathetically. "But you're in the cells of the palace."

"What palace?" Tai Shan demanded. He doubted that he was back in the Fire Nation. His mother would never allow this, let alone the Fire Lord.

Someone had opened the door and walked through it. It was a man who wore a muschtache and a long braid. His garment was green. "The Earth Kingdom palace," the man answered the question Tai Shan already knew the answer to. "Welcome Prince."

There was no point in hiding his identity now, Tai Shan thought. "Why am I here?" He stood up and clenched his hands into a fist, glaring at the man before him.

"If all goes well, you won't be here for long," the man said nonchalantly.

"You didn't answer my question," Tai Shan hated the sound of his voice. He didn't sound confident enough.

"You're just like your parents. In fact, that's why you're here. The sins of the mother, in this case, is the sins of the son."

Tai Shan's eyes narrowed at the thought of his mother being threatened. He lunged toward his captor and kicked him in the knee and pulled his hair before running toward the door. An unexpected man blocked his way though. He wore a pointed hat and what looked like a green uniform. The man extended his hands and rock gloves caught the young prince. Before Tai Shan could thrash around in an attempt to escape, he felt a horrible pain at the back of his head.

"Insolent child," the braided man muttered, before he and the other man walked out the cell; the bang of the door closing rung loudly in Tai Shan's ears.

"Are you all right?" the stranger from before asked.

"Yes," he lied through his teeth. "Who is he anyway? And what does he want with my mother?"

"I don't know. Who is your mother?"

He knew it was pointless since the braided man already called him "Prince." While it wasn't said loudly, it wasn't exactly quiet either. "Princess Azula of the Fire Nation."

"Oh."

Tai Shan didn't like the sound of the man's voice. It was very obvious that the man next door knew exactly why the man who abducted him wanted his mother. The young prince wanted answers.

Author's Notes: I've tried guys, I really have. At first I stopped writing because of real life but then after awhile, after rereading this-I went, "I can't believe I wrote this." The OOCness bothers me, and while I did intend for the fic to become more action orientated now they're out of the palace, the melodrama bothers me nonetheless. I've sort of come to...dislike this fanfic.

However I am aware that a lot of people have added this to their favorites or who follow it, so I cannot bring myself to delete the fanfic. So I don't know if I should put this on a temp. hiatus and finish it someday or just tell you guys what was supposed to happen.