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Katara's POV

With so much going on lately Lady Ursa took the week off which gave me the week off. I walk out of the garden for I have just finished training with Zuko. As I walk by a table near the sitting room I spot a picture of Zuko I've never seen before I pick it up to examine it more closely. In the picture Zuko is wearing armor of course smaller than he wears now but still armor he is sitting alone in his mothers garden which means that this picture was taken when he least noticed but as I squint I realize that his hair is up in a top- knot. I am shocked for as long as I've known Zuko he's never had a top- knot. Curious about this I walk to find Lady Ursa taking the picture with me.

"Lady Ursa?" I say as I see her in the garden.

"Yes Katara?" she says turning around.

"In this picture Zuko has a top-knot but as long as I've known him he's had spiky hair. What changed after this picture?" I ask my curiosity piqued as I hand her the picture.

I watch as Fire Lady Ursa's expression turns grim as she examines the picture.

"I think you should ask Zuko, Katara. What he has to tell you is his story to tell not mine." She says as she hands me the picture.

"Thank you. I'll go ask him now." I say as I walk out.

When I reach Zuko's door I knock two times and wait a few seconds and then knock three more times. This has been our special knock since we first met so we always know who it is.

"Come in." He yells.

I open the door to find Zuko dressed in an Earth kingdom robe. Ever since we were younger I liked to wear different nation's clothing. Since I had been around Zuko he soon picked it up and we both own at least four robes from every nation.

"Hey." He says as he pecks me on the lips as a greeting.

"Hey. I have something to ask you." I say as I sit on his bed.

"You can ask me anything what it is." He says sitting next to me.

"Well I saw this picture on a table and I was wondering why you don't have that haircut anymore. I mean I learned from my culture classes that is the traditional hair cut for Fire Nation men. With you being the prince I thought you'd have it. What happened?" I ask curiously.

As I hand him the picture his face pales and he turns his head.

"Don't ask me that." He says quietly.

"Why not?" I say.

"Just don't." He says handing me the picture back.

"Zuko I told you about my mother. I trusted you with that information and you can't even answer why you have a different haircut." I say madly about to leave as I feel a strong hand grip my wrist softly.

"Do you really want to know?" He says as he looks in to my eyes.

"Yes." I say quietly.

"Ok." He says leading me to his bed as I sit.

"When I was younger a year before my dad died I spoke out against him and he challenged me to an Agni Kai. An Agni Kai is a fire duel between two people. Because he was my father I refused to fight him and just as he was about to start my mother stepped in front of me. My father yelled at her to step out of the way because he wanted me to learn not to speak out against him but my mother held her ground. When she turned around and told me to leave my father threw a ball of fire at her and it hit her neck. I stood there and watched as my mother fainted and my father walked away. I quickly signaled my uncle to help me get her to the healer and my mother was okay a few days later but is forced to live with burn scars on her neck. When my father died I cut my top-knot symbolizing my separation from him. I vowed never to be like my father after what he did to my mother. Since then I've never grown a top-knot. I don't want to be my father. " He says finishing his story.

I couldn't believe the story he just told me. It all made perfect sense Fire Lady Ursa always wore her hair down and Zuko never talked about his father. I was shocked how a human being could be so heartless to attack his own child and burn his wife. I look up to see Zuko's reaction and realize this must have been hard for him telling me.

"You could never be like him Zuko. Your kind and sweet and brave. Every quality your father wasn't." I say as I walk over and caress his face. I feel him relax as he leans in to my soft caresses.

"Thank you for telling me." I say as I wrap my arms around him in a hug.

"Your welcome." He whispers as he returns the gesture and we just stand there holding each other in the middle of his room.

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Authors Note: I'm sorry if it's short but I'm going to be busy and wanted to update. The next chapter will be focused on Azula and Sokka and I'm hoping to skip ahead awhile in the chapter after that. I might not update for awhile. REVIEW! P.s The haircut Zuko has in this story is the haircut he had in the Season Finale. P.s.s. I'm going to try and get to the BIG Chapter in the chapter about three chapters from now.