Zuko was locked up in a prison cell, hanging from the wall by chains. He'd been there for hours, waiting to be executed and taken to father.

Footsteps echoed in the halls outside his cell, slowing as they drew nearer. Zuko lifted his head to look out between the bars of his cage, expecting to see a guard.

Instead, he saw a waterbender.

"What do you want?" Zuko demanded, narrowing his eyes.

Katara looked at her feet as she said, "I saw poster stating you'd be executed in the town square tomorrow at noon," She looked him in the eye. "I wanted to know why."

"My father views me as a failure and a traitor. For that, he wants me dead," Zuko replied coldly. Why did she care what happened to him? They were enemies.

"I see…" Katara said sadly, looking to the ground once again.

Zuko sighed and let his head hang, planning to sleep before his death. He'd expected the waterbender to just leave and forget about him, like everyone else would.

Instead of quiet footsteps walking away, he heard slicing.

"What are you doing?" Zuko hissed, wincing when the metal bars fell loudly on the floor. A guard had to have heard that.

Using her bending to slice his chains, Katara said, "I don't like seeing people in cages."


Author's Notes: I am so sorry about not updating. Dx I got kind of, err, distracted by an event on Gaia... So, yeah, really soory about that.

Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this drabble. It's certainly not one of the best things I've written, but I guess it's pretty good... Tell me what you think!

Disclaimer: Nope. Still don't own Avatar or any of it's characters.