Disclaimer: We've been through this too many times to go through it again. Ignore the fact that it exists.


'What... what's going on?' I tried opening my eyes, letting the blinding light hit me. I shut my eyes in reflex, and tried my best to ignore the throbbing in my head.

"Good, you're awake."

"Zuko?" My voice was raspy, but soon, water was rushing down my throat, slowly removing the burning I felt.

"I'm here."

Relief washed over me, which was odd... considering he was the enemy.

"What about that...", I gasped and continued, "That thing?"

"It's gone. Probably crying over its burns."

He's the one who saved me? Was he really an enemy if he cared about my well-being?

"Zuko? Zuko?"

"Zuko..."


"Zuko..." My eyes shot open as I rose from the bed, desperately searching for Jet. Did he hear me?

If he did... I was in more trouble than anyone could imagine.

I looked outside, and sighed in defeat when it was still day. The only good thing coming out of the day now was that Jet wasn't near me.

Was this my fate? To be married away to someone who... scarred me in such a way, I'll never forget?

Then what about that... that fortune? Didn't it say I was to be married to a very powerful... bender...

Wait... I was to be married to someone powerful in the arts of bending! That's what the lady said before... when... when I was with... with Aang.

Yes, that's what happened, didn't it? That's it! Jet isn't suppose to be my husband! He's not!

... Then why am I his wife?


A figure in the dark hid in the shadows of the heavily guarded castle. He waited as a guard past him, then he ran to another pillar surrounding the caslte. He continued this routine until he reached a part of the castle completely encased in shwdow.

He brought two items to his face, giving them one more glance before using them to climb the wall.

It took him a while before he was almost at the top of the castle. A scowl decorated his face when he saw two more guards at a window, his only way in.

He moved to his left, planning to surprise the guards from another side; the castle was circular, and he moved more into the shadows, making sure to keep himself hidden.

Finally climbing to the top, he unleashed a fire ball at one of the guards, effectively catching the other one's attention. It wasn't long before both guards were out, and he entered the window in stealth.

He looked around the room, seeing a extravagant room with beautiful furniture, but it didn't catch his attention too much. He was used to royalty. Now, he had only one goal in mind.

I have to save her.

If you looked closely, you would be able to see the masked one's eyes, and even in the dark, you could see a scar.


"Sir! Guards ... tower ... 42 and 44 ... out!"

Katara pressed her ears to the door as she heard much more commotion occuring. He pressed her ear harder, and her eyes widened as she heard that the same guards who noticed something the night before... were the ones who were attacked with fire.

A gasp escaped her throat before she could keep it in. Tears were ready to fall from her eyes.

He was here! Here! Right in her grasps... yet she had no way to get out.

"Sir!... another attack!" Katara kept her ear pressed to the door, telling herself that it was no time for crying right now.

Zuko was here.

She smiled as she heard the guards in front of her door leaving. The second attack must've been bigger! More guards were being called in!

She grabbed the blade under her pillow, she always kept it in case of an emergency, or if she ever had the guts to... kill Jet.

But, as ironic as it was, Jet was her only ticket out of here.

With him, she had power over people here. Of course, it wasn't much, but she still was "respected".

Well... kind of. A lot of the new servants thought she was a crazy whore because she married Jet. Others thought she was a golddigger, because she married Jet for the money and the power.

But... some of them knew the truth. They knew how she was forced to marry him against her will.

And she knew the way out.

She... just didn't have the guts to do it yet.

Clearing her thoughts, she cut her dress with the knife at knee length, making it shorter and easier to run in. She hid the knife again, then used her hairclip to pick the lock.

After a few tries, she finally was able to open the door, and ran out the room.


Katara pressed her hands to her ears when she heard the explosion, and mentally, she wished Jet had died in that explosion. It wasn't like her, but these dreams... they kept reminding her of what Jet did to her.

When he captured her that day... he... he...

Another explosion occurred near her, and she ran behind a wall, seeing some guards flee from it.

She covered her nose and mouth and then ran again, trying to find him.

"Katara?"

She turned around, thinking it was Zuko who was calling her...

Instead, it turned to be Jet, confused as to why she was here.

"What are you doing here!" He yelled out. Another explosion occurred, and he grabbed her wrist and dragged her away, and after running a bit, he hid her behind a pillar.

"Stay here!" With that, he left again, intent on finding and killing Zuko.

A few minutes later, Katara gasped as someone grabbed her wrist and turned her around. Tears sparkled in her eyes, as she came face to face with someone she hadn't seen in five months.

"Zuko..." She whispered. She grabbed him in a hug, which he returned.

"I haven't seen you in so long..." She looked at his face, covered in bits of dirt.

He looked around, and then kissed her gently on the lips, but removed it before Katara could return the kiss with equal passion.

"Are you okay?" He whispered to her, holding her close.

"No." She began to cry again. Zuko brought back memories with him, reminding her what Jet did to her.

"What happened?" He asked, not because of her answer, but because of something else.

But before she could reply, tears freely falling down her face, someone grabbed him from behind and slammed him into the wall.

"Get away from my wife!" Jet smirked as the look on Zuko's face turned into one of shock and grief. Zuko looked over to Katara, and she was mouthing words to him, something that the tears in his eyes were blocking him from seeing.

Jet slammed Zuko's head onto the wall a few times, until he turned unconscious, his last sight being Katara's worrying and crying face.


End of the chapter there folks. Sorry.

Please review!

Love,

Ivy