Wanted

A Hero Always Comes Home

Zoe heard footsteps. She jumped into the trees. She looked down. A couple of guards were walking around. They were holding a piece of parchment.

This will hurt. Zoe raised her arm. The guards slumped. She lowered her hand. The guards fell. Zoe winced.

No better than Hama. The evil ting called her conscience said.

NO! I'm not Hama!

Zoe froze. Hama laughed cruelly.

"Go ahead tell them! Tell them I'm a waterbender!" Hama laughed.

"But then you're no better than Zuko!" The crazed lady laughed. Zoe trembled. Hama smiled cruelly.

"Say goodnight!" Hama raised her arm. Zoe felt the world spinning. She felt the urge to give up. To let Hama win.

"No!" Zoe cried. She strained under Hama's control. Zoe let out an anguished cry and threw Hama back. Zoe threw a fireball at the tree where Hama had landed.

"I'm better than Zuko. Don't ever think that I'm not."



Zoe grimaced. She picked up the parchment.

Katara heard muffled thumps. What is that?

"Zuko! Follow me." Katara bended some water into a disc and started zooming through the forest. She felt the wind whipping through her hair. Then she felt like something was missing. She doubled back.

"Why aren't you-" Katara realized Zuko couldn't do that with firebending. Katara extended her hand.

"Come on." She smiled. Zuko paled.

"I can't see I'm.scared.of.water." Katara shook her head.

"You'll be fine. You were brave enough to fight me. You can do this." Zuko gulped. Katara grabbed him and pulled him into the disc. Together they zoomed through the forest.

Zoe gasped. No. A picture of her was on the parchment under the word WANTED. Underneath the picture her crimes were listed. Treason, bloodbending, attacking Fire Nation Guards, waterbending, and betrayal. Then a reward: 5,000 dollars. Who would pay that much for my capture?

Katara landed the disc of water. Zuko s jumped off. Katara couldn't believe that this Firebending Prince that had chased them all around the world and faced dragons was afraid of water. Katara laughed. Zuko 

glared at her. Katara screamed when she saw the guards slumped. Zuko covered her mouth. Katara prayed to God that she wasn't blushing.

"Shh!" Zuko whisper/yelled. Katara nodded. She knelt down to the guards. They hadn't been knocked out. They was no sign of a struggle. Only a bloodbender could do this.

"Zoe was here."

Zoe heard someone coming. She climbed up into the trees and waited silently. She crouched down. The wind was blowing through her hair. She jumped to the next tree and resumed her crouching position.

"Shh!"

"Zoe was here." It was Katara and Zuko. Great. What part of "don't look for me" don't you get? Zoe sighed. A fireball came shooting out at her. Zoe tried to dodge it but fell. As she was falling she didn't think about how to stop the fall. She decided Zuko would do that for her.

Zuko threw a fireball at the trees. Zoe fell. Zuko waited her to break her fall but she didn't. She raised her elbow like she was about to wrestle someone. Then she fell on top of Zuko, her elbow in his stomach.

"She's still here." Zoe shot Zuko a death look as she got up. At the moment, she was scarier than Azula. Katara went to help Zoe up, but Zoe got up herself. Zoe aimed a water whip at Zuko.

"Don't worry Zuzu I'll kill you later. Now what are you going to do now that you caught me?"