Will's first hunt

That night, Aang and Hay Lin were in their hut drawing pictures of Will and Jet. Hay Lin sighed. "Oh Iroh it's too bad you can't see Will grow up into a beautiful woman. Soon she will be a queen that will be sure to make us all very proud," She said.

Aang then finished painting Jet. "But Jet grows stronger and Nerissa fills his heart with hate. We're very worried, Iroh. Things aren't going well."

"Not at all," Hay Lin agreed.

Suddenly the wind picked up gently and they walked outside near a tree. "You have a plan?" Aang asked, looking up at the sky. As the wind blew, a gourd fell to the ground splitting in half.

"What?" Hay Lin asked confused.

Aang picked up the two halves and looked at the pictures of Will and Jet. "Will…Jet…together?"

Hay Lin raised an eyebrow. "This is the plan?" Then she looked up at the sky and began to yell. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! This will never work! Oh, Iroh, you've been up there way too long, dude! Your head is in the clouds!"

Aang sighed. "Smooth, Hay Lin."

"What?" Hay Lin asked. Then the wind began to blow her. "Okay, okay, okay, alright! I get it! I'm not sure if this will work or not, but I trust you."

"I hope you know what you're doing, Iroh," Aang said, before he and Hay Lin walked back inside their hut.

11 years later in the Outlands, Jet was now 18 years old. He was strong and his eyes were filled with hate. Nerissa had done her job well.

"You are ready," Nerissa said. Jet's mother began to walk around him. "Nice, very nice. You have the same darkness in your soul that Ozai had. What is your destiny?"

"I will avenge Ozai and take his place in the Fire Nation," Jet answered.

"Yes. What have I taught you?" Nerissa asked again.

"Zuko is the enemy."

"And what must you do?"

"I must kill him!"

The rouge fire benders that had gathered cheered in response to Jet.

Back in the Fire Nation Zuko, Taranee, Irma, Sokka, Cornelia and everyone else they knew and loved were gathered in the palace courtyard, waiting for Will. It was her first hunt and everyone was excited.

Zuko let out a deep breath and Taranee lightly elbowed him.

"Princess Will," Hay Lin and Aang said, as Will entered the courtyard. She was now an 18 year old young woman with her red hair reaching her chin.

"This is so exciting," Katara whispered to Toph.

"Yep her first hunt," Toph responded.

"My how you've grown," Ursa, Zuko's mother, said to Will as she passed.

Will walked over to her parents and hugged her mother. Zuko looked a bit sad.

"You'll do just fine," Taranee said to her daughter.

Will smiled then turned to her father. "Dad, you have to promise to let me do this on my own. Promise?"

Taranee raised her eyebrow at her husband waiting for his answer. Zuko sighed. "Alright I promise."

Will smiled widely and hugged him.

"Good luck, Will," Cornelia said, squeezing Will's shoulders.

"Yeah you'll do perfect," Irma said, hugging Will.

Sokka nodded and smiled.

As Will ran off into the fields of the Fire Nation, Zuko waited until Taranee and Cornelia were gone before turning to Irma and Sokka.

"Guys-" He began.

"Yeah, yeah, we know the drill," Irma said.

"Make sure Will doesn't get hurt," Sokka said.

Zuko nodded and walked off. Irma and Sokka started to walk off humming trying to act natural and then zipped off cartoon style.

In the fields Will spied a herd of antelope and started to slowly and quietly make her way toward them. As she walked she stepped on a twig making it snap. The antelope heard her and took off. Will ground her teeth and ran after them, but she couldn't keep up with them.

"Aw crap," She muttered.

In the sky bison graveyard, which was no longer in habited by, Azula, Miranda, and Ty Lee, 19 year old Mai and 23 year old Uriah were in the center with kindling in their hands. Mai now had her long black hair tied up with two locks flowing in front of her and wore a dark red and black dress.

"This place has gotten even creepier since those three crazy women ran off," Uriah said to his sister.

"Sheesh," Mai muttered, rolling her eyes, jumping down on the ground.

"I'm not scared, okay baby sister," Uriah sneered. A geyser went off nearby him and he quickly went off after Mai.

"I just don't know why we have to be here that's all," Uriah sneered. "If Jet's so special why does he need us? I never even had a chance!"

Suddenly a geyser went off 2 inches behind him and he let out a scream like a little five year old and darted in front of Mai.

Mai rolled her eyes in complete annoyance at her brother. Then a small geyser she was in front off went off lighting her kindling on fire.

"That's it!" She picked up her kindling. "Well Uriah, come on. Will's already started her hunt. We have to move quickly."

Uriah quickly lit his and ran after Mai so they could do their part in the mission.

In the fields Irma and Sokka kept poking in and out of the grass. They were moving like a SWAT team. Irma dived into a hollow log and began to talk, as if through a one way radio, to Sokka.

"Tango-Charley-Alpha," She said. "What's your position?"

"Uh, upright, head turned slightly to the left, and boomerang erect," Sokka replied, holding up boomerang.

Irma slapped her forehead. "Why do I bother?" Then she looked into the fields and saw Will not too far away. "Ah-ha!"

She signaled to Sokka in Will's direction and the two sneakily tried to go over to her. Suddenly the antelope ran their way. The two let out a little cry and ducked down.

"Whoa! This must be where the deer and the antelope play!" Sokka cried.

When it was safe to look up Irma and Sokka screamed when they saw a panting Will in front of them. The two of them chuckled nervously.

Will frowned. "Aunt Irma, what are you and Uncle Sokka doing here?"

"Oh, uh we were just uh…" Sokka stuttered.

"We were shopping!" Irma jumped in. "We thought that some throw pillows would do some of the servants in the palace wonders!"

Will didn't buy it. "Dad sent you, didn't he? After he promised to let me do this on my own he lied!"

"No he just doesn't want to get hurt," Sokka explained.

"I should have known he'd never give me a real chance," Will said. Then she ran past Irma and Sokka.

"Where are you going?" Irma cried.

"I'm doing this on my own, away from the Fire Nation!" Will called back.

"Will come back! Wait!" Irma cried, as she and Sokka ran after her. Will was already way ahead of them and she was too fast for them.

"Oh great she's gone again!" Irma cried. "Somebody's gotta get a freaking beeper for this kid!"

Will was already near the edge of the kingdom by this time and she didn't know it, but Mai and Uriah were starting to do their job.

"Let's light fire!" Uriah cried.

He and Mai ran into the fields setting fire to the tall dry grass. Mai chuckled evilly as she set fire to the area.

Uriah was laughing crazily as he set fire to the grass. He moved in a circle creating a fire circle around himself. Uriah was chanting to himself not noticing the fire. "Roasty, toasty princess! Roasty, toasty princess!" He sat up feeling the heat. "Hey, is it hot here or is that just me?" Then he saw the fire

Uriah screamed and shot, literally, ten feet into the air. "FIRE!!" He landed a good distance away laughing madly.

Mai grabbed her brother and dragged him away. "Come on, idiot!"

Nearby where Mai and Uriah had lit the grass, Will was chasing a herd of antelope. The antelope ran up a hill with Will chasing them. Suddenly the antelope turned around and Will saw the fire, that had grown very large, coming her way. The princess panicked and began to run away, trying to outrun the roaring flames.

On a high ledge, Nerissa and Jet stood watching the destruction, their eyes on Will.

Nerissa smiled evilly. "The plan is motion. Go!"

Without a word Jet ran toward the fire.

Back at the palace Zuko was pacing on the highest fire nation balcony. Cornelia sat watching him. She was in her guardian form in case Zuko wanted her to do anything.

"Don't worry about Will, Zuko. She'll be fine. What could happen?" Cornelia asked.

Suddenly Zuko's eyes snapped toward the smoke that he saw rising where Will was hunting.

"No, no! Will!" He cried. Cornelia looked where he had and gasped.

"Cornelia fly ahead, find her!" Zuko ordered. Cornelia took off flying toward the smoke. Zuko ran out of the palace followed by Taranee, Hay Lin, and Aang.

In the fields Will was running with a herd of animals trying to escape the fire. She soon found herself surrounded by the flames and chocking on the thick smoke. Looking desperately for an escape Will spotted a high rock ledge. She jumped up and barely managed to grab hold of the ledge. She scrambled to edge and was barely conscious as she crawled to safety. As she was beginning to go under Jet walked over to her and looked at her before Will lost her consciousness.

Jet picked her up bridal style and began to run from the flames. He leapt across a chasm and tumbled down a ledge, letting go of Will in the process. They both landed in a small lake where Will began to sink. Jet dove under, brought her back up to the surface and began to swim her to shore.

Cornelia flew over the lake and saw what was happening. "I have to tell Zuko about this!" She cried, flying off to find the Fire Lord.

Jet got Will onto the shore where she woke up, coughing and gasping for air. "Where…where am I?"

"You're safe in the Fire Nation," Jet responded.

"The Fire Nation…No!" Will cried, jumping to her feet. "Why did you bring me here? Who do you think you are?!"

"Uh, I think I'm the one that just saved your life!" Jet snapped.

"Look buddy, I had everything under control!" Will responded.

"Not from where I'm standing you didn't."

"Then move downwind!" Will cried starting to walk away.

Jet smirked and jumped in front of her. Will tried to get passed him, but he kept blocking her.

"What are you doing?" Jet asked with a smirk.

Will thought for minute and then suddenly remembered the friend she had made all those years ago. "Jet?" She asked with a smile on her face. Jet smiled in return.

"Will!"

Both Will and Jet turned to see Zuko and the others running up. Zuko growled at Jet while Taranee ran up to Will.

"Will, thank goodness you're safe!" Taranee cried.

Will turned to her father. "Dad how could you break your promise?"

"It's a good thing I did," Zuko responded. "I almost lost you. No more hunts for you not ever!"

"But I was doing just fine!" Will insisted. "Even before Jet-"

"Jet?" Zuko asked, looking back at the boy in front of him. He never forgot that Jet was Nerissa's son.

He and Jet growled at each other. "Zuko," Taranee cried, giving her husband a look.

Aang and Hay Lin smirked from where they stood further behind the others. Hay Lin giggled as Aang called down to Jet.

"Hey, how dare you save the king's daughter!" Aang cried, trying to fight back a smirk.

Zuko looked at Jet with untrusting eyes. "You saved her? Why?"

"I humbly ask to join your nation," Jet said.

"No!" Zuko cried immediately. "You were banished with your mother and the rest Ozai's followers."

"I have left the outsiders. I am no longer one of them. So judge me now for who I am. Or am I to be blamed for a crime I did not commit?" Jet asked.

Zuko clenched his fists and started to pace.

"Zuko you owe him your daughter's life," Taranee told her husband.

Cornelia walked up next to Zuko. "Yes sire. Clearly we are in his debt and the royal protocol your father established demands that all debts be paid." She critically eyed Jet. "Though in this case, I wouldn't object if you made an exception."

Zuko thought for a minute before sighing. He glared at Jet. "My father's law will prevail. For now I reserve judgment. We'll see how you really are," Zuko said as he walked away.

Jet smiled and looked at Will who smiled back. Cornelia huffed. "Riffraff!" She scoffed walking after Zuko. The group made their way back to the palace with Jet smirking all the way, knowing that his plan was working.