A/N: Second Chapter this day! To make up for not updating so long!
I feel rather proud of myself :P It's not much of a chapter though. Gosh, it's not much of a story! But I'm here to improve my writing with the help of you readers! I realized there's not much Zuko in this at all xD But there will be, there will be :) It's technically only Chapter 3 :D
Thank you for the reviews, and for following this story :D It means more to me than you know :)
Arisu sat in the saddle, patting Momo and watching the oceans go by as they flew.
"What's your name?" asked Katara, not sure whether to trust her or not.
"Arisu," she smiled, catching Momo before he fell overboard, "Careful, Momo!"
Katara laughed, "I'm Katara,"
"That's such a pretty name," said Arisu, smiling.
"Thank you!"
Sokka glared at them from across the saddle.
"So WHAT, Katara, you're just going to be FRIENDS WITH HER? Next you're going to start doing each other's hair! She's FIRE NATION! Don't you remember? The fire nation killed our mother!"
Arisu gasped, and Katara sighed, before looking up and frowning at Sokka.
"What did Arisu do to hurt you? SHE didn't kill mom! She's not even a fire bender! She's being nice!"
Sokka just pouted and turned around.
"I-I'm sorry about your mother..." said Arisu, looking at her hands. She couldn't think what she would do without her mother. Her mother was like a beacon of light in the huge dreary house she lived in.
"It's okay," Katara looked away, "It was years ago in a fire nation raid..."
Arisu gasped. "A RAID? Why would they start a raid?"
Katara looked at Arisu. "Because of the war, why else?"
Arisu looked confused at Katara. "What war? There's a WAR?"
"For the last hundred of years!" exclaimed Katara.
Both Aang, who had overheard, and Sokka, who was eavesdropping stared at Arisu.
"Wait, you don't happen to have been trapped in an iceberg for a hundred years?" Aang looked up from his Appa string thingies (those things you use to steer horses and stuff! Gosh, I forgot what they're called!)
"What, no!" said Arisu, "I've never been outside my house!"
"The fire nation started it and have been taking over small villages and towns. They wiped all of the Air Nomads!" exclaimed Aang, not too sure whether or not to mention that he was an air bender, and the avatar.
"Oh, no wonder you hate the fire nation! I'm so sorry!" Arisu gasped.
It can't be! She thought, A war? And the fire nation started it? No way!
But she just nodded and looked sympathetic when Katara told her stories of the fire nation tyranny. She still didn't believe it, of course. She'd have to see for herself. But it made a lot of sense.
The fire nation started a century old war? The fire nation attacked villages? The fire nation killed their mother? It can't be all our fault!
On the inside, she started becoming angry with these people for saying all these things. Who were they to accuse the fire nation of such evil!
"See, Sokka?" said Katara, smiling at Arisu "Arisu's innocent. She's never been outside her house, and her parents told her nothing. She's not involved!"
Arisu smiled back gratefully, but on the inside, she was angry.
The fire nation did no such things.
A/N: Thank you for making the effort to read through this chapter! :D
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Note to self: Must include more Zuko. :P
