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Chapter 3 – Return of the Fire Princess

Five years have passed and now Keisha is 10 years old. She's been learning water-bending from her mother and Hiro has taught her everything he knows about air-bending. After her father's funeral, Keisha had gone to the Fire Nation to visit Prince Korin the following week as planned. Prince Korin is, of course, Zuko and Mai's son. He is one year older than Keisha and they have been best of friends since she was old enough to know what a friend is. She stayed in the Fire Nation capital in the palace with Korin, and his now 6-year-old sister, for four years.

While there she learnt fire-bending, but not enough to be a fully realised Avatar, she is only 10. She also learnt etiquette and how to hold a perfect posture, though she'll never need it. Then, for the past year, she has been living back home with her mother and Hiro. Though she never shows it, deep down she still blames herself for her father's death. She doesn't voice it because she knows her mother will tell her otherwise.

Katara and Aang's House

Keisha was sitting at the living room table with her mother and Hiro, Her black hair blowing in the breeze coming in through the window and her blue eyes sparkling in the morning sun. "Mother, when am I going to go to the Earth Kingdom and learn earth-bending from Toph?" Keisha asks her mother while having her breakfast.

"Whenever you want I suppose."

"How's next week?" asks Keisha.

"Next week's fine," replies Katara. "But send a messenger hawk ahead of you so they know you're coming."

"Okay, I will."

"Mum, can I go too?" asks Hiro in a hopeful voice. This boy is way too childish for a 15-year-old; he definitely got it from his father.

Katara looks into her sons blue-gray eyes that look so much like his father's. "Now why would you want to go to Ba Sing Se, you'll be completely bored? Keisha is going to be learning earth-bending; you have nothing to do there."

"Its Ba Sing Se mum, I'm sure I can find something to do," he scoffs.

"Fine," she turns to Keisha. "You better tell Toph you're both going."

"Okay, I will."

They all turn their heads to the front door as they here running. "Stay here Keisha. Hiro, come with me," orders Katara worriedly.

"But-"

"No buts Keisha stay here," orders Katara again.

"Fine," Keisha sighs. Hiro follows his mother outside to see what's happening. Keisha, not being able to sit still, follows them.

She walks outside and what she sees looks a lot like the snow soot that her parents warned her about. There was a Fire Nation ship near-by, but by the looks of everyone's faces, it's not a friendly one. She makes her way through the crowd and sees her family ahead. As she gets there, she sees a woman with brown hair and amber eyes, she seems familiar but Keisha can't put her finger on it. Then Keisha looks up at her mother's face only to see a look of total disbelief at what she is seeing.

"Mum, who is she?"

"Keisha? I thought I told you to wait in the house?" whispers Katara to her daughter.

"I just couldn't do that, you know how I am."

"True, but-" Katara tries to reply, but is cut off by the stranger.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the little Water tribe peasant, Katara."

"How did you get out of prison?" Katara asks the stranger.

"Zu-zu let me out," she remarks. That name sounds so damn familiar to Keisha.

"Liar, Zuko would never let you out, he hates you as much as you hate the both of us," yells Katara. Now Zuko is a name Keisha remembers.

"Wow, that really hurt, but I suppose you're right. He didn't let me out, I escaped."

"How?" yells Katara.

"You actually think I'm going to tell you? You're dumber than you look," remarks the stranger.

Keisha can't take it anymore. "Who are you?"

The stranger's piercing amber eyes look straight at Keisha with a smirk on her face. "It would appear you don't educate your children properly Katara. Well little girl, my name is Azula, the Fire Nation princess. Fire Lord Zuko is my older brother and Korin is my nephew."

Keisha gasps while inhaling the air around her. "No way."

"Yes way, but I have a question for you little girl, what's your name?"

"My name is-"

"Don't answer her sweetie," Katara cuts off Keisha in a pleading tone.

"I only asked her name, I can't exactly use it against her. But it doesn't matter, I already know her name. How are you doing, Keisha," smirks Azula.

"How do you know her name?" asked Katara.

"I have my sources, just like I have my sources for escaping. Let's cut to the chase, where is the Avatar? I haven't seen him yet," asks Azula.

"You're out of luck, he died 5 years ago," yells Katara.

"Oh? What a shame, but if it was 5 years ago, then there should be a new Avatar, and I believe it was born to the Water Tribes. So where's the new Avatar?" asks Azula.

"I don't know, ask the Northern Water Tribe," replies Katara.

"I can tell by your tone of voice that you know exactly who it is and won't give them up. Since you were so eager to hide the fact, it must be someone close to you," remarks Azula.

Then Azula shoots a fire ball directly at Katara.

As you all know, review please. Yes the escaped prisoner mentioned in the summary is of course Azula. I couldn't leave her out. I've been planning this troy in my mind for months, so yeah. The question now is how will Azula get the information she wants and better yet, why does she want the Avatar anyway. I'm not sure if you'll find that out in the next chapter or in a later chapter.

Also, I don't know is I can update the story for a few days since my cousins are over and I have to spend my time entertaining the only cousin who can actually do anything with me. I also have a stupid holiday maths assignment, sad face. If I can put it up I will. Sorry to anyone this inconveniences. I wonder what it is Hiro would possibly want to do in Ba Sing Se or is it that he just doesn't want to stay at home.