Hello Everybody!

So I did a little research aka watched YouTube videos of hair growth, and figured out a rough guesstimate of the time gap between episode 1 and 2 of Book two. Just going by Zuko going from bald to what looks like a buzz cut-ish I figured there's a gap of three weeks to a month of time.

To make up for this I am going to add in some filler chapters to fill in that gap of time before moving on to episode 2. They will probably be shorter than my normal chapter (that are normally 4000+ words,) but we will be able to see how things between Zuko and Felicity are progressing in clearer detail.

The only problem with this plan is I have no idea where I want these fillers to go. So prepare for some more dreamsicle flavored creative juice to be spilt because I'm just going to write and see what happens.

And I'm going to answer something that I have seen in some reviews… I know Felicity has some crazy power. I didn't know the rules of fanfic writing when I started out, but bear with me I have a plan and I'm not trying to make her more powerful than Azula…re-read that guys… she hit Azula once! Uncle Iroh did the rest. I have a plan for this story guys. I have been planning out major points for book two and three since before finishing book one! Come on give me some credit I promise I know where I wanna go with the Azula stuff and it's going to be freaking INTENSE!

But thank you for your feedback, good, bad, whatever I wanna know what you guys think!

Happy reading!

FELICITY'S POV

I hated sleeping without a pillow. I can live without blankets plus I don't even mind sleeping on the ground, but for the love of Bilbo someone give me a pillow. It wasn't so bad when Zuko and I would take turns being the pillow because he would just end up being my pillow anyway, but everything is different between us now. We are never alone together, we rarely speak, and when we do we just end up mad at each other.

I rubbed my eyes awake. Zuko was still laying against a tree with his head down, "I guess he's still asleep." The only problem was I didn't see Uncle Iroh anywhere. Perfect, he must be looking for food somewhere, and I'm here with Mr. Angry Fire Prince.

I got up and dusted myself off before moving towards Zuko. He was still asleep. I didn't want to wake him, but we needed to find Iroh and get moving.

"Zuko? Hey, fussy pants, it's time to wake up." I shook him gently.

He groaned for a moment and I shook him lightly again. When he opened his eyes and looked up at me he was less than thrilled, "Felicity?" He jumped up, "Don't touch me!"

"I was just waking you up, jeez." I stood up, "Un-twist your panties, Zuko."

"Prince Zuko!" He glared at me.

I looked around our little camp site for any sign of Uncle Iroh, "We are on the run from your crazy sister and her soon to be team of Fire Academy all-stars. Don't you think it would be a little too easy for them to find us if everywhere we go I'm calling you Prince?" I glanced at him over my shoulder before I turned to face him, "How about this, every time I say your name I'll say 'Prince' before it," I pressed my finger to my temple, "in my head?"

"No you won't," He turned around and picked up his bag. It was then that I noticed he still had that patch of hair on the back of his head.

"Umm, Zuko?"

"What now?"

I walked over and picked up my bag as well, "You are going to do something about that right?"

When he turned around to find me pointing at the back of my head. He reached up and felt his own hair, "Of course, I'm going to get Uncle to help me."

"So you're just going to keep walking around with a diamond shaped patch of hair until we actually find him?" I pressed my lips together and gave him a confused look.

"What do you want me to do, Felicity? I can't see the back of my head." Zuko growled.

I looked down and opened my bag, "I can help you with it. Just sit…."

"No!" He stopped me, "I don't want you that close."

"Zuko, I'm not going to try and attack you every time I'm within arm's reach."

"I'm not worried about you attacking me," He crossed his arms and I grinned. I could tell he wasn't worried about that. There's no way I could take him in a serious fight. Catching him off guard from time to time is one thing, but if we had to go toe to toe, there's no way. I mean, he's the future Fire Lord.

"I didn't mean like that," I shook my head. "I know that what we had between us before is over. I'm not going to try to kiss you or touch you or anything like that." I pulled a wash towel and a small knife out of my bag and handed it to him. "If you walk around looking like that people are going to notice. We are allies, remember? Just let me help you."

Zuko watched me closely as he squeezed the towel wrapped knife in his hands then pushed it back to me, "Make it quick."

"Alright," I grinned slightly. "Sit down, you're too tall."

He took a place on his knees on the ground. I moved quickly behind him and laid the towel around his neck, "Where do you think Uncle could have gone off too?"

"Probably looking for something to eat," He turned his head to look back at me, but I turned it right back to look forward.

I know he said to be quick, but I didn't want to risk cutting him. We were silent for a while. Zuko kept his eyes peeled for Uncle Iroh while I slowly worked at the patch of hair on his head.

Suddenly I remembered something I had meant to tell him, "Umm…?"

"What?" He snapped.

"Yesterday, when I came back for my phone, I half expected it to be on fire or in a thousand pieces. Thank you for not breaking it." I put my hand on his shoulder briefly. "The one thing I don't get is why you kept it in the first place, you know how much this thing means to me, but I am thankful."

He didn't say anything. He just sat there. It wasn't until I reached up to steady his head then I noticed his ears were bright red. I reached around to his chin and turned his face towards me.

Zuko quickly jerked away from me and jumped up, "You said you wouldn't try anything!"

Why is he...? "Your ears were red I was just making sure."

"Sure of what?"

"Why are you blushing?" ok, I'm seriously confused. Maybe it was because I was so close? "I was just saying thank you. I wasn't going to try anything or make a proclamation of love, it was just a thank you."

"It's not that…" He won't look at me, "I was going to destroy it, but…"

"But you didn't, and that's what counts." I smiled, "Now sit back down so I can finish."

We didn't talk much after he sat back down. I was almost done with his patch of hair so I just kept my mouth shut until I was done. I couldn't wait until it started to really grow out. I know that will take a while and I'll never get to play with it like I was hoping to, but at least I'll get to look at it.

I brushed his hair away from his neck and shoulders. Some hair got caught in his collar. That was going to bother him until he changed for sure, "There all done."

Speaking of changing….we didn't have any clothes to change into. We had to find something. Zuko was still wearing the spa's robes and I had fire nation clothes on too. I knew they found Earth Kingdom clothes at some point, but I didn't know how or where.

I was just thinking to myself when Zuko grabbed me and pulled me behind him, "What are you do…"

"Shh…" He said watching the woods closely, "Someone is coming."

"It's probably just Uncle Iroh," I tried to push him forward, but he didn't move an inch.

"And what if it's not?" He raised his fists ready to fight, "You hit Azula, remember? She not going to just let that go. You were stupid to let her see you."

"So what? I got in one lucky shot…."

"Shh!"

"It's good to see the two of you getting along again," Uncle Iroh popped up behind us. He smiled for a moment when he saw the two of us so close, and Zuko clearly trying to keep me safe.

Sneaky joker, popping up in a completely different place then where we thought you were.

"Uncle, where were you?" Zuko jumped.

Iroh walked past us with that same calm smile, "Well, at first, I was trying to find something for us to eat. We ate all of Felicity's food last night, but the market I found didn't take kindly to anyone wearing Fire Nation clothes." He look sad and ashamed, "They chased me out…"

"I'm sorry, Uncle," I patted his shoulder.

"But, before that I did find a blind man, and was able to make a trade," He informed us with a big grin on his face. "It turns out armor, whether it's from the Fire Nation or anywhere else can be worth trading for."

"A trade? For what?" Zuko questioned, impatiently.

"Felicity?" Uncle Iroh called me over to him and handed me a paper, wrapped parcel. "I'm not sure how nice they are, but it was all I could get with what I had."

I pulled the string the kept everything tied together in the brown paper, "Uncle Iroh, you got me clothes?"

Zuko didn't look pleased, "Uncle why did you trade your armor for clothes?" He waved his hand over towards me. "You could have gotten money or food, but you waste General's armor on clothes?"

Uncle Iroh just shrugged his shoulders and I jumped in, "It's genius!" I smiled at Iroh, "Think about it, Zuko, everyone ran him out of town because he looked like he was from the Fire Nation, but if I go to the town dressed in these I'll fit right in." I held up the parcel and wiggled it up and down.

"All expect for this," Zuko grinned as reached up for my hair and softly brushed it away from me shoulders. After he did it he realized what he did he jerked his hand away from me. "Sorry…habit."

"Its fine," I took a step back, "I'm…a…going to go change." I moved back behind a large tree and untied the package. They weren't anything fancy and they were perfect for travel. It was three pieces: dark olive green pants the gathered at the ankles and a long sleeved shirt in the same color with a lighter green, sleeveless, knee length pull over that spilt at both sides. The pull over had a long, brownish cloth belt that was sewn on both sides so that I could wrap it around my waist, and it was termed in the same color brown at the collar and the spilt sides. At the bottom of the front was the dark goldish pattern of the Earth kingdom's symbol. There were also a pair of simple brown flats and brown wrist cuffs.

There, I'll fit right in! I walked out from behind the tree, "So, how do I look?"

"Average," Zuko snarked.

"Zuko," Iroh lightly back handed Zuko's shoulder, "I think that will do nicely."

I nodded, "Ok I'll go buy us some food, and you two need some clothes."

"What?" Zuko's head jumped up. "You can't go alone."

"I'll be fine," I picked up my bag, "I'll be back soon, don't you worry, fussy pants."

"I'm not worried," Zuko crossed his arms.

"Just follow the path towards the mountain. It will lead you to the town." Uncle Iroh pointed towards the mountain then walked over to the camp fire to sit down.

"Ok, I'll be on my way," I turned to go, but Zuko grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"Felicity," Zuko quickly warned, "You shouldn't use your music bending."

"Why not?" I stared up at him confused.

He leaned down and whispered, "Well for one, it's not a natural bending type in this world. People will notice it right away, and it makes you stand out." Zuko paused to make sure I was listening before he continued, "You used it against Azula, and now she knows what to look for. If you use it too much people will talk. You don't want to lead her to us do you?"

"You have a good point, but I'm not good at fire bending that's the only reason I use the music bending so much." I held out my hand and managed to make a flame, "Azula is a prodigy. I got lucky before, but I can barely make a flame unless I'm angry."

Zuko reached for my hand, closed it, and put out the flame, "We shouldn't use any bending. We are in the Earth Kingdom, and we are the enemies here."

"Then what should I do? I don't know how to fight or use swords like you do. I don't want to have you run to my rescue," I realized he was still holding my hand, but I didn't want to pull away.

"Don't worry about that, I can teach you if you are worried about it," He squeezed my hand, "just don't cause any attention and hurry back."

I nodded, "I will."

"And no bending…of any kind," He ordered.

"Ok, ok, mother, I won't use any bending," I tried not to grin at how concerned he was. I know he was probably just worried about Azula finding us but still, a girl can dream, right?

"I'll be back in a bit don't you worry," I slid my hand away and gripped the strap of my bag as I headed to the town.

ALICE'S POV

I stared out at the clouds as we flew. We had been in the air for a long time, but I was so lost in thought and day dreams I barely noticed. Sokka, Katara, and Aang were talking about all the crazy things that had happened with General Fong the last few days, but I wasn't really listening.

"I'm just saying, even though he's crazy, I would rather be Fong's prisoner then be a prisoner of the Fire Lord," Sokka said very matter-of-factly.

"Why does it not surprise me that you think about these kinds of things?" Katara teased. "Why would you want to be someone's prisoner anyway?"

"I don't!" Sokka replied, "I have to think about these kinds of things because I'm a warrior."

Katara just rolled her eyes, "Right, Mr. Warrior. Well a prison is a prison. I don't think one is better than another."

"Oh, Katara, that just proves that you don't have a warrior's mind," Sokka laughed and crossed his arms.

"No I don't, I just have a smart one," Katara and Aang both laughed. "And I don't think a nation's leader effects a prison. There are good and bad people everywhere."

"Not in the Fire Nation!" Sokka snapped.

Aang soon joined in their little talk, "That's not true, Sokka. I had lots of Fire Nation friends, and one of my best friends, Kuzon, was a fire bender."

"Yeah, but that was one hundred years ago, Aang," Sokka added, "Now there's nothing but bad ones, and….."

"That's not true and you know it," Katara quickly interrupted him. "There was the solider that brought Alice to safety during the siege."

When I heard my name I turned towards them.

"Oh, yeah," Aang agreed, "He carried her to the healers, right?"

"That's right," Katara nodded, "and he ever surrendered himself over to the Water Tribe. He didn't have to do that. He could have dropped Alice and ran. Isn't that right, Alice?"

I just nodded slowly. That poor guy, he gave everything up to help me and my sister, and now he was stuck at the Northern Water Tribe as their prisoner of war.

"You honestly think he did that freely?" Sokka argued, "He was probably forced to."

"You're both right," I added.

"What?" They all asked, surprised.

"What do you mean, Alice," Katara moved over towards me.

I looked back out at the sky and thought back to that day, "Felicity made them let me go, and that fire bender was the one she demanded to carry me to somewhere safe."

"So I was right, he was forced," Sokka grinned at Katara very satisfied with himself.

I nodded, "Yes, but Katara is right too. He didn't have to bring me to the healers or surrender. Felicity didn't watch him to make sure he did, he could have dropped me anywhere."

Katara nodded, "See, there are good people everywhere, even in the Fire Nation."

"Yes," I agreed, "Especially in the Fire Nation. You'll see."

*FLASH BACK - Alice's POV*

"I'm here to see the Fire Nation prisoner that saved me," I told the two warriors guarding the young fire bender's cell. "I want to speak to him alone." I added, sternly.

They simply nodded.

"We will be at the end of the hall," One said.

The other added, "Call us if you need anything."

I watched them walk away. When I knew they were out of ear shot I turned back to the cell. To my surprise, the young fire bender had stood up and was bowing to me.

"My Lady," He addressed me kindly.

I was confused to say the least, "I'm not a lady."

"You are Lady Felicity's sister, Alice," He straightened and looked up at me.

"How do you…."

"Your sister cares for you a great deal." He smiled, "She has told me a lot about you."

"And who are you?" I sat down on the bench next to his cell.

He sat down on the ground and crossed his legs, "My name is Chan, my lady."

So, this chapter is shorter then my normal chapters because it is just a filler. There is going to be one maybe two more. I haven't decided yet.

OK! To answer some questions.

To Guest Reviewer MH… Q1: I only changed the fight a little to give Fili a dramatic entrance. In the show Uncle Iroh stopped Azula from shocking Zuko. Q2: I can't tell you my plan for Mai, sorry that's a surprise. Not even my Beta knows that idea haha. Q3: No "my lovelies" is not ref to Wizard of Oz. She called them her pretties. I always give people close to me pet names. I call my friends my dear/love/darling and so on. The only people I don't give pet names to are guys that I date or talk to cause I give all my best pet names to my sister haha so if I call a guy babe or sweetheart I just in up thinking about my sister.

*My Lovelies is just a pet name for all of you because you are all important to me!

To Guest Reviewer Tatsu Rose… No problem love! I can't wait to read your FanFic and if you ever need anything just let me know!

And to everyone worried that Felicity will be too over powerful…. Don't worry she has her limits and I have NO plans to Ever make her stronger than Azula, and I promise I didn't mean to make her seem smug. (Sorry I didn't write that part very well.) Just stick with me. You got through all of Book One and Felicity has a lot of changing to do in Book Two. It's going to be a little more serious and I am going to change some things a bit, but I want to stay as true to the original Avatar story line as much as I can.

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Until next time, Lovelies, Happy Reading!