Zuko's POV
One day after they got back, while Arianna and Kuruk took a nap, Zuko decided to pay a visit to his father. When Zuko entered the room with Ozai's cell, his father didn't even look at him. Zuko dismissed the guard with a wave of his hand; the guard bowed and then left.
"I came to tell you that Arianna and I are still madly in love, and just because she's from the Northern Water Tribe doesn't mean she's a bad ruler, the people love her. I was hoping you would celebrate with us."
Zuko paused to give Ozai a chance to respond, but Ozai didn't say a word.
"Our child was born a few weeks ago; you have a grandson."
Not one word passed through Ozai's lips.
"Where is she?" Zuko demanded.
Ozai didn't say anything and he didn't look at Zuko. A few moments later Zuko left.
Arianna's POV
When Arianna woke up from her nap, she first checked on Kuruk and found him sleeping peacefully. She gently stroked his cheek and gave him a kiss on the head, and then she went about trying to find Zuko, but no one had seen him. Arianna decided to wait in their room for him to come back and after a while, he did.
"Where have you been?" Arianna asked.
"Don't worry about it, it's not important," Zuko answered.
"I was looking all over for you and no one had seen you. Where did you go?" Arianna said.
"It was nothing, really, I just needed to be alone for a bit," Zuko responded.
Arianna knew that they were going to be there for a while; she poked her head out into the hall and called for the nurse maid. "Can you take Kuruk for a little while?"
"Yes your Grace, of course," the nurse maid replied.
Arianna laid Kuruk in the nurse maid's arms, and then she turned back to Zuko.
"What if something had happened to you? Do you know how worried I was?"
"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me," Zuko said.
"You're my husband, of course I'm going to worry about you," Arianna replied.
"You don't have to, I'm fine," Zuko's voice was hard and cold.
"I worry because I love you, I don't want to lose you. Wouldn't you do the same for me?" Arianna responded.
Zuko threw his hands up in the air. "You are so irritating!" He left the room and slammed the door behind him.
Arianna sunk into a chair and buried her face in her hands. After a minute she got up and decided to go do some water bending to help calm her down. She went down to the garden, drew water from the pond and began to water bend.
Iroh's POV
Iroh was walking past the garden and he saw Arianna water bending, but it wasn't the calm type of water bending that she usually did, it was very angry. Iroh debated on whether or not to talk to her and see what was going on; in the end he went and talked to her.
Arianna's POV
"Ari," came the friendly, and familiar, voice of Iroh.
She stopped water bending and turned to face him. "Yes."
"Is something troubling you?" Iroh asked.
"No, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Arianna answered.
"I observed you water bending and noticed that it looked angry, not calm, which is not like you," Iroh said.
"I'm going to be completely honest, Zuko and I are having a fight," Arianna responded.
"You just had a baby; this should be a happy time. Why are you two fighting?" Iroh replied.
Arianna told him everything that happened.
Iroh thought for a moment. "Zuko doesn't like talking about it when he goes and sees his father."
"Do you really think he went to go see Ozai?" Arianna questioned.
"Yes, didn't he tell you that?" Iroh replied.
"No, he didn't tell me anything," Arianna said.
"Well, he doesn't like talking about it," Iroh repeated.
"Why?" Arianna inquired.
"When Ozai was first put in prison, he hinted to Zuko that Ursa is alive and that he knows where she is, but he hasn't said a word since," Iroh responded.
"Oh, I didn't know that. I'm going to go check on Kuruk and then apologize to Zuko," Arianna said.
Iroh nodded.
Just before Arianna went inside, there was an explosion and something told her that Kuruk was in danger.
"KURUK!" She ran all the way up to the nursery, Iroh at her heels.
When she entered the nursery, it was a disaster; all except one of the maids were dead. She ran over and knelt beside the surviving maid and gripped her hand. Her face was covered in blood and she was struggling to breathe.
"I…I'm sorry your Grace, we…we tried."
"What happened?" Arianna demanded.
"He took Prince Kuruk."
"Who?" Kya asked.
The maid held out her hand which was wrapped around something, and then her eyes closed in death; her hand uncurled revealing a note. Arianna read it and all it said was: "Payback." She gasped in horror. Suddenly she jumped up and sprinted out of the nursery. She ran around the palace frantically calling for Zuko.
"ZUKO!"
When she found him she ran into him, literally.
"Ari, I'm sorry, I should have told you where I was," Zuko said.
"That's not important right now!" Arianna exclaimed as she threw herself into his arms. She began to cry hysterically.
"Ari, what's wrong?" Zuko asked.
"He's gone!" Arianna wailed.
"Who, who's gone?" Zuko questioned.
"Kuruk!" Arianna cried.
"What!" Zuko shouted.
"It's true," said Iroh.
"Who did this?" Zuko demanded.
"Hahn," Iroh replied.
"How did he get in?" Zuko inquired.
"He's sneaky, he always has been!" Arianna sobbed.
Zuko held her close to him.
"He needs me; he's too little to be separated from me!" Arianna wept.
"He was smart enough to take a wet nurse with him, so at least he'll be fed," Iroh responded.
Arianna clung to Zuko.
"We'll get him back, I promise," Zuko whispered in Arianna's ear.
Hahn's POV
Hahn smiled to himself and held a sleeping baby in his arms.
"What's his name?" Hahn demanded.
"Kuruk," the nurse maid answered.
Of course she would name him after her father, Hahn thought.
"How long do you think it will take them to follow us?"
"Fire Lord Zuko and Fire Lady Arianna will come as soon as they can. How could you do this to her? He's only a few weeks old and he needs her," the nurse maid said.
"I told her I was going to make her regret refusing me," Hahn replied.
"You are sick, twisted and evil," the nurse maid responded.
Hahn raised his hand and smacked her across the cheek.
"What was that for?"
"You are to respect me and speak only when you are spoken to. Understand?" Hahn said.
The nurse maid nodded.
"Good."
Hahn looked down at the baby and chuckled softly. "Mommy and Daddy are going to wish that your mommy chose me over your daddy, I'll make sure of that."
A/N: I hate Hahn, and I was the one who wrote it this way, but I hope you all liked the chapter and please remember to review.
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~Forest Princess