Chapter 3
All Katara could hear was the pounding of her feet, running, running, running...
She had to escape them. They were following still. Damn.
As she swerved down the servant's passageway she slammed to a holt, as a servant- carrying a basket of peat turned around the corner and was nearly knocked the servant off her feet by her.
"Sorry." Katara muttered as she sped off again.
Down the stairs. Through the kitchen. Into the street.
Katara knew she was late. The sun was setting. She knew that if she ran all the way she could get there in less than thirty minutes.
But from escaping her guards had worn her out.
As she wondered through the streets she thought for the billionth time, how luckily she would have been if she lived in one of these houses.
Just a loving family honest work and no responsibilities for the city or the people all over the city.
Suddenly, she noticed that her guards were still following her. She would have to go down a more elaborate path that would have to lead straight down the Royal Guards sleeping apartments.
Breaking into a run, cutting around people milling around the streets.
As she looked over her shoulder to see if she could see her guards, she ran straight into a solid muscular chest.
It had been nearly a month since Zuko had arrived in The Southern Water Tribe. Three weeks of training, examination and living in a snow city.
As Zuko walked back to his sleeping quarters to take off his uniform and dual swords, he found himself wondering about his two days off, before actually finding out his results for a post in the palace. He would of course still be under training, but if he managed to get into the palace he could-
Thump!
Zuko looked down at the small obstacle that had run into him.
Finding a mass of lose chestnut hair sprayed out over pretty much everywhere.
When Zuko suddenly realized that he was looking into a pair of sapphire eyes.
Before Zuko found out what was beyond the hair and eyes. She vanished.
Zuko followed with his eyes, the running figure through the crowded street and immediately saw two guards in the Royal guard uniform searching around.
Zuko decided to follow the blue-eyed maiden. Down the street, through the crowds.
As more time went on following this girl through streets, Zuko thought that him following a girl could look a bit sinister, but that was far from why he was following her.
Zuko couldn't quite pinpoint the reason, but he felt that they had met before. Zuko chuckled as he thought that, as it was really very likely, two thirds of the population did have blue eyes.
A few minutes later Zuko saw the girl looking around the nearly empty street nervously. Before vanishing through the dead end.
In other words straight through the wall.
Zuko frowned as she disappeared through the snow.
'Why would she go through the wall, there's nothing past the wall-except snow and sea?'
Zuko looked at the man at the other end of the street packing away a mask stall. And had an idea to hide his scar.
As he crept up behind the middle- aged man-who was loading up on his wagon.
When the man's back was turned Zuko stole a deep blue and white mask with a silk sapphire ribbon. Zuko also saw a black shirt, trousers and gloves.
After Zuko changed into the outfit he realised that he still had his dual broadswords from training, so decided that it would be bad if he lost them, took them along as well.
Leaving his clothes behind a stall.
As the girl had waterbended her way through the snow, and then put it all back in place. Zuko had to go the only route left. Going through the canal drain.
Zuko stepped out drenched on the other side of the wall. Teeth chattering, he had to firebended himself dry and warm.
After getting back to a normal firebender temperate, Zuko followed the foot prints left by the brown- maiden.
Zuko looked to see where she could be going.
As he searched the distance he saw some sort of temple or outside palace. He then saw her huddle form, walking up some steps.
Zuko looked at the sun that had nearly completely set, and then looked back at the towering wall-which offered some sort of shelter.
Zuko could sense that it was getting colder, and might even be a storm soon.
But he wondered why she had come out here to this dissolute, outside wall. Zuko knew what sane choice would be, but this girl, this woman had chosen the opposite option...Why?
AN: So I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The Blue Spirit returns...
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