Zuko opened his eyes to see blinding light surrounding him. After blinking a few times he saw that he standing in a field, heavy winds whipping the tall grasses to and fro. He could just barely make out trees at the edge of the field and large white clouds filled the sky.

"Where am I?" Zuko muttered to himself.

"You have been summoned," said a deep voice from behind him. Zuko whipped around and saw something that he didn't even think existed. A dragon. Zuko covered his fists in flames and got into a fighting stance in case this monster meant him harm. But the beast simply looked at him in what Zuko thought to be an amused expression.

"What do you want?" He called up to the giant creature. As he took a better look at it, Zuko realized that this dragon looked exactly like the one of legend. It's long serpentine body, amazing wingspan, the four teeth that jutted from it's mouth, and the way the armor plates on his head were shaped like a crown. It was terrifying, but beautiful at the same time.

"You have been summoned," the creature repeated by speaking into Zuko's mind. Zuko put out his fire and stood up straight.

"But what does that mean?" Zuko asked, slightly frustrated.

"The song has been sung, the people have found the Dragonborn," Zuko's gaped at the creature. Tales had been whispered through the generations, passed down as legend and myth by his people. It was said that the Dragonborn would restore peace and save the empire from it's doom and destruction, and return the honor of the Fire Nation.

"Wha- but who?!" Zuko yelled, still surprised by the amazing news.

"You, Prince Zuko,"

To put it simply, Zuko's head nearly exploded. All of the things that never made sense in his life finally fit together like a completed puzzle. The reason he survived his training, why his mother was so determined to keep him safe, why he was so unlike to rest of his people in seeing how pointless this war was, and why he felt so drawn to protect the innocent.

"Me," Zuko said slowly, trying to process the information given to him, "I'm the Dragonborn."

"Yes, the coming battle approaches. You must fulfill the prophecy Zuko, you must find your destiny." As the dragon spoke the dream began shifting around him. The sky turned red and the field became blackened with soot. In the distance, Zuko saw two armies fighting against each other, neither of them holding the advantage.

The dragon breathed fire onto the ground around him, and he saw that he was standing in a circle with a line drawn down the middle. One foot was on one side, and one foot was on the other.

"You hold the fate of the world, how the battle ends rests on your choice,"

Zuko shifted one foot to be with his other one so that both were in the same half, and he watched as the one army was suddenly given amazing strength as they massacred their enemies.

"My choice," Zuko muttered; next thing he knew he was opening his eyes to see a tearful water bender smiling at him.

"Hey, sleepy head."

Zuko was sitting on the side of his bed, with Katara's help he'd made it back to their apartment and was now gulping down some soup that she'd made for him. After finishing it, he glanced up to see her leaning against the door frame with crossed arms ans a small smile.

"That good, huh?" She teased.

"Yeah, best broth I've ever had," he replied with a smirk, earning him a chuckle from her. She walked over and sat down next to him a solemn expression taking place in her features.

"We almost lost you," her voice quivered as she spoke, "you were dying and there was nothing we could do." He saw a tear escape and slide down her cheek before she hastily wiped it away. He took her hand in his and squeezed it reassuringly.

"Well something you did must have worked, cause I'm alive and well now," she was shaking her head before he even finished.

"It wasn't anything we did, we'd nearly given up hope," she glared at the floor as she spoke, "I think it had something to do with the song, it happened right after they sang it-"

"-What happened?" He asked, his curiosity growing. The dragon had said something about a song.

"There was this light and then," she paused looking at his side, "You haven't looked at it have you?" He shook his head in response and she motioned for him to lift up his shirt. He looked down at it, suddenly realized the huge hole and large blood stain on it. He peeled it off and threw it onto the floor, then throwing a spark onto it and burning it. Katara looked surprised at first, but then brought her attention back to the site of his injury.

Zuko looked down to see that it was completely healed, only a scar where the arrow had been jutting from only hours before. But for some reason, Zuko wasn't surprised. Compared to the news of being the hero that myths and legends spoke of, this was nothing. Katara ran her fingers along the smooth line of skin and looked at it as if it was the most valuable thing in the world.

"How?" He said under his breath, Katara took her hand away and offered a lopsided smile.

"I don't know," she said slowly, never taking her eyes off him.

"Maybe I have super powers," he said with a tease in his voice and a smirk on his face; she pushed his shoulder playfully before standing.

"My father will want to know what happened, and I need to see if they caught the Yu Yan archer and interrogate him if they did." Zuko layed back on his bed and nodded before he noticed something.

"How did you know what kind of archer it was?" He asked sitting up on his elbows to look at her.

"I escaped from one of their prisons a few years back," she said shrugging as she said it, as if it wasn't a big deal.

"Wow I'm impressed," he said with a smile as he started to stand.

"Where do you think your going?" She asked with a small scowl, but Zuko knew better.

"With you, where else?" He saw the tint on her cheeks but she shook her head with a straight face.

"Forget it, you need to rest." She said crossing her arms as if that would make it final.

"I've been sleeping for almost a full day, what I need to do is check on the guards in the forest and see if any were harmed last night." She had a look on her face like she was adding it to her list but still didn't back down.

"You almost died, Zuko. You have to rest and that's-" He silenced her by placing a quick kiss on her lips.

"I'm fine, Tara; honestly." And with that he walked past her and out of the room, ignoring her shocked expression. He himself couldn't believe he'd just done that but left the house anyway.

He didn't truly have any intention of checking the forest for injured guards. He had no doubt that it had already been checked by Toph.

Zuko's plan, was to pay a visit to the archer. And find out who ordered his death.

Dun Dun DAAAAA! Tell me what you think! I'm really pumped about the upcoming chapters, lots of battles and mysteries and stuff ^_^

So who do you think wants Zuko dead in the Fire Nation? For those of you following I know that in the last chapter it seemed like it was probably Ozai, but I went back and edited it because.. well.. it's not ;p

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