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Assumptions

After looking at the flyer of Toph, Zuko got up from his spot and went to go grab his breakfast. Before he knew it, it was already night time. He didn't know why but he had a feeling that tonight would be okay. It was weird in a way to him. He never really liked to sleep after all.

That night, when Zuko went to sleep, was peaceful. In his dream, Toph was happy. She was smiling. She wasn't sad or frowning, which to Zuko was a good sign.

Morning came all too quickly for Zuko since he was still in bed when Katara knocked on his door.

"Zuko?" She asked a little bit concerned. "Are you okay in there?" She knocked again.

Zuko quickly got up and put on a robe before opening the door to reveal a stressed Katara outside his door. When she saw him she sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness. I thought something had happened to you or you've done something to yourself." As she said that she inspected him.

"I'm fine Katara. It was just that I had a nice dream yesterday." Katara looked at him curiously.

"Really?"

"Really. Now, if you're done, I would like to get dressed." She nodded before heading off again.

Zuko sighed in relief before shutting his door. He walked into his bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. he didn't know why but he didn't see the person anymore. The one in the mirror. After looking at Toph's picture for the hundredth time yesterday, he came to a conclusion that he one in the mirror was not Toph. Neither was the one on his mind. He thought it was odd but then again, he wasn't normal anymore.

After getting dressed he headed out to eat breakfast. He met Iroh, Katara, Aang, and Sokka at the table.

"So Zuko, I heard you had a nice dream yesterday." Sokka said with a wink to which Katara smacked his arm and Aang shook his head while Iroh smiled.

"Yeah, I did." Zuko said casually.

"So, are you going to tell us?" Sokka asked, obviously wanting to know what he had dreamed of last night.

"Why are you interested Sokka?" Zuko asked. He didn't mean to sound rude or anything but it was his dream.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe because you were grinning so wide it could be contagious?" Sokka said with a raised eyebrow.

Zuko frowned. "I wasn't grinning that much."

"Yeah but that's the most we'll ever see from you Zuko." Zuko didn't reply. Sokka smiled, thinking it was his victory against the Fire Lord until Katara stepped in.

"It's alright if you don't want to talk about Zuko. We won't force you to. Right guys?" Her glare to Sokka was so obvious that he was pointing at Aang to make him look innocent.

"Thanks." Zuko said before heading out of the room.

As he walked into the hall he was approached by Fire Sages as they told them about their issues regarding a drought that the Fire Nation was going through. Farmers have been complaining to them, demanding that this problem be solved.

'Weird.' Zuko thought.

That evening Zuko was by the pond again, something that he just couldn't get rid of. A feeling, that something was wrong.

Over the few months that they have defeated the Ex Fire Lord nothing has happened yet. Nothing. He had expected there to be a bunch of problems rising from Nations all over the world. He thought that there was going to be treaties and rules and exchanges but… it was quiet. Too quiet.

It just didn't seem right. It's like as if… they were okay with him being the Fire Lord. Okay that there even was a Fire Lord. Okay with where they are at this point. They were okay that his father, grandfather and ancestors before had terrorized them all. That's not right.

They should be protesting against him. Making him listen to their worries and complaints about his father, his father's father and so on about his ancestors.

He was so deep in his thought he didn't even realize that his friends had taken a seat next to him.

"What's wrong this time Zuko?" Asked Aang. Zuko looked at Aang, only realising now that they were there for quite some time now.

"I-I don't know. I just have this feeling that something's not right."

"But you were just grinning this morning. How can you already have a problem already?" Sokka whined.

"I know but… it seems too quiet." The Gaang looked at him confusingly.

"Um, Zuko, nothing is too quiet. What do you mean by that?" Katara asked, trying to sound as if she were not freaked out by his weird change of attitude.

"The problems. It's been months since we defeated my father. No one has been complaining. The only issues so far has been only my personal problems. Why?"

Now that his point was mentioned loud and clear, the Gaang finally realised what he meant.

"Wait a minute. He is right!" Sokka shouted. "Everything so far has only been about Zuko. No political issues, no assassination attempts, no wanting to get rid of the new Fire Lord. Not even wanting a truce between different Nations." Sokka stood up and paced around, figuring something out while the other two concentrated on Zuko.

"Do you think that they may be planning something on you Zuko?" Aang asked.

"That's right. What if they were just waiting for the perfect moment to strike at you Zuko?" Katara added on.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Sokka shouted once again, gaining full attention from his companions. He took deep breaths. "Didn't this all happen after Toph?" Zuko flinched.

"What do you mean by that Sokka?" Katara asked as she and Aang put comforting hands on Zuko's shoulder.

"I'm saying, after Toph's incident, everything's been only about Zuko. Aang hadn't move on to do his Avatar duty, and Katara and I are still here, not bothering to restore the Southern Water Tribe. Why is that?" Sokka asked expecting an answer from the three. They all stared at him, not moving muscle as they let the new information sink into their heads.

Sokka groaned as he face-palmed. "What I'm trying to say is, what if this is all centered on Toph? Or Zuko maybe? Or maybe all of us? Maybe Azula even."

Zuko's head shot up. "What if Toph's not really dead?"

I've been waiting for forever to pull this trick on you. Hah! Take that! Jk... I would never do that to you guys... or would I?

Anyways, excuse my weird attitude. Was this chapter too short? Was it not goo enough? Tell me and review!

Have a nice day everyone XD