The bounty hunter just turns and leaves. I hope he's doing what I payed him to do. Now that that's off my mind, I can finally get some sleep.
In the morning, I get news that a Firenation General, named Mung, is off to a nearby village. When I asked him why he's going to that small village, he just replied with, 'business'.
"I asked why you are going!" I demanded.
"Yes, Prince Zuko," Mung replied. They never listen until I raise my voice. "I am only going to keep the factories under good condition. The factories we have there are going slow so me and a few men are going to keep the factories running, Prince Zuko."
I bid him farewell and sent more men with him. He only had two so I sent two more. If he's going to help the factory, he's going to need more. He thanked me and went off. I only heard rumors that we had built factories there but never any truths. I guess that they were true.
"Prince Zuko!" I recognized the voice as one of my guards. I turned to see him bow. "Fire Lord Ozai calls you to a war meeting in three days time."
"Me?" I asked. Father called me to come to a war meeting? "Yes, Prince Zuko." I bowed to him. "Thank you." He returned to the castle.
A war meeting with my Father? Does that mean that I regained my honor? Or did Azula beg him to invite me? Honestly, I'm a little nervous. I have never actually been in a meeting with him before. Am I turning to Father's good side?
I decide to ask around again to see if anyone has seen the Avatar. Someone has to have seen him after Ba Sing Se. It is kind of weird how no one has.
Two hours passed and I still had no luck. I threw the poster onto the ground and sat down. "I'm going nowhere with this. There is no way I'm going to find him." I put my head into my hands. There has to be some way. I glanced at the poster on the floor. If the Avatar was here, he would be disguising himself as one of us. But, what if he isn't, then that would make since why no one has seen him. But he couldn't have just disappeared! Ugh! This is getting harder the more I think about it!
Maybe I can put this poster up? Yeah, that's it! I'll just copy this poster and post it around!
I went back to the palace and had the scribes copy the poster a few times. Then I took them all out and found every wall with other posters on them. A few of them had The Blue Spirit on them so I just covered those with the other ones. No one will know anyway. Or find him.
After a while, I saw people actually looking at the poster. I guess I know now that people look at them, instead of just being there for decoration. "The Avatar?" someone questioned. "Is he still alive?"
"Why? What happened?"
"I heard that Prince Zuko killed him."
"Really?"
"He must still be alive."
"I heard that Prince Zuko fired at him but just missed enough to not kill him." I rolled my eyes. First, I killed him, then, I didn't kill him. "Has anyone found The Blue Spirit yet?"
"Who's the Blue Spirit?"
"He helped save the Avatar."
"So maybe that's why the Avatar is alive!"
I got tired of their bickering so I left. The rest of the day, all I could think about was Uncle. I was so rude to him last time but only because he wouldn't talk. He didn't even say if he was mad at me! I know he is but he wouldn't look at me either. And I'm not sure if he ate the chicken. Uncle can be stuck in there forever for all I care! It's not like he wants to see me anyway!