Azula watched her daughter, jumping in the water when she was small and innocent. Azula wished to be like that. An innocent little girl and not a monster— No she couldn't think like that, not anymore. "Mom, come into the water! It's really fun!" She spoke smiling as she swam. The Chameleon bay, once a base for the southern water tribe forces was now a vacation destination that Azula had a safe house at and had members of Dai-Li close to inform her if there were any word of her Enemies were visiting.

"The perfect scenery."

Azula turned to the voice to warn him. "This is Priva—" She froze, her jaw tightened, her eyes widened and her hand sparked. Iroh prepared to redirect her lightning.

The voice broke the tension. "Hey Mister! This is our beach! leave!" She demanded pouting at Iroh.

Azula glared at him, fury burning in her that could engulf the sky if she let it, yet she calmed down. "How about we speak somewhere more private?" He looked toward the beach house. Iroh and Azula sat at a balcony that showed the entire beach that Azula owned. "Hard to believe this used to be a resting place for the water tribe." Azula just focused on her daughter building a sand castle rather than, Her blabbering uncle. "The innocence of childhood, has she ever been to home nation?" Her nails stabbed into the chair.

The nagging voice insecurity screamed, yelling bellowing. "He's going to take her, get out of here and burn this house down with him! There is no reason" Yet the other side. "Don't, the more bridges I burn the less chances we give Zaya." He closed her eyes calming down. She begrudgingly acknowledged him "What do you want?" He turned to her Shocked that she didn't attack him.

He cleared his voice. "I just wanted to see my favorite niece." Azula again responded with a glare.

He just laughed at him, which lasted for a full minute "I'm not as delusional as you! We both know what I did to you and the savior of the world!" She sighed. "The scorching the earth nation, sometimes I want to strangle some sense into my younger self." Iroh chuckled

She just looked at him suprised at reaction. "That's what I say to myself when I think back." They both fell silent. "Your brother would like you to visit him." She clenched her jaw.

She took a long breath. "Uncle, a year ago I brought a triad leader in and next, I was hunted and chased. I don't trust that." She then smirked. "Ask Zaya if she wants to go." Iroh looked suspicious but decided to show some trust.

Iroh walked to Zaya and the first thing she said. "I can bend fire and if you touch me, I will burn you." She glared at him. He nodded seeing the fire in her eyes.

He cleared his throat. "I'm your mother's uncle. Would you like to visit your uncle and grandmother?" She squinted at him, in an instance her answer was given.

She thought about it. "Will my mom be there?" Iroh staggered back mentally.

"No, she can't."

She blinked as her only condition was denied "no, and you smell like boiled leaves." Her focus went back to her sand castle.

"Wouldn't you—" She breathed fire at him.

She pouted at him. "No, I'm staying with my mommy. I don't care what people say, I love her." She looked at him with utter hatred, Iroh only saw this in Zuka after he had returned to the fire nation.

He conceded and went back to Azula. "She cares for you." She nodded, having a smile on her face. "If someone took—" She interrupted him.

"I would burn a path to her, wouldn't you do the same if you could?" He sighed, completely understanding what she meant if he could save him, he would but not today.

Azula Woke up in Omashu and saw the bed next to her was empty, panic before hearing the shower. "Mom, the water's clean. Even if towels look like camel bettles." Azula let out a breath of relief and looked out of the window to check if he had left. "The target is still there." Azula nodded and took the watch while Azula put on her makeup.

She looked at her mom. "Do you wear makeup to look prettier or fiercer?" The 10 year old asked, as she questioned the need for it in her head, as her mother always wore a mask when she hunted.

"A beautiful woman is a fierce woman, It's mostly because it's routine." She explained finishing her eyeliner.

Zaya smiled and watched her Mother in her face. "Can you teach me?" Azula looked at her daughter mentally letting out a sigh. "She's growing up so fast." She smiled at her daughter.

"When you're older my little spark." She saw the target leaving. "get dressed, we're hunting." They sneaked moving in the crowd, and then followed the man into an Alleyway. Azula's guard got raised, what idiot would walk into a dead end Alleyway, multiple gang members came out of corners, Zaya clung to her mother, as an act. Smoke erupted from Azula's hands when it cleared the target and stood alone with Zaya standing behind him with a chopstick. "Move and I will stab you." The Target attempted to grab Zaya, only to get get kicked between the legs.

He fell to his knee crying in pain, Azula did her best not to laugh out loud. Zaya looked concerned at the man. "Did I over do it?" Azula cleared her throat before tying him up.

"No, he was going to hurt you and you defended yourself." She Snapped her fingers creating an electric current between her fingers, held his shoulder causing him to lose conciseness. "Plus he's wanted for animal trafficking." Zaya gave her a confused look. "He hurt a lot of animals." The young girl ran and kicked him again. "That's my little spark." She continued kicking him.

They tied him up and brought to police office, in an instance she pulled zaya into an alley once she saw the bold tattooed head. "Is he a gang leader?" Zaya asked peaking from her mothers side only to get pushed back.

Once aang passed did she come out of the shadows and walked to the gate hiding between the other visitors til— Azula's body sunk into the ground. "Found ya sparky princess." Toph spoke smirking and Zaya did what mother told her so long Ago. She ran, jumping running across the wall and flying away from Omashu.

Azula smiled at her daughter's power. "What are you smiling about?"

Azula turned to Toph with a proud smile. "My student will surpass me, that's what I wanted. Be thankful she didn't inherent my temper" She spitefully looked at toph.

8 months later

She was Walking through the earth Nation, the last Things she owned were the clothes on her back and her mothers hair Piece. "trust no one, don't follow anyone, believe no one." These words were now what she lived by, everyone she met after her mothers capture were cheaters, liars, or bastards!

She fell to the ground hunger taking over, the pain of it was the worst day in and out.

No one trusted a fire bender. The war had scarred the world and the scars hadn't healed, especially from People who were children during the war.

Zaya continued to walk ignoring the pain, then she reached a town and drug through trash and ate what wasn't rotten.

She heard laughter, she heard fire burning and she walked there. Laughter and joy something she hasn't experienced in a while and now here it was. "COME HERE! COME ALL! WHOEVER CAN HIT IT THREE TIMES WILL WIN A MEAL WITH OUR SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS!" Her eyes widened. She didn't care what he said after the meal and ran to the stand. "Looks like a Young Lady wants to try out!" He showed her basket full of balls. "You can use that or bend." Zaya just created a blue sphere of fire making the crowd aww. "Interesting! Now lets begin!"

Zaya looked from the booth's ceiling, cardboard Lemur came up and down. "So I hit three and I get my meal?" Zaya asked, looking at the lemurs. The man nodded with a smile because the game was rigged. The third Lemur was heavier than the other two so it wouldn't go up once hit and it was made so that it would go up if it was the hit, first making people think it was possible to win the game.

Zaya hit two but the third wouldn't move. Her stomach growled and she was about to walk away. "Hey, kid" She looked at him. "Kid, you have some nifty tricks, so how about a Job and a meal?" Her eyes widened and a discussion between faceless voices spoke before agreeing.

"OK! What do I have to do?" She said with a grin.

Zaya pov

Next Scene she is moving hay to the ostrich horses. "Eat, you don't want to starve." I told them. There were so many animals here that most would think it was a zoo and I loved them.

A week here and I had integrated myself fine, all the animals were well trained and the People here were great. I lied down on the hay and sighed. "Hey zaya!"

"You're slacking-"

"off aren't you?" Two twins said wearing dapper suits and smiling. They were both thin yet well built Bodies, only that their heads were conjoined by the sides.

"Oh really, who should be practicing for their next song?" Both men's eyes widened.

"Oh yes!"

"We Need to go."

"don't tell."

"Jin!" They left walking to their tent.

I smiled. "Ok hua, huan!" I told them to cross my legs. After I was done with feeding the animals, I would be allowed a break.

Then I came to performing acts, like juggling fire balls and creating fire Whips in acts with animals. My acting skills had gotten better then in all I would act the small princess and then I would fall over to have a beast about to attack before a earth/water bender stopped them, the earth Benders would through a Cloud of dirt or sand and water benders explains themselves.

Worst case the animals got pink eyes and the crowd got hit as well.

The main attraction was the mysteries of man! People who were rarities in Society. Some were fake, like our sword swallower who's blade was collapsible and others like the singing twins. They were the main attraction and people from everywhere would come to buy pictures of themselves with the two, I was only one who didn't have to pay.

Jin just took it from my salary.

He walked to me and pulled me smiling. "Zaya! I need you to go out and make some advertisements! "

I nodded and left to the streets juggling fire, a crowd started forming and they watched amazed at what they saw. At the end of the Show I threw all the fire balls into the air and then followed with a bit of gunpowder creating an explosion that made the crowd aww and made loud noises.

"Come to Jins wandering Circus to see more amazements! Show a Flyer and get 10 percent off!" Most of the Flyers were gone, which was a good thing since I got 1 yuan for each Flier I gave out. Jin counted the ones that reappeared at the ticket stand.

Then a Boy with messy hair came to the stand. "How did you do that?!" He asked— well yelled is a better way to say it. "You can bend blue fire! That's so cool!" I gave an awkward smile, I can face criminals and beasts of different sizes but this kid was making me speechless! "What's your Name?"

"Zaya..." Agni this kid was too forward and shouldn't he have introduced himself first?!

"I'm Bumi, can I have a Flyer? my dad is on vacation and he said I can get to pick what we would do this week."

I nodded and looked at the Flyers. "How big is your Family."

Bumi smiled. "My mom and dad, my little sister kya and my Baby brother tenzin." She nodded hadding him the flyers. "Wait, why five?"

"Because each Flyer only works for one Person. Mr jin always has me give it to one Person and then come with their families and booom they didn't read the small print." bumi oowed understanding. "Kids get half already and most People bring a date use the Discount for the Person they invited." He nodded.

"Aren't you too Young to work?" He asked me, like it was any of his business.

"I need to make a living- Wait, where are your parents?" He pointed to the store across the street. "So you left them at the store, ran across the street, just to see why a crowd was here?"

"Yea, My moms trying clothes on my Baby sis and I got bored." I rolled my eyes and started walking away before he asked were parents to which the answer; passed away and I don't know.

I left the Shopping district and went to a park where nobody cared, so I took my shoes off and placed them into the Little river there. "Ahh i Needed this." I said having walked the entire day. "Why can't he just buy a billboard and not send me out into the City?" I asked thinking the river was too cold. A shadow appeared behind my head and when I looked it was a officer of the law. "Hello" I said innocently to him.

"Look, I will let this slide but if I see this again I will take you to the Station, get it?" He said in scolding at me as I took my legs out of the water. "Good, now get out of here." He yelled after I finished putting my socks and shoes on.

"Ow" I said as the healer looked at my swollen feet. "Seems like a light infection, you didn't place your feet in a stream did you?" I looked away. "No matter, a day's rest and she will be fit as a Dragon." He said leaving me alone.

Jin came into my tent , with a smile plastered on his face. "Good Job kids, the seats are all filled and the Money counted!" He said grinning, I guess he was mentally counting the cash. "You're not performing today kid." I nodded and he gave me a day off anyway when I was advertising for him.

He left and I fell asleep.