Zuko x Reader

Toph

"Whose this?" I asked seeing a new addition to the group.

"This is Toph, Aang's earth bending teacher." Katara introduced her.

"Alright. Welcome aboard." I replied, dropping the groceries in Appa's saddle. "Only thing I couldn't find was your wax thing." I looked at Sokka. "It might be a water tribe only thing." I climbed onto the saddle. "They recommended this one, don't know if its any good." I pulled a bottle of wax from the bag.

"Well, thanks anyways." Sokka picked up the bottle, examining it. 

I laid down in the saddle. "I'm sleeping first." I raised my hand, and no one said anything so I drifted off to sleep.

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It was a dream of when I was younger. Around 8, maybe 9. I was an attending servant for Fire Lady Ursa. "Here you are my Lady." I bowed as I offered a bag of food for the turtle ducks.

"Thank you (Y/n)." she smiled as she walked towards Prince Zuko, who was sitting by the pond. I stayed a few feet away, giving them their privacy. 

I then followed as they were headed back to their chambers. In the garden, I noticed Princess Azula and her two friends Mai and Ty Lee. "Mom, can you make Zuko play with us? We need equal teams to play a game." Princess Azula ran up to us.

Their conversation went back and forth, until Lady Ursa urged Zuko to play with his sister. I followed Lady Ursa, looking back to see them playing with each other.

"Did you want to join them?" I looked to Lady Ursa who continued walking.

"No, my Lady. That wouldn't be appropriate." I replied. We arrived in the main hall and a servant came up to Lady Ursa with a letter.

"Zuko will be happy, it's from Iroh." Lady Ursa smiled and picked up another letter. "This is for you. From your brother." she smiled.

"Thank you." I reached out, taking the letter, and storing it in my clothes to read later.

"I was just coming to get you. Uncle Iroh sent us a letter from the war front." I didn't even notice we were outside again. "You're soaking wet."

"Girls are crazy!" Prince Zuko walked past us.

I was dismissed back to my room. I pulled out the letter from my brother. It was a short letter, he was talking about the food being bad, missing me and missing home. Hoping to see me soon, and excited to see how far I got in my bending. I smiled seeing the ink had smeared, showing how fast he was probably writing before having to send it off. I folded it back up, and opened my drawers, placing the letter with all my others from my brothers. 

The next letter I received, was one telling me my brother had died. He passed away while protecting General Iroh's son, who also passed away shortly after. Dropping the letter, I cried, falling to my knees. Holding the letter tightly I bit my lip to keep the sounds to a minimum. 

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I opened my eyes, sitting up and looked around. It seemed Sokka was the only one awake right now. Sighing, I rubbed my eyes, standing and walking up to the front. "Your turn." I smiled at him and he yawned while nodding, going back to the saddle to sleep. Taking the reins, I gently pet Appa. "Just a little more and you can sleep bud." I yawned and made sure we continued the course.

I started our descent, making sure to keep a look out to find a suitable place for Aang to continue learning his waterbending, and to start his earthbeding. It also had to be far enough away from any villages or towns so that no one would see the smoke from our fires at night.