Someone screaming woke me up once more. "Hey. Zuko, you're okay." I say placing my hand on his face. He looks over at me before touching his scar and sighing.
"Do you want anything to drink?" I ask grabbing a cup of water beside us. Carefully without spilling it, I helped him drink it. "Arabella?" He looks at me before bringing me closer to him in a bone crushing hug. "Umm, you can let me go now." I say laughing nervously.
He laid down with me still in his arms so that I was pretty much on top of him. "Zuko you need to rest." I say to him with a blush on my face. "I feel so much better now." He says patting my back.
"I'm glad. Maybe you should get dressed and we could go outside for some fresh air. Your uncle went out to the tea shop to set some more things up." I say getting out of his arms and grabbing an outfit off of his shelf. "Get dressed."
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"Hello young lady, would you and your boyfriend like a portrait painting of the two of you." Some man asks from the art shop. "We're not dati-" "We'll take two." Zuko cuts in making me blush.
Zuko brought me in close as the man started to paint away. Within thirty minutes, he was completely done with both portraits.
"Here you are." He says handing them to me as I put the money in his hand. "Thank you." I say walking off and giving Zuko the other one. "They're so pretty."
"I'm glad you two came. Here are the new uniforms." Iroh says handing us both an outfit. When I unfolded the material, it was a green kimono with gold detailing and long sleeves with a small dragon patch near the left shoulder. "I love it." I say to him before hugging him while smiling.
"We start tomorrow morning. Try to be here early Arabella." He says to me as I walk out telling them both goodbye.
The walk to my apartment was boring like usual. When I got inside, I laid the picture of Zuko and I on the table before getting in the shower.
It was nice to get a shower after not having one for a little while. Zuko wouldn't let me go unless I had to use the bathroom, but I wasn't complaining. The sad part about all of this was that I couldn't be with him.
When he goes back to the Fire Nation, he'll want someone higher up. I couldn't blame him though. I was pretty messed up for anyone to handle.
Slowly I dragged myself out of the warm shower and dressed in clean clothes. I took my comb out and brushed through my fiery red hair before going to sit down at the table.
Taking out my favorite book, I turned to the page I last read,
Sometimes good things
Fade away and
It is sad to
Think about but
It's also a
Bit heartwarming
And I am quite
Thankful for that.
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"Hello." I say to the two men sitting their teacups down on the table and walking away. This place was beautiful. My favorite part was the large carpet on the floor. It was decorated with a dragon flowing up the center of the Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop. I'm happy to be working here. Over the past couple weeks, these fire nation people have turned out to be very nice to me. It's amazing really.
"Table for two please." I hear Katara's voice over the crowd. "Hey. How did the other day work out?" I ask going up to her. "It went fine actual-" She stopped mid-sentence when she looked around me before pulling me out of the shop.
"You need to stay away from those people. They're from the Fire Nation." She whispers over to me. Oh, only if she knew. "It's fine." I say with a little smile. "What do you mean it's fine?" She asked looking confused. "Katara you seem like you know them, but you can't judge people by their past. He's changed." I say before looking inside. "I'm sorry but I have to get back to work." Before I could blink, she was gone.
She's probably going to rat them out, should I tell them? No, they'll be fine. I quickly go back inside to serve more tea before the shop closes for the night. "A letter for you from the palace." A man come in handing a letter to Iroh before disappearing.
"We've been invited to serve tea at the palace for the King." Iroh says looking at us with a smile on his face. "That's great Uncle." Zuko says walking up to him and patitng his back. "That's amazing! Your tea must be pretty good for the King to hear about it." I say smiling.
"Yes. Arabella, I would like you to come with Zuko and I." Iroh says looking over at me. I smile before bowing in respect. "I'd love too." Zuko comes over to me bringing me into a hug I never expected. I stiffen up before smiling and hugging him back.
I walked up the stairs and look at the piece of paper Katara gave me. "This is the right house." I knocked a couple times and waited, but no one came to the door.
"Katara, are you in there? I wanted to talk about earlier." I say trying the knob. I didn't even have to push for it to open. "Katara?" I ask walking inside and looking around.
"I guess she's not back yet." Sighing I walked towards the door and as I got to it, a shadow slipped out of the corner.
"So, you're the famous Arabella?" A girl with dark hair walked out as the lights turned on. There were 5 Di lee agents surrendering me. "Princess Azula. I've heard many things about you." I say looking around at the people surrounding me.
They all rushed towards me. I stopped them all in one move. Flames still lingered in the air. "I'm not afraid to use this on you Azula." I say gathering some fire in my hand.
"Don't waste your time. I'm not here for you anyways. Get out." I look at her confused before putting my hand down and turning to leave. She's done something to Katara.
2/1/2020
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The Fire Within Us All (Completed)
FanfictionAfter a traumatic late childhood event, Arabella is off on an adventure to find herself and maybe even some love along the way. As she is welcomed into the Avatars gang, what will become of her?
