Zuko x Reader: Fire and Ice

Chapter 1: The Boy in the Iceberg

"It's not getting away from me this time. Watch and learn, ladies. This is how you catch a fish." Sokka gloated. I rolled my eyes at my goofy cousin. I turned over to see Katara slowly, but surely lifting a bubble of water out of the water and into the air. We were the last two water benders in the entire Southern Tribe. "Sokka! Look!" She yelled happily. "Wow, Katara! You're getting better!" I cheered, not paying much attention. Of course, she was good, but not yet great. I've been trying to help her out, but she just doesn't understand my methods of teaching. "Thanks, Y/N!" She replied. "Shush, guys! You're going to scare it away!" Sokka cautioned. "Mmm...I can already smell it cooking..." He said.

"But Sokka, I caught one!" Katara declared. I hadn't even noticed the fish inside of her bubble until just now. Slowly, the bubble hovered over near Sokka, who accidentally poked it, causing the bubble to pop and the fish to fall back into the water. "Why is it every time you play with magic water, I get soaked?" Sokka scolded.  "Give her a break, Sokka. At least she caught a fish." I teased. "Ha!" Katara laughed. "And for the record, it's not magic. It's water bending!" Katara declared. "Yeah, yeah, 'an ancient art unique to our culture' blah, blah, blah. Look, I'm just saying that if I had weird powers, I'd keep them to myself." Sokka scoffed. 

"Oh, you're calling me weird? I'm not the one who makes muscles at myself every time I see my reflection in the water!" Katara rebuked. I couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh. "And that's exactly what he's doing right now!" I chuckled. 

Suddenly, we are caught in a rapid current. In a fit of arguing and poor canoe paddling, we're slammed into an iceberg and our bodies are thrown right on top of it. Our canoe is nowhere to be seen now. I was looking around and wondering how we'd get back home until I heard Sokka and Katara's arguing. "I knew I should've left you home. Leave it to a girl to screw things up!" He scoffed. Katara snaps and says, "You are the most sexist, immature, nut brained..." As she's speaking and waving her arms, the water around us starts to move. "I'm embarrassed to be related to you!" She yells. 

I try to console her and say, "Um Katara, maybe you should ca-" 

"Ever since mom died, I've been doing all the work around camp while you've been off playing soldier!" She continued. There was a huge crack in the iceberg behind us. "I even wash all the clothes! Have you ever smelled your dirty socks? Let me tell you, not pleasant!" She yells. 

"Katara, settle down!" Sokka urged, but that only seemed to make things worse. 

"No that's it! I'm done helping you! From now on, you're on your own!" She screamed. Her last movement is so intense that it breaks the iceberg in halves. The two pieces break apart and violently fall into the water, causing waves to form and push us further back. 

The water settled and I quickly got back on my feet. "Okay, you've gone from weird to freakish, Katara." Sokka said disappointingly. "You mean I did that?!" Katara gushed. "Yep. Congratulations." Sokka said sarcastically. 

All of a sudden, the water in front of us started to glow and bubble, sending Katara and Sokka to their feet. A spherical iceberg rises from the waters. After it settles, Katara slowly approaches it. We notice a small figure inside of the sphere and soon, his eyes open with a bright light radiating from them.

"He's alive! We have to help!" Katara says. She grabs Sokka's club out of his sheath and runs off to the boy in the iceberg. "Katara, get back here! We don't know what that thing is!" Sokka says as we run to meet her. Katara begins to hit the iceberg with the club. After minimal hits, the iceberg blows a large gust of wind towards us and sends Katara backwards. Luckily, she flew right into Sokka and me. 

Soon, a beam of light comes from the iceberg as the orb destroys itself. 

Zuko's POV