Fire Nation: The Selection

Twenty-Eight

"Zuko?" The servant knocked as she opened the door and didn't see the young prince anywhere. She sighed as he probably escaped. The box in her hands was present. The box that belonged to the FireLady.

She walked over as she slid the box under his bed, and turned around as she left. The prince waited as he heard the door closed and quickly walked over to his bed. He knew if she had seen him— she would want to stay, and he couldn't let that happen. He didn't want to show an expression of what he was about to read. It scared him that this box in his hands held information that his uncle had been hiding.

He looked out the window as it was whole new day. Zhilan probably thought it was best to wait til the next morning instead of overwhelming him with everything that had already occurred.

He was doubting whether he should actually open them. What if there's something that he didn't need to know. But, at the same time he couldn't just ignore it. Maybe his questions could be answered. Why she was banned? Why did his father tell him that she left on her own will?

His arm extended as he brushed back his hair almost frustrated of his thoughts. He has to see what was inside. The prince took a deep breath as he opened them and revealed a lot of scrolls. He was hesitant to open them, but knew he would have to eventually. He grabbed the first one as he removed the ribbon and unscrolled the thin paper. He bit his lip as he began to read them.

They all started off with a date. These scrolls is her journal or even a diary. The prince shook his head as he felt wrong to read his mother's writing. The first few ones were about how unhappy she was with the FireLord. It even got to her past life before she met the FireLord.

She was inlove with someone else, but she couldn't pursue it. Instead she got with a cruel man who wanted nothing but a child to rule and continue his ethics and beliefs. Zuko bit his lip as he knew he was that child. Things didn't work out the FireLord's way, because Zuko knew deep down he didn't believe in his words or ethics.

He continued reading as he found one scroll that was interesting, it was about Avatar Roku. He raised his eyebrows confused on why he was mentioned throughout the scrolls.

But, it seems that the avatar was best friends with Sozin, his great-great-grandfather. The two grew up together with Roku being an avatar and Sozin the FireLord. Everything was perfect, but Sozin had plans about controlling other nations. And, that was what caused their friendship to break.

His mother wrote an entry explaining exactly why she believed she was chosen for Ozai. She wrote that Ozai's father had the same determination to conquer the world, and believed if he married his son to the Avatar's granddaughter their power will grow.

She began to realize it as she got older, she would remember the times she would play with Zhilan and be observed from Azulon himself.

"Wait Avatar Roku is my great-grandfather?" Zuko questioned himself as he drop the scroll from his hands. It all made sense why his uncle switched sides. He always confide with his sister-in-law and knew about these scrolls. He knew that if Zuko got to read them that he too would change sides of this war.

But how can it be? He possibly couldn't be related to the past Avatar. It just seem unrealistic.

Before Zuko could continue reading he heard a tap on his window. Scared he put the scrolls back into the box before sliding it under the bed.

He stood up as he opened the window, but did not see anything. Confused he simply shrugged as he turned around, "Wait," He heard a feminine voice.

He stopped in his tracks as he heard that familiar voice. He stayed still unsure whether he should turn around to look at her.