Miarri, (I will eventually change her name to Kida so that's why in some chapters you'll see Kida instead of Miarri or Mia) otherwise known as Mia by her family and friends, is the older sister of her sister Katara and Sokka, who is her younger twin...
It's been a week since I've seen my siblings and life on the ship has been normal. Well, as normal as it can be anyway. We had made port a few hours ago and Zuko just went into the woods to look for Iroh who had gone into the forest for some reason. I think he said something about hot springs being nearby or something.
I'm currently practicing my waterbending on the main deck, while also keeping an eye out for Zuko and Iroh as I do. I see movement in the corner of my and I look up to see Zuko making his way up the ramp and onto the ship. "Did you find him?" I ask as I still fluently move through the movements.
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He doesn't answer, he just keeps walking towards the door that leads into the interior of the ship. It's been like this since we've left Kyoshi. Zuko's been giving me the cold shoulder, just like he was in the beginning and it's bugging me. One minute, he's treating me as if I'm not a prisoner and then the next... He is treating me like a prisoner... He needs to make up his mind on what I am to him! I'm either his prisoner or not, I can't be both.
After about another hour of practicing my waterbending, Zuko finally emerges from the bowels of the ship again. "Uncle, didn't come back?" he asks. I shake my head. "Nope, I haven't seen him." He growls in frustration before walking up to 2 of the soldiers that were watching me practice, telling them something. "You stay here. I'll come back with Uncle when I find him." Zuko says as he turns to me as he and the soldiers start walking off of the ship. "I am not going to stay on this ship any longer than I have too, so I'm coming with you and you can't stop me." I say as I follow them. Zuko glares at me for a moment before turning his head away and continuing his way down the ramp. "Fine, but don't get in my way." he replies. I roll my eyes. 'Not going to be a problem.' I think as I follow close behind him with the 2 soldiers behind me.
We walk through the woods for about a half-an-hour until we finally come up to the place where Zuko says Iroh was. I push the leaves of the trees out of my way as I enter the clearing, spotting no sign of Iroh. "Uncle! Uncle, where are you?" Zuko asks angrily. "Sir, maybe he thought you left without him?" one of the soldiers asks. 'That can't be right. He would have left a trail of some sort to show us where he was, if that was the case.' I think as I walk closer to the closest hot spring, which has a giant pile of rocks in the middle of it. "Something's not right here." Zuko says quietly as he examines the hot tub. "That pile of rocks..." he says. "It looks like there's been a landslide, sir." one of the soldiers say, which makes me roll my eyes at his stupidity. "Land doesn't slide uphill, even I know that." I retort. Zuko ignores my comment. "Those rocks didn't move naturally." he says. He then looks as if he's come up with an outcome of what happened. "My uncle's been captured by earthbenders!" he exclaims. 'Oh boy...' I think.
We got back to the ship not too long after that, Zuko getting one of the Rhinos ready to go out and look for his uncle. I watch him closely as he prepares to mount the animal, deciding that I should go with him, since he probably doesn't even know how to track like I do. "I'm coming with you." I say from my spot against the ship wall. Zuko whips his head around to look at me. "No, you're staying here with the rest of the crew. I'll travel faster alone." "How exactly are you going to find him?" I ask. "Do you even have any experience in tracking?" I continue crossing my arms. He growls out in anger, confirming my suspicions that he has no experience in tracking. "Fine." he growls before he mounts the Rhino. I grin as I walk up to the animal, taking his hand as he helps me mount. Once I'm situated behind him, I wrap my arms around Zuko's waist to keep myself steady, since I DO NOT want to fall off. He guides the animal forward towards where his uncle had been before he was captured.
