Flamed Out (Zuko Love Story)

Chapter Fourteen

"YOU LEFT HER ALONE?!" Zuko shouted upset at his uncle as he found him wondering in the forest.
"I was taking a walk nephew. She was so peacefully asleep I didn't want to bother her,"
Zuko was beyond pissed off at his uncle. He was supposed to be watching her until the deadline to come back, he stomped passed his uncle to go to the clearing.
"Estella?! Estella where are you?!" Zuko yelled out going around the springs to the other side.
"Maybe Estella thought you left without her and she's wondering around," His uncle says while placing a hand on his shoulder to which he shrugged off.
"Somethings not right here," Zuko says to himself while examining the rocks. "Those rocks... Uncle what do you make of this?"
"Hmmm....." he thought while rubbing his chin.
"Could it be a possible landslide nephew?"
"Land doesn't slide uphill Uncle. Those rocks didn't move naturally. My girlfriends been captured by earthbenders! And it's your fault!" Zuko seethed accusingly at Iroh.
He put his hands up in surrender as Zuko paced back in forth with his hands on his head.
"There is no telling what they are doing to her! Estella is a very beautiful girl and I- And I-" he says before he let out a cry by throwing fire around out of anger and sadness.
"My nephew calm down, the more we waste time the more they are taking her further away. We can still catch up," Iroh says as he saw some frustrated tears run down Zuko's face.
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Estella woke up. She noticed she was being carried on by an ostrich and tied up tight in ropes. She was still in her undergarments. Being smart and without them knowing, Estella dipped her head down to where her necklace fell off her head and down to the ground below. She knows that Zuko will find her and save her.
"Where we going?"
"Shut up fire nation,"
"You know I'm friends with the royal family right? If they find out what you are doing you could be burned to a crisp," she says causing the captain to freeze for a moment before he started walking again.
"So, I'll ask one more time. Where are we going?" Estella asked in a sickly sweet voice.
"Were going to a place for you to face justice,"
She cocked her head to the side.
"Which is where exactly?"
"Ba-Sing-Se,"
Her eyes lit up.
"REALLY?! I've always wanted to go!" She says excitedly as she was jumping up and down causing her to fall of the ostrich.
"Oof," she says landing on her butt.
"Quiet down would you?" They growled before roughly picking her up and throwing her back on, not knowing that she also left her shoe behind.
"You know earth benders I wonder if you know General Iroh? He's told me so much about Ba-"
"You mean you know that traitor? Yeah I knew him. That bastard couldn't even break through our city. Went home crying after his son was killed,"
"Hey do you have any family?"
"Clearly not why?"
"Then I advise you to shut up. You know nothing of what it's like to lose somebody you love most in this world, if you did you wouldn't be so cold hearted about it,"
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Zuko and Iroh were on a rhinoceros following the trail of the Ostriches when he looked up at the sky to see The Avatar.
"The Avatar!" He exclaims pulling on the reigns.
"No! Nephew please Estella is in grave danger. Worry about the Avatar later,"
Zuko sighed before nodding his head with a determined look on his face.
"Right Estella always comes first, woah," Zuko says stopping the Rhinoceros as he hopped to the ground.
"What is it?" He asked as Zuko went to pick up Estella's necklace.
Tears made its way to his eyes but he pushed them back.
"It's Estella's necklace. The one I gave her when we went into town. She's not that far but we have to pick up the pace,"
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Estella rolled on the landslide in the ground below. She was trying to escape and she jumped the chance when the Ostrich was close to the edge. Once she landed, she got back up to only find Earth benders surrounding her as they got to the ground.
"Why are we keeping her prisoner? She's a ruckus and annoying," a soldier says.
"I agree I think it's time to end her,"
"No wait. I can't firebend I won't run away anymore I promise. Please Spare me,"
"Should have thought of that before running away," He says before letting out a cry as a huge boulder was in the air.
Estella was genuinely scared. No weapons, no bending and Zuko didn't come on time. The boulder made its way towards her fast as she embraced death before her.
"I love you," she says inspecting an impact but none came causing her to open her eyes to see Zuko who was in front of her as he had kicked the rock out of the way.
"ZUKO!" Estella cries in relief as Iroh showed up a minute later. "UNCLE! You guys came. You really did," she cries with tears streaming down her face.
Zuko was angry.
"YOU THINK ITS OKAY TO CAPTURE MY GIRLFRIEND HUH?!" He yelled while throwing a spit of fire there way.