A reader X zuko
Y/n is a waterbending female from the Northern Water tribe. She is from a wealthy family and grew up close friends with Yue, the princess. Being a teenage girl in the north has its downsides, like being forced into arranged marriages...
The next morning Y/n was up and out of the house as quickly as possible, her mind set on going to Ba Sing Se University and finding someone to help her translate her scrolls. Her only issue was the Dai Li. As Long Feng stated the night before, Y/n and the rest of her friends were constantly being trailed by the Dai Li. Even when Y/n couldn't see them, she could feel their piercing eyes on the back of her neck.
Y/n spent hours trying to shake them as she wandered around the city; first walking through the upper ring pretending to admire the houses, then looking through the fancy shopping centers of the middle ring, and finally wandering the dirt roads of the lower ring. But no matter how far Y/n walked, everywhere she went the earthbenders followed in her footsteps. While wandering each of the rings, Y/n quickly took notice of how much she stood out with her bright blue clothes and snow white hair. Those in the upper and middle rings often wore green and gold dresses and robes, citizens in the lower ring wore dull brown's and mute greens, no one wore bright baby blues.
For the next week or so Y/n went out into the city, wandering the streets for hours but only coming home with one small item of clothing. First, a pair of green slip on shoes, then a slightly dimmer pair of green pants with beige trim, the next day a pale green long sleeves undershirt, then finally a decently bright top-shirt with yellow trim. Y/n also bought a muted green and yellow fabric to cover her long hair. Her top-shit fit in perfectly with the colors of the middle ring, but stood out in the lower, so Y/n planned that each time she went into the lower ring with her disguise that she would remove the top layer before entering and stuff it in her backpack. Y/n's usual navy blue backpack also stuck out too much in the streets of Ba Sing Se, so she bought a forest green draw string bag with brown trim that was just large enough to hold her scrolls wrapped up in her water tribe garbs.
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(a/n ignore the hands. i hate drawing hands. hands are stupid. fuck hands.)
About 9 days after the party at the palace, Y/n had all of her pieces set in place. She woke up around 9:30, deciding to sleep in that day as to not seem suspicious to the Dai Li, before getting everything in order. First she got dressed in her normal Water Tribe clothing, minus the boots as they were too large to fit in her backpack. But it was no worry, Y/n had planned for this to occur, the shoes were the first thing she bought for a reason. After buying the shoes, Y/n made it very obvious that she was wearing them out daily instead of her boots so that the Dai Li wouldn't suspect a thing. Next, she carefully wrapped her scrolls up in the Earth Kingdom style outfit she had acquired over the past few days before gently placing them in her new draw string bag. Finally, she clipped her water pouch around her waist before heading out for the day.
As per usual she took her time getting down to the outer ring, making sure to take as many trains and go down as many busy streets as possible. Once in the outer ring, Y/n spent an hour or so wandering in and out of shops, occasionally buying small and cheap objects, like a twine anklet or a nice hairpiece. Finally, Y/n got to her destination; a small shopping plaza in one of the busiest areas in the lower ring. The plaza many small shops and businesses, their buildings connecting to form one small ring around an outdoor dining area. Two days ago, Y/n spent her time scouting out this area, and had discovered that three of the busiest stores on the side wall were all connected by doors hidden in the back of the shops. The plan was simple; go into one of the stores and ask to use the restroom in back, while in the restroom Y/n would quickly change into her Earth Kingdom outfit and wrap her scrolls in her Water Tribe garbs before slipping through the connecting door into the store next door.
