Chapter 6
What the…? Is all Zuko could think before Sydeny pulls away. She just stares at him like he just grew another head. "What in the world was that?" shouts Zuko.
"A kiss, duh," replies Sydeny.
"Let me rephrase that. Who gave you the permission to do that?"
"Since when do I need permission to do anything?"
"Since you mess with me."
"And who might I be messing with?"
"Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. Not like you didn't know that." With that Sydeny just smiles. I don't like that look in her eye.
"Zuko, really? I didn't recognize you."
"Prince Zuko, this is not the time to be flirting with young ladies," says Iroh calmly as he approaches the two.
"I'm not flirting, uncle!" says Zuko as he begins to loose his temper, "Why does he always assume that?" he adds under his breath.
"General Iroh, it's so good to see you again," says Sydeny which in turn earns curious stares from Zuko and Iroh.
"Did Sydeny just say that she has met Zuko's uncle before?" asks Sokka.
"I'm pretty sure that's what she was implying," says Katara.
"But she said it like she was happy to see him. Why would a waterbender be happy to see an old Fire Nation general?"
"Well, well, well what do we have here? A traitor, a banished prince, and a crazy old man. How sad," says Admiral Zhao, who has just arrived to the scene.
"What do you want?" spats Sydeny.
"Do you really have to ask dear daughter?"
"DAUGHTER!" exclaims Iroh, Zuko, Aang, Katara, and Sokka.
"Move out of my way," orders Zhao as he moves toward where the trap door is.
"NO!" screams Sydeny.
"Why Sydeny what do you have to hide?" Just as the sun has finished rising.
"You're lucky," is the only thing Zhao says before he leaves to return to his ships to commence the attack on the North Pole. And the siege on the North Pole begins. (AN: we all know what happens, so I'm not going to write down)
"That's Princess Azula to you. Who are you anyway?" replies the girl in the center of the three.
"Why it's Sydeny, Zuko's friend. Mai, Ty Lee, it's good to see you again."
"Admiral Zhao's daughter?" Sydeny nods, "It's good to see you are safe after what happened so many years ago."
"So, what brings you out here? Shouldn't you be getting home?" asks Ty Lee.
"Well, I'm trying to find away home. But of course no one is willing to go into Fire Nation territory," replies Sydeny.
"That gives me an idea. How about you come with us? Once we've completed our mission we'll be going back to the Fire Nation and I'll happy to give you a ride," offers Azula.
"I love that idea! But what's this mission that you're talking about?"
"Just capturing a few people who are threats to my father plans for ending the war."
"Like who?"
"The Avatar, obviously, my brother, my uncle…those kinds of people."
"You think Zuko and Iroh are threats to the Fire Nation?" laughs Sydeny.
"Yes, well…"
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha"
"Will you stop laughing already?" yells an angered Azula.
"Sorry…hahaha…but it's hard to believe that an old retired general and a prince who can hardly fire bend are a threat. It just sounds so ridiculous. I'm surprised some one with talents such as yours hasn't captured them already."
"Yes it is a shame, but I think if your…unique abilities were added to our team it will happen much sooner."
"You haven't lost your ability to kiss up to people, have you? Well, since you put it that way…I'll join you."
"Excellent. Now we need to get you different clothes."
"Why?"
"So you don't look like an Earth Kingdom peasant."
"But wouldn't it be better to actually look like Earth Benders? It would help us blend in and wouldn't draw Zuko, Iroh, or the Avatar's attention and put them on guard. Isn't it better to have the element of surprise?"
"I agree with Sydeny," Mai says having spoken for the first time in this conversation.
"So do I," agrees Ty Lee, "They'll never suspect it's us if we look like everyone else."
"Absolutely not! I'm not looking like a peasant," Azula stubbornly says.
"How about we get you something that looks Fire Nation, but enough Earth Kingdom to fool anyone," says Sydeny, trying to compromise with Azula.
"Fine, but if we can't find anything, we're getting you Fire Nation clothes."
"Deal."
"I wonder what happened to Sydeny. She vanished after the siege," says Katara.
"I don't know, but it's probably for the best. Someone who is happy to see a Fire Nation general has to be bad news," comments Sokka.
"Well she taught Katara and I water bending, so she can't be that bad," says Aang not ready to think that Sokka could be right for once.
"We better get going. No reason to be sitting ducks for Azula to catch," says Sokka.
"Well we know who woke up on the right side of theflying bisonthis morning," Katara says sarcastically.
Sorry this took so long. Again stupid writes block and I'm just too lazy to write. Hope you enjoyed. Be on the look out for chapter 7!