Disclaimer: This was never mine. Avatar, or the ten ways to annoy Fire Lord Ozai. That belongs to a certain hilarious writer named Alaska Angel. I do, however, own Lara.

A/N Thanks to baby names dot com for Lara's name. It means cheerful. Greek, I believe. Does it fit her? After seeing the episode Zuko Alone, which I had not seen when I first wrote this chapter, I have altered the ages of Iroh and Ozai so that Iroh is two years older than his brother, rather than the other way around.

This chapter is slightly boring, but it just there to give you a better idea of who Lara actually is. I think it's short enough that you can survive.

Prince Ozai of the Fire Nation was fourteen years old and in a bad mood. A very bad mood. His older brother Prince Iroh was sixteen, and in a good mood. A very good mood.

The causes of their moods were the same, although the actually mood was not. Their family was getting larger. Not much larger, like when Iroh had brought home half of the pound. Not marginally larger, either, like when the dust bunnies under Ozai's bed multiplied. No, just larger.

They were getting a younger sister.

"Her name is Lara," the Fire Lady said, smiling. "It means cheerful. Fitting, isn't it?"

Looking down at his sister, Iroh had to agree. What he saw was a giggling baby, playing with their father, who looked happier than he ever had before.

Looking down at his sister, Ozai had to disagree. What he saw was a Fire Nation Princess, who just so happened to be very, very small. Very small, small enough to make even the Fire Lord believe that she was innocent.

He had looked up some common Fire Nation names in the library. He thought a more appropriate name would have been Loring, which meant 'famous in war'. Fitting, for a Fire Nation Princess.

But his mother disagreed, and Lara she was, so Lara she would stay.

And, though he didn't know it, Lara disagreed. It fit her, she thought. Cheerful she was, and cheerful she would stay.