This is for Zutara week. The only time I fully support Zutara other than those really cute pictures out there. I am a bit behind! AHHH! So I'll be catching up quickly! Anyway, I own nothing! R&R

Serendipity

A ship started it.

A ship with its crew.

And in that crew was their leader: the disowned prince, the boy with the scar, the angry jerk.

He had been banished. She hadn't been sure why at the time. He deserved it, was her reasoning. He was a cruel boy and his hair was pulled back in that awful ponytail. He was rude. He was deceitful. He was an angry jerk! And he had wanted nothing more than to catch the Avatar.

The Avatar. Aang. The boy in the iceberg. What if he found out how she really felt? That would devastate the Avatar. She would blame it on the prince nonetheless if her secret ever came to light. It was the angry jerk's fault anyway.

She hated him. Detested him for the attitude that gave him such passion, the drive that gave him the determination to do anything; the gaze that drove her wild when no one was looking. Okay, maybe she didn't hate him. She couldn't hate him.

What she did hate was his heritage. She despised that he was a part of the fire nation; the nation that had been responsible for her mother's death. She turned away from him for that very fact. If he had just been an Earth Bender like Haru, she wouldn't have dismissed him. If he was more like Haru however, he wouldn't have those golden eyes or intense stare that brought warmth to her cheeks.

She had once heard that sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked. Well, if that was the case— No. She told herself over and over the answer was no. The intentions she thought about, even dreamed about, were simply out of the question. She had told herself that dating Aang, maybe marrying him one day, would rid herself of those intentions, those thoughts.

She wished he had never come into her life. If the boy with the scar had not entered into her life however, things would have been extremely different. She could have remained back in the South Pole with the Avatar for who knows how long. She would have never known that something this powerful could lurk within the human soul. And she would have never known that a fire bender could hold such love and compassion.

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A ship started it.

A ship with his crew.

His ship. His crew. He was the leader.

He was also disowned, banished, and scarred. Why the world was against him he had no idea. Why it decided to throw that water bender into his universe, he was baffled by. Her stupid hair loopy's and her need to mother. Her blue eyes screaming the fact she was a water tribe peasant he hated as well. She annoyed him and stood in the way of his need to capture the Avatar.

Despite this thinking however, he was thankful she stood in the way. He was grateful for her healing gift that kept the Avatar alive. Through the Avatar he could be connected to her. He was determined to keep that one string tied between them. As much as it hurt to be around her, it was unbearable to be without that annoying water tribe girl.

Uncle had once said something about serendipity having an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. This seemed like the perfect example. Her blue eyes and brown skin were very desirable. The way she smiled and her water bending forms took his breath away. The way she cared for others stole his heart.

What uncle hadn't said was what to do when serendipity dangled the perfect person in front of you, yet kept them out of reach.