I've returned to posting fan fiction again!!

for those who've read my previous stories, i've mostly posted fanfictions of final fantasy and kingdom hearts. this time, i've decided to try post a zutara story.

I present to you, Zutara - Anastasia. Simple, but hey, at least it's easy to remember. So, the characters of avatar has warped into the situation of anastasia yet still in the world of avatar. a complete AU. Sadly, not alot of main characters won't appear. (there's like only 8 characters in the movie, including the dog!) so here's a list of the characters:

Katara - Anya

Zuko - Dimitri

Iroh - Vladimir (that big guy)

Momo - Pooka (more likely than Abpa)

Admiral Zhao - Rasputin

Aang - Bartok (the bat...i mean, can you think of a better assistant?! he's comic relief)

Hakoda - Nicholas (Anya's father)

GranGran - Dowager Empress

Aunt Wo - Sophie (cuz she and iroh sorta flirted in the bato of the water tribe episode)

One last important note. It's better to read a story that is similiar with whatever it's based on, or in this case, based on a movie...so with that in mind, yes, it's going to be extreme similar to the movie, that way it's easy to go along. there will be little twists, such as the songs. by the way, this won't be a song fic (although i'll try to be close to the lyrics). if you've read my beauty and the beast fanfic, it'll be just like that. okay let's get going!!

Disclaimer: Through out this entire story, I do not own Avatar or Anastasia.

Chapter 1 - Prologue

"Madam, your tea is ready." Aunt Wo greeted, and placed the tray down before the Dowager Empress. However, Her Highness doesn't look at all in peace. "Madam?"

"Oh, thank you Aunt Wo." She said, sadly.

"Madam, are you not feeling well?" Aunt Wo asked.

"It's been 10 years...from this day since I've seen my granddaughter." She explained.

"Oh, yes. The day the Southern Water Tribe fell." Aunt Wo nodded.

"Ten years ago..." She began.

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There was a music box playing softly in the corner of the room. A pretty box, silver and blue, with a couple twirling around and around with the music. A perfect gift made from the Southern Water Tribe. The two dancers slowly sink inside the box as the music comes to an end as the lid closes.

The Dowager Empress placed the gift in her bag as she leaves the room to attend an important ceremony. She walked out of her mansion, where a chariot in silver waited for her. When she got in, the rider gradually swung his arms as he bend the ice under the chariot to begin accelerating.

'It was a time, when we lived in an enchanted world, full of ice palaces and Waterbending parties. It was shortly before the War started. And my son, Hadoka, was the leader of the entire Southern Water Tribe.'

The chariot rode up to a grand palace, where numerous of other sleds pulled up to the palace. It was made of ice and rock, and inside was complete warm. The lights beamed brightly out of the windows, and everyone was dressed in their best garments. The woman wore glamorous coats with sparkling ice beads as well as the men.

As the Empress walked towards the entrance doors, the guards bowed and opened the doors. The hall was massive and spacious. There was music, dancers, and benders. There was the royal seats where she was heading, but she was watching a little girl dancing with her father.

"Hello Katara." She called.

'We were celebrating our 300 years of rule.' Katara ran up the stairs to meet her grandmother. 'However, there was nothing more beautiful like a shining moon than Katara, my youngest granddaughter.'

"GranGran, look what I made." Eight-year old Katara said, as she handed a drawing of the ocean and moon spirits.

'I was due to leave to the Northern Water Tribe for important ceremonial duties, but she begged me not to go. So I gave her a special gift that will make the separation easier for the both of us.'

The Empress pulled out the special music box. Katara stared down at it with large eyes and her mouth open. She smiled.

"For me? Is it a jewelry box?" Katara asked, eagerly.

"Look." The Empress pulled out a Yin and Yang necklace. She used the necklace to wind the music box and the lid slowly opened. Katara gasped with delight.

"It plays our lullably!"

"You can play it at night before you go to sleep. And pretend it's me singing." She said. The music continued to play as she sang.

"On the Wind

Across the Sea

Hear this Song and Remember..."

Katara joined.

"Soon you'll be

Home with Me

Once upon A December."

"Here," GranGran offered the necklace, "read it what it says."

"Together," Katara read, "in the North." Katara gasped yet again. "Really?! GranGran!"

Katara hugged her grandmother as she smiled, but the lights began to dim. The music stopped playing, and the dancers turned heads to the entrance of the hall. There, a man walked across the hall in a dark cloak and a tall green flask hanging on his side.

'But, we would not be together in the Northern Water Tribe. A dark shadow was cased on the Southern Tribe.' Everyone watched the admiral come closer to Hadoka. 'His name was Zhao. We thought he was a normal admiral, but he was a firebending, power-hungry man and dangerous.'

Hadoka stood in front of Admirial Zhao with pride.

"How dare you enter my palace." Hadoka stated. Zhao looked insulted, but he still smirked.

"But, I'm a simple Fire Nation soldier." He smiled crookedly.

"Fire Nation. Ha!" Hadoka mocked. "You are no longer an admiral here. Get out!" Then, Zhao stopped smiling.

"You think you can banish me like the Fire Nation, but I still have a job here to do. With the powers vested in me from the Dark Spirits, I'll banish you with a curse." Zhao exclaimed. The people gasped as he continued. "Mark my words. You, and your family, and all the Southern Waterbenders will die within the fortnight!"

Katara and GranGran gasped in fear.

"I will not rest until I've seen the end of all waterbenders' life forever!!" Zhap shouted as he burst fire to a chandlier and shattered it to millions of pieces.

'Rumors has it, consumed by his hate for the waterbenders, Zhao sold his soul for the power to destroy them.'

A dark cloud descended upon the Southern Water Tribe, followed by the black snow. A sign of a massive Fire Nation raid.

'After that party, the Fire Nation stormed into the Tribe that will destroy our lives.'

Hadoka, GranGran, and the other benders were trying to gather the people and the childern to leave through the back entrance. However, Katara slipped away.

"My music box!" She gasped, as she ran back the other direction. GranGran ran after her.

"Katara! Come back!"

They ran all the way to Katara's room, but they could hear the Fire Nation soldiers entering the palace. The waterbenders fought back, but there was too many soldiers. Katara and GranGran was trapped.

'That's when...'

"Hurry!" A boy appeared out of the wall. He was young, a year or two older than Katara. GranGran recognized him as one of the servants' assistants. The boy pushed and urged them to the small passage.

"Katara, hurry!" GranGran said. The boy grabbed Katara's hand.

"Come this way. Out the servants' quarters." He said, but as he grabbed Katara, the box slipped out of her hands.

"My music box!" Katara gasped, but the boy pushed her back.

"Go! Go!" He said, and closed the door just in time as soldiers burst in the room.

"In here!" One of the soldiers called. He looked down at the boy. "Where are they?!" He demanded, but the boy just threw a comb at the man.

"You...!" The soldier sneered as he tried to butt the boy with his sword, but he missed as the boy rolled away and suddenly shot a small ball of fire at the warrior's foot. "Argh!" The soldier yelled.

"Stay back!" The boy yelled. The soldier stared at him.

"Who are you?" But then more soldiers appeared.

"Let's go!" They yelled. And with that, the soldier punch a fist of fire straight into the defenseless boy's face.

The window was opened, and Katara could've sworn she heard a boy screaming inside as she and her grandmother ran on ice. She looked back to see if she could see the person screaming, but her grandmother pulled her.

"Keep up with me, darling." GranGran said, but someone jumped down on them and grabbed Katara by the ankles.

"AHHH!" Katara screamed.

"Zhao!" GranGran gasped, trying to pull her granddaughter free.

"You'll never escape me child. Never!" Zhao laughed, but then Katara thrust her hands to the ground, and the ice cracked under Zhao.

"Wah!?" Zhao yelled as he helplessly sank into the freezing water. His green flask rolled off as he sank deeper, releasing Katara.

A bat fluttered to watch Zhao sink, but Katara doesn't have time to watch Zhao's fate as her grandmother pulled her up and continued to run.

A secret passage lead to an emergency fleet where the remaining Southern Water Tribe scrambled to board on. Katara did her best to keep up, but she was too small within the crowd.

"Katara, hurry!" GranGran said, nervous as she board on the moving fleet. But as she turned, Katara was running to keep up with the boat to board on to. GranGran reached over to grab her hand.

"GranGran!" Katara cried.

"Katara! Hold on to my hand!"

"Don't let go!" Katara cried, but their fingers slowly slipped and Katara plunged into the water.

"KATARA!!" GranGran screamed in agony. She tried to jump over, but the people grabbed her, refusing her to leave the boat. There was still people scattering around the iceberg.

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"Oh, my..." Aunt Wo gasped, her hand over her chest.

"So many lives were destroyed." The Empress said, gravely. "All the ones I love are gone forever." She picked up an old picture of her family. "And Katara, my beloved grandchild...I never saw her again."

so, what do you think of it so far? after that raid, was the start of the war on the avatar world. with the fire nation conquering places and all. okay, so you might wonder why a firebender like zuko is doing in the southern water tribe....actually neither do i! what the hell, right?!

we'll have to find out! (meaning i do know, but i'm not telling yet. that is one of the twists that's different than the movie.) Please review!! it's been awhile. writing stories really helps get your mind off things sometimes...