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He was only holding her back for the sake of not putting the others in danger-- but that tone of hers made Zuko pause. Grip loosening from her forearms, releasing her completely.

     “ℳaster Katara~ It’s wonderful to see you.” Opal bowed      respectively to the elder. “I hope that your journey from      the Southern Water Tribe was smooth.” 

           “-- And I feel so guilty, you know? Because I can tell how much Senna and Tonraq missed me and how OVERJOYED they are that I’m alive... but I look at them and I see strangers. I mean -- -- they love me so much, and they tell me they want me to open up to them, but they really don’t. If they knew what I did when I was with the Red Lotus...” Her voice trailed out. The truth was, she didn’t know how they would react to the monstrosities she committed.

Laughing wasn’t common in the royal palace of the Firenation.  Bickering yes - but laughing? A young boy yelling at his sister telling  her to stop. A young girl laughing at the words her brother spoke. She  didn’t care and she probably would NEVER stop getting her older brother into trouble for the things SHE did. 

Today was such a day that Zuko wished his sister was NEVER born.  She was burning the flowers ( their mothers flowers ) in the garden and  Zuko was trying to pull her hands away, tried her to stop but she just  pushed him into the dirt and laughed at him yet again before she walked  away like nothing has happened. 

Now the young prince sat there. Pale hands flat on the dirty ground while  he could feel the anger within him. His mother wasn’t there to protect him at this moment - and when his father would have been there he would have told him to let Azula do whatever she pleased to do. “This is UNFAIR!” the young boy spoke to himself before he finally got up from the ground. Trying to swat away the dirt from his clothing he looked around for a moment and catched a glimpse of a girl standing nearby. 

His mother stood in front of her and a guard next to her. Like she had just  arrived here. Slowly Zuko walked closer. He stopped when he was behind a  tree. Peeking over to his mother, the little girl and the guard he could hear the voice of his mother. As always it was so soft, warm and welcoming while she leaned down to look at the girl with a smile on her lips. Zuko could SEE that  the girl didn’t belong here. He could see her blue eyes, her tanned skin - no  she wasn’t from the Firenation. 

The young prince was quiet while he kept watching the scenery. He watched  his mother placing a hand on the girls shoulder, and watched when the guard left. At that moment Zuko just wanted to turn and leave as well but he already felt the look of his mother on him and he widened his eyes for a moment before he hid behind the tree. She would want him to introduce himself, would want him to show some MANNERS towards a guest. 

And he was right. Just a few moments after he was behind the tree he could  hear his mother approach and before he could run away she was in front of  him. “We have a guest Zuko - be nice to her. She...- has gone through a lot.  Your father won’t approve of her presence, and so you have to be nice to her, show her that she is WELCOME here with us” she spoke and Zuko frowned, head turning to look at the girl that still stood where she was the whole time.  “Yes mother -” he then just said. Ursa, with a gentle smile, placed her hand on his cheek for a moment before she walked away.