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When Hope Dies	By : bunny89 Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality > Het- Male/Female Views: 1698 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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When Hope Dies

What happens when Aang actually fails and the Fire lord succeeds at his plans?
Who will be the worlds last hope at stopping the Fire lord? Or is there anyone at all?

Please be kind at rating and commenting as this is my first story.
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Chapter One: When Hope Dies

*One month after Zuko‘s banishment*

Zuko stood up on the ship clenching the railing looking at a figure down below on the dock walking away into the Earth Kingdom.

“You did the right thing, Prince Zuko.” Iroh patted him on the back, reassuring the young prince.

Zuko could feel himself battling out the right and wrong issues.

Zuko turned to face his uncle. He wanted to say and so many things.

“I’m going to bed.”

Iroh nodded as he watched his nephew retreat below deck.

Iroh smiled and looked at the figure down below. “Without even realizing you have saved my nephew bringing back light to him in his darkest of time.” Iroh thought and the winds began to shift. “History as just shifted and reset it self on a different path, thank you, young bender.” Iroh said a loud and stretched and walked towards the door that he saw his nephew enter.

Zuko laid staring at the wall. His mind was fixated, and he found he couldn’t stop thinking.
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*Day of Sozin’s Comet*

Sokka, Toph and Sukki landed the airship to recover Aang’s body as they watched the fire lord strike him down.

Sokka and Sukki looked in horror at the mangled and bloody body. They all had tears swelling in their eyes.

“What happens now?” Sokka questioned out loud.

Toph hung her head down as the tears flowed from her face. “I….I don’t know.”

Sokka then took his shirt off and wrapped Aang as best as he could and carefully picked up the once energetic kid that now hung limp in Sokka’s arms. He stood up and looked towards the airships and looked in dismay as the fire lord continued to burn the world down to the ground.

Sukki took Toph’s hand an comforted Toph as they entered the airship.

“We have to go get Zuko and Katara” Sukki stated as she wiped the tears from her eyes. They all nodded. Sokka carefully laid Aang towards the back of the airship and came up to the controls to pilot the ship to pick up his sister along with Zuko.
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Zuko and Katara stood in front of the screaming Azula. Katara turned away as she couldn’t watch the spoiled princess cry about not getting her way. She then looked up at the sky as the comet was gone, but the scar of it burning the atmosphere was still present.

“I wonder if Aang and the others are on their way yet.”

“I’m sure they are.” Katara smiled as she put a hand on Zuko’s shoulder. They both then walked over to a bench far from Azula who was still struggling and crying.

The sun was almost completely done setting and Zuko looked at Katara who was now pacing the court yard. He saw the worry written all over Katara.

“I’m sure that they will be here any minute.” Zuko reassured the young water bender.

Katara looked at Zuko, and then relief washed over her as she saw an airship approaching from the distance. She smiled and pointed.

“Zuko! Look its them!” Katara waved at the airship. She was eager to see Aang after the battle. Everyone could finally say the war was over, and the balance would be restored to the world as an era of peace took place.

The airship landed in the court yard and Katara rushed over and Zuko followed behind slowly. He could feel his scar still burning.

The door opened with Sukki and Toph stepping out with their heads hung down in defeat.

“Where’s Aang?” Katara question.

Sokka then stepped out with a limp avatar in his arms.

Katara gasped, which was followed by tears. She immediately whipped the water out of the skins that she carried on her sides and began to work on Aang but to no avail. Katara collapsed and started to cry uncontrollably. Zuko walked over to Katara and knelt down beside her, putting his hand on her shoulder to bring her closer to him.

“It just can’t be true!” Katara sobbed into Zuko’s shoulder. He was at lost for words, and didn’t know what to say about the death of the avatar, as it was most unexpected.

“There is no hope now!” Katara continued to cry “Aang is dead!” she took a deep breath to continue “The avatar cycle is over and no one can stop the fire lord!”

Zuko took a deep breath. He then lifted Katara’s chin to look into her eyes.

“There is one hope left.” Zuko said as he tried to reassure her.

“Who?” Katara still felt that all hope was lost and no one could do anything about the war.

Zuko stood up and turned his back to the others. He looked at Azula who was laughing hysterically at the death of the avatar.

“No matter what you do, you will always fail Zu Zu!” Azula yelled across the court at Zuko.

Zuko turned around and looked at Sokka.

“We should go, I’m sure that Ozai will be showing up anytime and its not safe here.”

The other nodded and Zuko walked over to Katara and helped her up. They gathered into the airship and Sokka laid Aang’s body once again in the back. Katara sat next to the mangled and beaten body.

“Where should be go?” Sokka asked.

“The Southern Air Temple.” Katara’s voice cracked. She laid her hand on Aang’s forehead.

“He was just a kid.” Katara mumbled, and Zuko looked back at the defeated water bender.
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Ozai walked around the courtyard that still had some fires burning about in the palace. He approached his daughter that was chained to a drain. Disgust was on the Fire Lord’s face.

Azula heard foot steps and looked up to see her father standing before her.

“Father!” Azula had tears and a wild look on her face. “I had an Agni Kai with Zu Zu, and that water tribe peasant chained me down to this drain!” Azula was now yelling. “Then they left with the avatar’s body!”

“And I see you failed to stop your brother from leaving.”

Azula’s eyes widen “But, but father!”

“No excuses!” Ozai yelled at his daughter. “For your tertiary and failure for not being able to stop your brother, you will be sentenced to death.”

Azula screamed “HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME!? I WAS YOUR FAVORITE! I WAS PREFECT!”

“Not anymore.” Ozai turned around and notion for the guards to restrain his daughter. He began to walk towards the palace steps paying no mind that most of it was burned down during the Agni Kai that took place earlier.
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It was dawn, and everyone stood over a grave site that had rocks placed carefully, but no marking of who laid down below. Katara knelt down beside the grave, mourning the lose of the Avatar. Everyone stood around and paid their respects.

Zuko quietly dismissed himself and walked over to the ledge looking at the sun rising up and giving birth to a new day. He breathed in deep, letting the sun’s energy flow through his veins. He started to go deep into thought until he heard someone call out his name. He turned around and saw the others with their heads hanging down.

Sokka spoke up “Zuko who was you speaking up of yesterday at the fire nation palace.”

Zuko took a deep breath and turned around “I met her a couple of years ago right before I found Aang at the south pole. She had incredible power. She could bend all the elements but wasn’t a master yet. I captured her and held her as a prisoner and charted a course for home. I soon learned that she was a northern water tribe girl that was banished because one day, by mistake she made fire. But I thought she was lying, as she didn’t look a bit water tribe, expect for her blue eyes but they were brighter than normal. She also had blonde hair and was fair skin. She tried to explain to me that she wasn’t the Avatar cause she was not of air bender origin.” Zuko looked at the sun “I released her at an Earth Kingdom dock that we stopped at to pick up supplies for the remainder of the trip.”

Katara raised an eyebrow “But that doesn’t sound like something you would have done.”

“Yeah I’m surprised you didn’t try to pose her off as the Avatar” Sokka pondered as well.

Zuko swallowed.

“Yes, I could have, but…I um….” Zuko could feel his heart pounding and all the blood rushing to his head. “I…I fell in love with her.” Zuko felt as if the world lifted off him as he admitted something he kept secret for couple of years or so. “Even though she could have restored my honor, I didn’t want to sacrifice her.” Zuko took a breath, as he couldn’t believe he was letting everything out.

He turned around and looked at the group.

“We need to go to Ba Sing Se. I’m sure Uncle would know of her where abouts.” Zuko stated. The others nodded in agreement.

“So once we find her, will she actually be able to help us?” Toph questioned.

“I’m sure that she will do everything in her ability to help us.” Zuko assured them.

The day wore on and everyone remained quite. So quite that it was almost deadening. Everyone laid around, but Zuko decided to walk around the temple. He hadn’t been to the Southern Air Temple in all of his trips. He was careful as to not disturb anything in the temple. He eventually reached the top of the temple where there was a field of grass. He sat down and watched the sun set. His thoughts lead to her.

“Every day I have thought about her. I even tried replacing the thoughts, with Mai, but everything leads back to her.” Zuko sighed. “I haven’t talked to her in so long and seen her in so long. I wonder if she is still has beautiful as ever.” Zuko looked down. “I hope that one day she won’t see me as monster, and will return the same feelings.” Zuko placed his hand on his scar. “Who am I kidding! She could never love someone like me.” Zuko plopped down onto the soft grass and stared up at the stars that was slowly revealing themselves to the world.

*Flash Back*
“I have to turn her in, to regain my honor!” Zuko stormed about.

“Prince Zuko, I do believe that she is not the avatar and turning her in only for the real avatar to show will anger you father further.” Iroh stated calmly.

Zuko stormed out slamming the door behind him.

“I can only hope he does not do anything foolish.” Iroh picked up the tea cup and continued to sip on his tea.

Zuko stomped down the hallways pushing everyone out of his way till he reached the end and slammed open the door, startling the girl inside.

“Get up.” Zuko commanded.

The girl stood up as he demanded.

“I’m taking you back to the fire nation with me, to turn you into my father as the Avatar!”

“But..” She was cut off.

“I know you’re the avatar! So stop lying!”

The girl looked down and back up at Zuko.

“Excuse me for speaking out of term, but I’m trying to tell you that I am not the avatar. I can prove that I am not of air nomad origin that I am of water tribe origin.”

Zuko raised his eyebrow. “How?!” He demanded.

“I am a female water bender, so therefore I am a healer. Only those who are female and of water tribe origin can heal. No avatar as ever been able to heal.”

Zuko squinted his eye. “Who are you going to heal?”

The girl then started to reach out for the bandage that covered half of the princes face.

“I could heal you.”
Zuko backed away from her touch.

“Why do you think I would let you heal my face? When I have had specialist look at it and said there is nothing that can be done?”

She looked at him with concern. “I can make the pain go away.”

“Guards!” A guard stepped in and bow before Prince Zuko.

“You called my lord?”

“Go get some fresh water now!” The guard saluted and scurried from the room and soon returned with a pale of water.

She reached for the water but Prince Zuko grabbed her by the wrist and came close to her.

“Don’t try anything funny either.”

She looked at the young prince with her bright eyes. He saw no fear in her, and thought of it as strange that someone was not afraid of him.

“I promise.” He released her and she began to bend the water over her hands and they began to glow white. Zuko was amazed has he had never seen anything like this before. Zuko removed the bandages from his face, and to his amazement she didn’t gasp in horror but only reached up and began to heal his face. Zuko felt her healing and soothing the charred skin. He felt her intensify the healing. He then felt the water tickling down his face and she pulled her hands away.

“I did all I could prince.” she bowed “ If I could have healed it soon, I would have been able to heal all the damage.”

Zuko placed a hand on his face that was no longer charred but scarred. He look at the young water bender.

“Thank you.” Zuko walked out of the room and turned towards the guard. “See to it that she gets a more comfortable space.” The guard bow and Zuko continued to walk away in disbelief about his face.

*End of Flash Back*

Author’s Note: That’s it for this chapter XD I hope you guys like it! I work on the story during the weekdays so on weekends there will be no new chapters! I know I left Appa and Momo out, but they will be included in later chapters. Newho please rate and comment ^^
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