Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction ❯ Right Here ❯ Captured ( Chapter 1 )

Right Here - Chapter 1 - Captured - By Serenity Rose Wheeler

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or any of its characters so please do not sue me!

 

Hello! Well, this is my very first Avatar story! Yeah, finally! Well, I hope you all will like it and please comment!

 

As Always…

 

“Talking”

 

`Thinking'

 

(A/N, Change of POV, Flashbacks, and Ending and Beginning Chapters)

 

Summary: Prince Zuko captures Katara during one of his exhibitions to capture Aang, but when his father takes Katara captive, Zuko finds himself wanting her back for more then just luring the Avatar to him.

 

(On With The Story!)

 

Zuko sat on his bed with his face buried in his hands for the third time that night. He felt the beads of sweat slowly making their way down his face and dripping on the cold floor below him. His breathing was short and ragged as he tried to get the imagines of his continuing and haunting nightmare from his mind. His lips were slightly agape as he felt his body physically tremble. “Damn, why this dream again?” he whispered to himself after taking his face from his hands.

 

He laid his hands at his side and kept his eyes on the darkened floor. His eye momentarily went to the window where the sky was still dark. He looked at the floor again and tried to calm himself down before he lay back on the bed again. He laid his head on the pillow and knew he had to do something to get those stupid images from his mind. After 5 more minutes of fighting to go asleep, he sat up and threw his legs over the bed.

 

He placed his feet back on the floor before standing up and picking up his pants. After slipping them on, he headed to the door to get some really early morning training done. He quietly walked past his Uncle Iroh's room hearing the elderly man snore like a foghorn. “God, my uncle sleeps like the dead…” Zuko groaned as he walked outside on the deck. When Zuko was outside, he felt the warm sea breeze and saw the sky slowly changing from black to a dark blue.

 

Zuko shook his head from his thoughts knowing he needed to concentrate. He began to train being quiet so he wouldn't wake up the crew. A few hours passed and he fell to the ground on his ass exhausted. He felt his chest heaving as he tried to regain the breath he lost. “Good morning, Prince Zuko. Why are you up so early?” His Uncle Iroh greeted making sure to follow it with a question.

 

“Training.” Zuko replied dryly.

 

“Oh.” Iroh said before walking over to his nephew and standing next to the teen. “When did you get up?”

 

“I would say around three or four maybe.” Zuko replied as he stood shakily to his feet.

 

“That's not good, Prince Zuko. You need your rest.” Iroh said as he laid his hand on Zuko's shoulder finding it dripping wet. “Ew! Zuko, you're sweating so much!” Iroh said ripping his hand away from his nephew's shoulder.

 

“What do you think training does?” Zuko asked sarcastically as he started to walk toward the stern of the boat.

 

“I know that, but why so much?” Iroh asked as he tried to wipe his hand on his clothes.

 

“I don't know.” Zuko replied as he leaned on the railing of the ship.

 

“Listen, if something is bothering you, you know you can tell me.” Iroh said noticing his nephew was more distant then usual.

 

“I don't want to talk about it. We'll have to start looking for the Avatar anyway.” Zuko replied changing the subject and heading back inside. Iroh sighed and shook his head as he watched his nephew leave.

 

Inside, Zuko walked over to the restroom and took off his clothes before entering the shower. He turned on the water and let the cold water hit his tired and hot body. He sighed deeply as he felt the water hit his face and dip into the crevices of his scar. He knew he had to get going, so he quickly washed before he got out of the shower and threw a towel around his waist. “Prince Zuko?” General Iroh asked as he knocked on the bathroom door.

 

“What is it, uncle?” Zuko asked as he picked up his discarded clothes.

 

“Breakfast is on, come on down after you get dressed.” Iroh replied.

 

“I'm not hungry.” Zuko said.

 

“Why not? You should be, you didn't even eat dinner last night!” Iroh argued.

 

“I'm just not hungry, okay?” Zuko implied as he waited for his uncle to leave before he exited the bathroom. Zuko heard footsteps getting quieter and quieter before he opened the door and headed to his room. After he got dressed, he walked out to the back of the ship and looked into the shy and wondered if they would even spot the Avatar today.

 

“Sir! We spotted the Avatar!” one of his crewmates shouted as they ran up to him.

 

Zuko smirked when he heard the man shout it. `I guess this day isn't going to be so bad after all…'

 

(On Appa)

 

“Isn't today so beautiful, Sokka?” Katara asked as she leaned her head on her hand and watched the sky.

 

“Yeah, whatever, but it doesn't change the fact that we need more food!” Sokka said angrily as he dug through the food bag trying to find even the smallest crumb.

 

“Oh, get off it, Sokka, we'll be in a town soon, don't get all worked up.” Katara replied as she sat up. Momo jumped in her lap as she scratched his head waiting for Sokka to say something stupid in reply.

 

“I might die of starvation here!” Sokka said as he walked up to Appa's head to where Aang was sitting. “Hurry it up, Aang!”

 

“Sokka, don't worry, we'll be there soon!” Aang told his friend as he tried to ignore Sokka's whimpering.

 

“Whimpering isn't going to get you what you want, Sokka, if you just wait and be patient about it, we'll be there sooner then you think.” Katara said as she crossed her arms.

 

“Oh sure, it's easier said then done…” Sokka replied as he slumped down on Appa's back and held his growling stomach. After five minutes of somewhat peace and quiet besides Sokka's loud stomach, a cannon went off.

 

“What on earth?” Katara shouted as she looked off the edge of Appa and seen a Fire Nation ship.

 

“What is it, Katara?” Aang asked as he tried to calm Appa down after the loud boom.

 

“It's a Fire Nation ship! Step on it, Aang!” Katara shouted as she quickly crawled over to the top of Appa's head.

 

“Hold on, everyone!” Aang shouted as he pulled Appa's reigns back so the large bison would fly higher. Katara was about to grab onto the side of Appa, but stopped when she seen Momo couldn't find anything to hang onto.

 

“Momo!” Katara shouted as the lemur jumped over to Sokka and grabbed his leg. Katara smiled knowing he would be safe, but gasped when she noticed she had nothing to hang onto. She reached for the side, but her hand wasn't quick enough and she fell off of Appa's back and headed to the water 125 feet below.

 

“Katara!” Sokka shouted as he watched his younger sister fall to the deadly waves below knowing she would never make the fall.

 

“Sokka!” Katara shouted as she extended her hand toward the bison above.

 

“No! Katara!” Aang shouted as he tried to have Aang turn around, but he was too far into the upward position that if he turned now, he could seriously injure himself and get them all killed.

 

Katara looked at her friends getting smaller and smaller as she felt the wind stinging her delicate skin as she fell to the water's below. She knew this was it. Even if she did make the fall, the Fire nation soldier's would have no mercy. Zuko saw a small object falling to them from the deck and it kept getting bigger. “What the hell?” Zuko asked himself as he tried to figure out what it was.

 

Zuko gasped when he seen it to be a person. “Oh God!” Zuko shouted as he noticed how fast they were falling and the distance they fell from. He ran to the end of the ship as the object got bigger and he timed it perfectly as he was about to jump and grab whomever it was in mid-air. He only wanted to capture the Avatar; he truthfully didn't want anyone to die. He waited for the exact moment before they were close enough and in range.

 

Zuko sighed before jumping and grabbing Katara in middle air after jumping off the ship and heading toward the water only 25 feet down. Zuko hit the water and felt the sting and pain on his skin, but he didn't care now. “Prince Zuko!” he heard his uncle shouting. Zuko surfaced and blinked a few times before he noticed the unconscious girl the Avatar traveled with in his arms. “Are you alright?” Iroh asked in relief when he seen his nephew surface.

 

“I'm fine!” Zuko shouted as he waited for his uncle to throw him a ladder or something. After Zuko got back on the boat, his crewmates and even his uncle gave him a strange look when he stood in front of them dripping wet and a young beautiful Water Bender in his arms.

 

“Zuko --- What? Who?” General Iroh stuttered when he thought of anything to say.

 

“Don't say it. Don't ask why either because I don't know…” Zuko replied before he headed to the inside of the ship. He knew the Avatar had gotten away anyway, but now he had a way to draw the Avatar to him instead of the other way around…

 

(To Be Continued…)