"My name is Y/n from the fire nation. It's been a long time coming, but we're here now!"
-2ne1 reference anyone?

Thank you for stopping by and being so patient, I just really wanted to make this perfect for you guys!

Key:
Y/n= your name
H/c= hair color
H/l= hair length
E/c= eye color
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××10 years ago (age 6)××

"Y/n! Come back here!"

"No! It's tag, and you're it! You're suppose to catch me!" The small, h/c haired girl ran through the halls looking back as the tired, older servant, who was trying her best to catch up to the little girl.

"Oof!" The girl hit the floor with a thud as she fell from running into someone for not looking where she was going.

She held her head and looked up, a smile spread on her face, "daddy!" She picked herself up and hugged her father's legs.

"Y/n what are you running around for?" He said soothing out the girl's h/c hair.

He looked at the servant that had been chasing his daughter, she was breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath.

"I'm so sorry General, I--"

He held up a hand indicating for her to stop talking, "no need to apologise"

Then the Fire Lord spoke, he was standing next to the General,"why don't you take young Y/n here, to play games with the Prince and Princess? The Prince is about her age, I believe, is that right, General?"

"Y/n is six years old, it's about time she played with children her own age" he dismissed the servant with a hand, "I'll see you later, my little Senshi"

"Come, Y/n" the servant said gently.

"Bye daddy!" The girl said holding the older woman's hand walking to meet the prince and princess as the General and the Fire Lord continued their way.

The young girl skipped happily all the way to the court yard, where the Prince and Princess were, along with Ursa, the Fire Lord's wife and mother of her children.

The princess was a 4 year old, and was tearing leaves from the bushes.

The Prince was indeed, the same age as the girl.

He sat under the shade snapping his fingers.

"Thyra! How are you on this lovely morning?" The kind woman asked the servant in a gentle voice, pating the seat next to her under the umbrella, "and who's this?" She referred to the small girl who hide behind Thyra as she walked forward.

She looked at her with kind eyes, "you must be our dear General's daughter, Y/n isn't it?"

Y/n shook her head 'yes'

"I'm Usula, and that's my daughter, Azula, she's 4" she signaled to the girl pulling leaves off the bushes, "and my son, Zuko, how old are you Y/n? Zuko Is 6 years old"

A smile appeared in thd girl's face, "me too!" She said with a giggle.

"Go on" the servant whispered to her and gave her a small nudge in the direction of the Prince, "play tag with the prince, Y/n"

Usula smiled kindly as the young girl ran across the courtyard.

"hi! My name is Y/n! I didn't know there was other kids here!" Y/n said with a smile.

"I'm Prince Zuko," The Prince looked at her,"I live here, what are you doing here?" He looked around the courtyard, "who let you in?"

"I live here too!"  Y/n said happily, "come let's play tag!" She tagged the boy, "you're it!"

She started running, but the prince didn't chase her.

She giggled, "what are you doing? Come catch me!"

But the boy's feet stayed in place, "I'm trying to fire bend"

"Fire bending!" She said in awe, "I hope I can fire bend some day too!" She tried snapping her fingers, "but you're it, so come catch me!"

This time Y/n kept running and young Prince Zuko chased after her, as he didn't want to lose at the game.

And so that's how the boy's mother came to care for the General's daughter as well, and the young boy and girl became friends, attached to the hip, doing everything together.

××9 years ago (age 7)××

Y/n happily giggled as Prince Zuko threw a fire ball in the air then caught it, as if juggling.

"Let me try, ZuZu! Let me give it a try!" The 7 year old said reaching for the fire.

She called him ZuZu for short one day, and it just stuck. His 5 year old sister wasn't very fond of Y/n and would often tease both Zuko and Y/n with the nickname.

"But you can't fire bend, Y/n" he said, "you'll just burn your hand if you touch fire"

"ZuZu! Let me try!" She insisted.

"No Y/n, you're not a fire bender" he said.

"Let me try, Zuko" Y/n pulled away the fire from his hands, not burning her skin, instead it felt like a crumbled paper ball, "Look! I'm doing it, Zuko!" She smiled widely and happily.

The Prince was a bit shocked for a second before being filled with excitement, "You can fire bend too, Y/n!"

The young girl peered at the fire cupped in her hands.

"Come on! Let's show our fathers!" Zuko exclaimed as the two ran through the palace halls till they arrived to the war room.

Outside two guards stood besides the closed doors, not letting them in.

"Let me in!" The little girl stomped her foot, "my dad's in there, I'm the General's daughter!"

The two guards looked at each other then moved out of the way, letting the two youngsters through.

"Look!" Both the prince and the General's daughter exclaimed opening the doors and running inside.

"You two shouldn't be here!" The fire Lord said with a hint of anger, "Zuko!" He scolded his son, "who's standing guard outside?"

"Y/n! What you doing? Who's taking care of you two today?" The General asked.

"Look, dad! Look!" she held her cupped hands up for their father to see.

Her father gasped and the Fire Lord stepped closer, "She's a fire bender!" He stated the obvious to his General.

The General took the fire out of her hands, "how fantastic, we should start your training immediately!" He said soothing out her hair, "the sooner you learn to control it, the sooner we can start training you for battle"

"W-what!" Y/n questioned, "b-but I don't wanna be a solider! I don't wanna go to war--"

"YOU FOOLISH CHILD!" The Fire Lord exclaimed making her retreat behind her father, "haven't you taught her any respect and loyalty to our great nation!?" He spoke to the General.

"She's only a child, she doesn't know what she's saying" her father tried to justify her.

"You aren't waiting any longer, you shall have your school lessons in the morning and fire bending lessons in the afternoon along with Prince Zuko, and your warrior training in the evening, occasionally joining us at meetings" The Fire Lord instructed, "you should start your training tonight"

Neither one could speak out against the Lord's wishes

That night Y/n learned some basic jiu jitsu moves that she was instructed to practice until tommorow evening.

××6 years later (age 10)××

That was young Y/n's routine for the past 3 years.

At the age of 10 she came to handle multiple martial arts, with still many to learn. And mastered many weapons, but her preferred choice was a spear, in fact that's what her father gifted her this year: a beautiful ruby encrusted spear, soon to become her favorite spear:

She also became familiar with the military and was quickly picking up fire bending along with the Prince.

The princess was 2 years younger than them and would often pull pranks on Y/n and the other guards, treating the General's daughter as a servant instead of another person.

On the morning of Y/n's 10th birthday she was called up to the Fire Lord's throne room. What a way to start her birthday.

"You've been alive for a decade Ms. L/n," he said, "and you've been shaping up to be quiet a warrior" he signaled for the door to open.

Y/n looked back to see her best friend, the prince walk in.

He saw Y/n and bit down the urge of saying happy birthday, knowing it would probably make his father angry.

"I have appointed you as Prince Zuko's bodyguard." He said, the girl and Zuko looked at each other, "Starting today, as soon as you're dismissed, you will protect, serve and assist, Prince Zuko. Not to leave his side as long as your on duty. Not to be distracted by silly games. Always. On. Duty."

Y/n breathed in and nodded, "yes, my Lord" she couldn't say anything about the subject, he'll rage in anger just like he did back when she was 7.

She was starting to think that the only reason to be part of the army(and possibly General one day) was to travel around the world, and visit places, she was sick of the fire nation and their stupid war.

"You are dismissed" he waved to the door as they both exited.

"Happy Birthday, Y/n" Zuko said quietly to get as they walked farther and farther away from the throne room.

"Thanks, Prince Zuko"

××3 years ago (age 13)××

Being Prince Zuko's bodyguard, meant breaking every rule that the Fire Lord had set for Y/n.

It was mostly Zuko's idea, saying that he didn't need a bodyguard, so during his free time he hid away in his room, accompanied by Y/n, and they just hung out.

One day, there was a war meeting Y/n was invited to, Zuko followed after her, wanting to assist the meeting as well, but the guards didn't let him in.

"Let me in!" He demanded to the guards.

"Prince Zuko, what's wrong" his uncle Iroh asked.

"I want to go into the war chamber, but the guards won't let me pass!" He said giving the guards a hateful look.

"Your not missing anything, trust me" he said guiding him away from the entrance, "these meetings are dreadfully boring"

"If I'm going to rule this nation one day, don't you think I should start learning as much as I can?" He looked up at his uncle, "besides how come, Y/n gets to be at the meeting?"

He looked down at his nephew's begging eyes and sighed in defeat, "Very well, but you must promise not to speak, these old folks are a bit sensitive, you know?"

"Thank you, Uncle" he bowed and they both crossed the curtains.

Zuko scanned the large room, and spotted Y/n sitting next to her father.
A smile spread on his face at the sight of his friend.

He caught her eye and saw her eyebrows furrowed, tilting her head sideways. He sat next to her and his uncle sat at the end of the table next to Zuko.

Y/n decided to get in a few words before the meeting started, "what are you doing here?" She whispered.

"I'm allowed to be here to, I'm the prince" he whispered back.

Y/n dropped the subject as the meeting started.

But half way throughout her Father's plan Zuko stood up and said in protest, "you can't scarifie an entire division like that!" All heads turned to look at the young Prince

Y/n gasped tapping Zuko's leg in attempt to have him sit back down, but he didn't get the hint and continued to speak out.

"Those soliders love and defend our nation! How can you betray an entire division like that!" He said, everyone was dead silent staring at him.

Y/n looked up at him, bitting her lip nervously, wishing she could communicate with him and tell him to stop talking before things got worse.

No one is supposed to speak unless spoken to during these meetings, nonetheless interrupt the General.

"Why didn't you tell me, Y/n?" He said angrily pacing his bedroom after his arrangement for an Angi Kai was set.

"Tell you what, Zuko?" She asked, looking at him.

"That the military tactics were so... cruel?" He slightly raised his voice, facing her.

"I'm sorry, but what my father said today is a basic strategy used a lot more than you think" she said.

"And you just sit and let it happen" he asked.

Y/n looked away, "there's not much I can do"

"He's your father, Y/n!" He yelled.

"Not in the war room, I'm just another solider to him, another pawn" she said sadly, "that seems it's the only place I see him now, sometimes I feel like we forget were father-daughter,"  a tear slipping down her cheek, "promise you'll stay safe?"

"I promise, I can take him on, I'm not afraid" he said wiping the tear.

Taking a deep breath she nodded her head, "ok"
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Y/n sat in the front row, her eyes never leaving Zuko, as he stood up, the red cloth falling from his shoulders.

He turned around and gasped. The girl's eyes followed his view and saw that his opponent wasn't her father, but his.

"Please father" he knelt on his knees and begged for mercy, "I only had the fire nation's best interest at heart! I'm sorry I spoke out of turn!" Bowed down even lower.

"You will fight for your honor!" The Fire Lord hissed, walking up to him.

"I am your loyal son" his voice broke.

"Rise and fight, Prince Zuko" he stopped right in front of his son.

"I won't fight you" he looked down.

"You will learn respect," Y/n's heart dropped and Zuko looked up at him with tears streaming down his cheeks, "and suffering will be your teacher" the fire Lord placed his fire lit hand on the boys left eye, making him scream out in pain.

Y/n rose from her seat but was pulled back down by Iroh.

"No, you'll get hurt too" he whispered as he held her wrist.

"But I--" Zuko's cries of pain broke her heart, she couldn't sit and watch, "Zuko!"

She got out of Iroh's grip and got onto the fighting platform. The Fire Lord looked at her and smirked, finally taking his hand off Zuko.

Zuko fell to the floor crying out in pain, clutching his eye.

"Oh gosh, Zuko!" She cried taking him in her arms, "let's get you help"

She carefully supported him up to his feet, guiding him to the exit as the poor boy head held his injured, literally burnt side.

"LOOK AT YOU!" The Fire Lord spoke, his words echoing through the room, capturing everyone's attention.

Y/n stopped to looks back at him, bracing herself for her punishment, but was clouded with confusion as she was met with praise instead.

"Executing your job with excellently" he said, "caring out your duties with honor" he turned to Zuko, "on the other hand you have no honor, refusing to fight! Shameful!" He looked disgusted, "you don't deserve your place on the throne, you're banished from the fire nation!"

The whole room was dead silent, but there was an astonished look on everyone's face.

Zuko couldn't speak, pain was all he felt.

The Fire Lord looked satisfied with his declaration, "banished from the fire nation and you aren't to return without bringing back the Avatar!"

Y/n pulled Zuko closer to her, and looked up at the Fire Lord, all fear drowned away with loyalty and faithfulness for her best friend, "then I'm going with him! As his bodyguard I--"

"You..." He cut her off, "are not going anywhere, Ms. L/n" he said, "as from this day forward you are the Captain of Zhao's Division." He smirked at her shocked face.

Meanwhile the former captain looked equally as shocked, 'was he getting promoted to General, knocking off the pesky girl's father?'

"Being Captain of a division comes with so many responsibilities, I think it's best you stay here and executive the plan we discussed in the meeting" he ended with an evil smirk, leaving everyone shocked about everything he just uttered from his mouth.

Making a 13 year old girl Captain of her own division?? What on Earth was he thinking?

Making Zuko miserable, that's what. And if making a 13 year old girl Captain of a division is all it took then he made sure of it, besides the girl was going to rank up eventually, he was just speeding up the process.

While everyone sat still processing the scene, the pair of teenagers slowly exited the room.

"Here lay down, Zuko" She said softly as she gently laid a damp cloth on Zuko's injured eye, "I'll be right back, I'm going to get you some bandages and medicine for you" a few wet tears dropped on Zuko's face.

She quickly wiped her eyes as Zuko held her hand.

"Don't cry, you just got promoted to Captain" he closed his eyes.

But Y/n didn't listen as tears streamed down her cheeks, "Zuko y-your speaking nonsense, there are plenty of more serious topics that were covered tonight, you got injured and..." She paused and her voice broke, "like you leaving, Zuko"

This time Zuko was the one to wipe her tears, although they kept coming.

"I... I'm coming with you" she sobbed, calming down and drying her tears, "whether he likes it or not"

"No, Y/n you can't. You see what he did to me, he's my own father! I don't want to know what he'll do to you if you act against him" Zuko said.

"But, you'll be hunting the avatar alone!" She said and the doors opened behind them.

Zuko's uncle, Iroh entered the chambers with a tray of medicine and a pot of tea, along with tea cups.

"No need to worry, Captain L/n" he greeted with a smile, "I'll be coming along with Prince Zuko" he carefully removes the cloth to reveal the large wound, both Zuko and Y/n winced.

"Why does everyone think that being Captain is so great!? I don't want to, and worst of all, I'll be without you, Zuko" She said gently holding his hand again, "but, if you're going with him Iroh, then I feel much better about this..." She hesitated before confessing, "but I'm scared, I don't know how I'm going to do this without you, Zuko"

She held his hand as Iroh gently rubbed a remedy paste on the burn, "it'll help the burn heal faster, it's going to leave a scar though"

"Yeah, I think I figured that out, Uncle" Zuko said, "you shouldn't be scared, Y/n, I'm the one who got his honor taken away, I know you'll be great as Captain, and soon you'll rank up to General and be respected by all"

"Zuko how can you be so focused on that!" She said cleaning up blood with a cloth that was on Zuko's hand.

"Because I broke our promise!" He shouted out, then sighed, "I'm sorry Y/n"

"You're going to be alright" she said referring to his injury, "we were both expecting my father, not yours. This is outrageous, we have the world's worst dads"

"Yeah we do" Zuko's lips curled up into a small smile, signaling that he was ok.

This brought Y/n's worries down, "I still wish I could go with you" she leaned in to hug the prince. She laid her head on his chest and he wrapped his left arm around her shoulders as she listened to his heartbeat.

"But you know what" she said, "as Captain I will help you two as much as I can on your quest to hunt down the avatar" she got up and looked at Zuko's golden eyes, "whatever you need, you can count on my help"

"But be careful, Y/n, Ozai paired you up with Zhao on purpose, he'll be reporting your every move to Ozai, he's there to make sure you have no contact with us!" He warned.

"Thank you Iroh" she looked at him, "but I'm sure I can handle Zhao here"

They both looked at Zuko as he let out a small chuckle, "you were always so good at your job, Y/n"

This brought a small smile to Y/n's lips, "I'll help you pack"

"Oooh almost forgot...tea?" Iroh said pouring the cups while Y/n packed Zuko's belongings.

3 years later...

Footsteps were heard from behind the man on the deck as they stopped right behind him.

They wore a classic fire nation uniform, but it looked custom made. A helmet was upon their head and the angle they were standing made it impossible for Zuko and Iroh to see their face.

A gloved hand tapped Zhao's shoulder, and he turned around as if just getting caught in a scheme.

"Excuse me? Your harbor? Commander Zhao? Last time I checked, this was my harbor and I am the Commander of this division. Now go hang the laundry or something, let me welcome our guests"

He left the deck grumbling and the commander took off their helmet, revealing it to be Zuko's bodyguard and best friend Y/n.

Puberty had hit both of the 16 year olds, making them both look slightly older and different to each other, than they did 3 years ago.

Letting her h/l, h/c hair flow out, her e/c eyes made contact with the boy's golden ones, "Prince Zuko!" She smiled widely waiting for an answer.
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Hey everyone!
Thanks for reading this, I'm excited and can't wait to write you guys more chapters! I hope you guys like it so far💖

idk if it's just me, but some I feel like I wrote some characters out of character, so please forgive me, I didn't mean to I just started watching.

if you're here from my previous x Reader's then you'll notice something new: I've decided to try out a new pov. It's in third person, to make it seem as if you, the reader, are 'watching' the show, if y'all don't like it, I can go back to second person pov to make it seem as if you are actually in it🤷 idk just let me know before I start writing actually chapters, cause I don't want to change pov's in the middle of the book.

Thank you so much for reading!

See you soon!
-Love, The Eater of Worlds

*Edit: I just re-read this chapter and I promise the rest is so much better (or at least I think it is)

Also we taking this slow, so it'll take a while till we in Zuko's arms XD