Zuko was riding his Ostrich Horse thur a mountain range. Normally the banished prince would have a scowl on his face, but today was different. Today he had a smile, and for one he was a little bit happy. A few days ago, he rode into a small impoverished village. Not only the war but a drought have left the village on the verge of collapse. He felt bad the townsfolk, as he say the hopelessness in their eyes.
At first he just wanted to buy some food for his Ostrich Horse and be gone from this village. Of course things are never simple or easy for Zuko. A gang that claim to be Earth Kingdom soldiers that where here to protect the village. They where thugs at best and deserters at worse, where extorting the village. They even stole the food for his Ostrich Horse. The only thing stopping him for beating those men, was the fact he had to protect a kid who prank those men.
Saving the kid, at least got the graduated of his parents. They offer him some work, to earn some food for him and his Ostrich Horse. Zuko really didn't have many options, so he took it. It was hard work, like everything in his life. Yet, the got food and a straw bed was something.
For some reason he stayed for a few day. More hard work but he was enjoyed it, for some reason. He even befriend the small boy, named Lee. Of course his luck, wouldn't never let him have any amount of peace. Those soldier, he hated calling them that. Started taunting the villagers, saying their sons where captured and soon will be executed by the Fire Nation. Lee had enough tried to attack the men, he didn't have a change.
Yet, seeing a small kid. Armed with only a small dagger, that he gave him. Stood ready to face those men. That was the last straw for Zuko. He walked up to those men and told them to leave. They laughed of course, saying one boy couldn't stop them.
This time Zuko had the last laughed, as he easily defeated the men. They soon ran out of town, screaming they will have their vengeance. Soon Zuko was surrounded by the crying and cheerful villagers. They all thanked him, and offer what little they had in returned.
Zuko politely decline, as he knew they needed it more. Of course Zuko knew those men will return and he had to do something. Luckily he still had the Blue Spirit costume. He was easy to track those men, and soon they bound and begging him for their lives.
Zuko should have finished, but something told him to stop. He ordered them to tell him, wearing the village young men where being held at. By dawn they arrived at the location.
It was just a small Fire Nation camp, it was in a small valley. He spotted the make shift cages the men where being held in. Luckily he spotter an approaching military wagon, filled with more captured Earth Kingdom solider. Zuko easily defeated the guards on the wagon and freed them.
He then bound and gaged the thugs and used an extra uniform to get inside the camp. He waited until night fall, as he Dawn the Blue Spirit costume. He made short work of the Fire Nation soldiers. He felt some guilt about fighting his own people.
After defeating all of the soldiers, he freed the capture men. He left the thugs to rot in their cages. He lead the men back to the village. He watched from a distance as the mothers held their sons once more.
It did bring a tear to Zuko's eyes.
Zuko thought back on what happened and realized for the first time, the war had to end. His nation, had gone to far. It had destroyed and killed so much. He thought back to those men of that platoon of Fire Nation soldiers he couldn't have saved. He thought about all of those mothers, who only got a letter saying their sons wouldn't be returning.
Zuko realized he need to bring his father to justice. Not only for the crimes his on the people of Earth Kingdoms and Water Tribes but also his own people of the Fire Nation. He could no longer be a prince of such a nation.
The Flames of Justice that where just embers in heart and had transform into a raging inferno. He will be the Prince that his nation needed, the hero of justice and the guardian of the innocent.
What happened next ?
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