Fire Burns and Ice Freeze

Winter Solstice Part 1: The Spirit World

It has been a few days since we left the cole rig. We are in a forest some where. Zuko and I were looking for Iroh.

"Uncle! It's time to leave. Where are you? Uncle Iroh." Zuko yells.

"Over here." Iroh yells

We head towards the voice. We walk past a few more trees, to see Iroh sitting in a hot spring.

"Uncle? We need to move on. We're closing in on the Avatar's trail and I don't want to lose him." Zuko said

"You look tired, Prince Zuko. Why don't you join me in the hot springs and soak away your troubles? Kida you should join as well." Iroh said

"My trouble cannot be soaked away. It's time to go." Zuko all but yelled

"You should take you teacher's advice and relax a little . The temperature's just right. I heated it myself." Iroh said

"Enough! We need to leave now, get out of the water." Zuko said

"Very well. Kida you should turn around." Iroh said

I turned around and heard the water splash from Iroh standing up.

"On second thought, why don't you take another few minutes? But be back to the ship in a half-hour or I'm leaving without you." Zuko said

Zuko turned and started to walk away, I followed behind him. As we were walking back to the ship we were walking along the ocean. I stopped and kicked off my shoes.

"Kida what are you doing?" Zuko asked

"Going for a swim. Iroh has 30 minutes so that means so do I." I said

I finished undressing. Now I was in my bindings. I put my hair up that way it wouldn't get wet. I then walked into the water. I turned around and looked at Zuko who was just standing there watching me.

"Well are you going to join me?" I asked

Zuko's Pov:

We were walking back to the ship after finding Iroh. I heard Kida stopping walking I turned around and saw her kicking off her shoes

"Kida what are you doing?" I asked

"Going for a swim. Iroh has 30 minutes so that means so do I." Kida said

She finished undressing. Now she was just in her bindings. She put her hair up. She looked at me and that is when I realized I had been staring.

"Well are you going to join me?" Kida asked

"No, I have to many clothes on." I said

"Okay." She said

She walked deeper into the water. She was beautiful. The way she looked in the water. Her eyes looked like they were glowing. I was having a fight within myself. She was a thirteen-year-old girl and I was sixteen.

"Zuko...Zuko... Zuko." Kida said

I looked up at her.

"Are you okay?" Kida asked

"Yes. Is there something you wanted?" I asked

"Yes, do you want to see something cool?" Kida asked

"Sure." I said

She got out of the water and walked over to a boulder that was in the water. When she stepped off the boulder her foot didn't go into the water. A small circle of ice was under her foot. She brought her other foot down and a small circle of ice appeared under it. She danced across the water with every step a new piece of ice appeared. She was amazing she looked so happy and carefree.