The Last Hope : sokka x reader x zuko

Friends

the men walked us through the forest

'jeong jeong told you not to look for avatar!' one of them said to chey.

'hold on, you know these guys!?' i said

'oh yeh! lin yi's an old buddy! right lin yi?'

'shut up! keep moving.'

the men led us to a camp and pushed chet down to one of the abodes.

'go on. he sees you only.'

'oh that's okay, we can chat later.' said chey, nervously.

'is that where jeong jeong is? i need to talk to him right away.' said aang, following chey but was stopped by one of the men's spears.

'no! you wait there.' said the man, pushing chey down the steps again, 'go now!'

'don't worry! everything'll be fine. he's a great man, great man!' said chey - more to himself than us.

the men directed us to one of the huts.

'sleep.'

they closed the door and we did as told - there was nothing else to do.

---

i woke up to aang taking loudly as chey opened the door and sat down

'what happened? can i see jeong jeong now?'

chey said glumly, 'he won't see you. he's very angry that i brought you here. he wants you to leave immediately.'

'finally! let's hit the road.' said sokka

'guys please im trying to sleep' i said, sitting up.

'why won't he see me?' asked aang, disregarding what id said.

'he says you're not ready. says you haven't mastered waterbending and earthbending yet.'

'wait, how does he know that?' asked aang, defensively.

'he saw the way you walked into camp. he can tell.'

'i'm going in anyway!'

aang rushed out of the door.

leaving me to sleep.

---

that morning i sat by the river, looking into the clouds as jeong jeong "taught" aang.

they bickered: jeong jeong telling aang what to do and aang replying by only wanting to focus on creating fire.

they left for the mountain - another of jeong jeongs exercises.

i went over to katara, creating a ball of air like the one she'd created out of water, copying her movements.

'what do you want' she said, not even looking at me.

'im sorry okay.' i said, and she dropped the water.

'why did you help him'

i paused.

'i didnt help him. it was just reflex - he looked hurt' i said.

she shook her head, sitting down on a log.

'what happened when he kidnapped you'

i looked at her.

she was angry, i could tell, but she wasn't trying to show it.

'he burned me'

she tutted.

'after that. what happened that made you want to help the person that's trying to take aang'