|•|W I T 卄 E R||•| Zuko X Reader ⚠SLOWBURN⚠

Do You Want My Hatred?

The guards remained silent.

You cocked your head to the side and narrowed your eyes.

Something's not right.

"Sorry, she's a new recruite. It's just our protocol for non-benders. Since you're a bender, we'll need to perform a different kind of search on you. Please follow us."

Zuko intervened, "Hold on, wait. She never said anything about being a bender."

"If we suspect someone to be a bender, it's required we do a check. Again, please follow us." The guard sighed.

Iroh placed his hand on your shoulder, "...Be careful, Y/N."

You smiled and gave him a thumbs up, before following two guards down the hall.

You grit your teeth and struggled to focus.

It wasn't working at all. Everything would just melt into a jumbled mess.

Beads of sweats of sweat formed on your body.

What was happening to you?

You stared at the guards leading you to an isolated room. One was in front of you, the other was behind.

You hadn't made a lot of enemies...

Unless the Dai Li found out that you were the one who released everyone at Lake Laogai?

Maybe the guy who stole your glove wasn't just a thief?

What if Katara knew someone with a lot of power and was trying to separate you and—... Yeah, that was a bit of stretch, huh?

Either way, you were alone with two suspicious figures. You had to do something.

"Now!" The guard in front of you yelled.

The one behind you shoved you forward, but you managed to hit them with a rod of void.

The other guard launched daggers at you, and as you flipped through the air to dodge them, you realized who your attackers were.

Mei and Ty Lee.

You sent massive disks of ebony at them, running away.

"Too scared to fight? Azula said that might happen." Mei threw a dagger into the wall and dozens of Dai Li agents poured out from them.

Claws of stone grabbed ahold of your hands and ankles—You couldn't move.

Ty Lee jabbed multiple points of your body, immobilizing you further.

"Sorry, Y/N! Azula's orders! Ooh, I totally love your new gloves by the way!"

You couldn't do a thing.

Your necklace fell and shattered into tiny pieces.

You furrowed your eyebrows, "What are you going to do now, huh? Take me back to the Fire Nation?"

"...Are you sure you want to know?" Mei asked.

You didn't respond, trying to focus harder.

You couldn't make anything to break the rocks, your fingers and feet were stuck.

You had to do something. You had to come up with a-

Mei held a dagger to your throat.

You both gazed at each other blankly.

"...I think you get the gist of things. But I won't be doing the dirty work, Azula will. So don't try to haunt me when you die, okay?"