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    Book One: Smoke & Mirrors
    Book Two: Love & War

    Accompanying Oneshots:
    See & Win
    Lights Lights Lights
    Questions & Answers
    Reminiscence & Resolve

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    15 Feb 2026

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    “I’m just… Fucking… Look, my heart burns for you.” Katara’s the most terrifying girl in the world. Zuko’s kind of in love with her.

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    12 Feb 2026

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    His father traces his scar one last time, then leans back, his long silk sleeves brushing against the filthy straw. “Would you like to come out of this cell, Zuko? Your room at the palace is waiting for you. You can take a bath. Have a fine dinner. Put on clean clothes. There is a meeting of the ministers tomorrow afternoon, and I would be so glad if my heir would attend.”

    Maybe the executioner really is waiting, and this is all a trap.

    But, maybe not.

    Zuko has always been a survivor.

    And he has been in this cell long enough to know that no one is coming for him.

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    The reign of Fire Lord Zuko lasted for three years before his father’s coup.

    That was two years ago, and now Ozai is ready to let Zuko out of prison. After all, a Fire Lord needs his heir – assuming that heir has learned his lesson.

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    12 Feb 2026

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    He opened his mouth to reassure his uncle, to tell him that he’d be able to start running in just as second, just as soon as the world stopped spinning, but instead all he muttered was, “I’m tired.”

    When Iroh brushed against the back of Zuko’s head the pain there abruptly muscled to the front of Zuko’s list of issues, and he gave a loud groan. Iroh pulled back quickly, but Zuko could see that his hand was now dripping with blood.

    “Then you should rest, Prince Zuko,” Iroh said, his voice calm and controlled, which would’ve been very nice if the lines of concern on his face hadn’t been so obvious. Zuko watched blearily as Iroh began to look sharply around them, apparently assessing something. “A man needs his rest.”

    The world started getting hazy again, but the lack of attempted movement was a slight improvement. A series of shouts pulled him back from the creeping numbness, and Zuko forced his eyelids open.

    Iroh was waving his arms, signaling to someone. “We surrender!” Iroh bellowed. “I am with the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, and he needs a doctor!”

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    Zuko and Iroh are taken prisoner by the Northern Water Tribe following the battle in Agna Qel’a.

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    11 Jan 2026

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    “Just run, Katara! We’ll meet you in Ba Sing Se!”

    Katara had never left Sokka before, had never imagined having to separate herself from Aang or Toph — but, on the other hand, she had also never planned to get eaten by a sea serpent at the ripe old age of nineteen, so she ignored the agony in her leg, turned her back on the others, and ran as fast as she could.

    It was just temporary, she reminded herself. She would get to the city just a few days after them, tops.

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    OR: Katara is separated from the group at the Serpent’s Pass, and runs into unexpected frenemies on the road to Ba Sing Se.

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    09 Jan 2026