((No no your fine! I'm sorry too lol because I ended up falling asleep XD ))

Sokka continued to ramble on nervously before he heard the stern voice of the prince, quickly shutting him up. The tan male then looked up at Zuko and flinched a bit from his cold, death-like glare, clenching onto the soft red carpet as Sokka was locked once again in his golden gaze. Upon hearing the prince speak up again he shook his head and looked away, snapping out of the Prince's trance. The young man smiled ever-so-slightly when he said that he wasn't to be beaten though was also surprised, very much surprised in fact.
Not to mention when Zuko had agreed to give him one of his weapons back Sokka's face lit up with a wide smile, seeing his machete as it was pulled from under Zuko's shirt. Sokka's ocean blue eyes dazzled while watching his beloved weapon was put into his view, however after hearing that Zuko didn't know where his boomerangs his smile faded slightly and his brows furrowed gently. "I....it's...uh.." Sokka tried to speak but really wasn't entirely sure what to say...
The water tribe boy did notice the the prince seemed a bit choked up on his words as he spoke, causing Sokka to tilt his head a bit in curiosity; debating wether he should ask about it or not. Finally Sokka took a deep breath and spoke up. "Th-thanks...and I'll find it eventually.." He finally said before standing up and dusting off his pants and trying to fix up his shirt, luckily his vest was able to cover the tear in the shirt. Sokka very carefully took the weapon from Zuko's hand, though as he went to grab the handle the water tribe boy accidentally felt his hand brush against the Prince's hand, causing strange images of his dream to show up in his mind. Sokka's brows furrowed as the images stuck to his mind like glue, making him take the weapon more hesitantly than how he would normally take something as important to him as this.
Finally the blue eyed male shook it off and took the weapon into his hands and backed away a tad bit. "S-sorry for barging into your room.." he stammered a bit and looked away, desperately trying to not make eye contact with the Prince.

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Handing over the Machete over to Sokka, Zuko averted eye contact for a moment, “Here…” He said finally handing it over, watching as the boy stood up dusting himself off. As he took a hold of his weapon Zuko felt the boys hand brush against his, his eyes quickly darted to the boy, he did not say anything. The prince noticed that the Water Tribe boy frowned, seeming to become more hesitant in his actions. He rose a brow slightly, before quickly moving his hand away and letting go of the Machete.
“Oh…Yeah, you should be sorry.” Zuko’s voice seemed to be back to almost normal now. He quickly looked away from the other boy, “You can go now…” He said looking over to the door. He stood in place for a few moments, before walking over to the door himself and opening it, “Like now, now.” The Prince looked back over to the Water Tribe Boy who was still standing in his room.

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Soon after taking the weapon back into Sokka's hands the silence returned, making the atmosphere in the room much more awkward than ever before... the water tribe boy scratched the back of his head once the prince replied to him and shrugged his shoulders without another word. The Crystal blue eyes of the water tribe boy looked back up at the slightly taller male before flinching a bit from seeing Zuko move suddenly over to the door and opening it up. "Oh, yeah...S-sorry..." He mumbled before turning back to the door and quickly stepping out. "T-thanks..? I guess..?" He spoke in a slightly confused tone. He wasn't sure if he should have said anything at all. "I..I should probably go back.." he added before awkwardly walking back down into the direction in which the prison cells were. However the teen knew that those guards who watched Aang'S cell had returned and Sokka had missed his chance at releasing his friend.

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The Prince watched silently as the boy left, his golden eyes following him as far as they could until he was out of sight. Zuko let out a quiet sigh, and turned back into his room and began to clean it up. After a little while his room was back to normal, Zuko sat on his bed and put his head in his hands, was he really doing the right thing? He shook his head, and stood back up, “…I mean I am letting them go….So I guess that’s a good thing, but….” He sighed looking over to the family prorate which was on the top of his chest of draws. He stared at his father’s face for a few moments, before looking to his mothers and then finally to his sisters and then his own…
After sometime Zuko finally left his room, “Uncle!” He called out though the ships halls. His voice echoed, he stood in place waiting for a response. Nothing. He called out again, this time a little louder, “Uncle!?” Still no answer. Zuko frowned and walked over to were the former Generals room was.
Now standing at the door, Zuko slowly opened the door, “Uncle you in here?” He was. Snoring loudly on his bed. Zuko sighed again, deciding to leave him be and walked back out.

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The water tribe boy eventually returned to his cell and walked inside. As he sat against the back wall he hummed a soft tune while cleaning off his machete. "Man...I hope I find my boomerang...if I don't find it soon people will start calling me ponytail boy with machete instead of ponytail boy with a boomerang..." he mumbled and sighed heavily, before hearing the faint sound of Zuko's voice calling out for his uncle which caught his attention. Sokka chuckled and shook his head slightly, looking down at his weapon before setting it off to the side. "I can only imaging how stressful it is having to hear him yelling all day, everyday.." he spoke to himself, followed by a short laugh and slight snort. Though he quickly stopped, his brows furrowing softly. "I mean...he isn't that bad.." he thought,staring blankly into space before snapping out of it with a jerk of his body. "Wait a minute?! What am I thinking?! He almost killed me and my friend!" He grumbled and crossed his arms with a pout upon his face.

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Silently the teenager wondered though his ships halls, not really aiming to go anywhere in particular. He was still a little angry, but for the most part a lot calmer- If you could call Zuko calm. He was going to talk to his Uncle again, and ask him if he should actually let the Avatar and his friend go, or if they should just go home with them. But seeing as he was asleep and Zuko did not want to disturb him he decided to just leave it be for the time being, he’d come up with a plan sooner or later.
“Prince Zuko..” A voice sounded from behind him, it was one of his men. “Have you decided on what to do about the Prisoners yet?” Zuko stood in place, he thought for a moment before answering, “…Yes, I have.” He said firmly, “I’ll be dealing with them myself.”
“Would you like help from some of the guards?”
“No.” And with that Zuko walked away.

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Sokka sat alone in his unguarded cell whistling a tune from his tribe, trying to stop himself from becoming bored once again. It was quiet where he was, the only sound for the time being was the sound of a leak in a water pipe; whose droplets echoed across the long empty corridors. "Geez...it's so quiet.." he muttered to himself and sighed heavily, before signally laying down on his back, staring up at the metal ceiling. Though of course his relaxation only lasted for so long until he heart the loud steps approaching closer and closer to his room until he finally heard the distant noise of footsteps becoming more noticeable and louder. "Oh Lordy.." he mumbled, knowing all too well who those footsteps belonged to .... "I hope this goes by quick.." he mumbled and clenched his eyes shut nervously.

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Quickly Zuko made his way to the Prison cells, ducking into a small room where the keys were kept and grabbing the right ones before ducking back out and finally making his way toward the cells. Passing right by Sokka’s cell Zuko walked to where the Avatar was kept. Peering in the small window he spoke unlocking the door, “Looks like you got lucky today..” He said opening the door. He walked into the cell and grabbed the young boy by the scuff of his top, and more or less dragged him out, walking over to where the other boy was.
Letting go of the Avitar Zuko kicked the cell door open, and stared at the Water Tribe boy who was laying on the floor, “Get up.” He said harshly.

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The boy's eyes widened and his body flinched as he heard the Prince's voice. "Wait, what are you-?" The young boy was cut off by being roughly grabbed by his shirt and was pretty much dragged along the metal floors before calming to a stop. Aang looked around and stood up straight, with a very confused look upon his small face. "Uh, so what's going on..?" He asked and tilted his head slightly.
When the door was kicked open Sokka flinched and looked over at the prince with the young Avatar besides him. "Aang!" He said happily and quickly got up, though as he walked toward the door frame the water tribe boy seemed more defensive when the Avatar was around. "So what? Are you gonna let us go now?" He asked with a heavy sigh, crossing his arms a bit.

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The Prince said nothing the whole time, and led the two though his ship and back onto top deck. There he stood for a few moments watching the two still not saying anything, from somewhere behind him his Uncle emerged. Zuko did not intend for this to happen, but went along with it, now watching his Uncle out of the corner of his eye. He seemed to just stand there and watch with a smile. Zuko frowned slightly looking away.
As he waited, for, well, he guessed the two boys to leave, a warm breeze picked up blowing a few small leaves which once rested on the ships deck around.

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As they were led through the many long hallways of the ship Aang and the water tribe boy looked at each other with a confused look and didn't quite understand what was going on. "So uh...what's happening..?" The arrowhead boy asked, though once he got no answer he sighed softly and continued walking. When they arrived to the deck of the ship, feeling the cool breeze made Sokka shiver slightly. "So...you're letting us go..!?" Aang asked excitedly with a smile. However Sokka was indeed happy, though he couldn't help but feel like something wasn't right. The young man turned back over to the prince and watched as the old man appeared as well. "Look, I know you're probably going to decline...but our offer still stands...you can leave all of this behind, and join us, the Avatar..." Sokka spoke, Aang had wide eyes and looked up at the taller male. "S-Sokka..?" He mumbled, dumbfounded that the male actually wanted a firebender aboard the flying bison. "You can join us, and you won't have to worry about chasing after something that might never happen.." he spoke, though soon after the large flying mammal appeared in the distance. "I mean, we aren't forcing you...but think about it, I'm pretty sure you'll find us again somehow anyway.." he added before looking back at Oppa who landed on the deck.

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Zuko tore his eyes from the leaves which were dancing in the breeze and looked over to the Avatar. He nodded his head slightly finally braking his silence, “Yes, I am….” Zuko then looked back to the leaves which were now resting on the deck once more. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed the Water Tribe boy looked at him speaking. Slowly he lifted his head, looking back at the boy who once again brought forward the idea of the Prince joining them. He seemed pretty serious about it. Zuko looked over to the Avatar, who seemed pretty surprised about what was said, then he looked away and over to his Uncle, still listing to what the Water Tribe boy was saying. Iroh simply smiled again, knowing it was not his time to speak. Zuko looked back to the others, he seemed to actually be seriously thinking about the offer this time. His golden eyes caught sight of the Flying Bison, it flew though the skies toward the ship.
“As tempting as the offer sounds, you’re right, I am declining in your offer.” The prince spoke, half-watching as the Bison grew nearer and nearer until it finally landed on the ship. Even though part of him did want join and help them, he knew that’d be going against his farther…But was that really such a bad thing?

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When the flying bison landed on the edge of the deck Sokka looked over at it with a slight smile, then turned back to the prince. The water tribe boy listened to the prince and nodded to his answer. "I see, well..." Sokka began to speak but, looked away and shook his head before looking over at Aang, who jumped onto the bison. "Sokka, hurry up!" The female teen called out, being very uncomfortable among a fire navy ship.
"Well...it was worth a try I guess." The young man sighed to himself with a shrug before climbing aboard, looking the other way. The arrow head boy peered down below and called out. "Hey! Do you still have my staff?!" The boy yelled, hoping they would return one of the only things he has left from his homeland. (Sorry for the super late reply, been at work literally all day )

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( Tis, fine, been hosting family at my place all day, so I've had little time to do anything online anyways)

Zuko watched on silently as they climbed up onto the flying Bison, he almost let out a sigh, but stopped himself. He looked back over to his Uncle, as if hoping he’d say something, but again, he just smiled. Zuko turned back toward the group and the Bison, he looked up slightly toward the Avatar who was peering over the edge asking if they had his Staff. The prince tuned to his Uncle, “Do you have it?” He asked, his Uncle looked around him before quickly dashing inside. Soon enough he came back holding the Staff in his hands, “Here it is..” The old man spoke walking up where the Avatar was. As he handed it over he gave the young boy a small smile, “Sorry for all the trouble, but you know what my Nephew is like.” He said quietly, before handing over the Staff and walking over to stand beside his Nephew.
They watched as the young group flew off on the Bison, Zuko did not say anything as he watched them vanish into the clouds. Once they were out of sight he turned away and headed back inside the ship, his Uncle followed. “So, what’s the plan now?” Iroh asked as he followed the Prince inside.
“I’m not sure…”

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(Ah, that can be stressful lol. Easter time is always hectic when it comes to having the family over)

Aang and Sokka watched from above as the old man retreated back inside the ship only to return a few moments later with the boy's staff. His face lit up with a wide smile. "Aw, nice!" He exclaimed before reaching down to grab it. The Avatar smiled kindly and shrugged his shoulders. "It's alright, I'm sure there are a lot more after me anyways. So I better get used to it now" the young Avatar replied with an awkward smile before sitting back on the bisons head, taking ahold of the reins.
While they lifted off the deck Sokka stared down as the ship became smaller and smaller the higher they went, disappearing into the clouds. "Hey Sokka, you've been pretty quiet...are you feeling okay?" Asked the water tribe boy's sister. The young man sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just glad to be out of that damned place..." he replied, though he was really focusing on how Zuko looked like he actually seemed to genuinely think about his offer. 'What if he actually did come aboard...? How would that turn out..? I wonder if he would've brought his uncle with him..." he thought as he watched the clouds below, his ocean blue eyes gazing off into space as he thought, before furrowing his brows and shaking his head. "Why am I still even thinking about it? It's done. Over with. Ugh..." he said to himself and sighed heavily.

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