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Sokka Steals a Dragon From the Freedom Fighters Series by Pooka_Huldra
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
13 Nov 2025
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Not chronological - any of this can be read as stand-alone.
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Toph’s time-changing field trip by Dioranelle
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Jun 2025
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Five years after the war, Fire Lord Zuko and Metalbender Master Toph Beifong drink poisoned tea and die. They wake up in Ba Sing Se, right in the middle of the war. Being the responsible adult she is, Toph quickly forms a plan:
1. Drink tea with Uncle Iroh (Zuko included).
2. Don’t tell the GAang, because mystery is fun.
3. Watch everyone lose their minds trying to figure out what’s going on.
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After the Agni Kai with his father, instead of being banished his father decided to keep Zuko in the fire nation to further train him to be the fire lord. Iroh fakes Zuko’s death and sends him away to save him from his father
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While Sokka and his sister are traveling with the avatar they keep meeting this “blue spirit”
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A few changes help Zuko have an identity crisis (also known as a redemption arc) sooner than planned.
"𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘶𝘬𝘰’𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘺𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.
𝘡𝘶𝘬𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦."
Or, the one where a master firebender and his master fire-bending Uncle reside peacefully on the remote island of Kyoshi. And the Avatar needs to learn fire bending. And awaken a certain someone's older brother instincts. Add a little gay tension to the mix and you're ready for a real crisis of identity.
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- Part 1 of I'm Not Angry Anymore
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Aang is born female. It doesn't change all that much, until it does. What twelve-year-old girl wouldn't instantly develop a crush on the masked dual-sword-wielding bad boy who busted her out of Avatar jail?
Zuko's dignity suffers.
A story in which Aang accidentally humanizes herself to Zuko far earlier than her canon counterpart by the simple virtue of being a girl with an awkward crush. Well, Aang is the one with the crush. The awkward part is mostly Zuko.
Freedom of Association: The author is Christian and American conservative. Readers are free to be whatever they please.
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One to Match the Other Side by AirSickLowlander004
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Sep 2025
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What if Zuko had been a little more brash when Commander Zhao captured him and the Gaang at Roku’s temple?
Well, for one, the Gaang would’ve learned how Zuko got his scar. Because Zhao is ready to give Zuko a matching one on the other side.
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Zuko (a dragon), Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee assist the Avatar and companions on the journey to the Northern Water Tribe and fight alongside them both against the banished Fire Nation Prince Ozai and Admiral Zhao.
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They have lost...
Zuko won't break...
No matter how much he was tortured; no matter how much he was beaten, starved, humiliated, and forced to watch his loved ones burn and die. He won't, he won't, he won't.
He won't!
...Until he did...
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Ozai and Azula won, and what was left of the world was burned to ashes...
But when Zuko woke up ten years in the past with the ability to change his fate; he promised to win this war and end Ozai's reign once and for all.
...But first...
He was going to hunt down everyone who robbed him of his mate and child...
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- Part 1 of The Avatar And His Dragon
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Toph and Zuko's life-changing fieldtrip by Winner_of_the_disability_bingo
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
10 Jun 2024
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Almost a month into his soul-searching journey, Zuko's mostly figured himself out. He knows who he is, what he wants, and what he can do to get it. He just has to reach the North Pole. Hopefully, nothing too unexpected will lead him off course...
"My name's Toph. I'm hiring you to kidnap me"[Occurs during the second half of the 2-month time-skip between chapters 21-22 of Dysfunctional. It's not necessary, but strongly recommended you read that first]
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"Destiny is a funny thing. You never know how things are going to work out” by SapphireShelle91
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
02 Apr 2022
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Zuko follows the column of light, certain that it means the return of the Avatar and the end of his three year long quest.
Zuko expects to find a Master of the Four Elements, instead is "greeted" by a baby-face twelve year old and Zuko just can't deal with the idea the Great and all Powerful Avatar is a literal child...
OR Zuko's moral compass kicks in as early as Episode 2, Season 1. He takes it as well as can be expected... It's Zuko, his moral compass kicks his butt
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There is a bitter triumph in crashing when you should be soaring
Zuko has chosen the path his uncle had been trying so hard to show him; he had someone who believed in him, who maybe loved him; he was travelling with the Avatar and they apparently had a plan to end the war.
By all accounts, Zuko should be smiling.But Uncle was gone (captured by Azula, and Zuko didn't think she would kill him, but he didn’t, couldn’t, know for sure).
The Avatar was barely breathing (he could still die at any second and there was nothing any of them could do about it).
Azula had conquered the last Earth Kingdom stronghold (all those innocent people who were now at her mercy).
It seemed like, for every step Zuko took forward, the world sent him back three more.But he was determined to push forward anyways.
He needed to make his uncle proud, even if it was the last thing he ever did.aka: zuko joins the gaang at the end of season 2
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- Part 2 of Let the Darkness Lead Us Into the Light
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Really painful read, especially the unfinished ending. I might finish it myself. We'll see
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Ozai had never been a loving father, not only to Zuko. He just didn’t have it in him to love. He desired power, so he respected Azula - needed her. He did not love her.
But that was exactly the difference between the two siblings, while Azula had been in the presence of indifference - a possible liking - Zuko wasn’t just subject to a lack of love. No, he faced hatred. Pure disdain.
But it was three years ago that Ozai first left a visible mark on the boy, leaving a scar for the world to see. Shaming him, hurting him and challenging him to death, at once. Publicly humiliating him in a duel meant as a display of respect between two matched opponents, rivals.
And since then, Ozai had grown in aggression, in his abuse.
That's why Zuko had to leave.
OR: In this universe, Zuko was never banished. Instead, he was subject to three more years of abuse, and it's this abuse that causes him to come to his senses, all on his own, and join the Avatar.
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Ozai had never been a loving father, not only to Zuko. He just didn’t have it in him to love. He desired power, so he respected Azula - needed her. He did not love her.
But that was exactly the difference between the two siblings, while Azula had been in the presence of indifference - a possible liking - Zuko wasn’t just subject to a lack of love. No, he faced hatred. Pure disdain.
But it was three years ago that Ozai first left a visible mark on the boy, leaving a scar for the world to see. Shaming him, hurting him and challenging him to death, at once. Publicly humiliating him in a duel meant as a display of respect between two matched opponents, rivals.
And since then, Ozai had grown in aggression, in his abuse.
That's why Zuko had to leave.
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Hope is something you give yourself by KotWojownik
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
26 Oct 2025
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What would happen if in the events of Pohuai Stronghold Zuko instead of being knocked out, was hit with the arrow and his identity compromised? His journey is about to take a whole different turn on early stage. How will this affect the course of history?
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After the fateful Agni Kai, instead of sending him off on a ship, Fire Lord Ozai decided to remove his son's title and relegate him to being part of the Palace staff.
Zuko's pretty sure he's going to go back to being Crown Prince any day now.
Just a few more days.
And then the Avatar and his companions are captured.
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Instead of being banished zuko works in the kitchens
Gang is captured by Azusa pre North Pole, zuko frees them
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Everything happened in the space of a breath.
The Yu Yen archer’s arrow arced through the air, aimed to strike Zuko squarely between his eyes.
The Avatar began to glow, rising into the air as Zuko’s clothes rustled from a strong wind.
Boom.
The wind stopped.
The glow went out.
The Avatar fell into Zuko’s arms.
—When Aang is struck by the Yu Yen Archer’s arrow, Zuko goes from being the Avatar’s capturer to the Avatar’s caretaker. But it’s fine! He’s just biding his time. Fetching frogs for the Avatar’s friends while he waits is only logical.
But… the Avatar seems to be getting weaker. If Zuko doesn’t do something, there may not be an Avatar to capture.
Fulfills a Bad Things Happen Bingo Prompt - Reluctant Caretaker
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The last thing he remembers is being struck by Azula's lightning on the fateful day of the comet, but when Zuko opens his eyes he is faced with an Avatar's innocent question of friendship. Has he failed at bringing balance to the world or is this the Spirit's giving him another chance?
All he knows is he's not going to mess it up this time.
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- Part 1 of Another Chance
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The Last Energybender by MistressOfDeath
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
30 Mar 2024
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After surviving the tumultuous wizarding war, Iris Potter finds herself unable to move on and process what exactly happened. Feeling overwhelmed and misunderstood, she makes the daring decision to leave her familiar world behind in search of a fresh start.
Unexpectedly, she finds herself transported to the near the only tribe in the South Pole and amidst a brand new raging war.
At least she won't be an active participant in it...right? Right??
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I Don't Think Badly of You (Well, Sometimes I Do) by team_avatars_eyebags
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
08 Nov 2025
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“I heard of him!” An old man shouted from the crowd, “His own father burned and disowned him! He’s that banished prince!”
A woman’s voice whispered, “He said he’s with the Avatar? I don’t believe an ashmaker would ever…”
“Mama, is he here to hurt us?” a child asked their mother.
Blood rushed in Zuko’s good ear. His scar prickled.
This, he thought as he all but fled the scene, This is the price of being Zuko.
This is what I get for being me.
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Or, the one where Zuko has a truly awful time. Oh- I'm sorry, the one where Lee has a bad time. Lee. Right.
Continuation of "I'm Not Angry Anymore". Follows Season 2.
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- Part 2 of I'm Not Angry Anymore
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I Don't Think Badly of You (Well, Sometimes I Do) by team_avatars_eyebags
Fandoms:Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
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08 Nov 2025
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“I heard of him!” An old man shouted from the crowd, “His own father burned and disowned him! He’s that banished prince!”A woman’s voice whispered, “He said he’s with the Avatar? I don’t believe an ashmaker would ever…”
“Mama, is he here to hurt us?” a child asked their mother.
Blood rushed in Zuko’s good ear. His scar prickled.
This, he thought as he all but fled the scene, This is the price of being Zuko.
This is what I get for being me.
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Or, the one where Zuko has a truly awful time. Oh- I'm sorry, the one where Lee has a bad time. Lee. Right.
Continuation of "I'm Not Angry Anymore". Follows Season 2.
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Part 2 of I'm Not Angry Anymore
Language: English Words: 28,944 Chapters: 6/8 Comments: 193 Kudos: 671 Bookmarks: 102 Hits: 7,405
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Captured or Rescued? by NightDrawsThings
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
11 Nov 2025
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Aang claims they rescued Zuko from the collapsing Fire Temple.
Zuko, presently tied up, considers himself captured by the avatar.
The irony is not lost on Sokka.
Katara hates this entire situation.[I will try and update on mondays but don't bet on it]
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