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The Avatar and his friends offer Zuko freedom. Freedom from General Bujing. From the forced servitude of slavery. From the empty nothingness that had consumed his life.
He takes it even though he knows there has to be a cost (everything, even a life, has a cost).
And while he slowly accepts that the offer was made with no strings attached, his newfound freedom will not allow him to escape the fact that because of him Uncle Iroh is dead. And after months of suppression... so too is his firebending.
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- Part 2 of To Light a Fire
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A Punishment Not Fitting the Crime by catastrophic_arrow
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
10 Nov 2025
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Zuko couldn't sleep. Azula's words won't leave his mind.
"Dad's going to kill you!"
Azula always lies. She has to be wrong.
He still seeks out his grandfather, just to be sure.
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"Scars are generally seen as a weakness. Especially for nobles. It’s unsightly.”
There’s a moment of dead silence in which almost all eyes turn to stare at the left side of his face. Zuko keeps his mouth firmly closed.
It’s Toph who breaks the tension. “Yeah, not to call your nation out or anything, Sparky, but you literally just said that you have a massive, blinding, and deafening scar on the side of your face. As the crown prince, that seems a little hypocritical of them.” Toph snarks.
AKA: An innocent comment about scars leads to Zuko spilling his Tragic Backstory, and the chaos that follows that particular revelation.
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Starlight Scars by ShootingFromAfar
Fandoms:Avatar: The Last Airbender
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No Archive Warnings Apply
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Complete Work
04 Aug 2021
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"Scars are generally seen as a weakness. Especially for nobles. It’s unsightly.”There’s a moment of dead silence in which almost all eyes turn to stare at the left side of his face. Zuko keeps his mouth firmly closed.
It’s Toph who breaks the tension. “Yeah, not to call your nation out or anything, Sparky, but you literally just said that you have a massive, blinding, and deafening scar on the side of your face. As the crown prince, that seems a little hypocritical of them.” Toph snarks.
AKA: An innocent comment about scars leads to Zuko spilling his Tragic Backstory, and the chaos that follows that particular revelation.
Language: English Words: 3,117 Chapters: 1/1 Collections: 1 Comments: 46 Kudos: 5,203 Bookmarks: 815 Hits: 45,417
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Twilight Ember (Burning From Within) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
14 Aug 2025
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Zuko was lucky to be born. Azula wasn't.
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For as long as he could remember, Zuko was the only child. And yet there she is, his stillborn sister, sharing his body, bending his fire with a skill he could never dream of, and refusing to be ignored. The court whispers. Father insists there can only be one. But Zuko isn't even sure it's a battle he wants to fight.____________
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What if Azula was born dead, but spirit shenanigans happened, and with time it becomes apparent that she and Zuko are sharing his body. If it's even really spirit shenanigans and not just Zuko going crazy, that is.- Language:
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Zuko prayed to the spirits for help, and the Dark Water Spirit answered. The price? A prayer.
In which Zuko is still searching for the Avatar, visits underground fight clubs, and embodies chaos. And in which the Dark Water Spirit marvels at the Blue Spirit's survival skills, lack of self-preservation, and idiocy.
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"You think after everything I did to them, they'd even entertain the thought of accepting me into the team?"
"Of course. What are they gonna do? I wouldn't say we have lines of candidates for the role of Aang's firebending teacher," Toph chuckled and rested her chin on Zuko's right shoulder. He appreciated that. It was nice that someone remembered his deafness in his left ear the first time. "Besides, you're a chill guy. So what if you chased them a little. It happens! Everyone has their flaws, right?"
"… Yeah."
"Well, except me, of course."
"Yeah, whatever makes you happy," Zuko smirked, looking away.
Yes. Zuko had a chance. Definitely had one. The main thing was not to give up.
And, if possible, to ask girl's name.
OR: What if Zuko wouldn't burn Toph's feets?
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Candlewarmth, with a fistful of lightning by GlitterStained
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
02 Nov 2023
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One late night in the Western Air Temple leads to a terrible misunderstanding, but the events that follow may bring the team closer than they've ever been.
Or: my twist on "The gaang finds out how Zuko got his scar."
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it's supposed to be fun, turning seventeen by Giacarem for Valian
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
24 Dec 2023
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"Zuko's birthday!" Aang called out. "Zuko, you didn't tell us it was your birthday? We would've celebrated!"
"It doesn't matter," Zuko said, his voice commanding, if not a bit squeaky. "I've never really celebrated my birthday, so it's not like I'm missing anything. Please, just pretend that this is a normal day."
Hopefully, they would forget all about his birthday.
… Hopefully.
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The Gaang find an old calendar among the mountain of memorabilia that Zuko is burning at the Ember Island holiday house and make a startling discovery.
Zuko, on the other hand, begins to believe they are hatching a plot to kill him.
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He gathered all his remaining strength and lept out of the wreck and onto the sand. He immediately started running for his life. The sand was warm and soft under his bare feet, usually an enjoyable sensation, but it made it hard to keep his footing and therefore his speed.
"Hey! That one's running away!", he heard one of the men scream and he saw in the corner of his eye that the two closest to him started their pursuit. He picked up his pace even more, although he could feel his lungs protesting. They were already tormented through the amounts of seawater he had swallowed while almost drowning and were not happy about the heavy exercise.
"Hey! Stop!", one of his followers screamed but Zuko didn't even think about it.
He could feel them closing in but he was almost at the treeline. If he made it just a little bit further he would be safe.OR
After the Agni Kai, Ozai decides to send Zuko out to the ocean to die and make his way there as miserable as possible. To Zukos luck, the ship hits ground and the wreck gets washed up to Earth Kingdom shores, where a ship of the Southern Watertribe fleet finds the injured teen. Under his false name Lee, they offer to take him to the next port.
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Abnormal Psychology by loathsome_child
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 Feb 2025
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“We are not hugging the evil out of Zuko, Sokka.”
“No, I have an even better idea.” There's a lopsided grin playing across his features and a determined glint to his relentlessly blue eyes. It looks stupid to Katara. In retrospect, it really should have looked stupider. “What Zuko needs—” His voice becomes low and monotonous as the history lessons Gran-gran liked to dish out, and he whips a seal-walrus mustache from his pocket and plasters it onto his face with embarrassing levels of enthusiasm. “—is therapy.”
“Where the hell did you get that mustache, Sokka?”
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(Or, the Gaang attempts to give Zuko therapy. Zuko just wishes Sokka would stop interrogating him with a mustache.)
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zuko has done some...weird things. and he has to share those with the world if he wants them to double check some security measures.
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Thoughts of Reason, Thoughts of Treason by SlytherclawHomunculus
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
10 Aug 2020
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What is the difference between what you've been taught, and whats the truth? When the Avatar asked Zuko if he thinks they could have been friends, Zuko stops for a moment to think about it instead of blindly lashing out. He comes to some surprising(and haunting) revelations about himself and his nation.
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Such a sweet and cute ending! While I skipped over most of the large fever dream sections, the ones I did read did a great job of showing the change in Zuko's thoughts/loyalties. Plus it was funny how he'd randomly wrestle with himself, causing his fever to spike, and resulting in him seeing the rest of the GAang as spirits instead of normal people lol
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Pushing past the limits(tripping on hallucinogenics) by The_Bees_Want_Arson
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
19 Apr 2022
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This was all Sokka’s fault. If he had just done his job none of this would have happened.
Or: Sokka sends Aang shopping in his place and he accidentally grabs the wrong bottle. One that just happens to contain a hallucinogenic, that Zuko happens to consume. So yes this was Sokka’s fault.
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- Part 1 of Zuko
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intentions of the fire by sour_orange
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
10 Sep 2025
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The water tribe siblings stand tall besides him, a stern look on their faces. They're dressed in black, no indication of their roots other than the small beads adorning their hair and the tan color of their skin.
“You're the Fire Prince, right?”.
His body clenches at the title. “Zuko”, he offers. “There's no fire prince”.
The girl’s face stiffens, but when the boy -Sokka, a memory from years ago resurfaces- speaks, his voice is softer. “Zuko”, he repeats the name, and it makes Zuko's fingers numbly tingle. He tells himself it's from the cold.
-Or, The Fire Nation loses the war before the Avatar’s return. Aang cannot restore balance without starting another one. Ergo, a blazing revolution.
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Set a few years after the Imbalance comic, into the future post war. The Gaang is scattered about repairing what they can, when they're all mysteriously summoned to the Fire Nation palace for a special meeting with the Firelord!
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“Who?” he asks.
“Who what?”
“Who decided to take me with you? Which of you decided to save my life in the North?” Zuko asks, his words filled with all the hatred he feels for them.
The Waterbender, Boomerang Boy, and the Avatar exchange glances.
Or: Aang saved Zuko in the North. In the Fire Nation, a life saved is a debt owed—and it must be repaid.
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5 times Zuko called the Avatar Grandpa… by SeleneMoon
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
14 Sep 2020
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...and 1 time Aang asked why
Hopefully updating every two days.
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awww
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Zuko is banished with no one and nothing and left for dead. Instead, he becomes a vigilante known as the blue spirit.
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Completely unread.
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In the dregs of the Earth Kingdom, the former crew of the Wani begin to hear about a boy who chased a legend and succeeded. They hear about a lost boy far from home, and about a coward that escaped Caldera the day the sun disappeared. They hear from all sides about Fire Prince Zuko.
[Didn't you hear?]
[Didn't you see?]
[Our prince came back for us.]
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[Things were beginning to change, and Zuko finds himself gaining loyalty both from his people new and those past.]
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- Part 3 of Loyalty Through Fire
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Rise from Ashes by terracyte (WorkID: 25080454)
Summary: In the dregs of the Earth Kingdom, the former crew of the Wani begin to hear about a boy who chased a legend and succeeded. They hear about a lost boy far from home, and about a coward that escaped Caldera the day the sun disappeared. They hear from all sides about Fire Prince Zuko.
[Didn't you hear?]
[Didn't you see?]
[Our prince came back for us.]
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[Things were beginning to change, and Zuko finds himself gaining loyalty both from his people new and those past.]
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Zuko transferred from Caldera University to Kyoshi because he had no choice. He planned to keep his head down, finish his education, and get out of there as quietly as possible. Until he meets some people who are determined not to let him do anything quietly at all.
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- Part 6 of ATLAtober
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