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Avatar: The Legacy of Fire (Book I: Air) by candlebreak
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
12 Jun 2025
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Fire. Air. Water. Earth.
The sages used to tell stories of the old days: a time of terror when the tyrant Avatar suppressed all people and divided the land between the Fire Nation, Air Nomads, Water Tribes, and Earth Kingdom. But everything changed when Sozin’s comet allowed the Fire Nation to fight back. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, stood in the way of a prosperous and united world. But just when we almost managed to defeat him, he vanished.
A hundred years have passed, but the world cannot truly be united until the Avatar is found. Three years ago, my father entrusted me with a sacred task: to find and capture the Avatar, and thereby redeem a great shame and failure of the Fire Nation. And although many believe this is an impossible task, I still have hope. I still believe that, somehow, I will find the Avatar and restore honor to the Fire Nation and to myself.
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AU where the Avatar Spirit left Aang in the iceberg and was eventually reborn in everybody’s favorite grumpy fire prince.
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- Part 1 of Avatar: The Legacy of Fire
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Wives of Fire by PuddleJumper88 for Lillyof_thevalley
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
02 Jun 2025
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Instead of banishing Zuko, Ozai forces him to marry.. three different girls.
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Sokka’s experiences attending Kyoshi Academy with chronic illness through his letters to his best friend Yue.
“Then Professor Iroh said, “Getting to know my nephew Zuko is like making a cup of tea. You must be patient, or else your tea will be weak and you may get burned. Please trust that his heart is in the right place. I’m sure the two of you will become great friends with time.”
So yeah, I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean. Do you? Because it sounded a little ominous. ‘His heart is in the right place’ like did he murder someone?! Is Iroh trying to tell me to sleep with one eye open? Honestly, having an old man obsessed with tea deliver me cryptic warnings about his nephew is not exactly what I was expecting when I got here today, but I’m kind of here for it.”
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How to accidently befriend you enemy and make them think you're someone else a guide by Zuko by Skeleton_Secrets_99
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
11 May 2025
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The arrow only injured Zuko it did not knock him out. Shocked by how foolish his enemy is Zuko takes the opportunity to find out more about the Avatar and accidently becomes one of the GAANG in the process. Why does the Avatar keep looking at him like that and what's the strange voice he keeps hearing? Zuko really should listen to his Uncle more often.
Back from hiatus
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- Part 1 of The blue spirit chronicles
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Bro, you need to stop passing out after every good deed. it's probably not good for your health by Gargargay
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 May 2025
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When Zuko first joins, He wouldn't sit with them to eat. And then when he was forced, he barely ate anything. But it's okay because he has rations left over. At least that's what Zuko said, He said he had plenty but who knows how long they'll last? He gives sokka and Katara Some rations for when they eat but it's probably because he has plenty left right? wrong.
Zuko is stupid and doesn't want to say no to the Gaang so he just ends up passing out from not eating
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Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.
Featuring Azula's extended field trip, Jun not signing up for this, and Sokka's increasing desire to scream. Come get your international politics with a side of baby dragons.
Podfic and German translation now available, see chapter one notes!
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Zuko doesn’t hesitate to try and save his enemy’s life. Zhao takes his hand.
// AU where Zhao momentarily decides he isn’t too proud to live and Zuko finds himself working with his would-be killer.
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With the arrival of Princess Azula, Toph Beifong, and Master Piandao to the Fire Nation, Fire Lord Zuko, barely staying afloat as is, finds himself thrown directly into the very thing he's been avoiding: the fallout of the Hundred-Year War. As faces old and new emerge from the shadows, some friend and other foe, Zuko struggles to help both his nation and the world while grappling with exactly what it means to do what is right.
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Books 2 and 3 of Fractures
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- Part 2 of Fractures
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"Li" can't remember his name or anything before waking up alone and injured in the ghost town. He can only hope to find the answers he craves in Ba Sing Se. Too bad the spirits enjoy toying with his life and sanity.
Chapter 91 summary: In which Tengfei has a meeting a while coming and reaffirms the bonds of brotherhood.
TV Tropes: Foxfire
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For years, Zuko has wondered what could have been. What could have been had he not spoken up? Now though, he wonders what could come. Because either he lives, or the world dies. And what comes after? That was something he'd never thought about. But that after is rapidly approaching, and Zuko isn't sure he's ready for it. But he doesn't have a choice now, times passes all the same. He can only try, and do, and hope that it's enough.
Things must change. Zuko included.Series
- Part 2 of Through a Dragon's Eye
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Three times the Gaang made insensitive assumptions about Zuko’s scar, before he was their friend, and the time they finally learned the truth.
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“when this is all over, I’m tracking down whoever put that dumb ugly thing on his face, and making them a war hero!” -
Frostbitten memories and Burning futures by Livylooloo
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
01 Dec 2024
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What if sokka tried to protect katara when the southern raiders came and turned himself in as the water bender?
What if he spent time in a water ending prison before being freed by a freshly banished vigilante prince known as the blue spirit?
What if zuko turned against his nation early on anc instead fell for a southern non bender called sokka? -
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Set after, "Meeting Your One," this series follows Zuko and Katara as they meet, over and over again, and how being soulmates affects these interactions. Soulmate AU.
Part of the "Zuko's One" universe.
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- Part 2 of Zuko's One
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Son Of Light, Daughter Of Darkness by MuseForYou
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
16 Oct 2024
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Katara is eighteen, avoiding an arranged marriage to the only man her age in all the South pole who she’s not related to, and stumbles upon a man freezing in the ice.
He’s been abandoned by whatever ship he sailed on, and has no memory of where he comes from, who he is, or why he has stunning gold eyes when everyone else in the South Pole has gorgeous blue.
Even though he makes her heart flutter like nothing else before, Katara has a duty to her people. The neighboring tribe’s proposal would ensure her village survives the brutal winter, but she cannot stand her betrothed. Meanwhile, the stranger with amnesia needs to prove his worth to the village if he doesn’t want to be exiled for the sin of having the wrong colored-eyes.
They strike a deal. Help each other provide for the town, and he’ll get to stay until he remembers who he is, and Katara can avoid her marriage — at least for one more year.
But after a year together, fighting to survive the cold, how will they face his memories coming to the surface when someone else is found in the ice?
(AKA this is a slightly aged up gaang. Zuko has amnesia, lives in SWT for a year, and then joins the gaang early for events of the show. Zutara-centric.)
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Senior Year Was Supposed To Be The Time Of His Life.
But changing schools and changing houses right before the first day has done a lot worse for his reputation than the scar on his face ever did. Now, Zuko has to start all over again while balancing his time at his uncle's tea shop, and he's not exactly feeling the senior spirit.
Senior Year Was Supposed To Be The Time Of Her Life.
Katara had finally planned to step out of her friends' shadows, but she still feels like she can't catch up. Things only get worse when the new guy shows up with a scowl that does funny things to her heart, and a burn that's all too familiar.
It reminds her of what happened to her mom.
(An enemies to awkward friends to lovers fic about high school love, friendships, and hijinks with a backdrop of major angst because of TW: child abuse, drug use, war, and death. But I promise, it's mostly fun.)
Rating is for trigger warnings, Yue's past death, and potential steamy scenes.
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The Fire Goes Out by Moon_Heart_Perfect for AlltheFandoms_tooManyShips
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
29 Sep 2024
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In, Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth, toph comes to the rescue and saves zuko from losing his bending. But what if she wasn't there?
Also if you've never read what I'm referring to go read it, it's by AlltheFandoms_tooManyShips and it's amazeballs, they are a great author.
Story starts at the end of chapter 2 of Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth, after katara leaves zuko in the dark.
Updates every now and then
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- Part 2 of Moonheart's avatar fics
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In a world at war, not everyone under the conqueror's flag are fortunate ones. Nyra, born and raised in Fire Nation, walks the world hiding the wounds of her past tragedies, in an attempt to forget and survive. However her destiny is irreversibly marked when she applies for a seemingly harmless job... on Prince Zuko's ship.
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IMPORTANT: English is NOT my first language. Sorry if some expressions are not quite well achieved. Any suggestion or correction is welcome. Also this is the first fan fic I write so I'm still getting a hand on it.Series
- Part 1 of Wildfire
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A Light in the Dark - Zuko/Reader - Zuko x reader by Flamio_Hotman27
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
31 Aug 2024
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After losing everything to the war Y/N is forced to figure things out on her own. When she gets caught in the woods with a pair of monsters, who will come to her rescue? And who will show her that maybe there is more to life than she had let herself think?
Based around the time that Zuko joins the group peacefully and we get iconic line "Hello, Zuko here," but a few things were switched around regarding the characters.
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Sokka becomes Zuko shelter form an abusive relationship.
By: sulkybender
Read By: CursedKarmahttps://archiveofourown.info/works/37478377/chapters/93532345
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Zuko nervously digs his keys out of his pocket and starts fumbling at the mailboxes. And he is fumbling. It’s like his fingers aren’t working properly, and he can’t get the key into the slot. It’s the most mundane thing, and Sokka can’t remember the last time he felt so scared.“Let me help,” Sokka says, because he can’t say "what’s wrong with you?"
Something’s wrong, something is very wrong, and it’s making Sokka crazy, not being able to pinpoint what it is. It makes him feel like he has to cut the right wires before a bomb goes off, except the bomb is Zuko going back upstairs again.
Zuko pushes his hair behind his ears, nervously, and Sokka follows the gesture until he’s looking at Zuko’s face. Zuko, who is always un-fussed-with and unkempt, is wearing makeup. It’s pasty, slightly darker than the tone of his skin, and it trails across his right temple like the tail of a falling star.
“Your head,” Sokka says.
Zuko looks at him.
“My…?”
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They have gone and given us a month by Clouddiett
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
17 Aug 2024
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"You're going to heaven love, there will be no pain there." Suki sheds more tears than she would like. "There it's full of turtle ducks and rainbow dragons."
"Dragons are not multicolored." Zuko lets out a dry laugh.
"They can be."