The Fire Princess's Ashes
Read the storyFor nearly a century, the Fire Nation has expanded across the world under the belief that it is bringing order and civilization. Princess Lisa, only daughter of the Fire Lord and youngest (18) of her two brothers, has spent her entire life believing this (having never been anywhere else than fire nation). She is assigned by her father to accompany troops on a first diplomatic mission where she discovers the truth. Since she is fire royalty, she accompanies this troop in regular fire nation garb as to not draw attention to her status and stay under the radar. Her brothers are more known royalty as they are older and she stays out of the spotlight. When a peaceful convoy to the Water Tribes suddenly turns into a massacre orchestrated by Fire Nation commanders, Lisa refuses to participate. She attempts to stop the attack and protect civilians from her own fire nation. Her reward is betrayal. The commander abandons her during retreat, and she is captured by Water Tribe forces. They treat her as if she personally killed and attacked their tribe. Taking their loss, emotions and hatred for the fire nation out on her through violence and torture. Lisa endures the violence as she thinks she deserves it for what her father has done to these people. The next day, Rose, an air nomad delivering supplies and Jennie's friend, stumbles upon Lisa and the state she's in and rushes to find Jennie to help heal/bandage Lisa up. Jennie, with a personal hate for the fire nation refuses but eventually gives into her friend. They both are shocked at the state Lisa is in and try to help. While getting helped, Lisa quietly tries to tell them she was trying to help, she didn't attack and she's sorry. Jennie doesn't believe her at first but eventually does after talking to the villager saved by Lisa. Days later, the Water Tribe discovers Lisa is the Fire Lord's daughter, they believe they possess the most valuable hostage in the world. Then a message arrives. The Fire Lord's response is simple: "We will not negociate."