and Quynan walked down the from mountain and they leaped and a fire wave crossed over the land. Zuko and Quynan smiled.

"Now that you know our secret...we must kill you." said the troop leader as the group approached.

Zuko and Quynan automatically went into a defence stance, but the leader howled in laughter. "No, we won't kill you, but you mustn't tell our secret..Or we will!" they hissed.

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Quynan and Zuko finished their form. Quynan and Zuko looked up as Wyvren spoke.

"That's a nice dance." he smirked at Zuko.

"It's not a dance! It's a sacred firebending form!" Zuko shouted, stalking up to Wyvren angerily.

"Oh, really? Than what is this "sacred form" called, hm?" he asked with a  cocked brow.

Zuko went silent and lowered his ears, shutting his eyes and frowning. "The Dancing Dragons.." he whispered....

Chapter 15: Boiling Rock Part 1

title (c) Avatar The Last Airbender

Zuko opened his eyes. He sighed. He looked around. The was dark and silent, only low snores were heard, some mostly from Wyvren, who was sleeping by himself in the corner. Zuko was confused...Quynan usually slept with Wyvren. He sat up and turned, he realized it was nearly dawn, the night fading slowly.

Zuko yawned lowly and stretched him. He looked at the group. Apri slept with Isis and her pups. Taeo and Haru...Toph..Seader..Wyvren. Except for the pups...they all made a powerful pack.

He turned away and walked out of the den. He stopped and scented the crisp cool air. He noticed some foot prints on the ground. He looked around, and at the top of one of the upside down air temples, was Quynan. She had sweat trickling down her forehead..she had obviously been practicing her bending moves.

He smiled widely. Quynan had master water, air, earth and almost fire. Quynan...was almost a full-fledged Avatar. He had no doubt in his mind that Quynan will defeat his Father and bring Peace to the World...but..what after that? What will happen to her when all of this is done?

He had just now realized, how old Quynan was...112 years old....Would she have enough strength to hold on after the Final Battle? He shook his head. Quynan had been in worse situations..she survived the attack when Azula shot her in the back...Though she had serious damage done..she lived.

He smiled, he knew Quynan would survive and pass on regularly. Zuko found a way to climb up near Quynan and he sat down beside her. "What's on your mind?" he asked her.

Quynan turned her head and she looked at him. "Just..about the captured people in the Fire Nation...I think..." she hung her head, she knew it was too dangerous and she didn't want to put her friends in danger.

"I'll see ya later.." Quynan leaped from the building. She headed back into the cave.

Zuko looked thoughtful. Quynan had a point...They should try and free the prisoners. He immediantly thought about his Uncle Iroh...He remembered he had freed himself from the cell the Fire Nation kept him in, but it was easy to know that they wouldn't keep benders in a place like that...

They'd probably keep them somewhere isolated. He smiled, knowing exactly where they were. He jumped down and headed into the cave.

Everyone was already awake. Quynan turned and stared at Zuko as he ran up.

"We should go and free the prisoners!" he exclaimed. "I know where they will be holding them...We could free them and then get ready for the Final Battle!" he shouted excitedly.

Wyvren growled under his breath, but was quickly silenced as Quynan looked at him.

"We should free them, but...we'll need a plan first..We can;t just barge into cell and expect that the guards will eaisly step out of our way. We should plan it step by step." Quynan said slowly.

Zuko sighed. "We should, but not long because who knows long they'll keep them there. How about this, I'll tell you where it is and go to the place and we'll meet eachother. I get everyone free from their cells and bring them where they can all be picked up." Zuko explained.

Quynan cocked her brow. "Your eager aren't you?" she asked almost chuckling.

"Yes." Zuko admitted.

"Or maybe, you're just eager to back to the Fire Nation and your daddy." growled Wyvren.

Zuko sneered, but lightened as Wyvren was punched by Toph. "Be nice!" Toph hissed at Wyvren.

Wyvren flicked his ear and went silent.

"Very well, Zuko. Tell us where this holding block is and we'll meet you there in two hours." she told him.

Zuko nodded and explained to Quynan where this cell was.

Quynan nodded and Zuko ran out of the cave.

"You sure we can trust him?" asked Seader, sitting by Quynan.

"Yes, I know I can trust him." Quynan urged. "We'll lets get to planning." said Quynan and they all circled around and began to chat about some ideas.

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Zuko walked out of the cave and went to where the Fire Nation air balloon was. He untied it and quickly hopped in as the balloon began to rise.

Suddenly he saw a large figure dash out of the shadows and toward the hot air balloon. He thought for a second the Tin-man had survived. Zuko growled and got ready to shoot some fireballs, but the figure soon leaped into the balloon effortlessly.

Zuko was about to attack, but froze. A large grey wolf with familar friendly ember eyes looked down at him. "Uncle Iroh!" Zuko yelped and hugged his buff uncle. "How did you know I was going to be here?" he asked and looked at him as the balloon got off of the ground.

"I saw you leave the Fire Nation after the avatar. I knew what you did. I know that you left the Fire Nation to join the Avatar and I knew that the Avatar would come here." Iroh grinned at his nephew.

"You're going to help me free the prisoners?" asked Zuko.

"Well, I didn't come here to watch." laughed Iroh.

Zuko nodded and flew the balloon toward the small iron island that was the holding cell for the benders. He landed the balloon behind the iron cell walls and he leaped out along with Iroh, who helped tie the balloon down.

"We might need more than this balloon to free the prisonars." said Iroh. "I leave and go steal more hot air balloons." he said and untied the balloon and was off. "I'll be back in time!" he called and ft Zuko alone.

Zuko nodded and ran off to find the entrance, but stopped. He backed away, already seeing a guard coming his way. He growled and got ready to pounce. Just as the guard turned Zuko attacked him and knocked him out. Zuko took his clothes and placed them on, so now he could bled in.

Zuko turned the corner calmly and looked around. It was a good thing these guards wore helmets, or the disguise would be useless because of his scar. He walked into the gates and looked around. There were at least 5 stories, filled with cells and hallways that led into more cells.

"This might take a while.." he mumbled and ran up the stairs to the first story of cells.

Chapter 16: Boiling Rock Part 2

Zuko turned and stared into the darkness of the cell blocks. He could see a lot of prisonars..He knew he would have to take out a lot guards to get all these people out. As he walked by the next cell, he froze, spotting a familar face in the soft glow of the gloomy cell. There, in the corner was Kit, Quynan's sister who had been captured later off by Azula.

Without even knowing..Zuko had fallen for Kit, but didn't want to say anything since there was still a wall between him and the others and didn't want to start a riot between the Avatar's group. "Kit!" he whispered harshly.

Kit looked up at the metion of her name. Kit couldn't see past Zuko's guard mask. He soon took it off and she narrowed her eyes. She didn't know that Zuko had joined the group and she still thought he was an enemy.

"Kit, I know it's weird, but I'm with the Avatar now...I swear it!" he persisted as she turned her head away from him. Kit sighed and looked back at Zuko.

Zuko smiled. "I'll be back, don't worry. I will get you out of there." he promised and ran down the hall, scanning the cells..There wasn'r as many prisonars as he thought, but they'd still need a lot of transportation.

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Zuko came back, with about ten prisonars behind him. Some of which was Longshot and Pipsqueak. He quickly unlocked the doors and Kit walked out of the cell with a few other prisonars. "Okay, you get out of here and find Iroh, he'll meet ya with some transportation.." he said and ran off to free the rest of the prisonars..

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Kit lead the party behind her, but as she shot out the door, a hand grabbed the back of her neck and she was tossed to the ground with a yelp.

"How did you get out?!" growled a wicked female voice.

"None of your buisness, wench!" Kit hissed back at Azula and stood between Azula and the prisonars. Kit snarled and ran at Azula. Azula did the same leaped onto Kit, biting her neck. Kit snarled and her eyes glowed brightly and kicked Azula's side and threw her to the ground.

Azula layed there before getting up slowly and painfully. Kit didn't see Azula stand as she went to move the others back toward the other end of the island. She turned to make sure Zuko was out, but saw Azula standing saw sparks curling up her arm. Kit winced and waited for lightening to strike her, but felt none. She opened her eyes.

Lightening struck the cell block above her. Zuko had grabbed Azula's hand and changed the direction of the lightening strike. Zuko glared at his sister and sunk his fangs into her paw and threw her into the ground toward the wall.

"GO!" he shouted and ran off. About twenty or some more prisonars ran after him, Kit leading the others off, where Iroh was waiting for them in a box like thing that lead down the mountain of the cell block.

They all hoped in, Kit leaped onto the roof, Zuko landing beside her and Iroh made the elevator like contraption go down diagonally down the hill into another cell hall, but that one was already empty of prisonars..since Iroh had freed them.

They leaped down as the box stopped. All around them were stolen Fire Nation hot air balloons. They were all soon up in the air and