Zuko was born into misfortune—an orphan turned into a slave within the home meant to save him. Abused, mocked, and beaten, his final escape ended with a bullet to the chest and a life discarded like garbage. But death was not the end. Saved by a mysterious woman of light, Zuko is given a second chance at life—reborn as Franz Leonhart, the cherished child of a loving couple. As he begins this new life, memories of his past still haunt him. Will the scars of yesterday consume him, or will Franz rise from the ashes to claim the future he always deserved?