“Sien, stay close now,” Ren warned a few hours later. The foliage was getting thicker by the moment and Katara could see they were approaching another rise in the rock. Sien slowed by a pace, but still insisted on taking shortcuts through shrubs and over rocks to get herself ahead, rather then trudge along with … Continue reading
Zuko awoke at dawn the next day. He could see through the crack in the tent that the sun was just barely peeking out over the horizon. There were no other sounds around him. So, was he the first one awake? Zuko shifted a bit, not wanting to wake anyone. It was strange; now that … Continue reading
“I still can’t believe it,” Katara marveled later after Zuko and Ren managed to convince Druk to give them a lift back down to camp. “I wouldn’t have believed it either if I hadn’t seen it firsthand,” Zuko admitted. “Does this mean… Druk’s a daddy?” Sien asked, excitement in her eyes. “No, baby girl. He’s … Continue reading
Azula lowered her head; her whole body twitching. Aang could see it even as he approached the doorway. He remembered Zuko saying that his sister was slipping, but he didn’t realize just how bad it had gotten. “Where’s the Avatar?” she demanded of the terrified servants around her. “I summoned him half a minute ago! … Continue reading
The crowd that met out on in the royal gardens was much larger than the one that had been inside the room. Everyone on the palace staff was watching, including about a dozen Fire Sages who stood in a line at the front. The Head Sage held the Fire Lord’s crown in his hands; the … Continue reading
There was a knock at the door while Zuko was eating. He’d been taking all his meals in a private room, and he’d made it perfectly clear that he wanted no one else in said room except whichever servant happened to be assisting him. So the knock, short of being some kind of dire Fire … Continue reading
Funny, Zuko assumed after having his bending switched around twice now, the third time the sensation wouldn’t be nearly so strange. It was still pretty unsettling. But this time around, it was also comforting. The strange presence of the lightning he had been clawing at the back of his brain suddenly left him, and it … Continue reading
Setting: The Southern Water Tribe, AG 172 Zuko reached out towards the roaring fire. He felt no warmth from it; only the sensation that the heat improved the circulation in his hands. Which, at his age, wasn’t a bad thing. It was Chief Tonraq and his wife Senna who had opened their home to him … Continue reading
Korra stirred in the middle of the night. She was pretty sure she’d heard arguing. No one argued in her dreams. Either she didn’t remember them at all or she dreamed of someone trying to kill her. Her brain didn’t have much middle ground. “Oh, and that’s going marvelously well, isn’t it?” The voice was … Continue reading
“Bloodbending is largely a matter of keeping the body under your influence moving.” Zuko had not been joking about starting their lessons right away. Korra was out of bed now, sitting in chair identical to Zuko’s, the two of them facing each other in the center of the room. Other than that, though, nothing had … Continue reading