Iroh wasn’t happy; Izumi knew it even without her bloodsensing skill. But unfortunately the decades spent mastering her bending also meant she got the added misfortune of feeling her son’s tension and fatigue, of feeling everyone’s, and not being able to do a blasted thing. For now, she could only lean into Kaja’s sturdy arm … Continue reading
“Everyone comfortable?” Varrick asked. The front row of the theater was filled up with the royal family, Bolin and Tenna, as well as Nanami, Zhu Li, and of course, the man who’d made the mover they were about to watch and couldn’t stop talking about it. “We’re quite fine,” Izumi said, leaning over in hopes … Continue reading
Mica’s mind was racing so quickly that she barely felt the shoves of the crowd around her. Suddenly so many things made sense now. The nights her mom would wake up the whole house screaming when Mica was little. Or why she would always insist they take the stairs even when an elevator was faster. … Continue reading
“All right, you two,” came Aunt Zarah’s sharp voice when the car finally pulled up to her house. “You both get up those stairs, and don’t you dare take a step into my kitchen until you have things settled.” Mica opened her mouth to object, but Shyu knew better than to start an argument with … Continue reading
Aunt Zarah, Shyu soon discovered, was not messing around. A drive out to the docks, a quick jump into one of the princess’s waiting motorboats, then he and Mica found themselves on what had to be the most uninhabited island in the whole Fire Nation. Nothing but piles of volcanic rocks and the sad remains … Continue reading
Two massive cliffs rose up on either side of the pyramid, each with a huge cave in its side. The alignment of the caves was so perfect, it looked as if it only could have been done by a flying earthbender. Or a dragon, Shyu thought. “Are those…Ren and Shaw’s caves?” he asked, pointing. Mica … Continue reading
Shyu was asleep as soon as he hit the pillow. Mica didn’t blame him. Though it did leave her in the awkward position of having no one to talk to. Worse yet, Zarah was stubbornly insisting that they stick around the entire weekend, which was just plain annoying. So what if there were mobs of … Continue reading
Rina sat in class, rubbing her knuckles, hoping the action would stop her from outright wringing her hands in view of her classmates. How had everything gone downhill so quickly? Over the course of mere days, Lady Izumi’s bloodbending had been revealed, the former Firelord herself had been arrested, and something (she had no clue … Continue reading
They left the tribe two days later. Had circumstances been different, Mica would have rather enjoyed the mini vacation to its fullest. But as it was, her stomach was still in knots over everything and all she wanted was to get back to civilization where she belonged. She bowed thanks to Chief Lilly, as Shyu … Continue reading
Iroh’s palms were sweating as he approached the United Republic prison. He’d worn gloves frequently in his days as a general, and they had always managed to hide things like this. They hid shaking fingers well, too. He could have used that now. Maybe one of his actions as Firelord should have been to change … Continue reading