THE MOD TEAM (paramods) wrote in parabolical, @ 2007-12-08 20:10:00 |
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Entry tags: | katara, prince zuko |
11/21 (the docks) - Katara, Prince Zuko. [PART 1]
WHO: Katara, Prince Zuko
WHERE: the docks
WHEN: November 21st, morning
WHAT: confusion, lots of confusion
RATING: TBA
STATUS: COMPLETE
firebender
PRINCE ZUKO
"First, I'm going to break my uncle out of prison. Then I'm going to beg for his forgiveness. And then I'm going to join the Avatar and help him stop this war."
Zuko remembered uttering those words, remembered his father's angry protests and vicious threats, remembered him throwing a bolt of lightning at him and catching it--but, apparently Zuko hadn't deflected it back at his father like he'd intended. He'd seen it all in his mind, how his triumph over his father would be. He'd defeat him and instead of taking over the throne, simply leave. It had taken him a while, but he'd realized that becoming the next Fire Lord, even a just one, would not end the war. Being back home taught him that. It was going to take something else, something more drastic. Something he couldn't do from within the palace, living that lie of a prince's life. Perhaps later he could assume the throne and pick up the pieces of the kingdom he was born to rule, but now?
It didn't matter. He failed. He was...not in the palace. Not anywhere he recognized. Was this...was this the afterlife?
Zuko stood, wearing the maroon cloak with the gold trim, standing on a dock of some sort stretched out across the water. Behind him stood a skyline filled with buildings that seemed almost frightening in their construction. So high and shimmering with light. Other dead firebenders, perhaps? He didn't know.
He balled his fists, shaking. "I'm sorry, Uncle," he whispered. "I've failed you for the last time. I tried, but it was a foolish try."