Before:
"I still can't believe that you're just going to choose some random lady to knock up with your kid." Zuko doesn't even blink at Sokka's poor chose in wording. After so much time spent around the younger teen he's grown accustomed to the fact that the water tribe worrier speaking his mind. Even if his way of speaking can be quite... crude at times.
"It has been done before and will happen again in future generations," His voice is clear and loud as they make their way to the main hall, not that Sokka was expecting anything less of a Fire Lord. "Plus, we don't just pick a random woman from just any house hold. She will be narrow down from hundreds of noble families biased off of anything from past family health to the strength of the fire benders in past generations."
Sokka let out a low whistle then patted the scared 19 year old on the back. He would hate to have to go through all that work just to find one girl. But he guesses that knowing some of that is kind of necessary to bring the next Fire lord into this world.
You can't go having a Fire Lord that can't bend fire now can you?
Sokka lets the subject drop as they turned the last corner to their destination.
They had a party to attend and people to charm.
The sound of an arrow being released echoed in their ears; something slams into Zuko.
Screams filled the air, someone had tried to shot the Fire lord.
Zuko's kneeling on the ground, there's blood pooling around him.
When Aang finally breaks away from the panicked crowed; the sight that greats him is not the one that he had expected. But it pains him all the more.
It was not Fire Lord Zuko that took an arrow to the heart that day; no, it was Sokka of the water tribe.
The arrow went straight through his heart, he never had a chance.
Sokka was dead.
A/N: So yeah, I know. That was very lazy of me but I promise the next chapter will be much longer. I just wanted to set the mood!
Oh, and this chapter was unbetaed because I'm an inpatient little fucker.
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