They Have Been Changed For Good
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It was night at the Western Air Temple, and Zuko just got into bed, it was a busy day: Toph got her revenge, Aang moved up two new levels in firebending, Sokka got better in sword fighting and Katara seemed a little more open to him. He took out his picture of Iroh and wondered where he was, at the same time Iroh was looking at a picture of Zuko wondering the same thing as they both went to sleep, the pictures where on their hearts…
They were in a meadow with a beautiful night sky, at different sides and their eyes locked, Zuko didn't say anything so Iroh started to sing:
"I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you…"
Zuko looked at his uncle as he continued to sing:
"Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good"
As he sung this the scene changed to fit his words. He then started to leave as Zuko sung:
"It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a sky bird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you"
Iroh smiled and sang:
"Because I knew you"
Then they sung together:
"I have been changed for good"
Zuko, in recognition to what happened in the Crystal Catacombs of Old Ba Sing Se sang:
"And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for"
Iroh in response to this sang:
"But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share"
Then they sung together:
"And none of it seems to matter anymore"
As Iroh sang:
"Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood"
Zuko sang:
"Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood"
Then they sung together heads looking at the ground:
"Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better"
Iroh's head rose as he sung:
"And because I knew you..."
Zuko raised his head to sing:
"Because I knew you..."
Then they sung together:
"Because I knew you...
I have been changed…for good."
They woke up with smiles on their faces as they begun their day.
A/N: If you didn't realise, this is a dream :). This idea has been hammering on me for a while so here it is
