A/N: So, yeah, another Maiko, what a surprise!! But yay my first chapter story!! I'm really excited; hope you all enjoy it as much as my friends at school do! OK, so this story is set three years after Sozin's Comet. Alright, maikoxshipper, I'm dedicating this one to you!! I love ya!
B/N: Maikoxshipper is one lucky chica. O3o Oh, and I have officially beta-read this; any and all grammar errors can be blamed on me; PM me 3VAD127, blah blah blah…
Disclaimer:I do not own Avatar. If I did, Mai would have her hair down IN EVERY EPISODE!
It hasn't always been this way
I remember brighter days
Before the dark ones came
Stole my mind,
Wrapped my soul in chains
"Set Me Free" by Casting Crowns
Rebirthing:Chapter 1
Tragedy Strikes
Mai's heart raced as her footsteps pounded down the empty hallway. A green-clad figure moved to her left, but she easily took him out, not even bothering to take a glance back. She had to get to the throne room. Mai rounded a corner but had to skid to a halt to avoid stepping on the many dead bodies that littered the floor.
"No!" the fire lady screamed, tears threatening to spill down her face.
They were already in the throne room. Mai stepped over the bodies and slammed the doors open to a sight that made her wish she hadn't. Her husband was bound at his ankles and wrists with rock against the wall. Mai just stood there, paralyzed, as she watched an Earth Kingdom soldier walk up to Zuko. He leaned in and whispered something in the fire lord's ear. The soldier got an evil smile on his face, Zuko struggling desperately against his bonds as the man took an Earthbending stance. Mai's mind kicked into action. She took off into a sprint and flung three daggers at the man. Two met their target. One sliced through his arm, and the other one buried itself in his side. Zuko's head shot to her.
"Mai! Stay out of this!" he yelled at her.
The Earthbender growled and ripped the knife out of his side. "Well, isn't this wonderful?" he spat. "It's Miss Psycho Dagger Girl."
The black haired woman raced toward her husband's captor, her daggers brandished. But the soldier just smiled as he turned the ground under her into sand. Mai couldn't help but give a small yelp as she sunk waist deep into sand, which, she realized, was now turned into solid rock.
"Zuko! I can't move!" Mai struggled. Her hands were encased as well, so she couldn't do anything.
"Leave her out of this!" the fire lord yelled. "You don't want her, you want me!"
"You're completely right, Your Highness," the man mocked. "Now, on to business." He picked up one of Mai's daggers and walked up to the young fire lord.
"Zuko," was all Mai could squeak, before she watched the most horrible thing she had ever seen.
Everything seemed to unfold in slow motion as she watched Zuko's eyes widen and then glaze over in pain as her knife was thrust through his stomach. But it wasn't over yet. His eyes darted over to her and he mouthed the words "I love you" before the man stepped in front of him and brought the dagger to his throat. Tears cascaded down her face, unnoticed. Mai heard the sound of steel through skin and then the sound of choking as she watched her love spew blood out of his mouth, coughing and hacking. She was suddenly aware of a sorrowful wail that she recognized as her own. The soldier then turned to her and Earthbended her out of her imprisonment.
"You're next," the man laughed maniacally.
Mai didn't think, she just whirled around and ran as fast as she could. She ran out of the palace, past her home, past the town. She followed a path out of the volcano, past the prison tower. She finally collapsed in a heap and cried. Her husband was gone, her home taken over, and for the first time in her life, she felt scared.
A/N: Yeah, I know, I'm terrible, killing poor Zuko in the first chapter. Oh, well. All right, you know what to do!
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