Hello, you fabulous people! Welcome to my very first fan fic (on this site, at least)!
Oh, I know what you're thinking: "Dear Lord, not ANOTHER OC story! If I read about another OCx[actual character] gushy love story I think I might hurl!"
...or at least, that's what I guess you're thinking...I'm not exactly a Martian Manhunter when it comes to telepathy...
Well, allow me the delighted pleasure to prove you wrong!
This is NOT a love story in the sense of a cootie-infected Twilight parody *shudder*. This fasinating tale has ADVENTURE! ACTION! FRIENDSHIP! LOVE! IN-DEPTH CHARACTERS! HUMOR! FAMILY! THRILL! (Seriously, what more would you want? =D).
Interested? The adventure continues below...
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender. All chararcters go to their respected owners/creators. (*grumbles* If I did Tokka could be canon and Season 2 of Lok would have aired in March...).
It's a classic love story (don't stop me if you heard it already).
The fire nation girl of wealth, noble decent runs away two nights before her arranged marriage with the earth kingdom commoner. They've secretly been meeting, despite the rules of society, and believe they're ready to take on the world. The end, all go galloping happily on ostrich horses into the sunset…right?
Wrong.
You forgot about the mortified family; oh gee, did you hear how Roshina's eldest ran away with an earth kingdom commoner?
Yes, it really is a shame; there goes the trading business. Such a disgrace!
I heard that the father has turned to the fire whiskey, too.
No kidding? That little devil cat left her poor mother in the hands of their second girl…apparently she hasn't left the house for a month.
That poor sweetie will never be married; the eldest made sure of that.
They seemed like such an esteemed bloodline, too. What a heartbreaking way to dirty the water.
Don't forget the harsh, cruel slap of reality to the runaways.
Like the fact that merrily skipping across the fire nation islands is all fun and well for a couple months until a certain young woman discovers she's with child.
He ditched her faster than you could say fire flakes.
She took the long, grueling, and dishonorable path home: the one the winds between the mountains of regret and valleys of loneliness.
Back home, there wasn't much of a 'home' to return to.
Upon arrival, (now at four months), the excepting girl is greeted with a sister that despises every piece of her being for leaving her in this hell hole, a despairing mother and a lost father…
A nightmare.
I'll spare you the details and make it sound prettier than it really is….you're welcome.
Their dignity is gone, burned with irony dancing on the ashes.
The eight generation business has completely failed and abandoned.
The mother cuts ties with the wandering father and journeys to a village by the ocean, for a fresh start. The eldest comes with her.
The younger daughter has an honorable marriage to a proper man and moves into a suitable home…but that doesn't clean her sister's stain on the family.
The single mom gives birth to a healthy baby girl and dies shortly after.
(Some say malaria fever, but others know of a broken heart).
So, just to sum it up, we have a deceased mother and a baby left to her mother to raise, a lost soul of a former father, a disgraced, shadowed sister and a tainted family bloodline.
It's a real hot mess.
The new grandmother is done with it all. She moves, for the final time, to the far out fire nation islands to make her true home.
There, Roshina builds her simple home on the edge of a cliff, facing East to greet the Sun. The aging woman grows herbs and spices for the local village and occasionally, makes glass with the aid of the beach's sand and her gift of fire with her granddaughter. It's good practice for the young one and teaches the beauty of transformation to the little girl.
The motherless child is raised by the ancient art of the sun and sacredness of a life. Sure, the war's still raging on but maybe there is some peace left in the hostile world…even if it is a small amount…
But nothing lasts forever.
AH, A CLIFFHANGER! I'm so evil...*begins evil laugh and chokes on own spit* ...well, I try.
More on the way, dearies! You're viewing of this new story (So formal, Everleaf! Why thank you, Everleaf! I do try...), means so much to me! Almost more than honor means to Zuko...almost...
Reviews are nice, too! Just puttin' it out there...think of them as little gifts of joy presented as electronic comments; you know you wanna!
(Unless you don't, of course...but still consiterate it! I'd really appreciate it!).
I won't keep you any longer; you are busy, important people with things busy, important people need to do.
Also, it's almost Summer! Hurray! :D Go outside and enjoy it!