I told my counselor how I was having problems getting myself to write each day, so she gave me an envelope with a prompt in it today and told me to open it and write whatever came to mind based on it. I was supposed to open it when I got home... but I ended up waiting till after watching the new Avatar special... twice. Thus my first Avatar one shot was born. Ooh, Zuko angst, how original of me. I bet nobody in this fandom ever does that. XD
It's also my first true double drabble, a drabble being a 100 word fic and a double drabble being 200 words. I was going for a normal drabble when editing it, but I realized it wasn't gonna happen and added onto it instead.
P.S. First Avatar fic is not code for go easy. I may be new to this fandom, but I've been writing fan fics for years. I'm totally up to any constructive critisism you may have for me. :)
Junk
By Netbug009
Junk, and loads of it. But it wasn't that junk that you could easily toss aside into a garbage can and forget about. It was the type that nobody but him could see.
He still had many doubts about leaving. No, no he didn't actually. His doubts were in what would happen after the matter. Would he ever be able to feel good about himself? Would anybody else even give him the chance to? What if nobody wanted him on their side? What if he was the junk himself in this situation?
He didn't know the answer to that. All he knew was that he wouldn't feel right until he at least gave it a shot. There was something that had began to burn inside him the day that he had seen what the true good was. It was a flame beyond his control, beyond that of any firebender, and it burned with desire to redeem himself.
His last flame had a similar want, but this flame didn't care about honor, or popularity. All Zuko cared about now was for once feeling good about who he was, and it seemed serving good was the only way that would be realized.
Good old redemption. I love that theme. It's good for analogies too. :D