Zutara Week
Also Known as the Week My Carefully Constructed Life Fell Completely and Utterly Apart
Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender or the idea of Zutara Week. I only own the plot and the occasionally OC that may pop in.
Prologue
Also Known as Katara's Rules to Surviving High School
Once upon a time there was a girl like no other. She came from small beginnings, but that didn't stop her from achieving much. She lived centuries ago in a time of chaos and war. So she went on a quest to end the war with a young boy and her older brother. Along the way she met friends and enemies, fought couragous battles, and helped others. She was a unforgetable girl full of life, passion, and kindness. I only have one thing in common with this girl of legends.
My name is Katara.
My parents had a thing for legends when my brother and I were born. So we both ended up with the names of old war heroes of centuries ago. I think they wanted us to be like those heroes. They wanted by brother to be a leader, smart, and funny. They wanted me to be kind, caring, and brave. Well, my brother close so they didn't completely fail. Maybe I could have been like the Katara in all those old stories, but I'm not. I didn't want her adventurous life and wanted and easy one.
So over the course of my life I have set list of rules for myself. They are meant to keep my life as simple as possible. A simple and easy life I decided a number of years ago was the way to living a long life. A boring life at times maybe, but not every moment has to be full of passion and adventure right? I mean that's the stuff you only find in fluffy romance novels, not something in real life. I have no plans for my life to like one of those novels, so a boring life is fine with me.
Well, okay maybe a boring life is not what I want exactly. I mean pretty much every girl wants to be the girl in those fluffy romance novels to some extent and run off with her prince charming into the nearby sunset. Everyone has their dreams and wants though, but they tend to stay only dreams.
Honestly though, I'm fine with following my rules if I survive life or at least the rest of high school in particular. I mean my rules have got to my junior year in one piece, which is something to say about high school. High school is drama central with it's rumors, betrayals, and lies. All things I want to avoid wholeheartedly. So I'm sticking to my rules at least until I graduate.
My rules are very simple and pretty much guarantee maximum boringness. I have seven of them, I guess their my own personal commandments.
Rule 1 : Hold in your curiosity. Because curiosity, specially mine which rivals a cat, just leads to drama.
Rule 2 : Do yourself a favor and avoid unnecessary attention. Only talk when needed and be distant.
Rule 3 : Don't become too close to others, it will only end in heartache.
Rule 4: Don't tell anyone anything personal! Remember this is high school, home to the bloodthirsty and back-stabbing.
Rule 5 : Avoid major conflict and even the minor ones that can escalate quickly into larger than life problems.
Rule 6 : Keep your opinions, definitely your strong and loud ones, to yourself.
Rule 7: Do not ever EVER fall in love with anyone! High school is just full of lust and quick meaningless romances.
All of these look pretty on paper, but honestly they are hard to keep at times and just heart-breaking to follow. I thought I could keep these rules and keep my life drama free, I mean I pretty much have been doing it since middle school. I had high hopes in keeping these rules at least the remaining time I had left in high school and then drifting away from my rules would be gradual at least.
It took one week of knowing Zuko Agni to utterly demolish every single one of my rules, that I Katara Whitewater created.
New story for Zutara Week 2011 on Deviantart. The story will have about nine chapters. I have the next chapter written and a good idea of what will happen next. Also I'm looking for a better title rather than Zutara Week so feel free to send suggestions. Please review I love to read your comments.
PS: Long live the Zutara spirit! :)
