1. Allurance
ATLA AU: Sozin was repentant towards Avatar Roku, begging for forgiveness as he withdrew his armies from the Earth Kingdom, Roku was glad to have his friend back and they continued their lives in peace. The night of the volcano on Roku island, Sozin was on Ember island with his family, arriving too late to save his old friend. Saddened, Sozin promised to locate the new Avatar in hope to assist in anyway with training and resources.
That night, before his plan could be passed on, Sozin was assassinated in his bed as he silently mourned his friend, resulting in Azulon's early ascension to the throne. Weeks later, evidence pointed towards an Earth Kingdom assassin, most likely kin to someone who perished when Sozin initially invaded their land.
Meanwhile, Avatar Aang grew to be sixteen, where he was told of his identity. A heated argument broke out amongst the monks over Aang's future. Desperate to escape he took off with his pet flying bison, Appa. They were tragically caught in a storm as they flew south, as the water surrounded them, Aang entered the Avatar state, saving them both. They have yet to be recovered. Shortly after Aang's absence, the Air Temple's were attacked by rouge Fire Nation assassins, believing the Fire Lord was weak for withdrawing, and intending on forcing the Avatar cycle to move forward to fire after they slaughtered the next water and earth children born as the Avatar. This caused for excessive bloodshed, as the Air Nomads attempted to fight back. Many survived, but many were lost, this resulted in the Air Nomads becoming increasingly more secretive and secluded.
For years, Azulon obsessed over his father's murderer, demanding the Earth Kingdom turn the assassin over, this affected his relationship with his youngest son, as Azulon only really paid attention to him when Ozai's wife fell pregnant, their first son, Zuko, was showered with the love that Ozai felt he deserved. When Azula was born, she favoured Ozai, this gave Ozai the appreciation he wanted. When Zuko was fourteen, he and Azula were battling before their father, Zuko had knocked Azula down. This was a great achievement for him, as he received lesser training with Ozai than she did. Ozai was blinded with rage at the apparent disrespect Zuko had for his sister, and decided to teach him a lesson, burning his face. Iroh and Azulon barely made it as Ozai was about to make the other side 'match'.
Azulon lived until Zuko had turned sixteen, that night, he passed in his sleep. Iroh did not assume the throne, fearing for his own life and the life of his wife and son, especially if Ozai had to wait until Iroh and Lu Ten's deaths before he took the throne. Seven years of the cruel Fire Lord's rule past slowly, Zuko tried his hardest to seem worthy, with Iroh and his family travelling the world and Ursa not daring to speak out.
It was night when the Earth Kingdom attacked the palace, Zuko stayed behind to give his family cover, not knowing that Ozai ensured that he would be forgotten.
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This will be a multi-chapter fanfiction, and my first purposeful AU (alternate universe), reviews are appreciated, but I will still post chapters regardless.
