oh...goshers. I wrote this AGES ago..for last year's Zutara Week. I'm rather proud of this one, to tell the truth... Have fun figuring out who's who :3
You are of excellent breeding, only the finest of generations. You share the bloodline of the purest royalty and honors. You are the pride of your nation, the epitome of the Fire Nation. You shall not shame your lineage by disgracing your name, or you shall be severely punished. The ancestry of your fathers traces you back through the most noble of sovereigns. You shall not mingle with commoners of filth and diluted blood. They are of unworthiness and horrors. Their blood runs strongly in your veins. Your people are your humble servants. You are not bred or raised to be failures; you will train and become stronger. Your power and worth will be decided by your skills of strength and ferocity. It is in your blood. Do not disgrace me.
Yes Father…
You are the children of warriors, strong and powerful leaders. You will lead with grace and with pride. Your people are your brothers and sisters. Mistakes bring strength to you, for you learn and pick yourself up from the debris. Never turn away the outcast, for integrity may fall into strengths. Your Rite of Passage does not depend on your physical strengths or powers, rather, the power you generate from your heart, and the might you instill in your comrades. Your heritage is beautiful, diverse and one of the most important things in your history. Everyone who is your companion is your brother or sister in friendship, even your most dire enemies when the time may come. You don't have to make me proud, because you already have, and I know you will continue to do so. It's in your blood, as it is in mine and your Tribe.
Yes Dad.
What honor is there in going back for a crippled soldier when you can grasp the riches for yourself?
He fell thunderously back, standing over her prone form, lashing furiously at incoming evils.
Never leave a comrade behind.
She left him, to face Azula alone, while she helplessly was carted away to aid elsewhere.
Do not ever hesitate. Always strike with conviction.
Face to face, neither could bring themselves to unleash the final blow…until the urgency of the battle commences and they are forced to continue raising hellfire towards the other.
Do not taint our lineage and shame our family.
He gave his firstborn son the throne: a blue-eyed Fire Lord with the most exquisite firebending powers, and well favored throughout the Fire Nation.
Lead with your children
And teach them with their Father's knowledge before them.
It's in their blood.
and fin!