OK, this is NOT a Mary-sue. yay. This is, however, my first avatar fanfic, and yes, I know, I haven't updated any of my other stories in awhile but... I'm back! and I'll update soon. Please Read and review, HOWEVER flames will be saved and laughed at for years to come, so don't bother sending them. This does contain SokkaXSuki and AangXKatara but those appear a wee bit later on, and are only in the side plot. The main pairing is ZukoXoc.
Read on, and Enjoy.
Into Ba Sing Se
A curtain of unruly shoulder-length brown hair hung loosely to frame her face as she sat in the train station just inside of Ba Sing Se. Richi was asleep next her on the bench, his head was resting gently on her thigh.
He looked so peaceful, it be hard to imagine what he'd already been through in his first four years of life... He twitched and mumbled in his sleep, and she pulled a hand through his own black hair.. It was thick, like their fathers, but still soft as their mothers... Mika's was their mother's through and through though, thin, messy, and soft.
They'd had to spend the night in the station, because their ferry had arrived last, and though Richi had fallen asleep quickly, Mika had managed to stave off sleep the whole night.
"Hhhhnnnnmmmmnnnnnn." Richi grumbled as his sister's long-fingered hand shook him gently.
"Up and 'em Richi..." she murmured too quietly for anyone to hear, including Richi, and finally she coaxed him from his slumber.
"Is it morning already sis?" He asked with a yawn as he sat up and looked at the face of his living pillow.
To the little boy, his sister was one of the prettiest girls ever, but beauty is relative, isn't it?
And you also have to think about the fact that children can see more then just flesh when the look at those around them.
In all reality, Mika wasn't beautiful, or even pretty... But she wasn't ugly either.
She had plain, pale skin, and eyes that were a boring shade of brown that was reminiscent of dirt. She was thin but stalky, and a bad habit of holding her head down.
"Yeah..." She whispered to him as she stood and picked up the small bag that held both their belongings, and chose a compartment to go into.
She knew how she'd get money, though, and looks weren't needed.
"Bad dream?" She whispered to him as the half empty train started, the earth benders who ran it were eager to start the day, and she was glad they'd gotten on in time.
"No." Richi said defensively as he sat beside his sister kicking his legs impatiently.
She lapsed into silence once more as her brother looked at the world flitting by outside, both thinking.
She played absently with the tall, tight collar of her short sleeved black frog-button shirt, and kicked her own legs in a sorry imitation of youth.
Who would believe this girl, already taking care of a young child as well as herself, was only fifteen?
"I'll find work first..." She muttered quietly for Richi to hear, "And we'll find a place to stay..."
"And I can help." Richi said and a painful-looking smile turned to corners of Mika's mouth.
How selfless is a child's innocence!
"Yeah..." She remembered to say as she stretched out a little and looked at the roof... Until finally, she got so deep in thought, that the thought turned to sleep, and she woke in the compartment and immediately she was empty, eyes wide, as she stared around.
"Richi!" she wanted to scream, "Richi Where are you?!" she wanted to scream it as loud as she could! But she couldn't, so instead she leapt from the compartment at a run and barreled down a street haphazardly.
'Richi!" It was a scratching whisper as she tried to shout, "Richi! Richi!"
"I'm glad I found you. The market is no place for a young boy to be alone." Iroh said as he lead Richi to the small rundown place he and Zuko were calling home at the moment.
"But I was only gonna be alone a second... My sister-...oops... Uncle Mushi?" Iroh smiled at the Richi as Richi's hazel eyes grew round.
"Yes?"
"I left my sister... On that platform..."
"Who are you talking to uncle?" asked Zuko in his usual tone as he opened the door and looked at Iroh, and then Richi.
Zuko's cold voice made the hairs on the back of Richi's neck stand up as he dryly asked, "Who's he?"
The train left once more from the Ba Sing Se station to return back to the outer wall, and with it when the bag that held everything Richi and Mika owned.
But to Mika, who was still driven by sheer animalistic panic, it was the farthest thing from her mind... And it just kept getting farther and farther away.
Please Review.
OK, this is NOT a Mary-sue. yay. This is, however, my first avatar fanfic, and yes, I know, I haven't updated any of my other stories in awhile but... I'm back! and I'll update soon. Please Read and review, HOWEVER flames will be saved and laughed at for years to come, so don't bother sending them. This does contain SokkaXSuki and AangXKatara but those appear a wee bit later on, and are only in the side plot. The main pairing is ZukoXoc.
Read on, and Enjoy.
Into Ba Sing Se
A curtain of unruly shoulder-length brown hair hung loosely to frame her face as she sat in the train station just inside of Ba Sing Se. Richi was asleep next her on the bench, his head was resting gently on her thigh.
He looked so peaceful, it be hard to imagine what he'd already been through in his first four years of life... He twitched and mumbled in his sleep, and she pulled a hand through his own black hair.. It was thick, like their fathers, but still soft as their mothers... Mika's was their mother's through and through though, thin, messy, and soft.
They'd had to spend the night in the station, because their ferry had arrived last, and though Richi had fallen asleep quickly, Mika had managed to stave off sleep the whole night.
"Hhhhnnnnmmmmnnnnnn." Richi grumbled as his sister's long-fingered hand shook him gently.
"Up and 'em Richi..." she murmured too quietly for anyone to hear, including Richi, and finally she coaxed him from his slumber.
"Is it morning already sis?" He asked with a yawn as he sat up and looked at the face of his living pillow.
To the little boy, his sister was one of the prettiest girls ever, but beauty is relative, isn't it?
And you also have to think about the fact that children can see more then just flesh when the look at those around them.
In all reality, Mika wasn't beautiful, or even pretty... But she wasn't ugly either.
She had plain, pale skin, and eyes that were a boring shade of brown that was reminiscent of dirt. She was thin but stalky, and a bad habit of holding her head down.
"Yeah..." She whispered to him as she stood and picked up the small bag that held both their belongings, and chose a compartment to go into.
She knew how she'd get money, though, and looks weren't needed.
"Bad dream?" She whispered to him as the half empty train started, the earth benders who ran it were eager to start the day, and she was glad they'd gotten on in time.
"No." Richi said defensively as he sat beside his sister kicking his legs impatiently.
She lapsed into silence once more as her brother looked at the world flitting by outside, both thinking.
She played absently with the tall, tight collar of her short sleeved black frog-button shirt, and kicked her own legs in a sorry imitation of youth.
Who would believe this girl, already taking care of a young child as well as herself, was only fifteen?
"I'll find work first..." She muttered quietly for Richi to hear, "And we'll find a place to stay..."
"And I can help." Richi said and a painful-looking smile turned to corners of Mika's mouth.
How selfless is a child's innocence!
"Yeah..." She remembered to say as she stretched out a little and looked at the roof... Until finally, she got so deep in thought, that the thought turned to sleep, and she woke in the compartment and immediately she was empty, eyes wide, as she stared around.
"Richi!" she wanted to scream, "Richi Where are you?!" she wanted to scream it as loud as she could! But she couldn't, so instead she leapt from the compartment at a run and barreled down a street haphazardly.
'Richi!" It was a scratching whisper as she tried to shout, "Richi! Richi!"
"I'm glad I found you. The market is no place for a young boy to be alone." Iroh said as he lead Richi to the small rundown place he and Zuko were calling home at the moment.
"But I was only gonna be alone a second... My sister-...oops... Uncle Mushi?" Iroh smiled at the Richi as Richi's hazel eyes grew round.
"Yes?"
"I left my sister... On that platform..."
"Who are you talking to uncle?" asked Zuko in his usual tone as he opened the door and looked at Iroh, and then Richi.
Zuko's cold voice made the hairs on the back of Richi's neck stand up as he dryly asked, "Who's he?"
The train left once more from the Ba Sing Se station to return back to the outer wall, and with it when the bag that held everything Richi and Mika owned.
But to Mika, who was still driven by sheer animalistic panic, it was the farthest thing from her mind... And it just kept getting farther and farther away.
Please Review.