IF THEY HAD KNOWN
Okay, so this is a lot of oneshots where the characters get to peek into their futures and we see them react. I don't know why, but I love the idea. There will also be things that aint true – if Zuko and Katara had actually ended up together, and Katara had seen that. You name it! Give me ideas!
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I DON'T HATE YOU, TOO
Mai sat in front of the mirror, washing off the last remaining of her Kyoshi warrior makeup. Another day of acting was over, and she was, for once, alone. She knew this had been her last time using the Kyoshi cover. Ba Sing Se had fallen. She sighed heavily, loving the silence, but knowing that it would soon end. She finished cleaning her face and splashed some extra water in her head, just to get refreshed. Then she used a towel to dry her hands. She looked at her mirror reflection and tried to figure out what she was looking at. Tried to figure out where the woman in the mirror was going. She wondered if there was even a reason that she was going, and if she was supposed to go another way. She sighed and was about to turn away, when she saw something in the mirror. She froze in place and turned back. She leaned in to watch a scratch in the glass open in front of her and break the mirror image of her. Her eyes widened as she saw the picture in the mirror.
It was as if she was standing in the sky among clouds, and then she suddenly fell, down toward the Fire Nation capital. She expected herself to land somewhere familiar, but instead she was taken to the edge of the crater where two people were making their way through the landscape.
"There better be a good reason we're doing this," she heard a croaked voice say, and she recognized it faintly as her own. She felt her heart hammer. She looked at the other one who reached his hand toward mirror-Mai.
"It's just a little longer," Zuko answered, and Mai froze in place. What was Zuko doing there? In the Fire Nation!
"It better be!" mirror-Mai exclaimed in a low voice. Zuko just laughed, and Mai watched with disbelief as mirror-Mai smiled.
Mai watched as Zuko led her up the sides of the crater, and many times carried her. Mai was shaken by the sight; she didn't believe that she would need to be carried in any place, not even the sides of the crater. Yet, mirror-Mai seemed to like being handled like that. Mai still just wondered what Zuko was doing there.
"We're here!" Zuko announced as he pulled mirror-Mai on straight ground. Mai watched her own face grow astonished, and she tried to see what mirror-Mai was seeing.
It was amazing. It was a view over the sea, and it was as if the sky and the ocean flowed together into one.
"Zuko, it's beautiful," mirror-Mai whispered, and Mai was agreeing very strongly on this.
"It is?" Zuko asked, looking at mirror-Mai. "I really wasn't noticing."
Then Mai saw herself do something she had never done before – blushing.
Mai stared into the mirror, feeling her face grow even whiter than usual. She gasped as Zuko began making ready for a picnic, and as mirror-Mai sat down on the backing he'd brought.
Why was he there? Why wasn't he getting away? He wasn't supposed to be in the Fire Nation! What if someone noticed he was there? A sudden worry shot around in her, freezing her further to the place.
Mai watched with contemplation as the scene played before her eyes, she saw herself lean against Zuko and saw his arm wrap around her. She felt her heart throb at the sight.
They sat there for a long time, but it didn't seem that way to Mai. However, the sky began to color in the skyline, separating water and heaven.
Mirror-Mai sighed. "Orange is such and awful color."
Zuko chuckled. "You're so beautiful when you hate the world," he heard him say, and to her surprise, both she and mirror-Mai smiled.
"I don't hate you," mirror-Mai said quietly.
"I don't hate you, too," Zuko answered, and then he bowed down to kiss her.
In the same moment, someone cleared their throat behind her, and the vision disappeared, leaving just an image of her reflection in the mirror. A dumb-looking one.
Mai turned around with composed features to see Ty Lee smiling. "It's over. Ba Sing Se is ours." Mai nodded, and Ty Lee turned around with a knowingly smile, and Mai knew she was going to say something more. Pretending she was heading for the door, Ty Lee suddenly turned around with a smirk. "Oh, I probably should mention, Zuko helped. And he's going back to the Fire Nation with us." Mai was speechless as this sunk in, and all she could do was to stare at Ty Lee. "Tuttleloo." Then Ty Lee left.
Mai slowly turned and looked at herself in the mirror. Zuko was back. She smiled a true smile and remembered her vision.
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Remember, this is not how I think anything happened. I don't believe Mai saw this – it was just a funny thought. I hope it was pleasing.
Please review :)
Hey! Remember to check out my other fanfic that takes place after the war :P Much better than this! Especially if you like Kataang, Sukka and Maiko.
