The Legend of Fire Lord Zuko
A father will do everything in his power to protect his child, and to defend the mother of his children. So many years after the war, Fire Lord Zuko is put to the test when it come to defending and protecting his wife, children, and his nation. Will the man who never gives up without a fight, be able to withstand what destiny is throwing at him next? R&R
Chapter 1 (Zuko POV)
I had a family once, it was my mother, father, sister, uncle, cousin, and grandfather. We were a whole happy family at one point, then my reality was ripped from beneath me. First Lu ten's death which resulted in Uncle disappearing, then it was my Grandfather's death which resulted in my Mother's disappearance. Finally I was stripped of my title, scared and chased from my homeland.
But somehow the lost angry prince found his path, it wasn't easy but I guess that's destiny for you. Katara was who I had to thank, her kindness and compassion were the driving force behind my transformation, even when she hated me and took her anger out on me still I used it to stay on the right path.
In this dream tonight, I relived the day she agreed to be my wife. Her blue eyes glistened with tears like a glittering ice crystal. She didn't look at me like a reformed banished prince who by some dumb luck was not the Fire lord. In her eyes I was just Zuko, her Zuko and that's exactly who I wanted to be.
In the dream, her beautiful pink lips form those two beautiful words that would bind us together for eternity, "I do." Even in the dream I feel the tears swell up into my eyes, and...
"DAD!" the world is rumbling around me, then the high pitched voice is joined by another high pitched voice, "DADDY!"
Opening one eye I can make out the small figures of my six year old twin daughters jumping on the king size bed like a pair of kangaroo-rabbits. Katara, who snuggled into my side, gave a soft chuckle at our daughters antics.
"Five more minutes girls, PLEASE!" I begged burying my face into Katara's thick hair, breathing in her intoxicating scent. Sleeping past sunrise was a rare occurrence for me, and when those mornings came when I could I like to take advantage of them. Having three children made this almost impossible.
"Dad, you promised to train with me this morning." My son's voice drifted from his place standing at my side of the bed. Giving another groan I rolled over to my back. Both girls now sat quietly on their mother's lap, while my son stood next to the bed, arms crossed and foot tapping impatiently.
"Good Morning to you too Ro, how did you sleep?" I asked sitting up and running my hand through my chin length hair. My daughters gave adorable giggles and I could just imagine Katara's eye roll behind me. Ronan was my ten year old twin, as insisted by my wife, brother-in-law, and best friends. If our identical looks weren't enough, Agni cursed me with a son who had an equally short temper, and a stubbornness that could rival both his mother, and myself. To add to my son's charm he had a sense of humor just like Katara's idiot brother. At ten years old he made his mother and I very prod with his habit of schooling and out witting all of my old and stuffy council members. His icy eyes were the one physical appearance he got from his mother, and as a fire bender his icy glare seemed to sizzle his opponents to the core.
"You think we could go now, Dad?" He was not amused I registered with a smirk in his direction, "I promised Nya and Koda we would meet them and Uncle Sokka in the court yard."
"Ronan" Katara reprimanded, "your father just got up, be patient."
"Ya Ro" Ursa spoke up, her golden eye sparkling with mischief. Named for my mother, She looked like a younger version of my sister, but had the personality that was identical to her mother. Ursa would one day be a force to reckon with when she got older.
"Give Dad a minute" Kya spoke up with her own mischievous smirk. Little Katara was the nickname given to her by Uncle Sokka and Uncle Aang. Kya was the picture of her mother at her age, but her personality was the perfect combination of both Katara's and mine. Together my daughters were a force that could knock even the most confident and determined bender off their game, and that made me one proud father. With Katara for a mother my children would be the greatest leaders this nation had ever seen.
Finally, getting up from the bed I stretched out my aging back. Even at thirty I was still in the best shape of my life, but that didn't stop my back hurting time to time. Taking my time to enter the bathroom, I knew I was testing Ronan's patience at this point. Splashing water on my face, I noticed yet another gray hair joining the party on my head. When I was sixteen and primarily wore a molten scowl at all times you never would have guessed that I would acquire smile lines by the time I was thirty.
"Destiny is a funny thing" I could almost hear Uncle chastising me. How I missed that old man, losing him last year sent a ripple through our whole team avatar, Toph actually cried and even Suki and Sokka were shaken by the event. For two weeks after, I had retreated into myself and once again Katara was the one to bring me back. How I loved that crazy, controlling, caring, and sexy water bender who happened to be the best thing to have ever happened to me.
Emerging from the bathroom, I noticed the absence of my children, and my gorgeous wife securing a hair loopy before turning to me.
"Well, Good morning my love" I said holding out my arms to encircle her as she approached.
"How did you sleep, you know before Ronan sent his sisters in to get you up?" she asked with a soft chuckle. Motherhood never looked more beautiful on a woman, her widened hips curving into her tiny waist, and her breast still perky even after two pregnancies. She could still pass for that eighteen year old girl who stole the Fire lord's heart.
"Before it was interrupted I slept very well. In my dream you married me all over again" I responded
"and I would do it again and again Zuko, you know that" She said putting her hand on my chest exactly where my scar was from Azula's lightning bolt. On her neck rested her proposal necklace I had carved all on my own. The tiny red stone was swirled with bits of blue, and hung on a silk aqua band. The carving was of Tui and La in there earthly aquatic forms, each fish circling with the other in a forever dance of passion and love. "What do you have planned for your day off today?" She asked raising an eyebrow curiously.
"Well after I go spar with Ronan, I'm meeting our daughters in the grand dinning room for a tea party." I replied, and chuckled at the irony, the all mighty fire lord using his day off to have a tea party. If my political partners ever caught wind of that they would never take me seriously again.
"Your such an amazing Father, Zuko; planning one of your rare days off all around your children." She said happily, and I felt the familiar tightening in my chest of uncertainty. She must have read it in my face because no sooner had she said it than her eyes grew serious and she added, "You are ten times the man your father ever was, and never doubt that."
As thanks, I leaned in and kissed that beautiful woman. "Oh and don't forget to leave some time for just you and I today, okay?" She said with a mischievous smirk of her own. With a devious smirk in her direction, I leaned in once more to give her a prequel to the events that would take place later this evening when all of our kids were snuggled up in their beds.
"GROSS!" cut short I looked to the door to find my son making a gagging noise, my nephew Koda standing beside him and covering his eyes. Nya, Toph and Aang's daughter stood by the boys blushing like any young girl.
"Alright... Alright I'm coming" I growled gently in there direction, grabbing a robe I pulled away from Katara and moved towards the door. I was pulled back suddenly by the sleeve to face her once more.
"by the way... Happy Anniversary Sparky" She said smirking up at me, leaning in gently she kissed me with so much tenderness.
"Happy Anniversary my love" I said gently, kissing her on the nose and turning to leave once more.
~~Hello lovelies, I know I have many stories that are way way way passed due but what can I say this one has been sitting in my head for a while and I needed to write it. You know once you get the writing itch it doesn't go away until you do something about it and so I introduce to you The Legend of Fire Lord Zuko! Please Review! XOXO Bunzilla894