Hello again. I will right these drabbles down when ever I get a good enough idea, so it might not be every day. Whenever I write a chapter, I always pick one perfect song to listen to until I feel that I cannot write any more. On this chapter, I listened to the opening to Kingdom Hearts 2. It is on my profile if you want to listen to it. It's really very good. It's in Japanese though...lolz. What really creeps me out, is that I sang along with it. Perfectly. I've been listening to this song for too long...
Ashes in the Air...
Small gray flakes, falling to the snow, on a dark night. She laid in the middle of a clearing, letting the warmth of the flames around her inch closer. They engulfed the forest, causing ash to fall everywhere. Death was near, but she couldn't even open her eyes. The pain of the night's events was to strong for her to move. In the darkness of her mind, the horror of what had happened played over and over, gold lifeless eyes staring at her, as if it was her fault.
Zuko told her to run into the forest's protection, he said he'd find her there later, when it was safe. She reluctantly obeyed, leaving Zuko to help fight off the offenders from the small village they were staying at. Hours past, no sign of Zuko. She began to panic, she ran through the forest, other people were running through it too, trying to get away from the rebel fire benders. Suddenly she tripped over something. Katara fell to the ground hard, and looked back at the thing that tripped her, it was a body.
Taking a closer look at the face of the corpse, telling herself over and over that it wasn't Zuko, she found herself looking into familiar fierce gold eyes. She jumped to her feet, and walked back slowly, and finally, ran. She ran as if the world would end if she didn't run fast enough. Running, brushing twigs, branches, webs, and anything else that got into her way until she collapsed into the harsh cold snow. She didn't move, all she thought about was Zuko. He was gone, gone like so many other people in her life that meant so very much to her.
She prayed for the flames to take her, take her from everything, she had nothing left. She waited, ash falling on her, unmoving. Sobbing uncontrollably, she opened her eyes, sensing a presence. The fire's light glowing on his face. He bent down next to her, and wiped the tears from her face.
"Zuko..." she whispered, in relief. A gust of wind blew gently on them, dissolving Zuko into ash. Katara gasped, and closed her eyes, for the final time, being embraced by strong warm arms.
Ugh, I was not satisfied with this chapter at all. It's not that I don't like these kind of chapters, It's just that I don't think I give them justice. Please review and give me your idea. I know you people are reading this, so please have a heart and review for me! ;-) lolz...laterz!
The Ever Cheerful Shojo Butterfly