Nerissa's lullaby
In the outlands, Nerissa's followers were all fighting over what little food there was to it. Among the rouges an 8 year old girl was pulling on rot trying to get it out. She had black hair and wore dark red clothes. Her name was Mai, Nerissa's daughter and Jet's sister. Coming over to her was a boy around 13 years old with spiky red hair, named Uriah, Nerissa's other son and Mai and Jet's older brother.
Uriah scoffed. "Ugh, Jet, Jet, Jet. Ozai wasn't even his father. He just took him in." Then he smirked at Mai who was still trying to pull the root out. "Oh hey, Mai, where's little termite Jet? The chosen one."
With that, Uriah took a sharp and cut the root sending Mai flying. Uriah burst out laughing while his sister glared at him.
"Uriah, where's Jet? Did you leave him out there on his own again?" Mai demanded.
"Hey it's every person for himself out here. That little termite's gotta learn to be on his own," Uriah insisted scratching his back on tree.
"Mom's gonna be mad. She told you watch him!" Mai cried.
"Oh, who cares? I should have been the chosen one. I'm the oldest. I'm the strongest. Oh, these termites!" Uriah cried as he began to scratch himself like crazy. Mai smirked at him. Uriah continued to rant. "I could be a leader I mom would just give me a chance!"
Mai scoffed. "Yeah right!" Then she smirked. "Why don't you tell that to her."
"Don't think I won't!" Uriah sneered..
"Oh yeah?" Mai laughed. "Well here's your chance."
Uriah looked behind and saw Nerissa coming over to her two children with Jet in her arms.
"Oh mother, mother hi! Mom I found some seeds and small nuts for your dinner. I left them by the…" Uriah trailed off as Nerissa walked right past him.
Nerissa set Jet on the ground in front of Mai. Mai smiled at her brother. "Hey Jet. Wanna fight?"
She and Jet began to snarl at each other, play fighting, as Nerissa turned to Uriah. "You were supposed to be watching him!" Nerissa cried.
Jet turned to his mother. "It's not his fault. I ran off on my own!"
"What were you doing?" Nerissa said, coming right up Jet.
"N-nothing!" Jet stuttered.
"Who has made us Outsiders?"
"Zuko!"
"Who killed Ozai?"
"Zuko!"
"What have I told you about them?" Nerissa cried.
"I'm sorry mother. She didn't seem so bad," Jet said, referring to Will. "W-why I thought we could be-"
"Friends?!" Nerissa sneered. "You thought you'd get to the daughter. Then Zuko would welcome you with open arms? What an idea!" Nerissa stopped screaming as she heard her own words. Then she smiled at her son. "What an idea!"
She knelt to Jet's level and put her arms around him. "You brilliant child! I'm so proud of you! You have the same conniving mind that made Ozai so powerful!" She praised her son.
Uriah gagged in disgust. Nerissa turned to him with a furious snarl. Uriah laughed nervously. Then Nerissa picked up Jet and walked back to their cave home. Uriah shook his head. "Chosen one," He sneered, under his breath. Mai heard and whacked him on the head.
Nerissa walked over to Jet's bed and placed him in it. She had a smile on her face. "I now see the path for our glorious return to power!"
"But I don't want-" Jet began.
"Hush!" Nerissa said. Then she smiled. "Hush my little one," She said more gently. "You must be exhausted."
Nerissa: Sleep my little Jet
Let your dreams take wing
One day when you're big and strong
You will be a king
"Goodnight," Jet yawned.
"Goodnight my little prince. Tomorrow your training intensifies," Nerissa said. She began to walk through the cave.
Nerissa: I've been exiled, persecuted
Left alone with no defense
When I think of what the brute did
I get a little tense
But I dream a dream so pretty
That I don't feel so depressed
Cause it sooths my inner girl
And it helps me get some rest
The sound of Zuko's dying gasp
Nearby, Uriah pretended to be Zuko and fell to the ground playing dead.
His daughter squealing in my grasp
Uriah picked up Mai, who kicked him in the face.
His loyal nation's mournful cry
That's my lullaby
Now the past I've tried forgetting
And my foes I could forgive
Trouble is I know it's petty
But I hate to let them live
Uriah: So you found yourself somebody
Who'll chase Zuko up a tree
Nerissa: Oh, the battle may be bloody
But that kinda works for me
All of Nerissa's followers cheered as the woman continued to sing.
The melody of angry growls
A counterpoint of painful howls
A symphony of death, oh my!
That's my lullaby
Nerissa walked back to where Jet was sleeping soundly.
Ozai is gone, but Nerissa's still around
To love this little lad
Till he learns to be a killer
With a lust for being bad
Mai and Uriah walked over to their brother's bed.
Uriah: Sleep you little termite
Mai shot him a death glare
I mean precious little thing
Mai punched him down and smiled and Jet.
Mai: One day when you're big and strong
Nerissa: You will be a king!
Nerissa ripped a chunk of the cave wall out with a sun ray hitting Jet. Benders surrounded his bed.
The pounding of the drums of war
The thrill of Jet's mighty roar
Uriah: The joy of vengeance
Mai: Testify!
Nerissa: I can hear the cheering!
Uriah and Mai: Jet, what a guy!
Nerissa: Payback time is nearing
And then our flag will fly
Against a blood red sky
That's my lullaby!
Nerissa and her followers laughed evilly knowing that, in a few short years, their vengeance would be at hand.