The Twins
Chapter Four
Furuba: I don't own anything! Why does everyone keep asking me that?!
…Zuko's POV…
I rose with the sun the next day. I don't know why but I did. Sometimes the sun felt the need that I needed to rise with it for the day.
Slowly I sat up and looked around, hoping it was all a dream like Sokka had, but that wasn't the case. The people from the future were there. The old airbender, Toph's daughter, two pro-benders, and…the next avatar.
That was who intrigued me the most…the avatar after Aang. She came from the Water Tribe obviously, as you could see by her clothes, had beautiful blue eyes, was quite tall…and over all just looked…
I shook my head to rid it of the thoughts that had come into it. I couldn't risk falling in love with someone whom I had no future with…well technically I did but not a romantic one.
I got up and went to the bags full of food that we had laying next to Appa. It was dawn and so I figured I should start cooking breakfast soon but I wanted to let my friends sleep. Instead I grabbed an apple and walked down the hill we were camping on and into the forest slightly to the river in there.
I bit into my apple and thought about everything that had happened yesterday. I was surprised that the people from the future hadn't known about what had happened to Suki and Mai. At least Tenzin, who looked like a scholar, should have known about them but even he looked surprised at the news..as if it was something that he had never heard about at all.
I sat down on a rock and thought about it some more. From their reactions I could tell that history was different. Maybe the story had been passed down and something had messed up in the telling of it…but if my and Katara were still alive then we would make sure that the story was told right and so that couldn't be the explanation. What if…by them just being here they were changing the history they had learned?
But that couldn't be it either, I suppose. Mai and Suki died weeks before this strange group had arrived. They couldn't have done anything to the past couple weeks if they just appeared for the first time now…unless-
My thoughts were interrupted by a crashing through the woods behind me. I immediately sprang up and ducked behind a near by tree, ready for any fight the person could bring…although I was not ready to see Korra come through the trees hopping on one foot.
"Ow!" I heard her say to herself, "Stupid tree! Get out of my way!"
She then hopped over to the very rock I had just vacated and plopped down on it, unknowingly kicking away the rest of my uneaten apple that I had dropped.
"Can't get one peaceful moment. Nope. I have to go to a stupid air temple, then I get kidnapped and appear into the past, and it seems that every thing in the past has something against me! Can't I just get a break for once?!" Korra muttered to herself as she yanked her shoe and sock off of her right foot and then waterbended some water to it and started healing it.
I suddenly felt the need to make myself known so I said, "Not everything in the past has something against you." As I stepped out from behind the tree.
Korra jumped up, surprised at my sudden appearance. "What…How…Um…did you hear all that?"
I laughed at her obvious embarrassment, "Only if you wanted me to." I said, deciding to play nice with her.
I went the rock and made her sit down again so that she could continue healing her foot.
"What are you doing up so early?" she asked, picking up the water she had dropped.
I shrugged, "Sometimes it just happens. The sun decides that I need to rise with it. I decided to let you all sleep and so I came here to think. What are you doing up?"
"Oh um…to tell you the truth I was sleeping very lightly and I heard you get up. I wanted to talk to you and so I followed you but then…well I think you know what happened…" she said, gesturing to her foot.
I laughed, "Yes I do know but it is a good thing that you followed me for I have been wanting to talk so one of you about the future."
"Then shoot." Korra said, finishing up with her foot and directing her full attention to me.
"I was thinking about yesterday when we told you about Suki and Mai…"
"Again, I am so sorry that that happened."
I raised my hand and stopped her apologizes, "It is not your fault. Everything is fine. It is just…when we told you of what happened, I don't know why but you looked surprised as if you had not heard of this before. Wouldn't you have learned this?"
Korra sighed, "I did learn about the hundred year war and the history of Aang. The only thing is…I learned a different history. When I learned everything Suki and Mai lived through the war and married Sokka and you. You have a daughter who takes your place when you retire and a grandson named after your uncle who helped us fight Amon. I don't know why but the history here is different."
"I have a daughter?"
Korra nodded, a small smile on her face, "Yep, you name her after your mother. She is a great Fire-Lord and keeps peace throughout her kingdom which at times is very hard to do."
I was shocked, not expecting this. I never thought about children and defiantly didn't think I would name them after my mother….
"What else happens in your future?" I asked, unable to stop myself.
"Well," Korra hesitated and looked like she didn't know where to start, "There are a lot of inventions now. The telephone and a radio and there is the Satomobile. Then-"
I raised my hand and stopped her, "Wait, don't tell me, I want to be surprised."
Korra nodded, respecting my wishes and so I continued.
"I was thinking earlier. Our history is different from the one you learned of and so that made me wonder why. At first I thought you had changed it but this all happened before you arrived and so that lead me to this. You are from the future…but what if you are also from a different reality?"
Furuba: Next chapter done! Cliffhanger! Mwahaha! I feel so evil! Read and Review!
