Chapter 6
Walking down the steps I saw a distant glowing, before it quickly vanished.
I stopped sensing a presence, but not sure where.
As I felt a slight chill whip over my face, I guessed he must be close.
But getting slightly worried since it was pitch black and I didn't know where this person was.
I drained some water from the walls into my hand.
Then suddenly right in front of me a cough alerted me to him.
I quickly froze the water into daggers circling him, before asking hesitantly
"Blue?...The Blue Spirit?"
I certainly didn't want to get The Blue Spirit annoyed with me.
But before I could do anything else he whipped out some sort of swords and cut all the icicles surrounding him.
Something suddenly moved behind me on the stairs, before hugging me from behind in a vice grip, making the swords very, very near my throat.
He whispered gently into my ear, with a lot of humour behind his words "I'll save you from The Spirits."
B.O.T.P
Finding some kindling I started a fire, whilst she huddled into my coat.
As I came over to sit beside her I tried to start a conversation, as we'd most likely be stuck here for the next 12 hours, as the storm had come full pelt.
"What do all these figures on the walls mean?" I asked
As she sat there looking at my mask as if she wasn't going to reply
"They are the stories of The Last Avatar." She replied staring at her hands
I looked at the carved figures on the wall where there was a couple kissing in a cave, as made a degusted look behind the mask.
"Who are you? Why did you come here?" She questioned as a small frown appeared on her face.
"I am nobody." I reply, standing up, trying to isolate myself from these questions.
"I doubt that. Why did you come here?" She asked as she stood
I turned around to face her "I feel like I know you, from somewhere or something.." I trailed off unsure of what she would make of this.
She reached her hand to gently touch his shoulder "I feel like I've known you all my life, yet why do I feel at the same time you're going to betray me?"
B.O.T.P
Zuko settled down near the fire, as he tried to go to sleep.
Zuko dropped the letter from Azula whispering to himself "I never meant to, I tried to tell you, but.."
'But' that fatal word...
"I'm so sorry Azula."
Zuko picked up the letter to read what else she'd said, he knew he was in shock, he knew already what she was going to say, as he read the letter.
"I have Jet now. He'll protect me, he won't leave me..."
Zuko watched as the letter burned slow in his hands-
Zuko woke up briefly, he still remembered opening the letter, it was only two years ago. When he'd left he promised Azula he would return for her, but he'd not and he only remembered Azula when she was small eight year old.
"I'm disappointed in you Zuko, I thought you knew never to cross my judgment. But maybe this is a better lesson to Azula as well as you." Ozen stared at his son who was writhing on the floor in pain.
Azula held her brother's head up as she sent the small green bottled contents down his throat, sending him into a dreamless sleep.
When Zuko woke he found Azula sleeping next to him, hugging him, but as the draft wore off, Zuko felt the pain from the burning sensation in his eye.
Soon Ozen came into the room, commanding Azula out.
Ozen stood by Zuko's bed "I've decided that it was a rash decision to mar Azula, I'm glad you saved her."
Zuko's father smiled, but it didn't warm Zuko.
No.
Zuko felt chilled to the bone at his smile.
"You will be sent to Lake laogai. You will be trained by the Dai Li and then you will start a mission to assassinate both children of the royal family in the Southern Water Tribe. If you complete this mission, I will announce you heir to my throne."
Zuko stared hard at his father "You don't have a throne."
"No, I don't, but we are descended from royalty, we are royalty and when the time is right, the earth king won't last long. You must of course keep your firebending an absolute secret Zuko. You know the laws. I expect you won't disappoint Zuko?"
"No father, I won't."
AN: Happy New Year's Eve! Hope this chapter is okay. The chapter is a New Year's present to Zutara1267, please check out her story it's called When Fire and Water clash. It's AMAZING!
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