Title: Paths
Author: volta arovet
Word Count: 100 (130 including transcribed dialogue, darn Aang and his longwindedness)
Warning: Spoilers for The Blue Spirit (ep. 113)
Challenge: #12: "How it shouldn't be" (second entry)
"If we knew each other back then, do you think we could've been friends, too?"
"Probably not," he says with a sad smile. When he opposes the Avatar in battle, he hesitates and, distracted, is cut down by a faceless soldier.
"Maybe," he says with a half smile, and joins the Avatar's group, treacherous thoughts racing through his head. Before he can betray the Avatar, they are captured. He is executed as a traitor.
"Of course," he says, and turns his back on his people. The Avatar is victorious. Lord Ozai curses Zuko with his dying breath. During the celebration, he slips away and follows his father's path.
"If we knew each other back then, do you think we could've been friends, too?"
Zuko attacks. There is no other choice.
