Bryan's Note: Mike told me to not let Fyre post this. But...I found it hilarious. So...I'm posting it anyways. Hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 20: The Coolest Ending EVER
AKA: THE END!
July 14th, 2012. 11:03 AM
"I've taken my bows and my curtain call. You've brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it...
And I thank you all."
Being thrown into the Elaine Twins' bedroom is not as uncomfortable as most would think. There were two twin-sized beds, a small 'sitting area' made up of butterfly chairs, two desk chairs by their combined desk, and rugs all over the floor.
Even so, being thrown into their room with your hands tied behind your back by a Psycho TV Show Producer and Iguanaman is fairly terrifying.
Fyre narrowed her eyes as she crossed her legs under her, sending her creepy gaze over to the man who wasn't completely insane. "Michael! Nice of you to join the party. Although I must inform you that it is an invite-only girl's slumber party that will be ending..." Fyre had to almost do a flip to see her wall clock. "Three minutes ago."
"Plus, it's creepy that every time we have a party, some weird thirty-something-year-old dudes always ruin it by the end!" Panakin complained from next to her sister.
Summer, who was sitting up on Fyre's bed, looked over at the two. "That's happened to you guys?"
Panakin rolled her eyes. "Yeah, and they normally have guns and handcuffs and badges... not to mention their really loud cars with all the blinking lights. They're very, very rude," the blonde pouted. Summer, Jiao-Jie, and Passion scooted back a bit.
Ozai huffed from his place by the girls' desk. "I still don't get why Ursa and I are in trouble. We were trying to stop you guys, and then that gas station decided to blow up as we left it, and some random little boy from Lasertag started crying hysterically like his eye had just been burnt out..."
Ursa cut him off. "Ozai, I think we're in trouble because we escaped the warehouse," she stated bluntly.
"Ursa is the first person in this room to make any sense," Mike said, crossing his arms over his chest. "In fact...wait...you guys blew up a gas station?" Mike instantly turned on Ozai, that little vein in his forehead about to go 'POP!'. Ozai shrugged casually, which made Mike even more mad. "I-But-you-GAH!" he turned back to Fyre. "You're in a lot of trouble, Missy."
Fyre scoffed. "I didn't blow up that Gas Station."
Azula smirked from Fyre's butterfly chair. "I've been with you all weekend, and even I don't believe that," she said. Fyre turned to the Princess and stuck her tongue out at her. Azula rolled her eyes.
"What you have done is far worse than blowing up a gas station," Bryan said. No one could take him seriously in his Iguana outfit, but he continued on as if they weren't trying to hold back their laughter. "You made all these guys aware that there are Gas Stations! What's worse..." he walked over to Katara and pinched her arm, causing her to yelp. "THEY'RE REAL."
Passion's eyes widened. "Wait...they weren't real before?" she asked frantically. Bryan and Mike turned to look at her, confusion and horror on their faces. Passion buried her face in her knees. "My whole life is a lie..." she sobbed.
"Um...right..." Jiao-Jie said softly, leaning away from the College Student. "I don't get what's so bad about all that stuff. I mean...what's your beef with us?" she asked, turning to glare at Mike.
Mike blinked in confusion. "Beef..." he slowly realized that was Jiao-Jie-speak for 'deal'. "My 'Beef' with you is that our characters are not doing Fanfictions, or shows, or comics, or anything else they're supposed to be doing. Instead, they're here, as real people, eating cupcakes and going to..." Mike struggled to say it, "...Lasertag."
Zuko gagged. "I don't wanna do the comics anyways. I almost died, like, ten times in that last one. I hate that Genie guy!" He declared. Azula nodded in agreement.
"You mean Gene Luen Yang? I love that guy! Because of him, we finally find out what happened to your mother!" Fyre yelled, her eyes wide like a fangirl.
Everyone in the room with a free hand pointed to Ursa.
Fyre pouted. Mike rolled his eyes. "Hey, everyone. Welcome to preschool. I'm your teacher, Mr. DiMartino. I think a few of you need a time-out for being very bad little children," he said mockingly. He felt ready to hit himself over the head with a hammer when Suki stood up, hands still behind her back, and walked over to the corner of the room.
"Mr. DiMartino?" Toph asked, attempting to raise her hand. Mike's face was turning red like a Lego as Toph continued. "Your phone is ringing. You're supposed to turn that off during school hours." Passion and Jiao-Jie couldn't help but crack-up laughing.
Mike growled, grabbing his phone from the desk. "I'll be right back. Bryan; watch the children and make sure they don't get away. I'll be back in just a minute," he grumbled, hitting the 'Answer' button on his phone as he left the room.
Bryan turned back to the people in the room. "Mr. DiMartino is in trouble with the Nickelodeon guys. They said he needs to be more creative with his part of the episodes, or Mr. DiMartino won't get any money anymore and be forced to live in his parent's basement."
"Creative?" Fyre asked with a raised eyebrow. Everyone in the room except Bryan turned to look at her, chuckles and smirks coming from all of them. Fyre looked down for a moment, before looking back up at Bryan. "Mr. Konichiwa?"
"Koinitzko," Bryan said, glaring at the teen with as much hate as Iguanaman could muster.
Fyre nodded, "That's what I said. Anyways, my hands hurt really bad...and I have to...go apologize to Mike for being so annoying and evil. Would you mind untying me?" she asked with an innocent smile. Maybe, just maybe, she would be convincing enough to trick him.
Bryan pursed his lips. "...Yeah, okay," he said, walking over to the girl and untying her hands.
Fyre smiled widely. "Thanks, Bryan! Oh...but before I go apologize, I have to make a birthday card for a friend. She's turning eight soon, and I feel like I should get her something, ya know?" she said with a convincing smile. Azula couldn't help but smirk in the corner of the room.
Bryan nodded, and Fyre shoved Ozai out of her desk chair. "Move," she hissed, before sitting down calmly, taking a piece of paper, and writing down the only thing the fourteen-year-old knew.
Be Creative!
The basic rule of thumb; If it's been done, don't do it! Write down everything that's currently popular, and give it a twist! Take small details and turn them into whole stories. And what about that guy that only said one line in the entire book/movie/TV show? What's his backstory? Go as far out as possible, and only dare to bring it back in if you must. You can always rewrite later.
For example, which have you seen less often; a story about if Zuko captured Katara during 'The Waterbending Scroll', or about if Azula captured Zuko and took him back to Ozai during 'The Waterbending Scroll?"
A story about Iroh and Zuko's adventures in the Earth Kingdom, or about Iroh's marriage and raising Lu Ten?
A story about Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko, or about Foaming Mouth Guy, the Cabbage Merchant, Combustion Man, and General How?
Fyre walked back over to Panakin and handed her the piece of paper. "Panakin needs to sign it, too!" she said, untying her twin's hands. Panakin smiled, taking the pen from her sister.
Resolve the Climax
The climax should truly begin 1-6 chapters before the finale (Depending on length of story/climax level/other factors.) You can have mini-climaxes before the main one, but the main one MUST be resolved in your true finale (If it's a season finale/there will be a sequel, it's not your true finale FYI.) In fact, mini-climaxes are loved, just be sure that they don't get too distracting from the true one.
In Avatar, there were mini-climaxes such as the Dai Li/Long Feng, but the main one was always Sozin's Comet, which was built up to the max, pushed beyond where you thought it could ever go, slammed in your face, and ended nicely.
While Panakin was writing, Fyre wandered over to Summer and nonchalantly untied her hands, as well. Bryan got bored of watching Panakin, so he turned around and began to poke around Fyre's closet, poking at Fyre's notebook until it fell off the shelf. The man cringed, before slowly picking it up, which caused all of the pages to fall on the floor.
Summer glanced over at him with a sigh, before running over next to Panakin and writing down everything the strawberry-blonde girl had ever taught in her life.
Have good grammar!
It is important all the way through, but your finale and the first chapters are the most important. It's your first and last impression. Your first chapters are made to hook readers in. Your last chapters should leave them going 'WOW!' for weeks. Grammar helps with that.
Hard to give an example on this, but would you rather read a book where it said 'i loked at fyre and smiled cuz we one the fite' or a book where it said 'I looked over at my sister again, and with a relieved sigh, I forced a smile onto my face. We had won.'?
Bryan picked up one of the pages and narrowed his eyes at the pictures doodles all around Algebra questions. The first one that caught his eye was of a small lemur with long pointy ears and a striped tail. "Zaboomafoo?" Bryan asked. Everyone in the room who hadn't noticed him before now thought he was more insane than Fyre and Azula.
Panakin grabbed Passion, who was still muttering "They're not real..." to herself. Panakin decided to do the nice thing and slap her across the face. Passion whimpered, which caused Panakin to get annoyed and drag her over to the desk. Handing her a pen, Passion finally understood what was going on.
Make it longer
If your average chapter is 1,000-5,000 words, make your finale 5,000-10,000 words. Just that simple.
Breaking Dawn, Mockingjay, and the last Harry Potter movie are all two-parts. The books are also longer than the other books in their series.
Into the Gauntlet (The last book of the 39 Clues series) was four times as long as other books in the series.
Sozin's Comet is four episodes long
Jiao-Jie was not yet untied. Jiao-Jie was not happy. Jiao-Jie was flopping around on the floor. Wandering over to her carefully, Summer untied her hands, pulling her up off the floor as she did so. "Write something down...fast," Summer whispered.
"Why?" Jiao-Jie asked loudly. Bryan paid her no attention, flipping through doodles that covered Fyre's homework so much he couldn't even call it 'Math' anymore.
Sumer shrugged. "Fyre has one of her weird Fyre-ideas. Don't question it."
MAKE. IT. GOOD.
In the end, the good guy needs to win in some way. I mean, if you're planning on a sequel or something, the opposite is true. But would you like to read a book where the Villain – who, if it's written right, you hate – kills your favorite character and wins. All main good characters die/are thrown in jail. The world is over. The end. THAT WOULD BE AN AWFUL BOOK.
Hunger Games: Katniss dies horribly (Hehe...I wasn't wishing for that at all...) or she wins?
Harry Potter: Harry gets thrown off a cliff, or he defeats Voldy?
Avatar: Aang falls into an ocean of pudding and drowns, or he defeats Ozai?
Untying Avatar characters as quickly as possible, Summer, Passion, and Jiao-Jie were trying to be as silent as possible. Fyre and Panakin, on the other hand, were trying to be as loud and distracting as possible.
"Bryan...are you looking through my math homework? Do you know the answer to number five?"
"You like Fyre's doodles? That one's you...or Zuko...I really can't tell. She's a bad artist."
"Bryan? Why are you dressed as an Iguana?"
"You know, you'd look a lot better without the glasses..."
Meanwhile, Zuko and Azula were scribbling (And translating using Ozai's phone) as fast as they could.
Leave a Cliffhanger if planning on Sequel
Cliffhangers drive readers/viewers CRAZY. That leads to fanfictions, countdowns, fan clubs, and in Fyre's case, staying awake at night twitching and dreaming off what could be happen. Leave a huge cliffhanger, but the book/fic/movie/show should have an ending of its own.
The Hunger Games can be read as a read-alone without reading the rest of the series, despite the cliffhanger at the end.
You can watch Avatar and simply dream of where Ursa is. OR, you could buy 'The Search' comics (Like Fyre will) and find out for sure.
Leave a Ledgehanger if not
For example; Where is Ursa? They originally planned on never telling us. It had an ending where you could be satisfied, despite your inner fangirl/fanboy left to wonder. That's a Ledgehanger. It's one small detail you can survive without knowing about, but at the same time, you'd like to know.
Anything and Everything Fyre mentioned in FGTC.
Bryan looked up at Fyre's book and movie shelf, raising an eyebrow. "You...definitely know how to sort...books..." he said awkwardly.
Fyre smiled. "Thank you. I sort them by my favorites. For example, Twilight goes here," she gagged as she pointed to the far right. "Followed by...Hunger Games..." Fyre pointed towards the middle of the shelf. "Then we have 39 Clues, and..." Fyre pointed to the farthest to the left. "All my Avatar Stuff."
It really was more like three-fourths of the bookshelf.
Bryan blinked in awe. "Wow...that's more Avatar stuff than I have..."
"Oh, I know! It's all the books and DVD's, plus The Last Gooberbender, all the comics, and copies of all my fanfictions!" Fyre said with a large smile. Bryan continued to stare in awe at her. He probably could have for an hour.
Katara wandered over to the desk, taking her pen and Google Translate and putting them to work.
Two-part recommended
The last chapter explains all about this, but finales were MADE for two-parts. Think about it; have you EVER watched a TV Show with a one-part series finale?
Monk ended with Mr. Monk and the End Parts One and Two.
Kim Possible (I'm so old I remember that show!) ended with a two-parter. I just lost you all there.
Avatar ended with four-parts.
Toph wiggled her way over to the desk, hoping that Mike and Bryan wouldn't realize she was able to see in the real world. Bryan was too busy – still staring in awe – to notice anything.
Don't be Cliché
Kind of obvious. Remember that MovieCliches website? Look there. It should tell you everything you will ever need to know about Finale Clichés. Basically, watch any sappy movie, and don't do that.
If a character uses martial arts rather than a weapon, his opponents will always face him one-to-one.
When a villain is trying to murder someone with a knife, they'll often use just one hand. The victim meanwhile (usually a woman) is using both hands to restrain the villain's arm and keep the knife from stabbing her. But the murderer will NEVER simply use his other hand to take the knife and easily stab the victim.
If the hero has a psychological/physical problem which has prevented him from effectively dealing with problems, you can rest assured that this problem will disappear at an opportune time.
Fyre grabbed Bryan's hand. "Hey, Bryan? Will you autograph my 'Art of the Animated Series' book? Right over where M. Night Shamabamalabalamaloserlon had his note?"
Bryan rolled his eyes. "The movie wasn't that bad..." The man sighed softly. "Never mind. It was that bad. Hey...what's Suki doing over there?" he asked, pointing to the desk.
Panakin jumped in his way. "I think she's in the time-out corner for being bad."
"YEAH! She was mean to Mr. DiMartini!" Fyre shouted.
"DiMartino," Bryan responded, narrowing his eyes.
"That's what I said," Fyre responded simply, covering as Ty Lee wandered over to the desk.
A kiss, perhaps?
Remember about the three biggest ingredients in the story cake are Drama, Humor, and Romance? Your finale needs to up it on all three of these. Character Deaths, hilarious moments, and KISSES are LOVED in Finales. And you know what will make your audience say 'Awwww' if there's been an ongoing romance throughout your story? Have the dude 'Pop the Question'.
A date
A wedding
A kiss
A proposal
Laugh out loud
No matter what, your finale needs to have AT LEAST one point that will make your readers laugh. If it's a humor story, there has to be more. A LOT more.
This is pretty easy. Reader through it and see if you chuckle. Send it to a friend and see if they laugh. Just that easy!
And remember; Appa ate Momo!
Passion shoved Ty Lee out of the way. "Okay, guys! We need to speed it up a bit!" she whispered. "I don't think they can hold out with Bryan much longer, and I hear Mike yelling in the background. Jiao-Jie, Summer? Wanna help me write a couple hints?"
The two girls nodded, grabbing their pens and writing quickly. Fyre was in the background, throwing a shoe at Bryan. She was getting desperate.
Action recommended!
A finale NEEDS action! Imagine one without it!
Um, Avatar, Twilight, Hunger Games, Harry Potter, 39 Clues, Monk, and every other series I can think of had extreme action in the finale.
Make 'em Cry
Have you ever seen a REALLY good movie/read an AMAZING book and just...cried at the end? (And I know which ones of you cried at the end of FGTC, so no lying is allowed) That's what good finales are supposed to make you do.
Deaths, almost deaths, the good guys losing a battle, and whatever you can come up with!
Plot Twists would be nice
A villain turns out to be a good guy/vice versa? A main character dies? The villain wins? WOW. I just blew my own mind.
I just gave you three examples – you need more? Ungrateful, much?
Ursa pulled herself up to the desk, hiding behind Passion, Jiao-Jie, and Summer. The three girls began to whistle 'Moves like Jagger' calmly, which actually caused Bryan's attention to go over to them. "What are they doing?"
"Um...baking...a...cake?" Panakin said, giving a feigned smile.
Fyre glared at her twin. "You are the worst liar in the history of the world."
Bryan stalked over to the desk, and, shooting Ursa with a Nerf dart, he pushed his way through. He grabbed the piece of paper and held it up in the air. "What is this?" he asked with a glare. Fyre and Panakin exchanged a glance.
Jiao-Jie decided to stop being silent. "INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR CAKES!" she screamed. Everyone in the room turned to glare at her. She shrugged.
Summer pursed her lips as Passion tried to cover. "Yeah...it's in code...morse-horse...code of conduct and...Spanish-Italian...with Fyre's dictionary of...words..." Passion trailed off, before screaming, "I'm out!" and promptly fainting.
Summer looked down as Fyre, Panakin, and Jiao-Jie looked to her desperately. Summer Dae could not lie. She bit her lip until it bled. She curled her toes inside her shoe. She tried to think of something to say, before finally coming up with, "Fyre's cake...is...AH! We're still trying to save the fandom! Look at what Ursa and Ozai just wrote!" She pointed to the bottom two items.
Don't 'Go with the Flow'
If every story out there has a finale of an epic fight followed by a wedding, maybe your story could have a finale revealing it was all a dream/flashback?
Example right there. You people are smart enough to think for yourself every once in a while.
Your main villain likes to be main.
Your main villain? They need to be your main villain. Don't dump another villain in there to take their place just because it makes a cool finale. UNLESS that character has been in the story before. In that case, he can try to take over from the Main Villain (I said TRY). Then, there would be a three-way-conflict compared to the normal two-way-conflict.
Azula was a secondary Villain. So was Long Feng, Combustion Man, and Zhao. I (Ozai) was always the main villain, but these peeps helped push the plot forward.
Summer was shunned for being too nice. She pouted, looking at the floor, with a sigh. "Sorry."
Mike walked in, shoving his phone in his pocket. "That was Nick," he hissed to Bryan as he walked up next to his business partner. Bryan raised an eyebrow at him, to which Mike responded with a soft sigh and a shake of the head. Fyre couldn't help but speak up.
"Nickelodeon?" she asked.
Mike shook his head. "No, Nick is on the Board of directors at Nickelodeon. A whole company can't call you!" he scoffed. Fyre was now more confused than she had ever been in her entire life. Mike groaned. "Why am I telling you any of this?"
"Because she asked," Jiao-Jie stated.
Mike groaned again. "If you must know, Nickelodeon is mad at me. Now, if we can please, I need my characters back, and I need you girls to leave them alone, or I will send the entire Fire Nation Royal Family to the Titanic set so you will never find out what happened to Ursa!"
As the four conscious fangirls gasped, Ursa coughed. "I'm right here. Besides, what's so bad about the Titanic?"
Fyre cringed. "Oh, you haven't seen that movie, huh?"
"Very dramatic," Panakin commented, writing on the back of the paper. Bryan jumped back, jerking it away from Panakin, who simply shrugged.
DRAMA!
I cannot stress this enough; Drama is crucial. Not so much where it becomes your typical anime (I.E. "OHHHH! I am about to save the world...by brushing my teeth!",) but still dramatic. If there were no drama, you'd simply state facts about how your story is gonna end instead of actually writing an epic and dramatic ending.
Would you rather read 'Aang defeats Ozai' then watch Sozin's Comet?
Would you rather *Korra Spoilers* read 'Amon is Tarrlock's Brother' then watch the tear-jerking finale? (Fyre almost cried. Her mom laughed hysterically.)
Would you rather *Hunger Games Spoilers* read 'Katniss wins' then read the book and become disturbed, sad, and excited all at the same time?
If funny story, make it funny!
Not detracting from plot (I said funny, not Crack!fic,) but still. Some examples are the Villain and the Hero arguing about something stupid in the middle of a fight. Another hero watching from the sidelines and not fighting the villain. Something crazy/silly the hero/villain does.
Anything Westley does in The Princess Bride. (You killed my father. Prepare to die)
In the 'Into the Inferno' video game, while Toph and Sokka are deciding on Sparky-Sparky-Boom-Man's name, they're also fighting him.
"What are you girls doing in here?" Mike asked with a sharp glare.
The four looked back and forth, and Passion slowly stood up off of the floor. "We're trying to be dramatic and disobedient and write some more of our Fanfiction stuff..." she muttered, staggering to her feet, only to be knocked back to the floor by a ticked-off Fyre Elaine.
Mike raised an eyebrow, grabbing the paper. "What is this?"
"Well, it used to be a recipe for cake, but now, it's apparently dramatic and disobedient..." Panakin hissed under her breath.
Touching
Have you ever read a story where something bad happened and...you just didn't feel anything? That's because you didn't feel bad for the character. You didn't connect with them. The story didn't touch you. That's not good. You always want your readers to feel whatever your characters feel.
Again, hard example. How about I use one of my fics as an example? In Found, would reading 'Ozai is evil. Azula and Zuko are hurt. Ursa's there to make everything okay!' be as dramatic as reading the story I'm well aware many of you cried at?
What's your genre?
Your genre is VERY important in your finale. Here are some examples that should help you get the idea;
For action/adventure; have an action scene.
For romance; have a kiss/wedding/date.
For humor; make your readers laugh.
Mike growled. "I've had it with you girls! I'm done! Your being 'helpful' is distracting my characters, disturbing Fanfictions everywhere – seeing as Aang is currently dressed as Katara – and causing me to lose my job because I was so distracted by you people all last July!"
"You're losing your job?" Fyre asked, raising an eyebrow. "Why? You're, like, one of the greatest TV show creators EVER! Tied with Bryan, of course, but...why would Nickelodeon wanna fire you?"
Mike rolled his eyes. "They think they could hire someone more creative." Fyre had to use every bit of strength in her to not shout 'It's true!'. "Probably someone cheaper."
"Wait...so they're considering firing one of the greatest TV show creators in the history of the planet just to make more money?" Panakin asked, pursing her lips. "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard! What do you need to do to prove to them you're better than some cheapo?"
Mike shrugged. "It would take me coming up with 400 creative ideas for them to keep me. I guess I'm out."
Suddenly, five elderly ladies burst into the room. "CHARGE!" one of them declared, waving a ruler in the air.
"Fyre...who are they?" Summer asked slowly.
Fyre blushed. "The next point?"
Dude...where'd they come from?
Hey, Remember that guy from way back in chapter three that had the funny mustache? Make him make an appearance in your finale. ESPECIALLY if they were in some way important.
I would've been amazingly happy if the Cabbage Merchant had showed up in Sozin's Comet. Am I alone on that?
"YOU ACTUALLY INVITED THE LIBRARIANS?" Panakin shrieked into her ear. Fyre cringed softly.
"Hey, I sent them the text. They were excited! I couldn't just take it back! That would've been really rude...and they had already...stood...and taken off their glasses...and left the library...what was I supposed to do? Tell them they weren't invited?" Fyre protested quickly.
Azula groaned, sending a burst of fire at the elderly ladies. They all screamed, before promptly ran...or...slowly walked out of Fyre's room.
Mike looked over at Fyre. "That was incredibly random. Why have I gotten used to it?"
"You'll never get used to what I'm writing now," Fyre said, taking the cap off her pen and writing on the paper rapidly.
Deaths are accepted
Aw...death...that should make your reader cry, huh? Or at least...almost death.
People died in the Hunger Games finale. Actually, people died in all the Hunger Games books. Makes you ponder...
In Avatar, Zuko almost died, Aang kind of almost died, Toph and Sokka almost died.
Everyone took a step away from Fyre. The teenager scoffed. "Please. It was just a point! I don't plan on killing anyone...yet...anyways, getting back on subject..." Fyre looked over at the one librarian left in the room, who was rubbing Mike's bald head. "Mike...I wanna make a deal with you."
Fyre's four friends raised their eyebrows. Azula looked up from trying to catch the old lady on fire. Zuko looked over from watching Ty Lee hang from Fyre's ceiling fan. Fyre took a deep breath, before walking into her closet and grabbing a collection of paper.
"If you don't hurt any of the Avatar characters, continue on the series, and promise to make it as amazing as it has been so far..." Fyre held the book out. "This is the collection of ideas we came up with last year. I've added a few since then, so there should be about 500 ideas. If that doesn't save your job...I don't know what will."
Mike began to flip through the pages, his eyes getting wider with each word. "Where did you get all of these?" he asked softly.
Fyre walked over to her friends. Trying to make the sad moment better, she smiled and put her arms around their shoulders. "We wrote it," Fyre said. She looked over at Azula and Zuko and smiled, motioning for them to come over next to them and join the group. "All of us."
"It's our creative guide," Panakin commented, putting an arm around Katara.
Jiao-Jie smiled. "We call it...Fyre's Guide to Creativity."
As Mike raised an eyebrow, Passion and Summer exchanged a smile. "And we've written a lot more since then," Summer said.
"We've written the Ultimate Story," Passion said.
Zuko smiled, grabbing his sister's arms and pulling her over to be next to their parents. "And you never know," Zuko said, smiling at his friends. "They might do more. Maybe about the comics..."
"Or all the characters..." Suki said.
"Or maybe even about Korra," Katara said with a smile.
Fyre looked at all of her friends and smiled softly, before looking back at Mike. "But for us to be able to do all that stuff, we need the awesome Bryke team to stay together. And that means you can't get fired," she said, looking back and forth between the two men.
"I...I don't know what to say," Mike said, holding the book close to him.
Fyre smiled. "Say yes."
"Yes?" Mike and Bryan asked in unison.
"Yes; you will take the book, yes; you will keep your job, yes; you will continue to make Korra, and the comics, and everything you do amazing, and yes; you will let fangirls like us continue to dream and write and be as creative as we want...even if it means bothering these guys and the Korra Krew every once in a while," she said, giving Azula and Ty Lee a soft hug.
Mike looked over at her, taking a deep breath, and slowly saying, "No."
"NO?" Fyre shrieked, instantly letting go of her friends. "Dude, you totally just ruined a dramatic moment! What do you mean 'No'?"
"The Korra characters can't know about the real world! We're hardly done with the first season! They have to finish the show before anyone can tell them they're in a TV show!" Mike yelled. "As much as I want my job...that would ruin the TV show! I can't let you!"
Bryan punched him in the arm. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now...the answer is yes."
OOOOO
A half hour later, the Avatar Characters were piled up in Mike and Bryan's car, heading back to the warehouse. Passion, Summer, and Jiao-Jie were grabbing their stuff, saying their goodbye's, and getting hugs out of the way.
As they left, Panakin handed them a small slip of paper. "What's this?" Summer asked.
"Frequent kidnapping card. One more stamp and you get a free trip to the warehouse!" she said with a large smile.
Summer smirked. "I'll keep that in mind," she said, giving them another hug.
"Keep in touch!" Jiao-Jie yelled.
Fyre smiled. "We will. And...don't disappear again, guys. I thought you all died horribly in an explosion."
"Eh...almost," Passion said with a wink. The three left together, chatting on the way out about fics they could do together.
But that was in the future. In the present, Fyre plopped down on her bed with a sigh, stretching out and shutting her eyes...possibly in an attempt to get some sleep. Panakin plopped down next to her. "So...what are we gonna do next July?" she asked.
Fyre looked over at her twin, before laughing hysterically.
Fyre's note: It's all over...NOT!
Coming 2013: Fyre's Guide to Korra! (It'll be posted under Legend of Korra fics, BTW). It'll be VERY fun. Trust me *Smiley face*
Until then, I still have one-shots, Fallen, and life to catch up on! I'd love to know which of those you'd like to see updated/uploaded first. Please tell me!
I'll see you all then! Don't be a stranger; read, review, PM, whatever!
*The song at the top is We are The Champions by Queen.
Forever,
~Fyre