Untaming Flames: The Story of Jeong Jeong Part 1: The Army

From a young age Jeong-Jeong wanted to join the Fire Nation army, his older brothers already had, born in 16 and 24 ASC respectively, the two brothers were some of the first of their generation to serve in Fire Lord Azulon's forces. Jeong-Jeong was a full ten years younger than his oldest brother, and by the time he was ten, his twenty-year old brother was already a Lieutenant in Azulon's army. The war was their life, and Jeong-Jeong had never seen peace in his life. He was always told storys of the war, how the other nations stubbornly refused Fire Nation rule, and they had to eliminated. Jeong-Jeong was taught this himself, and he would follow every moral his family taught him.

When Jeong-Jeong was sixteen, Azulon sent out yet another draft, and he was called to service. He said goodbye to his parents and left to do his service, and soon as he arrived General Irohzi made them swear an oath to the Fire Lord on their lives. Jeong-Jeong respected the old general and as a result, rose quickly in the ranks like his brothers, who were already Captain's in the Fire Army and Fire Navy respectively. After four years, Captain Jeong-Jeong was given his first mission, to destroy the Southern Water Tribe colony of Durn, since the citizens mostly abanonded it, it wasn't a hard mission, and as a reward he was promoted to Major and awarded his own division in the army.

"Four years and you're already a major?" his oldest brother Tun asked. "I've been here six years and I'm still a Captain, you make me proud, and I'm sure dad would be too". Their father Jeong had been killed trying to leave his house by an Earth Kingdom general, his sons had vowed revenge on that general ever since, and while their middle sibling Geru was more into making the army proud, Tun and Jeong-Jeong hoped one day to kill the general who caused their family so much pain.

After Jeong-Jeong was in the army for nine years, Azulon had another draft. By this time, Jeong-Jeong had reached the title of General in the Fire Nation army, at 25 he was the youngest to receive that title, and as a gift, Azulon awarded Jeong-Jeong the honor of training his son, Prince Iroh, heir to the throne. Jeong-Jeong did not let this get in his way, if anything he was much harder on the Fire Prince, so the young man would grow up to be young and strong, and nine years later, Iroh came out as a Captain of the Fire Army.

"You have done well, Prince Iroh" Jeong-Jeong said. "Keep it up and you will have your own solidiers in no time, for now you be the head under General Geru".

"Yes sir, General Jeong-Jeong" Iroh smiled. "It would be my pleasure to serve your older brother well".

"You had better" Jeong-Jeong told him. "I trust you will not shame Geru's image. But if you do, he will release you, and your father does not take kindly to failures. Good luck, Prince Iroh".

"You as well, General Jeong-Jeong" Iroh told him, and he left.

Iroh would suceed in his endeavors, but it was what Jeong-Jeong heard next that shocked him.

"General Jeong-Jeong" one of the cadets told him. "You have a message from the Fire Lord, he wishes for your forces to destroy the unloyal Fire Nation City of Sozinor".

Jeong-Jeong's eyes grew wide, but he quickly recovered and nodded. "Tell him we will begin our assault immediatly" as soon as the cadet left though, tears were falling down his eyes.

Sozinor was his home.

Part 2 next Friday at the latest will be longer. Avatar Kivan Tommorow

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