So I had this random idea and it wouldn't let me go, I'm now working on two really long and kind of complicated fics right now so updates might be a little slow but I have just about the whole plot outlined. Yay!!! Please review, it makes me ridiculously happy to see people enjoy my stories! Thank you for reading!!!
Zuko is on high alert as he walks through the deserted halls of the Southern Air temple. He wasn't exactly sure what he is expecting to attack him but his hand tightened on the grip of his dual dao anyways. Azula chooses that moment to appear, bounding around the corner calling out to him. "Come on ZuZu! Put your swords away silly, I've been all over the temple and there's nothing left alive". Zuko is fairly certain she meant those words to be reassuring and he appreciates the attempt but he can't help when his gut twists at the words. His head is still filled with the images of the skeletons in the courtyard, of the familiar black and red that had no place in the Air Nation. By now Azula has fallen back beside him and has started playing with her fire while she clearly waits for him to respond to something. "Ahhhh sorry LaLa, I wasn't really listening" Azula rolls her eyes, wether in annoyance for the old nickname or his inability to focus he can't tell. "I SAID, that I was done exploring and we could go if you wanted". Zuko glanced around, trying to encompass the whole temple without turning his head, but the lack of peripheral vision in his left eye forces him to turn. "Yeah we can go," he admits the temple was a little disappointing but at least they'll be able to cross it off their list of major ruins that they want to visit. "Okay then. " Azula gets up and gracefully flips over the stone wall and down into the courtyard, Zuko following as he continues their tradition of never letting the other do an acrobatic move without at least ATTEMPTING to copy it. ( Zuko generally wins these competitions but that doesn't stop her from trying). He only looks back once as their stolen earth kingdom ship cuts through the waves.
Sokka was getting a headache, Katara had been shouting about what a horrible person that Commander Zhao was for at least an hour and he was sick of it. Yes Zhao was a horrible person, yes he had showed up at their home and threatened Gran Gran, and yes he had tried to capture Aang but did all that reeeeally warrant this level of shouting? Katara seemed to think so. As they pulled up to the Southern Air temple,Aang started chattering excitedly and was currently trying to pull Sokka down off Appa and into the courtyard, but something had caught Sokka's eye. It was a ship, an Earth Kingdom ship to be exact, which was extremely strange, there was no reason for them to be this far south. Sokka shook his head and went to go play some air ball with Aang.