Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
"Return to the Fire Nation."
Her eyes narrowed dangerously at the dismissive tone in his voice; it was one she'd heard too many times from men of power who thought to dictate her life. In the past she might've acquiesced but no more. She was Fire Lord now. "I will not abandon my tribe, OR my people."
"Even if they abandon you?"
Her jaw clenched, blue eyes burning with the fury of an unbridled sea swell. "I will never turn my back on those who need me," she whispered vehemently.
Aang's soft smile broke through the Avatar's mask. "I know."
