One Night Chapter 16: Music Night, an avatar: last airbender fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar, any of the songs in here, or Mr. Holland's Opus, or the song featured in here from that movie. I also do not own anything else I forgot to mention.

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Reviews!

Kirk- I don't think I've said this yet, but thank you for your reviews and Welcome aboard! I'm glad you like it so far.

Serori- I don't think I've said this yet either, butwelcome aboard! And again, I'm really glad you like my story. I work really hard on the chapters, and on all of my stories.

SeethingxShadows- Yea, the healing powers were kinda shown in anabrupt way, and they just appeared out of nowhere as well. Thanks for the correct use of that verb. September 11 was really sad. I've always been moved on some degree by it. That's the ONLY song I actually like from the Black Eyed Peas, and it's still great.

Lin13- Nice vocabulary. It's okay about your comment. I knew what you meant. I'm sorry if my comment sounded mean as well. Zuko's awesome. :D

monkaybrains127- Man! You got tickets to Green Day! The only concert's I've been to are at the Rodeo. Lucky.

elf of rohan-It's cool. Cool as ice. Lol. I always freak my teachers out at school. It's awesome. I think Zuko will be in the entire episode next time. Zhao was awesome in this episode.

Ok, I know that you all prolly don't want to hear about my crazy dreams...but you get to! Yay for you! Ok, last night, JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, decided to put in the part where Zuko gets a car and tries to drive it into the next movie. She then offered me a part in it as a fearie, and offered some of the people in my PE's class parts too. Next, we went to my grandma's apartments' garages, and we tried on heaps of costumes.I found out here that my "friends" thought that I wouldn't make a very good fearie, and so I decided to show them that they were wrong! After that, we went on a hay ride (Khazia, I think what I reviewed rubbed off on my mind), and we did singing auditions, where Hilary Duff was there too, singing, and she made it into the movie as well. The next bit is a little blury, but we were sitting in our locker room (at my school) on the benches in between the lockers, and a man with a clipboard was there taking down what kind of voices we could do. I told them what voices I could do, and then I woke up. And now you all are bored with my rambling, so here's chapter 16!

Chapter 16- Music Night

Dearest Journal,

It's been about a week since I last wrote in you, and I have good news: I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico. No, just kidding. I figured out how I could ice skate while we're on the go. It's awesome. Plus, I've gotten better and better at my freezing of the water. It's great. Plus, now Zuko and I are like best friends, although I do miss Sean. He is my best friend in the world where I actually live. I wonder if I'll ever see him again? But, right now, there's no room for sadness. I have to be happy because Zuko hasn't seen Aang yet, or even found him! He's getting a little ticked though.Music Night will be in a few nights, and I'm making a list of the songs I want to sing. I have to go now, Kabira

I was looking into the mirror, across from my bed, getting my hair ready for the evening. I was wearing the golden silk pants that I'd gotten that day so long ago in the market, and the maroon top with the long V-shaped sleeves that draped over my hands. My hair was half up in a half ponytail, and half of it hanging down my back. I smiled, grabbed my ipod, my cell phone, and left the metal room.

I walked into the galley, and sat down next to Iroh, just as Ji began to sing. Zuko, Iroh and I exchanged smiles, before I turned my attention to the stage where the lieutenant was singing.

Not long after he finished, no I correct myself, right after he finished singing, Iroh pushed me up to the stage. Actually pushed me up there! Everyone started cheering. I willing went though; he didn't have to do much pushing at all. My reason? Who can argue with a ship full of soldiers...who can Fire Bend!I set up my ipod to the song Rush, by Aly and Aj, and waited for my cue.

Into your head
Into your head
Out of your soul
Race through your veins
You can't escape
You can't escape

Into your life
Into your dreams
Out of the dark
Sunlight again
You can't explain
You can't explain

Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Rushin' through your head
Rushin' through your head
Can you feel it
Can you feel it

Don't let nobody tell you your life is over
Be every color that you are
Into the rush now
You don't have to know how
Know it all before you try

Pulling you in
Spinning you 'round
Lifting your feet
Right off the ground
You can't believe
It's happening now

Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Rushin' through your head
Rushin' through your head
Can you feel it
Can you feel it

Don't let nobody tell you your life is over
Be every color that you are
Into the rush now
You don't have to know how
Know it all before you try

It takes you to another place
Imagine everything you can
All the colors start to blend
Your system overloads again

Can you feel it?

Don't let nobody tell you your life is over
Be every color that you are
Into the rush now
You don't have to know how
Know it all before you try

Don't let nobody tell you – yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't let nobody tell you – yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't let nobody tell you your life is over
Be every color that you are
Give into the rush now
You don't have to know how
Know it all before you try
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I finished, and the room erupted into applause and some whoops (some were already drunk. How? I do not know.) I waited for the next song then, the cheers dying down, and began to sing again. This time the song was Sticks and Stones, once again by Aly and AJ.

Sitting in my room feelin' sorry
For myself-I can't feel worse
Well what else?
I wonder what I could say
To stop the voices taunting, laughing
The way they're acting, I wish they'd just disappear
The joke is always on me

Why don't they understand
That we're all the same
And we all feel lost at times
Why don't they understand
That someone else's pain
Is not for gain

Sticks and stones may break my soul
Get out of the way, I'm invincible
Throw them down
'Cuz the one you hurt's not around, not around

It's not your place – honestly

In the end you'll be the victim
You're the one who has to live with yourself
And when you're reaching for help
They'll be no one, there's no one

Why don't they understand
That we're all the same
And we all feel lost at times
Why don't they understand
That someone else's pain
Is not for gain

Sticks and stones may break my soul
Get out of the way, I'm invincible
Throw them down
'Cuz the one you hurt's not around, not around
It's not your place – honestly

I won't live in chains
I've got something to give
I won't play these games
Yeah, I'd rather live
You know I've come too far – to be like you are

Why don't you understand
That we are all the same

Sticks and stones won't break my soul
Get out of the way, I'm invincible
Throw them down
La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la
Throw them down
'Cuz the one you hurt's not around, not around
Not around anymore
It's not your place – honestly

I finished, and all was quiet, but for only a minute before the applause began again. I don't think they got the full meaning of that song. I thought as I sat down and faked a happy smile. Zuko was on the edge of being drunk, and Iroh was pulling his own weight. At least they weren't fully drunk yet. During this time, I got my cell phone working (amazing, isn't it?), which was a picture phone, and took pictures of the night. I'd taken some before now, and so I now had an entire collection of pictures from this "trip".

A few more songs passed until they wanted me to sing again. But I didn't. I didn't want to use my voice that much more for the rest of the night. Instead, I picked up a flute, and began to play the melody from Mr. Holland's Opus that he showed the Rowena girl on the piano, sometimes holding the notes still so I could sing the "La-la-la's" that she had sung. I always had thought that was a pretty song, and so now I could finally play it. Although after I finished, all the men, including Iroh were drunk, so I got up and left.

There were a few boxes near the front of the ship, so I went to them, pulled my legs up to my stomach, and looked out at the now black, but starry horizon. The stars from above reflected on the water, creating the illusion that we were sailing on the sky. It was a beautiful night, without a cloud in the sky.

This time, no one came to get me, and I was glad of it too. I just needed some time alone, and that task came very hard on a ship full of men. Especially men who'd been at sea for years. I leaned my head against the box behind me, gazing out at the calm ocean, and began to softly sing Because of You, by Kelly Clarkson.

I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I learned the hard way, to never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

I watched you die
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
Over the same damn thing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

Because of you

I've wanted to use Because of You for a really long time. It was the initial song that the story would be based on before I actually wrote the story and changed up the plot some, so this song was really special to me.

Sorry it was so short. I just didn't want to go the entire story, and only have one Music Night, so there it is: Chapter 16. I actually had to write the first two song lyrics out, so now I have a hand cramp. Owowowow! Lol.

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