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An American Firebender

Chapter 9:

May was waiting to start the duel. She had the blind fold on. May took a deep breath as the gong rang. She stood up. The bell rang to begin. A fireball whizzed by May's head. May was trying to pin point where Zhao was. She heard a fireball coming her way. She got in a defensive position. She barley blocked it, May bit her lip as she ducked a fireball. Right now it was all luck. May threw a fireball, but the crowd started laughing. May was panicking. She couldn't see anything but darkness. She threw a fireball and heard it break up against something. May was sending fireballs every where. She was trying to pick up any sound, but the crowd drowned that possibility out. May got hit by a fireball in the back. She fell to the ground hard. She scrambld to get up, but something pushed her down once again. She wasn't thinking. Her mind was clouded with on one thought, Don't Die. She crawled on her back trying to flee. She was getting hit one after another, after another. She got up only to fall down. Her ankle was giving out once again. She fell to the ground hard with a thump. She was down for the count. May black out after that.

She found herself in a cell. Her head was pounding with pain. She tried to get up, but her ankle told other wise. She was grounded. Her blind fold was off, but Zhao had been victorious. May put her head in her hands.

"I have to put what I know to work so I can get out of this." she said. "Crying won't help." She sighed. "If only Zuko was here to help. But he would be arrested for coming into his nation. "If I escape from here, I become on the list of people wanted. I can't do that just to see Zuko. Cus then he would get into trouble for it." May looked at the window she had to the outside. The full moon was bright. "I must exepct my punishment."

The next morning, May waited to be executed. She had her head hung low and her eyes closed. The wind whispered into her ears. She was singing "Breakaway" under her breathe.

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away

Chorus:
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway

Chorus

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway

I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway

"If there was ever a time that I needed a mirical; it would be now." she said. She could hear people lining up to see May die. She could hear the drums start its beat and the ax being raised. "Please." she said under her breath. "One mirical to save me." May closed her eyes even harder. "Only once will I ask for this!" she whispered.

A/N: Well there goes chapter 9! Another cliffhanger! I think. Thanks for the reviews!