Hello Everyone! After years of reading stories from this site I finally got an account and started writing a story. And I will assure you, I do not have any slash in here, but there may be some implied lemons/slash later on, ifthat's not tooconfusing.Enjoy!
I am writing this story during school so be patient with me
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar, otherwise I wouldn't be here.
Chapter One: Rabbits Gone Wild
Prince Zuko stared out at the horizon through his telescope. After carefully scanning the skies for several minutes he dropped his hands and assumed the position of parade rest. This was a normal occurance on the lone Fire Nation ship, so nobody as paying any attention to him, in fact, nobody was really paying attention to anything at all that day. The sun was shining down upon them but there was enough of a breeze to where no one was too hot, if that's possible for a Firebender. The ship was clean and all duties performed, leaving nothing but a calm, relaxing day ahead of them.
One soldier in particular was leaning over the railings towards the back of the boat, staring off into the wide open sky. He saw a rabbit shaped cloud slowly moving away from them, the wind making it sidewind like a snake in the desert. A black cloud enveloped the rabbit like oil envelops water, blotting out the cloud from the sky. The sailor pondered this in the slow, calculating way a sloth climbs a tree. Only when he saw the source of the smog did his mind grasp what was happening.
"Ships! Ships approaching from the south!"
And indeed there was. A whole fleet, no, two whole fleets bearing down on them. Prince Zuko's hands clenched around his telescope as he tucked it into his belt. He flew up the stairs and burst into the bridge, causing the captain to look up nonchalantly from the scrolls he was reading.
"Something wrong?" the Captain asked as he stood up and stretched.
"Two fleets of ships are heading our way as we speak." answered Zuko. The ruckus that followed could only be described as comical, though the prince was anything but amused. Everyone in the room scrambled to the windows to stare in awe at the monstrous objects that had dared to interupt their important (and scarce) time of rest. The man that had been at the wheel also ran to the window, leaving the ship to slowly spin out of control.
"Cirken!" Zuko yelled angrily as he grabbed for the wheel.
"Aah!" started Cirken, either surprised that Zuko knew his name, or that he'd made such a stupid mistake. He quickly relieved Zuko of the control.
The prince turned to another pair of soldiers. "You," he pointed at one, "go wake-up my Uncle. You," he turned to the other, "wake-up the helmsman. I want to know who exactly's in charge of those ships." The men bowed and moved out of the room to complete their tasks, leaving Zuko by the window, staring thoughtfully at the approaching Armada.
Short, I know, but bear with me!