DISCLAIMER: don't own AVATAR.

Shout outs! YAY! DEVIL: u have problems. ME: don't remind me.

Zuko'sbabygirl: glad 2 hear u got off early. And I can't wait 4 the update 2 ur story.

Kayko15: anyway 2 make u calm down? ZUKO: no. ME: crud monkeys.

TIME GAP! MWAHAHA! Devil, u better not say anything… DEVIL: I won't. ME: riiiiiiiite.

Chapter 7: Five Years Passing

After the incident with Souzen's dream, Lerolas never left his side. Souzen grew annoyed with her companionship, as if he never had been.

Lerolas eagerly awaited to Solstice, when she could finally get rid of the baby Souzen, then she could return to the spirit world, and get rid of his spirit.

She just didn't know she would fail…

Lerolas sighed as she watched the sun set on the Solstice. There went her chance, down, down with the setting sun. Only to return next year.

"No matter, I'll try again next year." Lerolas sighed as she followed Souzen and Katara back to the Palace, after the Lady and Prince had enjoyed an evening in the gardens.

"I don't get it! How did I cross over in front of Souzen?"

Souzen, wrapped in his mother's arms, grinned at the Elf's predicament.

Lerolas took a sharp intake of breath as she watched Souzen. The Prince was now five, and beginning his studies for when he took the throne. Right now all Lerolas did was watch him write the letter A five, ten, fifteen, twenty times on a piece of parchment.

"Five years. FIVE YEARS! FIVE CHANCES TO GET RID OF YOU, AND YOU'RE STILL ALIVE!" Lerolas screamed at the young boy. Souzen stopped practicing his letters, and grinned up at the spot Lerolas stood.

"You're not so great, are you, Elf?" Lerolas gritted her teeth.

"Enjoy it while it lasts, Man."

Lerolas sighed, and looked out the window.

"I miss Legolas." Souzen made a note to remember that.

"Hey daddy, what's that?" Souzen asked suddenly, and pointed to a painting on the wall. Lerolas gasped. It was a painting of a bloody battlefield, full of corpses, and in the middle, stood one Fire Nation soldier, with a Fire Nation flag waving proudly behind him.

Zuko looked up, and also took a sharp intake of breath. He hadn't been planning on explaining this to Souzen for a few more years. But grudgingly, he answered his son's question.

"That's war, Prince Souzen." Souzen awed at it.

"It looks strange, daddy. Is it like a fight?" Zuko sighed. His son was treading on thin ice.

"It's a big fight, Prince Souzen. It's not like a fist fight. All the other nations fight each other, for power. And it's bloody, and full of dying." Souzen awed at this as well.

"Someday, I'm gonna start a war." Souzen said dreamily. Lerolas and Zuko gasped.

Five years was all Souzen had needed. Five years to be innocent, then prove what he truly was. Five years, then Souzen could start another war, with only the Fire Nation standing.

Lerolas had to stop Souzen this year, or nothing would never again be the same.

Never.

Bad baby. Lol. Kayko15's gonna burst at that. sry bout the long wait.

INSANITY AT ITS FINEST
LONG LIVE THE HIPPIES!

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