Chapter 4: Why me?
"Oh my gosh!" I said still doing the trick trying not to let the flame die. "But how? I mean only the Avatar can bend more than one element!" I said still not believing what I saw myself doing.
"Well...the cycle of the Avatar is fire, air, water, earth, air, water, earth, fire, water, earth, fire, earth, fire, air, water, then repeats. So next is so water, and seeing how you are a waterbender..." Nico trailed off.
"What? That can't be! I just saw the Avatar! He was an airbender named Aang!" I said as I dropped to the ground and broke down, tears streaming down my cheeks.
"Don't start crying Shawn." Nico said as Zuko started coming towards me, he was trying to comfort me as a ring of flames shot up around me. He quickly backed off at the site of a trick he, himself, has been trying to do for a couple of months now and a waterbender has sudenly been able to do. Zuko took a deep breath then went through the flames and through the ring and huggled me as the flames went down.
"I'm sorry..." Was all I could choke out as I broke down again.
"It's okay. You can cry. Just take deep breathes." Zuko said and I did as I was told.
The first time in years I let my deffense down. And by a boy, a prince even! I haven't let my deffense since mom and dad died...
"Deep breathes..." Zuko said with me still sobbing inbetween breathes.
"Zuko it's okay to cry even if your royalty. Even if your a prince. Just remember to take deep breathes." Uncle Iroh said to a younger version of Zuko crying in his arms. "Take deep deep breathes."
"Uncle, why is it okay for me to cry if I am going to be a king and a king does not cry?" The young prince said stairing up at the old, tired face.
"Because a boy is aloud to cry, everybody is aloud to cry, some people just choose not to." Uncle said.
"You're the first one to truly get through to her since mom and dad died." Nico said to Zuko as he was huggling me. I just sat there with him gently running his hands through my hair, trying to calm down and stop shaking.
"Why don't you go get ready for supper Nico? We'll meet you there in a little bit." Zuko asked.
"Okay see you in a little bit." Nico said and left.
"Hey are you ready to eat?" Zuko said in a soothing voice I had never hear him use. I just nodded trying to get up.
"I can't get up." I said and looked down to the floor knowing at any other time I would get a repremanding.
"It's okay. Do you want me to carry you there?" Zuko asked in that same soothing voice. I just nodded my head as he picked me up, I don't have any choice you already picked me up. He headed into his room, set me on his bed then went to the bathroom to change. I held on to the bed and stood up.
"No wabbaling..." I thought to myself. I started taking slow steps around the room.
"Are you ready to go have supper now?" Zuko asked as he was coming out of the bathroom.
"Yeah, let's go." I said and we headed for supper. After supper I played a boared game with uncle and then went to sleep. The next day was going to be the weiredst day I ever had. Nobody could have thought of it being that weird.