Hear Me

(AN: this was written, before 27: Zuko Alone, I know it sounds a lot like the beginning of the ep, but I swear, I came up with this all by myself. I would have gotten it out sooner, but I asked my mom to edit and it took a while for her to get to it, seeing as our lives are insane, yet, who's isn't anymore?)

Chapter One

Food Deprivation

Food deprivation.

Simple, yet agonizing.

Yet so was irony.

It was irony, pure paradox, that the forests would be bear and the streams devoid of any and all life, in the middle of spring.

Food deprivation.

For the past week the young prince had been living off of nothing, but the feeble amount of water that lined the bottom of his canteen. He had not seen a town in the past month, nor knew of any coming up, since he had lost his map and supplies in a flood one night. The precipitation was pouring down his back, his shoes no longer helped to hold back the thick condensation of the rain, the thunder clashed like a thousand gongs and the lightning was as white, bright and painful as his uncle's bare backside. The winds holed like the lone wolf whose pain of separation saw no end. The dark sky who's stars were normally shining and bright did not appear though the thick mist of heavy cloud over head, whose contents were heavy with sea or river water.

Zuko had found shelter in a large knotty Copse Tree. It did not help to keep out the cold winds, but it was enough to keep the rain away.

Now, it was bright and sunny, too sunny. The heat was pounding on the prince's back, which was now slick with sweat. His green earth kingdom clothes stuck to him, and his feet expanded from the heat, making his shoes pinch at his toes.

His sight blurred in front of him, he stumbled on a tree root in front of him and fell to the ground. The young prince did not bother getting up, but just lay in the arid dirt, and slowly drifted from consciousness.


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