Oathkeeper: Hey guys, I'm here with a whole new project! The Zutara100 community at Live Journal has sucked me into their world and sadly, have fallen into their amazing madness. These prompts will be different though. In some way, they will convey the story and progress of Katara and Zuko's relationship. The prompts will not go in order and will be in different PoVs throughout the whole thing...you'll see what I mean when I'm done!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Not even a Zutara community.
Where It All Began
Prompt #1 -- Beginnings
The beginning of something is not learning a new Waterbending move, or learning how to ride the air-scooter. It's not even the daily lessons we learn from traveling around the world. Beginning something new, is changing the world and doing whatever it takes to achieve this one thing; even if it means going against your ideals. It's trying something new; something scary…something you'd never believe could ever happen, even if the world decided to stop.
My adventures with the Avatar still felt like a dream. After my mother died, and my father left our village, all I wanted to do was protect our nation…that's why I had hope in that the Avatar would return; and to my wish, he did. My brother and I helped Aang on his quest, but this was his quest. It was his destiny to change the world and bring it into balance once again. What I never imagined is that a small peasant such as me would change the world.
But this isn't the same as Aang. I wouldn't have to face off against the Fire Lord and his tremendous power. I did however have to face a similar situation. I would have to face the Prince of this Fire Lord who entered my life even before we started our journey.
Although, it wasn't until my mother's necklace had gracefully fallen off during an Earth Kingdom rebellion that all this madness would start. From then on, until the summer was over and after the war had ended, my friends dragged along by my side for an experience they would never imagine.
It all started in the early part of our adventure. I had become jealous of Aang's quick adaptation to my own element. It angered me to see him handle the water so easily. I had worked on Waterbending since I was small, and there he was; not knowing how to even bring the water above the surface, yet he was able to create a natural wave in a quick instant.
That night I had greedily taken the Waterbending scroll to make sure I'd learn the water whip…I wanted to prove that I was not below him; though in my mind, I knew I'd always be second best.
I was soon captured by pirates whom we had run into earlier, and the Prince of the Fire Nation. His name is Zuko.
It wasn't until this fingertips brushed lightly against my own, when he was almost gently tying the rope around my small wrists. It wasn't until he slyly came up to my side and around me, interrogating me, and demanding me to tell him where Aang was. This hadn't started until I felt his soft cheek rub softly against my own and his hot breath steaming down my neck, giving me chills in places I had never imagined. Our love began where every watertribe girl wish it would…and that was with a necklace he had so gracefully held within his finger tips, bringing it up to my exposed neck.
No, this is not a fairytale and it is not to be altered by any of the writers who write within this bare book. This is simply a book of musings of the friends I have traveled with since the beginning; them being my brother, the Avatar, and our new recruits who go by the names of Toph, the blind Earthbender, the retired Fire Nation General Iroh, and the young man who I fell in love with, Prince Zuko.
Oathkeeper: So, there you have it! The beginning to my craziness, and don't worry, this will not interfere with my other fanfiction. This is simply a challenge for me, or for whenever I'm in a block for my other story. Reviews would be greatly appreciated!
