Title:
Rebirth
Author:
RedNovember
Word
Count: 241
Warning:
Death
Comments: Written first for theavatar100 community at LJ,
Challenge #17: Avatars past, present, and never. My take on Roku's
disappearance. Decided to post it here because Dracori suggested that I
post my one-shots on under one story name. Genius idea.
Rebirth
He'd known Fire first, the raging fever that consumed his body like a passionate lover.
And then came the Water, flowing ice-cold through his veins, like a mother's cool hand on his brow.
Earth had surprised him, how the dependable strength in his hands seemed like it'd always been there.
That free-flying Air had snuck up on him like a playful child, whisking breezes across his face with a flick of his fingers.
"Do you dare defy me?" Sozen hissed in the darkness of the dungeons, the silvery glint of a knife in the black.
In his subconscious, Roku wondered if anybody would ever know what became of the Avatar Roku. He supposed his successor would, but that didn't really count, since it was just himself reborn all over again. A neverending, sleepless cycle.
The memories weighed him down. Over a thousand years of lost family, bygone friends, and dead lovers.
There were moments when he wanted to forget his responsibilities. There were moments when he didn't care about the balance of the four elements. There were moments when he didn't give a bison's shit about how everybody needed him.
There were moments when he just wanted to Die.
He smiled at the shadow that was Sozen. "What do you think?"
Moving air, glimmer of watery silver, flash of bright flame, and a thunk on the earth.
Somewhere in an Air village, high up in the mountains, a still-bloody newborn wailed a cry of weariness at his own rebirth.