A Beautiful Flame: Rules are Rules

by foreverdisneyfan

When a young slave is restricted to use her power, the burning desire grows even more. Omi, a young slave works alongside her family at the fire nation, it wasn't her intention to befriend someone from royalty, nor fire bend even better than the evil prodigy, Azula. Would she keep her fire bending a secret? Or would she risk her family's safety and her own if anyone finds out?

2. Chapter 2

Hi there! I hope your liking the story as I am enjoying creating it, especially my OC, Omi. She could be quite the cutie sometimes. Just to let everyone know that the characters aren't mine, all credit goes to their original creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Except for Omi, like I said, She's my OC. Well then, enjoy this chapter and I hope everyone will get to know and love Omi as much as I do. ^^

Zuko ran as fast as he could, he ran through the doors, catching his breath.

"Where were you this time!" His grandfather growled, he could swear that he can also hear his father growling at him too,
"I..." Zuko panted. He felt his toy in his coat pocket, he immediately thought of an excuse to say,
"I was playing with my toy," He said,
"Foolish child!" His grandfather replied,
"Because of your silly toy, you kept us waiting!" The fire lord continued,
"Maybe you should get RID of it!" Azula murmured,
"Azula!'' her mother whispered firmly,
"Your majesty he's just a child, he will learn soon enough," The princess said to The firelord, he grumbled and sat back into his chair,
"Fair enough, you may sit," The fire lord said with a wave of his hand.
The princess nodded to Zuko to sit, He walked over to his chair and sat as Breakfast was finally served.
After a while, Azula spoke up,
"Grandfather, a permission to speak," She said, Zuko rolled his eyes,
"Permission granted," Her grandfather replied,
"I fear that my brother isn't following the rules we have at breakfast, if he continues like this he'll follow no rule at all," Azula said as if she was the queen,
"I think we best settle it by getting rid of that toy he has, it's an obstacle to obedience," She said,
Zuko glared at her, The princess looked firmly at her as well.
"What do you think, father?" She asked him, Prince Ozai barely smiled.
"I agree with you, child," He said as he took out his hand.
"The toy, Zuko," He said,
"What! no!" Zuko panicked, he looked at his mother for help, her eyes saddened, telling him to do nothing other than to obey,
"The toy," Ozai said once again, Zuko slowly took out his wooden horse, he hugged it tightly before handing it to him, the Prince held in his hand and burned it, leaving it to small ashes. A servant nearby, held a tray, the Prince wiped the ashes upon it. As the servant left to dispose it. Zuko could only watched silently, letting tears fall down.
"It's for your own good," The prince told him firmly,
"After all," Azula said,
"Rules are rules,"

Zuko ran up to his room afterwards and cried, His mother felt sorry for him, surely she could give him another toy, but why on earth did she let him go through something like that! no child ever deserves this, much more less her own son. But if she tried to defend him, Azula might've push it even further, probably she would've brought up the subject about Zuko's friendship with Omi. She couldn't risk, now that Zuko finally has a friend.

~meanwhile~

"What do you have there child?" Omi's mother said as she finished washing the last pot,
"It's my doll," Omi said as she held up a doll that her father made for her out of hay and old cloth.
"Oh, and how lovely she is!" Her mother said, stroking her daughter's hair,
"Be careful mother," Omi said gently,
"I don't want my braid to get ruined," She patted her hair.
"Oh, I'm sorry miss," Her mother smiled playfully, Omi was the clone of her mother, green eyes, pink lips, dark hair, her father looked quite more from the fire nation, light colored eyes, sharp nose and quite serious, but to his family, he loved them very much. Omi's mother loved him much more to give up her luxurious life as the Duke's daughter from the earth Kingdom, when she fell in love with her father's slave she was betrothed to another man whom she didn't love, so she decided herself to become a slave and runaway in order to be with him, it wasn't long after she was expecting, and a beautiful girl was born.

"Mother, is there anything else I can help you with?" Omi asked her look-a-like of a mother.
She thought for a moment,
"No dear, you may go," Her mother said.
Omi rushed through the doors and up towards the princess' chambers, since the princess herself told her that she can come to her for anything, and this was something she could do for her.
She looked around the corner, phew! no guards outside the doors.
She walked up confidently to the doors, she knocked lightly.
"Yes?" The princess' voice was heard,
"Your highness, it's me, Omi." She said politely.
"Come in, child," Omi slide the doors opened, when she entered, she closed them again.
"Hello dear, what happened?" The princess asked sweetly,
"Um... I wanted to ask you something. If that's not too much," Omi responded nervously.
"What could be too much?" The princess giggled,
"Uh... I wish to give this to Zuko," Omi said as she held up the doll, The princess melted inside, this child is so darn cute!
"I hoped that you could give it to him for me," Omi added.

The princess walked up to her, she knelted down and observe the droopy little doll, made of hay straw wrapped in old cloth, the arms, the body, the legs, even a face was made with thread, A smiling one to be exact. Though it wasn't something made for a prince, but a gift from the heart is worth more than a million.
She looked at the hopeful face of Omi,
"I will," She said as she stood up,
"Zuko will love it," She slid the door opened, she looked around, Azula wasn't around anywhere, of course she was grounded for her misbehavior earlier today and at the table, so there was no worry. The prince wasn't found either, he was always discussing with his father at the throne room, who knows what.
Omi and the Princess left the room, she told the girl to wait for Zuko at the garden, the one place where there's never any guards or spying eyes.
"You mean the one behind a wall?" Omi asked to make sure,
"Yes" The princess responded,
The girl Thanked and bowed respectfully to the princess before running off.

The princess knocked at her son's door.

"go away!" A voice was heard, The princess slid open the door, seeing her son lying on his bed, crying.
"It's me. Zuko," she said as she entered, He didn't look up. It was a small while until the princess understood why he was acting this way to her,
"Zuko, I'm sorry," She sighed,
"I know what Azula and your father did was unfair," She continued,
"It was! and you didn't help me," Zuko sobbed,
"I know, sweetie," She said as she sat next to him, rubbing his back softly,
"But you know what happened?" She said in a positive tone,
"What?" Zuko finally looked up, in curiosity,
"You have a new friend," She said as she held up a ragged toy. Zuko wiped his tears and sat up fom his bed,
"Is it for me?" He asked, The princess nodded. Zuko took it into his hands and observed it, he smiled at it's smiling face.
"He has a funny face," Zuko laughed,
"It's lovely, isn't it?" The princess giggled as well, she was relieved to finally see him smile again,
"Do you like it?" She asked,
"I guess I do," He said,
"I hope so, because it isn't from me," She said,
"What?" Zuko asked in confusion,
"Omi said I should give it to you," The princess said,
"This was Omi's?" He asked, he gently stroked the doll, He jumped out of his bed and ran out the door,
"Oh, mom," He said, running back to her,
"Thank you," He said as he hugged her, she gently stoked his hair,
"Thank Omi, she's at the garden," She whispered,

Zuko ran out towards the garden, when he got there, he saw Omi sitting on the bench, who was stroking her braid again.
He crepted up slowly to surprise her,
When he was finally right behind her, she turned around quickly.
"Boo!" she said, scaring Zuko. He fell towards the ground as Omi laughed at him.
"How did you know I was behind you!" Zuko asked firmly,
"You're so loud when you creap!" Omi said smiling, she noticed that he held the doll in his hands,
"Hey, you have it!" She said out loud,
"Yeaaah?" Zuko said, raising an eyebrow,
"Soooo?" she said,
"So what?" He asked,
"So, do you like it?" She asked,
"Yeah, Thanks," Zuko said smiling,
"My dad burned my last toy," He said sincerely,
"Oh..." Omi's eyes saddened,
"I'm sorry," She said,
"Nah, no need too," Zuko said,
"Now that I got this brand new toy, I really like it,"
"Well, what games would you play with it?" She asked curiously,
Zuko smiled mischieviously,
"Well, my favorite game would be..."

Omi leaned in curiously,

"TAG! YOU'RE IT!" He said as he tagged her with the doll and ran,

"Hey! that's no fair!" She giggled, she ran after him, both children were laughing, tumbling, running, when she finally tagged him, it was him who ran after her, after running for awhile he grabbed her.
"Ta- whoa!" He exclaimed as they both fell in a nearby bed of dandelion's (The poofy white ones hehe), it only made them laughed even more, She turned towards him, facing him, when He faced her, one of the dandlion's fell into his nose causing him to sneeze onto her face.
"EEWW!"
the birds flew away.

Okay, here ya go! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, the next would be posted real soon, since almost everything is done, so don't expect me to leave you hangin'. Don't you just hate it when authors do that? I know I do. Well, anyways, enjoy the rest, I promise that in the next chapter and forward would have a little bit more of a climax.
Toodles!^^