Rei woke very early the next morning and walked down to the beach with slow steps. The orange sun was just waking and the water sparkled like thousands of mirrors. She was still sitting on the broken-down dock when the others finally woke up. Zuko walked into the kitchen to find Suki, Aang and Katara looking at her from the large kitchen window.
"How long has she been like that?" He asked them, afraid of the answer.
"Hours." Suki replied. "I wonder what's wrong with her." Zuko turned away from the window with a guilty look on his face. Was it his fault that Rei was acting this strange?
"I mean, she was fine after the play. Maybe it was her vision?" Katara mused causing Zuko to further duck his head over the tea he was drinking.
"I'm going to talk to her." Aang said before walking across the porch and onto the sand. The two girls remained at the window.
"I hope twinkle-toes can help her. She's too funny to be this depressed." Toph said as she ate breakfast. "We should so something to cheer her up."
"Good Idea Toph!" Suki commented. "But what should we do?"
"I know!!" Sokka exclaimed with a jump. "Lets give her something shiny to play with!!" Silence met his suggestion as irritated looks forced him back into his seat. "It would work."
"Well, what does she like to do?" Silence. "What are her favorite foods?" More silence.
"We don't really know anything about her." Zuko commented.
"Your right." Toph tilted her head in confusion. "We don't know Rei at all. We never ask about her life or herself…"
"She doesn't remember anything though." Katara defended.
"Sometimes I'm not so sure. I think she knows a bit more than she lets on." Suki said causing everyone to think about the curious white haired spirit girl.
"I got it!!" Sokka yelled suddenly. "Lets throw her a birthday party!" Silence.
"Sokka, we don't know when her birthday is, or even how old she actually is." Katara reminded him.
"That's the point! We don't know, she doesn't know, so who says it can't be tonight?" His grin increased the others thought of his plan.
"That's actually…a good idea." Zuko said in shock.
"Well, we'd better get started."
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"It's very pretty, isn't it?" Aang said as he sat next to Rei. She didn't look at him as he sat down but smiled slightly.
"Yes. I'm beginning to see that everything in this world has beauty in it." They sat together in silence for a while, the only sound coming from the waves below them.
"Rei, please tell me w-"
"What does it feel like when you look at Katara, Aang?" Her small voice forced him to freeze. He was about to question her when she turned and faced him, looking straight into his eyes. He understood instantly in the mirrors her eyes became.
"It feels like everything all at once. I feel safe and happy and scared and worried. I want to give up everything; the world, the war, even being the Avatar just so I can look at her forever. I want nothing else, just her." Rei studied his features.
"And you could do it? Give everything up just for her?" His response was a single nod and Rei closed her eyes slowly.
"But I can't and won't sacrifice the world just for what I want. The needs of all the people I love must come before my own." Rei opened her eyes and looked at Aang who no longer seemed a child. His eyes were filled with wisdom beyond his years, his mouth curved into an impassive line.
"You have turned out to be a wonderful Avatar Aang." He cracked a goofy smile and caused Rei to laugh.
"So Rei, what's wrong?" She dropped his gaze and looked out into the ocean. He reached out and took her hand in a comforting gesture. "You can tell me anything. You and I, are very much alike."
"Yes…" She turned to lock eyes with him. "We both want too much." He was about to ask her what she meant when Sokka ran up the dock to them, Katara following closely behind.
"Ok kiddies! Time to quit wallowing cause we need to go!" Katara's smile dropped slightly when she saw that Aang and Rei were holding hands…tightly holding hands.
"Where are we going?" Aang asked as he hopped to his feet, pulling Rei up with him.
"It's a surprise." Sokka replied, holding up a sash and holding it out to Rei. "Put this around your eyes so you can't see." Rei stared blankly at him and didn't move, so Aang dropped her hand and blindfolded her himself. "Lets get going!"
"I cannot get going if I remain unable to see." Rei protested as they dragged her up the dock.
"Don't worry Rei, we'll lead you!" Katara explained, causing Rei to slightly relax. They led her into the house where Zuko stood with a wary expression on his face. "Zuko is going to take you to a random part of the house for a couple hours Rei."
"But why must I not see where I am going?" She questioned as Aang and Katara walked to the court yard, leaving the three others standing in the kitchen.
"Don't worry Rei, Zuko will take off the blind fold when he thinks its safe." With that, Sokka also fled from the kitchen leaving a very confused Rei and a slighty annoyed Zuko.
"Come on." Zuko said, grabbing Rei's wrist before leading her down the hallway and into a large room filled with books. Once the door was closed securely Zuko reached behind Rei's head and loosened the sash. The fabric fell to the floor and Rei did not blink as her mirror like eyes adjusted to the light. She looked straight at the fire prince who stood so close she could reach out and touch. Silence enveloped the two until Zuko suddenly twisted further from her and she caught sight of the room. Gasping, Rei surveyed the room with a look of reverence.
"There is so much knowledge in this room."
"I thought you would like it." Zuko said as he leaned against a shelf of books. "But I thought spirits knew everything." He joked.
"They do." Rei whispered as she walked over to a wall covered in maps and charts.
"Then why do you-"
"Spirits know everything…But I do not." She slid her pale hand across the yellowing paper and pushed a few to the side.
"But aren't you a-" A shocked gasp stopped him in the middle of his sentence. Rei harshly pulled a stack of maps aside before ripping a particularly ancient map from the wall. "Rei what are you doing?" Her face was contorted into the strangest mixture between complete joy and utmost pain. The prince quickly walked over to her and watched as her eyes darkened slightly.
"I thought it was impossible. Just a fable, a fairy tale. But here it is…" Her hands started to shake violently and her breathing sped along with her heart rate.
"Rei, calm down. What's the matter with you?" With slow motions, Zuko rested his large hands over Rei's tiny trembling ones, causing her to gasp in shock and instantly turn to him.
"Zuko!" Her face broke into a strangely deranged smile, which made Zuko wary. "I need you to take me here!" She turned the map to him and shoved it in his face before his hands gently but forcefully pulled it away.
"Rei, calm down. What are you talking about?"
"This!" She pulled him over to a desk before slapping down the paper with flourish. She then repeatedly tapped a small marking on the map forcing Zuko to look at it. "We must go to this island, immediately!" Her breath was still hurried and her smile still too large.
"We can't." He said turning to her.
"What?" She foze instantly, her voice almost impossible to hear.
"Rei, this map is hundreds of years old, it's extremely unreliable. Besides I doubt that this island even exists anymore and even if it does it is part of the volcanic ring."
"I do not understand."
"The volcanic ring is a set of islands that have formed upon active volcanos. All of which erupted roughly 67 years ago, completely wiping the islands clean."
"It does not matter to me if the island is clean, I just need to go."
"It means there is nothing on the island. Just ash and rocks, it's inhabitable."
"If you do not wish to take me I can go myself." Zuko groaned.
"Rei!" He said forcefully. "You can't go to the island. It's impossible."
"You're wrong." She flashed him an ignorant smile, shaking her head back and forth. "You are wrong."
"Rei…"
"I am being called to this island! I can feel it!" She interrupted, her voice growing in volume and desperation.
"This island doesn't exist." His voice also growing louder.
"Yes, yes it does Zuko. If you felt what I'm feeling right now, you would understand!" She laughed a bit which infuriated Zuko. Why was she treating him like he was wrong when he knew she was the wrong one?!
"I don't think so Rei. You're feeling isn't right."
"Yes it is!"
"No!" Zuko finally hollered, silencing Rei who dropped her smile. "Look Rei, I don't know why you think this is so important but I'm telling you, there is nothing there! It's impossible!" He gazed straight into her eyes and witnessed as they darkened further.
"Impossible… nothing….no." Her gaze landed upon the tiny ink island and her thin hand reached for it slowly. "No." She repeated more forcefully. "No."
"Rei, are you feeling ok?" Her eyebrow twitched slightly before she glared angrily at the prince.
"No Zuko I am not feeling 'ok'!" He jumped back slightly as she turned to him and poked his chest with a jabbing finger. "The only thing I am feeling is an unquenchable need to visit this island! That and welling anger for you and your constant negativity!"
"Rei I-" He started.
"NO! I am talking now! All I hear from you is no, no, no! Impossible and nothing are your only words Zuko! Can you not give me a chance? Can you not, for once, trust someone other than yourself?!" She has backed him into the wall and was so close that he could feel the anger in her skin. "Maybe you are right and maybe I am wrong and there is nothing there but I must find out for myself. If I am wrong I will learn from my mistake and grow, but there is no sense in not trying!!" She stopped poking him and gently rested her hand on his chest and he watched as her anger turned to sorrow. "I must go to this island, more than I must breathe or think or feel. I am asking you as my friend…please trust me, Zuko." The prince looked at the woman touching him with wary eyes. "Please help me Zuko."
"…go get Appa…" The prince mumbled in defeat, causing a smile to break over Rei's face. She pulled him into a tight hug before racing to the only window in the room and opening it, allowing a huge gust of wind into the room which tossed everything loose in the room in the air before it all landed in a messy pile. Zuko groaned before attempting to find the island map. Rei whistled a single high note into the air before turning to Zuko.
"What are you doing Zuko?" He looked up at her and was instantly taken aback by her beauty.
"Try-trying to find the map." She burst into peals of laughter before grabbing his hand and pulling him to the window.
"We don't need the map silly."
"Then how are we supposed to get to the most-likely-non-existent island?" Rei laughed again before pulling Zuko into a tight hug, which shocked him still.
"I told you, I am called to the island. It will lead us straight. Now hold on tight!"
"What are you talk-AHHHHH!" Before Zuko could finish his questioned he and Rei were pulled out of the window and flying behind Appa. Zuko absently noticed that a long dark string was attached from Appa's saddle to Rei's back. In another flash they were both sitting on Appa's back.
"Zuko, you may release me now, if you wish…" Rei announced quietly. Zuko had her in a death grip.
"Oh…ah, right." And the prince, somewhat reluctantly, dropped his arms from around the spirit girls' waist
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To Zuko's amazement not only did they find the tiny island, but it was thriving with life. The only thing that wasn't teeming with plant life was the strangely twisted volcano. Appa landed on the island's single beach and the two riders slipped off his back and onto black sand.
"Thank you Appa." Rei said as she patted his fluffy head. "You are welcome to rest now, I know I saw some ju-ju trees over there!" She pointed inland and the bison quickly made off for an early lunch. She turned back to the prince with a smile.
"Well…where to now?" He questioned her. She opened her mouth but closed it quickly. They stood in silence for several minutes. "You don't know, do you?"
"I was hoping that someone would be here to greet us, but I believe this place to be quite empty."
"Great…"
"Let's explore!" She said before racing into the trees, expecting Zuko to follow. They ran through the tropical jungle for several silent minutes before Zuko called out for Rei to stop. She waited for him to reach her and he bent over gasping as she looked around. "There must be something here…" She announced. "There must be…"
"Don't gasp you feel gasp anything?" Zuko panted, his hands on his knees.
"No…I feel nothing…" Zuko was about to yell in anger when he caught sight of Rei's pained expression. He fell silent as his panting ceased and straightened once his breathing returned to normal.
"Rei, I'm sure you're just-AHHH!!" Rei turned and found Zuko hanging upside down, his feet bound together by a single hanging vine.
"Zuko! Are you unharmed?" She ran to him and attempted to halt his swinging.
"Yeah I'm just great! Never been better!" He yelled sarcastically. "Just help me get down from here!"
"I feel that this island is more dangerous than we first believed." She announced, looking around the jungle suspiciously.
"No kidding… Just cut me down Rei." Rei turned to him and nodded before getting into a bending position. However, before she could slice the vine a dark voice rang through the trees.
"HOW DARE YOU DEFILE THE ISLAND OF THE SUN!! LEAVE NOW OR FACE THE DIRE CONSAQUENCES!!" Rei whipped her head around, looking for the source of the noise, finding nothing but plants. "YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!"
"Rei, quick, cut me down!" She turned to him and opened her mouth but suddenly her tattoo began to glow. Her eyes widened but remained their normal glassy color.
"Zuko…I feel it. The pull…"
"I WARNED YOU TO LEAVE!!" The voice came much closer and suddenly an ancient man appeared in the clearing. He glared at the two teenagers with rage. "YOU WILL SUFFER FOR YOUR DISRESPECT AND- impossible!" The man's bright golden eyes landed upon Rei and he became eerily silent. Zuko watched as the man fell to his knees in worship, tears falling from his small eyes. "You have returned Reiko. You have come back!"
"My name is not Reiko, nor am I returning." Rei replied in a slightly hard voice. "Release my friend and leave us in peace." Confusion broke across the man's face as he continued to stare at Rei. Pain crossed her face as another wave of longing washed over her body. She needed to follow this pull, but wouldn't leave Zuko alone.
"You were called to this island, weren't you? You are being pulled to the center of it, aren't you? Your heart is bursting with longing, isn't it?"
"How do you know these things?" Rei asked in utter shock, her voice small. The old man broke into a smile as he bowed low to Rei, his head touching the earth.
"Because Reiko, it was upon this island that you were born."
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"Drink this. It will calm your nerves." The old man handed both Zuko and Rei a cup of smoking tea. They both instantly set the cups on the stone ground, untouched. The old man laughed and sipped at his own tea.
"You will explain." Rei commanded. "Now!" Her voice reverberated around the small stone room and sounded much more powerful than normal. The old man, after cutting Zuko down, refused to speak until both teens followed him to a small stone hut located at the base of the volcano, which they had discovered was located at the exact center of the island. The walls and floor were bare, save for a small wooden chest which stood in the corner of the room they were currently in.
"I feel that there is nothing to explain."
"You have told me nothing!" She flushed with anger.
"What are you confused about Reiko?"
"Everything. Why this island is calling me, why I am drawn to the volcano, why you keep calling me Reiko."
"You are unaware of all of this?" He looked slightly muddled by this information. But continued sipping his tea.
"I would not be asking if I was aware of the answers."
"I'm afraid it is not within my power to answer your questions."
"Arg." Zuko groaned. "We don't have time for your games old man. Just tell us what you know so we can leave."
"The fire lord manners and temper are certainly hereditary." The old man snapped at Zuko, who glared back. "But only Reiko knows the answers to the questions she is asking." Rei's eyes widened at this, whereas Zuko's narrowed.
"If she already knows the answers then what are we doing here?!"
"Because the answers are hidden here. Reiko must feel them in her soul for them to become clear." The old man replied joyfully.
"You're making no sense!" Zuko yelled.
"Zuko." Rei whispered, which caused. "This man cannot help us." She stood up, bowed to the man, and walked to the open door. "Are you coming?"
"But Rei, are you sure? Don't you feel the…"
"No." She said simply before walking out of the hut. Zuko sat on the floor in shock and the old man slowly got to his feet. He cleared up the tea and turned to Zuko.
"What are you still doing here?" The prince looked up at the man in confusion. "Go after her you fool!" With that, Zuko scrambled to his feet and raced after the spirit woman. He caught up with her back inside the forest.
"Rei, what's wrong? A few seconds ago all you wanted was to come here, not all you want to do is leave?"
"I've made a mistake."
"You mean you don't belong here?"
"No… I…" She quickened her speed, but Zuko kept up with her this time.
"Then the old man is wrong?"
"No, it's not…" She was becoming frantic.
"Rei, whats wrong?"
"I don't know… we just…" Her eyes were filling with tears so Zuko grabbed onto her arm and forced her to stop.
"Rei. Let me help. Tell me what your feeling."
"NOTHING!" She yelled suddenly, shocking the prince. Tears spilled over her eyes and down her cheeks. "I feel nothing! And because of that, I will never know anything!"
"Rei, what do you-"
"My entire life, my entire EXISTANCE I have never felt ANYTHING!! Not in the spirit world, not when you kissed me, and especially not now!!" Zuko released his grip and watched at Rei stood crying, his face blank. "But I want to Zuko! You don't realize just how badly I want to feel. I want to laugh for happiness, I want to cry for sorrow…I want to kiss…and feel love." She slowly sank to her knees and sobbed. "But I cannot. It is like looking through muddy water. I experience these wondrous things…yet still feel nothing. I was so excited when I received a pull from this island because I actually felt something!"
"Lets go back to the old man and ask him to explain everything to you. Maybe if you knew more about yourself, you would be able to feel more." She violently shook her head and looked up at him, her face breaking his heart suddenly.
"He cannot help me Zuko because I cannot be helped. He said I needed to feel the truth for myself, but that's impossible." Zuko kneeled in front of the beautiful crying woman.
"But you're crying now, and you've cried before. Isn't that feeling?" He forced her to look at him, his hands holding her face. "I've seen you happy, and upset, and embarrassed. I've felt you're temperature rise and fall, as you think to yourself, I've seen your smile glow and your anger seethe. You can't tell me that you haven't felt…anything."
"I want…so badly, I want to believe you. But I just know…something is missing Zuko…"
Whether it was his annoyance at her repetitious words or the fact that she had given up, Zuko's eyebrows twitched and his anger flared. Rei continued to babble and he finally snapped.
"I'm sorry Zuko but I-" Her words were cut off by Zuko's lips and her body instantly froze. After either an eternity or only seconds Zuko pulled back to gaze at Rei's expression. Her eyes softened and her mouth remained slack as Zuko tilted his head and kissed her again. Clutching into his arms tightly, Rei responded instantly to the second kiss, kissing him back with a new passion. One of his hands dropped from her face to snake around her waist and pull her closer to him. She complied willingly and their kiss deepened as Rei's arms wrapped themselves around Zuko's neck.
It was several moments before they realized that breathing was necessary. When they broke apart panting Zuko's eyes did not leave Rei's face. Her clouded eyes locked with his liquid gold ones and they were silent.
"What did you feel?" He whispered, his hot breath washing over Rei, causing her to close her eyes and shudder.
"Everything." She replied. "Absolutely everything…" Her eyes opened again and she gasped, instantly becoming slack in Zuko's arms. Her eyes and Tattoo began to pour white light and her body twitched slightly.
"Rei!!" Zuko screamed in horror, unaware of what to do. He scrambled to his feet and sprinted, with her securely in his arms, back to the stone hut.
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Everything around the white haired woman was moving much too fast and entirely too slow. She felt everything and nothing, a deliciously painful experience. She saw winter, felt spring, heard summer, and tasted fall. Time meant nothing to this woman. The only thing that remained constant throughout this entire experience was heat. A blissful and relaxing heat that seeped into her very core.
She saw the sun circling the earth hundreds upon thousands upon millions of times. And she watched as he fell in love with the sun worshipers daughter. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, in all of his endless years. His love for his sister moon, his love for his brother ocean, even his love for his mother earth meant nothing compared to his love for this one, insignificant, mortal woman. In his need to get closer, the earth suffered, the close heat killing her crops and burning her surface. The ocean suffered, disappearing in some places white other placed melted and over ran the living creatures. Only the moon remained safe, merely glowing all the brighter each night.
She cried silently as the sun realized that he would never be able to know this love. If the sun disappeared, so would all life including hers.
So the merciful moon granted him one chance to be with her. She would block his light and he would be allowed to descend to his maiden. He wanted this one thing and then would want nothing else for the rest of his eternal being.
The man descended on the day the sun turned black and he stayed with the woman. But it was not to last and the sun was forced to return, leaving the woman forever. He sadly returned to the sky and the woman was left to bare their small, white haired, half-spirit child alone. Though the woman loved her child more than life itself, she never got over the grief that being alone caused. She slowly slipped into the spirit world for everlasting peace.
The sun brought his daughter into the spirit world where he locked her feelings away in hopes that she would never feel the heartache that killed her mother.
The sun, with out his love and separated from his daughter forever, began to glow brighter and brighter, till no one could gaze upon his beauty without experiencing a sliver of the pain he felt.
His daughter would balance the spirit world and she would assist the Avatar in order to keep the earth balanced. She would grow and grow, never feeling and never knowing about her human past.
Until the day she herself fell in love, like her father before her.
With a gasp, mirror grey eyes snapped open. Rei quickly sat up in the bed she did not remember being in and she looked around the stone room.
"Zuko?" Rei called out quietly, unsure of herself.
"He is pacing outside. I felt you would want to learn everything in peace." The voice of the old man filled the room. "You were born at the base of the Volcano. Reiko is what you mother whispered only moments before she was welcomed into the spirit world." He said from the floor.
"How do you know all of this? Why do I know all this?"
"I know because I am a sun worshiper. I was given the gift of knowledge from your father incase his bindings should ever come loose. You know it because they did loosen and disappear."
"Why?" Rei asked from the bed causing the man to crack a kind smile.
"I think you know the answer to that one." He replied before the girl stood from the bed and walked to the door. "The chest is yours to take. It belonged to your mother."
"Thank you." She whispered before grabbing the object and disappearing into the sunlight.
"Rei! You're ok!" Zuko announced in relief as soon as Rei came into view. "I was wondering when you would wake up, the old man made me leave and I got nervous that he…"
"Thank you Zuko." Rei said, flashing him a dazzling smile. "For everything."
"Well…we should probably head back, only if you're ready to I mean!"
"Zuko…" She suddenly hugged him very tightly and this time he hugged back. "I am ready for anything." With that, they whipped into the sky, following a very content bison.
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"There they are!" Aang yelled from his position on the roof before sliding off. The others scrambled around the pink cake with huge smiles on their faces as they waited for Zuko and Rei to come to the courtyard. They had spent the entire day cleaning, shopping, cooking, and decorating and now were ready to party. Aang even set up a small bonfire near the water fountain and they had everything set up perfectly. They heard Zuko and Rei walking about the house and waited with anticipation for the big revealing.
"Zuko, I wish to tell everyone something! Where are they?"
"Ummm, check the courtyard."
"Here she comes!" Sokka squealed in a very high pitched voice. He was probably the most excited. They stared at the only door which lead into the house, just waiting for Rei to walk through. They stared and stared and stared…
"What are you doing?"
"AHHHHH!!!" Everyone screamed as the jumped in shock. They whipped around and found Rei standing with her head tilted slightly, a wooden box in her hands and a confused expression on her face.
"But you…and then…the door…and!!" Sokka stammered stupidly before the others burst out laughing.
"What's going on out here?" Zuko called from the porch. "Oh, wait…I forgot about this… oops."
"Forgot what?" Rei questioned.
"Uhhh, surprise?" Suki announced.
"HAPPY (whenever) BIRTHDAY REI!!" They all shouted in unison, causing Rei to jump slightly. Zuko walked over to the group and they all stared at her with expectant faces.
"Birthday…" Silence…then Rei burst out laughing. She was chuckling so hard that tears ran down her face and she gasped for breath. The others watched her like she was crazy.
"Are you feeling ok?" Katara asked.
"Its been kind of a long day." Zuko said as he rushed over to Rei and helped her to sit on the fountain ledge. Her giggles slowly subsided and she grinned at her friends.
"What happened to you two, and where did you go?" Aang asked. Zuko opened his mouth but no words came out. Instead, a blush crept over his cheeks and he could not speak.
"I wish to tell you everything that happened! Sit down please friends!" With mixed glances they all complied and once they were all situated Rei opened the wooden box.
"Is it time to open presents already? I'll go get ours!" Aang sprang to his feet.
"No Aang, I wish to tell you all a story." She pulled out a small oval canvas and held it out to them. Painted upon the material was an exceedingly plain looking woman except for one thing…her eyes were identical grey mirrors. A direct copy of Rei's own orbs. Only Toph did not directly straighten her back. "This is the story of a spirit and human…"
Rei retold them almost everything that happened to her that day, leaving out only two pieces of information. The kiss she shared with Zuko and the fact that her father was the sun…But other than that, they learned everything. Once she was finished, they sat in silence.
"Wow…" Toph whistled low.
"And how did you break the chain thingy again?" A blush forced Rei and Zuko to divert glances.
"Something…shocking." Rei finally answered.
"Half-human…and half-spirit?"
"And your dad…is just hanging around the spirit world now?" Suki asked slowly. Rei scratched the back of her head in awkwardness.
"Uhh, yeah… Something like that… Man I'm hungry! Can we please eat?"
"Uh…Sure." And with that Rei finished the happiest day of her entire existence, her earlier vision at the back of her mind as she played games, danced with her friends, and ate as much as possible. They all partied well into the night and at the end Zuko and Aang lit the candles on the pink cake.
"We were unsure just how old you were, so we went with Zuko's age." Zuko looked at the 16 blue candles on the cake and laughed.
"I'm turning 18 at the end of summer, but nice try." He told them with a smile.
"Well, in reality Rei is probably like 500 years old so 16 should do fine." Katara said with a snap.
"Make a wish and blow out the candles!" Sokka and Aang yelled happily.
"But I already have more than a person could ever ask for. I don't know what else I could wish for." She looked around the little circle, into each of her friends smiling faces, ending on Zuko which made a strange, electricity shoot through her. His hand grazed her's under the table and the static sparked.
"Then wish for it to never end." He whispered as the others shouted things for her to wish for. She locked eyes with him and a smile broke out over her face.
"I wish…" For the vision to be wrong "for us to remain like this forever."
With that, Rei blew out the candles on her first birthday.
I am so sorry that this took so long. I had writers block and some very troubling times. But I'm back!! Please review and tell me what you think. I'll be working with the characterization a lot because I believe they are either too weak or not true to the series. Let me know what you think!!
