Forbidden
Chapter five
Answers for another Time
We've been in Ba Sing Se for about eight months now, and nothing bads happened yet. Well that day something bad was going to happen, and no one would know until later. At the flower shop that day we got a huge order of swamp lilies. "May-May you'll need the gloves for these! And please don't touch the throns!" Ty-Mai said. She was the shop owner, and older women with a love for flowers. I quickly put my gloves on to unload the flowers, "Why doesn't she want me touching the throns?" I thought grabbing another swamp lily. Just as I grabbed it the one next to it cut me. "Ow, ow, ow!" I whispered. "Is everything alright out there?" Ty-Mai asked from the back room. "Yes Ma'am!" I said returning to my work.
It was two or three days later when I started not feeling well, and I didn't say anything. I was having fever's and sweating all the time. I had no idea what was going on, or how I even got it. I was in so much pain that it was unbarable anymore. Ty-Mai sent me home early that day, and thank goodness that Uncle and Zukko were home too. I walked into the apartment, and saw Zuko and Uncle talking. "I'm home." I muttered walking in. I saw them both talking then everything turned sideways, and heard them calling for me.
Memories and flashbacks were all I had while I slept. They were as good as nightmares, well most of them anyways. This was the worst feeling ever. Being weak, and not breathing right. Thankfully Uncle Iroh knew what to do, and helped me get better. "May-May how do you feel?" Zuko asked grabbing my hand. I sat up and nodded, "I'm fine Zuko." I said trying to stand up. "Since being here in Ba Sing Se none of us have taken a vaction, and well now we are. Later today or tomorrow we're going back to Ember Island." Zuko said grabbing me before I fell. "We are?" I shouted with a huge smile.
(AN- The swamp lilies are VERY DEADLY. And as you can tell I mixed Ty Lee's name with Mai's to make the shop owners. May-May's past was more harsh than Zuko's, and the only 'good' memories she has is when she was with Zuko. It's said in fire nation history that once every 500 years, there is a person born with purple fire. So she's treated like the avatar, but only in the fire nation. I'll expalian more as we go on about her past.)