I still don't own LoK or Anastasia.
Iroh and Anastasia woke to find themselves in a completely unfamiliar area, with no idea what country they were in, or even if they were truly awake. They were completely dry and felt as though they hadn't just been in a near-death underwater experience. Anastasia looked at Iroh as if she was just sizing him up for the first time again, and he was looking at her as though he were trying to figure her out.
"What was that?" she demanded at last as she put her hands on her hips.
"What was what?"
"That! back there! You could have gotten yourself killed doing that!" she yelled angrily pumping out her fists in a Y-shape and firebending accidentally again. "And I don't care that I'm firebending out of control! I want answers! NOW!"
"Well," Iroh said taking a step back nervously. "I don't like it when someone attacks another without a good cause, or for the cause that they had, and-and to be honest, I'm not exactly sure why I did that aside from that reason. That's what I'm trying to figure out."
"Ah, young love," an elderly man said, and the two turned to find two elderly men approaching, both in red garments, and one wearing the crown of the royal fire nation prince. It was the bulkier and shorter of the two who spoke. "What I would have done to see my son so."
"Who are you? Who do you think you are?" Anastasia demanded, and Iroh sweat-dropped with an emotionless mask plastered onto his face.
"I am Avatar Roku," the taller of the two said calmly. "And this one just so happens to have a namesake right beside you."
"You're General Iroh the first?" Anastasia scoffed, "Thank god your nephew's grandkid at least isn't as much of a pervert as I've heard you out to be!"
Iroh the second had to force himself not to face-palm in front of his ancestors, and instead settled for closing his eyes and shaking his head slightly. The two elders looked at each other and nodded before separating.
"Come with me, little one," Iroh the first said with a soft smile.
"Eyew! No!" Anastasia said backing off. "Get away from me you oversized pervert!"
"Hey, I am not fat," the elderly man said with a childish pout. "I lost a lot of weight at the end of the war…"
"Sure you did," she snorted, "And Iroh the second here has a pink pony that he rides every day!"
The General in question looked at her with disapproval at her dragging him into this and even more disapproval that she had said that he had a pink pony.
"Do those even exist?" Iroh the first asked Roku, whose only response was to roll his eyes and shake his head before turning his back on him. "What?"
"I doubt it," Iroh the second murmured before clearing his throat. "I presume there's a reason that you are here, General Iroh the first?"
"Ah, yes, my little namesake," the first General said with a warm smile. "Since your girlfriend won't let me finish my train of thought-!"
"I am not his girlfriend!" Anastasia screamed at him and let loose another stream of fire from her wrists, and this time some steam from her nose.
"Then we will have a talk among men," Iroh the first finished as though she hadn't said a thing. "Come."
The two Iroh's went off as though Anastasia disappeared, and she was about to go on a screaming fit when Roku cleared his throat and stepped forwards.
"You have a fear of fires," he said, and she nodded stiffly and angrily. "Do not fear, little one. Unlike Iroh the first, I am in control of myself entirely, like most Avatars are. I can begin teaching you how to best use your firebending, and how to control it when you are angry."
"As nice as that sounds, I don't want to," Anastasia growled, and the Avatar simply sighed.
"If you will not learn, will you at least tell me why?"
"I hate fire."
"Why do you hate fire? Is it because of what Rasputin has done?"
"Yes, and that's why I hate water and earth, too," Anastasia snapped.
"I see. You are afraid of the elements because they have been used against you in the past," Roku said stroking his beard thoughtfully. "Perhaps…"
"Perhaps what?" she shot back, and he gave her a soft smile.
"Perhaps if you cannot overcome your fears before the end of the year, we shall suppress the memories that cause you to fear firebending?"
"No! I won't! I can't!" she yelled, feeling as though a knife had struck at her heart. "I can't… that's the only way that… it's all I have left of…"
"I understand, you feel conflicted," Roku said gently. "You do not wish to abandon your best friend, but you do not want to remember the elements as well. However the memories are intertwined, and you value your friend's memories more than you fear the elements. Perhaps focusing on using fire to protect that which is most precious to you will help you overcome your fear."
"I doubt it," Anastasia grumbled, and Roku created a fire in front of him. "Hey! What's the big idea?!"
"I merely wish to show you what has become of your friend," Roku said calmly, and she took a closer look into the flames. "Does he or she have a name?"
"Demitri," Anastasia murmured, and his eyes lit up.
"Ah, so it's a boyfriend," Roku said chuckling. "Yes, the heart of the youth really is quite a fickle thing. I had the help of being the Avatar, of course, but I feel that you cannot remain with him. You cannot return to your world, and it will be a struggle to be able to communicate with him."
"Why? There must be a way!" she yelled at him, and fires erupted around her.
"There is a way, but you must be able to control the fires around you," Roku said calmly to deceive her into begin firebending, "Picture yourself inside the flames, picture the flames creating a replica of yourself, and I will create a small method of being able to communicate with him."
"What? I can't control fire!" she yelled, and he chuckled.
"The faster you learn, the faster you can talk to him again," Roku coaxed, and he knew he had her hook line and sinker.
"Fine," she grumbled. "Then what do I need to do?"
Roku simply smiled as she glared up at him.
How long do you think it will take her? After all, it's all in her mind, so it will take a shorter time amount than the actual training will in real life.
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