Azula's Greed fanfiction.
Prologue: Discovery of amber eyed child.
85 A.G/2011 A.D. Republic of France. Concarneau.
Bretagne. It is a really beautiful region of the Republic of France. With the fields but also the cities in the coast with their fishers.
Concarneau is especially one of these towns. With the fort in the island, the port but especially the beaches. But it was clearly a small town isolated from the movements of the people when they go for summer vacations.
In this year of 2011, in the end of the November month. Two people decided to take their lovely break in the Beach of the Four Sardines, who is away from the center. It was empty since it's not the season.
Their car arrived in front of entry of the path leading to the beach as night was falling.
One is a man who is red-headed, dressed in a long red shirt, small blue pants and black tongs. The second is a woman who is dark-haired, dressed in a white shirt and orange tongs. He is aged in his middle 30s as the woman is aged too.
"Aaaaah… far from the town. Our children are in a school trip. Finally, some time for the two of us. Don't you think, Julia?" The Red-headed man said.
"Hm… That's for sure, Martin. That would be good." Julia responded.
He takes from the car trunk a parasol and small basket.
"Now let's go, shall we?" Martin asked.
"Hm, yeah." Julia said.
The couple goes inside of the forest. They walked inside between the trees and followed the path. The birds were chirping despite the night falling.
After minutes of walks, the couple arrived in front of the beach. It was small, surrounded by the trees and the rocks. Nobody was here since everyone else was working in this month.
But for the couple, it was perfect.
The husband planted the parasol and opened it before putting a towel on the sand. The woman arrived in front of the rocks, sited on one of them before bathing her feet on the cold water.
"Martin?" Julia called.
"Yes, Julia?" Martin responded.
He comes at her and sited next to her.
"What is happening?" Martin asked Julia.
Martin sees something in the sunny sky, he could see a big cloud approaching rapidly.
"Hm, less sun than usual. They don't say it was a cloudy day." Julia said.
"They are not always accurate." Martin said.
They stayed together for several minutes. The wind began to howl as the clouds are now above the place where the couple is. The couple is on the beach profiting of the night, sited on a towel with a bottle of wine and a few things to eat.
"How do you think of this little "private dinner" under the stars?" the red-headed man said with a cocky tone.
"Hehe… It changes from the restaurants honey." The woman said.
They eat parts of white ham while staring at the sea.
But as they are eating, the woman sees a small light on the sea under the clouds.
"Hm? Look." Julia pointed at the sea.
"Oh… Surely a fisherman in late night. But it's odd that he is here, the town is just next. Maybe he is lost" Martin said.
They observed the light on the sea but as the time passes, more they are intrigued. They could see that the light was slowly approaching.
"It's that a will-o'-the-wisp or something like that." Julia said.
"Hm… I don't know, I began to doubt." Martin responded with slight confusion.
The red-headed man takes out his phone and began to film the will-o'-the-wisp who continues to approach the coast. It goes on a lateral way.
As it approached more and more, the couple began to become nervous as it seems to form a silhouette on the sea, with a white dot on the middle.
"Okay, this is clearly not a will-o'-the-wisp…" The Martin said while standing up.
The couple stand up, now truly nervous. The light continues to approach until it reaches the forest beside the beach. The couple was shocked with the sight.
It was a glowing woman dressed in Asian white robes. Her face was painted gracefully with red lines surrounding her eyes, cheeks and mouth. Her long black hair is covered by a white cover and a very large white straw hat.
But in her arms, there is something covered in a sheet.
"What do we do?" Julia said a bit afraid.
"I will confront her." Martin said.
"Are you sure?" Julia responded.
"Yeah. Don't worry." Martin responded in reassurance.
Martin goes toward the forest on the left, following the light. Until he faced the woman from behind;
"Hey! You!" Martin shouted at the woman.
The glowing woman stopped in her tracks and turned back to him. The man was frightened by seeing her face, especially her glowing amber-gold eyes. For a second, the panic rose in his guts but he represses them by his calm and resolve and takes a few steps further.
"Hello? Who are you? And what are you transporting in your arms?" The man said.
The woman not responded and observed the man from head to toes, then she turned back to face him completely.
Martin could see what she was holding her hands, it was small baby in her hands covered in finely made white sheet. The baby was sleeping peacefully.
"Oh…" Martin let out.
The woman floats toward the red-headed man, who flinch from this move but he stands on his feet. The entity was clearly taller than him. At least 2 meters in height.
"Who are you?" Martin repeated.
The woman in question only response was gently pushing aside the right hand of the man, the one holding the phone.
She puts the baby in the left arm.
"But… who are you?" Martin repeated for the third time.
"Martin! Martin!" The voice of Julia toned from the forest with sounds of footsteps.
Martin turned to the source of the forest.
"Julia…" Martin sighed.
The lady realising she has no more time. Simply put her hand inside of her robe before taking out a small paper and gives it to the man. Then, she turns back and floats more inside of a forest.
"Wait! Please! Tell me! Who are you!" Martin pleaded.
But as Julia arrived, the glowing lady disappeared by passing behind a trunk.
"Hey!" Martin shouted.
He runs in pursuit but by looking everywhere. The woman was nowhere to be seen.
"Martin! You are here!" Julia screamed just behind.
He turned back and sees Julia, visibly distressed.
"Julia… I have lived the most astonishing event of my whole life…" Martin said.
"What do you mean?" Julia said.
Then, she sees and realised in disbelief that Martin has a baby in his hands and a letter.
"It's that a… baby?" Julia said with a silent tone.
"She given me something in addition." Martin said while extending a letter to the woman.
He gives the letter and the woman opens it.
Inside of the letter:
"For those who reads the letter. This girl is named Azula. She is a child paying for the sins of his father after provoking the spirits. But she is innocent of his acts. She needs a family to have a chance to be happy. Please, take a good care of her.
The Painted Lady."
The couple stays silent for a moment, until they looked at the baby once again.
"Okay… let me see the video you have taken." Julia said.
"Hum… okay." The red-headed responded.
He stops the recording and handed the phone; Julia plays the video of the discovery followed by the pursuit and the encounter. Julia was even more shocked until she turns her gaze to the baby.
"Can I take her?" Julia asked.
"Okay…" Martin responded.
Julia takes the baby in her hands and observed her. She was healthy and quite cute.
"Poor little girl. How your father has done to make you come here?" The woman said.
"I don't know, something really nasty." Martin said.
The baby wakes up and revealed her amber-gold eyes.
"Oh…" Julia gasped.
"She has yellow eyes..." Martin said.
"She has jaundice?" Julia asked.
"I don't know. But we have to verify. For now, let's go back home." Martin said.
"Okay…" Julia said.
The baby then began to whine and cry.
"Shhht… No… Don't cry, it's gonna be okay." Julia said.
"Oh my… I can't imagine what the year would come now." Martin said.
The two goes back toward the beach, now ready to go back to their town.
To be continued… Adoption.
The couple has brought back a baby to their family. But it will be hard to adopt her because of the French administrative system.