Chapter 3
Title: Fire Bending
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Azula POV.
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Timeline: 89 AG (4 years later)
Hello beautiful people! It's you friendly neighborhood Reincarnated here, and let me tell you guys the story of how i started my career as fire bending prodigy
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'It's been 4 years since i got reincarnated in this world and let me tell you, in these 4 years if there is one thing that has fascinated me- no scratch that, I've always been fascinated by new things even in my old life, but anyway, if there is one thing that has fascinated me the most in this new life, it's fire bending. The ability to control flames by simply breakdancing? Wow! Who wouldn't think that's dope? And here i am, the 4 years old future prodigy -haha~- of this very same element, sitting on the grass of the training area under a tree, watching my big bro and his friend get beate- ahem! Trained! By their personal fire bending master'
"You can do it Zuzu! You too Lu! " I encourage, while internally trying to decipher every move they do into my memory. "You see, after i was reincarnated in this world, the first thought that came to me after learning the nature of my end, was to become as quiet as possible, hiding my prodigy level firebending and sharp mind from being used by my father and prevent my mother from being banished because she poisoned the current fire lord in order to protect Zuko.' i think, while observing Zuko and Lu Ten's little spar conducted by the instructor
'I mean, that doesn't seem fair to be honest, Zuko's only like 6 or something and Lu Ten is already 14 so that isn't a fair match, but i guess if you think like that then the world is never fair either' as I'm thinking this, Lu Ten manages to throw Zuko off his feet by swiping his feet from under him. Then i see bro's face that is tinged with frustration ignite into flames as he turns on the ground and throws his fist out, generating a fire stream that doesn't even get close to Lu Ten who had gotten a few feet away already
The Master shakes his head in disapproval before stepping forward, "your highness, didn't we discuss that, in this spar, there shall be no bending?" Says the master -i don't even know his name-
"It's okay Master jing, I'm sure it wasn't intentional" -ah so that's his name- 'wow, Lu Ten is such a good hearted character, bless his soul' i silently vow to try my best to not let him die like in the series
It seems the spar is concluded, and master broody is going away before giving a little bow my way -wow, still feels kinda weird- and Zuko starts walking my way
Once he's here he plops right beside me with Lu Ten also starting to walk away. "Azula, did you see that combo i did in the spar? " He asks excitedly to which i reply with a childlike nod -gotta keep up the image- "mhm! You were like Boom! Then Paw! Then Fwoosh! It was amazing Zuzu! I especially liked that spinning thing that yo tri- that you did with your legs! " Oops, almost slipped
Zuko eagerly nods, proud of himself for such a small matter. As they're having conversation, suddenly, a caretaker comes near from the palace and bows to us both "Princess Azula, your teacher is here and would like to start your lessons" She says before waiting at the side for me
"Well, guess I'll see you at dinner zuzu" I say before following the caretaker to where my lessons would start until dinner -ugh-
In the royal family it is always mandatory to start learning, from simple table etiquette to complex stuff like the policical workings of the military and stuff from age 4. At age 5 you will be expected to attend the Royal academy for girls and so on. The royal family wants to give themself as much of an advantage as they can, hence the early teachings
Luckily, even though I'm 4 in body, my mind is much older and can comprehend alot of things way faster than others, hence the reason I have become known as a prodigy. In terms of Fire bending though, they say that it manifests in between the age of 3 to 5
For example, Zuko got his when he was in his mid 4s and I'm currently 4 years and 2 months old. Maybe I'll unlock mine in the following months, who knows?
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Ugh, the lessons are so boring and frustrating sometimes! Don't get me wrong, i like studying, in fact, in my previous life i even finished my studies and even worked my way to a CEO's position, it's just that, I've noticed there is a lot and i mean A LOT of brainwashing going on between the lessons
Things like 'Oh the fire nation is great!' And 'Fire lord this, Fire lord that! ' like i get it! We're proud of our nation who is most technologicly advanced than the other nations but come on! At least give some useful information instead of just saying 'Fire is the superior element', like, that doesn't make any sense!
From what i know every element has a strenght and weakness atribute to it, even fire. no element is stronger than the other, it just depends on the user of those elements and how much strong they can make them
In the original story, Azula's flames were so strong that they turned blue, but I'm sure the downside to that is that she burned alot of energy while using them. Guess girl was packing ALOT of chi to be able to spam those blue flames huh
Anyways, I'm getting side trackted here, where was i? Oh right, lessons.
"And that, my young pupil, is why fire is the superior element compared to its lessers. Do you understand? " Asks this xianxia lookin moda flipper while stroking his beard like some old master who thinks he sees mt. Tai
"I understand master sha" I say obediently while internally fuming 'THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE! '
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After the lessons which lasts until night -don't worry, i have breaks between the lessons even the fire nation isn't that cruel- comes dinner time
In the royal dining table, on the head seat is the fire lord Azulon himself, then on the left of him sits Uncle Iroh with his family and on his right is Ozai with the rest of us
Dinner time is always quiet where everyone eats normally before we all part ways to crash in for the night. But ofcourse nothing would be that simple now would it
"Father, i hear that you are planning on sending brother to the frontline in order to besiege ba sing se?" Asks dear old dad while looking at the fire chicken
"Yes, that is correct Ozai, what of it?" Asks the old man who already knows nothing good is coming out of that type of tone
Regardless, Ozai continues "do we have any plans regarding this seige or is he just going there blind? " Asks Ozai, to which Iroh himself replies, "Actually, i have no idea what is going on, that's why i will be going there to investigate on my own and come up with a plan there" Says the TRUE WISE MASTER
"I see" Says Ozai, in a tone as if he was trying to learn of a way to push a scheme or two into the plan but failed. "Iroh will be taking his son with him on this expedition as a learning experience for the prince" Says the fire lord with his eyes closed, trying to look edgy even in his old crincled age
Mia, Iroh's wife, who didn't know of this specific detail has her eyes widen a little before looking at Iroh, seeing him not showing any reaction, she concludes that he knew and throws an accusatory look his way. 'We will talk later' his eyes seem to say to Mia before everything goes silent again
'The siege of ba sing se huh, it's so early though isn't it? But then i guess Iroh was pretty much away for a long time in the early years of the series, but i wonder what happened to Aunt Mia. The series didn't cover those parts up,and there wasn't any info about her on the internet, not even her name.' I think while looking at the poor family before me. "But then again, so is my family going to fall apart soon. I don't even know if i should interfere much in these scenarios or not. Heck i don't think i can even if i wanted to. My dream is to get away from this psycho family as far as i can, and the first step to that is NOT to be a prodigy so that i don't get on Ozai's radar.
My mother is going to Kill Azulon with poison in 95 AG, meaning 6 years from now, then she gets banished by Ozai who fears she'd do that to him too and goes to Hira'a where she meets her childhood lover again who i don't remember the name of' i think, while absently eating my food
'There, she gets her happy ending by changing her face by the mother of all faces, an ancient spirit dwelling inside a forest somewhere around there' i think while looking towards 'mom' 'after that, she marries her childhood friend and have a kid or something, then they live happily ever after. Atleast until the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender series, where after that i think the Gaang and Zuko finds them and... I think Azula was going to Kill Ursa or something? I don't remember' i absently get up after finishing dinner and just start going while holding Mom's hands
Once we're before my room, I'm back to myself again when i feel a peck at my forehead "good night my dear" Says Ur- no, Says Mom while stroking my head
I smile at her and say goodnight to Zuzu and her before going to bed. And the whole time, i can't help this growing tightness in chest that comes with knowing what's going to happen, but having no power to change it.
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Third person POV.
within the desolate black abyss, where there is two distinct white lights, a third and Comepletely featureless silhouette, which is shrouded in rainbow colored mist, materializes a few feet away
This third one seems to be a little disoriented before finding her footing and begin inspecting around her
'Ah, I'm back here again huh... ' thinks Azula as she looks around, finding the same scene she's grown accostumed to for the last 4 years of her life
'I still don't understand what all of this means exactly' she thinks while beginning to walks towards the 2 lights in the distance. As she begins getting closer and closer something unexpected happens, something that hasn't happened before, not in any of the previous dreams she's had
She... Can move closer to them than she could before. In the past, once she got within a 3 or 4 feet away from them, she would abruptly be ejected back to the waking world, but this time, she crossed that threshold and got within reaching distance without being thrown out
So, now that she's here, she wants to know what these 2 things are, so she starts extending her hand towards the feminine looking silhouette first. As she's getting closer, the being turns their featureless face towards her and, seeing the extended, misty hand, they shook their head as if saying no
Then the silhouette points towards the heart beside them before slowly vanishing away. Now left with only one option, Azula tries to touch the heart which her hand actually connects to
The moment her hand touches the heart, she begins seeing glimpses into the future that she already know of and start feeling a warmth seep into the core of her stomach from the hand that's connected to the heart
She sees a blonde girl- no that's not a blonde woman, that woman's hair is on fire, she watches as the fiery haired woman in standing on a rock, looking towards the horizon, before slowly turning around to look right at her. She sees Amber Gold eyes looking right at her from the flames in the vision
The woman opens her mouth and speaks in clear english that Azula can hear and understand. "So, it has started" She says, before smiling faintly at Azula's way and begining to burn away on the cliff
The vision is cut right there as Azula seems to have absorbed the heart Comepletely before the mist holding around her silhouette burns away in white flames and her features become prominent
Then, suddenly, just like always, she's thrown out of this space and back to the waking world
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In the middle of the night, past curfew where everyone in the emperial city is pretty much asleep, the royal palace is buzzing with activity. The Royal Maids and attendants of Princess Azula is running frantically around. Because, in the middle of the night, the princess's chambers got set on fire and, after putting out the flames, she was found in a cold fever on her bed, and has been so since 2 hours ago
Behind one of the chamber doors Ozai and Ursa are both waiting, with Ursa walking back and forth anxiously and Ozai sitting on a seat with his arms crossed
Then, just as Ozai was opening his mouth to speak, probably telling Ursa to calm down and sit, or something else, the door to the chamber is opened and a royal healer of the family walks out. She is an elderly woman with a long robe around herself, slim and tall (yeah you heard right, not bent over and fat like those two twin sisters)
As she closes the door behind her, she sees Ursa before her and Ozai walking to them from his seat and gives a little bow
"Your highnesses, it seems to only be a minor fever, she should be all better by tomorrow. probably caused by the fact that her inner chi suddenly surged forth, without her body seeming to be Comepletely ready, her fire bending seems to have come forth on a whim" She explains
"Will she be alright? " Asks Ursa in a worried tone to which the healer nods "it looks like she has unlocked her firebending while asleep and have used it unconsiously. Probably because of a nightmare or something" Says the healer before bowing and excusing herself
Ursa looks at Ozai once before pushing the door open and going inside, beside her daughter's bed and holding her hands which is high tempretured in worry. Ozai doesn't go in, but watches this from besides the doors as the mother worries for his daughter. His face changes a little from that cold, stoic, to a little bit of worry, before he turns and walks away, not wanting to disturb this
By dawn, the news of their precious princess unlocking her bending in the early age of 4 years and 2 months shall reach every corner of the fire capital and even beyond. Everyone shall start seeing Their princess as a prodigy, who, in the near future, shall become the greatest of benders to ever walk these earths
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Meanwhile, after the hectic night, the cause of all the commotion in the royal palace slowly opens her eyes and the first thing she sees is her mother holding her hands while sitting besides her bed, having fallen asleep like that
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Author's note/ sooooooo... That happened. I wonder what that heart and spirit represents in this story? 🤔 guess we'll just have to wait and find out 😁
Anyways, that's all from me
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