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So a challenge was recently finished and voted on, wherein we were all told to write up to three drabbles based on Avatar titles.
These are mine. :D
Title: The Great Divide
Characters: Haru, Dai Li OC
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 233
Haru eyed the hatless Dai Li agent warily. After everything Katara had said about them, he wasn't about to trust the other young man -- even if he'd helped him get out of that mob.
After a moment, he said, "Thank you."
The hatless agent bowed. "No problem," he replied. "You're Haru, aren't you?"
Haru did not like this person knowing who he was. "I might be," he said, and the agent suddenly grinned.
"Great! Minister Long Feng wants to talk to you."
Haru liked that information even less. "No," he said flatly.
"You don't have to go alone," the agent said. "I know you don't trust me."
"It's the Dai Li I don't trust," Haru growled.
"Fair enough," he said agreeably. "But like I said -- you can bring someone you trust with you. The Dai Li aren't interested in making enemies with the Avatar or his friends."
Haru raised an eyebrow. "Betraying Ba Sing Se to the Fire Nation aside."
Anger suddenly flashed across his face, and the pebbles at their feet started to rattle. Haru calmly held the agent's hazel gaze. The other young man closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and lifted first one foot, then the other, to break his root.
The pebbles fell still.
"You," he said softly, "have no idea what you're talking about. Learn all the sides of the story before you accuse us of betrayal."
Title: The Tales of Ba Sing Se
Characters: OCs
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 218
Thuy, all the kids in Ba Sing Se, had been told to stay away from the Fire soldiers, by both her father and her disinherited brother. It was, however, hard to obey - the Fire soldiers seemed to be everywhere, and quite a few of them took interest in the games they all played. There were two of them now, watching Thuy and some other girls playing earthball. They chose to ignore the soldiers, as obeying would mean forfeiting the game.
The ball shot for Thuy, and she leapt into the air, bouncing the ball off her hip and over to Harumi. Harumi fielded it with her knee, let it drop to the ground, then kicked it to Jorani. A pillar shot up beneath the ball, snapping it high into the air. "Hey!" cried Thuy, turning to find the earthbender who had interrupted the game.
She vaguely recognised the man as someone who frequently bought cloth from her father. "You girls should go home," he said, glowering. "No telling what they might do."
One of the Fire soldiers started forward, only to be stopped by his friend. "We were only watching the game," said the one who had stopped the other. "No need to be a dick about it."
The earthbender turned red, and Thuy and her friends scattered.
Title: The Blue Spirit
Characters: Song, the Blue Spirit
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 204
She chases someone who has wronged her, though she knows not who it is. Through fields, forest, and desert she chases him (she knows somehow he is male), until at last she catches him at the foot of a volcano.
But it is a trap; lava bursts from the ground around her, shooting so high into the air it never returns, caging her.
Her quarry laughs, his face shrouded in shadow, and she screams her fury and her pain until steel flashes through the lava, cutting it down and setting her free.
She doesn't hesitate, throwing herself at her target and striking him until he evaporates into nothing and she is beating the ground. Gloved hands catch hers - it's all right; he's finished - and she looks up into the masked face of the swordsman who freed her.
"Who are you?" she asks.
i am the blue spirit
He doesn't speak, but the words arrive in her head.
one you seek has gone to ba sing se ‡ the other is dead by the hand of la
"Why are you telling me this?" she asks.
He draws her hand to the lips of his blue noh mask.
go to ba sing se
Song wakes up.
These are mine. :D
Title: The Great Divide
Characters: Haru, Dai Li OC
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 233
Haru eyed the hatless Dai Li agent warily. After everything Katara had said about them, he wasn't about to trust the other young man -- even if he'd helped him get out of that mob.
After a moment, he said, "Thank you."
The hatless agent bowed. "No problem," he replied. "You're Haru, aren't you?"
Haru did not like this person knowing who he was. "I might be," he said, and the agent suddenly grinned.
"Great! Minister Long Feng wants to talk to you."
Haru liked that information even less. "No," he said flatly.
"You don't have to go alone," the agent said. "I know you don't trust me."
"It's the Dai Li I don't trust," Haru growled.
"Fair enough," he said agreeably. "But like I said -- you can bring someone you trust with you. The Dai Li aren't interested in making enemies with the Avatar or his friends."
Haru raised an eyebrow. "Betraying Ba Sing Se to the Fire Nation aside."
Anger suddenly flashed across his face, and the pebbles at their feet started to rattle. Haru calmly held the agent's hazel gaze. The other young man closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and lifted first one foot, then the other, to break his root.
The pebbles fell still.
"You," he said softly, "have no idea what you're talking about. Learn all the sides of the story before you accuse us of betrayal."
Title: The Tales of Ba Sing Se
Characters: OCs
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 218
Thuy, all the kids in Ba Sing Se, had been told to stay away from the Fire soldiers, by both her father and her disinherited brother. It was, however, hard to obey - the Fire soldiers seemed to be everywhere, and quite a few of them took interest in the games they all played. There were two of them now, watching Thuy and some other girls playing earthball. They chose to ignore the soldiers, as obeying would mean forfeiting the game.
The ball shot for Thuy, and she leapt into the air, bouncing the ball off her hip and over to Harumi. Harumi fielded it with her knee, let it drop to the ground, then kicked it to Jorani. A pillar shot up beneath the ball, snapping it high into the air. "Hey!" cried Thuy, turning to find the earthbender who had interrupted the game.
She vaguely recognised the man as someone who frequently bought cloth from her father. "You girls should go home," he said, glowering. "No telling what they might do."
One of the Fire soldiers started forward, only to be stopped by his friend. "We were only watching the game," said the one who had stopped the other. "No need to be a dick about it."
The earthbender turned red, and Thuy and her friends scattered.
Title: The Blue Spirit
Characters: Song, the Blue Spirit
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 204
She chases someone who has wronged her, though she knows not who it is. Through fields, forest, and desert she chases him (she knows somehow he is male), until at last she catches him at the foot of a volcano.
But it is a trap; lava bursts from the ground around her, shooting so high into the air it never returns, caging her.
Her quarry laughs, his face shrouded in shadow, and she screams her fury and her pain until steel flashes through the lava, cutting it down and setting her free.
She doesn't hesitate, throwing herself at her target and striking him until he evaporates into nothing and she is beating the ground. Gloved hands catch hers - it's all right; he's finished - and she looks up into the masked face of the swordsman who freed her.
"Who are you?" she asks.
i am the blue spirit
He doesn't speak, but the words arrive in her head.
one you seek has gone to ba sing se ‡ the other is dead by the hand of la
"Why are you telling me this?" she asks.
He draws her hand to the lips of his blue noh mask.
go to ba sing se
Song wakes up.