Heroic Funerals
Title: Heroic Funerals
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Characters: Iroh
Prompt: 17. Hero
Word Count: 167
Rating: PG
Summary: Heroic lives lead to heroic funerals.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, of course.
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Iroh watched the fire leap and dance as it consumed Lu Ten, burning away the future Iroh had dreamed of.
Lu Ten’s unit called him a hero. He had gotten them all out, saved them from the Earth Kingdom guerillas… at the cost of his own life. In death, he would be honored above all others.
It seemed so empty to Iroh now. What was the point, if the cost was so very high?
He sat there all night, watching the fire burn until there was nothing left but cold ashes, which were carefully gathered into a small urn. It was a simple affair, a temporary thing until an appropriately elaborate one could be crafted, to be installed beside his honored ancestors.
With the dawn came word of Azulon’s death, and Ozai’s ascent to Fire Lord.
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Characters: Iroh
Prompt: 17. Hero
Word Count: 167
Rating: PG
Summary: Heroic lives lead to heroic funerals.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, of course.
Link: My Table
Iroh watched the fire leap and dance as it consumed Lu Ten, burning away the future Iroh had dreamed of.
Lu Ten’s unit called him a hero. He had gotten them all out, saved them from the Earth Kingdom guerillas… at the cost of his own life. In death, he would be honored above all others.
It seemed so empty to Iroh now. What was the point, if the cost was so very high?
He sat there all night, watching the fire burn until there was nothing left but cold ashes, which were carefully gathered into a small urn. It was a simple affair, a temporary thing until an appropriately elaborate one could be crafted, to be installed beside his honored ancestors.
With the dawn came word of Azulon’s death, and Ozai’s ascent to Fire Lord.