It took me about two months to claim and finish the Prince Zuko/Katara sentences for the
1sentence challenge. This is my first set, so please be gentle with me. They aren't perfect, sadly -- but then again, nothing is. XD
A million thanks to
jessieheart for beta-ing my sentences. She's the best. :)
#01 - Motion
In the beginning, the constant swaying of the Fire Navy Ship gave her plenty of dizzy spells, that which later on caused many minutes of vomiting, but what she never realized was that all times that he came to see if she was okay, he was just looking for an excuse to see her.
#02 - Cool
Zuko understood that ice could be terribly cold - he wasn’t an idiot, despite what Sokka thought - but what he didn’t understand was how someone so warm and wonderful could control it.
#03 - Young
They were young and in love, unaware of the scandal their union would cause.
#04 - Last
She had thought that their love would last forever (“I’ll never leave you,” he had said) but when she saw him crowned Fire Lord next to his new wife, she learned to forget those empty promises.
#05 - Wrong
“You don’t love him, Katara!” Sokka yelled furiously, flailing his arms with his boomerang in hand, his blue eyes completely blind of the fact that his sister couldn’t care less if he felt that her feelings were wrong or not.
#06 - Gentle
The way that he had caressed her skin so softly and sweetly took her by surprise, for she did not know that someone as rough and determined in battle could be so gentle while making love.
#07 - One
The first and only time that he had kissed her, he claimed that it was merely part of their bargain (“If I give you a kiss, will you stop pestering me?”), but now, as he watches her smile sweetly at him, he realizes that it must’ve been much more than that.
#08 - Thousand
Despite what many people may think, Katara will never forget the day he died, because no one can lose thousands of tears and simply forget.
#09 - King
She sometimes found herself crying in the washroom, wondering how someone as powerful and rich as him could possibly find her, a measly Water Tribe peasant, worthy of being their Consort.
#10 - Learn
The day that she kneeled next to him, his arm bleeding severely from a deep wound and her face contorted with a sincere concern for his health, he realized that she wasn’t as unforgiving as the water she bended.
#11 - Blur
The only thing that Zuko could see was the dense white fog laid before him, and he hated how the only person that could possibly clear the cold clouds out of his way was mad at him for saying a sexist remark.
#12 - Wait
The village people called the old Water Tribe woman crazy as they watched her solemnly wait at the dock, her blue eyes endlessly searching the horizon for the love who had gone to fight the Final Battle eighty years before, and never returned.
#13 - Change
“He’s different now, Aang,” Katara reasoned as she looked into her friend’s gloomy, gray eyes, hoping that he would understand that even though the Prince had chased them to the end of the world, she still fell in love with him.
#14 - Command
“You can’t order me around, peasant,” I answer back heatedly, knowing very well that I’m lying and hoping at the same time, that she’ll never find out.
#15 - Hold
The warmth that radiates from his strong arms feels like heaven, the Waterbender contemplates and whispers dreamily into his chest, “Hold me closer.”
#16 - Need
“Where are you going?” Katara asks worriedly, grasping his arm; we’re enemies, she thinks briefly but ignores it as she adds hesitantly, “I’m afraid of the dark and you’re the only one I have right now that can provide me with light.”
#17 - Vision
“You’re blind if you can’t see that she’s in love with you,” Aang whispers one evening, his voice strangely glum, and looks away upon noticing the Prince spare the dormant Katara a fleeting glance, a smile on his face.
#18 - Attention
With every swift movement of her arms and kick of her legs, Zuko tries to keep his eyes on her face and only her face.
#19 - Soul
Their souls were intertwined since before they were born, like the sun to its moon.
#20 - Picture
The moon shone beautifully above her, its dim light casting shadows over them; she turned to him, her blues eyes bright, and beckoned him over with the wave of a hand.
#21 - Fool
He punched the air in front of him, a ball of fire escaping his fisted hand, and growled (quite loudly, Katara noticed amusedly) when she easily dodged it and dropped a wave on his head.
#22 - Mad
If there was anything she knew that she could never change, it was that when he became angry, he would growl and set his fists aflame; she also knew that she could never change the way his body relaxed after she placed soft, gentle hands on his broad shoulders.
#23 - Child
The Palace Healer opened the door, his arms holding innocent life within warm blankets, and smiled upon seeing the Fire Lord’s gold eyes widen in both excitement and expectation and said in the softest of voices, ”The image of a true Prince, my Lord.”
#24 - Now (Companion to #36)
She didn't want to distrust him - after all, when he had come to them, he had been severely ill and more than willing to join them - but whenever she glanced his way and caught his attention, a chill would pass over her, and she would look away, afraid.
#25 - Shadow
Sokka fisted his hands as he watched their silhouettes become one behind the thin veil that separated their bedroom and yelled heatedly, “You do know that I’m in here, right?”
#26 - Goodbye
Tears ran down his cheeks as he held the wrinkled piece of parchment in his shaking hands (“Don’t try to find me,” it read) and tried to understand where he went wrong.
#27 - Hide
The Waterbender’s ragged breath pierced the air, her eyes searching blindly for the man who had asked her to meet him in the Secret Tunnel that cold night.
#28 - Fortune
Who knew it’d be him? she wondered, her aging mind going back to when she was an eager girl who thirsted for knowledge about her future beau.
#29 - Safe
“It’s okay, I won’t hurt you,” he whispered and wiped her tears.
#30 - Ghost
“Please, Avatar, I need to see her one more time,” he begged, hoping against hope that the boy would give into his pleads and take him to the swamp where lost loved ones can be seen, if just for one moment.
#31 - Book
“Are you even listening?” Katara asked, stopping upon finding the young Prince hungrily eating every word from the book that she had bought for him the day before: War Strategies for the Ages.
#32 - Eye
She looks into his fierce orbs, sees his soul, and falls in love.
#33 - Never
It’s a funny thing, she sometimes thinks as she watches her
husband, a respected Fire Lord, teach their youngest girl how to Firebend, when you do the one thing you swear you’ll never do.
#34 - Sing
It was a cool November night when he heard her sing, her voice drifting through the air like an angel’s call and he swore that he would do anything to hear that voice again, even if it was just for one moment.
#35 - Sudden
“I hate-“ she yelled angrily and gasped when the Prince gripped her shoulders and pulled her against him, forcing her into a kiss that she passionately gave back.
#36 - Stop (Companion to #24)
She remembers well the day he ran into them, alone and with a severe fever, and how he had easily obliged to being their ally before he fell, his illness taking over his consciousness.
#37 - Time
“May you teach me how to tell time?” she asks timidly one afternoon after observing the Prince construct a small sundial.
#38 - Wash
“I may be a peasant, Prince Zuko, but I’m not your servant,” Katara reproaches, shoving his dirty laundry into his lap before storming away.
#39 - Torn
“I don’t love you,” Katara proclaimed and pushed, him away, sad tears falling down her face as he challenged her with, “Then leave me and go to them while you still can.”
#40 - History
The history of his people was tragic; more tragic was his life.
#41 - Power
The Fire Lord has the type of temper that could start a war; the Fire Lord’s wife has the temper that could end one.
#42 - Bother
“Don’t bother me, peasant,” he ordered arrogantly and gasp upon feeling a cold water whip hit his scarred face.
#43 - God
“Please give him back to me,” she whispered to the sky, tears falling from her eyes as she hugged her lover’s lifeless body.
#44 - Wall
Secrets were things she would never tolerate from her friends - let alone suspicious Princes who suddenly joined the “good side” for no apparent reason - but she let it pass when she realized that he wasn’t holding a secret from her, but rather himself.
#45 - Naked
He stood, frozen to the spot, his eyes locked on the Water girl’s nude figure that stood peacefully under the small waterfall, her hands gently massaging her scalp as she washed her long brown tresses.
#46 - Drive
“He won’t eat you,” Katara had told the stubborn Prince when he had been hesitant to get on the flying beast, “unless I tell him to.”
#47 - Harm
Pangs of guilt ran through the Fire Lord’s body as he listened to his wife give birth to their first child - and possibly our only, he considered, upon hearing another desperate yell in the next room.
#48 - Precious
An old necklace, carved out of wood many years ago - a symbol of his never-ending love for her.
#49 - Hunger
“Soup?” she offered kindly and smiled upon seeing him bow his head respectfully at her, accepting the food that she had - secretly - prepared just for him.
#50 - Believe
A stolen kiss, a million excuses, a broken heart; he still wonders if she would be at his side if he had killed Mei when he had had the chance.
Notes: The idea for #12 - Wait came from a Hispanic Song: En el Muelle de San Blas by Mana. Credit to them for singing such great romantic songs. (Most of you are all "...Okaay".) XD
Personal Favorite: #1 - Motion because I was so inspired when I started this. I think it's the best one on here. ::shrug::
Thanks again, Jess, you're so great. And just the fact that you're a Katara/Aang fan makes me feel extra special. I love you so much! :)
Please comment because I worked hard on these. (OMG lots of brain struggling here.) Flame me if you must, but I NEED feedback. Thanks in advance! :)