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thispatternismineFandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Relationship(s): Mai/Zuko, Zuko & the Gaang, Zuko & his family, Sokka/Yue
Summary: Agni has stood by as his children have used their gifts to burn the world, consumed with despair but reluctant to interfere. When the one who is meant to act as his intermediary in the mortal realm burns his own son in a shocking act of cruelty in front of a crowd who fail to step in, that is the final straw.
The Fire Nation descends into chaos at the sudden loss of firebending, & the war becomes bloodier still, as the troops fight on out of sheer desperation, terrified that a reckoning is now due.
And then Iroh, tending his injured nephew while trying to keep him safe from a vengeful father who blames him for this calamity, realises that Zuko's inner flame still burns...
Chapter 2: Any Port in a Storm
Chapter 10: E v e r y t h i n g i s F i n e
Chapter 11: Azula is Still Not Okay
Chapter 14: Zuko & Azula Actually Have A Conversation (part 1)
Chapter 15: Zuko & Azula Actually Have A Conversation (part 2)
Chapter 16: The Council Has Spoken
Chapter 18: Going on a Mama Bear Hunt
Chapter 19: Fire Nation Democracy in Action
Chapter 20: A Night in the Woods
Chapter 23: By the Power of the Moon
Chapter 25: Long Live the Firelord
Chapter 28: Aang Finds An Earthbending Teacher
Chapter 29: Toph Picks A Fight With An Owl
Chapter 32: The Gang’s All Here
Chapter 33: Under the Light of the Comet
Chapter 34: His Own Worst Enemy
Chapter 34: His Own Worst Enemy
Bonus: Fic Timeline (SPOILERS!)
Extract:
“Zuko, nephew. I want you to try something for me. Can you make a flame? Just a small one?”
“But… you said nobody can firebend anymore? Because of me.”
“Because of your father, not you,” he corrected, gently. “And… just humour me, alright?”
The part of him that was so sure the flame had simply gone out on its own somehow wanted to tell him it would be fine, because there would be no fire, there couldn’t be. But deep down, he knew the truth of what he’d seen, and he couldn’t bring himself to lie to the boy.
Zuko screwed his face up in confusion, but nodded and held his hand out. Nothing happened, and after a long moment, he began shaking.
“Uncle, I can’t, I-”
He pulled Zuko back up against him, stroking a reassuring hand up and down his arm. “It’s alright, nephew, I’m here. I swear to you that I will keep you safe.”
Zuko breathed, tried again, and this time, a tiny flame bloomed in his palm…
Only to be quickly extinguished, as he gave a squeak of fear of and curled into his uncle’s side, shaking.
The reactions of everyone else present were just as shocked. It couldn’t be true, but it was.
Zuko still had his Fire.
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