Zuko had returned to Ember Island. Izumi had gotten the word at breakfast that morning. Naturally, her first thought was that she was happy he was safe. It always made her nervous when he went wandering around the countryside without taking so much as a messenger hawk with him. Really, this was the modern era. … Continue reading →

“I just don’t get it at all,” said Korra, wiping her brow with a damp towel after another round of sparring with Fuse. She’d been improving a lot in their matches over the past week. This time she had only let Fuse out of range once, and then quickly closed the gap before Fuse could … Continue reading →

Tomas had not gone by the name Tom-Tom in decades, and he vowed to keep it that way. It was difficult enough re-establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with in the Fire Nation. It would have been even more difficult if he’d kept that childish nickname. And now he was one step closer … Continue reading →

Fuse was pleasantly surprised at the courtesy of the Firelord’s guards. She’d been guarded many times in her life, and she knew the type. Most had very little rank themselves and loved to show off the sliver of authority they had by pushing their charges around. And continuously mocking them. The two guards at either … Continue reading →

Mako flipped through page after page, blowing away the dust that choked his lungs when he got to a particularly aged volume. The Firelord kept meticulous notes of all the goings-on of her nation. Unfortunately, it seemed, that while she read everything carefully, there was no system in place to look for an organized pattern … Continue reading →

Mako knew something was wrong. Korra wasn’t just making chitchat with the Firelord during all those meetings, for one. And besides that, he didn’t trust that weird combustionbender one bit. Not to mention that thing with Korra learning how to fly all of a sudden. She’d never brought it up or demonstrated it again after … Continue reading →

“No pain. No fear. No mercy.” Fuse woke two hours before dawn. Firelord Izumi had granted her a bed in the guard barracks. The arrangement was a bit over precautionary seeing as how she didn’t attack without orders and had already come to an agreement with the Avatar. But no matter. A bed was a … Continue reading →

The combustionbender lay in a pool of water while Korra’s hands moved in a rhythmic motion over her. Water curled and turned in intricate patterns over the woman’s body, but nothing seemed to do much good. Maybe Korra was losing her touch. She hadn’t exactly called on her healing abilities in a while. Her eyes … Continue reading →

She drew her blade, fast as a serpent-viper, and grabbed the boy by the hair. “Wh–” he tried to gasp but stopped when she pressed her blade to his throat. “Be still,” she said. “I don’t really want to harm you.” The bedroom door flung open, and four of a dozen royal guards managed to … Continue reading →