Phoenix Fire (Avatar: The Last Airbender) #Wattys2016

||Chapter 28 - The New Beginning||

I really wanted to update but didn't have a fanart so I decided to just use the first cover of Pheonix Fire! -Golden

3rd Person's POV

Azula laughed at Lea's determination to fight her, throwing her head back, crazy eyes showing

"Haha! Little sister, you are not as experienced as I am when it comes to battling, now come over here with me and join father and I in our rule! I believe he will find time to forgive you for your sins, I believe even Agni will forgive you." Lea's eyes flashed gold, within them was Agni staring disapprovingly at Azula

"No. I will not, you may be more experienced than me Azula, but you fail to realize that the Comet is about to leave this area giving you little time to unleash your full power, I may be inexperienced in fighting, but when I ran away from this very Palace years ago, I learned a lot about the world itself, using it's surroundings to my advantage. And I have one thing that you do not have." Lea stated as she dodged to the side once Azula thrusted a stream of blue fire towards her, getting tired of Lea speaking to her. Lea diminished the flames with her left hand when on the side lines Katara healed Zuko from his injury of lightning at the best of her abilities, watching Lea at the corner of her eye

"And what is that dear little sister?!" Azula asked as she ran towards a wall and jumped off of it, more streams of fire heading directly towards Lea. Lea did a back flip, dodging the flames, not wanting to keep diminishing the flames Azula set towards her. Lea wanted to play fair

"Balance." Katara momentarily stopped her healing as she looked over at Lea, Zuko slightly gaining back his conscious to hear her words

"There is balance in everything we do in life, whether it being eating, physical training, or being a parent or worker. As benders we must also balance ourselves and not rely on hatred and disdain, we must also rely on why you're fighting in the first place, what you're truly fighting for and what is your goal after you have won the fight. I thought a lot about this on my way over here from Ba Sing Se." Lea ignited a flame into the palm of her hand once she saw that Azula wasn't going to attack her anytime soon, almost seeing interested into what she was talking about

"If you divide the flames, the flames get smaller, if you add the flames back together, it gets bigger. But both have the same properties, same power, it's just how you use them and what you think of them in the first place. Because these flames are alive, these flames are not to be played with, they aren't always used for destruction, they can also warm you on cold nights and mornings, they can do many things besides destruction. It's just how you view and use them. Balance is what we need as fire benders, if you rely solely on hatred, your fire won't be as strong, but if you rely on both hatred and balance, you will go ways beyond what you thought you were capable off." Lea's golden flames licked the air as she thrusted the single ball of fire at Azula's feet, catching the older sibling off guard for a moment, jumping into the air only to stop her movement once she saw the golden flames beneath her create something. Her feet met the ground once again only for the flames to trick her from diminishing, the flames expanded from the ground and into a tornado of fire around Azula. Azula gasped in surprised, not believing her eyes

"WHAT?!" Azula asked Lea once she could see her through a small opening in the flames. Lea walked towards her, keeping her walking pace slow

"I do not want to hurt anyone, that's why my flames portray themselves as gold. Golden Flames are uncommon among fire benders, that's because everyone in this nation rely their bending on hatred and disdain, while I choose to balance it out, putting what I think and feel into my flames. I told you before Azula, I do not want to hurt you, because to me you're still my sister, just set on a different path than mine by our ancestors and father. Ozai hated me, Ozai loved you because you were obedient and always went with his wishes no matter the consequences. He hated me because what I was, he hated the fact that I would chose the good side and not the bad, I would choose the other nations over my own. That's because everyone has their own destiny, even you Azula, you just haven't found it yet, and it isn't becoming Fire Lord, that's our older brother's destiny." Lea stated as Katara stared at her in shock, not able to believe what she has seen and heard, Lea portraying herself more of the older sibling than Azula is by of how wise and guiding she was. Zuko's eyes fell close again, going back into his dreamless sleep. Before Azula could speak, golden fire chains invaded around her, pulling her down to the floor. The fire diminished around her, only leaving the chains of fire that soon hardened to steel. Azula stared at Lea in shock, not believing her eyes