The Paradox Games

The Dragon of the West Decends

                                      Iroh

This definitely wasn't how it was supposed to happen.

Or so I thought...

I had just been minding my own tea shop like any other normal day. My nephew Zuko was also in the shop with me today, he enjoyed to get away from all the responsibilities of being Fire Lord. Zuko smiled at me from across the room as he poured hot pipping tea into a couple's cups of tea.

Then everything went sideways, out of nowhere what looked like a portal opened up and people in lime green uniforms started pouring out of it, like the tea I was pouring. Zuko saw them and started walking towards the door to go and fight them. I noticed this and put my hand out in front of him to prevent him from doing so.

Zuko game me a sideways look and turned away to the back room. The figures in the green uniforms then started to rally everyone up in square of the city.

"Come and be part of a fight to see who is the strongest of all galaxies and timelines." One announced.

"24 if the strongest will enter, one will leave with a victory over everyone else." Another said loudly. I saw the back door slide open slightly and saw Zuko's eye through it. I looked at him angrily.

After a half an hour, all the people had been rallied into the square and another portal had opened, even the avatar had been called here. If it were to be the strongest, it would have to be Aang for sure.

A lady appeared from another portal and came on the platform in front of us. Zuko scowled at her angrily, but I could tell he was hiding his fear.

"Hello, hello, and hello! Look at all these beautiful faces. My, my I'm so excited to introduce you to a game like no other. One that crosses galaxies, timelines, and many other variations as well to get the strongest fighters of all in an arena together to see who is the strongest." The lady in front of us squeaked.

"Now I will select two of you from this glad jar in front of me, the two called must come on up with me and will be in the games!" She continued, only pausing to reach her hand in the jar to pull out a name. "Toph!"

"Where is she?" The lady exclaimed loudly.

"I'm right here twinkletoes!" A girl shouted loudly from the crowd, the seas of people parted as she walked up beside the lady on stage.

"Now then, our next fighter will be..." She hesitated for a moment to pull another name out of the jar. "Zuko!"

If I was holding something I would've dropped it. Zuko looked at me worriedly, he knew if he was going up against the strongest he wouldn't win. The seas of people parted once again as my nephew managed to find himself up neat to the lady.

"Here are your fighters for the games." She squeaked, the crowd was dead silent. I could swear I had seen her eye twitch noticeably.

"Now I just have one question for all of you before we depart." The lady said wrapping up her most likely rehearsed speech. "Do we have any volunteers?"

The crowd looked at each other, waiting for someone to say something, Zuko scanned the crowd for someone to take his place. I could see the avatar getting up to volunteer.

"I do." I said loudly.