"The ghost of the past speaks to all those who listen"
Standing behind the window, staring at the city she called home, but she knew by being someone who never had a home, home does not consist of four walls and a roof but a beating heart of another at least for her.
The cold wind is carrying the leaves of fall, winter is close by, just around the corner. As tension in the room is making it hard to breathe, she opens the window, letting the cold breeze come in.
"What will we do?" the voice of her good friend make her take a deep breath, good question what will we do? what will she do?
"We have no option but to fight" she can feel the frustration in the voice of the love of her life, she turns around to face the room, there are the people she chooses to call family,
"There is another option," she said looking him in the eyes, knowing to well for him there wasn't one, but for her, it was the only valid one, he stood up making his chair go back, making a loud squeaky noise since the news came, silence has taken over the whole palace, every small sound goes around the room like blasts.
"You know that is not an option, I am not losing you," he said, the pain in his voice makes her heart drop, she never wanted to make him feel like this, if it was to her smile would never leave his lips, how hard she had tried to keep him happy, but now her hands are tied.
"You know it is the only valid option, we can't start another war" she walks up to him and put her hand on his shoulder which he pushes away.
"I won't allow it, you are going nowhere," he said, more like he told himself, making himself believe he can keep her forever, she is his and will be his till his last breath.
"Zuko" his name escaped though her lips, how much she likes saying it, she still remember the first night her eyes meet his, she said his name over and over again that night, how perfect it felt, how it felt like it was meant only for her to say,
He turns to face the wall, as tears threaten to escape, he was never someone who liked showing weakness, "You can't change my mind" it came out more shaky than he would like it, but what can he do? the love he believed will be his forever is threatening to leave.
She puts her hand on his shoulder, "Loss of one life for thousands who will die in the battlefield, last thing world can take is another war, it's easy to see" she tightened her grip, he shook his head, "They will die for their Queen, for their king" he said desperately.
"You know we can't ask them for that" she makes him turn around, so he see her, so she can wipe the tears she know he is hiding.
"I am asking," he says, as she wipes the tear on his cheek, she kissed his cheek, as her kiss can make his pain go away.
"Zuko is right, this is wrong, we will fight for you," The young avatar said, she looks around the room and she knows no one is ready to accept the truth, this is what needed to be done, she has to go back and face what she ran from years ago.
"Aang you know this is wrong, you out of all people should know what war can cause, I can't let that much pain in the world, not because of me" she gave a half-smile, around the room is sitting the people who never give up on her how does she expect them to now?
The young avatar holding the hand of the love of his life, her childhood friends sitting on the other side with tears in their eyes, her sarcastic friend who is always talking went silent sitting with alcohol in his hand looking at the ground, with him is the blind girl who no one can scare but today she looks terrified.
"When did it arrive?" asked Katara looking at Ryu, probably trying to count the time they have left, "Two days ago" she replied,
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