Fic Meme

[weirdlet]

So- at this very second, I'm going quietly mad finishing up late art for non-profit business. But! I am an impatient multitasker looking to bite off more than I can chew, and by morning I'll be free either way- and thus I should like to try this nifty 'meme' thing going around.

Because I'm new at this and looking to stretch, let's start with five slots, one per person. The fandom and theme- Avatar: the Last Airbender, Dragon Hatching AU- for reference, please see this fic. Anything you would like to see in or about this universe.

I'm not as fast as some other writers, so I can't promise they'll be immediately answered, but I will get to them.

Edit- As the art hath been finished, consider the earlier restriction lifted and feel free to prompt at will, so long as it be on topic.

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[floranna.livejournal.com]

A new prompt? (don't kill me)

But Zuko and his dragon at the Western Air Temple, after DoBS.

[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

*plots evilly*

[weirdlet.livejournal.com]

Zuko has been frustrated and angry for a long time. But just when it finally seemed like he was on the right path, when he could let that hard knot of hate and hot fear dissolve- it turns out that was the worst thing he could do.

At least from an actually-fulfilling-his-destiny perspective.

Aang is sympathetic, gentle and optimistic. It's irritating, but better than Katara, who's taking a little too much satisfaction in something that means the world could end. He comes up with an idea, though. Desperate and half-cracked, but it's gotta be better than just sitting around at the Air Temple punching the air and fizzling.

He checks his bag before he goes- he's used to living light, but he's also used to hiding his small treasures where they can't be found and destroyed. He's not sure why he took this one when he left- an old stone that, once upon a time, he had a dream of hatching into a dragon, just like his father's. When he was small, he'd found it in an ancient heap of ash in the closed wing of the stables- and when he'd returned from exile, it had still been in its little cubbyhole where he'd tucked it, the one Azula had never found.

He takes it with him.

It's not like nostalgia could kill his fire any deader.

Zuko and the Avatar take on the ancient ruins together. They promptly end up beslimed, captured by decidedly not-ancient Sun Warriors, and stripped of their belongings. When the warriors find the stone in his bag, there is sudden silence, and then quiet discussion out of their hearing.

Aang is insufferably curious. He tries a little trick that the monks never taught him, and for good reason- but it turns out that master or no, hearing distant things on the wind is a little advanced for him.

They are sent up the mountain, with offerings of flame and stone.

When at last they return, Katara is hysterical and ready to strike him down on sight- but the two of them, dirty, tired, stinking of sweat, hoist a sleeping hatchling between them.

He won't be ready to do much more than spit sparks by the time the comet comes- but with what they learned bringing him to life, Aang and Zuko can take on the Firelord.

[floranna.livejournal.com]

Aww, I had no idea it took him that long to hatch. Awesomesauces.