My fanfic is about how the world of Avatar would be if they had lost the war.
Darkness… Fear… Uncertainty… The only words that could possibly describe the world we live in. A constant scarlet stains the sky – the flames of the fire nation slowly but surely destroy everything in its wake. The “fire flood” was the Fire Lords’ idea; burn everything to the ground, ensuring that the people of the other nations have no hope. But we lost our hope a long time ago… The Avatar.
Our last drop of hope was taken from us; violently and swift. Everyone would pass on rumours of the Avatar and his companions’ ploys to dethrone the Fire Lord and dismantle his empire. Villages would commune and pray for the Avatar, for the Avatar was their only chance at freedom from the Fire Nation.
When word of the Avatars death surfaced people lost hope, their tenacity and will to live seemed to wither. Farms went unharvested, ripe fruit left to spoil. Our village became a bleak place to live and finally when the flames of the fire flood were seen over the horizon everything turned into anarchy. The Avatar united us; with him gone we were lost, fleeing the inevitable. My parents used to tell me that things will turn out ok, even joke that we will own a farm and orchid – They sit in silence now, their faces as uncertain as the coming future.
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Katara breathed deeply. “Was there anything that we could have done..?” she thought. “Anything that could have changed the way things unfolded” She shuddered as a tear emerged. She looked up as Zuko approached. “We have to keep moving” he sighed. “Is this what our lives are now? The constant running and hiding just to survive? Survive for what!” Zuko screamed as he spat a breath of fire at the ground.
“We can’t give up hope, not for our own sakes. But for everyone that has died fighting for freedom and peace” – Katara tried to appear confident, but as she looked around at the faces of her friends, she knew it was useless.
They had been running for 3 months now, Ever since the Avatar lost the battle with the Fire Lord they retreated into hiding, praying that the reincarnated Avatar would emerge and ignite the world’s beacon of hope. Everyday they would hear more ill news of the fates of other rebel forces. Everyday they would be forced to scavenge through rubble and burnt paddocks to find anything edible to sustain them for one more day, just to repeat the cycle.
Even if by some miracle the Avatar was reborn and they found it. It would be merely a child, the war had only ended 2 months ago and yet half the world was engulfed in flame. It seemed all pointless, an impossible task.
Katara ran the moment of the Avatar’s death through her mind like quicksilver, again and again. The pain of knowing her family and everyone she loved will soon be dead throbbed through her constantly. Katara jumped as a stale piece of bread thudded besides her.
“C’mon we have to keep moving” Zuko urged.
Sup Andrew,
ReplyDeleteHey man that was quite a nice read ae haha. Being an avatar fan also I never even once considered what would happen if Aang died and what will happen to the rest of the other characters also. This fanfic is also a good oppurtunity for not only yourself to expand on a sequel or even a new series but also for others to expand on their ideas also.
The brief overview at the beginning was also good as it was straight to the point and so we can understand better.
But yeah quite an enjoyable read.
I also thought that it was a more original take on the Avatar series taking it down another pathway but still witht he main foundations of the storyline still present.
ReplyDeleteI am not a big avatar fan but I like the opening paragraph it seems dark and mysterious. I Like how you have created some supense in the first line by using ... pauses.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteAndrew, I'm really impressed with your take on the final battle in Avatar! I like the fact that your fanfic is original, it's not a typical "happy ending" piece, but acknowledges the other possibility of things NOT working out as we all would wish.
I really enjoyed the imagery and description of your text, it was quite intense and emotional, sad.. I particularly liked that you ended it with just a simple line of dialogue because it really does make an impact on the fact that this is now their reality. As an Avatar fan I really enjoyed your piece, and I would definitely read on with your series ;D
Chloeeee~~