AU Meme

[beckyh2112]

Give me an AU prompt, and I'll write you something of at least a hundred words. All AUs I've done before, except LaS, Assimilation, Flint, and DotM, can be requested. I might deny some prompts if they involve something plot-centric to the last part of "Bedrock".

Give a character name, then AU prompt. More details make me happy, though I can't promise I'll touch on everything in the prompt.

Three slots for everybody, five slots for dark_puck, spyridona, suzukiblu, and neldluva. Bonus slots are available if you request Zhao, Pakku, or Jeong Jeong.

I promise to answer at least one request.

MEME IS CLOSED.

Comments

[hedgehog39.livejournal.com]

Evil Zuko AU: Jeong-Jeong is obliged to decline a "request" from the new firelord to return to active service.

Vampatar AU: Azula cleans out a nest of bipedal nocturnal mosquitos, ponders on whether or not they can be used to her advantage

Evil Zuko AU: Suki vs Azula. "Stay away from my man!"

Thunder God: Jeong Jeong is obliged to decline a "request" from the new Firelord to return to duty

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

Jeong Jeong remembered when Iroh came to him after his escape from prison. He remembered how much the old dragon had assured himself that Zuko would come to his senses, Zuko would be there to help bring down his father.

It had been Azula who had come, and Iroh had gone cold and hard.

Iroh's boy fell that day, Ozai's son was imprisoned. Ozai's daughter ascended to the throne of the Fire Nation, beloved by her people, supported by the Avatar.

It took six years for all of that to fall apart, and Jeong Jeong hadn't been surprised at all. Not after Iroh rejected Azula, not after the Avatar and his friends shared tales and nervous laughter of their clashes with Azula before her change of heart.

The summons did surprise him.

"To what do I owe the pleasure?" He rasped as he stood on the polished wooden floor of the throneroom. Red flames rose before the Firelord and his Lady, the Bronze Throne redesigned for the first time since Sozin's day. To signify a new era, Firelord Zuko had said.

Perhaps, Jeong Jeong thought guardedly. Perhaps Ozai's son meant it.

"I have a daughter," the Firelord said, the flames stirring with his words.

"Congratulations."

"The servants cannot light candles around her, Master Jeong Jeong. The flames whisk to her, and she cries when they burn her skin."

A thrill of fear ran through him for the first time in many, many years. ('You were such a darling babe,' his mother said as she fussed over him before he went off to the training camp. 'You'll be a fine firebender, a fine officer. You've power enough - I couldn't ever keep candleflames on the candles around you as a child.')

"You will teach her to firebend when the time comes," the Firelord commanded.

"I do not teach," Jeong Jeong denied. "I have broken too many students."

"You taught my father, and my uncle respected your skill. You will teach Zola." The flames did not rise with the Firelord's ire. That, more than anything, made Jeong Jeong realize the Avatar could not oust Zuko as Firelord.

He met Iroh's boy's eyes. "I am not a young man, Zuko. There's an even chance I'll be dead by the time she's old enough to learn. Find another teacher."

The scarred Firelord looked down upon him. "If you die," he said evenly, "I'll drag you back from Hell. Try not to die, Master Jeong Jeong."