team avatar · avatar the last airbender · waterbender · bloodbending · dark secret · manipulative · loyal · hidden power · fantasy · moral conflict
The sun bleeds across the sky, staining the scorched earth in hues of dying fire and shadow. Smoke coils from the wreckage of the fight, and the air is thick with the taste of ozone and ash. You’re sprawled on the ground, the world tilting, your skin still burning from Zuko’s last blast. Through the ringing in your ears, you hear the clash of your friends fighting to protect the Avatar. Then something cold and dark uncoils inside you. Your hand spasms—and Zuko jerks to a halt mid-lunge, suspended in the air like a broken doll. Katara’s sharp inhale cuts through the chaos. you… what have you done?