Chapter 1
The Fire Nation prison, it was dark and gloomy. It was smelly and no way for a ruler to be treated. Ozai hated it, he wanted to burn down every guard that passed by. He wanted to smother them, murder them for even allowing his son to boss them around.
What he didn't hate about the Fire Nation prison, was that it was currently far, far away from him at the moment. Ozai turned to his right and smiled at his prodigy daughter, her hair kept up nicely, not a single strand out of place. Like she was always taught to do.
He grabbed onto a branch as he stopped at the end of the forest, looking down at a small Fire Nation town miles from the capital. Azula stopped a few steps ahead of him, just noticing where he was.
"You're going to have to change that look of yours, father." She said, pulling out a small knife and handing it to him. Ozai stared at it for a moment, before taking the blade up and cutting off his hair so it was barely above his ears. The strands of hair met the wind behind him, blowing off into the distance.
"So, what is your plan?" He asked, bringing the knife to his beard. Azula nodded, and clasped her hands behind the small of her back. "I found a place full of opportunity, father." She began, turning to the small town.
"A place with dragons. Millions of them. Mother used to read us stories about the spirit that can take you there, and I found it." Ozai nodded, silently handing her the knife and taking a few steps in front of his daughter, a smile on his face.
"I will reign the world as the Phoenix King once more!"
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"Okay, but can we talk about how lame Phoenix King was?" Sokka asked aloud, eating more of his seal soup. Everyone turned to look at him and he groaned.
"Not the man, himself. Ozai was terrible and scary- no offense Zuko."
"Trust me, its needed."
"But, the name. Phoenix King." Sokka puffed his chest out, and out his arms on his waist. "I am Phoenix King, ruler of all!" He mimicked, in a comidically deep voice. Laughter echoed from the room, and Sokka sat down with an accomplished smile on his face.
"Well when you put it that way-" Katara was cut off when someone slammed open the igloo door, the man looked exhausted, he was carrying a letter with a black ribbon tied across it.
"Fire Lord Zuko, its an emergency." He said, Zuko was quick to stand up and take the letter. "Uncle Iroh is covering for me, why can't he take this letter?"
"Hes the one who sent it, sir."
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"If I had to choose Ruffnut or meat? I would have to be an only child." Tuffnut said, shrugging his shoulders and taking another bite. Ruffnut scoffed and smacked the back of his head. "Really? It's just a kind of food." Fishlegs pointed out.
"No no no, my dear brother. Meat is a way of life. No meat is practically the same as no life." Tuffnut said, shaking his hand around as he spoke. Fishlegs nodded, while Ruffnut rolled her eyes.
"Well if you ask me, this conversation is stupid." Snotlout said, pushing his chair out and standing up to go leave. "You're stupid!" Tuffnut yelled at him as he walked off.
"What about Hiccup and Astrid? Would you guys give up meat?" The two turned their heads in sync to the Thorston twin, completely clueless as to what he was talking about. "Lost cause." He mumbled under his breath, turning his head and crossing his arms over his chest.
Then, there was rumbling. Which, usually wasn't a big deal this was Berk, they were used to this kind of thing. What they weren't used to was the noise that came afterward. It sounded like Toothless warbling, but so, so much louder.
Hiccup flinched and covered his ears. Looking to the side to see many of the people and dragons around him doing the same. Unless two dragons are fighting right outside this door, this shouldn't be happening. He was clueless.
When the noise stopped, he stood up and walked to the door, Astrid and many others close behind him. The Chief opened the large doors and saw nothing outside.
Confusion washed over him, carefully, Hiccup walked more, cautious as if there would be a dragon, or whatever happened moments ago, come again. Toothless shoved his way next to his rider and glared at the emptiness in front of them, also confused.
Hiccup kept walking and looked back to the group. "Theres nothing here." He said, gesturing for them to come out. A few stayed behind, still cautious, or still popping their ears after the incident.
"Hey, Hiccup!" Astrid called, and his head shot up, he ran to the blonde warrior, worried about what she may find. He grabbed her shoulder and came to a stop, before being able to question her she pointed to the ground in front of them.
A fire sign was burned into the soil.