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Drabble: A Thousand Faces
Oct. 30th, 2009 11:51 amA Thousand Faces
“Show no fear,” the Avatar warned, “show no emotion at all, but especially not fear.” She nodded, her face still as stone, and folded herself on roots of the tree by the turtle duck pond as the sun went down.
Slowly, slowly she slipped into the spirit world, Iroh and Aang’s descriptions walking beside her.
At Koh’s tree, she waited, and when he came, he was smiling, but though her face was heavy, it did not crack.
With the sunrise, Mai walked out of the spirit world with every face Koh had ever stolen, and Zuko’s cradled in her hands.
Author's Note: At first, I didn't know why Mai was in the spirit world facing Koh, but I grew up listening to those stories like Tam Lin where the heroine rescues her lover from the faery queen and I guess I absorbed some of it. All of a sudden, this went from a very silly drabble about how Mai would own Koh's sorry ass with her stony expression, to something a lot more serious and I hope, kind of sweet. I like giving post-war Fire Lady Mai moments of heroic badassness. Keeps her life from being boring.
“Show no fear,” the Avatar warned, “show no emotion at all, but especially not fear.” She nodded, her face still as stone, and folded herself on roots of the tree by the turtle duck pond as the sun went down.
Slowly, slowly she slipped into the spirit world, Iroh and Aang’s descriptions walking beside her.
At Koh’s tree, she waited, and when he came, he was smiling, but though her face was heavy, it did not crack.
With the sunrise, Mai walked out of the spirit world with every face Koh had ever stolen, and Zuko’s cradled in her hands.
Author's Note: At first, I didn't know why Mai was in the spirit world facing Koh, but I grew up listening to those stories like Tam Lin where the heroine rescues her lover from the faery queen and I guess I absorbed some of it. All of a sudden, this went from a very silly drabble about how Mai would own Koh's sorry ass with her stony expression, to something a lot more serious and I hope, kind of sweet. I like giving post-war Fire Lady Mai moments of heroic badassness. Keeps her life from being boring.
