Birthday AU Commentfic Meme!

[attackfish]

It’s my birth month, and to celebrate, I’m hosting a commentfic meme!  I’m in the mood to write some AU fics, so that’s the theme of the meme.  I’m open to both Avatar: the Last Airbender and Harry Potter requests, and I’m also taking requests in any of my existing AUs (Except Children of Mars), including the ones I established im my last commentfic meme, as well as new ones.  Comment with up to five requests, and I’ll guarantee you at least one commentfic.  I’ll probably answer with more, knowing me.  weirdlet , beboots , and floranna  get seven requests and a guarantee of two fics, because beboots  and floranna  are the best betas ever, and weirdlet  has a truly bizarre AU I inflicted on her rattling around in her head.  Also, anyone who wants me to write anything from my AU of Sun Child needs to ask weirdlet  and floranna , because it’s theirs.

*Closed and Finished*

Given that this meme has spawned a fair few universes, sorting the fics by requester would be clunky, so instead, I'm sorting them by universe this time.

One Shot Universes:

Another Wacky Day: Sokka3PO and KataraD2 (Star Wars/A:tLA fusion)  requested by avocado_love 
Oh Come On, Of Course Zuko’s a HufflePuff (Harry Potter/A:tLA crossover) requested by avocado_love 
Zuko muses on his fellow ruler, his sister, and the big universal questions of morality NOTE-not actually AU, requested by beboots
Dwarf!Toph (D&D fusion, sort of) requested by weirdlet 
Don’t even ask- I don’t even- What is wrong with you, woman? (Kyoshi Warrior Ozai) NOTE- Not AU, just crack, requested by weirdlet 
Suki's a Firebender requested by clockwerkchaos 
Toph is the one who finds Aang requested by panaili 
Ozai doesn’t allow the Dragon of the West to join Zuko in exile: Parts One, Two, and Three requested by lavanyasix 

Mirrorverse (The Avatar is an evil spirit):

Meetings requested by clockwerkchaos 
Aang's Little Crush requested by gamiel 
In This Verse, Azula Totes Rescues Puppies requested by avocado_love 

Lightning Strike (from this commentfic on a previous meme):

Sneaking out of Bed requested by lavanyasix 
Zuko and Kuei, chillin’ together requested by beboots 

AU of Ice Flows Through:

Mai, taking Azula's plan down from the inside: Parts One, Two, Three, and Four requested by beboots 

Quiet Shadowed Places verse (from this shortfic):

Zuko Finds Out He’s Blind requested by floranna 
Zuko Can’t Get Any Respect requested by beboots 
Fire Bending Masters requested by Hillary (anonymous user)
Agni Kai During Sozin’s Comet requested by Hillary
Toph and Zuko bonding NOTE- crack, and absolutely not universe canon, requested by beboots 

Iroh Dies in S2 (from these three commentfics in a previous meme):

Crossroads of Destiny Parts One, Two Three, Four, and Five requested by beboots 
The Throne Room requested by beboots 
Royalty Lessons requested by beboots 

Fail!Incubus Zuko:

Attempted Seduction *warning for sexual coercion and slavery* requested by weirdlet 
Courting Mai requested by gamiel 

Life Spirit:

Toph Bei Fong requested by clockwerkchaos 
Winter When He Goes requested by weirdlet 
Zuko and Iroh requested by clockwerkchaos 
Sokka and Katara requested by clockwerkchaos 

Koizilla Destroys the Fire Nation (from this commentfic from a previous meme):

Song requested by clockwerkchaos 

Modern Day:

Toph and Aang Meet requested by panaili 
Sleepover requested by panaili 

AU of Sun Child:

NOTE- Sun Child belongs to weirdlet and an index of fics in that verse can be found here.  This AU of the Sun Child AU began in these two commentfics from a previous meme *Warning for heavily implied Rape by Coercion and Sexually Abusive Dialogue*

Zhao and Zura's Child is Born requested by floranna 

Zuko Hurt His Leg on the Run and it Won’t Heal (from this commentfic on a previous meme):

Teo and Zuko Bonding Parts One and Two requested by Hillary
Assistive Technology is a Beautiful Thing requested by Hillary

Comments

Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 3/?

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Zuko shuddered under her touch. He tried to look at her, but his eyes kept sliding over her, and he couldn’t meet her eyes. Her words pounded around her head along with the pain of his head bouncing off the stones. His vision swam. He wanted to go home. He wanted it to be all over.

Azula waved her hand imperiously, and the Dai li with her brought their feet down. The crystals slid down, disappearing back into the solid, gray stone of the floor. Zuko found his feet, staring back at his sister. “It’s your choice,” she told him, stepping onto the stone platform waiting for her at the bottom of the wall, but before the platform could rise, she hesitated. “It’s a good sign that you managed to get rid of Uncle. He never was ready to do what had to be done in the name of power. I’m glad you see that n-”

Zuko lunged at her with a yell like he had been struck. The stone hands caught him out of the air and threw him back to the floor. Azula stepped off the platform and stood over her brother. Her eyes narrowed into poisonous slits. “He’s dead,” Zuko babbled. “He’s dead, and-” the words just stopped. They cut off before he could stop them, before Azula could stop them. They just died.

Azula shook her head slightly, the only reaction she showed to the news of her uncle’s death. “Bring him with us. We’ll have to lock him up somewhere more secure.”

“You-” Zuko spat, but Azula waved her hand again and another stone fist clamped itself around his face.

“I hope you’re happy now,” she remarked coldly as the Dai Li pulled him up from the ground and closed their rock gloves around his wrists and ankles. “You’re going to die, Zuzu, and I’m not going to care.”

~*~

Toph felt the tremors in the stone, tremors that told her about rumblings in the cave behind them. She ran faster, her feet never touching the ground long enough for her to feel where she was going. She kept her arms out in front of her, and they bumped into the backs of her friends as she jostled down the tunnel behind them, until they stopped, suddenly, without warning her. Toph ran into them. “Ow!”

“Shh.” Katara helped her back to her feet.

The rumblings had... stopped. Toph felt the ground. The bottom of her stomach dropped out. “Oh man.” The earth shivered under her feet. “We left Zuko back there!”

“No,” Aang whispered. “No, we didn’t.”

At the very edge of Toph’s vision, she felt a familiar figure between two Dai Li agents. She felt the stone cuffs on his wrists and ankles, and suddenly the bottom of her stomach was back, and it was made out of molten lead.

~*~

The tunnels swam around Zuko as the Dai Li carried him up, and out of the earth and into a metal lined corridor. With every movement, his head pounded and his stomach turned over and over. Bile rose high in his throat, and he gagged. The vomit filled his mouth and oozed out between the fingers of the stone glove. He choked and thrashed, panting hard through his nose, but no matter how hard he breathed, he couldn’t get any air no matter how hard he breathed.

“Crap, Dao, stop, get the gag off him. He’s choking.” The two Dai Li agents propped him up against the wall and removed the gag. The vomit ran down his face, and he coughed, sliding down the wall and slumping over his knees.

The other agent eyed the puddle of vomit dripping down onto the metal floor with distaste. “Come on, let’s get him to a cell before he throws up again.”

The agents hauled him up off the ground and over the shoulder of the one who had made the other one stop. Zuko heaved air into his lungs, tasting the vomit in the back of his throat with each breath. He hung over the agent’s shoulder limply, closing his eyes as his head throbbed, with the feeling of it hitting the cave wall over and over again. He thought he was going to throw up again.

He breathed out. A steady stream of fire poured out of his mouth and caught on the stiff green fabric like the wick of a candle.

“Shit!” The agent dropped him and swatted the flames away. “Gag the little shit again.”

“I left the stones back there.”

“I hate these stupid- metal- spirits damn, he burned my hand!”

Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 3/?

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Nice reaction on both Azula and Zuko's parts!

“You’re going to die, Zuzu, and I’m not going to care.” HOLY CRAP! Truth, coming from Azula's mouth? D:

“Crap, Dao, stop, get the gag off him. He’s choking.” I'm sure that this is more of a common problem than one would expect from canon. Dai Li restraints are a health hazard.

I'm glad that Zuko isn't above pushing his advantage, though. XD BREATH OF FIRE!!!

Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 3/?

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Well, the first part's truth, the second part is a BLATANT LIE. But Azula believes it, so I guess that counts as not lying.

Seriously. Gagging people in general is this, unless done very carefully.

The Dai Li won't be pleased.

Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 4/5

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

“Listen, you little shit, if you pull that again, we’ll strangle you right here and tell your sister you died choking on the gag. You want that?”

Zuko shook his head and spat out another mouthful of bile. “No.”

He tugged against the bonds on his wrists and ankles. The fabric slid under them and snagged. His skin tore, and the blood made his movements easier, and just as ineffective as ever. His eyes darted up to the the shiny burn on the agent’s hand, and he almost vibrated with impotent fury. It was such a minor burn, like the man could have gotten by touching a pot that hadn’t been off the fire for long enough. It probably wouldn’t even scar. His fire hadn’t even made it all the way through the man’s robes. It was pathetic.

The burn probably hurt, though. He just had to keep reminding himself of that.

The other agent grabbed Zuko’s arms and drew him up to his feet. As the Dai Li agents dragged him down the corridor, his bound feet banged over the iron floor, echoing dully. He had to fight not to grit his teeth against the pain as his head bounced around on his neck. The pouch with Uncle’s ashes thumped against his hip, and he tried to reach out to it automatically, through the cloud threatening to engulf his mind. But his hands were cuffed, and he just felt stupid.

The Dai Li agent who he had burned pulled a ring of keys out of his robe and unlocked a heavy, metal cell door. The boy inside scrambled to his feet and tried to rush the door as the Dai Li threw Zuko inside. They crashed into each other Sokka grunted as he hit the ground, Zuko on top of his chest. The key turned in the lock again and the rocks around Zuko’s wrists and ankles flew off and out the door grille, back to the agents.

Zuko rolled off him and glanced around in the gloom, trying to take stock of where he was, but it hurt just to turn his head, and his brain wouldn’t work...

“Oh, hello.” The Earth King waved to him almost fanatically from a corner of the cell, his voice high and scared. “Nice to see you again.”

Zuko propped himself up against the wall and let his head sink to his knees. “Hey.” The word wasn’t really more than an indistinct grunt, and he didn’t know if anyone could hear it though his knees anyway. He didn’t care.

He had screwed up. He should have gone with his sister. If he hadn’t lost his temp-

It wasn’t like Aang, the Avatar’s, friends wanted him around anyway. It would have been better if he’d just gone with Azula.

“Hey, Zuko.” Sokka pulled himself up to his feet and shook himself off. “Did you see Katara? Aang and toph went to rescue her-”

Of course they went to rescue her. “She’s fine.” He closed his eyes. “Shut up.”

“What happened?” Sokka demanded, standing over him. “Where is she? Is she...”

“She got out, alright?” And they just left him there.

Sokka beamed.

“Are your friends going to get us out of here?” the Earth King asked, eying Zuko uncertainly. Zuko didn’t look up. He didn’t answer, because he had no idea what was going to come out if he opened his mouth.

“Of course they will!” Sokka assured him rapidly, cutting through the silence. “If we don’t break ourselves out first. So, Zuko, do you happen to have any wire on you?”

Zuko didn’t bother to answer.

~*~

Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 5/5

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

The iron made everything around Toph feel rounded and larger than it was. The Dai Li loomed in front of her as she followed. When they turned a corner, and she felt Zuko hit the ground, she had to fight not to run, to let her feet hammer against the cold, hard metal.

Toph felt the metal cell door open and swing closed again, and she pressed herself against the wall, hoping she was in the shadows. People always talked about shadows. As the Dai Li agents walked past her, she held her breath, and when she couldn’t feel their footsteps ringing in the iron anymore, she let out a sigh of relief.

There were other people in that cell. Sokka!

Her hands found the cell door, and she planted her palms against it. It screeched as it crumpled under them. “You guys need some help? Or are you just waiting for something?”

“Toph!” Sokka leapt over to her and dragged her into a tight hug. “Where’d you learn to do that?”

“I am very glad to see you, Miss Bei Fong.” The Earth king rose to his feet. “But I’m not leaving without Bosco.”

Zuko groaned. Toph wriggled out of Sokka’s grasp and poked his shoulder. “You gonna get up anytime soon, lazy?”

He unfolded himself, and stood up, but after they all filed out of the cell, he braced himself on the threshold and stared down at the mangled door. Toph turned back to him. “What are you waiting for?”

“Nothing,” he mumbled, turning away.

They were only ever going to rescue him when he was with someone they actually wanted to rescue. Toph liked Sokka.

It would have been better if he had just left, if he had just gone home. Azula made it sound so easy, as if his father really wanted him.

“Come on,” she growled, grabbing his arm.

And Zuko followed.







And the fact that Zuko doesn't get to fight at all in CoD in this AU is a tremendous blow to his pride, ;)

Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 5/5

[water-soter.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I just read this jewel of yours and loved it! Are you going to write what comes next? More parts to this? Long fic? Maybe? please? with tons of chocolate on top?

Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 5/5

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

This is one of those "when I get requests for them, I fill them, but otherwise I ignore it" verses. There'll probably be another continuation on the next meme I run, or the story of what happens when the gaang+Zuko meets up with Jet in Ba Sing Se (Beboots is waiting for a chance to ask for it). Also, there's two fics other than this one from this meme set in the same universe, and the three fics from the last meme.

Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 5/5

[water-soter.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for all the links!

Re: Iroh dies in s2: Crossroads of Destiny, Pt 5/5

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Thanks for asking! *is terribly easily flattered*