"Katara." Her grandmother shook her head. "What did you do?"
"he just found out what he is," she pleaded, "He was going to turn himself in. You always said the world needs the Avatar, I couldn't let him be locked away!"
"Yes you could," Zuko growled. "It's none of your business."
"it is my business," she shot back. "It's the whole world's business."
"I'm not going to fight against my country!" he shouted, startling everyone. "So if that's why you keep doing this, you can just stop!"
One of the little monsters standing next to him tugged on his sleeve. "You're really ugly," he said forthrightly. "What happened to your face?"
Zuko looked down at him and growled. The little boy backed up.
"He doesn't seem like a very nice boy anyway," she told her granddaughter. "Even if he is the Avatar."
"Just let me go!" Zuko snarled. "My uncle is on that ship. He will find you and make you pay for this."
"Your uncle is with you?" the old woman began. "Is that wo raised you? He didn't do a very good job."
As Zuko yelled in reply, flames spewed out of his mouth. The whole village jumped back. One woman screamed.
"Not a very nice boy at all," Katara's grandmother said. "Let him go back to his men."
"Then I'm going with him," Katara told her. "Someone has to make sure he does what the Avatar's supposed to do and doesn't get himself locked away!"
"No way!" Zuko yelped. "You are not coming with me! I'm going home."
"Warriors," Sokka commanded. "Escort the enemy back to his vessel."
"Sokka's supposed to babysit them when the women take the big fishing boat out together, but he pretends it's warrior training to make himself feel better," Katara whispered to him. "Gran Gran, he must be a sign from the spirits. With the Avatar back, the world has hope again."
"No, Katara." She watched the boy who was slowly being lead away by a troop of little boys. "He will have to find his own path."
~*~
Katara shifted her pack on her shoulders and kept walking. "You can't stop me, Sokka."
Sokka took a deep breath. "Listen, Dad told me to protect you, and-"
"I told you, you're not going to stop me."
He spun around to show her the pack slung over his own shoulder. "Then I guess I have to come with you."
"Sokka!" When she threw her arms around him, she almost knocked them both into the snow. She glanced back at Zuko, still trying to thaw the ice encasing his little boat. "Come on. We have to get back to the ship before he does."
Gran-Gran criticizing Uncle's parenting skills, Part 2/2
"he just found out what he is," she pleaded, "He was going to turn himself in. You always said the world needs the Avatar, I couldn't let him be locked away!"
"Yes you could," Zuko growled. "It's none of your business."
"it is my business," she shot back. "It's the whole world's business."
"I'm not going to fight against my country!" he shouted, startling everyone. "So if that's why you keep doing this, you can just stop!"
One of the little monsters standing next to him tugged on his sleeve. "You're really ugly," he said forthrightly. "What happened to your face?"
Zuko looked down at him and growled. The little boy backed up.
"He doesn't seem like a very nice boy anyway," she told her granddaughter. "Even if he is the Avatar."
"Just let me go!" Zuko snarled. "My uncle is on that ship. He will find you and make you pay for this."
"Your uncle is with you?" the old woman began. "Is that wo raised you? He didn't do a very good job."
As Zuko yelled in reply, flames spewed out of his mouth. The whole village jumped back. One woman screamed.
"Not a very nice boy at all," Katara's grandmother said. "Let him go back to his men."
"Then I'm going with him," Katara told her. "Someone has to make sure he does what the Avatar's supposed to do and doesn't get himself locked away!"
"No way!" Zuko yelped. "You are not coming with me! I'm going home."
"Warriors," Sokka commanded. "Escort the enemy back to his vessel."
"Sokka's supposed to babysit them when the women take the big fishing boat out together, but he pretends it's warrior training to make himself feel better," Katara whispered to him. "Gran Gran, he must be a sign from the spirits. With the Avatar back, the world has hope again."
"No, Katara." She watched the boy who was slowly being lead away by a troop of little boys. "He will have to find his own path."
~*~
Katara shifted her pack on her shoulders and kept walking. "You can't stop me, Sokka."
Sokka took a deep breath. "Listen, Dad told me to protect you, and-"
"I told you, you're not going to stop me."
He spun around to show her the pack slung over his own shoulder. "Then I guess I have to come with you."
"Sokka!" When she threw her arms around him, she almost knocked them both into the snow. She glanced back at Zuko, still trying to thaw the ice encasing his little boat. "Come on. We have to get back to the ship before he does."