TRIGGER WARNING

this story mentions self-harm, kidnapping, murder, stockholm syndrome, abduction, and more triggering subjects. please read at your own discretion.

𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒

❝As cruel as the world may be, it remains to be our choice how to answer: do I be cruel in return, or do I be kind in its stead?❞

— ( jnh // shatteredjuveniledays, via tumblr )

( saving me will not make you a hero . . . )

      THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LIAN WANTED TO BELIEVE IN FAIRYTALES, that there was good in everybody and that happily-ever-afters existed for those who had gold in their hearts. But it's so hard to believe in such silly notions when she was never meant to be the princess that needed saving, the one who deserved the castles and the praise and the adoration. After all, no one has ever heard of saving the villain's daughter, the unwanted bastard, a daughter whose beautiful face couldn't even be loved by her own mother for it reminded her of the terrible man who forced this child upon her. But love was for those who were weak and the Fire Nation was quick to remind the General by making his obsession, his 'love' for his wife, an example for those who dared to believe that power wasn't a necessity. Except it wasn't love that made Lian lethal, that made her a threat to the nation whose own blood burns half of her body, but hatred. 

      And she was determined to prove that not all monsters are capable of terrible things, even those like herself with dead eyes who don't even blink at the sight of bloodshed. Even though she was raised by a monster who believed a warrior was far better than a loyal daughter, he never expected her to use the very sword he forged for her to be used against him. But it seemed as if he had forgotten that monsters are not born, but created by the wicked.

      Even if she is fighting for the good side, fighting in what others would say is the losing side to the war with a group of people whose only motivation is hope, they seem to have forgotten that she is still just as much of a monster as before with her own selfish reasons and destiny. Because taking down the Fire Lord is not her destiny, not the happily-ever-after to her story, but taking down her own demons in the form of her father, someone who made her a monster long before anyone else could say otherwise.

      But it seems as though people have forgotten to tell Zuko that she is not someone worth saving, that pretty girls like her kill boys like him for fun.

( . . . but neither is letting you fall. )

CASTING CALL
【 those with everything to 𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀 . . . 】

YIREN WANG as
LIAN ANSUI
❛ the archer ❜

PRINCE ZUKO
❛ the exiled ❜

AVATAR AANG
❛ the boy in the ice ❜

KATARA
❛ the last girl ❜

SOKKA
❛ the mastermind ❜

TOPH BEIFONG
❛ the blind bandit ❜

PRINCESS AZULA
❛ the neglected daughter ❜

【 and those who 𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 】

TADANOBU ASANO, GENERAL EIZO HAYATA
KELLY HU, YANMEI ANSUI
DANIEL WU, CHENGLEI ANSUI
HENDERY WONG, SHEN ANSUI
TSAI CHIN, HUILING LIN

NANA KOMATSU, MAI
MIO IMADA, TY LEE
JUN KUNIMURA, GENERAL IROH
ETSUSHI TOYOKAWA, FIRE LORD OZAI

XIAO ZHAN, JUN
MIYA CECH, NAOMI
LEO WU, HIRROS

𝘿𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙎 . . .

I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or any of its characters other than my own. Please refrain from using my characters without my permission.

The original characters from the franchise are aged up to make it less awkward for me to write about a fifteen-year-old character with a sixteen-year-old Zuko.

So Zuko is 18, Aang 14, Katara 15, Sokka 17, Toph 14, and Azula 16!

𝘿𝙀𝘿𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 . . .

This book is dedicated to everyone who supported me with this crazy idea! But most importantly to kait who has helped me so much and literally was the go-to person for any ideas I had for this book. And also taryn for getting me back into ATLA!

Special shoutout to the following people:
beautifuIcrime, S3RAF1NA, byunmania, famuIans, sweetdiosas, !

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A/N;

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M FUCKING WRITING A FANFIC FOR MOTHERFLYING ZUKO, like I didn't appreciate him as a kid but now as an adult, I'm sweating!!

Instead of preparing for college or updating the books I already have published I decided to rewatch the show and started planning a fic immediately!

So this book is kinda short ( I'm assuming ) because we cut right to the chase with Zuko joining them or we get around to that pretty early on, mostly because I can't bring myself to write so many damn scenes for the show because I'm lazy.

Anyways, this fic is pretty heavy for cartoon fanfic, but it's the truth. I mean it's no secret that the Fire Nation did terrible things under Sozin, Azulon, and Ozai's rule so it's not going to be a happy story at first. It's kinda aggressive?

Anyways, thank you for coming to my TedTalk!

Please enjoy Lian and Zuko's story!

Much Love Guys.

( written: february 2, 2020 )
( published: february 17, 2020 )