Post by highelemental on Apr 18, 2009 23:50:43 GMT -5
I just thought up this one a little bit ago and I just had to go with it. It was enjoyable writing it and I hope you all enjoy it. The other fandom will be a secret and is the twist of the story. This will be an Azula fic set after the series, so she is an insane asylum. So let's begin....
A Stray Child
I could hear them. The people in the white coats. They were talking about me again.
“It’s been nearly two years and there hasn’t been any sign of progress. We’ve done everything we can.” said the male white-coat with glasses who was speaking with a female white coat.
“I know, but the Fire Lord won’t stop, he insists we find a way to cure her.”
The male white-coat let out a disdainful tsking sound from his mouth, “That idiot boy, he doesn’t realize how broken she is, all she does is just stare into space, barely speaking to anyone.”
“Well it is his sister after all I can see why he’s so worried and caring towards her….”
I hate them. The white-coats. Won’t leave me alone. Take me out of cell. Run strange tests. Ask questions. Don’t answer. Scum don’t deserve it.
My brother. Zuko. Part of me hates him. Want to kill. Can’t. Other part won’t. Cares for me. Only one that does. My brother…
Person in next cell. Won’t stop crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Person in other cell. Won’t stop laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Hate this place. Cold. Dark. Lonely. Hard to sleep at night. But sleep only place where I’m happy. I go to a wonderful place when I sleep. There I play with my friend.
She’s around my age with pale skin and short hair. Tells me she is lonely too. No friends. Abusive and neglectful parents. People mistreat her for being different. Like me.
She lives in a peaceful little town. Up in mountains. Near a lake. Lots of trees. Probably forest. Like it there. It’s beautiful.
We play games. Games I used to think were stupid. Tag. Hide-and-Seek. We have so much fun. Hurts to wake up and say goodbye. She tells me we’ll see each other again tomorrow. Tomorrow….
I fell asleep. She was there to greet me. We went to her neighbors’ house again. Happy married couple. Names were James and Mary. Love it there. Mary makes us cookies. James tells us stories. Both of them always ask me how I am. I always give them honest answers. Like them too. Wish they were my parents.
I wanted James to tell me a scary story. He was relunctant but told us a story about a crazed man that wore a giant iron mask on his head and killed people with a giant knife. I always loved James' stories. They're so exciting. Father never told me stories.
James finished the story. Tells me its time for me to go. I beg them to let me stay here. Mary tells me I’ll see them again tomorrow. Tomorrow…
Woke up. Man still crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Woman still laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Zuko came today. Ignored white-coats and their words. Visited with me in cell. Asked me how I was. I said, “Played with my friend last night. Had a lot of fun.”
Zuko grimaced. I know what he’s thinking. Lunatic. Crazy. Maybe he’s right. Maybe in this place. But in the other place. I’m not. I want to be there now. Can’t.
Zuko smiled. Gave me food from palace. Much nicer than slop here. Asked how Ty Lee was. Hate Mai. Never ask him how she is doing.
Zuko told me she was fine. Still with Kyoshi Warriors. Still happy. I envy her yet I still care for her. She visited me once. It was nice but I started to have awkward feelings around her. Don’t understand. Maybe James and Mary can explain them to me. Mary and James are smart and help me with my problems. Father never did. Only wanted me to be strong. Make our ancestors proud.
Asked about Father. I don’t know what to think. Love or Hate? Confusing. Didn’t ask about Mother. Despise her. Kill her if I could. Wish she died years ago. Called me monster. Mary never calls me monster. Mary bakes me cookies. Mother never did. Mary asks me how I am. Mother never did. Zuko said Father is still in prison. I don’t know if I should be happy or sad.
Zuko said he’ll take me outside for some fresh air. Outside. Only time I’m happy in this world. Even though they keep me in a jacket that stops me from getting away. I just enjoy the beauty of the outdoors. Went out into courtyard with Zuko and the white-coats.
We saw some turtle-ducks. I fed some. I was happy. But not as happy as when I fall asleep. I want to go there. Can’t. Not yet. Soon.
Hours passed. Zuko left. We had a good time. Not as fun as when I sleep though. White-Coats left me in cell. Gave me my daily requirement of gruel for the day. Ha. Funny.
Man still crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Woman still laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Decided to go to sleep. To go back….
When I got there, my friend wasn’t there to say hello. I was scared. Ran to James and Mary’s house. They welcomed me. Asked me how I was. Father and Mother never did that.
Asked where my friend was. They said that she was at school. Went over to school. Lot of kids there some my age, some younger. Saw my friend. She was being bullied by a group of kids.
My friend cried over to me. One of the boys in the group looked over at me. The leader of the group. He scornfully said, “Ah look, it’s the little witch’s girlfriend, lets get her too!”
Rage. Anger. That’s all I felt. Flames burst from my hands. Burned them alive. I laughed. Firebending. Something I haven’t done in so long.
My friend. Alessa. She was terrified. I knew she hated fire. But I had to do it. Make them pay for hurting her. My friend.
Screaming stopped. Charred bodies littered the playground. Some were just reduced to ash.
A woman ran up to us. Lisa was her name. She looked after Alessa. Nice woman. Kind. Caring. Something Mother wasn’t.
Asked me what happened. Told her. Apologized for scaring Alessa. Alessa was still scared. Ran off. Lisa went after her. I tried to. Woke up instead. I wanted to go after her. Would have to wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow….
Woke up. Frightened. What if Alessa hates me? No. I saved her. She’ll forgive me.
Man still crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Woman still laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
White-Coat came in. Male one with glasses. Told me she was coming. Mother.
She stayed outside the cell with a group of guards. Smarter than I thought. Asked me how she was. Trying to be Mary? B*tch. She’ll never be even half the mother Mary is. Told me she was sorry about all the things she did and didn’t do. I just replied, “You’re not Mary. Go away.”
She said she was sorry again. I replied, “You’re not Mary. Go away.”
She asked me who Mary was. Told her, “Something that you can never be.”
She asked me what that was. Fury welled up inside of me. I leapt at the bars and screamed, “A MOTHER!”
Guard knocked me out. All went black. Does this count as sleep?
It does.
A man woke me up. He was new in town. Name was Harry Mason. Nice man. Asked me a question, "Have you seen a girl?" I asked what was her name. He said her name was Cheryl. She was his daughter. Told me a little about himself. Had a little car trouble and was waiting for it to be repaired here. Cheryl ran off and Harry's been trying to find her. Cars. James told me about them. Strange mechanical beasts that people ride inside. Like the tanks back in the other place.
Harry asked if I had seen Cheryl. I said no. Would help him look for her though. I like Harry. New friends are always welcome. Harry thanked me. Then told me that Alessa was waiting for me and that he would show me the way. I followed. Alessa. James. Mary. Lisa. All there. Waiting for me.
“I’m sorry about yesterday” I apologized.
Alessa smiled. “It’s all right, Azula. You’re my friend, I knew you were only trying to protect me.”
“Yeah, we know you’re a good girl, Azula. “ James said with one of his usual caring smiles.
“We appreciate and love you for who you are, Azula. We’re not like those other people.” Mary assured with her usual kindness towards me. Something Mother always lacked.
Tears streamed down my face. Something that I hadn’t done in so long. “Thank you. I love you all too.”
“Then stay with us Azula, this is where you belong, this is your home” Alessa told me as she held my hand.
“Yes, I want to be here with you all. I want you to be my friend Alessa. I want Mary and James to be my parents. I want you all to be with me…forever.”
“Then wake up, Azula. Wake up…wake up…wake up…” Alessa requested as she started to drift away. I hope I don’t wake up in that cell again. Then I’ll have wait till tomorrow. Tomorrow…
I woke up. Woke up in forest on a road. Looked up to see a town down the road. Lake nearby. Knew where I was. A smile came to my face. Something that I hadn’t done in so long. This was real. I had no doubts.
“Alessa. I’m Home.”
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Azula walked towards the misty streets of the town. She passed a sign, but didn’t notice it. She continued to walk until she entered the town and was enveloped by fog.
The sign simply read, “WELCOME TO SILENT HILL”
Nearby in the lake, a car was at the bottom of it. James Sunderland's corpse was inside it, having commited suicide over the sheer guilt of killing his wife, Mary. He came to the town to be punished for what he had done, he got it. The town and its executioner, the iron masked Pyramid Head, made sure of that.
Harry Mason escaped the town, but its denezins eventually tracked him down. Harry is dead and now his daughter Heather, her name changed to protect her from the cult of Silent Hill, now ventures towards the town to avenge her father and to resist a dark destiny.
Lisa Garland was a nurse in Silent Hill's Alchemilla Hospital. She took care of Alessa while she was there. Years later, Harry Mason encountered her when he arrived, looking for his daughter, and it was soon revealed to the both of them that Lisa was dead, another manifestation of the town. She disappeared after this revelation was made.
The spirit of a girl appeared next to the sign and looked out towards the town. Silent Hill's manifestation of Alessa made a malevolent smile and disappeared into the fog. Alessa Gillespie was offered as host to the dark god of Silent Hill which the cult worships.
The sound of a siren split the serene air.
The cursed town has transcended worlds and has taken another victim. More were to come.
The End.
A Stray Child
I could hear them. The people in the white coats. They were talking about me again.
“It’s been nearly two years and there hasn’t been any sign of progress. We’ve done everything we can.” said the male white-coat with glasses who was speaking with a female white coat.
“I know, but the Fire Lord won’t stop, he insists we find a way to cure her.”
The male white-coat let out a disdainful tsking sound from his mouth, “That idiot boy, he doesn’t realize how broken she is, all she does is just stare into space, barely speaking to anyone.”
“Well it is his sister after all I can see why he’s so worried and caring towards her….”
I hate them. The white-coats. Won’t leave me alone. Take me out of cell. Run strange tests. Ask questions. Don’t answer. Scum don’t deserve it.
My brother. Zuko. Part of me hates him. Want to kill. Can’t. Other part won’t. Cares for me. Only one that does. My brother…
Person in next cell. Won’t stop crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Person in other cell. Won’t stop laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Hate this place. Cold. Dark. Lonely. Hard to sleep at night. But sleep only place where I’m happy. I go to a wonderful place when I sleep. There I play with my friend.
She’s around my age with pale skin and short hair. Tells me she is lonely too. No friends. Abusive and neglectful parents. People mistreat her for being different. Like me.
She lives in a peaceful little town. Up in mountains. Near a lake. Lots of trees. Probably forest. Like it there. It’s beautiful.
We play games. Games I used to think were stupid. Tag. Hide-and-Seek. We have so much fun. Hurts to wake up and say goodbye. She tells me we’ll see each other again tomorrow. Tomorrow….
I fell asleep. She was there to greet me. We went to her neighbors’ house again. Happy married couple. Names were James and Mary. Love it there. Mary makes us cookies. James tells us stories. Both of them always ask me how I am. I always give them honest answers. Like them too. Wish they were my parents.
I wanted James to tell me a scary story. He was relunctant but told us a story about a crazed man that wore a giant iron mask on his head and killed people with a giant knife. I always loved James' stories. They're so exciting. Father never told me stories.
James finished the story. Tells me its time for me to go. I beg them to let me stay here. Mary tells me I’ll see them again tomorrow. Tomorrow…
Woke up. Man still crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Woman still laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Zuko came today. Ignored white-coats and their words. Visited with me in cell. Asked me how I was. I said, “Played with my friend last night. Had a lot of fun.”
Zuko grimaced. I know what he’s thinking. Lunatic. Crazy. Maybe he’s right. Maybe in this place. But in the other place. I’m not. I want to be there now. Can’t.
Zuko smiled. Gave me food from palace. Much nicer than slop here. Asked how Ty Lee was. Hate Mai. Never ask him how she is doing.
Zuko told me she was fine. Still with Kyoshi Warriors. Still happy. I envy her yet I still care for her. She visited me once. It was nice but I started to have awkward feelings around her. Don’t understand. Maybe James and Mary can explain them to me. Mary and James are smart and help me with my problems. Father never did. Only wanted me to be strong. Make our ancestors proud.
Asked about Father. I don’t know what to think. Love or Hate? Confusing. Didn’t ask about Mother. Despise her. Kill her if I could. Wish she died years ago. Called me monster. Mary never calls me monster. Mary bakes me cookies. Mother never did. Mary asks me how I am. Mother never did. Zuko said Father is still in prison. I don’t know if I should be happy or sad.
Zuko said he’ll take me outside for some fresh air. Outside. Only time I’m happy in this world. Even though they keep me in a jacket that stops me from getting away. I just enjoy the beauty of the outdoors. Went out into courtyard with Zuko and the white-coats.
We saw some turtle-ducks. I fed some. I was happy. But not as happy as when I fall asleep. I want to go there. Can’t. Not yet. Soon.
Hours passed. Zuko left. We had a good time. Not as fun as when I sleep though. White-Coats left me in cell. Gave me my daily requirement of gruel for the day. Ha. Funny.
Man still crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Woman still laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Decided to go to sleep. To go back….
When I got there, my friend wasn’t there to say hello. I was scared. Ran to James and Mary’s house. They welcomed me. Asked me how I was. Father and Mother never did that.
Asked where my friend was. They said that she was at school. Went over to school. Lot of kids there some my age, some younger. Saw my friend. She was being bullied by a group of kids.
My friend cried over to me. One of the boys in the group looked over at me. The leader of the group. He scornfully said, “Ah look, it’s the little witch’s girlfriend, lets get her too!”
Rage. Anger. That’s all I felt. Flames burst from my hands. Burned them alive. I laughed. Firebending. Something I haven’t done in so long.
My friend. Alessa. She was terrified. I knew she hated fire. But I had to do it. Make them pay for hurting her. My friend.
Screaming stopped. Charred bodies littered the playground. Some were just reduced to ash.
A woman ran up to us. Lisa was her name. She looked after Alessa. Nice woman. Kind. Caring. Something Mother wasn’t.
Asked me what happened. Told her. Apologized for scaring Alessa. Alessa was still scared. Ran off. Lisa went after her. I tried to. Woke up instead. I wanted to go after her. Would have to wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow….
Woke up. Frightened. What if Alessa hates me? No. I saved her. She’ll forgive me.
Man still crying. Want to yell. Tell him to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
Woman still laughing. Want to yell. Tell her to shut up. Second thought. Decided against it.
White-Coat came in. Male one with glasses. Told me she was coming. Mother.
She stayed outside the cell with a group of guards. Smarter than I thought. Asked me how she was. Trying to be Mary? B*tch. She’ll never be even half the mother Mary is. Told me she was sorry about all the things she did and didn’t do. I just replied, “You’re not Mary. Go away.”
She said she was sorry again. I replied, “You’re not Mary. Go away.”
She asked me who Mary was. Told her, “Something that you can never be.”
She asked me what that was. Fury welled up inside of me. I leapt at the bars and screamed, “A MOTHER!”
Guard knocked me out. All went black. Does this count as sleep?
It does.
A man woke me up. He was new in town. Name was Harry Mason. Nice man. Asked me a question, "Have you seen a girl?" I asked what was her name. He said her name was Cheryl. She was his daughter. Told me a little about himself. Had a little car trouble and was waiting for it to be repaired here. Cheryl ran off and Harry's been trying to find her. Cars. James told me about them. Strange mechanical beasts that people ride inside. Like the tanks back in the other place.
Harry asked if I had seen Cheryl. I said no. Would help him look for her though. I like Harry. New friends are always welcome. Harry thanked me. Then told me that Alessa was waiting for me and that he would show me the way. I followed. Alessa. James. Mary. Lisa. All there. Waiting for me.
“I’m sorry about yesterday” I apologized.
Alessa smiled. “It’s all right, Azula. You’re my friend, I knew you were only trying to protect me.”
“Yeah, we know you’re a good girl, Azula. “ James said with one of his usual caring smiles.
“We appreciate and love you for who you are, Azula. We’re not like those other people.” Mary assured with her usual kindness towards me. Something Mother always lacked.
Tears streamed down my face. Something that I hadn’t done in so long. “Thank you. I love you all too.”
“Then stay with us Azula, this is where you belong, this is your home” Alessa told me as she held my hand.
“Yes, I want to be here with you all. I want you to be my friend Alessa. I want Mary and James to be my parents. I want you all to be with me…forever.”
“Then wake up, Azula. Wake up…wake up…wake up…” Alessa requested as she started to drift away. I hope I don’t wake up in that cell again. Then I’ll have wait till tomorrow. Tomorrow…
I woke up. Woke up in forest on a road. Looked up to see a town down the road. Lake nearby. Knew where I was. A smile came to my face. Something that I hadn’t done in so long. This was real. I had no doubts.
“Alessa. I’m Home.”
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Azula walked towards the misty streets of the town. She passed a sign, but didn’t notice it. She continued to walk until she entered the town and was enveloped by fog.
The sign simply read, “WELCOME TO SILENT HILL”
Nearby in the lake, a car was at the bottom of it. James Sunderland's corpse was inside it, having commited suicide over the sheer guilt of killing his wife, Mary. He came to the town to be punished for what he had done, he got it. The town and its executioner, the iron masked Pyramid Head, made sure of that.
Harry Mason escaped the town, but its denezins eventually tracked him down. Harry is dead and now his daughter Heather, her name changed to protect her from the cult of Silent Hill, now ventures towards the town to avenge her father and to resist a dark destiny.
Lisa Garland was a nurse in Silent Hill's Alchemilla Hospital. She took care of Alessa while she was there. Years later, Harry Mason encountered her when he arrived, looking for his daughter, and it was soon revealed to the both of them that Lisa was dead, another manifestation of the town. She disappeared after this revelation was made.
The spirit of a girl appeared next to the sign and looked out towards the town. Silent Hill's manifestation of Alessa made a malevolent smile and disappeared into the fog. Alessa Gillespie was offered as host to the dark god of Silent Hill which the cult worships.
The sound of a siren split the serene air.
The cursed town has transcended worlds and has taken another victim. More were to come.
The End.
