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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well, my friends, this is the end of The Games We Play. It has been a fun ride, and I hope you all enjoyed it. But, all hope is not lost! Here is a sneak peak to the first story in the Chronicles, To Consume Children of Fire, with some bits of the major points in the story. In this first story,17 year old Princess Cinrae sets out on a long and dangerous journey to find her twin brother, Prince Zuko II. Along the way, she discovers a world unlike anyother, makes new friends, and old friends, and uncovers a plot that threatens the future of all of the Nations under the sun. Enjoy!
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Everything was so simple then. There was earth, fire, water air. There was peace and there was happiness. But everything changed. Everything....
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Our father was Fire Lord Zuko I, a good man, who loved his country. Fire Lady Mai was our mother. I grew up knowing her as my mother, but I never truly believed she was. Call me strange, but, I just couldn't see myself in her. My eldest younger brother, Iroh, was ten at the start of this, and was just like Mai in everyway. Stern, strong, but caring when he was incouraged. Then, there were Mashen and Shan, the Terrible. They were seven, and far too much for anyone to handle. Then there was Zuko II, my twin. Some say, that if you cut some of his hair, and give me a wig, we would look just alike. He was not just my brother. He was my best friend....
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The Golden Boys as a whole were as peculiar as they come. They all had different personalities and features that defined them as complete opposites that you could never guess that they could ever make a profit together, yet everything everyone said about them made them sound like a unit. I wanted to know more....
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I slammed the door to my room as I entered. Jaia's head rose up from what probably was a nap, and watched me. I trudged to the vanity, and sat down heavily, causing it to shake. I banged my fist down, screaming out in a mixture of furry and sorrow. I buried my head in my hands, and sobbed deeply. I could feel Jaia lay her paw on my lap as a sign of comfort. How the bloody earth could he just leave? What was so wrong for him to leave me? I could only pray to every Spirit that was that he was not dead. If he was dead...I couldn't even think about it. The worst thing about the entire situation was that my family, who claimed to love me and my brother, wasn't doing a damn thing! I realized then and there that if my brother, Prince Zuko II, the Dragon, of the Fire Nation, son of Fire Lord Zuko I, was going to be found, then I, Princess Cinrae, and Phoienx, of the Fire Nation, daughter of Fire Lord Zuko I, had to do it myself...
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"What are you?" I asked without thinking. He scratched the back of his head, then chuckled a bit.
"Well, my inquisitive stranger, I'm what some may call a roaming nomad, even though I don't do much roaming anymore, and I'm what some would call an outlaw. I'll take either one. But, my name is Manek if that's what you wanted to know...."
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"Arra?" I whispered.
"I don't know why everyone insits on whispering aroung me, even when I'm meditating. I can read your minds, hello." She turned her head back to look at us, and smiled a toothy, childish smile, like her father. Her stern face disappeared, and the Arra I knew as a child was back.
"Hi Arra...."
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"We need to see the daughter of the cheif, Sonziah? You know, long brown hair, keeps her hair in a braid, carries a sword"
"I believe I know of whom you speak, but she will not see you." said the figure. I thought I recognized the voice.
"Because," the figure raised its face. I smiled as that stone face that I was speaking of broke a smile. "it took you so long." I smiled, and embraced Sonziah...
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"Today, my friends, we set sail for the end of the world!"....
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