|•|W I T 卄 E R||•| Zuko X Reader ⚠SLOWBURN⚠

SEVEN FORTY

I... Rewinded time on Huaiyi's body.

All that was left of him...

Was ash.

After that, I... I ran.

That voice... Bai Hong's voice, it told me he was in the wrong. The airbender's were fools.

They were weak.
They would hate me.
They would bring an end to their own race.

They... Were the bad guys.

Me and Bai Hong... Bai Hong was my master.

And as for me? I was the puppet to fulfill my designated purpose.

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Wind blew against my face as I held on tight to my glider.

"I killed him... I killed him...!"

I crash landed in an unfamiliar forest. That voice... That voice...

She made me believe my only purpose...

It was like a shadow constantly following me, constantly comforting me, constantly reassuring me.

Was to destroy.
Was to be deranged.
Was to be deprived of all sense.

I started giving in.

I started killing people to survive.
I would rewind time to kill them and steal their belongings.
I would fast forward time on their bodies.
I would gain more and more power...

Until that day.

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"You have been surrounded. Surrender or die." They said. Some of them were earthbenders, some of them were firebenders.

Six hundred guards, one child, and two killers, all ready to fight to the death.

I laughed, "You have me cornered, yes. But even if you put me in chains, you will never hear the end of me."

The earthbenders locked me in place, ready to capture me.

I crossed my fingers and pushed them outwards by an inch. Time stopped.

"Ha... Ha...." I grinned, "I can bend time to my will!"

"Hahaha... Aha...!" Void began to drip from my eyes as I rewinded time on the stones trapping me in place.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I cackled, spreading a wave of void over all seven hundred of the frozen soldiers.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL! I'LL TURN YOU ASH! I'LL CROSS YOU OUT!"

Once all of them are covered...
Once all of them are covered in the darkness, I will eliminate them. I will cross them out.

Tears were streaming down my face and mixing with the inky substance flowing out of my eyes.

"Huaiyi... Huaiyi, I'm fighting back. And I'll win. I'll survive. Aha..."

I fast forwarded time on every. Single. Soldier.

"Aha... Are you proud of me, Bai Hong?"

Ash filled the room.

"Please tell me you're proud..."

Why... Are you being silent, Bai Hong?

Why am I... Crumbling?

"ŤĮMĒ HĄS KARMA, 740."

"Karma...? 740...?"

"That is your new name. For all the people you have slaughtered in my name. I am proud of you, 740."

I smiled, slowly disintegrating.

"Thank you, Nainai... Thank you..."

...Thank you for being... Proud of me.

                      ...I can.... Hardly.... Think.

       ....Nu...m....b....

                         It's.... So..... Cold....

In my last moments, it wasn't Bai Hong's name I whispered.

It wasn't a single person, either.

Everyone I had known from the Air Temples...

I was sobbing. Screaming. Begging for their forgiveness.

                    I died a monster.

I died with no one to remember my name.

Those who could, well...

My vision was right after all.

                     I died forgotten.

So, please...

Remember my story...

Please.

七百四十。
“一個有缺陷的傀儡。”