Guess what Covid19-isolation is good for? Exhuming those half finished fics you thought you’d never write!
There’s a Rumour Has It sequel I toyed with a little last year before the drought, fire, flood, and plague hit. But life was busy with said drought-fire-flood so the story was sadly left by the wayside...
Then the plague hit!
And BOY do we have time here in this household!
Like, a lot of it.
Limited internet connection and next-to-no electricity but: time.
There’s a wee excerpt under the cut! If you like it, lettuce know by hitting that heart button or leaving a comment/reblog. If people like this excerpt, I’ll share another later today!
Their Highnesses, Princess Kana and Prince Ito I
Katara yawns as she joins Zuko at their private breakfast table.
‘Here,’ she says with a sleepy smile and hands him a piece of parchment.
‘What’s this?’
‘Today’s schedule,’ she replies, opening her arms as Ito, Kana, and their maids bustle into the room.
‘Mama!’ Ito is squalling as he hurtles himself into her arms. ‘Kaka hitted me!’
‘I did not!’ Kana shouts loud enough to make all the adults wince. ‘He pulled my hair!’
Katara and Zuko both turn to the red-faced nursemaids. ‘M—My apologies, your majesties,’ Ito’s maid, Sen, gasps, dropping into a low bow. ‘The prince and princess are out of sorts this morning.’
Kana climbs onto her father’s lap, wailing, ‘He started it!’
Katara sends their daughter a stern look. ‘A wise and kind person does not concern themselves with who started what. A wise and kind person seeks always to be compassionate.’
Ito, tears clinging to his eyelashes, tucks his head under his mother’s chin. ‘It’s so hard to be a wise and kind person, mama,’ he whispers to her. ‘Much easier to smack.’
