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THE WINDS OF CHANGEIt was a stormy night, thunder and lightning echoed throughout the dark skies of the Fire Lord's palace as rain crashed against the paper thin windows like rocks. A sharp whip of thunder shook the palace and Zuko shot up from his bed in a cold sweat before taking a breath and regaining his serenity. He looked to the dark room as the outline of lightning occasionally lit his chambers before fading back into darkness...on nights like this one, Zuko would always wake with nightmares and horrible memories, and what was worse is that he would wake up to greet them alone. Ever since Mai died, the poor Fire Lord has suffered internal turmoil almost single handedly---and thank the spirits for his daughter...she was his only reason for keeping sane. After what he did to Honora, lying to her, refusing to let her come home---she thought she had been banished, her heart utterly crushed...for months, Honora believed she had done something wrong---something to hurt her father so badly that he would cast her away without so much as an explanation. When young Honora came back only to find her mother had been dead for nearly a half a year, and this new woman, a grandmother she'd never met was taking her place---Zuko would never forgive himself for putting her through that...he had to remain a professional Fire Lord for his little princess. But, on these lonely, stormy nights, poor Zuko realized just how unstable he still was---the haunting images from his past---odd dreams of stress and paranoia...they unwound him every time the thunder clashed. With a sigh of aggravation, the Fire Lord rose and took a walk down the lonely hallway as the bright flashes of fire creeped inside through the windows. The guards were nowhere to be found, and not a single candle was lit; Zuko opened his hand to let out a small flame so he could pace around his palace to ease his nerves. He yawned and stretched with exhaustion just as a monstrous silhouette lingered on the other side of the paper wall. He jumped and looked again as the lightning lit the dark, but there was nothing there but the black shadow of a tree limb. Stressfully, Zuko continued his walk as an eerie hissing sound trailed behind him; he looked back the way he came only to see how long the hallway had gotten and Zuko started to wonder if he had he been sleepwalking because he did not remember making such a long walk... Groaning with exhaustion, the Fire Lord rubbed his head and decided to head back towards bed when a huge structure came crashing through the roof of his palace, splitting the hall in two and sending the astonished Fire Lord tumbling back onto the hard floor that was instantly drenched in rain.
"Whoa!" Zuko shouted, trying to scramble back to a stand as the rubble pinned him to the ground. Looking to the new gap separating his path, Zuko could only see the scaly, red skin of some large monster as it slithered through the debris to the outside world. Sharp slits of rain came crashing into the building, and lighting was flashing vividly across the black sky as Zuko stared helplessly towards the clouds and saw the ferocious gaze of a monstrous looking dragon glaring back down at him. Lightning was drawn to its slender, snake-like body and as the quick volts struck its skin, the entire beast surged as the lightning slid across the slick scutes of the great monster. The beast roared an ear shattering sound and shot open its mouth----a huge bolt of lightning shooting right out of the dragon's throat, coming instantly to utterly annihilate the astonished Fire Lord-----
"GAH!" Zuko woke, panting heavily as he looked outside at the storm. The storm raged, but Zuko only sneered at his window; it would seem the nightmares haunted him in life as they did in sleep---poor Zuko could never escape his torment, no matter where he should go. He grabbed his head and thought over his dream...it seemed so real...almost like a sign that the dragons were looking for him...needed him? He slowly sulked back under the covers and reluctantly pulled the covers over his head to try and get a little more sleep before the sun started peaking, but every time Zuko closed his eyes, all he could see was that golden stare from that massive dragon.
Over in Republic City, a large storm reigned there as well, rocking the shores of Air Temple Island as the winds roared through the United Republic. The Avatar too, lay in bed, tossing and turning while sour dreams haunted his night...
Aang was standing at the pillar of the Firebending Masters...the fire he held in the palm of his hand gleamed brightly as he awaited his judgment. Suddenly, the bright yellow skies turned black and a grim breeze came and took out Aang's fire; he gasped and looked into the tunnels, but immediately the rocks caved in and closed up the tiny cave entrance, a massive avalanche sealing the other lair as well while the pleading roars of doomed dragons snarled for help beneath the boulders.
"Don't worry, I'll get you out!" Aang's misty voice echoed...
"Aang!" a man's voice erupted.
"Roku?" he recognized...
Just as he was about to bend the rocks away, a scream drown out the sounds of the dragons---it was a familiar scream---the scream of Fire Lord Zuko? It struck Aang off guard and he looked around though he saw no sign of his friend anywhere---Aang went back to rescuing the dragons, but every time the Avatar tried to bend---he simply couldn't?
"I CAN'T EARTHBEND?" Aang shouted, looking around, "But, this makes no sense, I'm not in the Spirit World?"Suddenly, the thundering boom of a volcano erupted in the distance, and to the other side, a huge wave literally rose to block out the sun...the earth itself began to quake and in no time, the entire ground started to crumbled away---leaving the Avatar helpless as he looked to his hands for a little Earthbending---Airbending---anything? It was then, Aang noticed that his arrows had vanished and he gazed to his own hands for the first time, only to see that they were not his own... and as the waves of lava and water came closer to clashing together, Aang only saw the reflection of Zuko, starring with wide eyes back at him from each side. Aang gasped, the tiny strip of rock now shattered right from underneath him, and Aang fell into an endless, black abyss as the destruction above crashed just like thunder-----
"AGH!" Aang sprung awake; he grabbed his rapidly beating heart and took in a few breaths before he noticed his wife still sleeping peacefully beside him...the storm outside raged, but the room remained quiet nonetheless. Aang sighed and thought over his dream---this sort of odd chain of events only takes place when something important was about to happen. Roku's voice was calling to him...Roku hasn't spoken to Aang since he severed their bond back during the Yu Dao crisis forty years ago---even when searching for Ursa, Aang asked for help from Roku, but he never appeared to him in person...he only gave Aang signs and bits of memory to look at. Not to mention, Zuko's screams were all too real...the two must somehow be connected? In the morning, storm or no storm, Aang would need to find Zuko and they would have to talk about this experience...only the two of them really knew about Ran and Shaw, the two soul surviving dragons---and from what Aang's dream was telling him---they were in grave, grave danger---and so was Fire Lord Zuko.
By morning the rain had barely let up, but the Fire Lord was up and moving around on this dreary, gray morning, getting dressed and strapping three separate swords on his person. As he snuck past his own guards and servants, Zuko fled into the bunker where he kept his war balloons and he tossed a backpack inside the smallest aircraft---it was no war balloon by today's standards, but the old invention of the Mechanist's would do greatly for Zuko to sneak away overseas. As the Fire Lord climbed into the basket, he heard a defiant voice erupt through the silence, gruffly asking, "What do you think you're doing?"With a yell, Zuko fell to the floor, utterly discovered in the act of an escape---groggily he tilted his head back only to see his daughter tapping her foot with her hands pressed firmly to her hips for an explanation. "How is it you can sneak off without a soul noticing, and you can catch me the one time I try to leave?" he groaned ironically.
Honora was not amused... "I rise with the sun..." she scoffed coldly, before adding, "You didn't answer my question father...where is it that you think you're going? My wedding is in three days, so where could you be taking a slow, ancient, little hot air balloon, in the rain, at the crack of dawn?"
Zuko promised the Ancient Sun Warriors that he would never tell a soul about his journey to the lost city with Aang---and he's kept that promise for decades, not even telling his uncle who knew about the secret society, but a secret was a secret---he had to think up a lie and think it up quick... "Uh, Honora," Zuko eased, "I was trying to keep it a surprise...but I'm going to get you a little wedding present...it is an ancient Fire Nation tradition---going back generations for Fire Lords who watched their daughters getting married----?"
She gave him a frown and glared him in the eyes, "Hmm?" she stared, "I don't know what you're up to Daddy, but if you are not back by the morning of my wedding, I'm going to roast you alive---so, you better hurry up and scram before the guards see you and delay your plot."
"You're a good daughter my little Lotus, and I promise, I would not miss your wedding for the world...I swear it."
He climbed into the old balloon and Honora shrugged with a smile, "Our family may be full of lies and deceit, but at least we can always count on our promises keeping true... Do NOT make me regret this!"
He waved once to his daughter and lit the war balloon as he sailed out into the sky and escaped the Fire Nation with only minimal confusion from the citizens who saw the old balloon floating through the clouds. Watch out City of Ancient Ruins, here comes Fire Lord Zuko.
Similarly, Avatar Aang rustled Appa out of the dry sactuary of his Bison grove to strap on his saddle and reigns.
"Aang?" Katara's voice yawned, "Where are you going?"
"Sweetie?" he gasped lightly, "Did I wake you? I'm sorry, I thought I didn't make a sound?"
"Oh," she grinned tiredly, "You didn't, which only means something's up...so spill it."
"There is no hiding anything from you," Aang laughed softly...before confessing, "There have been storm clouds brewing---and something bad is coming...I have to help stop it before someone we know get's hurt."
"That's not a very good answer, Aang?" Katara questioned impatiently, "Who's in trouble, why sneak off? Where are you going?" The light drizzle of rain snapped into a drowning downpour in an instant, and Katara bent an umbrella of water over her head, before rushing over to her instantly soaked husband... "Besides Aang, you and Appa don't need to be flying in this weather! Can't this wait?"Aang took her Waterbending and held it up over his own head as she wrapped around him so they both remained dry. It seemed like a task that required much concentration on his part, but Aang was actually keeping Appa dry beneath an entire roof of Waterbending downright effortlessly; his hold on Katara's umbrella was simply for his own romantic effect. In fact, he grabbed her chin delicately and kissed his wife before sighing in reply, "No dear, this cannot wait. Don't worry I'll be back very soon---I promise."
"In time for Honora's wedding?" she wondered sternly.
"Time to spare," Aang smiled, "You get a ride with Bumi and I'll meet you there, I promise."
Katara stared unsurely into the mud, but wrapped her arms around his warm embrace before stepping back into the rain. Aang jumped to Appa and watched as his worried wife waved to him, not even attempting to keep dry as the hot fog of rain started separating her from his sight. "Come on bud, Yip, Yip."
Appa roared and shot off into the wet sky towards the City of Ancient Ruins. Aang knew Zuko would beat him here, and if his dream was correct, Zuko, as well as the Ancient Ruins, were both completely unaware of the dangers drifting to them in the harsh gales of this storm. Surely the winds were changing, but if Aang had anything to do with it, he had less than three days to stop fate from turning a happy, loving occasion into a terrible and disastrous tragedy.
The entire journey to the City of Ruins, Aang had to act as a human windshield and Waterbend all of the water away from Appa's face. The great storm stretched across the coast of the Earth Kingdom, all the way to the Fire Nation Islands, where Aang and Appa finally landed. As they hit the flooded shore, Aang saw Zuko's old war balloon half drowned in the sea, yet also he noticed a pair of footprints continuing on towards the Ancient City.
"There's only one explanation, Boy," Aang gathered, "The tides are rising..."
Appa growled as the rain intensified, and Aang coaxed him into a nearby cave on higher ground, patting his fur as he soothed, "Don't worry buddy, I'll have Zuko out of here soon, but if something happens, I want you to get out of here, deal?"
Appa growled half-enthused and Aang shot over to the Sun Warrior's Secret City.
"Now..." the Avatar mumbled to himself, "If I were Zuko...where would I be?" He thought over his dream and added, "In my vision, I saw Zuko on the platform of Ran and Shaw... the dragons were in trouble... I guess that's as good a place as any to start my search?"
"Hello!?" Zuko called, though the sound of thunder easily drowned him out, "Hello? Is anyone here, it's Fire Lord Zuko---I'm looking for answers!"
He searched about the shrine of the masters, but none of the Sun Warriors came out... As he looked about the ruins, the altar seemed very forgotten and lonely---more so than usual."Zuko!?" Aang's voice hollered in the distance.
Astonished, Zuko turned to see Aang and he called back, "Aang!? What are you doing here?"
He took a breath and explained, "I had a vision that you and the dragons were in danger..."
"Really?" he pondered, "I had a dream that the Dragons needed my help?"
"Well here we are," Aang shouted over the rain, "Where are the Sun warriors?"
"They're gone?" Zuko gruffed in annoyance, "I've been here searching for them for hours...they aren't here.
"Gone!?" Aang bellowed, "Where would they go?"
The two men felt the earth rumble beneath their feet as the island shook and thundered. The tides were practically shaking the city and the tremors weren't helping.
"This place is unstable," Aang noticed, "I think the Sun Warriors must have gone to find shelter?"
"And leave behind their society?" Zuko scoffed, "After hundreds of years, you think a little storm would drive them out?"
"Well if you have another brilliant idea, I'd love to hear it?"
"We were sent here for a reason, Aang---we need to find out what before the whole island drowns or crumbles apart!"
Thinking hard, Aang yelled over to Zuko, "I have an idea, I'm going to try something!"
"Anything!" Zuko shouted, "But make it fast!"
"Watch my back!"
Confused, Zuko blinked and looked back at Aang, repeating, "Watch your---" But by the time he turned around, Zuko only noticed Aang meditating in the Avatar State, and the Fire Lord let out a sigh of annoyance just as the earth started to quake and the mountain suddenly decided to burst with lava... "Oh...great..."
Meanwhile, Aang's spiritual body was away in another land; he searched for some help but could only think of one person who could help at a time like this---and he hasn't spoken to him in over forty years.
"Avatar Roku!?" Aang called, "Please, I need your help!" The Avatar crept through the unfamiliar area of the Spirit World, feeling as though he were being watched, and he called again, "Roku! The Dragons and the Sun Warriors are in danger---We need your guidance...I---I still need---your guidance."
Roku appeared from the earth and stared defiantly at the old Avatar.
"Roku!" Aang gasped.
"I thought you were set on figuring things out on your own?" he stated smugly.
Aang bowed to the past Avatar and sighed, "Roku...I was wrong..." he admitted further by adding, "Just because I no longer needed your advice, did not mean I no longer required your wisdom and guidance..."
Roku gave Aang an odd stare and Aang continued... "I was blessed enough that you would guide me to Zuko's mother those many years ago...I never truly saw you to say thank you." He stood and stared at his former mentor, stating, "I've been having trouble controlling my wellbeing when using the Avatar State---no doubt I will probably collapse as soon as we're finished speaking...but Roku... The universe brought Zuko and me to this island for a reason... I just need to know what that is and then you and I will never have to cross paths again, if that is what you wish---I will understand."Roku chuckled and held out a hand to Aang, "It is not a spirit's place to hold a grudge against the living," he smirked, "I only stayed away because that is what you wanted me to do...I really never left your side Aang, never for a moment."
With a smile Aang let out a relived sigh and watched Roku as he frowned all so suddenly to tell him the news... "Aang...it has been one hundred years and the Great Dragons, Ran and Shaw have taken their final places in the cycle of life..."
"They're gone?" Aang gasped.
"Without a dragon, this unique island is at great risk of corrosion. You see, it is the dragon who keeps the volcano at rest and the island together from the core."
"Without the Masters, that means this island is dying...?"
Roku nodded, "Like a star in the universe, burning brighter than the sun, all things must die---in order for a new one to take their place."
"But Roku---" Aang argued, "There are no more dragons."
"Not yet, Aang," he grinned seriously, "Alas the dragon did not make it in time to save the island of the Sun Warriors...but it is still here, waiting to be born."
"What!?" Aang bellowed in astonishment... "There's another dragon!? Then why is everything on the island breaking apart, where are the Sun Warriors?"
"Like the dragons, the Sun Warriors are no longer in control of their home. For generations this date has marked the end of the warrior civilization and the end to the dragons and their way of life."
"The warriors are all gone?" he sighed, holding his head in distress... Then Aang realized something and exclaimed, "This storm was meant to lure Zuko and me to the island to save the last of the dragons, wasn't it?"
Roku nodded and answered, "Just because the Ancient Sun Warriors decreed this day to be the end of all life for the Fire Nation, does not mean the universe expects it to be so..." Roku started to drift away and he ended the conversation by saying, "Aang, you must locate the last of the dragon eggs---preserved for over a hundred years and hidden away---it is the last hope for the species survival..."
Aang gasped back to reality only to feel the wind rushing across his face as Zuko steered Appa away from oncoming magma.
"Zuko!" Aang yelled, grunting afterwards at the sudden tired muscles in his outstretched arm.
"Aang!" he replied, "Warn a guy next time you pick the worst possible moment to zone out!"
"Zuko," the Avatar gritted, crawling over to the side of the saddle to talk over the loud rain and vicious booming sounds coming from the volcano below... "The Masters and the Sun Warriors are all gone---they predicted this to be the end of all days---"
"I think they were right!" he hollered back ironically.
Aang shooed the words and pressed firmer, "The universe brought us here to rescue the last of the dragons! A-Avatar Roku told me that it was preserved and hidden away somewhere on the island for more than one-hundred years!"
"It takes dragon eggs that long to hatch..." Zuko informed, "And that much longer for them to die...they were cursed by the centuries to be tethered to one hundred year spans of life."
"But if you were and ancient dragon egg---" Aang winced, "Where would you be hiding!?"
After a moment of thought, the Fire Lord snapped and exclaimed, "The Sun stone!"
"You don't think---?"
Zuko gasped, "Preserved in gold and hidden in the chamber of the Dancing Dragon... The Ancient Sun Stone---it's really an egg!"
"You did---s-say it felt alive?" Aang pointed out...
"Hurry Appa!" Zuko steered, "Get us back to the ground---we have a species to rescue!"
They landed on the ground that was already flooded up to their knees in ocean water. Zuko pulled out his sword and Aang bent a huge force field of rainwater back to give them the advantage. With the ground now visible thanks to Aang's massive bending, Zuko attempted to redirect the glow from a palm of fire to open the door...
"Erg!" he snarled, "It's not bright enough!"
"Th-think of something then---" Aang struggled, holding back the rath of the ocean while still deliriously exhausted from his trip into the Spirit World.
"No chance you can bend the clouds, can you?" he pondered. The aggravated look on Aang's face was all Zuko needed as an answer... "I have one other idea, but I don't know how long it'll work?"
"We d-don't have that many options your highness!" he gruffed.
"Glow!" Zuko shouted.
"What!?" Aang spat back.
"If you can glow it up for a few seconds, I might be able to redirect the light and open this chamber..."
"Why do I have to do everything!?" Aang groaned sarcastically, before taking in a deep breath and mumbling.... "I'm sorry Katara...." Then in an instant, he was glowing and the force of the advanced state of bending cause the umbrella of Waterbending to span ten feet wider and Zuko immediately used the bright glow of Aang's tattoos to shine a streak of light into the symbol above the chamber.
"When we get in Aang, we'll unlock the secret pedestal, grab the egg, and break out of here before the lava gets down the mountain....are you ready?"
With the voice of the past Avatar's echoing his own, Aang grunted and roared, "GO!"
The door shot open and Aang shoved the massive collection of water away as the flood pushed the two men inside and caused Appa to crash against the door, plugging up the entry.
Aang was breathing hard and fell to his hands and knees in the water that was slowly rising in the exhibit. Zuko grabbed him, thinking that Aang had merely washed over with the tide and placed the Avatar at the statue. Tiredly Aang did the Dragon Dance with Zuko and in mere minutes the water was already up to their knees. The final move and huzzah, the golden egg was theirs!"Get ready to make a run for it!" Zuko warned, wading through the water to reach the trapped treasure.
With a single burst of energy, Aang shot the roof on the tomb to pieces and took his place next to Zuko as the eager Fire Lord picked up the golden sun stone. At once, the door slammed shut and already that weird adhesive slime was starting to bubble out from the floor, but Aang shot off the ground, through the sky roof and the men hastily boarded Appa and flew far into the air just as the lava from the mountain seeped passed the area, steaming all the water in its path.
Above, Aang and Zuko marveled at the Ancient City as it corroded away...hunks falling off into the ocean, and the remainder of the land melting into the sea and burning brightly from the massive eruption of the volcano.
"Wow..." Zuko gasped, placing the egg securely in Appa's saddle bag... "Aang, have you ever seen anything this horrifying---but also this amazing---before?"
Aang couldn't answer for the world around him started spinning until he collapsed on back of the Sky Bison and Zuko yelled, crawling over to his aid. Aang saw his face as though it was water above his own, the audio vanished soon after, and Aang found himself consumed by utter blackness yet again.
Aang woke groggily in the sunny chamber of the Fire Lord's Palace only to see the Fire Lord clap in his face and smile, "Welcome back to the living."
With a groan, Aang asked, "Zuko? H-how long was I out?"
"Just the ride back over here... you've been asleep in the palace for about thirty minutes. It stopped raining a few hours ago."
"Really?" Aang was pleasantly surprised.
"Yeah, I'm sorry for asking so much of you back on the island, Aang," Zuko apologized sincerely, "I forget sometimes that you and I are getting old---even if you are the Avatar, we aren't as young as we used to be, you know?"
In a chuckle, Aang lied, "Oh... y-yeah, yeah...that's the truth."
In another clap, Zuko smiled again and ordered, "Well up and at em' old man, go get cleaned up...my little princess is getting married today and if everything isn't absolutely perfect, she'll roast me alive."
Aang showered and got dressed in the fancy Fire Nation robe that Zuko loaned him. He was now at the mirror, trimming his beard into shape and he knelt over to pick up the tool to shave with, when he looked back into the foggy mirror and got a quick intake of his angry wife standing defiantly in the reflection of the glass.
Aang screamed and nearly fell into the sink as Katara gave him a glare and folded her arms deliberately in front of her chest.
"K-Katara!" he gasped, "I---You---The door was locked---h-how did you even---?"
"Zuko told me all about your little secret adventure to save that gold egg," Katara directly accused, "You were out for a day Zuko said...You used the Avatar State, Aang---And, when you promised me that you wouldn't!"
"Well, since you're already yelling at me, I guess you wouldn't mind if I told you I didn't just go into the Avatar State, save a species, and reconnect spiritually with Avatar Roku---but I went into the Avatar State... TWICE!"
Katara turned on the faucet water to drown out her anguished whisper-yelling, snarling at her husband, "Don't you get a tone with me, Aang---you know what happens to you when you use that much stupid power!"
"It's not like I had much of a choice in the matter..." he sighed.
"I---I'm not even going to do this right now...it is Honora's big day, and I won't ruin it by skinning you alive. "
"I appreciate it," he smiled honoree-like.
"Katara growled and turned off the faucet... "Oh and by the way, Tenzin decided to show up today...we haven't seen our boy in the better half of four years, so don't make me spend the rest of this happy occasion fighting with you!" She gave Aang a look down and tossed one of his robes at his head, spitting, "I brought you some clothes...take off that Fire Nation robe, it makes you look like a cherry stem."
"Love you too Katara," he returned a look. She scoffed and fled the bathroom, leaving Aang to watch after her with a whiplash effect from her mood. He let out a breath and continued fixing himself up in the mirror before telling his reflection... "Well, that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought?"
In the gardens of the Fire Lord's palace, the closest friends and family of Princess Honora waited patiently for the ceremony to start. Honora's bridesmaids consisted of a palace friend from her childhood, Lin Beifong, and her maid of honor, Honora's best friend, Kya. The groomsmen consisted of Bumi, who acted as the best man, then Scopes and Skivvy. Standing at the altar a collected nervous wreck was none other than Captain Lee of the United Forces.
"Loosen up, Ace," Bumi whispered, "You look like your walking into war."
"That feels about right..." he took a few panicked breaths, "Are you sure that---"
"Up, up, up!" Bumi halted, "Bro, if anyone can make Honora happy it's gonna be you---or me...but you know, she said yes to you, so I'm here and I refuse to let you screw it up!"
"Wonderful words of advice Uno..." Lee let out a huff.
A fanfare played from the royal guards and in an instant everyone turned to see the Fire Lord walking his daughter down the aisle.
"Look alive!" Bumi spat quietly; Lee following his every order... "Up straight, chin high, smile big, and deep breath bro..."Lee took a sharp breath, but it faded all too quickly when he saw his beautiful, striking Fire Nation bride stepping down the garden path to the altar. She was gorgeous; her hair dark ebony flowing down her back, skin white like a star and her eyes as warm and golden as the sun itself... Honora smiled at Lee and dumfounded, he gave off that utter peaceful grin that any groom should have on their wedding day.
Zuko walked between his daughter and Lee before turning towards the crowd to give away his daughter's hand.
"Who gives this woman away?" he asked to himself, replying, "I---her father, Fire Lord Zuko do so give my beloved---"
"DAD!" Honora hissed through gritted teeth.
"Alright, alright..." he rolled his eyes... starting his speech and reading off a marital piece before looking to Lee and asking, "Son, do you accept the hand of the Fire Nation Princess Honora, and the title that goes with it? Do you promise to love and cherish this woman for the rest of your days and only spend them making her happy?"
Lee nodded and replied, "I do..."
With a much louder, amplified tone, Zuko rolled his head to his daughter and asked, "AND----my beloved little lotus, my baby girl, Honora---Do----"
"Yeah I do!" she interrupted hastily to avoid more of this embarrassment.
Zuko gave her a look, but Honora's stare utterly surpassed his own and Zuko clapped pulling out two handfuls of fire to hand to the young couple. Zuko stated in a very proud tone to the audience, "Then, by the power invested in me, as Fire Lord to the Nation, I now pronounce you Prince and Princess of the Homeland, you may unite your flames..."
Honora and Lee let out a chuckle and their fires meshed, creating a bright explosion that Zuko placed his hands over, until the fire died out and only the clasped hands of the two newlyweds was left in his grasp. Zuko added, "May your flames forever burn bright, and may your love never extinguish... you are now husband and wife...you may kiss the bride."
Lee and Honora still had a tight grip on each other's hands and they reached over them giving one another a life-bonding kiss as the audience clapped and cheered. Lee and Honora were now married and made the next heirs to the Fire Nation Throne.
A few minutes passed and Honora snuck up to her father and gave him a hug laughing, "Thank you for not crying or anything back there daddy, I'm proud of you!" she frowned a little and added, "Though...I could have lived without the stand-up..."
"I couldn't resist," he smiled, kissing his little girl's forehead before she jumped excitedly... "Well, where is it then?"
"Where is what honey?" he pondered.
"That big, fancy present you promised me," she teased, "Remember...a royal never goes back on their word."
"Oh..." he stammered, "Right... well... I wasn't sure how to tell you---but seeing as the place was destroyed, I suppose it's all alright to discuss? Oh, Aang!"
The Avatar walked over with a bright egg of gold wrapped carefully in his arms. He handed the sun stone to Zuko and he told her (and the onlookers who walked in closer) the whole story of the Ancient Ruins...confessing all that he and Aang, as well as what Iroh did to conserve it before fate left it destroyed.
"Honora this is the greatest responsibility I could ever entrust you with....so here..."
Honora held the golden egg and gasped as she exclaimed, "It's alive....th---is this what I think it is?"
"What you are holding is the last of the dragon eggs," Zuko nodded, "As the Royal Family it is our sworn honor to protect the creature no matter what!"
"It's beautiful," Honora awed, bowing her head, "Father, I swear to you that I shall guard this treasure with my life."
Zuko placed a proud hand on her shoulder and grinned, "I know you will...I am the proudest father in the world, Honora...if only your mother could see the young woman you've become..."
"So...does this make Honora the new Dragon of the West?" Sokka laughed, utterly ruining that touching moment there.
The onlookers all awed and looked to the bright egg in wonder before a sharp crack gave everyone there a massive heart attack and they shot three feet back in sheer terror.
"Oh my gosh!" Honora nearly cried... "What have I done?"
"Nothing," Toph cried out, "Get back people, that thing's gonna blow!"
Gently Honora set the large egg on the ground and Lee drug her away from it with uncertainty as the crowd backed away. The egg cracked straight through the gold and exploded in a blinding blast of sunlight before shattering into a hundred tiny chunks.Zuko looked down and gasped, followed soon by the startled murmurs from everyone else at the wedding. On the ground hatched not one, but SEVEN baby dragons, all about the size of an arrow, small and slender with infantile wings flopping around in the grass as the tiny creatures blinked into this new world around them.
"Holy dragon spit..." Honora teared up quietly...
"This is incredible!" Katara gasped, holding onto Aang in a way that meant she totally forgot that she was still mad at him.
The tiny growling cries of the baby dragons entered Toph's eardrums and she let out a chuckle, just as astonished as everyone else.
"I've heard about this," Zuko admired... "When more than one dragon hatches from a single egg---it means a great blessing is upon the Fire Nation for the next one hundred years."
"How's that for irony?" Sokka started, but Suki shoved her elbow into him again and he stopped being sarcastic.
"Wow..." Aang laughed, kneeling over to the tiny dragons...he held out his finger calmly and a baby dragon, the Orange one actually, slithered wobbly over and crawled into his hand, yawning sparks and squeaking in the cutest possible way that the old Avatar could help but laugh. Sensing their missing brother, the other dragons lifted their paper-thin wings and flapped clumsily onto Aang's body, clinging to his robes and sliding around on his head.
Zuko laughed as Aang froze in fear of crushing on of the tiny creatures and gradually he and Honora walked over and directed a few of them off. Making a kissy face at the yellow dragon baby on her arm, Honora wondered, "We should probably name them, shouldn't we, father?"
Lee pet the little dragon and nodded in reply to his wife's statement... "How do you tell if they're male of female?"
"I read somewhere," Honora informed, "that when you look into their eyes...you just---know, you know?"
"These dragons are our responsibility now," Zuko informed, "They'll be living with us for over one hundred years, so yes...of course they need good names."
Seven dragons...a red one, a green one, a blue one, an orange one, then a yellow one, a purple one, and a white one...Honora held the Yellow; Zuko the Red; the Blue one found a hiding spot right on Aang's arrow; the green stumbled all the way over to the Beifongs; that mischievous Orange one was already wide awake and gnawing on Sokka's ponytail; while, Katara held gently onto the little purple one that slept curled up in the palm of her hands; and the White one curled up on Lee's shoulder.
Sokka exclaimed, "Well, if it were me....I'd name him---"
"I SWEAR IF YOU NAME THAT DRAGON FOO FOO CUDDLY POOPS---" Katara erupted.
"For your information madam-know-it-all," he snickered, "I was going to say, Sparky!"
"I can live with Sparky?" Zuko shrugged.
"Should I be concerned that Sparky wants to eat me---oh, sure it's cute now but what about when he grows up to be the size of a----a---Hey guys how big do these things get anyway?"
"What's the biggest creature you've ever seen?" Zuko replied in a question.
Sokka shrugged, "It's a tie between the Serpent at Serpent's Pass and then the Unagi on Kyoshi Bay."
"I think dragons are a little bit bigger?" Aang frowned... Zuko adding, "Way bigger..."
Sokka whimpered and Zuko waved, "Don't sweat it...You'll be long gone before they get nearly half that size."
The crowd grew painfully quiet and Honora erupted gruffly, "Way to lighten the mood Dad..."
Zuko shrugged and took a good look at his little red dragon..."I'm going to name my dragon Dao."
"Like your sword?" Lee wondered.
"Sure, he looks sharp and strong...he's one dragon but he and his brothers and sisters are part of the same species, one part of the whole proud new generation of Dragon."
"I like it," Aang smiled, "I like it more than Sparky!" Sokka stuck his tongue out at the Avatar and Aang continued... "I'm going to name him Kuzon...We have a little history with the dragons..."
Honora gave him a wide grin and she looked down to her hands... "She---she looks almost like lightning...a little bolt of lightning waiting to strike---I'm going to call her, Charge. What about you dear?"
"Well...She's white like snow..." he started, "But, everyone knows that when fire is its hottest, the flame is white. Her name will be Tanwen."
"What's it look like, Lin?" Toph asked towards her daughter.
"It's green..." she replied.
Toph grouched, "I don't know what green is..." Lin stuck out her tongue and Toph stated, "Don't you stick your tongue out at me, Lin Beifong, you are not too old to go over my knee!"
Lin rolled her eyes and mumbled, "I still have no idea how you do that?" she caved, "Um...he's the color of the Earth Kingdom...seems to be brave enough to approach a Beifong, so...yeah...he has guts as far as I can tell?"
"Guts huh?" she chuckled, "Just like an Earthbender...Then your name is Chu Gar, how's that fit him, Lin?"
"Good mom," she smiled, petting the dragon because even she too became captive to its cuteness.
"Well Katara," Zuko grinned, "What's it gonna be?"
Katara looked at the little lizard-like creature and watched as it gracefully lifted her head and stared back up at her with its beady golden eyes; it was so calm and polite, not at all as feisty as her siblings. Katara--- "Call me crazy---"
"Crazy," Toph and Sokka high fived each other on that one.
Katara gave them a look and continued, "She is one of the last of these beautiful creatures...they fill the world with so much hope---they have overcome so much in one hundred years, but through it all they were still dedicated to hatch and save the species. She needs a beautiful name that tells the world just what she's doing for the dragons..."
"Get on with it...." Sokka groaned.
"Her name is Fidelity."
The team burst into laughter..."Oh man, and I thought Sparky was bad!" Toph cried.
As the team started crying they laughed so hard, Aang placed his hand on Katara's shoulder and smiled, "I think it's a beautiful name for a lovely dragon---given by the most gorgeous woman on the planet!"
With a blush Katara gave her husband a kiss and Fidelity glided down the air into the grass alongside her brothers and sisters. When in a circle, the little dragons formed a circle and blew a vortex of fire at one another; the flames circled one another and they formed a colorful vortex with a flame turning each color of the baby dragons. Zuko and Aang recognized such a beautiful display, but were still equally as amazed as everyone else.
"They think we're worthy..." Zuko mumbled to himself with a smile.
"No one will ever get their hands on these dragons..." Honora promised, "I'd sooner roast them alive."
"Yeah, they'll have to go through the Police Force too," Lin added.
"And the Councilman," Sokka nodded.
"The Fire Lord."
Katara stated, "The Water Tribes."
"The United Forces," Bumi and Lee agreed.
"And the Avatar..." Tenzin finally spoke, breaking his bond of silence since he arrived on the island.
"Seven dragons..." Zuko gasped, "W-wait.... Seven dragons? Where the heck am I supposed to keep Seven Dragons!?"
Later that night...
Zuko couldn't sleep...mostly because the seven baby dragons were attached to his robe and hair snoring tiny sparks and yipping every time one of them had a dream.
"I just had to ask..." he grumbled. The seven baby dragon snores made Zuko grin in defeat, but sternly he added in a hushed voice, "You all know this is just for tonight---a few months from now and we're not all going to fit, understood?"
Fanon Trivia
- This is not the first time Aang and Zuko's dreams have crossed... Similar instances occurred in the comic The Promise Part One
- Ever wonder what Fanon Zuko would look like without his scars?
- Honora said she "Rises with the Sun"...This was first stated by Zuko to Katara in the ATLA episode: "The Siege of the North, Part 1".
- Ran and Shaw are the last of the dragons living on a Fire Nation Island where the Sun Warriors' ancient city is located.
- The Sun Warriors' philosophy that a single day marks the end of the world is similar to the Mayan Calendar and the apocalyptic 2012 fiasco.
- This is the first time that Roku and Aang have spoken directly since their break up in The Promise Part Three.
- Aang has had to use the Avatar State twice! It's a miracle he's still on his feet!
- In this fanon, it takes approximately one hundred years for a dragon egg to hatch and one hundred more years for them to live, before the dragons' life span ends. The Sun Stone however, has been preserved in a golden case for at least 700 years.
- The Warriors are not dead as this year suggests...one day, someone in Republic City may just meet a person with some incredible Sun Warrior tattoos.
- Honora and Lee fell in love in the previous year after the princess saw his bravery and courage.
- The new baby dragons in the illustrations appear different than described in the Fanon, but they're still just as cute.
- The Red Dragon was named "Dao" by Zuko, after his Dual broadswords. He will later become Fire Lord Zuko's main dragon.
- The Orange Dragon was named "Sparky" by Sokka...nuff said.
- The Yellow Dragon was named "Charge" by Honora, after a Lightning bolt. She will become Princess Honora's personal dragon.
- The Green Dragon was named "Chu Gar" by Toph and Lin Beifong as a tribute to the Earth Kingdom and the Earthbending style of kung fu.
- The Blue Dragon was named "Kuzon" after Aang's old friend, referenced to Dragon Days.
- The Purple Dragon was named "Fidelity" by Katara. Fidelity means: "Faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by loyalty."
- The White Dragon was named "Tanwen" by Lee. It means White Fire in Welsh. It is a known fact: Fire that is at its hottest temperature has a White flame. Tanwen will become Lee's personal dragon.
- Poor Papa Zuko...
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How I stumbled into photography
I've tried many hobbies, some I still do from time to time and others I've failed miserably at and given up. I'm a big Hip Hop fan and always loved Turntablism, or scratch Djing, so I had a go at that, much to my neighbous' dismay. I was okay but so far behind friends at the time that it was embarrassing to show my efforts. To aid my attempts I started learning guitar so I could understand the fundamentals of music, this didn't go well either, although I can play a few chords and strum a bit (it worked for the Sex Pistols!) and I still love plinking around with my old acoustic.
Somewhere in between Djing and guitar I took up electronic music production. I was okay at this but again fell short of the mark and eventually I blew my equipment up and couldn't afford more. I've tried many other things, most more short-lived than my efforts above (I kept up music production for a few years and still like to sequence samples here and there).
I decided to try something else about two or three years ago, so I downloaded a trial copy of Adobe Illustrator. To my surprise I was quite good at illustrations and I designed a few tattoos and cartoons. This was very enjoyable and something I intend to do again, but unfortunately I lost all of my designs when my old laptop decided to give up the ghost. Through this I started to play with basic animations and videos. I found this really enjoyable and spent many an hour practicing different techniques, but eventually grew tired of its time-consuming nature. I figured I'd have a lot more fun, and hopefully produce something worth watching, if I took up stop-motion animation with clay (I also started making jewelry with clay) and a camera... Enter photography :)
I've always been a bit gung-ho with cash so rather than buying a standard compact I meandered into Currys (something I later regretted owing to their poor customer service) and bought a Sony a35 for £450 (a problem with pricing meant it was cheaper than normal, and I've always been a bit of a Sony fan boy).
As per usual with DSLRs nowadays, it came with a 18-55mm standard zoom lens, a manual, neck strap and a very poor class 4 SD card that the resident Currys 'camera expert' recommended. As I left the shop my heart sank, I'd clearly wasted my money... Or had I?
The stop-motion animation started, but not before I strayed into a burnt out nursery opposite my house. Although I hadn't yet sparked my photography addiction I'd spent a lot of time looking at photos of derelict buildings. I'd seen some pictures of Chernobyl which both haunted and delighted me, so when I saw the chance to stray into a derelict building with a camera, I took it.
I'll always remember it. Here's the building. I'd passed it everyday on the way home from work and always wondered what it was like in there. The day after I bought my a35 was my birthday and I had the day off work, my partner at the time was out and I was all on my lonesome. So with camera in hand and butterflies in my belly I strolled through the open door in broad day light. The building was in a terrible condition and ifI'm honest it was quite scary to be in there on my own; it was dark and damp and the first thing I saw was a box of dirty toys and teddies. Being an avid horror movie fan this scared me, surely I would be stabbed to death by an oriental girl with long black hair and a white dress...
So I didn't get very far into the building before a loud noise scared me off. Also, with no knowledge of how to take a photograph properly, most of the shots I took were blurred owing to my a35's desire for a long shutter speed (bloomin' Auto mode!!!). Excited, I ran back to my house to look at the photos. I put them on to my mobile phone to process them, which seems ludicrous now but I had this cheesy app (a bit like instagram) so I messed about with them and then uploaded them to flickr.
I was determined to go back and take better shots so used the rest of my day off to read up on how to take pictures. I haven't stopped since. Things quickly started to click and within a few days Manual mode didn't seem that complicated at all. The premise of controlling the amount of light that hits the sensor made perfect sense, as did the effects of shutter speed and aperture. Finally I'd found my niche.
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Interracial Children
Regardless of the ethnic groups involved in interracial marriages, one result of these unions are children. Commonly cited problems interracial children deal with, revolve around racism and identity confusion .
Racism is an awful thing for any child to face. The level of hatred interracial children encounter may surpass what people of color are already subjected to. Parents can help their children by being open regarding this reality. In age appropriate terms, children can be educated about the ignorance that exists in our world. This preparation can help minimize the damage caused by hurtful words and behavior.
Identity confusion also arises more frequently for these children. This occurs when there is difficulty blending two divergent cultures. Unfortunately, biracial children may feel they do not fit or belong with either ethnic group. As with racism, parents can help through having frank and ongoing discussions particular to this issue. Furthermore, providing information, exposure and celebration particular to both backgrounds is encouraged.
Effect of Interracial relationships and the child
Interracial marriages can include the union between Asians,
Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, and any other groups. However, when people talk about
race relations, the focus is on Blacks and Whites. No matter what type of ethnic
groups are involved in these type of relationships, one important result of these
marriages are children. After doing some research and looking over some materials, I
now have a strong understanding of the issues surrounding children of interracial
marriages, and the problems parents encounter with their mixed race children.
Children from interracial marriages are no longer denied the same benefits and
privileges as the children prior to Loving. Celebrities like Tiger Woods may have
changed society's views on interracial children, but are there more serious effects on
these children than what is shown by Tiger Woods? More than 1.5 million children
lived with biracial parents in 1990.
Many books have been out about the effects of interracial
marriages on children. One of the biggest problems facing interracial children is an
identity crisis. However, Tiger Woods and other famous children of interracial
marriages have helped to…
Forget that for a minute…. read what it is and has been like for one interracial person:
We all look at Tiger Woods, Halle Berry when we talk of children from interracial relationships. And then there is Ria of course . These are people who have changed the society's view on interracial children. Question is: Is there more than meets the eye?
Most people look at children and say think wow! Now that is one beautiful offspring. My sister is one of the people that adore looking at interracial children. But is that what everyone sees when they look at them?
There are more serious effects of a child being interracial … categorization and racism. Which group does she belong to? One lady, Tracy Quincy didn't know exactly where she fit while growing up. Black kids never thought she was black enough and threw food at her and the brother. And in high school, the white kids called her black coz her hair was fizzy and unruly. There was name calling from both sides … Oreo! Zebra! Mutt!
Racists often feel the need to put people in categories. So where do they squeeze in biracial children? Are they more resentful and more racist towards these children?
Putting effects of racism aside, the child suffers from identity crisis when growing up. Which group do I belong to? Where do I fit in? Take it from me, coming from two or more racial groups aint that easy when growing up – especially during my time. I remember once, my Italian pal had a party which I never got invited to coz my skin was dark. Such things really affect the child and if the parents don't intervene, then it breeds problems in future.
Despite my comfort with my skin color, I think mixed race people haven't been accepted fully. Why is it that in most forms I have to fill out where one has to circle ethnicity, there is no "multiracial᾿ option. I always have to circle "other᾿. What does other mean? An alien or something?
It reached a point when I used to curse my parents for having had an interracial relationship. But should parents sacrifice their love for the sake of their children's happiness? Do you think interracial couples who plan on having children are selfish?
What do you think of mixed race individuals?
Biracial children have existed in the United States since colonial times. America's first child of dual African and European heritage wasreportedly born in 1620. Despite the long history biracial children have in the U.S., opponents to interracial unions insist on invoking the"tragic mulatto" myth to justify their views. This myth suggests that biracial children will inevitably grow into tortured misfits angry that they fit into neither black nor white society. While mixed-race children certainly face challenges, raising well-adjusted biracial children is possible if parents are proactive and sensitive to their children's needs.
Reject Myths About Mixed-Race Kids
Want to raise mixed-race children who thrive? Your attitude can make all the difference. Challenge the idea that multiethnic children are destined for tragedy by identifying successful Americans of mixed race such as actors Keanu Reevesand Halle Berry, news anchors Ann Curry and Soledad O'Brien, athletes Derek Jeter and Tiger Woods, and politicians Bill Richardson and Barack Obama.
It's also helpful to consult studies that debunk the tragic mulatto myth. For example, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry posits that "multiracial children do not differ from other children in self-esteem, comfort with themselves, or number of psychiatric problems." On the contrary, AACAP has found that mixed children tend to celebrate diversity and appreciate an upbringing in which various cultures played a part.
Celebrate Your Child's Multiethnic Heritage
Which biracial kids have the best chance of success? Research indicates that they're the kids allowed to embrace all components of their heritage. Multiracial children forced to choose a single-race identity tend to suffer from this inauthentic expression of self. Unfortunately, society often pressures mixed-race individuals to choose just one race because of the outdated "one-drop rule" which mandated that Americans with any African heritage be classified as black. It wasn't until 2000 that the U.S. Census Bureau allowed citizens to identify as more than one race. That year the Census found that about 4% of children in the U.S. are multiracial.
How mixed children racially identify depends on a number of factors, including physical features and family attachments. Two multiethnic siblings who look as if they belong to different races may not identify the same way. Parents, however, can teach children that racial identity is more complicated than what someone looks like on the outside.
In addition to physical appearance, mixed children may choose a racial identity based on which parent they spend time with most. This especially proves true when interracial couples separate, causing their children to see one parent more than the other. Spouses who take an interest in their mate's cultural backgrounds will be more equipped to teach children about all aspects of their heritage should divorce occur. Familiarize yourself with the customs, religions and languages that play roles in your mate's background. On the other hand, if you're alienated from your own cultural heritage but want your children to recognize it, visit older family members, museums and your country of origin (if applicable) to learn more. This will enable you to pass traditions on to your kids.
Choose a School That Celebrates Cultural Diversity
Your children likely spend just as much time in school as they do with you. Create the best educational experience possible for multiracial children by enrolling them in a school that celebrates cultural diversity. Talk to teachers about the books they keep in the classroom and the general educational curriculum. Suggest that teachers keep books in the classroom that feature multiethnic characters. Donate such books to the school if the library lacks them. Talk to teachers about ways to counteract racist bullying in the classroom.
Parents can also improve their children's experience in school by discussing with them the types of challenges they're likely to face. For example, classmates may ask your child, "What are you?" Talk to children about the best way to answer such questions. Mixed-race children are also commonly asked if they're adopted when seen with a parent. There's a scene in the 1959 film "Imitation of Life" in which a teacher openly disbelieves that a black woman is mother to a little girl in her class who looks like she's completely white.
In some instances, a biracial child may appear to be from an entirely different ethnic group than either parent. Many Eurasian children are mistaken for Latino, for example. Prepare your children to deal with the shock classmates and teachers may express upon discovering their racial background. Teach them not to hide who they are in order to fit in with mono-racial students.
Live in a Multicultural Neighborhood
If you have the means, seek to live in an area where diversity is the norm. The more diverse a city is, the higher the chances that a number of interracial couples and multiethnic children live there. Although living in such an area won't guarantee that your children never face problems because of their heritage, it lessens the odds that your child will be viewed as an anomaly and your family subjected to rude stares and other bad behavior when out and about.
Say your kindergartener comes home with a question: "Why are some people called black and others white?" How will you answer? Next to the sex talk, talking to kids about race is perhaps the hardest conversation for a parent. Sure, America elected a black president, but we still live in a world that's far from color-blind. While it's natural to want to shield your child from life's harsh realities, staying silent about race isn't OK. Discussing the subject openly allows children to build bridges and respect others.
When's the Right Age to Talk Race?
Think your children are too young for the "race talk?" In fact, children as young as 3 can spot differences between racial groups. A few years after that, they start to make judgments about people from different races. What does this mean? Whether you talk to your kids about race or not, they'll form opinions about it anyway. If they make a remark that stumps you, investigate until you form a coherent response. You might just learn something in the process.
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How much do your kids know about people from different cultures? Whether they're totally clueless or ambassadors-in-the-making, they'll have loads of fun at cultural celebrations. With the food, music and learning that take place at these events, what's not to love? The great thing is that cultural events take place all year.
Enjoy a Chinese New Year celebration in January, aBlack History Month event in February, a St. Patrick's Day parade in March or a Cinco de Mayo bash in May. During these outings, your children won't only have the chance to learn about the history and cultural significance of different events, they'll also get to mingle with folks from all sorts of backgrounds. This gives a real boost to kids who live in places where they're racial anomalies, like trans racial adoptees with a better chance of meeting a celebrity than someone from their birth country. Want tips on how to talk race with children you've adopted cross culturally? Check out the Fusion program, which offers suggestions to parents just like you.
Take a Trip to a Cultural Museum
Slavery. The Holocaust. Japanese American Internment. How do you bring up racial oppression with children? A trip to a cultural museum is a great starting point. Throughout the country, you can find museums with a social justice bent. Drop by the Museum of Tolerance and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. There's also the DuSable Museum of African American History and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Chicago and Alabama, respectively.
Get Out of Town
Don't have a museum like this in your area? Forget about Disneyland and the Grand Canyon. Make a visit to a cultural museum the focus of your next family getaway. If it's hard for the entire family to leave town, sign your teen up for a camp hosted by a group such as the National Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ). There, your kid will learn about race and bias with the people they respect most—their peers!
Stop Racism in Its Tracks
You've probably heard that racism is taught. Well, so isanti-racism. It's never too soon to teach kids to say no to prejudice. Want proof? After Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder in 1968, Jane Elliott taught third graders not to discriminate by separating the blue-eyed children from the brown-eyed children in her class and treating the latter as if they were superior. Elliott's experiment turned out to be unforgettable, not just for her students but for those who witnessed it. Get the lowdown on Elliott's experiment from PBS' Frontline program.
Lots of videos and books make excellent teaching tools about racism. Take documentary Eyes on the Prize and novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, for example. Both show how African Americans struggled for civil rights. Visit the Southern Poverty Law Center's website for a list of age-appropriate literature about race and racism.
Practice What You Preach
You can't raise non-racist children if your own biases are left unchecked. What kind of remarks do you make about racial groups? Does the idea of your kids hanging out with people from certain races make you cringe?
Maybe you keep your thoughts about other ethnic groups to yourself. Instead, you cross the street to avoid members of particular backgrounds or have no friends from ethnic groups other than your own. Children will pick up on this behavior and follow suit. So, if you want them to value people of all backgrounds, be a role model.
Teach Your Child Cultural Pride
It's hard to swallow, but one day your child may come home crying, the victim of a racist taunt or gesture. Children don't have to be helpless in these situations. Teach them self-love in racism's wake. Compliment that beautiful head of hair or set of eyes a classmate made fun of. Give your child dolls and toys with features similar to theirs or magazines with positive images of people from their cultural backgrounds.
Teaching Kids about Race and Cultural Diversity
How to help your grade-schooler learn to appreciate differences in people
Racial and cultural diversity is an excellent topic to teach grade-school age children. Grade-schoolers are forming lots of opinions about themselves and the people around them. This is when their natural curiosity about differences in appearance and cultural backgrounds really begin to come into play.
Children who are grade-school age are developmentally able to put cultural and racial differences into perspective. They can either learn to appreciate — or devalue — traits that make others different from themselves. In other words, it's prime time for parents and other adults in their lives to shape their attitudes about race and cultural diversity. Here are some things to keep in mind as you talk to your child about the value of differences.
You don't have to teach tolerance. Here's the beautiful thing about kids: Most are born with a natural sense of justice and fairness. Unless they are taught to be hurtful and cruel, children know that it's wrong to attack others either physically or with words. All we have to do is nurture this natural love of people and get out of their way.
Don't discourage questions. If your child has questions about differences in physical characteristics or cultural practices, discuss them openly. This teaches your child that it's okay to notice differences, and more importantly, it teaches him that it's good to talk about them.
Teach him to value racial and cultural diversity.Your grade-schooler will learn about other cultures, both past and present in the classroom. At home, you can use these lessons as an excellent opportunity to emphasize the value racial and cultural diversity.
See the broader value of teaching acceptance. Learning to appreciate all kinds of differences — not just racial and cultural but differences in socioeconomic levels, gender, and even disabilities — is an important skill in today's diverse society. A child who is taught to devalue others based upon differences will face a tough and lonely road ahead.
Take a look at your own attitude. If you are uneasy or uncomfortable around people of different backgrounds, your child will pick up on it. Consider the way you talk about people. Do you describe someone by their race rather than other characteristics first? What messages are you sending for your child to pick up?
Discuss images in the media. We live in an age where there's more diversity in the media — in movies, on television, in ads — practically everywhere we look. Some are less desirable than others. Discuss negative stereotypes and ask your grade-schooler why they are unfair or wrong.
Today, our schools and neighborhoods tend to be more diverse, giving kids a chance to interact with children from other cultures and backgrounds. There's no doubt that we still have a long way to go, but it's great time to be an American. And as an American, I am proud of the fact that celebration of differences is what makes our country so special and great.
In Closing
Talking about race isn't easy, but it marks one of the most important things you'll do as a parent. How you address race can influence your children's choices in friends, not to mention their view of their own heritage. That said, don't delay the race talk. By speaking honestly about race, you can empower your little ones.


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Braxton Miller ran for two scores including a record 81-yarder and Travis Howard ended Indiana's last chance at tying it with an interception, leading Ohio State to a 34-20 victory on Saturday.
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Three Buckeyes topped 100 yards rushing: Dan Herron with 141 yards on 14 carries, Carlos Hyde with 105 on 15 and Miller with 105 on 14. Hyde added a clinching touchdown after the interception.
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