Avatar AU (*Version One...?)

Avatar AU (*Version One...?)

As with the original series, the Fire Nation has expanded its power far beyond its borders—and then some...

Malleus is, of course, the heir to the Fire Nation throne

Lilia is his chief advisor

Sebek comes from a long line of royal guards

Silver, an orphan from the Earth Kingdom, was taken in by Lilia when he was only five

He was recovered during one of the last raids on some now-fallen city that Lilia (unbeknownst to him) was leading, unceremoniously adopted in a guilt-ridden, spur-of-the-moment decision

Only Lilia knows that he is the son of nobility

For the vast majority of their childhood, Malleus, Sebek, and Silver are raised as friends, despite their differences in social status

However, on the eve of Silver's sixteenth birthday, it is suddenly revealed that he is the Avatar (he hadn't even known he could bend!)... and everything goes downhill from there

Malleus is consumed with fear and jealousy—his grandmother has fed him countless stories about the Avatar reemerging one day to rob him of his throne, of his birthright, of the last thing connecting him to his parents... ruining the harmony that their nation has worked so hard to build

He feels betrayed, though rationally, he knows that Silver couldn't have known about it, either

(Just wait until he finds out about Silver's royal heritage...)

Unfortunately, his festering emotions ultimately win out, and he ends up banishing Silver from the palace altogether

Lilia, naturally, leaves with his son—giving Malleus yet another thing to be robbed of

This was only supposed to be a temporary ordeal... but, somehow, a hit has been ordered on Silver, and his former friends (former family) have disappeared from the Fire Nation altogether

And thus begins the search for the Avatar...

a quick sketch of eepy Silver

I am SO SAD right now and finals don't exist, they can't hurt me, so I need an AU in which Silver actually goes back to the past and is constantly protecting Lilia and Malleus from the shadows.

He uses his family resemblance to his advantage, ordering the human guards to stand down when he can. Soon, rumors start spreading that the Knight of Dawn has been resurrected, which, of course, draws Lilia's attention.

However, Silver doesn't want to be found; so long as he can protect his loved ones and create the perfect world that his father has always envisioned—one where Lilia and Malleus don't have to be separated by the fae Senate, one in which they can be a real family—that would be enough.

(He sees to it that Mallenoa's castle remains untouched, the child within it buried ever deeper, never to be found.)

Essentially: Silver erasing every aspect of his existence while still ensuring the happiness of everyone else.

I want Silver to feel just a little emptier inside after witnessing the hatching of Malleus becoming Lilia's "happiest moment" (according to him, at the very least). It's not quite jealousy—he's too grateful for the occurrence to be truly upset over it—but there's a sinking, treacherous feeling that once again, he's not enough. Unlike the scene of Lilia discovering him, there's so much more joy and triumph that comes from this occasion... No wonder his father couldn't fully break his curse; he's not nearly important enough to warrant that much love.

He doesn't deserve it.

Not a young Silver being so utterly proud of his name—the beautiful, mellifluous epithet that his father took the time to think up and bestow upon his unworthy being—that he is always willing to share it when asked, even taking to volunteering the information first sometimes... only to reap the consequences when the knowledge inevitably falls into the wrong hands...

Lilia raising Silver as a pure, innocent being (read: virgin sacrifice) who he will eventually slaughter once he comes of age, forfeiting the last of his magic in a ritual that will exchange the boy’s life for that of Meleanor.