The day after I would have to look extra extravagant so I may obtain present ableness. The ceremony in question was quite simple especially with regards to the fact that it was a coronation for a new king. The prince showed great ignorance and even selfishness. I will admit that he still showed that of care and consideration and it gave me much joy to see mother earn a great honor for her role in return for her great actions of chastity and commitment in regard to bringing order and prosperity back to the earth kingdom. It was a shame father did not receive the same reward but only mother was granted the position and task of acting as the temporary leader of the earth kingdom until it became stable enough for the prince to return. This was to ensure the nation didn’t become too authoritarian and having both my parents as temporary rulers might have done just that. It really didn’t matter too much as in the earth kingdom father had the same amount of political and military power as mother. And many of the civilians saw them as worthy leaders of the country.
I cannot blame them; the queen never really showed much care towards her subjects and on her fall the land was overrun by bandits for quite some time. I will not deny of the sort of “persuasion” aspects of the guards and the “teachings” but they were still beloved by many including myself and it was clear that they really did bring order and prosperity towards everyone in the country, and it does explain what happened next, but I was still shocked. Mother just simply smiled and showed gratitude to the prince and politely asked if she could say a few words.
The first that mother discussed was of the lesson she was taught when she grew up in Zaofu under the care of Grandmother Suyin Beifong. How the idea of a king or queen passing down power from one generation to another was acratic and how technology and innovation should be what drives a nation forward. “Where is she going with this?” I thought at the time. She then discussed of the fact that it had taken her and father three years to get back on track and that there was no way they would allow it to slip back into the dark ages. I will admit I was a bit discerned as I knew what was about to happen. She stated how she along with father created an earth empire and they would continue to lead it to the future themselves and bring about a new era of prosperity for their people. Those around began to clap and cheer and chant hail towards the great uniter the name mother so gracefully earned over the last three years. And so I went to clap but I will admit my unnerve of the situation was likely noticed. She then stated that her fellow leaders needed to know one thing; she then ripped off the kyoshi medal of freedom and used her medal bending to levitate it in the air. She then stated with much harshness that anyone that crosses their border or stood in their way would be crushed. She then used her medal bending to crush the kyoshi medal of freedom to show emphasis. And …. I was terrified because I didn’t expect something this dark from mother’s mouth. I knew this would likely cause harm with other countries.
After this I will admit it is a bit hard for myself to trust them after those words at least to an extent. A militaristic authoritarian type of rule has brought us many troubles of war and suffering in the past and this was the time we were supposed to reconnect to spend joyful time as a family.
Not to mention the possibility of returning to Zaofu to see my friends and family will likely not happen and I will admit this did hurt as mother and father were quite… strict and protective towards myself with a certain… commitment towards this and this may not be very good towards myself with current times. The only true and real friend I had during all these years was Bolin and I am aware it would be most beneficial towards myself if this is to not remain. I however am aware that my parents are ones who commit to certain sacrifices for my safety. I am aware this would include certain extensions upon future friendships and other emotional forms of pleasure which was a bit upsetting and quite annoying. But I had to be strong and to not allow any negative emotions to overtake me for my parents' reputation.
I was going to, however, talk to Master Tenzin in secret. I have always admired the free and open culture of the air nomads as well as their care and chastity of master Tenzin as he was one of the first whom showed respect and that of care and understanding towards the fact, I wasn’t human. When I was younger, he would come to visit Zaofu as a means of learning more about my species for ethical matters. They wished to see if I possessed any bending generic traits as I was a being with the same emotional, social, and intellectual capacity as humans. I would have loved being an airbender. It is the element of freedom after all. But this was in the past and such things as bending matter nought within the culture of the air temples but of peace, of freedom, and of selflessness.
I did enjoy my little talk with master Tenzin because he was very understanding when I apologized to him on the behalf of my parents, and he held no blame towards I for what happened. This is something that gave me comfort. He did admit that mother and father make good leaders for the country then Prince Wu. He was concerned about the reports of my parent’s authoritarian type style of government as well as the reports of her growing military they even said that they threw some of their dissenters into prison camps. I told him I didn’t really know much which was true. I did ask him to keep this conversation quiet and he was quite understandable about that. I didn’t want to get in trouble with mom and dad. Though I’ll admit the conversation helped but I was still unnerved about the future.