Hello to anyone reading this...This is the fiction journal of renagrrl7, AKA RenaGrrl on FF.net!

I decided to make a journal specific to my writing, as there are some things that I don't think my general friend list would be interested in, like my sporadic bouts of fanfic.

For the time being, I've only written stories about Avatar: The Last Airbender, but I'm planning on eventually infiltrating the other fandoms I love with my hastily written stories soon enough and sprinkling in some original fiction from time to time.

Here are links to my multi-chaptered fanfic on The Pit.

Title: College Daze
Genre: Modern AU
Pairings: Zuko/Katara, Blue Spirit/Katara, Sokka/Suki, slight Toph/Aang, past Jet/Katara
Rating: PG-13/T
Description: Katara and Zuko both attend Ba Sing Se University and are forced to be partners on a class project, working together for the grade. But what happens when they get to know each other?

Title: Dragons & Lotuses
Genre: Modern AU
Pairings: Sokka/everybody, (eventual) Zuko/Katara
Rating: PG-13/T for now, but will probably move to R/M eventually
Description: Sokka is an undercover cop for the L.A.P.D., trying his best to infiltrate the notorious White Lotus Society yakuza. While his plans have always been to take the yakuza down, will he eventually take his artificial oaths of loyalty to heart?

This chapter has actual plot, Azula, and Suki's real job!

Title: Dragons & Lotuses
Link: Chapter 5: Another Day
Genre: Modern AU
Pairings: Sokka/everybody, (eventual) Zuko/Katara
Description: Sokka is an undercover cop for the L.A.P.D., trying his best to infiltrate the notorious White Lotus Society yakuza. While his plans have always been to take the yakuza down, will he eventually take his artificial oaths of loyalty to heart?

She took another sip of her triple espresso as she watched a tanned young man in a black Lincoln Navigator pull up to the apartment complex across the street from her. Topaz-colored eyes peeked over a paper cup as he put the car in park and placed his cell phone at his ear. Her fingers lightly tapped the leather steering wheel of her rented car as her eyes observed him.

In moments, a familiar figure strode out of the building. “Ah, Zuko, so is this your new ‘brother’? He’s cute, in a tough, American kind of way.” Her lips pursed as she took note of his profile. As soon as Zuko got in the car, the vehicle pulled away from the curb.

“I wonder if it’s considered incest if Zuko’s his older brother?” Azula considered before laughing at the thought. She started up the car and began tailing the SUV. She had been curious as to what her brother had been up to since leaving home.

Title: Living Someone Else's Life
Word Count: 330
Note: Written for all_unwritten prompt, "living someone else's life."

( It happened slowly, unexpectedly. )

Title: Overcast Skies
Word Count: 163
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "overcast skies."

( To most, overcast skies would portend of something darker and stormier on the horizon. )

Title: The Street Was Quiet
Word Count: 166
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "the street was quiet."

( The festival had lasted long into the wee hours of the morning... )

Title: He Lied
Word Count: 121
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "he lied."

( The young woman sat there... )

Title: Forever is an Awfully Long Time
Word Count: 96
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "Forever is an awfully long time."

After watching the movie, one lone quote from the film stuck in Jeanne's mind:

"For-ev-er, for-ev-er, for-ev-er..."

It rang in her mind like a bad memory for the week thereafter, like a skipping CD or a stuck video. She'd find herself mouthing the words during especially powerful bouts of contemplation, like when she did her math homework, or when she was completing perfectly mindless tasks, like putting away the dishes. It was annoying really.

So, it was with much deliberation one day that she realized, out loud no less, that "Forever is an awfully long time."

Title: Dragons & Lotuses
Chapter Three: The Healer
Author: renagrrl/renagrrl7/renagrrl_writes
Rating: PG-13/T (May move to R/M in later chapters)
Pairings: Sokka/everybody, (eventual) Zuko/Katara
Description: Sokka is an undercover cop for the L.A.P.D., trying his best to infiltrate the notorious White Lotus Society yakuza. While his plans have always been to take the yakuza down, will he eventually take his artificial oaths of loyalty to heart?
Excerpt:
She appraised him under the streetlight. As he pulled another long drag from his cigarette, lips pursed, Zuko looked almost cool — like one of those gangsters in an old black-and-white movie. The shadows created by the streetlight momentarily hid his scar as he stood there staring off into the night. For a moment, Katara considered that he would have been devastatingly handsome had he not received the scar. But, in a way, it also suited him she thought. Shaking her head, she returned to her original train of thought.

Title: Nightmare Scenario
Word Count: 314
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "a pen with no ink." I just finished working with a local TV personality who repeatedly causes nightmares for me whenever I have to work with him...

( I need a pen! )

Title: Waiting
Word Count: 129
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "This time there was nothing to do but wait."

( She was never good at waiting... )

Title: Not Enough Time
Word Count: 179
Note: Written for a photo prompt at prompt_a_day.



( She noticed it at the train station... )

Title: Tomorrow
Word Count: 128
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "tomorrow."

( While her companions slept peacefully... )

Title: All in Love
Word Count: 149
Note: Written for the katara_zuko prompt, "We were all in love and we all got hurt." This was the first idea that came to mind when I eyed the prompt.

( She stood there over his lifeless body... )

Title: Meaningless Excuses
Word Count: 301
Note: Written for the katara_zuko prompt, "We were all in love and we all got hurt." This was actually the second idea that came to mind and is less dark than the original idea that came to mind.

( It was just another one of their clandestine meetings in the darkness of the temple. )

Title: The Future was Written
Word Count: 80
Note: Written for the prompt_a_day prompt, "the future was written."

( If the past was written on the temple's walls... )

I finally got back to Dragons & Lotuses, my latest multi-chapter fanfic. I've ignored it for far too long in my quest to survive the second semester of grad school. So, this weekend, I read through comments beyondthemoor made ages ago and re-wrote bits of the latest chapter. Hopefully, I'll be able to post it sometime this week.

( On writing drabbles... )

As far as other story ideas go, I've got too many to count. None of them fleshed out really, then again, that's how this latest story started out. D&L was just a rabid plot bunny until I dedicated some time to it. I'd really like to explore some other fandoms, like Samurai Champloo (yes, I realize I'm REALLY late to this party, but I recently watched through the boxed set and some ideas are percolating) and Bleach. Of course, all the ideas are AUs (because I'm just that creative).

( Issues with Dragons & Lotuses...Or something like that. )

Anyway, that's all I've got in the writing department right now...

Title: Three Little Words
Word Count: 122
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "three little words."

( Wait for me! )

Title: Beast
Word Count: 86
Note: Written for the prompt_a_day prompt: He who makes himself a beast takes away the pain of being a man.

( Being half-human and half-demon had always left him on the fringes of both societies... )

Title: He'd Never Seen the Ocean
Word Count: 118
Note: Written for the [Bad username: all_unwritten"] prompt, "he'd never seen the ocean."

( To be honest, he'd never seen the ocean. )

Title: Signs
Word Count: 128
Note: Written for the all_unwritten prompt, "signs."

( How had she not noticed it sooner? )