Return of the Blue Spirit
I know this would never happen but I thought it would be a neat idea.
Two days had passed since two friends attacked their princess and were sentenced to a life in prison. Ty Lee and Mai were waiting to arrive back to the Fire Nation were they would be spending the remainder of their lives in a dingy cell. The ship that was carrying them was old and in desperate need of some cleaning, but this went unnoticed by the prisoners who were savoring the possible last moments of sunshine that they would see. The deck of the ship was unusually crowded with two chained girls surrounded by a dozen guards who gave up standing at attention hours ago. The friends sat on the ground, chained back to back so they could not communicate without being noticed. This was unneeded for neither of them were much in the chatting mood. Mai just stared in the distance wondering if Zuko made it to safety while Ty Lee stared at her hands as if to say, "What have you two gotten me into now?"
Ty Lee found her hands start to become distorted as tears welled up in her large grey orbs. Mai could feel her friend shake in silent sobs and wondered why a free spirit like hers would run the risk of becoming chained down just for her? "She even struck Azula, the one who she feared and loved the most!" Mai sighed and turned her head as much as she could to her friend and said, "I owe you my life, you know" and at that moment Ty Lee knew whatever horrors that would come because of her actions would be well worth it.
On the trail of the Avatar:
Azula, Ty Lee and Mai were closing in on the Avatar's trail and they were surely going to catch him before they made it to Ba Sing Se. They decided to rest in a town for a night when they passed a wall with wanted posters covering the surface of it. One picture especially caught Mai's eye as she tore it away from the stone. "The Blue Spirit: considered highly dangerous using duel swords and as rumors have stated, firebending." Azula and Ty Lee looked back at their friend who had stopped dead in her tracks. Ty Lee snatched the paper from the knife thrower and gasped, "ZUKO!" Azula looked over the acrobat's shoulder and took a glance at what was captivating her friend's attention, because a glance is all she needed. "Well, it looks like ZuZu has dawned on his childhood persona." Ty Lee giggled at the thought, "Oh Azula remember when we played in the gardens and he would always be the Blue Spirit and you were always the Sapphire Dragon? Oh remember how much fun it was when we would pick sides and fight, but somehow Mai and Zuko would disappear in the middle of it" Ty Lee added with a smirk while Mai took back the wanted poster and turned to cover a blush."Enough Ty Lee" Azula said will chilling power, "thoughts like those will hinder your ability to do what is necessary when we confront the traitor."
Mai and Ty Lee arrived at the metal gates of the prison after sunset. The guards led them to their separate cells, but luckily they were right next to each other and the walls were thin. Mai would usually hate the certainty that she would get no sleep thanks to the bubbly girl next door's everlasting babble, but now she would be glad to even hear a complete sentence from her friend through the wall. Hours passed while they lay in their cells, neither even trying to fall asleep with the frequent visitors from rats and guards who were even more revolting than the rats. Every half hour the door would slam open reveling a silhouette of a bulk guard that grunted "checks" then slammed the door closed. Mai could hear him do the same in Ty Lee's room just seconds later. Mai stared at the wall she thought pointed east and wondered if she would be able to see the sun through any crack in the foundation. Mai never liked the sun, she actually despised it with the whole of her being but now the thought of streaming light did not seem that unbearable. After the guard left their rooms for the eleventh time (Mai had nothing better to do than count) she could hear Ty Lee moving to the wall that connected them. "Finally, some signs of life!" Mai knew Ty Le could not stay silent for long, not matter how depressing the circumstances were.
"…Mai?" It was barley more than a whisper but Mai could hear her friend crystal clear. "I'm here Ty Lee." Said in they driest voice she could find. Ty Lee sighed and moved closer to the wall, "I wish your uncle worked at this prison, then maybe he could sneak us out with the laundry or something." There was a slight chuckle with the end of her sentence and they both knew is would be no time until Ty Lee was back to normal. "You obviously did not know my uncle. Him letting a prisoner escape would be as likely as Zuko's Blue Spirit coming to rescue us."