Note: Well here's my second Avatar fic but this one's focused on Zuko and his evil little sis Azula. This chapters not that great but it'll get better next chapter. Promise. Oh yeah and there's a part where Ty Lee tells Azula she loves her. She means friend kinda love okay. There's no romance in this fic. And this fic should be about 4 or 5 chapters, the first 2 or 3 will be about Azula. Well read and review!
Dedication: Death's Soulmate. Cuz she's an awesome writer and person. I hope you like this and I hope you know who Ty Lee, Mai, and Azula are… If you don't know, ask in your review and I'll explain.
Red Love
Chapter 1: Revealing
Azula was furious. Never in her life had she been so sick. Never in her life had she felt so miserable, so helpless, so pathetic.
Never in her life had her desire to scream been so great.
Her head was pounding like crazy and just the slightest sound made her dizzy from the pain. Every inch of her sheet covered body felt so heavy. Azula felt as though she couldn't move, besides she felt much too weak. In her right hand she clutched a small red cup and swore in her mind that she'd throw it at the next person who'd dare speak.
Slowly the Fire Nation's princess opened her golden eyes and rolled her heavy head to the side. Though her vision was blurred, she could see her circus friend Ty Lee sitting still by her bedside. The girl's body was covered in shadow, her outline slightly illuminated by the soft candlelight to her right.
A small smile became of Ty Lee's colorless lips and Azula felt the tips of her friend's warm fingers upon her own chilled ones. Slowly, Ty Lee mouthed out the words "it'll be okay" and offered another warm smile.
Azula shut her tired eyes. A small part of her was grateful for Ty Lee. The girl had sat by her side since the moment she fell ill, always offering smiles and reassuring words. She even personally made her the warmest, most delicious chicken pig soup each day.
However, a bigger part of Azula wanted to slap Ty Lee. Because there was nothing the princess despised more than being pitied and that was all her friend was doing. It only added to the anger she was already feeling.
"Princess Azula!" A voice cried out and the Fire Nation's princess had to clench her teeth at the sudden pain. Without thinking, she hurled the cup in the direction of the voice. She gave a weak smile when a yelp reached her ears, but it immediately faded when she heard it collide with the wall.
"My apologies Your Highness." The man quickly replied and Azula imagined him bowing. "But I have discovered what disease has infected you."
Azula rolled her heavy head to her left. Her vision was slightly fuzzy but she could make out her crew's doctor standing in her doorway. With hesitant steps he made his way over to her bedside.
"The disease is called the Cold Throat sickness."
Azula furrowed her thin brows in confusion. She'd never heard of such a disease.
"And its um…" The doctor everted his odd green eyes. "The disease its… well-"
"Just spit it out already." Mai, Azula's ebony haired friend commanded as she came into the doorway. A small black cup rested in her thin hands, the smoke coming off the liquid's surface circling the girl's pale face.
The anxious doctor placed a hand on the side of his head and bit his lower lip. Those deep green eyes stared at the wall adjacent to Azula's bed, giving Mai no reply. For a few long seconds they lingered there before slowly making their way back to the three Fire Nation girls.
"Well the disease," He than shut his eyes as if it pained him to speak the next few words, "…originated in the Water Nation."
"What!" Azula screamed, suddenly bolting up so quickly she couldn't see straight. A sudden rush of pain than filled her entire head causing her to cry out. She grabbed the sides of her head and clenched her eyes shut. She felt like vomiting.
"You can't be serious." Mai demanded, taking a step towards the shivering doctor. The cup she had previously held in her hands lay shattered at her feet, the tea it'd held lay ruining the floor. Her small dark eyes were opened wide with shock, her expression filled with so much emotion it looked unnatural on her. Her shivering voice lost its icy monotonous tone as she spoke. Mai just couldn't look any less like herself at that moment.
"But-but Azula's Fire Nation." Ty Lee whimpered, holding her small hands to her chest. Her lower lip was trembling, the tears in her gray eyes glistening in the soft candlelight.
"I'm very sorry." The doctor replied, holding his hands behind his back. "We are trying to find a cure at this moment." He directed his gaze back to the cold hard floor. "And the disease is only contagious in the time before the victim begins showing symptoms. So we… uh… can't catch it…"
The doctor than began to leave- it seemed with his heart in his stomach -as a deafening silence filled the emptiness in the room. Mai and Ty Lee followed his quick footsteps with sad, unblinking eyes. Any hope they had possessed had been completely destroyed. Any trace of happiness or joy had been painfully stolen.
For once in their lives, the two Fire Nation girls resembled the other so much. Always they had been so different, so opposite, but now the same expression was painted on their faces. The same feeling resided in their souls. To Azula, they had never seemed more alike.
Suddenly, a small sniffle came from Ty Lee.
"Azula?" She asked quietly.
The ill princess raised her head in reply.
A single tear ran down the brunette's cheek, "I love you." The words came out in a small whisper, her voice broken by tiny sobs.
The spoiled princess answered this by everting her golden eyes.