Shimmering Darkness
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Additional notes: May contain spoilers, if you haven't seen The Boiling Rock yet. Mai might be slightly OOC. Mai's POV.
1 John 4:18a: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment.
Jerk. The least he could have done was take me with him.
I don't know why he thinks that I don't understand, and that's what scares me. I think I know why he left.
When Ty Lee and I traveled around with Azula, none of the Earth benders were happy to see us. If looks could kill, we would have all been dead numerous times. Then they would probably resurrect us so they could kill us again. Apparently they don't appreciate our trying to spread our nation's prosperity. The opinion the rest of the world has for our 'prosperity' is so low you have to dig for it.
So now I'm sitting here, in prison on the Boiling Rock. To say Azula was furious would be to put it mildly. But she made one fatal miscalculation. I love Zuko more than I fear her.
I don't know what would have happened to Zuko if he had been caught, but I can feel quite confident that it would be something bad. His father doesn't care about him, and he's got the scar on his face to prove it. All because he refused to fight his father in an Agni Kai. But I committed treason. I helped all of them escape. That's why I'm here. And Ty Lee stopped Azula from attacking me. Which is why she's here.
It's lockdown now. I sit here on my bed, and wonder if my family knows what happened to me. Like I said, Ty Lee is here too. I wonder if her family knows. My uncle was fired, for being taken hostage and allowing the prisoners to escape. Azula is a very unforging person. I could still be in her graces if I had stood there and done nothing.
But I don't care. If time were turned back, I'd do it all again.
T.A.R.N.S.: I know, I know, it's INSANELY short, and the A/N will most likely be longer, but whatever. I wanted to write something about this episode, and this is what I came up. I actually came up with it by comparing what Mai said with a Bible verse. I put that verse up at the top. Anyway, please R&R.