A/n: This is my first fanfic it's a Ty Lee based story and is rated T right now may become M for violence but nothing other than that I will try not to swear in this one but no promises. :)

This takes place after "The Beach" when Zuko, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee talk about their past.

The Red Rose Pirate

After her trip to Ember Island with her friends, Ty Lee had a lot on her mind; she was thinking to herself while sitting in the royal garden surrounded by the smell of the pond water and flowers, 'After that night a lot of old repressed memories come up,' she thought, 'they were rely dark memories of beatings given to me by my father for disobeying him.' The smell of the pond and flowers made the memories of her past come rushing back.

Ty Lee was doing cartwheels at her house by the pond when her father came through the door. At seeing the young girl doing acrobatics; he calmly told his daughter that it was not becoming of a noble to be doing the routine of a circus freak and that she should also be dressed as a noble not a commoner. Ty Lee looked down at what she was wearing then looked at her father and said, "But these are my favorite clothes father."

This upset her father quite a bit so once again, with a hint of anger, he told her to get changed into more appropriate cloths for a noble. "But father I love this outfit. Why can't I wear it?"

To this her father, out of rage, struck Ty Lee with such force that she flew back into the pond. After she got out of the pond her father had already left which was a good thing as her face was as red as the Fire Nation flag and she was crying which she would have been struck for as it is not becoming of a noble and her father was entertaining guests.

After a while she came to and continued sorting through her memories. She came upon ones she didn't know she had; they were of a strange man who looked like a spirit. He was pale and covered with strange markings all over his body that looked so familiar but she could not put her finger on what they were. It was almost as if they were a long lost language that had not been seen or heard in hundreds of years; the markings were a dark color almost black and seemed to tell a story. A beautiful woman standing next to him wore a loose fitting dark red outfit with a beautiful white rose in the middle and the markings of a red rose on her arms and back.

Her thoughts were interrupted when Azula and Mai walked in on her and told her to get ready to go to daily training, "You know Ty Lee you've been quiet since we got back from Ember Island." Azula said to her.

"Sorry, just thinking about a lot of things." Ty Lee replied with her signature smile and got up, dusted her clothes off, and went to training.

After training Azula walked up to Ty Lee and they started to talk about things that they were both interested in until they got back to Ty Lee's home. Then Azula stopped and asked Ty Lee if she was feeling ok. "Ya I guess I'm feeling fine, why do you ask?"

"Well I noticed that you were really distracted today at the training ground, are you sure that something isn't bothering you?" Azula asked trying to mask the concern in her voice.

"Well I've been having a little trouble sleeping at night," Ty Lee said trying not to look offended by Azula's questions, so they decided to go their separate ways for the night but little did they know this would be the last time they saw one another for a long time.

That night Ty Lee had a strange dream of the man with the ancient markings on his body, "Ash to ash, dust to dust," he started chanting.

"Who… Who are you?" Ty Lee asked stuttering and a little frightened by the man.

"Ash to ash, dust to dust, fire to water, earth to air, and light to DARK," he finished chanting, and to Ty Lee's horror the world around her went dark; all Ty Lee could hear were the man and a woman talking.

"Are you sure she is the one?" asked the woman's voice.

"Yes I am absolutely sure she is the one we have been looking for," said the man.

"But she is so young and fragile how could she ever be the one to inherit my powers?" questioned the woman.

"Excuse me but who are you?" whimpered Ty Lee slowly and in a meek tone.

There was a long pause before the woman said, "I am you in a different life young one, I am the Red Rose Pirate, known throughout the seas as one of the most feared pirates ever to live and you are me after death."

Then the man spoke, "I am the spirit of the shadows and darkness that will engulf your mind if you continue on your current path."

All of a sudden Ty Lee saw herself locked up in a cell screaming of murder and revenge against the one who betrayed her, "Azula! Azula! I will kill you for what you've done to us, to me, do you hear me!" and then all was dark again and she could just hear herself crying out, "I thought you were my friend Azula! I thought you were my friend." The last was said in almost a whisper.

Ty Lee sat bolt upright in her bed breathing heavily and in a cold sweat; her back was in terrible pain and as she went to her mirror to see what was wrong, she could feel her skin burning all over. When she saw herself she tried to force a scream out from her throat but couldn't; on her body were the same markings of roses that the lady from her dreams had, and to her horror she looked as if she had aged five years in that one night.

Not knowing what to do she did the first thing that came to her mind and tried to run from the darkness the seemed to be engulfing her mind, so she ran and ran and ran till she could run no more.

A/n: Just an FYI I have ADHD meaning it's hard for me to focus on… hey look a chicken… one thing at a time so my updates may be scattered so sorry in advance for that ALL HAIL THE MUFFIN BUTTON!

FYI this will not be continued if no one R&R's this fanfic I will not post more of this story.

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