Hello! I am really excited about this story and have big plans for it. I hope you all will give it a change even though it's an Aang x Azula fic. I promise the way I have it planned it works!

Special thanks to my beta reader Xx3-Dark-Angel-3xX

A look of surprise graces her face, though it quickly twists into one of frustration and disdain as she barely escape's the hold of her attacker. After she manages to stable herself, she rises with a sort of arrogance, like she had seen him coming. A lie of course. To be honest she was rather irritated. No one had ever been able to sneak up on her.

Masking her inner turmoil, she smiles. "It's not polite to sneak up on people,"

He frowns, clearly not in the mood to joke around. Probably due to the fact that he had to be the one to retrieve her. She knew Zuzu would send someone after her. Once they caught up with her, she planned on disposing of them and continuing on her way, though she still wasn't sure where exactly she was going. But she didn't really care as long as it was as far away from that place as possible.

She narrows her lids as she eyes him. Just by looking at him she can tell he isn't the same boy she once so easily took down. And if she's honest, she's not sure it would be so easy now. Five years of not being able to bend have taken their toll on her; he knows it too and is planning on using that to his advantage. No matter. She is still Azula.

She playfully arches an eyebrow at him. It's like he was trying to taunt her with that rather bored expression.

"I suppose you're here to tell me I have to go back to prison?" She questions, sitting on a nearby rock.

"To the asylum, yes," He clarifies. She smirks at how noticeably tense he becomes when she purposefully pushes her fully developed curves out. Men were all the same and she knew how to distract them when she had to.

"What if I say no?" She questions, pursing her full lips.

He sighs, clearly getting frustrated. She pushes it one step further and lets one side of the loose shirt she had on slip, revealing part of her ivory skin.

She laughs at how obviously uncomfortable he is becoming. His eyes become hard and he strides toward her.

"This is ridiculous," he mutters to himself. Once he is just a step away from her, she shoots out a blast of fire and leaps backward.

Suddenly, she feels herself drop. For a split second she panics... then black...

...

He is quick to block the blast of blue fire she shoots at him. As he's about to counter her attack, he watches her fall from sight. She clearly had not been counting on the small crater being just behind her. He rushes to the edge of the cliff just in time to see her smack into the side of a rock. After a short fall, her now limp body crashes into the hard earth.

For a moment, he just stares, stunned, waiting for her to get up. When she never does, he doesn't know whether to panic, or be thankful to have a fight spared.

Now next to her, he carefully picks up her too still frame. Hm, she's lighter than he expected her to be.

"Zuko's gonna be ecstatic when he hears about this," Aang murmurs to himself, tasting the sarcasm in his own words.

The first thing that she realizes as she comes to is that her head hurts. A lot. She starts to sit up, but immediately regrets the action as a wave of nausea overcomes her.

Taking in her surroundings, her confusion grows. Where was she? How did she get here? What happened to her? Why couldn't she remember anything?

"Ah, good you're awake," A man announces as he strides towards her. She stares hard at the man, waiting for any indication that she knew him. Nothing. Nothing about him seemed familiar.

He turns to a woman behind him, "Send for Avatar Aang,". As he speaks the name, something inside her wakes. The name holds a familiar taste and she is sure she knows it.

Before long, another figure is entering the room. Her hopeful eyes find a pair of grey ones. She waits for anything to come back to her. Anything at all. But again, nothing happens. Just a creeping sense that she should know him.

The figure she believes to be Avatar Aang slowly approaches, eying her strangely.

"How are you feeling, Azula?" He questions.

She furrows her brow for a moment before she finds her words. "Azula?" It felt like a funny thing to say, but everything about this situation confused and ultimately, scared her.

A rather befuddled look appears on his face and he looks to the other figures in the room. When they hold the same confusion, he turns his attention back to her.

He eyes her for what seems like forever before finally breaking the silence. "What's your name?"

It seemed like such a simple question. Why couldn't she answer it? Why couldn't she remember anything?! She could feel tears prick her now frightened eyes as she stares hard at him, shaking her head. A strange look passes through his eyes that she can't quite name.

"Avatar Aang, shouldn't we notify Fire Lord Zuko?" The man in the doorway asks.

"No, I can handle this. Let him enjoy his honeymoon," Avatar Aang replies, still looking at her. By now her tears have spilled over silently.

"But Fire Lord Zuko-"

"Will deal with it when he returns," Avatar Aang interrupts him, turning his head slightly towards him. There's a distinct sense of authority in his voice that tells her he obviously holds a place power. The man bows, but clearly doesn't agree with the orders.

She tries to comprehend what any of this means and when she can't figure it out she becomes cold and frightened at the core.

"What's the last thing you remember?" He asks, turning his attention back to her. She thinks for a moment.

"Waking up here," Her voice is shaky and the words are barely audible. Again, the strange look flashes in his grey eyes. More questions come. She knows the answers to none of them.

A thick tension is in the air, and she notices how everyone is looking at her; like she is possessed. Evil. Well, everyone except Avatar Aang. He was simply staring at her with no real emotion. Like he was pondering the situation. She knew there was something she was missing. She just didn't know what.

I hope you all like it so far. And if you didn't figure it out, this takes place five years after the war has ended.

Review and let me know what you think so far? ^^ Next chapter will be longer I promise.