Foolish Azula
She thinks that within her tiny iron fist she holds the world.
At the age of seven she's already been deemed a prodigy and is held in the high esteem of all of her teachers. Whispers have even started that she should be the crowned heir to the Fire Nation throne. There are so many praises for the princess that even Fire Lord Azulon begins to cast a favorable eye upon her. And Azula that clever child takes all this in and allows it to fuel her unquenchable thirst for power and perfection. Because unlike other little girls who spend their time day dreaming of rainbows and dolls Azula dreams of fire. She envisions a world covered in flames of the fire nation and she at the head of the mighty army leading the rampage. She enjoys things like carnage and pain and that unmistakable look of terror in someone's eye.
No she is nothing like normal little girls and in that is her downfall. Other girls know that some things like a comforting embrace or a gentle caress must be given. But Azula believes that nothing and no one is beyond her reach and thus the world is meant for her taking. Girls who don't play in ash or dream of destruction know that sometimes a sincere smile is all it takes to get what you want. Sadly Azula must have never learned this lesson because to her the only way to get what one wanted was through fear and the gentle persuasion of threats. And finally ordinary little girls, girls who's mothers' aren't exiled and who's families aren't just a public illusion, girls who's innocence wasn't tainted from the start, they know when it's time to stop, they can tell when the game has gotten to serious.
But Azula doesn't know how to stop; she never learned.
So she keeps going and going and going and going, and for awhile that seems to be working. Years of training later she has become the strongest, fastest, smartest and most dedicated soldier in Ozai's war. Everyone knows and fears the name Azula, but cracks are starting to form within the perfect soldier. Since she convinced herself that the world is hers and believes intimidation will attain the rest; her mind cannot fathom anything else. It is this goal which she worked for and never stopped working for. So it is all the more damaging;
When Zuko betrays her
When Mai stands up to her
When Ty lee attacks her
When father left her
All of it tore Azula's world to shreds.
Now at the age of fifteen people have deemed her insane and wonder how they ever thought her worthy of becoming Fire Lord. There is no more praise for the princess who wished to see the world covered in flames. Instead heads hang low at the mention of her name, the same ones that used to hold her in esteem. And Azula that poor young woman takes all this in and allows it to fuel her anger, her regret, her insanity. Because unlike other little girls who were taught to see the difference between right and wrong, all Azula saw was fire.
Foolish, foolish Azula
She sees too late that the world was never hers.
Ok Just a short little about Azula fic but still let me know what you think.