The Assignment

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Story- Set 5 years after the series ended. A young fire nation officer is given the task of watching after Azula .Can he succeed after others had failed.

Featured- Azula/OC

Ando took a deep breath as he entered what some of his fellow fire benders had called the den of the Dragon . He had heard lots of stories and rumours regarding about her Royal Highness Princess Azula especially since she had returned to the palace almost a year ago. He wasn't sure what to believe about her though he knew that six previous men appointed by Fire Lord Zuko to attend and watch over his sister had quit with out lasting so much as a week in the job .His two predecessors had both quit on the same day and requested being sent out to the furthest colony well away from the palace. Still the Fire Lord had chosen him so that had to be a good thing and he was determined to make the best of things.

"Your Highness" he spoke and knelled in front of her as Azula sat on a chair at the head of a long table. She seemed to barely acknowledge his presence so Ando just waited patiently daring not to do anything that would anger the Princess straight after he had arrived.

Azula looked down at the young man who had entered her presence and grinned to herself. She had wondered when Zuko would send her another one of his little solders to come and try to keep an eye on her . She took a deal of satisfaction watching them run away with their tails between their legs and crying to the Fire Lord. Truth be told she'd rather be left alone to her own devices but Zuko wouldn't allow that being part of the deal to which lead her to being allowed back within the palace walls and not kept away in some institution for all eternity. She sat there sipping her tea wondering how long this one would last. A week no a day that's if he lasted the first test.

Five hours later...

Ando could feel his legs screaming to be allowed to stand up and his back felt like a Earth bender had stuck a large boulder on top of him. So far Princess Azula had said nothing to him at all. She had moved from her seat to get a book from another table and been served dinner by a couple of servants and even had time for her hair to be washed. All the while letting Ando kneel in place like some sort of statue. Ando could feel his body drawing close to revolting and causing him to fall over.

Azula looked curious that this young man had not already ran or rather crawled away as far as he could muster. Either he wasn't the brightest spark in the Fire Nation or he really wanted the job. She sighed as it was getting late and she better go get her rest. If the fool wanted the position she would humour him until he finally broke. Standing up she strode over to him and leaned in close enough for him to hear.

"I am going to bed you have to job be here early morning don't be late or else you'll be severely punished" she whispered then turned and headed to her bedroom. Ando just watched her go before his legs collapsed under him . He reached down and rubbed his legs trying to get feeling back into them all the time wondering weather Azula accepting him for the job would be a good thing or a bad thing.

To be continued...

Authors Note.

Hi all .Hope you enjoyed the chapter and hopefully this will be the start of a fic you'll enjoy. Its the 1st one I've done in a while and my 1st Avatar one I've ever done. Comments and feed back are most welcome please no flames .