Chapter 1
The fortuneteller
Pink. All day and all night, it remained pink. Happy, she was happy. Happier than ever before, probably because she was surrounded by the one place that made her feel safe. The place where all eyes were on her, where for once she was the center of attention. A place where she didn't have to use her brain for people to think she's a smart person.
She never got bored there either. With all of the exotic animals coming and going it was impossible to be bored. The people were nice and they liked her. They liked that she didn't take anything too seriously. Like that the war hadn't affected her. Most days she didn't even know there was a war. But oh well, it's too late to start caring now right?
She bent over bringing her palms to the green prickly grass. Forcing all of her weight onto her upper body, it wasn't as hard as it used to be. Over the years her arms had become stronger and it made doing a hand stand like second nature to her. For a moment her abs tightened as she lifted her legs upward, her feet now touching the sky. Concentrating, she raised the rest of her fingers so she balanced on her index fingers. It was so much easier to do this now that she knew a certain Fire Nation princess wouldn't push her over and laugh at her after she'd fallen.
Five minutes passed and her blood had rushed to her head. The world looked so much different upside down. Any minute now she felt like she'd fall into the pale blue sky and into space. A girl wearing maroon clothes nearly every inch of her body covered by loose fitting clothes went by obviously searching for someone. The girl's eye caught Ty Lee and she turned standing perfectly straight a content smile on her face.
"Ty Lee, could that possibly be you?" Ty Lee blinked in shock for a moment before responding. This tall well structured young girl standing before couldn't possibly be the princess could she? It was hard to recognize the girl plus she was upside down. Then her gaze caught the brilliant gold irises and there was no mistaking who it was.
"Azula!" she smiled widely when she confirmed that she knew this person. It was good to see an old friend, even if it was the harsh fire bending prodigy.
She came out of her hand stand, turned around and bowed placing her forehead on the ground. This too had taken years to perfect, she could remember her parents forcing her to practice bowing correctly, mostly getting the message to sink in with a few spankings. She never had the patience for bowing and trying to hold back her excitement was something she just couldn't do. After counting to five she sprang onto her feet, quickly leaping over to Azula.
The princess gave a dismal look bracing herself for rib crunching hug. Ty Lee wrapped her arms around as much of Azula she could possibly hold and squeezed her hardest. She didn't care if the princess hated hugs or any human contact for that matter, Azula would just have to deal with it. She could feel Azula's arms return the embrace causing Ty Lee's insides to melt in joy. "It is so good to see you!"
Finally when she felt Azula could no longer breathe she let go. Her hands slid down Azula's arms allowing the fire bender's steady hands to grasp her wrists briefly. They just looked at each other with warm smiles. Wow look how pretty she's gotten. She thought before Azula let go and she rested her hands by her sides.
"Please don't let me interrupt you're…" Azula gave a strange expression as she searched for the right word to describe what Ty Lee had been doing, but failed. "Whatever it was you were doing."
She flipped backwards, her chest resting on the ground one of her legs in the air the other bending forward, she rested her head in her hands. This position took her a week to learn, of course she was only doing it to show off to the princess. Hoping maybe deep down she sparked a bit of jealousy in the princess. Azula of course paid no attention, like always Azula didn't want to face the fact Ty Lee could do something she couldn't.
"Tell me what is the daughter of a nobleman doing here?" Azula asked looking around not impressed by the place Ty Lee called home. "Certainly our parents didn't send us to the Royal Fire Academy for Girls to end up in…" she spotted two men pulling on a rope tied around a platypus bear which laid an egg. "…in places like this."
Ty Lee knew Azula didn't mean it like it sounded. Azula just thought Ty Lee deserved to be in a better place than in a dump place like a circus. How sweet. Azula looked at her nails absently mindedly. "I have a proposition for you." Azula started to explain. "I'm hunting a traitor. You remember my old fuddy duddy uncle don't you?"
Ty Lee struggled for a second. She didn't really remember anyone in Azula's family other than Zuko and the Fire Lord. "Oh yeah…" she said just going with it. "He was so funny."
Azula lowered her hand turning her attention back to Ty Lee. "I would be honored if you joined me on my mission." The princess said a bit confidently thinking Ty Lee wouldn't refuse.
Ty Lee felt a little bad. "Oh…I…uh, would love to," she came onto her feet coming back to Azula's level. How could she let her friend down easy enough so that she wasn't burned to death? "But the truth is, I'm really happy here." she said sincerely. Azula's smile slowly, slowly faded and Ty Lee hated it because she felt guilty now. "I mean my aura has never been pinker!" she added quickly wishing that would convince Azula.
Azula lifted her hand. "I'll take your word for it." The princess said. Azula crossed her arms sighing slightly. "Well, I wouldn't want you to give up the life you love just to please me." The princess spoke hinting a little bit of her frustration. She disliked it when Azula gave her the guilt trip. Damn it! She was good at it too!
She clasped her hands together and bowed slightly. "Thank you Azula." The princess turned around to leave and Ty Lee turned around and continued to stretch. "Of course," Azula started to say. "Before I go, I'm going to catch your show."
Ty Lee froze a worried look coming over her face. That was never good news. "Uh…yeah…sure…uh…of course." She replied swallowing nervously.
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The acrobat let out a depressed sigh. If she wasn't so good at balancing on random objects on a tight rope fifty feet above the ground, she probably wouldn't have been walking out of the main tent alive. She passed several tents not noticing how fast she was going. The only way she was stopped was when she walked right into someone.
Taking a step back she looked up and took another fear filled step back as she saw Azula standing there. After what the princess had just done she sure wasn't too thrilled to see the girl. She was a bit upset actually that Azula would be so stubborn to do something so harsh. Still Ty Lee knew her place, and that place was by Azula's side.
Azula removed her arm, it had been hiding behind her back, revealing a handful of black wilting flowers. At first she wondered if the princess was actually giving her flowers , the fact Azula had even for an instant thought of someone other than herself was astonishing. Even if the flowers which appeared to have died months ago the whole idea of Azula giving a gift just had to go on the Things You Never Thought Azula Would Do list.
"For me?" Ty Lee asked just to be sure. The princess nodded and offered them to her. Ty Lee went for the stems of the flowers, her hand brushing across Azula's in the process. Like anyone would do when receiving flowers she brought them to her nose but continued to keep her eyes on Azula. Was there some kind of cruel prank about to come?
After about a minute of just standing there she decided it was safe. Not able to help it, a look of joy came over her. "You never stop surprising me." she said and Azula stood up a bit taller glad to hear those words.
"I could say the same for you, you're…" Azula's eyes analyzed Ty Lee from head to toe. "…talents…have certainly gotten to an impressive level." She had to lower her head as her cheeks started to flush. Azula rested a hand on her hip taking a quick glance of their surroundings. "So…which one of these belongs to you?"
Ty Lee lifted a finger pointing to the one beside them. Azula's eyes widened in shock but contained her insults and simply turned to Ty Lee. "Ladies first." Azula joked. Ty Lee just shook her head and headed into the tent.
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A few hours after accepting she better go with Azula or else something bad would happen, she made her way towards the princess' tent. The princess' camp was half a mile away from the circus', what compelled her to go there she still didn't know. Without warning she came into the large tent. Azula sat there stabbing needles into a doll Iroh had sent her absolutely pissed off for some reason. "What's wrong?" she asked. Azula didn't turn around to look at her just stabbed a needle into the dolls left eye.
"Nothing's wrong Ty Lee, go away." Azula mumbled and stabbed the other eye. It was clear the princess didn't want to be bothered, but she couldn't turn away to let Azula just sit here angry. It just wasn't in her nature.
"I think you're hurting the poor thing's feelings." Ty Lee said with a slight smile trying to get Azula to laugh but it wasn't working. "Ohh…does someone need a hug?"
"I don't need a hug!" Azula said crushing the doll in her hand.
"Yes you do." Ty Lee came over to the princess and wrapped her arms around the princess. Azula sat there her frown not turning upside down.
"Thanks Ty Lee for the hug." Azula said in a dismal voice. "Will you let go now?"
"Not until you smile." Ty Lee grinned. "Come on…where's that smile?" Ty Lee grabbed Azula's cheeks with one hand and it made Azula look like a blow fish. "Smile fishy wishy." She teased and Azula jerked her head away from Ty Lee's hand, smiling a little. "See I knew you could do it."
Ty Lee fell into Azula's lap and yawned. Azula shrugged irritated Ty Lee was hanging all over her and wouldn't go away. "Don't be so depressed Azula!" Ty Lee smiled. "You're aura is so red it's causing my pink to get blue."
"What's blue?"
"Sad. Duh." Ty Lee sat up resting her head on Azula's shoulder. "Lighten up a little. You know try smiling, wearing pink for once."
"I am not wearing pink!"
"I'm just teasing Azula I know you won't." The acrobat stood up and headed to the flap of the tent. She stopped and glanced back at Azula who still didn't seem to be in a better mood but didn't seem so upset anymore. "Love you whore." Ty Lee said knowing she was the only one who get away with saying that to Azula and not be burned for it.
"Love you slut." Azula teased back continuing to stab the doll.
The princess rolled over shivering slightly as the cold from outside came in. She clutched the blanket tightly and brought it closer to her getting settled once again. Thunder roared in the distance but she didn't mind. Storms didn't scare her at all, nothing really did. She heard someone walk into her tent for a moment she was about to attack but her body was a bit lazy at the moment. Whoever it was snuggled close to her shaking in fear. "Mmmph…Ty Lee?" she wondered.
"I don't like storms." Ty Lee's small voice muttered from beside her as Ty Lee came underneath the covers inching ever so closely to Azula.
"You're such a baby." She shrugged and continued to try and sleep. Ty Lee hugged her friend and gave Azula a sisterly kiss on the cheek. "EW!" Azula whined. "No kissing!" Ty Lee just giggled.
"Oh you mean this?" Ty Lee did it again.
"Cut it out!" Azula said irritated. "And no touching!" Azula forced Ty Lee's arm off her. "There better be and inch between us at all times." Ty Lee just looked her with a wide smile. Azula shoved her head onto the pillow again and tried to go back to sleep.
Ty Lee didn't go to sleep just yet. Instead she watched Azula closely. The adorable look Azula managed to pull off when she was sleeping still amazed Ty Lee. The cute expression faded into and a frustrated one. "Ty Lee, stop staring at me you're creeping me out."
"Oh sorry princess." Ty Lee let out a deep sigh and laid down rolling up into a ball before closing her eyes and going to sleep, no longer fearing the storm now Azula was next to her.
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Ty Lee yawned stretching out accidentally kicking Azula in the head. The princess groaned and sat up. "This is the last time you spend the night in my tent!" Azula poked Ty Lee's stomach hoping in would hurt but instead it tickled Ty Lee and the acrobat giggled. That only made Azula more angrily.
"Why are so you mad?" she sighed and sat up.
"You hogged the covers! You snore! And-,"
"Like you're any better?" Ty Lee crossed her arms. "You know I don't like sleeping alone. You always make me and Mai share and Mai's not here,"
"Fine you can share a tent with the guards!" Azula stood up. Ty Lee chuckled her face turning red. "What?"
"If you made me do that I wouldn't get any sleep at all." Ty Lee replied and Azula just rolled her eyes and pulled her hair back into a bun. "Why don't you let you're hair down today? You'd look nicer."
"I'm not trying to look nice Ty Lee." Azula mumbled. "I want to kill Zuzu."
"You're so mean to your brother." Ty Lee got onto her feet and pulled off the baggy shirt Azula let her borrow. She looked down at her chest before pulling on her pink top. "Do you think they're too big?"
"Huh?" Azula asked not paying attention.
"Are they too big?" Ty Lee turned around. Azula pulled a shirt of her head.
"What are too big?" Azula turned around before looking away shutting her eyes tightly. "You couldn't give me TWO seconds warning?!" Azula said trying to be grossed out when she was the complete opposite. "Jeez Ty Lee!"
"Well?"
"They're fine!" Azula said trying to keep her eyes from darting back to Ty Lee. "Why are you asking me?!"
"Oh please we all know you're the F.B.I." Ty Lee smiled pulling her shirt on. Azula cautiously turned around then became comfortable seeing Ty Lee had a shirt on now.
"What's that?"
"Federal Boob Inspector," Ty Lee teased and Azula fell blank her face going redder than an apple.
"Th-that's crazy Ty Lee." Azula said nervously. "I'm…I'm not gay."
Ty Lee burst out laughing and turned around. "Wow out of all the lies that come out of your mouth that is the most ridiculous one I've ever heard." Azula opened her mouth to say something but stopped.
"How'd you know?"
"It's pretty obvious."
"It is?" Azula mumbled. Ty Lee came over to Azula and placed her hands on her friend's shoulders.
"Hey it's okay with me! I don't take anything seriously remember? At least…you're not in love with me right?" Ty Lee said a little disgusted for a second. Azula's head jerked up and they just stared at each other for a second making the acrobat a little uneasy.
"Uh…of course not." Azula said with all honesty. The last person Azula would be attracted to was Ty Lee. The girl was too perky, too happy for her. Azula had no attraction towards her friend whatsoever.
"Phew, you had me going there for a second." Ty Lee smiled and pulled on her slipper before walking out of the tent. "I'll see you later, gotta check out that one guy today. He's so smexy."
"Have fun Ty Lee." Azula laughed lightly shaking her head hardly believing the clueless acrobat had known her secret this whole time. Well at least there was one less person to lie to. Although she couldn't get that question out of her head. You're not in love with me right?Azula knew that was just crazy. That would be like having a crush on her younger sister and she didn't even have a sister, well Zuzu might qualify to be a sister with the way he cries.
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She heard an awful lot of scuffling and things falling over, it sounded like someone was going through the tent, destroying everything in sight. She lay there still hoping if she pretended to sleep whoever it was would leave her alone. "Ty Lee where did you put my map?!" Azula voice came over the air. The princess tore open an old chest and threw everything in it on to the ground, making a mountain of papers and trinkets. Now that Ty Lee knew it wasn't someone robbing them, she sat up.
"What map?" she wondered. She hadn't seen a map in the tent, she saw a bunch of papers that Azula clearly didn't care about since they lay all over the floor. The princess wheeled around to face her completely irritated that she couldn't find her map.
"The Earth Kingdom map!" Azula hissed. Ty Lee yawned and scratched her head thinking for a moment. An Earth Kingdom map? She hadn't seen one, or maybe she did? Then the memory popped back into her head.
"Oh you mean that big blank paper." Ty Lee said turned to her side and reached under a pile of clothes and pulled out the rolled up map. The fire bender gave a sigh of relief as she took the map from Ty Lee. The princess unrolled it her eyes going wide and as she saw Ty Lee had drawn all over it.
The acrobat tossed off the covers and came over to Azula's side to observe the map. "See look it's us!" She said excitedly and pointed to a place in the Earth Kingdom and there were two stick figures, one with a smile on and the other looked grumpy. "There's your dad." Ty Lee pointed to the Fire Nation where a stick figure with cheesy smile on was. "And there's Mai and Zuko, see their kissing!"
Azula just stared at her ruined map the many insults that came to mind were about to explode. She had been searching all morning for the ONE map of the Earth Kingdom they had and Ty Lee just decided to draw horrible looking stick figures on her map! Slowly her hands holding the map turned to fists and crumpled the edges of the paper.
"You drew on my map!" Azula said. Ty Lee nodded happily but looked up and saw Azula wasn't too pleased with her art. The princess turned to Ty Lee, her face going red. "HOW STUPID ARE YOU?!! I SWEAR I'M GOING TO STRANGLE YOU!!!" The acrobat took a step back before turning around and running for her life. Azula threw the useless map on the ground and headed after Ty Lee.
The both of them sprinted through the tents Ty Lee weaved around the tents in a short of figure 8 hoping it would slow down Azula. "HELP!" Ty Lee screamed as she whizzed by a few guards. "She's goanna kill me!" The guards just looked at Ty Lee then exchanged confused looks, then the princess went by.
"Maybe we should help her?" one of the guards said.
"I'm not fighting the princess." the other said and headed back into the tent.
Ty Lee ran through one of the tents knocking down chairs, the princess just jumped over them and continued to pursue. The acrobat had forgotten Azula always won when they were playing tag, she knew the fire bender would catch her eventually. They came out of the tent and the prodigy was just a few feet away from the acrobat. There was no way Ty Lee could force her legs to move faster. She went by another guard and shoved him towards Azula.
The princess and the guard collided and angrily Azula punched him and he fell over. Now moving faster than before the princess caught up to Ty Lee. She reached out and snatched the acrobat's arm. Ty Lee tried to wiggle it out of Azula's grasp but it was pointless. The princess pulled Ty Lee back forcing the girl to face her.
Azula opened her mouth to speak but only air came out. She signaled Ty Lee to wait for a second as she caught her breath. When she brought her gaze back to Ty Lee, the acrobat's eyes were wide and her bottom lip was sticking out. The princess wanted to strangle the girl but she was doing that stupid face. "URGGG!!!" Azula let go hating that she couldn't harm Ty Lee when she put that dumb expression on.
Ungratified, the fire bender turned away and started heading back to her tent to try and figure out what the hell she was goanna do now. Ty Lee came over to her holding Azula's shoulders as they walked. "Look it's not a big deal, we can just go in the same direction until we get to Omashu." Ty Lee said trying to cheer the princess up. This didn't help Azula's nerves she turned to face Ty Lee.
"Ty Lee! Look around! We're in the middle of nowhere! It's not like we can walk into any town and ask for directions!" Azula shouted directly to the girl's face causing Ty Lee to take a step back. No longer able to look at Ty Lee she continued to walk. The acrobat skipped over to her and came in front of her and walked backwards.
"Of course we can, alls we have to do is disguise ourselves."
Azula stopped in her tracks and crossed her arms. "And where're we goanna get clothes from?"
The fire bender pulled at the filthy peasant clothes she was forced to wear, caring less if she tore them. They smelled like sweat and an old fart. "I can't believe I'm wearing green." Azula hissed into Ty Lee's ear as they headed towards the small town in the distance. "Why this disguise?!" Azula said scratching at the fake beard attached to her face.
Next to her Ty Lee was disguised as a pregnant woman. She had her hear hair in a long pony tail and she was wearing tan clothes that blended in with the ground. Stuck underneath the girl's shirt was a pillow and strangely Ty Lee continued to pet it acting as if there was a real baby in her.
"Hey it was either that or you're the pregnant lady." Ty Lee said. "You're too aggressive to be carrying a baby anyway." Ty Lee petted the pillow under her shirt gently.
"It's not a real baby." Azula crossed her arms holding herself up with pride. Seeing how the princess was walking she slapped Azula's arm.
"Stop walking like that! Slouch a little." Ty Lee said and Azula tried but looked like a monkey trying to walk on all two legs.
"I can't walk like this!" Azula straightened and Ty Lee punched her back in just the right place to make it hurt. The horrible stinging pain the acrobat caused forced her to lurch over and walk like an old man now.
"There." Ty Lee smiled.
"When we get back, you are going to be hanged." Azula said pointing her finger at Ty Lee.
They came into the main street of the town and everyone just minded their own business. It was the first time Azula walked through a street and she wasn't being bowed to. Instead of people looking at her with fear they were giving warm smiles which confused her. Then she remembered they must think they were a happy couple. The fire bender had to force herself to remain quiet and not laugh. She spotted the merchant selling maps and walked over, the acrobat following closely. "Earth Kingdom map." She demanded. Ty Lee elbowed her arm and Azula's head whipped around her eyes narrowing, Ty Lee just gave her stern look. "Please…" she muttered.
"Here you go." He handed it to her and Azula accidentally gave him Fire Nation money. "Uhh…?" he wondered looking at the alien money. The princess' eyes went wide as she saw what she'd given him.
"Shit." She whispered and snatched the money back and dug through her pockets for the Earth Kingdom money. There wasn't enough and for once the Princess of Fire knew what it was like to be poor. "There's more in here somewhere." She thought as her hand frantically felt around her pockets. This was embarrassing and it was an experience a princess like her shouldn't have to go through.
"I'm sorry but if you don't have enough money I can't let you-,"
"Look here mister!" Azula snatched the man's collar. "You got a problem with the amount of money I feel like giving you, then we can settle this in an Agni-I'm mean-in a fight!"
"N-no have it! Just please don't kill me!" the man pleaded.
Ty Lee shoved Azula away from the merchant. The princess immediately tried going back to grab the man's collar again and Ty Lee had to hold her back. "You'll have to excuse him, he hasn't taken his happy pills today." Ty Lee whispered to the merchant and dragged the princess away. They came to a backstreet and Ty Lee slapped Azula's arm. "Bad Azula! You're not supposed to be starting fights!"
"Stop hitting me." Azula shoved Ty Lee into the wall and someone walked by staring nosily. "What?!" she shouted and the person ran off.
"Azula, you're a bad father you don't push a pregnant lady." Ty Lee lectured putting her finger in the princess' face and Azula went cross eyed to look at it.
"But you're not-,"
Completely forgetting about what just happened Ty Lee noticed a poster on the wall. "Hey look!" Ty Lee pointed to a poster on the wall behind Azula. "There's a fortuneteller in this town."
"So?"
"Can we go?" Ty Lee begged practically on her knees with her hands clasped together. "It's fun and it'll only take two seconds I swear!"
"Ty Lee, fortuneteller's are just a bunch of idiots who are really good at guessing the future." Azula sighed. She didn't have time to waste to see some phony idiot claiming they can see into the future.
"No they're not!"
"Anyone could predict the future." Azula replied.
"You know you can't. Come on I want to find out who I'm goanna marry." Ty Lee took Azula's arm and dragged the princess to the fortuneteller's house. They made their way to the other side of the town to a small house made of wood. By the looks of it the house was more like a shack falling apart and worn down from the weather. Painted on the side of it were the stars with a lady wearing a purple turban. The acrobat banged on the door so hard, the door was nearly torn from the hinges.
A woman opened the door. The woman wasn't thin but not too large. Her gray hair was pulled back into braid that ran down her back. The makeup on her face didn't help hide the few wrinkles she had and the purple over her eyes just made it worse. She had on long gold yellowish robes hiding the curves of her body (if she had any). "I knew you were coming." The woman said and Azula shook in her head in disbelief. "And you." The woman glared at Azula.
The woman eyed her suspiciously and Azula became a little tense. She felt like a little girl again when her mother gave her a stern look before figuring out what mischievous plan she had up her sleeve. She just hoped the woman didn't recognize her. "You're beard's falling off."
Letting out a breath of relief she straightened her fake beard the woman looking at her oddly. "I know you who you are." The woman said crossing her arms. The princess stared at the ground once again becoming uneasy.
"Uhh…who?" she said pretending to have a deep voice but it wasn't believable.
"You're the Fire Nation's princess aren't you?"
Azula's eyes went wide. "No…no of course not. Don't be ridiculous." She shook her head trying to get the lady to dismiss the thought.
"No you are, I can tell."
"She's a fire bender, I can't fire bend for my life, see." Azula made a weak punch at the air and forgot she could do simple movements and still make fire, something Zuko could never do. A small cloud of blue fire flew from her knuckles.
"See you are a fire-,"
"No I'm not, fire's red isn't it? That was blue, it was water." Azula said quickly.
"And that's why you're wearing Fire Nation socks?" the woman pointed to Azula's foot. The princess' pants were rolled up a little revealing the crimson sock with the Fire Nation emblem on them and Azula shoved her pant leg down.
"Okay you caught me now shut up." She whispered looking around at the people walking by angrily. The woman turned to Ty Lee.
"You can stop petting the pillow now." The woman said and sighed deeply looking at the both of them. "I suppose you've come for a reading?"
"Yes, I wish to know my destiny." Ty Lee answered with an excited smile. "Use you're mind to see into the future," Ty Lee made a spaced out look. "Tell me what tragedy I'll survive," Ty Lee pretended to faint and Azula caught her. "Or what knight in shining armor will come for me." Ty Lee caressed Azula's cheek gently and Azula became grossed out and dropped Ty Lee.
"Well, that sounds like a fascinating future to tell but sadly I don't serve you're kind."
Ty Lee flipped back onto her feet. "WHAT?!" Ty Lee's fists were tightening and Azula never seen her so angry before. "You got a problem with circus performers?!"
"No, I got a problem with the Fire Nation."
Azula looked at Ty Lee as the girl's shoulders dropped and the acrobat became very depressed and started walking away. "Look at what you did?" Azula said if she didn't do anything now she'd hear Ty Lee complain all night. "Breaking the poor girl's heart like that, especially when she is dying."
"Dying?" the woman asked not really believing the lie.
"Yes, she's dying slowly…plainly…so achingly its heart breaking. We came here in hopes that you could tell her good news after…well, hearing she only has five years left." Azula said with a sad expression.
"Oh that sounds horrible." The woman said placing a hand on her chest in shock. "I wouldn't have refused if I knew. Please, please come in."
"Come on Ty Lee." Azula said and the acrobat turned around her depression disappearing. The woman turned around and led them into the shack. Ty Lee came over to Azula a little confused. "I told her you were dying."
They walked into a dimly lit room and sat around a fire. The woman held out an urn of bones at Ty Lee. "Toss it into the fire." Ty Lee took a bone and tossed it into the flames and a burst of fire flew each direction.
"Pretty…" Ty Lee smiled. "Does it mean anything?"
The woman sat there blank. "The spirits favor you young one!" the woman smiled at Ty Lee. "A great champion has come for you, they're strong, and very, very powerful."
"What's he look like?!" Ty Lee said eagerly.
"Hmmm…dark hair…eyes as bright as the sun yet as sharp as a tiger's." The woman explained. "This vision is cloudy making it hard to tell who it could be." The woman smiled as she glanced at Azula for a second. "Just know you will be loved greatly, this champion watches over you with loving eyes. Oh no,"
"What?! WHAT IS IT?!"
"You will not know who this champion is until you loose your greatest friend."
"Don't tell me someone's goanna die!"
"No, but your friend will never be your friend again." The woman said. Azula rolled her eyes at the lame prophecy. The woman turned to Azula. "Are you skeptical? Perhaps I should tell you what a lonely future you have hmmm?"
"If you want to predict something tell me I'm goanna win the war."
"Azula, why waste time trying to see who'll win the war? Go on choose a bone." Ty Lee said and Azula sighed not really caring and picked a bone and tossed it at the fire. Again the fire roared, hints of it turning blue. The woman turned to the fire again expecting to see that the princess would die a lonely woman but instead she saw something different.
"You are very blind," The woman said and Azula's fist tightened thinking that was an insult. "You're heart has been lonely ever since you were born, and the one who is destined to be with you is right in front of you."
"Who is it?" Ty Lee wondered.
"Uhh…it's a happy girl, not too smart in the head, but she will make you laugh."
"Whoa….slow down…you're saying I'm destined to be with a stupid happy girl?" Azula said not believing it was possible. "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
"Well, I have made a few mistakes. Perhaps I should read your palm just to be sure." Azula quickly showed her palm to the woman. The woman traced out the lines tickling her hand a bit. "There's no mistaking this, your palm says the same thing. You see this line represents friendship and this is love, they both collide and form a new line."
"Are you sure I'm not goanna be with an intelligent manipulative fire bender?"
"I told you there's no mistaking this prophecy." The woman said crossing her arms.
"Come on Azula don't you want to know more?"
"Fine, tell me I'll be miserable." The princess slouched in her seat depressed that she wouldn't be with her dream girl.
"You'll be far from miserable." The woman replied. "But it'll take you awhile to realize just who this special girl is. You'll realize the truth the moment you find yourself consumed in jealousy."
"Jealousy?" Azula chuckled. "I'm not jealous of anyone."
"Not yet." The woman laughed sinisterly. "Not yet…"