Okay Fanfiction Nation, I'm going give Avatar a try so here it goes my first Azula story. So please enjoy, A Dragons Rebirth, I'm J1210 holla, holla, holla! Just for reference there are slight crossovers see if you can guess, but mainly the story is about the greatest Bender who ever spit fire, Azula Yay!
Edit (2017): I am currently in the process of correcting all grammatical errors I can find in this story to make it more enjoyable for those reading it 9 years later. I love this story as it was a part of the younger me when I just discovered I loved writing so I don't intend on changing any elements plot wise. So the story will still maintain it original integrity.
I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender, it is trademarked property of Nickelodeon. I do own my OC that's it, just me and my OC alone without anyone.
A Dragon's Rebirth
By: J1210
Chapter 1: Azula's Last Chance
Fire Nation Capital-Fire Nation Penitentiary
"In a cell trapped, caged like an animal. No allies, only enemies. No love, only hatred. No mercy, only blood lust. They called her insane; the mind healers couldn't help her, and Zuzu? What does he have? Power...my power and my glory. He's a traitor, little Zuzu joined the Avatar and his group of freaks. The Fire Nation no longer has honor. It no longer has the pride of this once proud country worked 100 years to obtain, it has been scarred. My plan was flawless, and yet you miscalculated just like Mai told you at Boiling Rock. You will never live to the expectations of a real Fire Lord nor Princess. Your just a castaway of the war, your mother thinks you're a monster, your father thinks you're a disgrace... what do have to live for, you know sooner or later Zuzu will send the Avatar to rid of your firebending the one thing you have left. You can't even trust that can you, it wasn't enough to kill the peasant. You don't even deserve to be named after your Grandfather, you disgust me Azula you're a failure."
In the Fire Nation maximum prison, eight floors below ground, there were two guards at the door and two more at the exit and two more behind the exit. Azula was in maximum lock down. She had a floor all to herself and a cell only 6 ft wide and 6 ft long. On the ground shackled to the bench Azula would lay her hair weathered and moped in knots and tears. She would sob silently refusing to let anyone hear her suffer. Her father would laugh at her defeat and a peasant would as well if they saw her. "Failure, failure, failure! Monster, monster, monster!" Said, the voice that was in her head. It tortured her nonstop destroying her conscious mind. She no longer had peace of mind. No more silk made dresses, she had rags. Servants, ha! She had guards that would come in twice a day to throw in her cage breakfast and dinner, most of the time leftovers from meals. Azula would stare at the food and take small nibbles off each hour savoring all she had. And the healers the countless visits, asking her question after question of her past. She would remain in a silent state and stare at them from the darkness with her pale amber eyes, blood lust burning most who come near her cage. And then there was Ty Lee, she had come to visit her at least three times a month, Azula had only been stuck in the cell for 3 months and then at that the cell door opened, speak of the devil.
"H-Hey 'Zula?" Ty Lee entered the room hesitantly. Azula remained silently in her position as Ty Lee sat on the bench near the cage making a loud creaking noise. "You know I leave to Kyoshi tomorrow with the warriors? Is there anything you want to talk about?" Azula still remained silent, her tears drying up. "Hey 'Zula you know, I know your birthday was coming up that's why I came to visit you."
Azula lay in silence pondering Ty Lee's remark. She was right, September, October, and now November. It would be her birthday in two weeks November 14. Only Ty Lee would visit her, the only person who would treat her exactly the same as before. Azula saw her as a traitor to; her first few visits Azula would try to encumber her blue flames. The guards rushed to the noble woman's side and forced Azula down, but Ty Lee wouldn't leave she would continue to talk and in a way it kept the voices out of her head until she left.
15...15 years old in a cage and she had nothing left to live for. The only person who would visit her for reasons beyond her own thinking was Ty Lee. And she was leaving never to return for a whole year. Ty Lee continued to babble aimlessly for about a half an hour... until the cell doors opened again.
"Good afternoon Princess, Milady." it was another mind healer. Ty Lee bowed, but Azula remained silent staring at the healer eyes glowing in the darkness. The healer began to ask Azula a number of questions. "How was your childhood? How did you feel towards your mother?" Soon time grew thin and Azula hadn't answered any questions the healer huffed he had taken no notes and was starting to leave along with Ty Lee.
"I'll see you later 'Zula" Ty Lee waved wearily.
"Why do you come here?" Azula suddenly demanded. "Too gain something from the Fire Lord? Or you Healer, to gain the respect of dear Zuzu and Ty Lee your visits... why, just to watch me suffer for the rest of my pitiful life?"
"Because I'm your friend Azula." said Ty Lee choking back her tears then turning her back on the fallen princess.
"Friends, who needs friends? Where have they gotten you... prison, and what else, insanity, starvation, and depression?" The voices had returned and in a rage Azula mustered up all energy she could into her hand and formed a small fireball. She fired it full force at Ty Lee. The healer quickly noticed and pushed the Nobel lady out of the way and got scorched on the back. Guards rushed into the room and took hold of Azula. They struggled in chaining her to the metal flooring on the ground. Then personal waterbenders Zuko hired froze the room cold, from the outside. Azula would blast fire from her nostrils and screamed in madness, cursing and threatening at her mother and the others who lead to her containment. The fire would soon die out from the frozen bareness of the room. Ty Lee couldn't watch her friend in this state any longer and left during the commotion, she wouldn't see her friend in a year and her last visit had to end like this.
Fire Nation Capital-Grand Palace
Two days later.
Fire Lord Zuko sat at his desk stressed, he sighed. "Another one has resigned." Zuko massaged his temples from the stress of paperwork and this certain letter was not helping.
Mai was also in the room with Zuko helping him and gave him a gloomy look. "You seem troubled what's wrong?"
Zuko picked up the letter and handed it to Mai. "It's Azula again, yet another healer says that she can't be helped."
"Zuko have you ever thought that Azula may never come out of this state of mind. It's been three months and you've summoned healer after healer from across the world to help her. They all cannot meet you face to face to tell you this, but send you a letter to read yourself. Each healer has been scarred by her bending. Don't you think it's time Avatar Aang remove her bending ability?" asked Mai.
Zuko thought on this, she would be less of a problem, but insanity or not Azula remained his sister and he could not rid her of that of that. Zuko got a blank piece of paper from one of his drawers and dipped his black quill pen into the ink. Zuko wrote quickly and soon sealed up the letter. "One last attempt Mai, if Azula cannot make anyprogress with this healer then I'm afraid that Azula really is a lost cause and I will contact Aang immediately to come remove her bending." Zuko gave the letter to the hawk and it was off to the southern Earth Kingdom.
"Pin Chan, he is a very famous healer of the mind, but I doubt he could get anywhere with Azula, she really has lost it." Mai nodded in agreement to Zuko's assessment, but deep inside she felt he was wrong to even look out for his sister after all she'd done. "We really must be returning back to the paperwork Milord."
Zuko winced at this. Mai would only call him Milord in front of nobles or royalty, or either if she was really irritated with him. She must have been irritated. "Mai, I know you're still mad at Azula for what she did at Boiling Rock, but that helped escalate her condition to another level." Mai remained silent and continued to read the papers and sign off various signatures. It wouldn't be long before Mai became the Fire Lady the servants already were treating her like royalty even for a noble women. Zuko sighed at his soon to be wife and continued his work as well.
I know the first Chapter is kind of short I try to limit myself between 2000 to 3000 words per chapter, but I promise it will get more interesting. I can't introduce the supporting character in the first chapter can I well please R&R really helpful. I'm J1210 holla, holla, ho