M-Mother loves me. Mother loves me… Mother… Tears fell down the Fire Princess's cheek. She hated everyone. She loathed everything.
She despised her bangs, their uneven cut made her ill. She detested the chains that kept her hands behind her back. She wanted to shred the world. Rip its seams in half.
She breathed fire not because she was angry, but because it was her only companion.
Ty Lee betrayed her. Mai betrayed her. For what? Zuko? He was the unlucky one. Why him?
Azula bent better.
Azula looked better.
Azula was smarter.
Azula was the favorite.
Azula was perfect.
What did Zuko have? Friends. That was all. That was-
I hate everything I hate everyone! Azula screamed. She screamed for her fallen future, for her abandonment, for her sorrow, and for her loneliness.
And that was all there was to it. She was alone.
Alone to deal with her Demons.
Alone to deal wither her 'what-ifs'.
Alone to deal with nightmares.
And that, perhaps, was what frightened her the most.