Azula stuck the pin in her hair and pushed away the man with the mirror.
"You're in a good mood today." Ty Lee said sarcastically as she walked out of her quarters.
"Ah Ty Lee, you awake. Good. But where's Mai? She isn't really one to sleep in."
"Um…I…don't …Know. Maybe she's sick."
"Well, we should go check up on her then, shouldn't we?"
"Um…alright." Azula rose from her throne and Ty Lee followed looking nervous. She hoped she wasn't getting Mai into any trouble. The two girls stopped at the end of the hall. Footsteps were coming from the hall to their left.
"I hate the water. Why is it always the water? Why can't that weird flying buffalo thing stay on land?"
"Ah Mai. You're awake." Mai stopped, and in one fluid motion, had throwing knives between each finger.
"Swift as ever, and ever vigilant." Azula continued, stepping out from behind the wall, with Ty Lee at her heels.
"Morning!" Ty Lee said brightly, waving ecstatically to the not so enthusiastic young woman.
"Hi…Ty Lee. " She responded, a little less than half-heartedly.
"Ty, Here, said that you late rise might have been due to sickness. What would you say?" Azula said boring into Mai's dark eyes.
"She's right." Azula looked at her, astonished. Then she laughed.
"Very funny, A clever joke. But really, why were you up so late?"
"I told you that I was sick. It's not my fault, sailing just doesn't suit me well." Mai went to walk away when a flash of blue lightning shot barely an inch away from her face. She turned on her heels to face Azula again.
"You're not in a good mood are you? Well, like I've told Ty Lee, you can shoot all the blue lightning you want at me. I don't care. I'm not your slave, your lackey, or your weapon. I'm probably not even your friend. You don't have friends, Azula, you have cowards."
"Mai, I wouldn't do this today." Ty lee warned, But too late. Azula's balled fists were saturated in blue flame, and she stood at a fighting stance. Mai took no notice. She'd been a close friend to Azula practically all her life. Like Azula would really hurt her. Mai put away her throwing knives and turned again to walk away. This time blue engulfed her vision before everything went totally black and she hit the floor.
"She didn't even scream." Ty Lee said in a panic. "Will she be alright?"
"Who knows Ty Lee. She may even be dead." Azula sounded just like her old self. She just may have killed one of her best friends, and she was completely fine with that.
"Get her off my ship. She's no friend of mine." She told to one of the crewmembers that walked by.
"Actually," Azula said as the man went to pick Mai up. "Wait till we get to the docks. We can throw her in the water." Ty Lee's eyes grew wide with fear, though she pretended to go along. The same way she did when Zuko was banished. She just played along. She was Azula's best friend, and she was good at it. But Mai's words still rang in her head as she watched her get dropped over the side of the war ship.
A/N: yeah. Not the best chapter but I still had to get the point to you all. There is a reason for this chapter. I hope you all got this but incase you didn't, Mai might be dead now. Ty Lee is questioning her judgement of Azula, Azula and Mai are pretty much enemies now. It will all come into play later I promise. As for now, REVIEW! You know you want to. No flames but I appreciate critiquing. Anytime!