Chapter 2
Meet Azula and Ty Lee & the years ahead
The next day Lila woke up to find a wardrobe in her room. She got up and looked inside it. From formal kimonos in red orange and black, to play clothes in those same colours. She took out a red under-dress with gold lining and slipped it on, then she pulled out a black skirt that had a thick red stripe coming up from the bottom middle of the skirt, that winds up the left to the top back middle.
"Lila!" Mai called, just as Lila was wrapping a pale orange sash around her waist. She turned to see her sister enter the room holding a pair of black slippers. Mai tossed the slippers to Lila.
"Here, they don't fit me so I thought they might fit you." Lila was now pulling on a pair of black leggings. When the leggings were on, she put on the slippers. They fit like a charm, with a little extra growing room.
"Oh, thank you Mai! You are the best older sister a kid could ask for!" and Lila gave Mai a big squeeze.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. I'm going to the castle to play with Princess Azula, you can come too if you like."
"I'd love to." Mai put Lila's hair into two pigtail braids at the back of her neck and turned the braids into braided buns.
"There, perfect." The two girls walked to the front door to the governor's mansion. Mai beckoned to a servant.
"Please bring a palanquin for two." The servant went away and returned in five minutes with three others and the palanquin. They lowered the palanquin and the two girls stepped in, and in a minute they were at the palace. The sisters walked past the gate and into the royal garden. There Lila saw two other girls. One was dressed in red with her aubernish hair pulled back in a Fire Nation hair ring, with a tiny metal flame sticking out of it. The other girl was dressed all in pink, with her light brown hair pulled back in a braid.
"Azula! Ty Lee!" Mai cried joyously. "Azula, Ty Lee, this is my sister Lila."
"It's an honor to meet you Princess Azula." Said Lila bowing. Azula, Lila later figured out was the one dressed in red, and Ty Lee was the one in pink.
Over the years Mai took up dagger throwing and Lila took up archery. Azula mastered lightning and Ty Lee joined the circus.
On Lila's 15th birthday the four bffs got together at the palace. Lila was now 100 fire nation with no recollection of ever being water tribe.
"Lila, did you hear about my brothers banishment?" Azula asked.
"I'm the governor's daughter, it's kind of hard to not hear about these things." The four friends laughed.
"Well, I've asked my father, and he said it was alright to hunt my brother and uncle down."
"Sounds nice." Mai mumbled.
"Yeah, yeah, Mai. We all know you have a crush on Zuko." Teased Ty Lee. Mai blushed.
"We leave tomorrow." Said Azula with a determined look on her face.
"So I sugest we get everything prepaired right now."
"This is the most interesting birthday I have ever had." Said Lila smiling to herself.
