I finally got chapter three up, yay! After writing this though, Sw1tch3d seems so crappy...oh well.

"There we go," Ty Lee looked Vira over, "those clothes look nice. Now come on; we have a meeting."

Vira ran her hands over her shoulders and arms, then down to her hips. The red fabric she was wearing was comfortable; a leather belt with the Fire Nation emblem rested on her waist.

"Professional and pretty," Ty Lee said with a tilt of her head, "now come on!"

Vira followed her out the doorway and down a long hall, turning right at the corner and heading up a flight of stairs.

"Where are we going?"

"To the meeting, silly," Ty Lee giggled, "forget, did you?"

"Oh," Vira glanced around her at the hallway decor, "remind me again what this meeting is about?"

Ty Lee looked at her strangely from over her shoulder, "We have to settle affairs. There was a big dispute over how the attack on the Earth Kingdom should be handled, and the argument got out of hand, eventually costing us some of our own soldiers."

Vira tried to figure out what Ty Lee had just said, "Oh. Right."

Ty Lee stopped walking and turned to Vira with a sly smile, "Captain Lang will be there."

Vira stared at her; she had no idea who the hell Captain Lang was. The only thing on her mind right now was why she was having a dream like this.

Ty Lee took Vira's silence as a sign to explain herself, "His father's the general, remember? So he'll be there of course, supporting his father's ideas. Just make sure you don't go easy on General Lang because of his son."

Vira glanced out a window as they went past, spotting a garden and pond, turtleducks swimming in it's water.

"Why would I go easy on them?"

Ty Lee shrugged, "Oh nothing. I just figured since you liked him and all..."

Vira turned to look at Ty Lee, intrigued. In the show she had never heard of Azula liking anybody.

"Captain Lang, you said?"

Ty Lee nodded at the surprised look on Vira's face, "But don't worry, I won't say anything about that, Azula, you have my word."

Vira thought about how Azula would reply to that, and tried her most threatening voice, "Y-you, uh, better not say a word."

Ty Lee looked at her strangely, "You're acting...different...today."

Placing her hands on her hips Vira leaned in towards Ty Lee, "And?"

Ty Lee blinked, "Nothing," and continued leading the way.

"Ah, here we are," Ty Lee spoke up as she pushed open a golden door. Vira followed her inside, eyes falling on all the people sitting around an oval-shaped table, and all of them were staring straight back at her. It was then that she realized she had no idea what she was doing.

Planet Earth

Azula stared up at the building before her. There were letters on the side of the brick wall, but Azula couldn't read the strange language. She began to walk across the street, then stopped to fix the bag hanging over her shoulder. A loud beeping startled her and she jumped out of the way just in time; one of those metal carriages had almost hit her.

"Vira!"

Azula watched as a girl with black hair and a jewel in her nose jogged over to her.

"Can I help you?" Azula asked.

The girl cocked her head at Azula, "Huh?" she blinked and shook her head; her black hair bounced around her face. It was colored red at the bottom.

"Vira, you're not going to believe it," she smiled and threw an arm over Azula's shoulder, "Damien and Chera broke up!"

Azula vaguely recalled the name 'Damien.' She shook Jade's arm from her shoulder, "And?"

Jade looked at, tracing a finger over her bottom lip, "And? Did you not just hear me? You have a chance now!"

"Oh, right," Azula studied her dull nails, "He's that guy I liked, isn't he?"

Jade stared in confusion.

Azula waved a hand and set off towards the front doors, then paused. She was here to learn about this place, maybe she should keep the girl around for information. She turned to her, "What was your name again?"

Jade gaped, "Jade..."

"Jade," Azula repeated the name to herself, "Okay Jade, I'm not feeling myself today. Think you could tell me what I'm doing next?"

Vira took her seat at the head of the table; she could feel her face turning red as all eyes were on her. To her right was an empty chair, followed by seats full of older people in dark red and brown colored outfits. To her left was Ty Lee, and next to her Mai. After Mai there was a group of people dressed in red and gold colors. The two different groups glared at each other across the table.

Vira skimmed the faces in each group; the ones on her right held hardened expressions and fierce gazes, while the ones on her left looked tired and kind.

"I insist this meeting begins at once!"

Vira turned to the right; a young man had stood up and was facing her, face set in determination.

"Oh..." Vira gulped, "Okay...umm..."

Suddenly the door opened and a young man took the empty seat on Vira's right. Her mouth dropped open as he muttered, "Sorry I'm late," and her eyes stayed fixed on his.

"Zuko..." she whispered. He turned to look at her, eyes pleading that she not punish him for his tardiness.

"Excuse me!" the man standing pounded the table with his fist.

Mai stood, "You're speaking out of line, Captain Lang."

Captain Lang, Vira thought to herself, so this is the man Azula likes... His eyes were amber and brown, his hair the color of soot; a grayish black. The man sitting next to him bore resemblance, and she figured he must be his father, General Lang.

Ty Lee winked at Azula, "You like forcing them to wait, don't you?"

Vira searched for an answer Azula would give, "Of course. If they don't learn proper respect now, then they'll never make worthy allies."

Vira looked back out at the table, and stood.

"Finally," the young man rolled his eyes and sat down, tipping his chair back on two legs.

"Um..." Vira wiped her eyes, "what, exactly, is the problem here?" This wasn't her idea of a fun dream; come to think of it, she was starting to doubt whether or not she was actually dreaming.

General Lang stood, slamming his fists onto the table just as his son had done, "We are some of your best soldiers...the Black Hawk is the only group of military that you should trust to plan the invasion on the Earth Kingdom."

Vira wiped her eyes again, "You all," she said, pointing at the group in red and brown, "are the Black Hawk?"

"This is preposterous!" Captain Lang jumped to his feet, "Why are you wasting our time with these questions! Just make a decision; who should be in charge of the attack!? The Black Hawk or the Red Fox!?" Upon mentioning 'Red Fox' he pointed at the other group, clad in gold and red.

Vira shrugged, "Why can't you all work together to come up with the decisions on attacking?" Truth was, she didn't care who made the plans, since she was on the Earth Kingdom's side of the war.

"Princess," a man wearing a breastplate adorned with a golden and red fox stood, "I am General Lee, permission to speak?"

Vira shrugged, "Granted, I guess."

"Thank you," he bowed slightly, "The Black Hawk are not interested in the best way to attack. They simply want to slaughter as many possible-"

"Is not that a way to win the war!?" Captain Lang interrupted.

General Lee raised his hand towards Lang, "But not when all we do is slay the innocent because they're within arms reach! We win a war with honor, we kill those who fight against us, we do not tear families apart-"

"Hold it!" Vira put up her hands, "If you guys can't work together, then I'll just put other people in charge of the attack. Mai, Ty Lee...go find someone else to make the decisions."

They looked at her oddly.

Vira rolled her eyes, "Don't we have other groups or whatever they're called besides the Black Hawk and Red Fox? I'm sure one of the others can come up with something."

Zuko pushed himself to his feet, "The only way the Black Hawk and Red Fox may lead the attack and invasion is if the two Generals work together and come up with a compromise. Other then that, this meeting is adjourned." He took his seat. Vira glanced at him and smiled; causing him to look away, afraid that he would be penalized for his outburst.

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