Chapter Three –

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A scene from a commercial fades away and the screen momentarily remains black. Suddenly a pale green light zooms into focus and the interviewer is standing in a familiar setting.

"Welcome back! As you can see, we are visiting the set of Avatar: The Last Airbender. We are currently in the throne room of the palace of Ba Sing Se. With me, are three young women who need no introduction – Ty Lee, talented acrobat, Mai, gloomy knife-thrower, and Princess Azula of the Fire Nation."

The camera scans from each face of the trio to the next and pans back, to reveal Azula comfortably sitting on the large ornate Earth Kingdom throne. Ty Lee stands next to the throne and smiles for the camera as Mai leans against a nearby marble pillar.

"Princess Azula." The interviewer gives her a deep bow and straightens to ask his question. "Congratulations on your recent accomplishments."

Azula, dressed in her traditional red Fire Nation outfit, gives the man a cold smile. "Thank you."

"How do you think your father will react when he receives word of the fall of Ba Sing Se?"

"Pleased, of course. All of our fathers will be pleased." Azula's gaze lingers on Mai.

"Oh Goody," Mai's voice drips with sarcasm. "Just what I always wanted."

Giggling, Ty Lee somersaults toward the interviewer and smiles. "Don't mind her. She's just sore because Azula put us on guard duty."

"Guard duty of a smelly bear," Mai counters snappishly, making no effort to contain her contempt.

Backing away from Ty Lee's forward momentum, the interviewer stumbles. "Well…um…Ty Lee…"

"Yes?" the acrobat presses forward, crowding the man's personal space.

"You've made your feelings clear regarding Sokka. Would you care to shed some light on your 'crush,' for lack of a better word?"

Her smile grows wider and she pulls the interviewer down to sit next to her. "He's cute. I like him a lot. But I don't think he likes me."

"Perhaps it's the fact that you are one of the villains?"

"I'm not bad," scoffs Ty Lee. "I'm just on Azula's side."

"On her side and up her butt," Mai teases mirthlessly.

"Girls, please," Azula entreats. "Be mindful of our guest."

The interviewer smirks and turns toward Mai. "And what of Maiko? It is a popular ship."

"Ungh!" Mai sighs. "Now I know how Katara feels. "Yes, I had a crush on Zuko when we were younger, but that is so over."

"Zu-Zu will be crushed, Mai," the Fire Nation princess teases her raven-haired friend.

"Princess Azula," the interviewer interrupts the gentle teasing tones between the trio. "There were so many questions left over from the entire season – one which sticks out above all the rest. What happened to Suki and the Kyoshi Warriors?"

"What do you mean?"

"Is Suki dead or alive?"

"Oh! You mean the 'warrior' with the fan?"

"Yes," the man confirms.

Ty Lee giggles. "They are probably still face down in the dirt unless somebody came along and released their Chi."

Princess Azula's eyes narrow as she watches Ty Lee fidget with the folds of her loose pants. "Though their skills were impressive, they were no match for us. Ty Lee immobilized them and we took their clothes…"

"And studied how to do their makeup," Mai adds. "Blech! They sure do cake it on. Ty Lee's complexion has yet to recover --"

"Hey!" the acrobat bristles.

"And that's all the time we have," the interviewer inserts quickly, turning toward the camera and smiling nervously. "We will have a one-on-one interview with Princess Azula later in the show. Next up, we will be talking with General Iroh."

Fade to commercial…

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TBC

A/N – My bad! I totally forgot to attribute some of the questions people are sending in. Thanks to Authorys for the questions you sent in. The claustrophobic question really got me to laugh. And your question regarding Suki is answer with my own speculation. I have no idea what happened to them.

I just had to share a question with the rest of you that didn't actually make the latest scene. I would have used it, but I was basically finished with the chapter. It's from Agent S7:

"I just have a request for one of the interviewer's questions, perhaps directed at Ozai's Angels:

"One of the viewers watching at home is wondering about the interview. He says that he is 'a little confused as to what exactly is fictional and what is real about your characters. You seem to actually retain your personalities, experiences and memories, yet you read from a script.' He says that he is getting, and I quote, 'a slight metaphysical vibe' from this interview. Any comments on that, Azula?"

I just thought it would be humorous! Maybe Azula can order Ty Lee and Mai to hunt down the fool who posed such a ridiculous question or something equally silly like that."

I am overwhelmed with the response to this story. It really is an attempt to keep from going crazy. Don't get me wrong. I'm kind of glad Zuko went "bad." It's an interesting twist and I love pretzels.

Like the interviewer said, next up is Iroh. It might take a couple of days, seeing as I am back at work and unable to devote so much time to writing. Thanks to all who have submitted questions and left reviews. They are all greatly appreciated!