The Hunger Games AU

She looks at her district partner's unmoving legs, at the wheels that bound him. He does not return the appraising stare and merely faces the silent crowd. She quickly looks away.

She is skilled, she knows that. The whole district too because what else can those half-smiles mean but the spark of a hope that there would be a winner this year? District 8 is a pushover. Has always been in the Games. But Ty Lee can jump high and disable a grown man in seconds.

She has the advantage.

Maybe they will have a victor this year. It has been a decade.

But she sees the Careers and she falters. Happy, sunny, very optimistic Ty Lee falters. She pretends that she is not though even if the impassive girl from One is confident. Scarred boy from Two looks strong. His district partner who also is his younger sister is the one with the striking gold eyes and is very, very, very pretty. Intimidating and absolutely perfect in every way, she would definitely get all of the sponsors.

Maybe it would be District Two again.

Her district partner's shoulders slump, his lips quirk downward. Ty Lee knows then that an alliance with him would result in loss. Loss of life, that is. She cannot afford that.

And to not lose, she needs an alliance.

Her approach obviously did surprise the Careers during Training. She was bold, direct, confident and very impressive. But she makes sure she sounds dumb enough to not be branded as a threat. They Career like their extras to be easily manipulated. Girl with the golden eyes is the leader. Azula. Fourteen. And Ty Lee can tell she came here to win.

"What can you do?"

"I can jump higher than most trees."

She thinks the knife girl from One is impressed which is something because Mai never missed. As well as the boy with the scar who is great with his dual swords. But Azula who is yet to show off her stuff only laughs and the words roll fluidly as she speaks. "Trees don't jump."

Nothing official but Ty Lee is with them during training, lunch and they take the elevator together. They taunt the others and talk about how ridiculous it is that Aang is so popular. Sometimes too, Azula would corner her some place and they would realize how much they enjoyed making out with each other.

This, she does not mind.

Ty Lee thinks it is just stress, hormones and just how fucking pretty Azula is. She has never seen anyone as beautiful in her district. Naturally, the Capitol is no match.

But of course, the relations, the kissing and touching went well into the Games. She scored nine. Azula did well with ten. Aang from the District Twelve had eleven. This year's Career pack is a big one. "The more human shields…" Azula whispered as she pressed Ty Lee against a tree one night. "... the better."

"Am I a shield?"

"You are an ally." And she meets her lips. Nothing tender. There is a certain ferocity in the way Azula trapped Ty Lee in her arms and does not let go. She likes it.

They started with a sizeable seven. Then the human shields eventually dwindle into four. Aang is proving to be a crafty, dangerous player. He did not get that eleven for nothing.

It was only after Mai was killed that they announce the twist. Two tributes from the same district can go home. Zuko and Azula look at each other for they are the only team left besides the so-called starcrossed lovers Aang and Katara. Brothers and sisters too, even if they disagree with one another most of the time.

The Capitol spares no one.

Seven tributes remaining. The alliance really should have broken up by now. But Azula lets her stick around even though Zuko seems to be very willing to shove a sword in her throat. The three of them are a team, she said. Now that Mai is gone, she said. Ty Lee is an ally she said.

Five remaining.

Zuko is dead. Aang and Katara are as tenacious as ever. Resourceful Suki is out there somewhere. Meanwhile as her brother was beheaded right before her, Azula is slowly losing her grip on reality and it is only Ty Lee who tethers her back from doing stupid things.

No alliance should last until the last five. Ty Lee should kill her now. She knows her district must be screaming for her to do so. But the Azula who she watched kill six teenagers is curled up right beside her, trusting and innocent. She would wake Ty Lee up with a kiss. They would hold hands as they hunt for other lives.

Ty Lee has no idea why she stays.

All alliances inevitably break at the final two after all.

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Mutant AU

She would think the thick, black, leather gloves to be odd if she is not wearing such a yellow obnoxious lanyard that marks her as the minority. Ten percent of the population. These "abominations" are people the government is still trying to "turn back". Ty Lee does not get it at all. Azula is far from an abomination.

She is perfect.

"I agree with you." She would say, ever the self effacing jokester. But this is not merely a case of exaltation. Azula advocates mutant rights so passionately Ty Lee begins to believe they would soon rule the world.

She does not mind.

Ty Lee has seen Azula do it. The way she burns and burns and burns everything on sight with just a flick of a finger. It is beautiful and yet…

"Don't touch me."

She burns everything she touches as well.

"For you, I won't mind getting burned." She is naive then that it is so much of a wonder how she is still alive. Azula only laughs at this and tells her to only look at Zuko's face and come back to her only when she is really convinced that she does not mind.

Mutants are an abomination because they destroy. The news and propaganda are partly right on that one. Azula's power is an uncontrollable mutation that once burned their childhood home, scarred her own brother and killed her youngest sister. At seventeen, even the gloves that they have made especially for her melt. She is there when it happened and it is only pure instinct when Ty Lee reaches for her girlfriend's dangerous hands and tries to remove the burning leather off.

Even as Azula's hand slapped hers away, she is unharmed.

She learns later that some mutations can negate as much as some destroy. The ability to nullify the effects of any mutation is by no means an undocumented study. She is nothing special. But she is thankful for the ability to make people normal for an hour with just a single touch. Azula's fear is irrational after all.

But then…

"Don't touch me." And she swats the hand once more. The flames do not harm her and for a second there, she can feel Azula's temperature drop.

But she does not, never reaches out for her. Even as she became the perfect contrast to her destructive ability.

"Don't you dare take my power again, even if just for a fucking second."

Azula prefers keeping her fire over holding Ty Lee's hand.

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Divergent AU

Sixteen and the last thing Ty Lee wants now is to conform. She has always been a rebel, the aberrant, the one that differs in their matched set. She has forced herself to be. Looking exactly like her six sisters is enough to shy away from being like everyone else.

She wants to be different. She wholeheartedly believes that she is. But she gets the same results as the rest of her sisters during the Test and she does not know why.

She is different from them. She is nothing like them. She is not the type to pursue equality like her sisters are used to doing. She does not believe in fairness. She wants to stand out, not receive the same things as they do. But oddly enough, Candor is what she gets. Like her sisters. Like they all expected her to.

And of course because Ty Lee is a rebel at heart, she takes the drastic way out. The thunderous applause follow as the word "Dauntless" reverberates. She relishes on the horrified looks her parents sport. Her sisters are impressed.

She is not sad when they warn her they will never see each other again. Of course, they react through underestimation. You cannot do it. You will not make it past their initiation. You do not have what it takes.

You will be factionless.

But she believes herself to be fearless and never cursed by the cowardice the Dauntless try to eradicate. She is not afraid to be different. She is not afraid to take risks. She does not fear anything.

Then intimidating, no, terrifying trainer Azula barks orders, pushes her off a building, injects chemicals to her bloodstream that make her hallucinate and smirks all throughout her struggle.

Azula who is as clever and well-informed as an Erudite.

Azula who maintains fairness as any Candor.

Azula who is as fearless as Ty Lee now realizes she should be.

And Ty Lee knows fear in the guise of mischievous golden eyes, the nasty shrill of almost impossible commands and the beautiful face that signals a nightmarish day between being a member of a very popular group versus the destitution of the Factionless.

But Azula can be as selfless as those in Abnegation.

And as kind, at times as those in Amity.

Seven months later, Ty Lee realizes she fears losing this fearless, perfect girl more than she initially feared her. She prizes their kisses, their touches and the nights they cuddle together. She is thankful of the day she is fearless enough to be a Dauntless and strong enough to keep it that way.

Nights with her, she cherishes and she never wanted it to end.

But...

She is in love with a woman the government decided should not exist.

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Maleficent AU

Azula is the queen of the dark side, her flames of magic white, powerful and relentless as she reins in a part of a world torn by civil war when Ty Lee first meets her.

She is not the best person to be stuck with, much less as an eternally loyal servant. One can easily overlook the absolute perfection, the beauty this Evil Queen exudes for her inate cruelty is that one thing that she is known best for. Not the piercing gold orbs that make her melt. Not the lips that she is drawn to watching everytime it moves. "You are my servant." And Ty Lee the Graceful Swan trembles.

But she is not always like this, Azula's enslaved subjects tell her. The "princess" was once a wide eyed prodigous child concerned only for the betterment of the kingdom. She wore a smile that is now gone. She wields power that is now corrupted with the wiles of sin and vengeance.

All because she cannot forgive her brother.

But there is something that sparks when she watches the child she has cursed grow. Izumi reminds Ty Lee of the Azula the others say once existed. Izumi reminds Ty Lee of the person Azula still has a chance of becoming again.

"There is still a chance." Ty Lee tells her master as the latter anguishes. The curse could not be undone even by the caster. Redemption does not matter to the product of revenge. Izumi would still fall into eternal sleep in her sixteenth birthday. "True love's first kiss."

"The reason why I set that condition is because there is none." Azula sounds like she believes it. "There is no true love."

But I love… Ty Lee holds her tongue.

Azula never listens to her anyway. The great queen would never lend an ear to someone like her.

"Only you believe that." She settles.

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Etiquette of a Mistress AU

Azula has always the very epitome of female heterosexuality, a fantasy a man attuned to the latest in politics would shamelessly entertain. Many a perverted old man has shaken her hand too long. Many a bachelor has tried to catch her eye. Mai would have agreed how that two-dimensional bloke she has for a husband does not deserve her if only Azula has proven to be as likeable in person as she is in TV and electoral campaigns.

But she is Zuko's younger sister, the one person she has made the mistake of loving. Somehow, that matters in Mai's cynical, careless outlook in life. And though merely a mistress (for five years because she is hopelessly in love with a coward who cannot divorce his wife), she feels obligated to help, to see that another soul in the same predicament as her will not end up in the tabloids.

"Hi. I'm Ty Lee. Nice to meet you. I am sure we can get along. Who is your hairdresser? I like your hair. Maybe, we can do some malling. It is my first time here in the city but I already like what I see. So where's Azula?"

Azula's mistress looks dopey with eyes that look too big for her face, the opposite of masculine sophistication that is her husband. She talks mile a minute and she wonders how the irritable, princessy woman she has the misfortune of meeting can stand it. Maybe the sex is good. Mai somehow doubts that. But then this is not the first surprise of the day. She never would have thought that Azula of all people, the prim and proper senator, swings that way.

"I am here to teach you how to be a proper mistress. Now first…"

"When can I see Azula?" She can tell then that this one will be a handful. Like Sukibis proving to be.

"First rule: they only see us in their own terms. Don't call her. Don't be near her. Do not ever hint of even knowing her. Unless she tells you to."

"But that is tough. I miss her already."

Mai would tell her later that it is about to get tougher.

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I reused The Hunger Games because the other one has been heavily inspired by electric gurll's Blood and Chrome and I realized after a marathon of the entire series that there are still several ways TyZula can fit in that AU.

I would do these little sets once more so if you have any themes you want to see written, feel free to drop a word or two. I call that an effective and creative way to get recs. I need something to pass the time anyway.