Chapter 10: The Flight

AZULA smiled for the first time in months as the airship began to hover off the ground below the Southern Air Temple. She had done it. She had conquered the one person in the entire world who could have a chance at changing her and driving her insane. No one could change her now. No one could overpower her anymore. Her plan was now impossible to defeat. She would finally get the power that she deserved. She would finally win the glory and honor that she was destined to have.

As she flew on, she thought about what she had done. She had broken out of prison. She had killed all the prison guards as she escaped. She had visited Kotu at his house and got him to travel with her on her quest. Kotu had betrayed her trust, and therefore, she had killed him. She arrived at the Southern Air Temple and found her mother. Last, she had killed her mother, and was now fleeing the temple and going back to the Fire Nation.

A lot of killing: something she loved. She loved a good fight that ended in victory for her. And most of all, she loved to use her favorite form of bending: lightning. All of her enemies were weak and unsuspecting. Lightning was easy to use on others.

She now knew what to do now. She would now go back to the outskirts of the capital city, where she would hide for a couple of weeks. Then, she would go back to the palace and duel Zuko. She would kill him this time, and then she would crush the others, including the Avatar. Finally, she would become Firelord, and she would continue the war in victory!

And that was the last of her thoughts on the subject. She decided that she'd think about it more when she actually reached her destination. After all, she was busy enough trying to manage an entire airship by herself!

She continued on. For the next two days, she had the same routine of fueling the ship and captaining it. It was a monotonous routine.

But finally, she arrived where she wanted to be. She landed the airship behind a large mountain. About a mile from where she landed the airship, she found a cave. It was well-hidden. She decided that she would live there for the next two weeks or however long she was there.

When she went back to the airship, she looked around at the sight that surrounded her. It was one she had never seen like it before: the sun set in the west, creating a pinkish orange sky. Part of the field that she landed in connected to a large ocean that seemed to go on forever. The ocean was glassy and waveless. To the east, she saw clouds that reflected the light from the setting sun, turning them pink and orange, too. The sun gleamed off the other mountains surrounding the area. She stood there in awe at the beauty of the landscape.

Then her senses came back to her: what was she thinking? This wasn't like her! She quickly got her stuff out of the airship and ran back to the cave. When she went inside, she looked around, but she couldn't see anything. She finally thought to bend some fire for light. She then looked at the inside of the cave. It was a really large and spacious cavern. It had no back for a long ways. Unlike the other caves she had been in, it was dry and only cool, not freezing. As she walked farther into the cave, it was the same. But she finally reached the end of the cave. And she saw something that amazed her.

The wall was covered with carved forms. It was a picture. It depicted a dragon breathing fire. It was a colorful fire that breathed life and energy. Azula had never seen anything like it. It was breathtaking. But she couldn't keep looking at it. She decided to move a little farther forward in the cave, and she set up all of her stuff. When she was done, fatigue hit her suddenly, and she went to sleep.

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Footnote: Ok, this was the shortest chapter so far, and I promise it will be the shortest chapter in the entire FanFic. Sorry about it. When I started the chapter, I didn't expect it to be this short. But it did, so I'm sorry. Anyway, now you know I'm going to say to Review. Seriously, I need reviews to keep me going. I want this story to be as enjoyable for you as possible.

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-Calypso-