"Hey, look who it is, it's the great lawyer!" Bumi joked and slapped the Prince's shoulder as he entered the room where all the teenagers were. "How was the court?"
"It was postponed for a few days, until they might find some possible evidence of Azula plotting against the Fire Nation ... I'm dead, aren't I?" Sozai asked the last part, with sarcasm and biting his lips.
"The verdict isn't delivered yet, so technically, not yet." Kya tried to comfort the Prince.
"I think I have an idea." Ursa said coming in behind the Prince. "Are you allowed to get the evidence?"
"No. Only the officials can. They fear that I might compromise the evidence." Sozai snapped back, quietly muttering to himself about the stupid laws.
"We could sneak in at night, look for the evidence, bring it back and report it to the officials." Ursa exclaimed.
"I like the way your thinking, but if I or anyone of us, present the evidence then it will be biased." Sozai complained.
"What it the Fire Lord presents the evidence." Lin randomly suggested, and Sozai and Ursa stared at her.
"That would be brilliant, except, how will we know if it's evidence. Knowing my mother, if she had a master plan, she would never write it down on a piece of paper, 'hey I plan on conspiring against the Fire Nation'." Sozai said, going to the window and putting his head to the window seal, watching the sun set.
He felt someone's hand on his shoulder, even through the army armour that was traditional for the Fire Prince to wear on official occasions.
"You'll never achieve what you want if you never try." Kya's sweet voice, said to him softly, it practically tortured him. The Prince looked into the grey eyes of his crush.
"So when do we go?" Bumi ruined the moment.
"At night, not to be noticed by locals and have fewer chances to get spotted by the guards that were supposed to protect me." A mental pain stung in the Prince's head and his lip quivered.
The group of friends agreed to meet at midnight in the same spot, although Sozai begged them not to. If they were caught, they might face trouble with the Royal Fire Nation Court, and Sozai could lose the court.
Sozai lay unmoved on his bed, concentrating on the position of the sun. A skill he learnt in the 5 or 6 months that his mother locked him up in his room a few years ago. He was soon to discover her secrets, if there were any to find.