"I expected this kind of treachery from Uncle, but Zuko, Prince Zuko...you're a lot of things, but you're not a traitor, are you? You too, Kahlee? Why are you betraying your own nation?" Azula questioned.
"Because I actually have a sense of what's right and wrong. You're just too brainwashed to see that" Kahlee retorted.
"Release them both immediately!" Zuko insisted.
"It's not too late for you Zuko. You can still redeem yourself" Azula offered.
"The kind of redemption she offers is not for you" Iroh advised him.
"Why don't you let him decide, Uncle? I need you Zuko. I've plotted every move of this day. This glorious day in Fire Nation history. And the only way we win is together. At the end of this day, you will have your honor back. You will have your father's love. You will have everything you want" Azula went on.
"Zuko, I am begging you, look into your heart and see what it is that you truly want" Iroh pleaded.
"You are free to choose" Azula told him.
"Zuko, you can't be considering this! What happened to Azula always lies?" Kahlee questioned.
"I've never lied to you" Azula said, obviously hurt by what Kahlee just said.
"No, you just push me around, and capture me!" Kahlee exclaimed, gesturing to her current situation.
"I haven't trapped you. You can easily get out if you wanted to" Azula confessed.
"What are you talking about?" Kahlee asked.
"So it is true then…you really don't know…" Azula trailed off.
"Don't know about what?" Kahlee insisted.
"My father knew your mother, she was a very special women. Haven't you ever wondered why you can control two of the elements?" Azula queried.
"My father must have been a waterbender and my mother a firebender, it's not hard to work out" Kahlee stated.
"Not quite. You're father wasn't able to control any elements, actually. It was only your mother who could control all of the elements" Azula explained.
"What did you say?" Kahlee inquired.
"Your mother could control every element, just like you can" Azula went on.
"Are you saying my mother was one of the Avatar's?" Kahlee asked.
"Not at all. If you come with me though, my father can explain everything. Don't you want to know where you came from, Kahlee?" Azula said, raising an eyebrow.
"You're wrong. I can't bend all the elements, I never have been able to" Kahlee insisted.
"Have you ever tried?" Azula smirked, as she left the room.
Kahlee was in too much shock to realise someone was calling out her name. She couldn't bend all the elements. It was impossible.
"Zuko! Zuko, please don't do this!" She heard Iroh cry out, coming back to her senses.
"I'm sorry, Uncle" Zuko said, shaking his head, before rushing away.
"Kahlee, Kahlee! I need you to listen to me. You need to calm down. We need to get out of here and stop Zuko from making a terrible mistake" Iroh told her.
"I…I can't…" Kahlee stuttered.
"Yes, you can. I believe what Azula said. You can earthbend" Iroh exclaimed.
"No! No I can't. It's not possible" Kahlee retorted.
"We can figure this all out later, Kahlee. But we need to stop Zuko now" Iroh pleaded.
Trying to get her breathing more even, Kahlee closed her eyes. She imagined in her mind, the crystals that were holding her cracking, and suddenly she fell to the ground. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she had destroyed the crystals that were holding her. She stood up on shaky legs, and tried to remove the crystals that were holding Iroh, but couldn't do it.
"Go! I will find a way to get myself out. Go help Zuko" Iroh stated, as Kahlee nodded, and started to rush to where she could hear fighting.
She spotted Zuko and Katara fighting and quickly rushed over to them, breaking Zuko's fire whip with a stream of water.
"Kahlee" Zuko gasped, realising what Azula said must be true if she was free.
With rage in her eyes, Kahlee raised her hand, expecting a large fireball to come out, but instead, a wave of rocks threw Zuko off his feet instead.
"You…you can earthbend as well?" Katara realised.
"Yep" Kahlee replied, as suddenly Zuko was up on his feet again, sending a fire whip Kahlee's way, which she quickly blocked.
"Stop this!" Kahlee shouted at him, making fire daggers at her wrists, ready to fight.
"I don't want to fight you" Zuko told her.
"Then don't" Kahlee retorted, dropping the fire from her hands.
Zuko dropped his head, seemingly ashamed of his actions. Kahlee took this as her moment to jump over the stream to where Azula and Aang were currently fighting. She made a run for it, hoping that Azula hadn't seen her yet, when she saw movement out of the corner of her eye.
"I'm sorry, but this is my destiny" She heard Zuko cry, as suddenly a huge fireball was sent her way, pushing her off her feet, her head smashing onto the ground.
She momentarily blacked out, but when she came back to all she could hear was silence. She slowly sat up, holding her head which had blood pouring from a cut. Katara was looking at her with sadness in her eyes, and started to rush towards her. She turned to see Aang and Azula had stopped fighting both pairs of eyes looking at hers, with shock. Kahlee tried to get up, but found it too difficult, falling back to the ground. She turned to look at Zuko who had tears in his eyes, but when he saw her looking, he quickly looked away. She was surprised when she felt hands help her up into a sitting position, and was even more surprised when she realised that they were Azula's. She had abandoned her fight with Aang to help her former friend. Meanwhile, Aang had trapped himself in a cocoon on crystals that had started to glow as everyone stared up at them. Suddenly the crystals smashed, as a strong force of light brushed past them all. Aang began to rise up from the ground, his eyes and tattoos glowing as Kahlee realised he must have been in the Avatar State. All of a sudden, Aang's body arched in pain as lightning crackled around his whole body. She looked around to see Azula standing up, her fingers smoking, with a smirk on her face. Aang's body began plummeting towards the ground, as Katara used her waterbending to create a wave, catching him before he fell. Azula and Zuko then began to approach Katara, who was holding Aang's lifeless body, when a stream of fire stopped them. Iroh jumped down from above, shielding the pair.
"You've got to get out of here. I'll hold them off for as long as I can" Iroh shouted, as he began throwing fire punches at the Dai Li.
Meanwhile, Kahlee had been able to stand up, her legs shaking. Iroh noticed this and had to stop in his defence before she fell to the ground, caught by Iroh just in time. This gave the Dai Li and the siblings the chance of rush after Katara who had begun to waterbend herself and Aang up the waterfall.
"Kahlee, you must attack me" Iroh told her.
"What?" Kahlee questioned, dazed.
"There is no point both of us being captured. There will be an attack on the Fire Nation, and you will need to be there to help, you can provide inside information. Azula will believe you if you bend the knee" Iroh went on.
"But...Okay, I trust you" Kahlee sighed, as she saw the siblings approaching her.
She then used a water whip from the nearby stream to hit Iroh, pushing him to the floor. She turned around to see the pair looking at her, with surprise.
"I'm sorry, Princess. I made a mistake. I know what side I am on now" Kahlee said, dropping to her knees.
"I accept your apology…you were obviously in shock from my revelation" Azula stated, putting a hand on her shoulder.
Author's Notes: Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed this long chapter! I'm going out tomorrow, so I decided to post this chapter early. I'm not sure if I'm too happy with this chapter, but I've re-written it about 10 times now, and this is the best I could come up with. Kahlee's past will be explained in the next few chapters, I hope you guys like this revelation! Please leave a review:)