The next day Azula headed for the local town hall which would have records of all people who had been living in this town.
Azula had questions and she was going to find answers!
Okay then… Noren had said that Ursa had been born in this town! So going by Ursas age she should be easy to find.
Azula moved down the dates among the shelves filled with scrolls and there…. She found it!
Azula pulled an old dusty birth certificate looking at it. Ursa… Born 64 AG. Parents Rina and Jinzuk… And… She had been an only child it seemed.
Azula frowned deeply but moved along to try and find information about these two starting with Jinzuk. Ursas father.
Honestly Jinzuk seemed pretty unremarkable. He had been a magistrate of this town, not wealthy by any means. His own father had also been a magistrate and his mother a house wife.
Nothing! It was completely unremarkable!
And then there was Rina. Ursas mother who had been a jeweler… Her parents were….
Azula halted. Just froze as she looked at the old paper.
She shook her head as she tried to settle her mind then looked at the word again. The name of Rinas father. Ursas gran father…. Azulas great gran father.
Avatar Roku…
Azula was stunned quiet, and then suddenly was reminded of something Azulon had said ones long ago.
"You are destined for much greatness! Two powerful lineages brought together by me! It shall ensure the greatness of the fire nation shall never fade."
Two powerful lineages… The royal fire family of course. Who was ever more powerful than the royal family? And… Azula looked at the name again.
The former Avatar….
So that's how it all connected. Azulon in his foggy mind had cooked up this scheme. He had tracked down Rokus only descendant and forced her to marry Ozai.
All for one reason and one alone… To produce powerful heirs.
Of course they were never meant to take the throne. That was meant to be Lu Ten. But growing up in the royal family they were supposed to be loyal. Probably become generals or admirals or something like that… To bring glory to the fire nation.
That is what they were… Why Azula and Zuko had been conceived. To be part of a scheme.
Azula closed her eyes as she put the parchment back. They all had their own parts to play she supposed.
Things had gotten messed up along the way though. Things hadn't gone according to plan.
The fire nation would no longer rule supreme over the world because of Zuko. And Azula was out here in the middle of no where.
She had been born and raised to be the perfect weapon. The perfect soldier… And she had failed.
So what now? What was Azula supposed to do now?
Azula walked outside with a hung head trying to wrap her mind around what she had learned. Putting together the timeline in her head.
Ursa had grown up here… She had been an happy person. She had been engaged to a man named Ikem. Then only because she happened to be the Avatars gran daughter she had been taken away by force… Forced into a marriage. And forced to give birth to two little monsters.
Then Ursa had escaped… Came back here looking for Ikem. Her actual love. He had vanished into the forgetful valley and Ursa had gone in after him. Neither had been seen since.
Azula wrapped her arms around herself as she swallowed…. This wasn't that big of a surprise of course. Ursa had never wanted Azula in the first place. That made sense.
What didn't make sense though... Why was Zuko so different?! He had been conceived in the exact same way!
Was it because he was a soft little cry baby? Was it because of his precious golden eyes? What?!
Suddenly a young female voice shouted. "THERE YOU ARE!"
Azula turned around to see a group of three young women coming running towards her all beaming all over their face.
It was weird… Why were they smiling?
"We've been looking everywhere for you!" Another girl grinned and Azula narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"Why?" she asked.
"Your performance yesterday! It was so good!" A girl cheered. "And we were just wondering if you would help us practice our lines for the audition!"
Azula blinked. "You're all auditioning for the dragon empress?" she asked.
The girls all chuckled.
"Yeah. Kind of the only major female lead in the show." A girl chuckled. "But getting any part would be pretty good."
"You'll help us right?" The other girl asked. "You can play the dragon emperor! You were so good at it."
Azula chewed her lip. It was true, she knew every single line by heart. It felt weird though. People usually didn't come to her to hang out. Usually she had to threaten them with a bit of lightning. Azual looked very suspiciously at them… Something was up for sure.
"Your name was Zara right?" A girl asked. "My name is Makoto." she introduced herself. "And this is Mai-Lin and Raiku." she presented them.
"Hmm." Azula hummed. "So you want me to teach you do you?" she asked. "Very well." she stepped forward. "You shall be my new underlings! Do as I say and there wont be the heights you can't reach! Together we can conquer the world!" she exclaimed holding up a hand. "Any man who stand in our way we shall crush like bugs. Any emperor who dares defies us shall be burned! Join me girls! And together WE WILL RULE THE WORLD!" she exclaimed.
And the three girls clapped their hands while going. "Oooooh."
"See I told you she was good." Makoto whispered in Mai-Lins ear.
"Seriously if one of us don't get the part. I'll just kill myself." Mai-Lin replied and they all laughed into their hands.
Azula though was smirking as she held her hands on her hips. "Now then girls." she said. "Show me what you got!"
And every girl straightened up as if they were playing a game, chuckling well responding. "Yes mam!"