A/N Short, I'm sorry. And late, I've been busy. We had too many guests at once, so I was sleeping on a loveseat, and I had a camp, and all that junk-stuff. On the plus side, I actually posted something! And I have two important notes.

Note #1: A response to Kyra's review asking how old Lara was: I don't really know. How old are Iroh and Ozai? Lara is sixteen years younger than Iroh, and fourteen years younger than Ozai. So, as immature as she acts, she's really an adult.

Note #2 IMPORTANT!I need to know who is guest writing what chapter. I know Sacred Fire Gem was doing chapter 3, and Wave Maker was doing eighteen. If anyone else is writing a chapter, would you please PM me and say so? I'd like to have some sort of record for this thing… Thanks a ton.

15: Watch him curiously. When asked about it, say you don't know how he could be threatened by an eleven year old kid

Ozai was annoyed. Lara had ruined his feast, with her tales of the poison-bearing 'mosquitoes'. He doubted there was any such thing. And now he was annoyed at her. Because of what I just said he was annoyed at her about.

And when Ozai was annoyed, heads would roll!

Wow, that sounded cool.

Heads would roll!

Heads would roll!

Heads would roll!

Yes, they would. And, although it was normally quite literal, and the head of whoever had annoyed him, that was not to be. Ozai had promised his father that, whatever happened, he wouldn't kill either of his siblings. Directly.

And that was a loophole that Ozai was willing to take.

But, unfortunately, there was the small matter of the tradition that no Fire Nation citizen could execute, assassinate, or otherwise kill a member of the Fire Nation royal family. Any royal person must be executed by the Fire Lord personally. And Ozai couldn't kill Lara directly.

So Lara would live. She would just be lectured until she thought she was dead.

"… Doubt there is any such thing, how could you possibly think that I was so stupid as to believe in 'mosquitoes'…"

Lara was annoyed. Ozai had ruined her feast with his ever-annoyed attitude. It wasn't as if she had done anything really bad. And now she was annoyed at him. Because of what I just said she was annoyed at him about.

And when Lara was annoyed, people would be bugged!

Wow, that sounded cool.

People would be bugged!

People would be bugged!

People would be bugged!

Does this seem familiar to you?

(If it doesn't, you either have started in the middle of the chapter, I posted this wrong, or you're in trouble.)

We now return to our original annoyance… err… broadcast.

And so Lara commenced to annoy the Fire Lord.

She opened her eyes as wide as she could make them, and stared at him. She cocked her head to one side, and raised an eyebrow. She did everything possible to make her expression the most confused and innocently curious imaginable.

And Ozai was disconcerted.

"… Terrible for our… ehh… political image… you going around… annoying people… WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT?"

"Doing what?" Lara asked innocently.

"Giving me THAT LOOK! Just stop it! It's CREEPY!"

"Would you like me not to look at you, big brother?"

"NOT LIKE THAT!"

"Like what?"

"Like you want to know something! Like you're studying me! It's scary! What are you doing, anyway?"

"I'm just curious," Lara replied with the innocence of a dev… angel.

"ABOUT WHAT?" Ozai practically screamed. Lara was amazed. This look was really annoying her brother. She would have to remember that. And to remind him to do his yoga.

"Nothing. I just didn't realize that you could be threatened by an eleven-year-old kid."

"HE'S TWELVE! AND HE'S THE AVATAR, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO? STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!"

"Are you sure he's twelve?"

"Yes!"

"I think he's eleven."

"He's twelve!"

"Eleven."

"TWELVE!"

At that moment, Azula entered the room. "What are you two arguing about this time?" she demanded in exasperation.

Lara found another opportunity. For, though her favorite pastime was bothering Ozai, she had another great joy in life.

Bothering Azula.

"Oh, we're not arguing, honey," Lara explained, in the sweetest, most patronizing voice she could possibly manage. "The grown-ups are just having a little… discussion."

To her credit, Azula pretended to remain calm. Inwardly, she was probably seething, but she at least pretended not to be.

"And what's your 'discussion' about, Auntie Lara?" she asked in an innocent, childlike voice. Somehow, the princess managed to do all of that and still sound sarcastic.

"We're wondering how your father can be defeated (or almost defeated, anyway) by a child even younger than yourself."

People can only be pushed so far, and Fire Nation people, particularly royalty, could not be pushed as far as everyone else, given their tempers.

"LARA!" Ozai and Azula screamed in unison.

Lara smiled innocently. "What?" she asked.