Ugh, I am so angry. just to let y'all know, I had Zula--sorry, AZULA - written in LONG ago, now that she finally appears, I have to go and change her name to Azula, which is so dumb in my opinion. I also got rid of those two other girls, since I had already written a character named Mai from the fire nation (seriously), she ruined it so now I need a new name. grrrrrr.

anyway, I actually have a cool song for this chapter! yay! .

"Scared"

Three Days Grace


Azula took a step forward, very casually, not at all as if she were in any sort of danger. All around her the crew bowed, and to Alex's disgust Luke did also. She saw out of the corner of her eye that Troy had bowed also, but he looked unpleasantly at the princess.

Azula stopped in front of the older girl, an evil glare on her face, "They said you were dead."

"Sorry to disappoint," Alex replied dryly.

Azula's head turned to see Zuko and Iroh standing out of the way. She smiled, "This is a special day. Here I've caught three traitors—" she spotted Aang, who was standing in confusion near Sokka, "and the avatar."

"I'm not the traitor Azula, you are." Alex spat at her.

Azula's expression did not falter at the bitterness of the girl's words. "Stand aside, I'll deliver you to my father along with the others.

Azula pushed past a stunned and angry Alex, heading toward, not Aang as one would have suspected, nor Zuko or Iroh. Instead Azula set her course for Katara.

Katara knelt into a fighting stance watching the girl with a wary eye.

Aang saw who Azula was targeting and ran toward Katara.

Alex went to tell Aang to stop, but she never got a chance. No one was hurt, in fact Katara was pushed away safely, but Alex knew that Azula had gotten all the information she needed to get to Aang. It was now apparent to her what the princess wanted to do. She didn't plan on giving the avatar to her father—she planned on killing him.

Alex ran to Sokka, who was trying to approach his sister. She grabbed his arm, "Sokka, we have to—" but she was pushed away roughly. She blinked, looking up at Sokka from the ground. "Sokka, listen to me, we have to get them out of here Azula isn't a nice person if you haven't noticed already."

"I don't trust you," Sokka had his machete near her face.

"Sokka, it's ok. She's fine," Kyle reached out a hand and helped her up, "Are you alright?"

She nodded, "Kyle, we have to get off the ship, now." She turned her head and saw that more fights had ensued, this time between Zuko and his sister.

Kyle nodded and ran over to get Katara and Aang. Meanwhile Alex rounded up a terrified and confused Tina.

"Tina, where's Josh?" Alex demanded frightfully.

Tina looked to her right, too shocked to say anything. Alex too looked in that direction and saw Josh standing idly by, watching Azula as if in a trance.

She ran over to him and pulled his arm, bringing him out of his hypnotic state. He shook his head to clear it and nodded to her, "Let's go."

As the seven of them climbed aboard Appa, and just as they began to take off, Troy ran to the edge of Appa's saddle. Sokka immediately moved to strike him down, thinking he was a fire nation soldier, but Alex moved in front of him, giving Troy a hug.

" Troy, we have to get out of here,"

Troy sighed and looked at her, "I can stall long enough for you to leave, but there's important work I need to do for the rebellion." He gave her a quick smile before turning and sliding down Appa's tail.

"Wait, Troy, what rebellion?" she called after him.

But he never turned to answer her, and as they took off she watched his retreating back.

Soon they were out of sight of the ship, and the confusion aboard it. Then it was time for the questions.

Sokka grabbed her shoulder, turning her to face him. She did not appear frightened, just startled. Most likely because her brother had refused to come with her and she was still trying to figure out what he had been talking about.

"All right, who are you?" Sokka demanded, mostly at her and not the two earth kingdom teens.

Alex looked up at him and sighed, "Well, before I renounced my rank by refusing to capture Aang, I was captain Alexa of Iroh's private fleet. I guess that's pretty much out the window now though.

"A captain, we can't trust you!"

Kyle lowered Sokka's hand, "Sokka, I told you she's fine. She won't hurt you, she one of us."

"No she isn't, she's fire nation!"

"Well, nothing gets past you," she said dryly. She turned and looked at Aang with a slight smile, "Hello Aang, I see you met my old friend Azula." She said sarcastically.

"Yeah, who was she?" Aang asked curiously.

"She would be princess Azula, Ozai's daughter. As of now she's the heir to the throne, now that Zuko's out of the picture as far as that, he won't be around to see the coronation most likely."

"Are you telling me there's another psycho after Aang?" Sokka asked.

Alex's face became serious, "Listen to me Sokka, don't you ever classify Zuko as a psycho. Zuko is as harmless as can be compared to her. Zuko was just determined, Azula is just plain evil."

"And how do you know all this?" he asked suspiciously.

"I knew her, back when I lived in the palace—but that was a long time ago." She looked away, "even when I left the palace for the city, when my family went into hiding, she still managed to keep tabs on me. I suppose it was quite a shock to see that I wasn't dead, she can't be too happy bout that."

Aang narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, "Wait…you said your name was Alexa?"

"Please, call me Alex."

Aang's eyes flew open, "Alexa of the Corinth house?"

Alex blinked; the name brought back many memories, most of which were ugly and painful.

She smiled sadly, "That would be me. How do you know that?"

"What was your grandfather's name?" he asked carefully.

She thought for a moment, "Actually I can't really—"she trailed off, her eyes growing wide. She looked over at Aang, "No way."

"What?" Tina asked, tired of sitting back and having to listen.

"Kuzon…" she said softly.

Everyone aboard looked at each other in confusion, except Aang. He smiled at her, "You're Kuzon's granddaughter? That's so cool!"

She laughed, "If you say so."

Sokka stood violently, taking her up with him. She was both angered and surprised as he stared at her angrily.

Katara and Aang stood also, trying to calm Sokka down.

"Sokka, let her go!" Katara cried, pulling on his arm.

Alex bit her tongue to keep from crying out as his fingers dug into the burns on her arms.

"She's a noble, she can't be trusted!"

He went to through her off the side, but Josh reacted quicker, grabbing her and pulling her back.

They both leaned against the side of Appa's saddle, Josh holding her protectively, while she did not make so much as a whimper, she only stared straight ahead.

Katara angrily sat Sokka down, "What is wrong with you?" she demanded.

Alex looked at him and saw an unfamiliar face standing behind him. She narrowed her eyes as the figure disappeared.

Everyone looked to Sokka for an answer, but soon he came out of his trance and looked at them all drearily, "what happened?"

"A spirit was controlling you," Alex said.

Everyone turned to look at her, Sokka was still trying to clear his mind.

"We should land over there," Aang interrupted, pointing to a strip of land below, most likely on the edge of the earth kingdom.