Title: Wicked Happy
Author: Dungeonwriter
Word Count: 246
Warning: Nothing big, Azula
Challenge: #45 Confession
"I put so much effort into finding the best teachers for you, why are you constantly a disappointment to me?" I hear Father say to my cringing brother. Zuko is demonstrating the next set of fire-bending formations. He is not doing well. I know I should pity Zuko. He looks scared and wounded. I should run over and give him a kiss. That is what a good sister should do.
But I can't help but feel happy. I mastered that set already. I'm a year younger and I am better then him. That is why Father never says I'm a disappointment.
I like that.
I like knowing he will never say those things to me. I like knowing I please him. Every single silence, without criticism is something I treasure. I smile as my brother is berated. I don't get yelled at.
Uncle notices me smiling and frowns disapprovingly. "Little girls who are wicked get taken away by demons," he warns me.
I think about that. Am I wicked? I want to pity my brother, but there is safety in being the good child. I like this feeling of being loved and I will not give it up! I love constantly shining and being held up as the ideal, I like getting what I want. All right, then I'll be wicked and smile as my brother suffers.
"Lucky I am strong enough to fight back," I whisper back. I am loved, that is all that matters.
AN-This is based on a family member yelling at a cousin for being a failure and how happy I was that I wasn't being yelled at. I felt terrible and realized I may understand Azula better then I thought. I still love Zuko! Okay, so now it's been blown out of the water of canon. Azula has nosoul and hates Zuko. Just enjoy my work!