4. Title: Wild Child
Word Count: 435
Warning: Spoilers for the finale
Characters: Mai, Zuko and Azula
Challenge: #125: Wild
Notes: A loose interpretation of what the term "wild" used to mean.
Zuko and Mai visited her every week.
"Azula, do you remember us?" they would ask. No, she would say. They barely recognized her as well. Her hair was singed off due to one of her panic attacks. Despite the fact that Zuko provided her beautiful clothing befitting her station, she always managed to shred them into rags.
"Are you eating?" Mai would ask her. No, she would say. Her beautiful face was now wasted and thin and she could barely raise her head. She had to be kept chained because she was still dangerous, so she could no longer be a prodigy firebender.
"Is there anything you want?" Zuko asked. No, she would say. Her spirit had been crushed and she just lay there, waiting for the end. She had lost her power, her friends, her father and her sanity. She was a hollow shell.
Mai and Zuko would visit her every week and then go home to their palace and their rich clothing and their fine foods and their love and their power. And on those days, everything just seemed a little more bitter.
AN-Wild used to mean crazy and deranged. And boy, is Azula wild.