A Wish Gone Wrong Chapter 7: Azula, an avatar: last airbender fanfic

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Chapter 7) Azula

I awoke the next morning just before dawn and remembered what had happened the night before. I changed and raced for the door. Maybe Aang will know what to do, how I can get home, I thought as I opened the door. I ran into a wall of armor.

"Are you the girl called Niki?" asked the soldier who I had run into.

"Yes?" I asked.

"By royal decree, you are under arrest," proclaimed a second soldier. Both of them grabbed my arms and pulled me out of the house, letting the door slip shut behind me. I struggled and kicked hoping to get free, but that only made the guards hold tighter. They pulled me into the heart of the city; I saw the docks and a giant fortress. The castle; my mind clarified.

They halted at the front gates to the castle; I tried again to gain my freedom, but failed. The gates parted and a lone figure strode up to us.

"So have you made up your mind?" Azula asked, smiling like a wolf.

"Yes, I'll help you," I sighed. It's not like she can even learn to water bend, I thought. The two soldiers released me and scurried off leaving the two of us. Her smile softened, but not by much.

"You're just as easy to trick as my brother," she chuckled. I felt my face go red.

"What?" was all I managed to ask.

"Did you really think I would send you to my father?" she asked

"Um... maybe," I mumbled. Azula sighed, grabbed my wrist, and pulled me through a maze of open walkways until we reached a very familiar courtyard. This is the garden from "Zuko Alone", my mind said, remembering the images of Zuko and Azula as children with Mai and Ty Lee. More images flooded my mind, merging with the ones from the episode, only with me in them. Ty Lee and I practicing simple summersaults and cartwheels, Mai and me sitting under the tree watching the clouds, and Azula and I bending small balls of fire at one another in a sad attempt to practice a fight. None of that happened though... Did it? I asked myself.

"Bend," Azula shouted, breaking my concentration, "Now!" Before I could respond she shoved me into the turtle duck pond. I whipped my hands around me to create a wave large enough to catch my fall. It brought me back to the ground and angered the family of turtle ducks.

Azula sneered and sent three fire blasts at my feet. I bent a whip of water and lashed out at each one, turning them to steam. After the third flame was gone I looked up and saw a wall of blue flames heading towards me. I put up my hands and tried to spread the whip out into a shield, but it was; too little, too late.

I fell to my knees in pain, gripping my arms where the fire had burned my skin. Azula scowled and sent another blast of fire at me. I curled up and rolled to the side to avoid it.

"Stop!" I cried, clutching my burnt arms to my chest. I examined them quickly and saw that the ends of my sleeves had been seared off. Azula stepped out of her stance and strode over.

"Get up and fight," she commanded. I tried to bend some water into another wave, but winced in pain. The water fell to the ground and soaked into the dirt.

"We can't stop just because you got a little burned," Azula scowled, "You have to keep showing me this."

"I can still show you some of the stances," I offered.

"Fine," muttered Azula. I stood in the basic stance and explained to her how it worked, even making up some parts where my mind drew blanks. The day progressed onward into evening, but we did not stop. Azula had me show her every movement until she had it perfect.

"Okay, that was good, can we stop now, I'm tired," I complained, "can I go home now?"

"We can stop, for tonight, but you can't go home," Azula said, "No one must know that's I'm learned a new style."

"I won't tell anyone," I lied. Aang and the others need to know about this.

"No, I don't believe you, you never were good at lying," smirked Azula. She reached for my wrist, but her claws found my burned skin. Despite my squirming, she pulled me out of the courtyard, up a flight of stairs, and into a hallway.

"Here," said Azula, pushing open a door to reveal a beautiful room on the third story, "You can stay here tonight." The door shut, I could hear her foot steps ring in the empty hall. I scrambled to the door; locked. I looked around the room for any escape, but found none. The window led to a three story drop, and I was not about to jump when I wasn't in danger.

I studied the room and saw a cherry wood bed with red sheets. The fire nation emblem hung everywhere, on every wall. I sat on the bed, bringing a small candle from the nigh table with me. I lit the candle and practiced my bending until the early hours of the morning.

The door burst open and Azula charged in. I got to my feet and greeted her.

"We're leaving today," she said, mustering all the calm she had in her.

"Why?" I asked, yawning.

"Today we start the final invasion," Azula explained regaining her poise, and then she added, "And besides the Avatar is headed in the same direction."

Sorry it took so long to update.

Hope you enjoyed it, R&R