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My body ached… I opened my eyes and looked around. I was lying on the floor of the palace; my arms and legs, shackled and hobbled (respectively). The coldness of the metal chains sent chills up my spine.

A footstep… I turned in time to see a metal boot unceremoniously plant itself painfully in my side. "Get up," snarled a familiar voice- Azula. I glared at her as I rose unsteadily to my feet. My arms and legs felt sluggish- I was just beginning to get feeling in them again.

Azula turned away, and returned to her throne. "You're about 17 years old. What are you doing in Ba Sing Xe? If you're a firebender, you should be in the Fire Lord's Army."

"The war is wrong! The Avatar has returned; balance will be restored!"

A thin smile grew on her face. "The Avatar has been dead for 4 days now- he died in the Avatar State. There will never be another Avatar!"

At this moment, a man with a long ponytail and green robes walked in. He bowed stiffly, "Princess, a message from the Fire Lord…" He handed her a scroll and left the room. Azula opened the scroll and read quietly.

Meanwhile, a girl in pink clothes did a back flip towards me, and began walking around me, smiling. "Ooh… you're strong."

"Um… thanks?"

"Your eyes are weird… they're black, but they kinda gleam reddish. Ooh, cool tattoo," she said as she saw my right shoulder, "Azula, you should see it. It's a dragon breathing fire."

Ty Lee was picture of a single track mind- incapable of holding onto more than one idea at a time. But she seemed a lot nicer than the others. Azula put down the scroll and sighed. "Ty Lee, why don't you go shopping or something," she said with great restraint. She glanced over the scroll again, "Father says he wants them both- Uncle is a traitor; it's only a matter of time until my brother is also," she said to Mai and Ty Lee.

A door banged open, and a young man in red robes walked in. "The ship's ready Azula. The, um… prisoner, is on board."

"Good. You'll be going back too, Zuko; you finally get to go home," said Azula. I looked at him, he seemed lost in thought. "Isn't that what you've always wanted?" Azula looked at a Dai Li agent, and he jumped forward immediately. "Take the prisoner to the ship." She looked at Zuko again, as I was being led away, "There's another traitor to take home."

I know this chapter is short.. sorry! but i'm adding the 3rd as well, so enjoy!