It's been quite a while, eh?
The contortionist made her way through the high walls of the institution. It was built a few years back to help people, but from the way it looked she doubt anyone could get better in this place.
Azula was kept in a special ward of the institution, though, as she was royalty. It was more private, and only certain people were allowed to visit. Not like anyone wanted to, though, seeing as most people only obeyed the once-princess because of her power.
Ty Lee wanted to see her, much to Mai's disproval.
"Can I help you?" a rather tall women with thin lips and a wicked smile was sitting at a rotting wooden desk.
"Um, yes, I'm looking for the former Princess Azula's chamber." Ty Lee said, her voice almost at a quiver.
The women's grin vanished and her thin lips turned white. "Oh. Yes. Of-of course." She rummaged through a short stack of papers on the decaying desk and cleared her throat. "Just go straight down the hall, she's in the very last room."
"Thank you,"
The high walls of the institution got grimier as she walked, the temperature taking a sudden drop. Ty Lee was glad that she came to see Azula. She clearly was not getting any better in a place like this.
Oh how she was wrong. So very, very wrong.
A gruff looking guard unlocked the door, its hinges squealing as she walked in.
"Ty Lee, could that possibly be you?"
"Azula!" the acrobat nearly fell over backwards at the site. The room was completely yellow, or so she thought until realizing that it was really supposed to be yellow. There was one lamp, one cubby, and a cot.
Azula was leaning against the wall, a smirk plastered on her face. Her bangs had grown to their normal length, leaving her hair to be the same style that it always was, save for the royal clown. Her clothing, however, remained the same, much to Ty Lee's puzzlement.
"You look…"
"The same? Yes. There's no way I was going to wear the sacks they call clothing. Besides, I highly doubt this place can even afford clothes for all of the inmates." Azula said offhandedly. She stood up and wiped the dirt from her pants, taking a few stops forward.
"How-how are you?" Ty Lee asked, clasping her hands together to hide their trembling.
"Come now Ty Lee, you really aren't afraid of me," Azula took another step forward so that he was within six inches of the pink girl.
"No, you miscalculated! You should have feared me more!" Mai lifted up a stiletto that glinted in the sunlight as Azula's hands made their way to strike her.
Gasping, Ty Lee immediately turned around, her eyes shut tight.
With a sigh, the former princess brought her hands to the contortionists' waist, causing another gasp to emit from her lips.
"I never meant to hurt Mai, but I never fully trusted her," Azula said, her voice low.
Ty Lee relaxed and opened her eyes.
"But," she moved so her lips were right next to the acrobat's ear, this time her voice at a whisper. "I could always trust you,"And Ty Lee found herself rubbing the hands of the seemingly sane former princess, breathing heavily against her touch.
I don't actually like this one a whole lot... Perhaps another update in the near future to better satisify me (and you, of course).