It was a dark room. During the day, Azula would count the number of birds she saw flying through her tiny window to calm herself. In the night everything was completely dark, the only light she would see was if a guard went in to give her food. She was beginning to regain sanity; it was as if she were awakening from a long dream. All of her body ached and her wrists were burning from the constant rubbing of her shackles.
When she was first placed in this prison she had gone completely mad and was unable to control her actions. The guards had to resort to having her shackled inside the cell. When she had begun to calm down she would count the birds so that she wouldn't have to think about the events prior to her incarceration. She couldn't remember much; the last memory she had was losing in the Agni Kai and going hysterical afterwards. She could remember crying two nights in her cell. She figured that she also cried every night that she couldn't remember because her eyes felt painful.
At night Azula felt more scared than ever. All her memories were haunting her. There was nothing to distract herself with and was forced to face everything that had happened. She had started screaming several times and the guards had to go in and pacify her. The same two guards were outside her cell almost every night; they seemed to have opposite feelings toward her. One had a bad attitude towards her, she could recall him making a couple of sneer remarks about her being a failure and he would be rough with her when she was having a fit. The other guard was a lot nicer. He would try to soothe her with words during her fits and would get mad at the other guard for being too rough with her. Azula would have been appreciative of the nicer guard but could not seem to admit to herself that she felt something other than hate for a human being at the current time.
Azula couldn't remember how long it had been since her last fit. She was seeing her two friends betraying her over and over again in her mind. She saw her brother on the floor before she suddenly became encased in ice. Finally, she saw her father standing above her, looking down at her with a fiery gaze. Then she couldn't take it anymore. She started screaming, hoping that it would make the images go away. Both guards came running inside.
"Wait, don't grab her! she's only screaming"
"Well get her to shut up if you care so much! I can't take this noise anymore!"
Azula quieted down after a couple seconds.
"Princess, are you all right?"
Azula remained quiet, with her back turned to them. The guards looked at each other and shrugged. They left the cell and closed the door. She was now in the darkness again, all alone.