Chapter 1

Unknown Island, Fire Nation

"LET ME OUT! I AM PRINCESS AZULA THE TRUE HEIR TO THE FIRE NATION! I AM THE TRUE FIRE LORD!" yelled a girl wearing a straitjacket, with chains bounded tightly to the corners of the room letting her hanging in air while struggling.

Soon a bunch of footsteps could be heard approaching the cell of the lady. When the footsteps stopped in front of the cell holding the struggling lady, a man dressed in a regal attire with a burned scar running across through the right side of his face, destroying his looks but somehow giving him a sense of a person who have gone through a lot of diffivulties in life, emerged on the dark room and giving light to the lonely place that would give anyone madness if ever placed on a long period of time. "Azula, stop struggling you can't escape." Said the man while having his men guard every corner of room and checking for any movements hinting at Azula's escape.

"Oh! If it isn't my wonderful brother, how are you doing Zuzu? Having fun watching your sister getting crazy!? Hahaha, or should I say Fire lord?" said Azula with a hint of madness flashing across through her now bloodied brown eyes coupled with her messy hair. This destroyed the proud and sadistic beautiful look she had when she was in her prime, but this gave her a crazed look that she will sacrifice anything in order to get her freedom back.

"No, I am here to pass you what I know about what happened to mother the night before she left us" said Zuko calmly while replying to his now mad sister with a sympathetic look in his eyes. After watching her break down and start wailing after her loss in the Agni Kai, Zuko started to think about her more and the relationship he had with her. Thinking that maybe he could slowly erase the influence her father had on her.

"You must think I'm crazy huh!? YEAH! I'M NOW CRAZY AND I KEEP HEARING THAT WOMAN'S VOICE ALL OVER IN MY HEAD!!! WHY DO YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO MADE ME THIS WAY!? SHE THINKS I'M A MONSTER! THAT WOMAN, AND THAT OLD PIECE OF SHIT YOU CALL IROH!"

"Azula. No, I'm sorry that you think that way it was just that you were too uncontrollable, you made everyone fear you even if it's your loved ones." replied Zuko with a symphatetic voice.

"THEN HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO RULE!? LOVE? DON'T JOKE AROUND!!! EVEN FROM THE START NO ONE GAVE ME LOVE! THE ONLY THING SIMILAR TO LOVE I GOT IS THE APPRECIATION I GOT FROM THAT FOOL OF A FATHER. Even from the start...you were the one who got all the attention...all I get...is fear."

"Azula, Father said that before mother disappeared he collected all the letters she wrote to us secrectly without sending any one of them."

"Why?...Why!?" This time she released a heart clenching voice while holding back her tears.

"I want to know the truth about mother's disappearance, and maybe connecting my ties to the only family member I have hope with" said Zuko while having hope in his heart that maybe through his effort he can somehow change his sister.

"Where are the letters?" said Azula.

"The letters are all in mother's room, that's where the previous fire lord decided to keep it since mother's disappearance."

After thinking for a couple of minutes on whether she should follow him or not, Azula gave him a sly look and a slightly curved smile "Release me and I'll follow you o great fire lord".

"Release her" said Zuko without even batting an eye.

"But lord Zuko! She can't be trusted!" shouted one of the men on the corner of the room who followed Zuko when he entered.

"How can she trust me if I myself show that I don't trust her?" said Zuko while giving a smile at the man on the corner of the room "Don't worry I can handle her this time" added Zuko with a stern face "I can release you, but you need to be blindfolded and can only take the blindfold when I tell you" said Zuko to Azula while looking directly in her eyes and trying to determine whether she will escape or agree to the conditions he said.

"Yeah yeah, Zuzu just release me already" said Azula in a lazy manner.

"Men, release her" said Zuko while watching two of his men unshackle the chains connecting her to the wall, while the other two slowly unfastened the knot of the stitjacket which is tightly covered around her body preventing her from bending.

If you look at Zuko at this moment you would only find a competent leader showing full trust on his subordinates and his sister, but if you look at his hands, you would see a fully clenched fist tight enough to see the nails digging through the palms in a manner that would almost make it bleed. Finally seeing his sister agreeing to him gave him a sense of relief lingered with doubt, and the hope that maybe this broken family would be pieced back together.

"So Zuzu? Come on blindfold me already... I won't bite you" said Azula with her characteristic sly and scheming smile, while stretching the arms which had been numb without ever moving for so long.

Although many would question why would Azula ever do this, the answer would be that it became her habit. The habit to not show any weaknesses, to be perfect. She was moulded by her father to be his heir cunning and ruthless, even though it contrasts her crazed and mad look it still can't hide the slyness within that smile. She was moulded to be perfect in any situations.

Soon Zuko walked in front of Azula while taking a piece of cloth from one of his men who was done finishing releasing Azula, with the blindfold in hand he slowly inched the fabric on Azula's eyes while Azula leaned her head forward while muttering in Zuko's ear "Come on Zuzu, not afraid of me escaping?" in a manner that contains a slight threat.

"No, I think that you would want to know what happened to mother as much as I do." Zuko said with firmness in his voice sounding certain that his problematic sister won't even think of escaping.

"Fair point, now come on lead me to where I should go my cute little Zuzu" said Azula while showing a smile different from the other, this time the smile seemed to be sincere and having the intent to cooperate to find the last piece of information about their mother.

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For anyone reading this I hope you would give me some slack cause it's my first time writing this, I hope to give Azula another ending other than being a fugitive CAUSE SHE DESERVES MOAR!!. hehehe I hope you would stick with me to continue this fan-fic as I journey to find my writing style.

-highcat