Azula plots

By order of Princess Azula, Heir Apparent to the Firelord's Throne

It was a little past midnight when the paralysis wore off enough for her to write. Her hand shaking, she wrote the customary introduction and signature to an official order, taking the time to formulate all of her ideas. By the time she was done, there was an evil gleam in her eyes.

She barely slept, filling several sheets of parchment with detailed instructions. If she did nap, she dreamt of seeing her vision fulfilled.

Aang and Sokka, she had different plans for, but Katara, Ty Lee, Mai, and that woman who'd helped them... Azula had always prided herself on her vengeful thinking, and this was no exception. No one humiliated her and got away with it.

It was dawn by the time she was even remotely satisfied. Over the night she'd rolled over, laying on her front, feet up in the air as she wrote on the sheet in front of her. It was only when she heard her captors stirring that she realized she was still naked. **** was very distracting.

She made a noise she refused to identify and rolled back, pulling her knees up to her chest. She kept her sheets close as she waited for the ink to dry on the latest. Cheeks pink, she glowered out of her cell.

"So what's the crazy lady working on?" Sokka said.

"What's going to happen to you once I'm out of here," Azula said back.

She kept her voice low, threatening. She refused to show any weakness, refused to show any of the shame or embarrassment that she felt. No one would ever know.

Ty Lee whimpered.

"How about we steal that paper from her and burn it?" Ty Lee said hopefully. "Pretty please?"

"It's just bluster," Katara said. "She's not going to get away."

Azula glowered. She sorted between the sheets and made an extra note in one.

"What was that?!" Ty Lee squealed. "What did she do? Azula, what did you do?!"

"Added ten more spanks to your allotment," Azula said.

"Ten... more?" Ty Lee said. her eyes went as wide as saucers. "How many were there before?! Guys, you can't let her do this!"

"It's not going to happen!" Katara said. "She's just trying to scare you."

Even so, Katara spared a nervous glance as Azula made another note.

"You don't know her like we do!" Ty Lee said. "Once she wants to do something, if she's mad enough, she'll find a way. Oh no, what did we do?"

Panicking, she clung onto Mai's arm. Mai shook her off.

"Are we really keeping those two around?" Sokka said.

"I don't think we have much of a choice," Katara said wearily.

Ty Lee cheered. Mai said nothing, as ever.

"I was thinking," Aang said. "If we're handing her over to Earth Kingdom custody, someone should stay here to guard over her until she's handed over."

"You're smarter than I thought," Mai said.

"Er... thanks?" Aang said.

"I should stay," Katara said. "We need a bender, but you're the one Earth Kingdom military might listen to."

"Right," Aang said. He nodded. "So. Er. Who knows the way to the nearest outpost?"

"Don't ask me, I want to keep an eye on her," Ty Lee said.

She was staring at Azula, as if afraid the princess would pass through the bars. Azula reddened, still shivering, feeling her hardened nipples dig into the back of her legs as she tried to cover with them.

Azula did her best to glower back.

"Alright, I'll go," Sokka said. "You two stay together, I guess."

"We'll be back in... I have no idea," Aang said. "Couple of hours."

"Right!" Sokka said. "Make sure she doesn't get away."

"Well duh," Katara said.

The group made their farewells as Azula shrank back into the corner. It was hard to stay angry indefinitely, she found, no matter how hard she tried. Sooner or later, embarrassment took hold.

She watched as Sokka and Aang left, and Katara, and the traitorous Ty Lee and Mai remained inside the chilled room, keeping watch on her. The princess, as naked as ever, bit her lip and glared with substantially less spirit than before.

Happy thoughts, she told herself, looking at her planned ****. Happy thoughts...