The Princess and the Peasant - (An Azula Epic)

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Azula gracefully seated herself upon her cushion as she folded her legs beneath her with all the poise of royalty.

She turned to gaze at her father's cold face through the corner of her callous eye as she tried to ascertain what was on his mind.

"Father, you told me that we were going to discuss the matter of that wretched puppeteer." Azula stated with her frigid eyes gazing back at her father's emotionless face.

And once again she could tell that he was hiding something from her.

"And we shall, Azula. For the first time in nearly eleven years...I sent out a summon for her." Ozai remarked in a totally impassive voice while Azula's amber golden eyes widened in shock.

"You invited her to our capital?" Azula snarled with a rare fury in her voice as her teeth ground together in her renewed rage.

The very thought that Silah could make such a brazen attempt on her life.

And massacre scores of Fire Nation citizens and still receive an invitation into their capital made her blood boil like no other!

"If she is foolish enough to show...and if her answers prove insufficient, then we will simply kill her." Ozai stated in a cruel voice as he stared back into his daughter's seething amber golden eyes.

And that was all it took for blue flames to spark to life amidst the Fire Lord's own as the princess sprung to her feet in her fury.

"You can't be serious! She tried to kill me!" Azula shouted with royal rage in her livid voice as she smashed her fists at her womanly hips.

Your father actually thought that he was getting the better end of the deal.

Who is pathetic enough to spend their entire life fighting to claim a mere chair?

And for one of the first times in her life.

She began to ponder if her father even truly knew who he was dealing with!

Only for her amber golden eyes to widen in even greater anger when her father's flames sparked to immense heights as the older firebender stared coldly back up at her.

"Azula! Get ahold of yourself! You are letting this woman get to you! I thought I taught you better than that!" Ozai scolded in a harsh voice as he watched his daughter recoil with her amber golden eyes still narrowing in rage.

'How dare he tell me to get ahold of myself! He was not the one that she hunted!' Azula thought with fire spewing from her glowering lips as she struggled to contain her temper.

Only to find herself spinning towards the entrance of the throne room when she saw an Imperial Firebender rush through the curtains.

Ozai turned to gaze down at the soldier with a rigid stare as the man yelled out an alarming report.

"Fire Lord Ozai! A massive steel badgermole has tunneled past our fortifications and it is now heading into Hari Bulkan as we speak! The airships are currently engaged in pursuing the enemy! What should we do!" The Imperial Firebender informed in a startled voice that prompted the two royals to stare down at him.

The Fire Lord scowled as he ignored his daughter's enraged stare as he gazed down with callous amber eyes.

"Do not lose sight of her! If she makes any move on the populace kill her!" Ozai commanded in a merciless voice only for the sound of a distant rumble to resound into his ears.

His scowl deepened as he gritted his teeth before he stood up from his throne.

As Azula glared out of the corner of her infuriated amber golden eye at her father's face as the shouts of soldiers continued to pierce the air.