The Broken Princess: A TyZula Fanfiction

Chapter 2: The Plan

Around ten minutes later, Zuko arrives back home.

"Hey Azula, I have some good news. You can – "He stops dead in his tracks. Laying on the bed not 6 feet away from him was his sister. She was slumped down barely breathing. "Shit Azula, what have you done. Ty Lee, Mai, get in here now! I need help. Guards, go get the doctor!"

Ty Lee is the first into the room. She takes one look at the scene and drops to the floor. She crawls over to the bed and sees the broken dove by Azula's side.

"It's my fault. I caused this. I shouldn't have left her like that."

"No, it's not."

"I killed her."

"She's still breathing, we can still save her."

"Guys. There's a letter. Should I read it out loud?" Mai said shocking the others who didn't realise she came in.

"Yes" The two say in unison. As Mai begins to read the letter out the doctor arrives. He gives a few orders to the others and they begin to save Azula. The first thing they do is force her to throw up as a temporary fix with the pills. They then begin the clean-up of the body. Zuko uses a hot towel to wipe away all the blood. Mai then finishes reading the letter. The whole time all Ty Lee had been able to do was hold Azulas undamaged hand.

"It was my fault. I told her I loved her then left her. And then when she attacked me, I didn't fight back. I accepted it. It was what she wanted. I wanted her to be OK. But she wasn't. She was never OK. I shouldn't have left." Tears begin rolling down her face. "Azula I'm sorry. Please wake up. Please wake up." She lifts the damaged hand and begins to carefully remove the shard. Azula's eyes flutter open slightly.

"Ty Lee? Am I dead?" Ty Lee smiles slightly through her tears.

"No. And we don't plan on letting you go."

"I was too late... I wrote too much."

"No, you wrote enough. I don't think I could have lived knowing that's how you died."

"And yet you made me live thinking you were dead."

"No that's not- "

"Why couldn't you let me die? They're going to send me back. Why couldn't you stay out of it? It's not like you care about me anyway."

"Azula I- "

"Leave. If I'm going to have to live and go back to that place, I never want to see you again. I would rather live through the torture there forever than see you again. You played me like a game. You knew I only trusted a few people and you used it against me." Azula then passes out once again.

"No. I- No."

"Ty Lee. You should leave."

"No. I'm not leaving her. Not again. She may hate me. And I may be a little bit extremely afraid for my life. But I can't leave her again. Not like this."

"No. You should leave."

"Make me."

"I'm not that stupid."

"Then you know it's stupid to send me away."

"I- yeah your right. Just don't get too close."

"That's fine with me."

"Um guys. Are we not going to talk about the letter?"

"I wasn't really listening." Zuko admits.

"Neither." Ty Lee frowned. Mai reads the letter out one more time. Ty Lees breath catches in her throat each time Azula mentions her love for her. She stops Mai when she starts reading Azulas attempt on her life. "Can we skip it?"