𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 & 𝐏𝐉𝐎 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫

Look aHEAD, Ha, Ha. Too Soon?

It was in the middle of lunch, every camper was sitting at the Dining Pavillion, the clinking of silver wear and glasses sounded around the room, accompanied by the sound of chatter. 

And then, of course, something had to happen.

Lighting struck the ground, temporarily blinding everyone, and causing confusion to spread around the room. There was a black, burn mark on the ground, signifying the fact that lightning had struck inside the Dining Pavillion.  

"Why would there be-?" Travis began, his head cocked to the side.

"Guess,"  said an amused voice.

Startled, everyone looked up, to see Azula, having the time of her life, as she pressed the blade of her knife to a girl's throat. 

"Ichika!" Katie Gardener stood up, looking straight at the struggling girl. 

Ichika had black short black hair with bangs that came just below her eyebrows. She looked Asian, most likely Japanese, and the pink flower tucked behind her ear, told them that she was a daughter of Demeter. Ichika struggled against Azula's arm, which was blocking her ability to breathe. 

"Stop!" Katie demanded, looking at her half-sister, with a desperate look in her eyes.

"It's fine," Ichika managed to choke out, her words being spoken with a light accent. 

"No, it's not," Azula laughed, tightening her grip around the Ichika's throat, and digging the knife into the flesh. Ichika cried out in pain.

No one could move. No one could breathe. No one could register the fact, that Azula, had appeared out of nowhere, and started to attack their campers. 

"Now," Azula grinned. "Don't take a step closer, or I'll-"

"Sissy?"

Everyone jumped startled, and glanced around the room, looking for whoever and said that.

"Wait, no-!" Katie began, frantically trying to pull down a little girl who was struggling to get off of her seat. The girl looked maybe 8, and her long black hair was done in a braid adorned with flowers. Her big, brown eyes, were sparkling with confusion, as she managed to stumble out of her seat, and glance up at Azula.

"Sissy?" she asked again, looking straight at Ichika, who was struggling in Azula's grasp.

Ichika looked down at the girl, alarmed, and shook her head. She started to talk in her native language, but was cut off, as Azula pressed the blade deeper into her throat, making her let out a strangled sob and kick her legs. Blood began to trickle out of the shallow cut in her throat, and tears began stream down her cheeks.

"Sissy!" Sakura called out in alarm, and began to run toward her. Azula looked at the little girl with a cold expression.

"Don't come any closer."

"Sakura!" Katie called, managing to grab her sleeve. She began to try to gentely pull her half sister back to the table, but Sakura wouldn't have it.

"Sissy!" Sakura managed to struggle her way out the tight hold Katie had her in and began to sprint toward her sister.

"Tch." Azula gave the girl a cold smile, before bringing the knife up, and decapitating Ichika. Sakura froze, as her sister's blood splattered onto her face and clothes, and looked down at her feet with horror.

Every single face in the dining pavillion wore the same expression. One of horror, disgust and fear. Even Percy and Annabeth, who had seen the depths of tartarus, had to turn the other way and wince. The benders and non benders on the other hand, had seen blood, yes, of course they had, but never this much violence. They were all looking down at their hands, traumatized with what they had seen.

Sakura, started to tremble, and slid to the ground, gazing at her sisters head with an emotionless expression. She slowly picked up the head, and cradled it in her arms, as tears began to flow down her cheeks.

"Well, this was lovely," Azula clapped her hands together and sighed. "Well, I must take my leave now." Azula hummed as she walked over to the girl, whispering something in her ear, making the Sakura freeze and look at her with a terrified expression. Azula gave her a sickly sweet smile and they dissapeared with a boom of lightning.

"Sakura!" Kaite called out, but she knew there was no point. She was gone, and Katie, being the the little girl's half-sister, felt that this was the biggest failure, she could've ever made.