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After "Ty Lee" had started talking about coming and grabbing her, Azula wasted no time in finding a place to hide. She finally settled on a big wardrobe in the corner of the unfamiliar bedroom she had found herself in. She climbed in and pulled the doors shut behind her, wiggling to the very back and curtaining herself with some of the strange-looking clothes that were hanging inside.

This was probably just some weird nightmare. A bunch of peasants who had no idea what the Fire Nation was? Grown-up Ty Lees and Zukos, who had things like gross-looking scars and foreboding-sounding fighting skills (Azula had no idea what "chi-block" meant, and she didn't really want to find out)? Definitely a nightmare. It was all Zuko's fault, probably. He'd been having bad dreams for about a week-- ever since their mother had disappeared-- and now he was passing them on to Azula. Stupid Zuzu.

Agitated and upset, Azula pulled her knees to her chest and sniffed. The wardrobe was a dumb hiding place. She wondered if maybe she should have gone to another room entirely-- but then how would her father ever find her when he came to pick her up? And besides, if she left now, she might run into the big Ty Lee in the hallway or something.

Azula shifted around a little, pulling at the clothes hanging in front of her to make sure there were no gaps. Then, getting an idea, she yanked some of the ones that were hanging on the other end and tucked them around herself, trying to make it look as if she was just a pile of laundry. She curled up underneath the clothes as tight as she could, sat very, very still, and waited.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I do too have a choice; let go of me! I'm not going to--" Azula stopped suddenly, realizing what Ty Lee had done. Luckily, she didn't panic-- at this point in her life, she hadn't yet developed a near-phobia of losing control. "... I can't move my arm," she said curiously.

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

Ty Lee smiled slightly, a little sadly. "Like I said, you have no choice," she said slowly before turning the young girl slightly and jabbing her a few times in the back.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Curiosity quickly turned into annoyance. "Hey! Leave me alone!" She pushed against Ty Lee with her legs.

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

She stiffened but didn't let go. "This is for your own good," Ty Lee said, trying to drag Azula backwards out of the wardrobe.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Azula was still struggling. "I have to go with my dad!"

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

"No. You don't--Will you stop that? Don't make me punch your throat."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I won't let you!" She continue to try to get away.

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

Bad karma, bad karma...oh well. Things had to be done. "You don't have a choice." Ty Lee ran a finger down Azula's back, figuring out where the points that controlled the legs were. Finding them, she gave her several jabs.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

The kicking stopped immediately; her legs fell limp. Azula let out a small wail.

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

Ty Lee shifted and grabbed around Azula's body, getting ready to pick her up.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Leave me aloooooone," she wailed again.

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

"Grow up." Ty Lee picked her up and slowly walked out of the wardrobe.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Stop being stupid!"

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

They were out of the wardrobe now and Ty Lee was heading towards the bedroom door. "Azula, do you want to be dropped?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Yes!"

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

"Too bad, sweetie."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Azula's scowl worsened. "Don't call me sweetie."

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

She paused slightly. "Sorry, 'Zula." Then continued to the doorway. Thankfully she had forgotten to shut it so Ty Lee didn't have to struggle with it while carrying Azula. Out of Azula's bedroom, she headed straight for her own.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a sweetie," she muttered, partly miffed because that had been a term her mother had used a lot.

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

"I'm not saying anything."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I am," she huffed.

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

"I can make it so you can't say anything."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"No. Put me down!"

[hotpinkaura.livejournal.com]

"Not until we get to my room."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I don't want to stay in your stupid room. I don't want to stay with you." By this point, Azula's voice had lost most of its angry edge. She was still upset, but it was more of a pouty upset than an aggravated one. "We're not friends anymore."