Holy hell it's been awhile. As you all can probably assume my writing style has changed quite a bit now. Thank you guys for continuing your support! xo Rosanna

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I've lost count of the days. The boat ride seemed so far away, and I would give anything to be back on that stupid, rocking ship.

To be honest, I don't even know what had happened that night. The little avatar was sleeping on the floor when I had closed my eyes, and the next thing you know, he was on the bed. And me? I was laying on the floor. The princess of the Fire Nation lying on the floor next to the bed on which the child Avatar was sleeping.

Needless to say I was pretty goddamned enraged when I woke up. I gathered my things, which weren't much, and blasted a hole in the stupid kid's bag. Then I turned around and left the room.

Being aboard a ship meant there were really no places to go, so I headed down to third class. Where the peasants are. Found myself a nice little corner room and stayed there for the remainder of the trip. It sucked ass, but not once did kid Avatar find me.

Things turned to shit after I got off that boat. Shu Jing is a decent sized city, and there are 5 main roads that lead out of the city, one of which being to Hira'a. Most of the roads were easy to navigate and very well travelled with stops along the way to insure that the travellers were well equipped.

Obviously being an exiled princess I couldn't take those nice, comfortable main roads. Princess Azula the exiled had to take the small, winding paths that go through the forests of Shu Jing province. And that is where I am right now.

Actually I don't really know where. I just know I'm not where I'm supposed to be, because I'm surrounded by trees and weird plants that don't even look like plants.

Did I mention I'm out of food and water and everything basically? And that I'm sitting on a pile of sticks because the ground looks like poo.

God what I would give to be back in that grudgy little cell Zuzu put me in.

Picking my dingy little bag up, I heaved my tired and crusty body off the 'seat' and went along my way. It was near sunset now and since Hira'a is to the east of Shu Jing, I headed the opposite direction. There wasn't a lot of change in scenery, mostly the same trees as always and the weird looking plants. One thing is for sure though, if I don't find something to eat soon, I'll be dead meat.

I could just pick some of the round pink fruits dangling from these weird plants, but I don't know what they are. And honestly, I am not about to die from a painful death by berries. Can you just imagine the headlines? "Banished Fire Nation Princess Azula dies after eating known poisonious fruit in Shu Jing Forests". No fricken way.

This forest seems to go on forever, and all the greenery was getting denser and denser the more I travelled. I'm starting to get creeped out. And tired. And hungry. Very hungry. And just like that my knees collapsed from under me. My eyes were closed before I hit the ground.

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"What the shit?"

I woke up and all I see were these black, licorice like vines twisted all around body. Nothing wrong with licorice, I like munching on it when I have nothing else better to eat and I'm hungry. Is this licorice? That would be nice.

My hunger got the best of my common sense and I bite the black shiny vines. Stupid I know.

A bunch of black juice squirted out of the hole where I had bit it and covered my face with goo. It smelled putrid. I wanted to gag but then that nasty goo would get into my mouth so I kept my mouth shut. I pulled my arms towards myself and tried to shake the stupid things off but their grip was like titanium.

"UGH WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" I yelled "GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME HOLY -"

And the nasty black goo dripped into my mouth. And… it didn't taste half bad. The hell. I licked at it some more. This is weird. But I'm also very hungry, so maybe it's not that weird. Don't poisonous stuff usually taste gross?

I'm feeling warm and fuzzy and full, my muscles relaxed and I stopped struggling. It's so nice and warm and I don't want to do anything except stay here and chill.

"AZULA!" Am I hallucinating? Is that kid Avatar's voice? It better not be because I am feeling like bomb. And I do not need a 12 year old child to kill my mojo. Or is he actually 112?

"Leave me alone yo" I shouted at him, except my words came out all slurred and funny. My face felt numb.

"Hold on! I'm coming!" I could feel wind blowing across my face, probably his little airbending tricks. I wanted to tell him to leave me alone again, but I couldn't. I was paralyzed. My eyelids were drooping and my body wasn't doing anything I was doing it to. I lost control of my body, just like I had lost control of my life. My childhood.

"Hold on, don't die on me yet! I got you!" God this kid gets on my nerves. A flash of light blinded my eyes and the tendrils slithered away and disappeared. I dropped onto the ground, the wind knocked out of my lungs.

"Don't try to move now," I saw his little cape flash besides me. Stupid. "You really shouldn't have wandered out here yourself, and getting trapped in that stuff."

I rolled my eyes. The best I could, at least. He's talking to me like he's my father. Not that I would know what a father would act like since Ozai wasn't anything close to a father.

"It took me awhile to find you though, you wandered so far in."

"You weren't supposed to find me at all," I spat on the ground, my spit still laced with the black goo "Why can't you just mind your damned business and go stick with the GAang."

He laughed in his little kid voice "So you know our nickname! Cool, you know you could be a part of it. If you hadn't just disappeared. Zuko is really worried about you, you know, he had me come out here and look for you. I was supposed to go back and report to them, and you know, take you back to them, cause this is pretty dangerous, and you should really be doing this with Zuko. He's your brother you know. And… "

My god. He doesn't shut up. I got up on my feet and started walking again. My head was a bit dizzy but it's better than just hearing him ramble on and on.

"Hey! Where are you going!" Another whoosh. "You almost died back there. You know those vines weren't safe to be around, and definitely not to eat."

"I was hungry" I muttered under my breath, almost jogging.

"You know this isn't the right way to Hira'a, right? I mean, you're heading that way, but I'm almost sure it's that way." He kept going on his cheerful little voice. "Come on, I'll take us back to the gang and we can get on our way together!"

I turned around, furious. He had no idea how important this is to me. He underestimated everything. Like everyone else.

"This is not some goddamned simple adventure like the one you went on!" I threw a ball of flame towards him "I need to do this on my own. I need to find out the reason for me living like a pawn for the past 16 years of my pathetic life! I need to find the reason that my own mother abandoned me and showed me no love, while leaving Zuko all these nice little memories. My mother is nothing more than an answer, I am not looking for love and acceptance. That part of me is dead. Those reasons are why Zuko are looking for our mother. Not me. So no, I will not go with you. This is my own goddamned life and path, and you need to stick to your little group."