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Ty Lee skipped happily down the dark corridors of the Boiling Rock Mental Rehabilitation Center towards where the most dangerous prisoner was being kept nicely tucked away out of sight and mind. Yet, despite two years the acrobat had not forgotten the prisoner.

"Ty Lee!" The warden's voice boomed from behind nearly making her collapse in place. She turned to face Mai's scary-looking uncle and placed her hands on her hips.

"What?!" She screamed back.

The warden walked towards her until he was almost touching her nose. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked giving her "the eye".

Ty Lee stood her ground despite the man's reeking breath.

"You know why I'm here. I come here every week to visit the princess for a day".

The warden turned up his nose.

"Hmph! After what that wretched princess did to you and my niece, you still visit her? She doesn't deserve company. Besides, she doesn't remember you anyway. I think it is best we cancel these little weekly visits and let her just rot in there".

Ty Lee's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. How could the warden say those things? Sure, Azula wasn't exactly the nicest chick in the coop, but no one had the right to judge her.

"What?! You can't do that. Who cares what you think she deserves? I'm going to see Azula because no matter what, she's still my friend!"

With that, Ty Lee continued down the hall only to see more Fire Nation prison guards only yards away from the cell holding her friend.

"I'm serious, Ty Lee, the princess can not be trusted. She is highly unstable".

Ty Lee sighed. She knew perfectly well of Azula's condition. She just could not believe it. Shortly after Zuko's coronation, Mai revealed to her of what became of the Agni Khai between the siblings. The acrobat was stunned. She did not expect the outcome Mai described. The princess had completely lost it and was eventually shipped here. Since the girl's imprisonment, the acrobat made it her business to visit the princess every week from Kyoshi Island.

The initial meetings weren't great. Azula had not only lost her sanity, but she could not remember her own name, nonetheless, anything else. The princess would sit with her knees to her chest and rock like a child. The guards didn't bother to keep her chained to the walls as they had when she was first admitted. She wasn't considered a threat anymore. Gradually, the princess began to come around. Some days Ty Lee would help her practice her psychiatric assignments. It had almost felt like how they used to be as children. Azula was so different now. Ty Lee enjoyed their time despite the bars between them.

She shook her head and balled her fists, the acrobat was not about to give up on her friend now.

"I don't care. I'm going to see her," she declared.

The guards began to charge towards her, but with several quick jabs all were at her feet, including the warden.

"Ty Lee! Stop! That is an order!" Yelled the warden from his paralyzed position on the ground.

Yet, Ty Lee had cart wheeled away to Azula's open cell where the guards had appeared from. The princess was on all fours surrounded by flames and gasping for air. Ty Lee saw drops of blood splatter from the princess's nose and her hair looked as if it had been drenched. She wore a brown, tattered dress that was painted red.

"Oh no! Azula? What happened?" she asked, jumping over the flames between them.

The girl coughed and shivered. She then raised her hands and her eyes widened with fear.

"Please! Stay back! Don't kill me!" She exclaimed.

Ty Lee extended her arm in an attempt to grab the poor princess, but Azula continued to crawl away from her in fear.

"No! Don't burn me! Please!" She screamed.

Despite the princess's cries, Ty Lee wrapped her arms around her friend and pushed her hair from her face. Blood streamed from her nose and lower lip, mixing with the salty tears the acrobat felt as she kissed the girl's cheek to hush her. This action seemed to calm the princess almost instantly. She then used a napkin she had kept nicely tucked away after dinner with Zuko and Mai to wipe the princess's face gently.

Zuko, how could you let them do this to her? Ty Lee wondered.

"I can't believe they did this to you. Has the warden lost his mind? We have to get you out of here," she said as she tried to pull the princess to her feet. Yet, Azula grabbed her arm.

"No, you can't! They'll hurt you too. They hate me here. I don't want them to hate you too".

Ty Lee's eyes stung. She knew she was putting everything on the line, her commitment as a Kyoshi warrior, her friendship with Mai and the Fire Lord's trust were all at stake. Her bond with the princess was just too strong to leave her in this place. What choice did she have? The only reason Ty Lee attacked Azula instead of Mai was because Mai's actions were done out of her love for Zuko and Azula had no place to come between them. Ty Lee understood the effects love has on a person.

"No, Azula, you don't deserve this! You're coming with me".

"No!" yelled the fire-bender as she tried to wiggle out of the acrobat's grasp.

Ty Lee hit her twice as she'd done before, Azula collapsed onto her shoulders.

"Wha-what did you do to me?" she asked groggily.

The acrobat wasted no time in answering. With Azula on her shoulders, she ran clear past the warden and his men towards the gondola where the downward spiral in Azula's life began.

"Ty Lee! You are a traitor to the Fire Nation. The Fire Lord will hear about this!" the warden called after her.

Ty Lee did not allow the words to sway her. She was taking Azula away from this place even if she had to die doing it. It hurt awfully to think of Zuko and Mai's disappointment in her, but even worse with the thought of the Kyoshi Warriors considering her a disgrace.

They'll have to understand one day. Ty Lee thought.

"What are you doing!" yelled a group of guards on duty by the gondola as the acrobat gracefully flipped about them delivering paralyzing blows with a single fist while keeping Azula in place with the other. She then flipped onto the tightrope high above the boiling water below.

"I can't believe you're doing this!" screamed the fire-bender, who was looking down while Ty Lee ran swiftly along the rope.

"Shh! Trust me, Azula. You'll be fine".

She kept focusing on her tightrope walking until she made it to the other side. Without missing a beat, Ty Lee rushed onto the small boat she'd ridden from Kyoshi and sailed away from the island. She allowed the winds to take them in whatever unknown direction as she sat by her princess and looked out at the sunset.

By this time, the princess had her strength back and immediately stood to express her disapproval.

"Are you crazy? Now they are going to come after us and they are going to throw you in that filthy rat hole with me--,"

"At least we'd be together," Ty Lee mumbled under her breath.

"Why did you do it? Why are you risking your freedom for me? I barely even know you!"

Instead of answering, Ty Lee lowered her head. It was painful knowing that Azula could not remember anything about herself. According to her mental physician, there was a chance that her princess would never recover from this.

I couldn't help myself. Thought Ty Lee.

It was as if something pushed Azula to act on Ty Lee's feelings. She felt overwhelming regret for talking to the girl the way she had. She took a seat next to the acrobat, who turned to face her.

"Listen, I'm sorry. I'm just confused. It's like walking around in a cloud; I don't know who to trust. I don't know who I am. I guess my name is Azula and I'm some kind of princess, but if I remember correctly princesses aren't treated that way. I must've been a really bad princess. I just don't want you to get hurt because of me," she explained.

Ty Lee smiled at her princess.

"You can trust me, Azula, even if you don't know me."

"No, I know you," said the princess feeling an unwavering attraction pulling her closer to the acrobat until their lips locked for what seemed like eternity. "You're the one who loves me".