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[jaredstrout]

Firelord Ursa - mothering a nation

I wondered how the world would look if in the night Ursa poisoned Azulon and left instead both Azulon and Ozai died and Ursa took power? After careful preparation Ursa had the entire staff of the palace on her side. The servants made sure she knew everything that went down, the guards were a bit less in her pocket, but clearly would not stop her if they could pretend to have missed her, maybe some even would have taken up arms against Ozai or even Azulon in the worst case.

But when Both men died one night her contacts to the home guard and city guard ensured, that nobody questioned the official lie, that assassins had slain both Azulon and Ozai. The inoffical lie being that Oazai had tried a coup himself and died after murdering his father appeased most of the people who saw through the official version.

And when Iroh returned home finally he found Ursa in power, willing to listen to him, but unwilling to let anyone take the throne from her.

A world where Zuko never got burned, maybe the raids against the watertribe stopped in time to save Kya.

Both sibling duos grow up in better conditions and while Azula never gets as close to her mother as Zuko, things get better, even if she has to spend much time with the Fire Nation and the still ongoing war.

But the armies of the Fire Nation, while not recalled, are slowed down by orders to avoid casualites among the civillians, the fighting slows and an undeclared armistice brings a resemblance of something most people have never seen in their lifetime.

Peace

And then the army drags a young boy with tattoos in, claiming that he is the Avatar...and Firelord Ursa is absolutely unwilling to lock a little boy in some dark cell...and instead she now looks after the Fire Nation and three kids.

I love the idea that Azula is first very unpleasant with Aang...till the more open Ty Lee finds out how much the boys likes to pranks people and the trio now haunts the palace, much to the chagrin of Zuko, who is often on the receiving end...but also several of the grumpy old generals, who fall victim to a precise airstrike of fruit cakes.

I like this version, plus points for a giggling Firelord Ursa, who allows herself to enjoy the prank her daugther and adopted son played on these old militarists, who always try to undermine her authority...of course only after strictly reprimanding the culprits. "Get to your room, both of you and play something harmless till dinner"

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[jaredstrout]

Mommylord - cake attack

"Young lady...I am very disappointed in you."

Even though he did not face the burning gaze of the Firelord, Aang shrunk as he heard her words. Azula on the other hand merely rose an eyebrow.

"What have I done?" she asked her mother calmly and Ursa shook her head. "If you insist...five of our most esteemed generals were hit after todays´s council meeting...with fruit cake. And I know you are behind this." Again Azula didn´t show much reaction, she just shrugged. Aang shivered...then babbled out "It was me...I made these cakes." Firelord Ursa looked at Aang who shrank even more under her gaze. "It is nice that you try to protect your sister, but I already knew that. The recipe was clearly foreign and also contained all your favorite fruits...I assume you had a few for yourself while preparing this attack, hm?" The Firelord asked Aang who blushed and shyly nodded.

"Also hitting five moving targets in the small time window from above the palace main tower, that is either a sharpshooter cake thrower...or an airbender at work." She stepped to the other side of Azula to the third member of the Terrible Trio...Ty Lee.

"I´m not an airbender." She quietly said but lowered her eyes under the strict gaze of the woman ruling half of the world.

"Maybe, but you are fast enough to one...I heard how several ingredients disappeared out of the royal kitchen yesterday...and the cook swears he never left the door unattended...so either he is lying...or someone managed to climb five stories on the palace outside, get a bag full of ingredients for...fruit cake and be out before anyone could catch out lightfooted burglar...and all while Aang was conveniently demonstrating his singing 'skills' to me. " The Firelord smiled coldly at Ty Lee.

But then she walked back to her daughter. Aang had noticed how Azula got more tense each moment as her mother expertly deduced each detail of their little scheme. "Now to the head of the operation. I assume you had to prepare your own oven to bake your cakes in privacy...and avoid smoke that would easily cause attention by the guards...a perfect job for a firebender, but I assume hard to give the oven the right temperature...you´d have to be a true prodigy to keep a flame focused and stable just at the right intensity not to burn the cakes...and of course someone would have to plan the whole thing, have the cakes all ready and still warm despite the meetings being pretty random in length...and only strike at a day when five of Firelord Azulon´s most favored generals arrived together...and planned to leave the same way so you could hit them all."

Aang suddenly noticed how Azula relaxed, even though her mother had seen through it all. Aang had never met Ursa´s husband, given that he was dead and all...but he knew that Azula did not inherit her wits from him. And now Azula was suddenly...pretty calm.

"Well then, time to punish you accordingly to the crime. " Ursa said and walked back to the throne and sat down, looking at the three delinquents. And with a stern voice she declared

"Go to Azula´s room and play something harmless till dinner!"

Ty Lee and Aang were speechless...Azula smirked and bowed...then she suddenly ran for the door. "Who´s first in my room!" she shouted...only for Ty Lee to follow her after only a moment of surprise...Aang summoned an airscooter and then took the lead with a laugh...only to make big eyes as Azula flew over him and Ty Lee on a jet of orange flames, landed on the floor and rolled elegantly and was back on her feet ahead of them. "Hey!" Ty Lee shouted, more surprised about that trick than anything.

Ursa watched the three kids leave and heard their laughter through the hallways. It was good to hear that in this place instead of the less happy atmosphere that usually filled the palace. And then, after long hours she finally allowed herself to chuckle. She had wanted to do that the moment she had seen the five old dinosaurs covered in cake and angry as if they were about to explode, shouting and demanding punishments for whoever did this, af if they had almost been killed.

In Azula´s room the three played with cards for now, as the Firelord har ordered a harmless game...and even Azula could not turn that into something dangerous...or? "Azula...why did you calm down...you know...when mom said that stuff about the generals?" Aang finally asked her. His new sister grinned at her adopted brother. "Mom and Azulon didn´t get along...I think she hated grandfather." She said and looked back at her cards. "So if he liked these generals...then they probably hate her...and try to undermine her authority."

"Can´t she just...kick them out then?" Aang asked and Azula nodded. "Sure she can...but that won´t make them go away. They would take all their knowledge with them, all the men in our military who trust them would still take orders from them in vertain cases...and they´d have a lot more time to wander around and do dangerous stuff...and last but not least...a general is bound by way more rules than a civillian...and an angry man is way more likely to make a mistake." Azula said with a predatory grin.

In her office Firelord Ursa looked at the report from her spies who just delivered her another piece of evidence about 'her' generals. Another rock for the pile...and as the people of the Fire Nation often liked to forget...landslides could be deadly. Her smile left no doubt that she was Azula´s mother in that moment.

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