In an AU born of betrayal, Aang makes the only deal he can to free himself from the prisons of the Fire Nation. But a political marriage to the Princess Azula turns out to be nothing like either one is expecting... (Volume 1 is a complete story ending with Chapter 7. Volume 2 is essentially a sequel, and will update weekly in celebration of Azula Week 2020.)

Izumi is the culmination of generations of the royal family's moral failings. Born into a world seeking to relegate her kind to the tomb of history, she must untangle the web of her family's sordid past to understand her place in it.

Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.

/AU-ish/ "You're my brother. That's got to count for something. Right, Zuzu?" If Azula and Zuko had always cared for each other, how different would their live's paths have been?

Sokka's monthly political visits to the Fire Nation result in an unexpected attachment. Azula, wounded more deeply than anyone can see, wants to be angry about it. She almost succeeds.

Ursa's accepted her life as wife of Fire Prince Ozai, the ruthless second son of the Fire Lord, but when she finds out that she's carrying his heir, she starts to wonder if she can bring another life into this with her.

Stuck together on a botched and chaotic mission to destroy the Avatar, Azula and Zuko must figure out their loyalties and cooperate to return home amidst the trouble they seem to continually attract. AU: Zuko never went to that war meeting/joined the Gaang. As told by Azula.

After the Agni Kai, Azula is left chained to the grate, forgotten.

In this sequel to "Heirs of Ozai," Azula finds herself adrift in the turbulent Fire Nation Colonies. Her only goal is to disappear. But as Azula meets new companions and is swept up in the birth pangs of the United Republic, her past demons return stronger than ever. Can Azula forge a new life for herself? Or is she forever doomed to repeat her mistakes? Disclaimer: Drug use.

Zuko freezes and a slow, dawning realization comes over him about what his sister really is; what his father must have realized her to be. Azula is an awesome, unholy power, one that must be wielded carefully lest you cut yourself with the sharp edges. A precision weapon honed over the years. A double edged sword. Or Zuko and Azula are codependent and everyone is dragged along.

AU: Robert's Rebellion has been crushed and the Targaryen dynasty continues to reign supreme, yet the Game of Thrones never changes...

Zuko is Fire Lord and Sokka is a returning guest to the Fire Nation Palace. When someone from Zuko's past shows up bearing grave news, Azula is their only lead. Together with Suki, the four of them set out on an adventure to save an egg (and maybe the world). Sokka and Zuko are best buddies, the Fire Siblings bring the drama. Druk is a lil' hothead.

Three years after Ozai's defeat, Zuko struggles to maintain his tenuous grip on the throne. So when Azula provides evidence that Ozai sired eight illegitimate children, Zuko is faced with a choice: eliminate the threats to his rule, or welcome them into the family. This completed fanfiction asks: What is family? What do we owe to each other? And is redemption possible?

Modern AU: The avatar characters are all simple country folk. Sokka helps Katara and his mother support his farm in hopes that this harvest will be enough to keep them fed. A little ways down the road, Azula hopes to make it big in the country music world. All the while Tylee hopes to win the horseback race at the county fair her family is hosting.

High school AU: Katara is harassed over rumors spread by Jet. Sokka leaves Suki for college in her time of need. Newly out of the closet, Aang is the subject of harassment. Toph's family has lost everything. An injury takes Azula off of her volleyball team and knocks her from her high social standing. An abused Zuko turns to drugs. TyLee has some trauma from a party gone wrong.

Azula is a recovering drug addict & alcoholic. Sokka, who has some new demons of his own, tries to help her work through it. (Cover image by praetor-artist on tumblr. Thanks!)

After injuring herself during the final Agni Kai, Azula wakes up to find her body neglected and the Fire Nation completely abandoned under very mysterious circumstances.

AU: In a different world, can a mysterious and ancient Order possibly defeat a ruthless Fire Lord? No. They're utterly screwed, actually.

[Hans x Elsa; 2 years post-film.] A Snow Queen strikes an unexpected deal with a long-forgotten foe, and lessons are learned.

Air is the element of freedom. Prisoners cannot wield it. (AU; rewrite of my previous fanfic "Trapped")

Two years after the end of the Hundred Year War, and the Fire Nation has fallen into chaos and disorder. With Ozai's trial on the horizon, Fire Lord Zuko stands at what could be the defining moment of his political career…but first, he needs all the help he can get. Tyzula-centric, with some canon pairings. Plot, mystery, and intrigue sprinkled in for good measure.

A collection of short stories, united only by a LOOPY creative drive that makes for a unique, insightful, and often humorous experience. Now featuring shorts originally posted to tumblr: Toph waiting impatiently.

When Azula has to give up her daughter, she demands that Zuko be the one to raise her. A companion piece to Kayasuri-n's "Fire Lily," which can be found on her AO3 account.

"Before her mother left, Azula dreamed of dragons every night." An Azula flash fiction story inspired by Charles Perrault's "Donkeyskin."

"Twice Iroh goes to the Spirit World. The first time he is lost. The second time he is found."—After the War, Azula eventually comes to live in Ba Sing Se with Iroh. On Iroh, Azula, Zuko, and the ties that bind them.

What if Joanna Lannister, Rhaella Targaryen and Lyanna Stark had not died in childbirth? Three one-shots.

A collection of drabbles, mostly Fire Nation-centric. / lure the fly— Ozai has never been prouder of his daughter.

Katara and Azula navigate their way through Azula's coronation and planning their wedding. It might not be so hard, but Katara has to muddle her way through her expectations of being a Fire Lady too. (MES sequel of sorts)

Alone in the dark, Azula takes a leap of faith. Mai tries to catch her. Sequel to Molotov.

Children raised by misfortune grow into monsters. For Azula, perfection comes at a price. The coming-of-age of the girl who would master lightning and lose herself along the way.

"She's not gonna make it," what if Zuko was right? At the beginning of The Southern Raiders, Azula falls from her blimp but saves herself, but what if she didn't? What if she couldn't hold on? Can team avatar handle holding Azula captive with the comet fast approaching? Will Zuko notice that his sister is unraveling? Could Azula have been saved, before she fell?

Queen Elsa of Arendelle has regained her throne, but ruling a nation recovering from a crisis while coping with her own demons proves to be far more challenging than expected. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Her Majesty forges a peculiar agreement with the very man accused of conspiracy and attempted treason. Non AU post-canon Helsa (elsa x hans), slow burn.

When Azula bumps into Zuko for the first time in six years, it's in a prosperous teashop in Ba Sing Se. It's a bit disorienting because he's supposed to be dead. AU, oneshot.

Mai's world has been grayscale too long. Azula lights a match and lets it burn. Modern AU. Maiko, Maizula

Sokka would face the beast haunting his village, or die trying. Sokkla AU.

Chief Hakoda finds himself in the unenviable position of having to marry off one of his children. No War AU.

The story of a conniving man who gets due punishment for his sins, the tragic tale of a fragile woman who fell too far and was shattered beyond repair, and the destruction they left in their wake. A oneshot in four parts. Rated for explicit sexual content, strong language, emotional abuse and manipulation, sexual assault and abuse, non-consensual situations, and more.

An unexpected development throws Azula's life into chaos. Sokkla oneshot.

There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin.

[oneshot, Azula x Zuko] She waits, tapping her foot on the floor of her gilded cage, and he does, as she expected, arrive on time.

He tried to be her cure, and she became his disease. Azula, Zuko, Izumi and the nature of guilt. — Zuko x Azula. O/S.

He told her that his life ended the day she was born. The truth is, it didn't start until then. — Zuko x Azula. O/S.

In the years after the war, Ty Lee chases ghosts. Azula confronts her own hubris and remembers her mortality. Azula/Ty Lee. Discontinued.

Ty Lee would wait forever for her, if she had to. — Azula x Ty Lee. O/S.

When an article speculating on Ozai and Azula's personal life appears in the tabloids, the carefully constructed glass walls of Azula's life are unceremoniously shattered.

AU where Stannis Baratheon stayed at King's Landing after Robert Baratheon appointed Ned Stark as Hand of the King. (POV: Stannis)

Iroh returns to the Fire Nation, an old man. Pai sho and tea with his nephews was one of life's greatest pleasures, and it would be nice to have one more game. One-shot. Complete.

In the ashes of war-torn Westeros, the fate of the remnants of House Stark - and that of their lovers, allies, friends, and foes - hangs in the balance. Has turned into my best attempt to complete the entire ASOIAF saga. ***COMPLETE***

Azula couldn't explain to herself why she kept coming back; Ty Lee didn't know why she never told Zuko. But those illicit visits were the only time they felt alive. Other days, they were ghosts. — Azula x Ty Lee. O/S.

"Why is it putting its food on my plate?" Azula and a toddler match wits. — Gen. O/S.

With the Fire Nation royal family's dark secrets coming to light, Zuko struggles with his own guilt, his wish to be reunited with his mother, and the sister who desperately needs help.

There are burdens to being queen that have nothing to do with a curse. There are duties expected of the princess that have nothing to do with being a sister. And the course of true love never did run smooth.

Sequel to "In the Madhouse". After escaping the asylum, Azula faces a dangerous journey and uncertain future. Meanwhile, Zuko struggles to fulfill his new role as Firelord.

It's the first day of school for a new class of Fire Nation girls, including Ty Lee, Mai, and the Princess Azula herself. Naturally, drama, bloody warfare, and dark humor ensue. Featuring characters created by aka Arashi, Alabaster86, and Lavanya Six.

281 AL. The story about the Tourney at Harrenhal, the Knight of the Laughing Tree, the duel between Brandon and Littlefinger and the events leading up to the Stark-Tully-Arryn-Baratheon alliance and Robert's Rebellion.

She's the Fire Nation princess. She's a nonbender. The two were never meant to be true at the same time, but with her family around her, anything is possible. An exploration of parenthood, friendship, and family, seen through the eyes of the extended Gaang.

"Portia's one to talk. She's not a half-breed, a freak, like him." Cinna's life, before the 74th Hunger Games. One-shot.

Iroh is babysitting his grand-niece for the first time, and naturally enough, tea becomes involved. Unnaturally, a dangerous rebel is looking to take advantage of the situation, and it's up to Iroh to protect the baby. Written for akszirules.

Zuko deals with consequences. Azula deals with shadows. Nobody gets what they wanted.

The night before the Day of Black Sun, Zuko makes the walk across the street to Mai's house to say his goodbyes. Parting ways is easier said than done.

Mai falls into a depression after the birth of her first child.

A mix of adventure, mystery, and psychological horror, featuring Suki and Azula as they explore their shared past and find that they have more enemies in the new post-war world than either could have expected. What is the nature of the conspiracy, who is in on it, and who will survive the resulting apocalypse? Based on an idea by Lavanya Six.

History is written by the victors, and Azula was never one to lose. In which the Fire Nation does not enjoy the end of the war.

A series of not-quite-drabbles following Azula's struggle back from her psychotic break. She's not healthy, she's not happy, but she's thinking. It all has to start somewhere.

Azula's growth from loss to victory, one little step at a time.

The War of Three Dragons comes to the Vale, bringing Jon Snow and Sansa Stark together once more. Jon/Sansa, Jaime/Sansa.

Written for Toko Week's "AU" prompt. When Xin Fu purchases a new fighter for his underground fighting ring, how will this affect Toph's orderly dual-life?

Azula is resigned to a life in captivity until a certain Water Tribesman falls through her roof and into her life. Once again she is thrown into a war game in which she is the wild card.

Side-story to Measure Each Step. Toph decides she's finally going to get her field trip with one of the Fire Nation royal siblings. Azula is ever reluctant. Established Azula/Katara.

Ty Lee doesn't like Princess Ursa. In fact, she might even hate her. She has never told anyone this, but she thinks that the Princess knows, because she sometimes feels her eyes piercing through her, quietly considering.

"Perhaps," said Tyrion, "but my father-" "-ruled the Seven Kingdoms, but was ruled at home by his lady wife, or so my mother always said." The story of Tywin and Joanna - and Aerys. COMPLETE.

Zuko is about to change the world, but there are more dangers out there than even he expects. Who will he turn to for protection?

This baby is the most terrifying responsibility he's ever been given. — Zuko/Mai.

Mistakes have consequences, and Azula finds her life sliding out of her control. This isn't what she wanted. This certainly isn't what Aang wanted. Follows "One Mistake," and "Consequences That Follow".

More of how I think The Search should progress. Azula, Zuko, Katara, Sokka are all featured, focus on the sibs, with mentions of the others. I'm sort of bringing a lot of different scenarios together, so maybe one day this will actually turn out to be a story with chapters. Till then I hope you all enjoy. A bit of angst, but with hope at the end.

For want of a nail, Azula and Sokka meet as children and discover some strange similarities. But will revenge, racism, and self-hatred keep them from becoming friends, and possibly more? A tale of emotion and suspense of which Romeo and Juliet wish they were worthy.

Azula is dying. Ty Lee makes soup. Part fluff, part crack, featuring an OOC Azula. Implied TyZula. My first OneShot!

Mai's indifference to her mother is not as strong as she thinks.

"Best you have a new face as well. A pretty one this time, I think. As pretty as your own. Who are you, child?" "No one." Arya serves an apprenticeship under the oldest of Braavos' courtesans - the Merling Queen.

Zuko uses Azula to find out exactly what happened to his mother.

Azula has always been defined by her brother.

I commanded [fire], like an arm or a leg or a finger. The fire became a part of me. My father would search the archives later and discover that I was the youngest firebender ever who hadn't also turned out to be the Avatar. And my father swept me up into an embrace and said, My Azula, in a voice of so much pride, so much pride. It was as if I possessed the whole world.

Mai leaves. Post-canon AU, Maiko, companion to Failures

She folds her tunic right over left and tries not to scream.

Zuko falls apart. (Maiko, Kataang) Warning: non-graphic infant death

Sokka visits Azula in the asylum.

When Azula escapes from her mental prison, she seeks the knowledge spirit for training and sanctuary. But how can she acheive elevation when her new master seems to be trying his best to kill her? Revised. Part One of the Fire Lord Trilogy.

Carry out my sentence, oh, I get what I deserve. —-Fifteen years after declaring her mad and locking her up, Aang tries to have faith in Azula.

Jon's presence makes Sansa feel as if she is two, three, four people at once, and as if she is not fully mistress of any of the roles she plays. Jon/Sansa, post-war. Part One of the Broken Pieces series

In order to prove she is the worthier heir, Azula embarks on a quest to capture the Avatar. Of course, things are never that simple. AU, established Tyzula.

Why Lin never mentions her second parent.

Corruption is a slow-burning game. Zuko/Azula

Sometimes getting away is the only way to heal. Zuko makes a huge decision.

After Azulon ordered her son's death, Ursa convinced Ozai his father would not stop with Zuko and they could not stop him. The royal family fled into exile. Six years later, their tenuous peace shatters with the arrival of Avatar Aang and Prince Iroh.

He would apologize for not having been more careful, but for all his guilt, he was never the least bit careful, not as he should have been. Jon/Sansa

After the birth of her second child, Ursa approaches Azulon with a request.

Azula's father teaches her about seven important things: discipline, trust, life, love, joy, obedience, and strength. Warning: abuse.

"You need only remember this. We are Martells. And we are not weak."

Azula has everything she ever wanted. AU, Azula/Kuei, dark

After her mother leaves, Azula doesn't miss her. Really. Azula instead goes through a klepto phase and has a small crime spree. Azula cannot express her feelings in words and so she expresses them through other means. fits in with the stalking universe.

On a day that Zuko is upset, Azula takes her mockery a little too far. But Azula has never been one to regret the consequences of her actions. Set during Season3. Some Azula/Zuko.

AU. Aang won his battle, but Katara and Zuko lost theirs. While Aang and Mai grieve, Fire Lord Azula battles her own demons.

a companion piece to -not stalking Zuko- this is what Katara read. It is better to be feared than loved. Ozai starts training Azula in her special lessons. She has mixed feelings, but she learns. Warning animals and people are hurt and it's a bit creepy

Mai got everything she wanted, as long as she behaved, and sat still, and didn't speak unless spoken to. But that wasn't the reason she didn't feel. That was something else entirely.

Azula had always known she was going to have to kill her brother. Somewhere along the way, everything just went wrong.

He is a spirit who was once a man, and now he is desperate. There wasn't a jail cell or prison block that could hold him when he was alive. Why should that be any different now? Zuko knows what he has to do. COMPLETE

Iroh is a bad, bad person.

"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." AU. What if Lyanna had survived childbirth and married Robert? What would happen to Jon? What if Rhaego had survived? What if Melisandre was right?

Several years into her stay at the asylum, Azula's come to think of it as her home. It's only when a girl in a blue dress shows up carrying a waterskin, claiming she's going to "heal" her, that life stops making sense.

It's after the war, Azula is better, Zuko's throwing a party, and Sokka's invited. Very dark Sokkla, for Anariel Tindomerel. Notes and epilogue of sort now up.

Had she not been born the daughter of his father's greatest enemy he would have made her his queen. Sokka X Azula

A collection of 100-word drabbles from Zuko's POV exploring his characterization, ranging throughout the whole show; includes at least a few appearances from Mai, Toph, Katara, Aang, Suki, Iroh, Azula, etc; contains minor Maiko and Kataang.

On the day Zuko is banished, Azula says goodbye to him the only way she knows how. Featuring rudeness and almost-family bonding! Almost.

For Azula, there is no distinction between her inner and outer worlds. The aftermath of Azula's mental breakdown, a few psych sessions, a visit, and a birthday gift.

Fire Lady Mai vs. high expectations, uninvited houseguests, and a pushy mother-in-law. Follows my "Two Birds" continuity.

During his coronation feast Zuko is reminded of one of the few human moments he has ever had with his sister.

Ozai may not be able to bend, but he's hardly powerless. Desperate to stop his father before civil war breaks out, Zuko is forced to turn to the only person who can possibly outsmart him: Azula. / Sokka/Azula.

Because they were too stubborn for death, Azula kept them alive.

azula and ty lee. in the Fire Nation, a bargain struck is a bargain kept; the Princess loves not wisely but too well.

Ursa has never loved her children equally. Post-series drabble. Implied incest/abuse.

Babies are no respecters of timetables, tradition or Fire Nation law.

In an alternate universe postfinale, Mai reflects on the consequences of the choice that won the war.

Zuko reflects on his complicated relationship with his sister and his inability to escape it. Post Sozin's Comet. Hints of zucestuous feelings, but no zucestuous acts.

Three weeks after Sozin's Comet, Zuko visits Azula in the asylum, and she has a lot to say.

The new Water Tribe ambassador seems strangely familiar, and Azula wonders if she knew him Before.

Zuko wants to give Azula a second chance, but only after taking certain precautions. He's compassionate, not stupid. He wants to give her the chance that his uncle and Aang gave him. Whether she chooses to squander it is up to her.

The problem with misery is that it bleeds through all veils of normality.

They called it the Air Nomads' Revenge. A simple shift of the winds, and our greatest victory became bitter defeat. No relation to last firebender

Years after the war, Azula is on the run, hunted by the Avatar and her brother, but her greatest threat lies behind an unassuming smile and a pair of intelligent blue eyes. Sokka/Azula

In another world, Azula was born first. In another world, Azula wasn't the favorite. [Permanently incomplete.]

Tales of the Fire Nation Royal family. Canon pairings, rated for violence/themes in later chapters

It isn't that Katara begrudges Zuko and Mai their very active love life. She just wishes they would stop having it in front of her. Katara/Aang, Zuko/Mai, mentions of Sokka/Suki.

And then she is lost to the world, staring at her hands, desperately grasping at the vestiges of a memory. But the memory burns away before she can reach it. .:.post-series.:.

Toph has spent years trying to reconcile herself with her family, but when that fails, she withdraws to Ba Sing Se – and Iroh's teashop. There she tries to recover from old wounds with Iroh's help. Nominated for the Universal Fanfiction Open Awards.

A what if scenario: What if Zuko had been caught and brainwashed by the Dai Li while in Ba Sing Se?

Zuko had always seen her, even when no one else did. Mai/Zuko, one-shot

Iroh and Zuko try to give Azula a second chance. The price for a normal life is her firebending. Is depriving Azula of her firebending the right thing to do? Iroh contemplates.

Iroh has reconquered his tea shop, and will play pai sho every day. For as many days as he has left...

Mothers' meditations on the nature of sacrifice. Kya and Ursa POV.

Sequel to 'Path of Fire'. The renegade warlord Jian Chin marches towards Ba Sing Se, backed by a mysterious and powerful spirit. Azula and the Gaang must join forces to stop him. Revision in progress; revised to chapter 2.

Sometimes we fear violence less than our own feelings. Zuko, Azula, Ozai -- and all the permutations thereof.

In the aftermath of that fateful Agni Kai between the royal siblings, Avatar Aang returns to the Fire Nation to relieve one last person of their bending ability. Warning: Character death.

Sequel to "Heart of Fire". A repentant Azula searches the Earth Kingdom for her exiled mother, the Lady Ursa, while her path is shadowed by enemies old and new. Revision complete 8/15/16.

Her mentors’ beach house was empty, covered in seven years of dust. They had died long before she had escaped from prison with her father. Naturally, she assumed that it was left to her. Why wouldn’t it be? Azula and Ozai plan their revenge against Zuko.

The proverbial in-character Sokkla romance. Naturally, it's something of a tragedy... or is it?

A year after the Comet, a charismatic leader has united rogue elements of the Fire Nation and seeks to begin the war anew. The only person who can stop him is... Azula? Revision complete 2/17/16.

General Iroh is a man of many mistakes, and many, many failures.

When Zuko’s burned, branded, scarred, Azula smiles because it’s the expression most familiar to her, and she doesn’t want to think about what she should be doing instead. — Azula, Zuko

The Phoenix King has fallen. Yet, like his namesake, he knows that he will rise again... Oneshot.

After six years of relative peace, Aang and Zuko find themselves at odds over the Fire Nation colonies. Azula takes advantage. Kataang/Maiko/Sukka

Sequel to Lucky to Be Born. Follow the thoughts of Princess Ursa of the Fire Nation as she copes with the joys and stresses of new motherhood...and watches her husband's slow slide away from her into the madness of ambition.

Paul understands Alia, knows Alia, but can never be like her. Gen, but with disturbing themes.

Was Zuko the only one Ursa said goodbye to when she left?

Sex, Zuko had discovered, was a very troublesome thing. MaiZuko.

Azula has a special treat planned for Zuko. But all is not as it seems...

A mother worries about her children, that is a given. However, one is more worrisome than the other. Overhearing a snatch of conversation between her children, Princess Ursa pulls her youngest aside to give her a strict, heart to heart talk.

As odd as it was, she thought that she remembered him from somewhere, even if her own mind refused to cooperate. A requested SokkaAzula, rated for character death.

Mai, Azula, and Ty Lee: how they met, how they managed to be friends, why Azula didn't send them running screaming for the hills [even if she perhaps should have].

It was a simple truth that Mai had never really thought about her children. MaiZuko.

Fire Lord Ozai has always said that his son was lucky to be born. Zuko takes it as a reproach against his very existence, but what if it was the plain truth? A window into the lives of the Fire Nation's royal family in happier, less perfidious times.