Katara rolled to her side as she slowly drifted out of her slumbering state, not yet noticing that her blanket had vanished while she'd been asleep.
Her eyes' slowly unrolling to a shocking scene, one in which Azula had grown to a massive size, holding Katara in the palm of her hand. The Fire Nation Princess's wicked smile and cold, unblinking eyes sending a shiver down Katara's spine as their eyes locked.
"Well, well, if it isn't the Avatar's little Water Tribe girl. Finally awake, peasant?" The gigantic Azula teased, her booming voice assaulting Katara's tiny eardrums. She prayed this was only a bad dream, but it all felt too authentic for that to be true.
"Azula? No, this can't be real!" Katara yelled in disbelief. If Azula had captured her, then what had become of Aang and Sokka?
"Oh, I promise you this is happening, little girl." Azula teased, commenting on Katara's size. "I only wish your little friends were here to join us. Unfortunately, Mai and Ty Lee found your camp while the others were out, so they decided to capture you instead so we could perform a little interrogation." Azula threatened. At least Aang and the others were safe.
"I won't tell you anything!" Katara barked, although her defiance might have carried more weight if she were taller than any of the Fire Nation girls' fingernails.
"Oh, she's feisty. I like her, Azula! Don't you think she's cute?" Ty Lee smiled, her face popping up over the Fire Nation Princess's shoulder.
"Sure, she's cute. For a peasant, I guess, she might even make a great pet. What do you say, Ty Lee?" Azula commented, offering to hand off ownership of Katara to her quote-unquote friend.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing? I'm nobody's pet, you giant bitch!" Katara spat, looking up at the massive princess while still being held in her palm.
"You foolish little girl, you dare to speak to a princess like that? Do you not realize how easy it would be for me to burn you to a crisp?" Azula announced, lifting her other hand to create a dazzling display of blue flames to intimate Katara.
A bead of sweat appeared on the Water Tribe girl's forehead, though nobody could say where it was due to the heat or the fear of what Azula might do to her. At that moment, Katara realized her bending water was gone, meaning that lone bead of sweat was her only weapon to defend her from Azula's wrath.
"Why bother? We should step on her and call it a day." calmly said the voice of Mai, who had been standing quietly off to the side until this moment.
"An excellent idea Mai, why not take it upon yourself to crush the little Water Tribe girl?" Azula announced, lifting a struggling Katara from her palm between her fingers.
"Pass, you want her dead. Do it yourself." Mai responded, refusing to kill Katara on Azula's order.
"So be it. I don't want the peasant dead yet. So I'll let the two of you deal with her in my place." Azula declares, how will she continue to torture Katara?
1. "Ty Lee, I want to keep a close eye on her. Let me know when she's ready to talk." Azula drops Katara into Ty Lee's waiting palm, allowing the circus girl to decide the best place for the tiny girl was between her breasts.
2. "Mai, I'd like you to remove your shoe. Maybe this little bug will be more talkative after she sweats it out under your foot where little ants like her belong." Azula condemns Katara to a new life under Mai's foot as an insole.
3. "Ty Lee, I think our little friend could benefit from a little solitary confinement, wouldn't you agree?" Azula hands Katara over to Ty Lee, allowing her to keep her tucked away down the back of her pants between her buttcheeks.