Dramatis Personae
The Second Moctezuma, Ruler of Tenochtitlan (Randy's past life)
The Beautiful Teresa (Theresa's past life)
The Invulnerable Hernan, a Conquistador (Howard's past life)
The Wily Cuitlahuac (Stevens' past life)
The Jealous Narbona, a Navajo chief (Niall's past life)
The Treacherous Kan, a Mayan ruler (Ken's past life)
ACT I
A Central American plain.
To say that the Spanish were evil and the native peoples of the Americas were good would have been untrue. There were good people and evil people on both sides. It did not matter if you were an Indian defending your home or a Spanish soldier conquering a new land, one of them could have been good and the other evil regardless of the side. Both could have been good or both could have been evil. Whatever the case was things were not as black and white as some people would like it to be.
Upon the plain, Moctezuma stared at the Navajo Narbona. Narbona was jealous of both the Aztecs and Mayans, jealous of their glory. As for the Mayan leader Kan, he stared at both Moctezuma and Narbona planning the downfall of Aztecs and Navajo alike once they had defeated the Spanish so he could extend the Mayan Empire's power.
Moctezuma's consort was one of them but forcibly baptized into the faith of the Spanish and she had been treated so badly that she had ultimately forgotten what he Indian name had been. Now she only knew the name the Spanish had given her. She only remembered the name Teresa.
"We must make peace!" exclaimed Moctezuma. "Peace is the way!"
"Peace?" questioned Narbona. "I had heard the ruler of Tenochtitlam had been a great warrior. Why is it I now hear him speak of peace?"
"The art of the warrior is to defend against the forces of evil not to kill." Countered Moctezuma.
"Then why do we not kill the Spanish?" asked Narbona.
"Because good and evil is everywhere but to find the good you must be willing to look for it." Answered Moctezuma.