Sokka was walking across the city. He looks around but there was nobody there. This was odd for him. Still, the city was beautiful. In fact, it was the most beautiful place he had ever seen. Not even the Upper Ring of Ba Sing Se or the Fire Nation capital could rival this place. He smiles as he watches a flock of birds flying away into the distance. He turns and sees Mongke, standing guard. "Excuse me. Excuse me?" Sokka called out, running to Mongke. Mongke turns to see him. "Hey, where is everybody?" Sokka asked, "This place is like a ghost town."

"They've been cleared from the streets, my lord," Mongke answered, "So the city can be cleansed, as you ordered."

"Cleansed?" Sokka repeated, not liking the sound of it.

"Yes, so that the Age of the Lion-Bear can begin, as you ordered, my lord."

This was also weird for Sokka. He didn't even give such orders, and he was sure that Zuko didn't give orders either. Then they both hear a commotion coming from nearby. Sokka turns and gasped to see a kid, Longshot, being beaten up by two warriors.

"Get back in!" one of the warriors ordered.

"What are you doing?" Sokka asked running to them, "Hey, stop that!

"Move!" another warrior said to Longshot.

"Stop that!" Sokka cried stopping the warriors from bullying Longshot, "What are you doing? Stop that!"

"But, my lord," Mongke explained, "Anyone who disobeys your orders must be punished, as you ordered."

Sokka didn't even give an order about this and he didn't want people to get hurt. "It seems I've been giving a lot of orders, haven't I?" Sokka asked.

"Ozai has made your commands clear, my lord," Mongke said.

"Really?" Sokka asked, realizing the orders were given by Ozai. He turns to the warriors. "Here's an order: Take the day off! And while you're at it, tell Ozai and the rest of the city that the whole 'cleansing' has been put on hold." Sokka commanded to them.

"Huh?" the warriors look at each other, but not wanting to anger a god, they left quickly.

Sokka turns and gives a smile to Longshot. "Are you all right?" Longshot seemed terrified of Sokka and gives him his gold earrings. "Oh, no! It's all right. Please," Sokka said. But Longshot runs away from him while knocking out some items. Sokka looks at the items and smiled.

Sokka was sitting on a ledge and turned the items he found into a musical cuatro. He tunes it up where trying the notes to see how well it played.

"What's that thing supposed to be?" Aang asked as he, Toph and Appa walked around a nearby corner. They were also travelling with some other kids, who were riding on Appa's back.

Sokka turns and sees them.

"Hey guys!" Sokka called, "There you are." Sokka finally tunes his cuatro and plays it. Aang, Toph and the kids gasped at the sounds the instrument made.

"Oh," Sokka realizes and then he starts to play a melody. The kids smile and walk toward Sokka, seeming comfortable with him. Sokka continues as more people come to him, wanting to hear him play. Sokka smiles and sees Longshot again. He gives him his cuatro and shows him how to play it. Longshot plays it and smiles, enjoying the music. Sokka walks away, wanting to see more of the city.

The more I learn

The more I see

Sokka comes to a stream where he sees giant koi swimming there.

The less the world impassions me

The hungry heart

He looks up to see the people staring at him. Sokka gives a wave and smile at them and they wave also.

The roving eye

Have come to rest

Do not apply

The frantic chase

Sokka walks to see a ride. A native, Jet, offers Sokka a ride. Sokka was swinging around while tied by the legs connected to a pole. He was having fun with this.

The crazy ride

The thrill has gone

Sokka comes to a farm where one native, Gyatso, offers Sokka some bird food for the birds. He throws the food on the ground as they eat them.

I step aside

Suddenly, a pair of giant birds appear and eat the food out of Sokka's bowl. He was surprised at this but feeds them happily.

I'd believe

In anything

Were it not for you

Sokka comes to where a group was riding on a giant Turtle-Seal. Sokka rides on and looks at the giant fish swimming in the water. He nearly falls off, but a native named Bato stopped him.

Showing me by just existing

Only this is true

I love you

I love you

Sokka joins the group were they were doing some kind of game like dominos with golden pieces. They were done and one native, Hadoka, insists Sokka to go ahead. Sokka smiles and taps the dominos as they continuously fall knock out one another.

Without question

I love you

I'd believe in anything

The gold dominos was knocked out rapidly, forming a shining golden sun that shone on the faces of Sokka and the natives. He leaves and runs out happily, looking around the great views of El Dorado.

Were it not for you

Showing me by just existing Only this is true

Oh, I love you

Sokka stops and meets up with three other kids: Shoji, On Ji and The Duke who were playing a game. They stopped playing when they spotted Sokka.

Shoji smiles at Sokka and holds the ball up to him, offering if he wants to play. Shoji bounces the ball and hits it with his hip as The Duke hits it back with his hip also. Sokka catches it smiling. He tries out the boys' moves by bouncing the ball with his foot and knee and hits it to them with his hip. The kids giggled and continue to play. Sokka joins them in their game. Aang and Toph were happy for their friend and join in.

From Ozai's temple, the high priest and Mongke spot Sokka playing with the kids. "Hmm," Ozai wondered and looked at his ancient book showing a picture of the gods surrounded by skulls and demons, "This is not what I expected. Perhaps Lord Zuko will enlighten me." Ozai tidies himself up. "How do I look?" he asked Mongke.

"Oh," Mongke wondered, "Uh-Well, you-"

"Oh, shut up," Ozai snapped and leaves to go to the temple where Zuko and Katara are.

Back at the temple, Katara was making out with Zuko. "Oh! Whoa!" Zuko screamed as Katara continues to seduce him.

"My lord?" a voice called. Katara stops with Zuko in a relaxing mood. The voice was from Ozai as he was in the temple looking for Zuko. "Hello?" Ozai called out.

"The high priest," Katara cried putting Zuko on the ground.

"Ow!" the teen cried.

"What's he gonna think if he finds one of the gods like this with me?" Katara wondered.

Zuko gets up. "Uh, lucky god?" he said laughing.

Katara glares at him. "J-Just-Just-Just-" Katara was saying and growled.

"Hello?" Ozai called out.

"Whoa!" Zuko yelled as Katara threw him out of the room and to where Ozai was. Zuko gets up. "Oh, Ozai!" Zuko said, "What brings you here? "

"I-I-I-I-I humbly request an audience with you, my lord," Ozai explained.

"Lord yes. What can I do for you?" Zuko asked.

"My lord, I have just seen Lord Sokka out among the people."

"Really?" Zuko asked, now mad at Sokka for leaving the temple.

"If I may be so bold as to offer some advice," Ozai continued. Katara then appeared behind Ozai, trying to tell Zuko to just say 'no'.

"All right," Zuko agreed, "Shoot."

Katara slapped her forehead.

"My lord, you are perfect," Ozai commented.

"Oh, well," Zuko said rubbing the back of his head as his ego grew bigger, "Go on."

"But in your perfection, you cannot know how imperfect 'humans' are," Ozai said using his magic to form snakes. "Like snakes they are. Spineless and slippery." Zuko and Katara look in horror at the snakes around them. Then, rats appear out of nowhere. "They are as untrustworthy as rats, stealing and cheating with no remorse," Ozai continued as webs formed with spiders coming. "Spinning webs of lies, like spiders!" A spider formed on Ozai's hand as he squishes it.

"Stop it!" Zuko snapped, completely grossed out, "That's disgusting!"

Ozai's magic faded away as the snakes, spiders, rats, and everything that were illusions disappear. "They're beyond disgusting!" Ozai said.

"Yeah, yeah, way beyond," Zuko said.

"Then we're in agreement," Ozai smiled, "I'll begin the necessary preparations immediately. Now, do you wish to have your victims bound to an altar, or would you prefer them free-range? And will you be devouring their essence whole...or piece by piece?"

Zuko seemed shocked by this. "Ozzy, you've lost me."

"My lord," Ozai continued, "These people will not respect you if they do not fear you!"

"And, of course, we'll make them fear us by…" Zuko was about to say something but stopped. "A sacrifice," Ozai answered for him, "As it is prophesied! The history of the Age of the Lion-Bear will be written in-"

"Ink?" Zuko guessed.

"Blood!"

"Blood! Oh, right. Of course, I-I was just testing you to see if you studied the sacred texts. Well done!" Zuko lied, but seemed creeped out by Ozai. "But before you make any arrangements, I should probably consult with Lord Sokka. This is fairly important stuff. I, um, should discuss the entire, uh, blood issue right away. Excuse us, won't you?" He turns to Katara and grabs her by the hand. "Let's go." Zuko and Katara walk away from the temple, looking for Sokka.

"Finally," Ozai said to himself, "We're connecting…"

Meanwhile, Zhao and his army heading to a canyon where Zuko, Sokka and Appa were with the shape of the canyon looking like a hawk.

"This way," Zhao said as they march out of the canyon.

Wow, it looks like the boys have some real trouble on their hands. Stay tuned to find out! And please read and review!