"Doesn't it seem kind of weird that we're hiding from the Fire lord in his own house?" Katara asked. We were on Ember Island hiding in Zuko's old beach home.
"I told you," Zuko started. He just finished Fire bending practice so he was shirtless and sweating. He wiped his forehead off with a towel. "We haven't been here since out family was actually happy. That was a long time ago. It's the last place anyone would think to look for us." Just as he said that, Sokka and Suki came running in.
"You guys won't believe this! There's a play about us!" Sokka said showing us a poster entitled, The Boy in the Iceberg.
"We were in town and we found this poster."
"What? It's not possible."
"Listen to this." Sokka started reading the poster. "The Boy in the Iceberg is a new play write from director Paun Tin, Who scoured the globe in search of information about the Avatar. From the icy South Pole, to the heart of Ba Sing Se. He sources include singing nomads, prisoners of war, pirates and an extremely knowledgeable cabbage merchant. Brought to you by the well-known Ember Island Players."
"Ugg!" Zuko groaned. "My mother used to take us to see them. They butchered 'Love amongst the Dragon' every year."
"Do you guys really think it's good for use to attend a play about ourselves?" I asked.
"Kya, Kya, Kya. You weren't here when our team did stuff like this almost every day! This is the time wasting nonsense I've been missing!"
"Okay…"
That night we all went to the theater, we went up into the balcony seats. I sat down between Zuko and Kya.
"Why are we sitting in the nosebleed section? My feet can't see a thing!" Toph complained.
"Don't worry." Katara said. "I'll tell your feat what's going on." As we took our seats, the curtain started to open.
Two actors were sailing in a boat in a very crappy set. I guess that's Sokka and Katara… The actors started speaking.
"Sokka, my only brother we constantly roam these southern seas but yet, we find nothing fulfilling!"
"All I want is a full feeling in my stomach! I'm starving!" This was going to be interesting…
"Is food the only thing you can think about?"
"I'm trying to get out of my mind, and into my mouth! I'm starving!" Oh god…
"Every day, the world awaits a beacon to guide us, but yet known has come." The actress was moving dramatically around the stage. "Still, we cannot give up hope! For hope is all we have. And we must never relinquish it even in our dying breath." The actress started wailing.
"This is just ridiculous!" The real Katara stated. We all let out little chuckles.
A giant orb rose from the middle of the stage with a shadow of what looked to be a gingerbread boy with an arrow taking up most of his head.
"What's that?" "Sokka" exclaimed.
"It seems to be a boy tapped in ice. Perhaps for a hundred years!"
"But who? Who is the boy in the iceberg?"
"WATERBEND! HIYA!" The actress screamed flailing her arms in the air. What came out of the iceberg did resemble Aang in a way…but had one minor difference.
"I'm the avatar here to spread joy and peace around the world! Yip Yip!" It was a woman. We all started cracking up, except Aang, but stopped when a thing meant to be playing Appa popped up out of nowhere slightly scaring us.
"You're filling me with such hope, it's making me tearbend!" The actress playing Katara said dropping to her knees sobbing.
"My stomach is empty its make me tear bend! I need meat!" With both actors crying, they went to a blackout. The best part so far.
When the lights went back on there was Fire Nation ship with two actors playing Iroh and Zuko. The Zuko actor look a little like Zuko, except the scar was on the wrong side and wait…was that a ponytail?
"You had a ponytail?" I asked Zuko smirking. He hid his face in his hands flushing while I started laughing hysterically!
The story continued, Aang found Momo, Sokka met Suki…and wore a dress, they met an insane king, they got attacked by pirates, Zuko capture Aang but some guy, wearing the same blue mask Zuko wore in Ba Sing Se, saved Aang…Confused much? Katara hooked up with some boy named Jet…I had to ask her about that one… They flew over the great divide. Then they got to Sokka and Yue…I looked up at Zuko and gave him a very skeptical look.
"You made out with my sister?" I asked slightly disgusted.
"Shhhh! I'm trying to watch!" He shushed me.
Yue turned into the moon spirit and the Fire Nation was attacking. This is when I left… A single tear ran down my face. Zuko wrapped an arm around me in concern.
"I'm okay." I reassured him. Then Aang turned into some weird fish, water light thing and took down the whole Fire Nation. Damn, I had to give the kid credit.
When the actress playing Aang fell over the curtain closed signaling intermission. Finally!
We all sat on the stairs outside of the balcony.
"So far this intermission was the best part of the play!" Zuko spat out.
"Yeah! This writer thinks I'm and idiot who tells bad jokes about meat all the time!" Sokka said stuffing his face with some sort of jerky. Jerky…That sounds really good right now.
"That's not you at all…" Suki said sarcastically.
"I know!" When he turned to acknowledge Suki I took a handful of the jerky out of the bag. Zuko gave me an odd look when I started shoving it in my mouth, but I could hear Katara giggling in the back. I looked behind me to see that she was giving me look, as if say "And the cravings begin". I turned around just continuing to munch on the jerky.
"Hey, at least the Sokka character kinda looks like you! I'm not a woman!"
"I don't know twinkle toes…You are more in touch with you feminine side then most guys." Toph said. It was true… Aang growled.
"Relax Aang," Katara started. "It's not like I'm some over emotional, cry baby who makes over emotion speeches about hope all the time." Katara knows I love her dearly…but I had to disagree with her on that one. We all gave her an odd look. "What?"
"C'mon." Aang sighed. "We should get back in the show is starting."
The show picked up in the Earth Kingdom… I met Zuko in the Earth kingdom! I should be coming on soon! I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing…
After Toph was introduced, it went back to Zuko and Iroh.
"Zuko, it's time we had a talk…about your hair! It's getting to unruly!"
"Maybe it's time we split up!" Zuko said flipping his hair and walking away.
"This is just before I met you…" The real Zuko whispered in my ear.
The actor Zuko walked across the stage. "What do I do now? How will ever regain my honor?" The actor said almost failing to his knees.
"I think I can help you." A very sultry voice said off stage. A girl with long black hair, wearing way too little clothing walked on to the stage. She walked over to Zuko wrapping his arms around him. "I'm Kya." She said slightly biting her bottom lip. "You don't need honor. My love will be enough for you, and don't you dare tell me it's not. You can forget about the avatar just focus on me. Come with me…" She said pulling Zuko off stage. I'm going to be sick. I ran out of the balcony covering my mouth. I ran to the bathroom and threw up into the toilet. When I was done I walked to the sinks, washed my hands, and looked into the mirror. I'm not some sleazy little girl…am I? I'm only 17, pregnant, and the father doesn't know… That's not that bad. Whatever.
When I walked back into the theater the people playing Zuko and Katara were in a sparkling room. I remember this! It was the crystal catacombs in Ba Sing Se. I sat down next to Zuko as the actors started to talk.
"I have to admit Prince Zuko; I really do find you attractive." Excuse me?
"You don't have to make fun of me!" Zuko spat out.
"But I mean it, I've had eyes for you since the day you first captured me." This is not happening.
"Wait I thought you were the Avatars girl?" And I thought at this point we were dating!
"The Avatar! Why he's like a little brother to me! I could never think about him a romantic way. Plus he could never find out about this." They wrapped their arms around each other. They are just actor, they are just actors. I could feel tears brimming in my eyes. Am I seriously crying? Damn hormones. Obliviously Aang wasn't taking this well either, he left the theater. Zuko saw me crying and put his hand on my thigh.
"You really think I would do that?" He asked me. I inhaled and shock my head no. I'm being ridiculous, they're just actors. The show dragged on for what seemed hours. I dozed of somewhere in the middle. I was woken up by Zuko shaking me.
"There's another intermission, let's go get some air." He said in a monotone. Something's wrong. I followed him, as he moped outside.
"Come one let's go outside." I said dragging him out of the playhouse. We walked down to the beach. "So what's wrong?"
"What's wrong? I just had my whole past shoved in my face! How cruel I was to everyone! And when I finally thought I was getting better I betray one of the few people who cared about me! I betrayed my Uncle!" He sat down in the sand. I kneeled next to him.
"Zuko, you said you just had your whole past shoved in your face."
"Thanks for reminding me."
"And it's just that. Your past. Zuko, it happed already there's nothing you can do about your past and your uncle will forgive you. Plus you still have your whole future ahead of you. Just think about it." I wrapped my arms around him. "You, Fire Lord Zuko, running the whole fire nation, ending this stupid war."
"Yeah…With you beside me." He said smirking. I looked down.
"Maybe some little princes or princesses running around." I peeked up at him, he looked taken back.
"Yeah…I guess in the future."
"Well the future is in about six or seven months…"
"Kya, what are you saying?" I looked up at him.
"Zuko, I'm pregnant."