The curtain reopened, and it looked like where Aang had stood when he had begun to face the Fire Lord. The backdrop was firey, with a painted comet streaking across it. The audience hushed immediately. Music started playing, and Actor Aang took a calming breath.
Actor Aang:
This is the moment! Every endeavor, This is the moment, Give me this moment - This is the moment, This is the day - For all this time, This is the moment - I won't look down, This is the moment! When I look back,
This is the day,
When I send all my doubts and demons
On their way!
I have made - ever -
Is coming into play,
Is here and now - today!
This is the time,
When the momentum and the moment
Are in rhyme!
This precious chance -
I'll gather up my past
And make some sense at last!
When all I've done -
All the dreaming,
Beaming and screaming,
Become one!
See it sparkle and shine,
When all I've worked for
Becomes divine!
I've faced the world,
And now the time has come
To prove to them
I can do it the way it's done!
My final test -
Destiny beckoned,
I never reckoned,
Second Best!
I must not fall!
This is the moment,
The sweetest moment of them all!
I'll beat the odds!
This day, or never,
I'll be remembered
By the gods!
I will always recall,
Moment for moment,
This was the moment,
The greatest moment
Of them all!
The audience clapped and Actor Ozai appeared. "So it's you," he sneered. "I was expecting more."
"I will give you one last chance." Actor Aang said. "You don't have to do this."
Actor Ozai sneered. "This is the attitude that made your people lose."
"Today, they will win with me." Actor Aang said, then leaped up, using ribbons to 'airbend'.
The battle of the ribbons commenced, with stunning choreography. Finally, Actor Aang had him on the ropes, but he sank into a posture of weariness. "I can't kill you." He said.
"Even when you've won, you're still weak!" Actor Ozai sneered, trying to sound brave.
"Valuing life isn't weakness." Actor Aang said. "Disregarding it isn't strength either." Then he seemed struck with an idea, placing his hands over Actor Ozai's forehead and heart. The stage was lit with blue and orange, before Actor Ozai collapsed. "What did you do to me?" He whimpered.
"Took away your firebending." Actor Aang said, satisfied. "And if you can't fire bend, you can't be the Fire Lord." Then he seemed to remember something. "Zuko!"
He raced offstage and the curtain closed. Soon after, they reopened, and Actor Zuko, looking pretty dead, was lying down in the pavilion that the real one had fought Azula, with a beautiful blue backdrop. Actor Aang raced onstage. "Zuko!" he cried out.
Actor Zuko blinked his eyes hazily. "What…did we win…?"
"I defeated Ozai, and you beat Azula." Actor Aang said. "We won."
Actor Zuko smiled, rolling over a bit. "My uncle was right again. He said not only would you bring peace to the world…but to me. I am proud to have known you."
"No, no, no, no, you can't die!" Actor Aang begged.
"I'M NOT DYING, YOU IDIOT!" Actor Zuko yelled, sitting up, then remembered himself. "I mean, Avatar Aang. I'm at peace." He said, sitting into a meditative position. Actor Aang blinked then joined him in the tranquil posture. For a few moments, there was peace. Then…
"Hey, do you want to get something to eat?" Actor Aang asked.
"What? Oh, yes."
The two stood up, looking like they would walk offstage. Then Actor Katara walked on, looking at Actor Aang starry-eyed. Actor Zuko caught on quickly. "I'll just…give you some time." He said, walking offstage. For a two moment, the two just stared at each other romantically, as the first few notes of a ballad began to play.
Actor Katara:
We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming
What we'd have to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
Actor Aang:
No one told me
I was going to find you
Unexpected
What you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start
Both:
And life is a road I'll be there
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
Actor Katara:
We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Actor Aang:
Never dreaming
How our dreams would come true
Both:
Now here we stand And life is a road I'll be there I knew there was somebody somewhere And life is a road
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road I'll be there
Now and forever
Wonderful journey
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is a river I wanna keep going on...
Actor Katara:
Starting out on our journey
Both:
Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is river I wanna keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you.
The audience made the traditional sound of "awww…" as the two finally kissed.
Soon, the other cast members joined them: Actor Sokka, Actor Suki, Actor Zuko, Actor Mai, and Actor Iroh. Music started up, and they all held hands as they started singing.
All:
Five hundred twenty-five thousand In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights In five hundred twenty-five thousand How about love?
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love
Seasons of love. Seasons of love
Actor Toph stepped forward, to much applause.
Actor Toph:
Five hundred twenty-five thousand Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?
Actor Iroh stepped forward, joining her.
Actor Iroh:
In truths that she learned (looking at Actor Katara),
Or in times that he cried (looking at Actor Aang).
In bridges he burned (looking at Actor Zuko),
Or the way that she died (looking up at the backdrop, meaning Yue).
All (coming up too):
It's time now to sing out,
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love!
Actor Toph:
Oh you got to got to
Remember the love!
All:
Remember the love!
Actor Toph:
You know that love is a gift from up above!
All:
Remember the love!
Actor Toph:
Share love, give love, spread love.
All:
Seasons of love!
Actor Toph:
Measure, measure your life in love.
The audience clapped once again, and Team Avatar clapped the hardest of all.
"This…is a really good play." Zuko said.
"I'll say," said Aang, grinning at Katara.
"No kidding." Said Katara, smiling back.
"Wonderful." Said Suki, smiling wirily at Sokka.
"You said it", said Toph, giving everyone she could reach a group hug.
"And the songs were decent." Said Sokka, puffing his chest out with pride.
And that's the end of that play! I'll still post one more chapter, though, to tell which songs I used and from where. However, if you want me to write a sequel…
Sokka: But it's caught up to the present now. Unless…(face lights up mysteriously with spooky music) this is THE FUTURE!