"Let me get this straight," Toph spoke up, "Katara, you're in Zuko's body. Zuko's in Sokka's body and Sokka's in Azula's body. So Azula's in, uh, Katara's body?"
The four of them nodded in reply.
Toph frowned, "Well that sucks."
Katara glared at Sokka, "You know this is all your fault right?"
"How is it my fault?"
"If you had just let me tell Aang like I had wanted to we wouldn't be in this mess!"
Sokka crossed his arms, "You're blaming me again! You always blame me!"
"That's because everything is your fault!"
"Guys," Aang interrupted, "I think you should stop fighting. The lady who cursed you said you'd have to learn your lessons. I think your lesson is not to fight. I mean, she made the potion specifically for bickering siblings."
"How come when you put the potion on Katara's and Sokka's eyelids they didn't switch back?" Toph asked, "Yet, the second it touched Azula and Zuko's they all switched."
Aang sighed, "The lady said something would keep them from switching back. I guess this is it. And, after all, Azula and Zuko are brother and sister, and that's who the potion was made for."
Zuko glared at Aang, "Switch me back now, Avatar!"
"He has a name," Katara crossed her arms, "It's Aang."
"Toph, stay here with them," Aang said, "I'm going to go find that old lady, Madame whatever, and get another antidote."
"You're leaving me with the freaks?"
"Sorry Toph!" Aang called as he glided away.
Azula crossed her arms, "Freaks?"
Toph shrugged, "Do you blame me?"
"Now what?" asked Sokka.
"We wait," Katara replied, "We don't really have much of a choice."
"I feel so powerless! So weak!" Azula complained angrily.
"At least your body can bend," Zuko spat, "Mines pathetic, measly, and this fabric-" he scratched at his arms and chest frantically.
"Oh I'm sorry," Sokka said sarcastically, "Is your skin too sensitive for the fabric?"
"If I'm stuck with this," Katara said, pointing to Zuko's scar, "forever, someone's going to pay!"
Sokka smiled and chuckled mischievously, "I can look at myself naked."
Azula's mouth feel open in disgust.
Zuko continued to scratch, "Don't you ever bathe?"
"At least your body's not hairy," Azula said, "God waterbending wench, don't you ever shave? I feel like I've got bushes under my arms."
"What!?" Katara shrieked balling her hands into fists and placing them on her hips.
"I don't stand like that!" Zuko complained, pointing at Katara.
Sokka laughed, then froze and looked below his waist, "Why do I feel like I just leaked?"
Azula blushed, "I, uh," they turned to look at her, "I have my period."
"Oh gross!" Sokka looked at Azula in disgust, then turned to Katara and whispered, "What's that?"
Toph began cracking up uncontrollably. The four mixed up teens turned to her; "What's so funny?" Sokka asked.
"Oh man!" Toph said, wiping a tear of laughter from her eye, "You guys could have one twisted love affair."
There was silence as they stared at Toph angrily.
"Why'd everyone stop speaking?" Toph asked awkwardly.
"That's not funny," Sokka stated.
"I can't stand this!" Azula threw her hands up in disgust, "Water is the most vile element of all! It's the weakest, the most pathetic-"
"Hey!" Katara glowered at her, "Fire's no better. It's barbaric and only brings death and destruction."
"At least it brings something," Azula crossed her arms, "Water doesn't do crap."
"Watch it!" Sokka shouted, "I have the ability to shoot lightening now, remember? I'll do it if I have to."
"No!" Toph screamed, ducking behind Zuko.
"What are you doing?" Zuko asked.
"Last time Sokka tried to bend, I was the one who suffered for it," Toph explained.
"It's true," Katara told Sokka.
"You shouldn't be talking," Toph countered, pointing at Katara, "You hit me with a boomerang!"
Katara crossed her arms, "Well, who uses boomerangs anymore, anyway?"
"Don't knock it just 'cause you suck at it." Sokka replied.
"Seriously, don't you ever wash?" Zuko asked Sokka, as he scratched his sides, "I'm so itchy."
"When will the bald monk be back?" Azula asked.
"His name is Aang," Katara placed her hands on her hips, "And mine's Katara."
Azula brushed Katara's hair loopies behind her ears, "I don't care."
"Wow!" Sokka spoke up, the other three turning to look at him, "This is a tight butt!" Azula's mouth fell open in horror as Sokka felt her butt. He turned to Katara, "Hey, try yours. Is it tight?"
"Ew!" Katara's brows contorted in repulsion, "Sokka, I am not feeling Zuko's butt!"
"Thank god!" Zuko cried in relief, "and stop standing like a girl!"
"Excuse me?" Katara asked, "Stop standing like a girl? I can stand however the hell I want to. I can sing and skip with flowers all the way to the spa."
"Please don't," Azula spoke up, "as if I really need that image in my head." Azula began re-doing Katara's hairstyle.
"Hey! What are you doing! That's my-" Katara blushed, "Uh-oh."
"What is it?" Sokka asked.
"I, uh," Katara chuckled awkwardly, "I have to, um."
"Don't tell me, you have to go to the bathroom?" Zuko asked.
"Yeah," Katara smiled sheepishly.
"Nuh-uh!" Zuko stepped forward frantically, "You are not seeing what's down there!"
"Like I want to?"
Zuko sighed, "Well, I'm coming with you, to make sure you don't see anything. You just close your eyes and pee, and, well, I'll do the rest."
"Don't be touching certain parts with my hands, buddy!" Sokka called after them as they disappeared into the trees, "Weird. Is that really what I look like from the back?"
Azula stared at him.
"What?" Sokka asked.
"You're not that bright, are you?"
"Bingo," Toph said.
"Hey," Sokka crossed his arms, "Whose side are you on?"
"How am I supposed to answer that? If I say 'yours' it's like saying 'Azula's'. And if I say 'Sokka's' it's like saying 'Zuko's'."
"She has a point," Azula said, "Unlike these fingernails. They're so dull, and so not sharp." She held them up to her face and studied them.
Toph laughed, "This day is one I'll never forget," Toph made herself an earth chair and sat down, "Unless I'm dreaming. Then this'll be a dreamI'll never forget."
"I wish it were a dream," Sokka said, "I know I've always liked girls, but I don't enjoy being one."
"Excuse me?" Azula asked, "Are you trying to say you don't like being me? Everybody likes being me. Got it?"
Sokka nodded in reply, "Got it," he gulped. Even as Katara, he thought, she's still pretty scary.
"That was the most awkward thing I've done in my life!" Katara said loudly as her and Zuko returned, "Hopefully I won't have to do that again before Aang returns."
"Look! Up there!" Sokka shouted, pointing to the sky, "Is it a bird, is it a kite?"
"It's a bird," Azula replied.
"Oh, I was hoping it was Aang," Sokka leaned against a tree and brushed Azula's hair from his eyes.
"Isn't that the avatar?" Zuko asked, pointing to the sky.
"Excuse me?" Katara asked, tapping her foot.
"I mean, isn't that Aang?"
"That's better."
"It is Aang!" Sokka smiled as Aang landed before him.
"Where's the antidote?" Azula asked.
Aang shook his head, "I couldn't find her anywhere. The lady who cursed you, she just vanished or something. I looked through her entire shop searching for a potion, any potion, which looked similar to the antidote, but I couldn't find one. I even asked the townspeople if they knew where she was. No one knew, but this one man told me he saw her pack up and leave."
"She's gone?" Katara asked sadly.
"Does that mean they're stuck like this?" Toph asked, concerned.
Aang nodded, "Until we locate her they are."
"This is horrible," Zuko muttered, "I can't believe she left town."
"And that's not even the worst part," Aang looked at them, afraid to come out with it, "We have forty-eight hours to reverse this before it becomes permanent."
Author's Note: Wow, I'm really glad a bunch of you liked it. I wasn't sure how this concept would turn out, or how to write it at first. Thanks all of you for commenting because you gave me a reason to continue writing. The next chapter might not be up within the same length of time as the other chapters. I have loads of homework, projects, and reports which I have to complete this week. I'll try to get it up as soon as I can though, so please just bare with me. Thanks.
Nikole