Sorry for not updating this for so long, i'm going to try to be better about it. As always thanks for reading and thanks for sticking with me this long! Enjoy!
"Aang fix your form," You told him.
"But I need to master firebending, sozin's comet will be here soon" Aang whined.
You sighed, firebending training was like this most of the time, you know its because Aang is stressed out about facing the fire lord so soon but he still needed to learn the basics. "You need to masters the basics, once you do that the rest is easy."
Aang looked at Zuko for support, "hey don't look at me," Zuko said putting his hands up defensively. "She still yells at me about my stance."
"Maybe we should take a break," you suggested as Daisuke walked into the courtyard carrying a tray with glasses of water. He placed it near Kaito and Jet.
"Good idea" Aang said in relief.
As the three of you approached Kaito used his bending to drink the water.
Jet turned to Kaito and said, "You know that's really freaky"
"You're just jealous" Kaito said with a goofy grin.
"Like I'd be jealous of a bear" Jet mumbled as you and Zuko sat with them. Aang grabbed a glass and walked over to Katara and Toph.
"That's a fancy hairpiece sis" Daisuke commented.
You smiled shyly, "Zuko gave it to me." You explained.
"It suits you" Kaito added with a smile.
You sat there enjoying the peaceful day as the four boys talked. It was still hard for you to believe how well Zuko, Jet, Daisuke and Kaito got along. You looked at the four boys; they were the most important people to you. You couldn't help but smile.
You were knocked out of your thoughts when you heard Katara say, "Doesn't it seem kind of weird that we're hiding from the Fire Lord in his own home?"
"I told you, my Father hasn't come here since our family was actually happy." Zuko explained, "And that was a long time ago. This is the last place anyone would think to look for us. " He finished confidently.
You were about to speak when you heard Sokka, "You guys are not going to believe this. There's a play about us!"
"We're famous?" Kaito asked.
"Not us you dummy, Aang is the avatar, its not surprising there would be a play about him," Daisuke said.
"It looks like we're all in it!" Sokka said happily as he held up a poster.
"We were just in town and we found this poster." Suki added as she gestured to it.
You looked the poster; in the center were Aang, Sokka and Katara. Behind them was a ghostly image of Zuko with his scar on the wrong side. Your jaw dropped in shock but you decided not to bring that up. In the bottom right corner was a very unflattering image of you. And in the bottom left corner was an equally unflattering image of Kaito and Daisuke.
"See we are famous!" Kaito bellowed.
"I'm not sure that's a good thing," Daisuke mumbled.
"I just hope it doesn't go to his head," you giggled as Kaito shot you a look.
Sokka showed the poster to Katara who looked really upset, "How is that possible?" she questioned in disbelief.
Sokka took the poster back and said, "Listen to this. 'The Girl of Fire and The Boy in the Iceberg' is a new production from acclaimed playwright Pu On Tim who scoured the globe gathering information on the Avatar from the icy South Pole to the heart of Ba Sing Se. His sources including singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war and a surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage."
"Brought to you by the critically acclaimed Ember Island Players." Suki added.
"Ugh." Zuko groaned loudly in annoyance, "My Mother used to take us to see them. They butchered "Love Amongst The Dragons" every year. "
"Sokka, do you really think it's a good idea for us to attend a play about ourselves?" Katara asked.
"Come on, a day at the theatre? This is the kind of wacky time wasting nonsense I've been missing. " Sokka said.
"It sounds fun, I'm in" You chimed in.
Upon arriving at the theatre, you easily got enough tickets for everyone. As you walked up to your seats you made fun of the silly hooded cloak Zuko decided to wear. He wasn't too happy about that and said that you should have disguised yourself. You shrugged it off; he was being a bit paranoid.
Your group had a private box. In the top row of seats were Sokka, Suki, Longshot and Smellerbee; in the middle row were Katara, Zuko, You and Jet. And in the front row were Aang, Daisuke, Kaito and Toph.
"Why are we sitting in the nose bleed section? My feet can't see a thing from up here." Toph complained.
"Don't worry, I'll tell your feet what's happening." Katara told her.
The curtain opened to reveal crudely painted icebergs and figure frozen in the center of one.
"The Avatar waited, frozen in an iceberg for 100 years," A voice offstage bellowed. You were surprised that the curtain closed.
"Shouldn't there be more?" Katara asked.
Suddenly the curtain opened again, but this time the scene was completely different, crudely painted trees replaced the icebergs and in the center was an actor with long red hair meditating. You gasped in shock as your eyes widened.
"It's me," you mumbled still in shock.
"She looks nothing like you" Zuko mumbled.
"It's called, 'The Girl of Fire and the Boy in the Iceberg'" Kaito said, "It pretty easy to figure out that, that means you little sis."
You examined the actress, he skirt was even shorter than yours, the hair the wrong shade of red and she shirt was a glorified bikini.
"I don't really dress like that do i?" you whispered to everyone was as you self-consciously looked at your clothes.
Suddenly another figure walked on stage, he wore fire nation armor and had a silly ponytail, he was clearly supposed to be Zuko but the scar was on the wrong side.
"The scars on the wrong side" Zuko said in disbelief.
The actress playing you stood as she noticed the actor Zuko then ran off stage.
"Where'd she go?" the actor Zuko said as he frantically looked around.
The scene changed to the actress Kana standing near a pond. A huge actor dressed in Earth Kingdom clothes and a frail actor dressed in water tribe clothes walked on stage.
"Baby sis!" The Daisuke actor bellowed.
"Do you have to be so loud" the Kaito actor complained.
You couldn't help but giggle.
"They switched us," Daisuke said in disbelief.
"He's so puny, that's a horrible representation of me" Kaito complained as the actors reenacted the conversation you had at the pond the day you saw Zuko for the first time.
"What about me? I look like an idiot," Daisuke complained.
"At least you don't look like a whore," you mumbled. Zuko wrapped an arm around you to comfort you.
They acted out your second encounter with Zuko, his injury, and the raid.
The actress Kana collapsed on stage as she screamed for Daisuke and Kaito, the Zuko actor carried her off stage. Then the scene changed to the cliff.
"That's so sad" Suki gasped. You glanced at your friends; almost all of team avatar and the freedom fighters were on the verge of tears. Apparently you do have a tragic backstory.
The actress playing you entered with bandages wrapped around her waist, the Zuko actor followed her.
"Prince Zuko" The actress said in an overly dramatic voice.
"Yes?"
"You're leaving soon?"
"In a few days, I need to continue my search for the avatar"
"Take me with you"
After a long pause the Zuko actor nodded, "I promise I will get you and your brothers home safely."
You turned to Zuko, "Was I really that dramatic?"
He chuckled, "Yeah, was I really that serious?" You nodded giggling.
The scene changed back to the iceberg scenery. Two figures were in a boat, one was extremely scrawny and goofy looking guy, and the other was a very developed female wearing way too much blush and revealing clothing. Sokka's jaw dropped as he realized that the scrawny guy was supposed to be him. Katara gasped, clearly offended by her portrayal.
The actress sighed. "Sokka, my only brother. We constantly roam these icy South Pole seas and yet never do we find anything fulfilling. "
"All I want is a full feeling in my stomach, I'm starving!" The Sokka actor replied, The real Sokka and Katara looked between each other in disbelief.
"At least it's better than mine" Kaito mumbled bitterly.
"Is food the only thing on your mind? " The Katara actress continued.
"Well, I'm trying to get it out of my mind and into my mouth. I'm starving." The Sokka actor said, causing the entire audience to laugh.
"This is pathetic. My jokes are way funnier than this." Sokka said bitterly.
"I think he's got you pegged." Toph laughed.
"Everyday, the World awaits a beacon to guide us, yet none appears. Still, we cannot give up hope. For hope is all we have and we must never relinquish it. Even... even to our dying breath. " The Katara actress stated dramatically as she began to cry.
Suki and Sokka started laughing, Katara shot them a glare and said. "Well that's just silly. I don't sound like that."
"Sounds about right to me" you whispered earning a glare from Katara.
"Oh man, this writer's a genius." Toph said, clearly enjoying it. You had to admit it was pretty funny.
Suddenly the iceberg prop moved to the center of the stage. "It appears to be someone frozen in ice. Perhaps for a hundred years. " Actress Katara said.
"But who? Who is the boy in the iceberg?" Actor Sokka asked.
Aang was excited to see his portrayal.
"Waterbend, hai-ya!" Actress Katara said as she moved her arm. Cracks began to appear all over the iceberg prop untill it cracked open and smoke filled the stage. From within the smoke a clearly female figure emerged. Aang's jaw dropped. The actress Aang wore a lot of make up and even though she resembled him, Aang was really upset that a girl was portraying him.
"Who are you, frozen boy?" Actress Katara asked.
Actress Aang giggled and said, "I'm the Avatar, silly. Here to spread joy and fun," as she danced.
"Wait, is that a woman playing me?" Aang asked in disbelief.
A strange lion bison hybrid puppet danced around the stage, these people clearly had no idea what Appa looked like. You were offended for the sky bison.
The Actress Katara gasped, "An airbender. My heart is so full of hope that it's" she dropped to her knees, "making me tearbend." She said as she started crying again.
"My stomach is so empty that it's making me tearbend." The Sokka actor said as he dropped to his knees. "I need meat."
"But wait." Actress Aang said as she pointed up, "Is that a platter of meaty dumplings?"
The curtain closed to change the scene.
"I don't do that. That's not what I'm like!" Aang mumbled in annoyance, "And... I'm not a woman!" he said louder.
"Oh, they nailed you, Twinkle Toes." Toph chimed in.
Aang clearly upset slumped back in his seat, you were about to comfort him when the curtain opened to reveal the actors for you and Zuko on a ship, along with a chubby actor you guessed was suppose to be Iroh, at least his portrayal seemed accurate.
"Prince Zuko, Kana, you must try this cake. " The Iroh actor said. Yep accurate. He held up a platter with a cake missing one piece on it.
"I don't have time to stuff my face. " Actor Zuko yelled, "I must capture the Avatar to regain my honor!"
Actress Kana sighed and mumbled, "Again with honor, you're the most honorable person I know" the Zuko actor didn't hear her. "I'll have cake," she said loudly.
"Well, while you do that, maybe Kana and I will capture another slice." Actor Iroh said as he gave actress Kana a slice then began to eat rest of the cake.
"You sicken me." Actor Zuko stated.
"Excuse you" Actor Kana said with a slight glare.
Actor Zuko looked at her sheepishly and said, "Not you, you're wonderful and beautiful"
"They make me totally stiff and humorless." Zuko mumbled in annoyance.
"Actually, I think that actor's pretty spot on." Katara chimed in.
"How could you say that?" Zuko snapped. Then looked at you for support.
You put your hand up defensively, "Hey, you were pretty stiff back then, it used to be so hard to make you laugh."
Zuko sighed in defeat, he couldn't argue with that.
"Let's forget about the Avatar and get massages." Actor Iroh said as he walked up to Actor Zuko.
"How could you say that?!" Actor Zuko snapped. Katara grinned as Zuko sunk into his seat.
"Hey we still need to look for my brothers!" Actress Kana chimed in.
The scene changed to the southern air temple where actress Aang was dancing around the stage. Suddenly a tail popped out of the bushes.
"Hey look," actress Aang said. "I think I found something." She said as she pulled a creature that was suppose to be Momo out of the bushes. "It's a flying rabbit monkey. I think I'll name him, Momo." She added with a giggle.
"Hi, everybody. I love you." The Momo puppet said. Everyone exchanged confused glances. Seriously Momo talking, that was just silly.
The scene changed to Kyoshi Island where Actress Suki stood behind a huge fan, next to actor Sokka dressed in the clothes of the Kyoshi warriors.
"Does this dress make my butt look fat?" Actor Sokka asked as he wiggled his but at the crowd.
Suki couldn't help but laugh as Sokka blushed.
Then the scene changed to Omashu but none of that scene made sense to you.
In the next scene a pirate ship was used as the background, with the actors for Sokka, Aang and Katara surrounded by pirates. As the pirates attack the three slip away.
"Why did you have to steal that waterbending scroll? " Actor Sokka asked frantically.
"It just gave me so much hope!" Actress Katara replied as she tiptoed off stage.
When the scene changed again, Actress Aang was tied to a dragon statue.
"The Avatar is mine!" Actor Zuko said as he entered the stage "Wait, who's coming?"
A large, stupid looking version of Zuko's blue spirit mask entered and said, "I am the Blue Spirit. The scourge of the Fire Nation here to save the Avatar."
Then Actor Zuko and the Blue Spirit started to fight. Actor Zuko threw red streamers symbolizing firebending. Eventually the Blue Spirit defeated Actor Zuko who swiftly ran off stage.
"My hero. " Actress Aang jumped onto the Blue Spirit and was carried off stage. The real Aang and Zuko looked at each other in shock.
Suddenly Actress Kana entered. She looked around for a second, "Where is that stupid prince, how dare he sneak out" then she left the stage.
"Well that was pretty accurate" you mumbled, Zuko blushed in embarrassment as he sunk into his seat.
The scene changed to a tree house fort, you guessed it was the freedom fighter's old hideout. Actor Jet's hair was completely ridiculous and instead of the blade of grass he was chewing on a flower stem. The real Jet was completely disgusted. Zuko couldn't help but laugh.
Actor Jet held Actress Katara and said, "Don't cry, baby. Jet will wipe out that nasty town for you."
A stagehand ran across the stage pulling a blue sheet symbolizing water destroying the town.
"Oh Jet, you're so bad." Actress Katara said seductively.
"I'm so bad" The real Jet mumbled, "This is so bad." Longshot and Smellerbee snickered at him.
As the scene changed Toph was still laughing as Katara blushed in embarrassment and Jet sunk into his seat with his hands covering his face.
"Look," Actress Aang said as she pointed down. "It's The Great Divide the biggest canyon in the Earth Kingdom.
Actor Sokka looked down and said, "Meh. Let's keep flying."
Fake snow began to fall as the next scene started. It was in the Northern Water Tribe where Actor Sokka and Actress Yue stood on a bridge.
"Don't go, Yue. You're the only woman who's ever taken my mind off of food. " Actor Sokka said, then the two kissed. "Wait, did you have pickled fish for dinner?"
"Goodbye, Sokka." Actress Yue said as she slowly rose off the ground. "I have important Moon duties to take care of. " Actress Yue sat on a prop moon and said "And yes, I did have pickled fish."
Actor Sokka reached out to her in vain. The real Sokka watched with tears in his eyes.
Suki giggled, "You never told me you made out with the Moon Spirit."
"Shh. I'm trying to watch. " Sokka replied. Suki crossed her arms in annoyance as Actor Sokka ran off stage crying.
Actor Zuko, Kaito and Kana ran onto stage.
"Brother now that I've found you we can find Daisuke and go home," Actress Kana said. Actor Zuko stood behind her frantically waving his arms and shaking his head 'no'
Actor Kaito nodded then said, "You two have to get out of here, they're taking all of the firebenders" then he pushed them off stage. You and Zuko couldn't help but laugh.
A water tribe soldier ran on stage and said, "Have you seen any firebenders?"
"Nope! Never seen one in my life!" Actor Kaito replied, the soldier nodded and ran off stage. Actor Kaito sighed in relief before exiting.
A large ocean spirit costume walked across the stage followed by Actress Aang. "The Avatar is back to save the day! Yay!" She jumped around the stage kicking prop boats off stage. Once she was finished the curtain closed.
The audience applauded as the lights came on. Toph was clapping and cheering in approval. She seemed to be the only one happy with the play so far. Hopefully Act two will be better.