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Chapter 113

Elua's POV.

We were all sitting outside on some steps as there was an intermission in the play, and everyone was feeling down from the way we were being portrayed.
"So far, this intermission is the best part of the play," Zuko states as he leans against the railing.
"Apparently, the playwright thinks I'm an idiot who tells bad jokes about meat all the time," Sokka says as he walks over and sits next to me, a bag of meat in his hand.
"Yeah, you tell bad jokes about plenty of other things," I tell him jokingly.
"I know!" He exclaims, taking pride in that as he takes a bite of the meat stick in his hand.
"At least this Sokka actor kinda looks like you," Aang says. "That woman playing the Avatar doesn't resemble me at all," He says, obviously quite upset about all this.
"I don't know, you are more in touch with your feminine side than most guys," Toph jokes, making Aang glare at her angrily.

"Relax, Aang," I tell my little brother. "They're not accurate portrayals. The girl playing me has only said a few things so far, and I'm pretty sure I talk more then that," I state.
"Eh, you're silent a lot," Sokka tells me, I look over to him.
"Thanks, Sokka," I say sarcastically.
"No problem," He says smiling, not catching the sarcasm. I roll my eyes and turn back to Aang.
"Elua is right. It's not like I'm a preachy crybaby who can't resist giving overemotional speeches about hope all the time," Katara says, everyone looks over to her with expressions that say 'debatable'. "What?" She asks as she throws her hands up in confusion.
"Yeah. That's not you at all," Aang mumbles as he sits down on one of the steps.
"Listen, friends. It's obvious that the playwright did his research. I know it must hurt but, what you're seeing up there on that stage is the truth," Toph tells us as she smiles and we all walk back inside.

We take our seats as the stage lights up and the curtain opens again, to reveal that it now looks like the Earth Kingdom.
"Well, here we are in the Earth Kingdom,"  A-Katara says.
"We better have a look around to see if we can find an earthbending teacher," A-Me says as she and A-Aang 'fly' around the room.
"This is it! This must be where I come in," Toph says smiling as she leans against the railing in front of her.
"We flew all over town, but we couldn't find a single earthbending master," A-Aang says in fake sadness and destress.
"Here it comes," Toph says in suspense.

"You can't find an earthbending master in the sky, you have to look underground," A big guy says as he is lifted onto stage, holding a fake boulder in his hands.
"Who are you?" A-Me asks.
"My name is Toph because it sounds like tough and that's just what I am," A-Toph says, flexing.
"Wait a minute, I sound like...a guy. A really buff guy," Toph says.
"Well Toph, what you hear up there is the truth. It hurts, doesn't it?" Katara asks her smugly, but Toph smiles widely.
"Are you kidding me? I wouldn't have cast it any other way!" Toph says happily. "At least it's not a flying bald lady," Toph says, making Aang glare over to her.
"So, you're blind?" A-Aang asks as she waves her hand in front of A-Toph's face.

"I can see you doing that. I see everything that you see except that I don't see like you do. I release a sonic wave from my mouth," A-Toph says as he turns towards the A-gaang and screams in their faces. "There. I got a pretty good look at you," A-Toph says and the audience applauds. The stage changes from when Zuko and Iroh split up, to when Azula tried to get into the Earth Kingdom, to when Jet died, and finally to then to when Katara, Zuko and I were trapped in the crystal cave. Though, Katara was nowhere in sight.
"I have to admit, Prince Zuko. I really find you attractive," A-Me says, making my eyes go wide.
"You don't have to make fun of me," A-Zuko says crossing his arms.
"But, I mean it. I had eyes for you since the day you first captured me," A-Me says. Zuko and I look at each other awkwardly as the scene continues.

"Wait. I thought you were the Water Tribe peasant's girl," A-Zuko says as he stands up.
"Sokka? Why he's one of my best friends. I certainly don't think of him in a romantic way. Besides, how could he ever find out about this," A-Me says as she and A-Zuko hug each other.
"What?" Sokka says as he puts his hands to his head. "What!?" He says louder.
"Calm down it's not real," Zuko states, but Sokk glares at him angrily. "It's. Not. Real," He emphasizes, trying to get Sokka to calm it down.
"Do you honestly think I would want to be in a relationship with Elua?" Zuko asks.
"Wow, am I really that bad?" I ask.
"What? No, that's not what I meant!" Zuko exclaims. "I mean that you were almost my grandmother," He states.

I nod and make a 'fair enough' expression. Sokka pulls me over to him and holds me closer.
"Mine," Sokka says as he continues to glare at Zuko, who rolls his eyes and turns back to the stage. I shake my head and laugh as I look over to Sokka.
"No one will ever take me from you. Especially him," I tell Sokka as I motion to Zuko. "Do you have any idea how weird that would be?" I ask, he looks at me unsurely. "Just, think about it for a moment," I tell him. He sighs as he sits there, thinking and quickly seems to understand how strange that would be.
"Yeah, okay. That'd be really weird," Sokka states.
"Really, really, REALLY weird," Zuko says as he shakes his head. "Really," He emphasizes.
"Alright we get it," Sokka tells him.

"I'm going to kiss my girlfriend now. MY girlfriend," Sokka tells him, holding onto me tighter as Zuko turns back around and Sokka places a kiss on my cheek before we turn back to the stage. The scene changes to when Aang almost died back in Ba Sing Se, one of the worst days of my life.
"Avatar State, yip yip!" A-Aang says as she goes into 'the avatar state'. She is lifted into the air by ropes, the lights are dimmed, and her makeup glows a blue color.
"Not if my lightning can help it!" A-Azula says as she uses a ribbon as lightning, hitting A-Aang and making her fall to the floor into A-Me's arms.
"The Avatar is no more!" A-Azula shouts happily. I look away from the stage as I remember how heartbreaking that was when it happened. Sokka seems to notice my sadness and grabs my hand, holding it in a comforting way as we all look away in resentment.