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Chapter 37

"Doesn't it seem kinda weird that we're hiding from the Fire Lord in his own house?" Katara asked, looking around. The three of us, although Toph was napping next to me, we're watching Zuko and Aang finish training.

"I told you, my Father hasn't come here since our family was actually happy. And that was a long time ago. This is the last place anyone would think to look for us," Zuko said.

"You guys are not going to believe this," Sokka said as him and Suki walked up to us. "There's a play about us."

"We were just in town and we found this poster." Sokka unrolled the poster.

"What? How is that possible?"

"Listen to this. '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 include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war and a surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage'."

"That's a lot to read."

"Brought to you by the critically acclaimed Ember Island Players," Suki said, reading the bottom part. Sokka let the scroll roll back up.

Zuko looked disgusted. "Ugh. 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."

"It will be fun... I think. I've never been to a play before," I said.

"See, that's even more of a reason to go."

Katara sighed, and agreed. The seven of us went to the play.

"Hey, uh... I wanted to sit there," Aang said, pointing at the spot next to Katara where Zuko was currently sitting.

"Just sit next to me, what's the big deal?" Zuko asked, lowering his hood.

"I was just... I wanted to..." he sat down, "okay."

The lights in the theater began dimming. I sat down behind Toph, and next to Sokka and Suki, much to my dismay. "Why are we sitting in the nosebleed section? My feet can't see a thing from up here," Toph said.

"Don't worry, I'll tell your feet what's happening."

The curtain rose up, and the play started. The two actors, playing Katara and Sokka, were exaggerated versions.

"This is pathetic." Sokka pointed his thumb at himself. "My jokes are way funnier than this."

Toph laughed. "I think he's got you pegged."

They found Aang, who was being played by a girl. "I don't do that. That's not what I'm like! And... I'm not a woman!"

"Oh, they nailed you, Twinkle Toes," Toph said, still laughing. I giggled.

The play, up to the Northern Water Tribe, consisted of Katara saying that's not how it happened, or some variation, and Toph laughing about it. Zuko's actor seemed spot on though. And it was more or less a way to catch up on everything I never knew.

"You never told me you made out with the Moon Spirit," Suki said as Yue, who was apparently Sokka's ex, and the moon spirit, rose up into the sky. Confusing.

"Shh. I'm trying to watch." He placed a finger to Suki's lips as tears began falling. She crossed her arms.

The first act ended, and everyone applauded.