The play began in front of the curtain with the Actor-Sokka and Actor-Katara already standing in front of the iceberg and considering opening it.
"They really sped that up this time," A man sitting in the front row remarked quietly to his friend.
"Huh," she replied, "I wonder what for; the play is the same length." Her friend who was dressed in blue just shrugged.
When they reached the water tribe, the curtain was raised and there was a village. The village looked a lot like the water tribe had before, except for one very important difference: the men. There were something like ten, which was a lot for that space. The water-tribe viewer's jaw dropped, and he frowned.
"WHAT?!" He said, a bit too loudly, provoking several of the people around them to shush him. The play continued and there was Zuko's ship in the distance. Actor-Sokka pointed it out, and all of the men got ready for battle. The man in blue just shook his head.
"I wish there had been that many people left," he muttered. Zuko's ship was closer now and suddenly there was a change in the lighting as a group of soldiers, including a very buff young man who seemed to be in charge, stepped off of Zuko's ship.
"Is that-" The water tribe boy started to ask his companion while obviously trying to hold back a laugh. The girl next to him was smiling in a confused, but amused sort of way.
"Wait…I saw that guy behind there… that big buff guy was Zuko!?" Then the fighting started. It became obvious now that the young man was in fact Prince Zuko. It became obvious now why there were so many water tribe men. The buff Prince Zuko actor, who was standing in the front of his men, bent a huge wall of fire at the water tribe warriors, knocking out slightly more than half of the men in one blow. Actor-Zuko was easily the best fighter on both sides. The young woman looked skeptical.
"Is this supposed to be realistic?" The young woman asked her friend.
"I'm not sure… it isn't though..." He replied quietly, frowning. Then someone who obviously was supposed to be Zuko's uncle came off the ship and stopped Actor-Zuko from blasting someone. Actor-Iroh told Actor-Zuko that there was a better way. Actor-Zuko then "spared them" and demanded that they hand over the Avatar, who was much smaller than Prince Zuko was.
Meanwhile Actor-Sokka hit Prince Zuko in the back of the head with his boomerang as Prince Zuko walked away. The overly buff Zuko didn't even notice. The crowd laughed at Actor-Sokka's face as Actor-Zuko acted as if the boomerang had just been a fly. The real Sokka's jaw dropped.
Toph burst out laughing as the curtain fell. "WHAT was THAT? I am sure that it didn't happen that way. Sparky was not that good back then was he?"
"Yah," Sokka said, "he wasn't even good at all. Get it?" Sokka smiled half-heatedly at the double meaning.
Sokka sighed and went back to looking cross. "Where is my humor; I had almost no lines! Why was there so much… Zuko in it; I thought this play was supposed to be about Aang. My boomerang is better than that!"
Toph, who was still laughing, and Sokka, who was still grumbling, were both shushed again by their neighbors.