A/n Hello all :D yeah I'm glad you took a chance and clicked on my story but before you read I should warn you of a few things

there are messed up love connections that change constantly so I beg you not to stop reading just cuz it seems what you ship isn't going to work out ...i intend to make it a supprize

(I'm sorry if the story starts off a little slow...its speeds up trust me)

I have a few completely crazy OC's thrown in for plot purposes so bear with them

and lastly please forgive me for any mix ups I jumped on the Avatar bandwagon pretty late so I probably don't know the terms as well as some of you

Now will you please sit back relax and read on (and review)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Avatar nor will I ever, for obvious reasons

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"Zuko, you need to go now" hissed Veronic pulling his sleeve as he tried to get the reluctant Fire Lord down the dimly lit hallway. The torches that usually cast a warm glow were out, making it almost impossible to read the young leaders face

"You're sure" Zuko hissed, pulling away and refusing to move.

"Yes you need to leave now", the servant hissed, giving his masters sleeve another forceful tug "They won't wait much longer."

"I will not just leave like a coward" Zuko hissed holding his ground "I will meet these traders face to face."

"NO!" Veronic abandoned his tugging and gesturing around frantically about himself with his thin arms, "You can not win this fight, please for the good of the fire nation you must leave!"

Zuko stared down at the white faced old man his face blank.

"Please", Veronic sighed letting his hands fall to his sides "If they kill you then things will go back to the way they were before but much worse, please if not for your sake than for your peoples"

A commotion erupted at the end of the hallway and both men turned for a split second a shiver going through both of them.

"Zuko go now!" hissed Veronic giving him one last shove in the direction of the stables "I will hold them back"

Zuko bit his lip and turned to leave the old man, he was right if the rebellion won the whole country would be ripped apart by civil war and much, much worse. With a short glance back he dashed off down the hallway. He got to the stables with any incident and opened a pen to unleash a restless looking lizard hound.

A shout came up from inside the palace that quickly turned to a roar of voices mixed with the crackling of fire benders battling. Zuko scrambled onto the lizard hound and tried not to look back at the palace as it went up in flames behind him.

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Katara smiled at Aang as he threw little May-May up into the air and used the currents to have her fly around. Sokka laughed as a desperate Suki reached for her child, her face a mix of panic and well... fear.

"She's your daughter too", Katara said whacking her brother on the back of the head "You could at least pretend to be concerned."

"She's fine", Sokka rubbed the back of his head "You should have more faith in you fiancée."

"AANG!" Suki had given up reaching for her child and was now staring the air bender down "PUT HER DOWN!"

"She's scary when she gets like this", muttered Sokka stepping forward and plucking the child out of the air, she squealed and hugged Sokka's neck.

"See, she's fine", Aang assured Suki, sliding next to Katara and squeezing her hand

Katara smiled slightly, trying not to give him too much encouragement.

"How old are you now?" Suki snapped, grabbing May-May away from Sokka "Really Aang you can't act like a child for ever!"

She stalked away, May-May waving back at them from over her shoulder. Sokka gave a shrug and turned to follow her, "She's in her 'mom' mode right now it'd be better to talk to a mound of snow than to try and talk logic to her"

Aang laughed but Katara sat there silently watching Sokka as he scampered after his wife. How long had it been since they had defeated the fire lord and went their separate ways? What was Toph doing at this moment? Or Zuko?

The name sent a spasm though her, not of fear or of pleasure or of any other emotion, it was just a reaction from a memory of that last night they had all camped together for one last time. The look in his eyes as he turned away from the dead fire the next morning and started back on the long road to the fire nation.

Blank.

Maybe that's what she was feeling when she thought of him, Blank. Shouldn't she feel some sort of emotion? Instead of nothing but a empty shiver?

Aang put his arm around her disrupting her thoughts, he was taller than her now... had it really been that long?

"What' cha thinking about?" he asked, resting his head against hers

"Nothing", she muttered, scooting closer to him

"Good", he laughed, "You looked like you seen a ghost. Lets go do something fun."

She bit her lip and let him lead her off though the frozen terrain, her mind how ever wasn't there, it was at a camp fire, Aang's arms around her and Zuko's eyes reflecting the flames.

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Toph walked along the wide city streets bored out of her mind, nothing much had happened since they had defeated the fire lord and all this time don't nothing had made her lazy. She was getting rusty and she knew it. Stomping her foot in exasperation she accidentally sending a pillar of rock though a stall of fruit. Whipping some "debris" from her face she shrank back into a alley to avoid the angry stall keeper who was know yelling at the top of his lungs at no one in particular.

She laughed to herself and continued on...until she bumped into someone.

"What the?" she sputtered leaping back to her feet "Twinkle toes is that you?"

"Sorry about that", someone muttered at the same time "You should really watch where you're going."

"Watch where I'm going?" Toph snapped, it was something about that high pitched voice that ticked her off, "I'm blind!"

"Wow, do you like have a cane or something?"

"NO!" she stomped, "Why would I have a cane?"

"To...you know ...see...never mind, sorry about...standing in the wrong spot ...in the middle of the public street..."

"Just don't talk", Toph snapped, "why can't I feel you?"

"Excuse me?"

"I use my earth bending to see the things around me... but I can't feel you..." she trailed off.

"Oh yeah, sorry about that I guess", suddenly they were there standing inches from her

"How'd you do that?" she asked reaching out and poking them in the arm

"I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you", they laughed

"Was that supposed to be funny?" she snapped, poking them harder

"OW...Well...yes?"

"Gah!" she stepped around them and continued on her way, "I don't have time for idiots"

"Well ...bye Toph."

She froze and turned back slowly, "How do you know my name?"

A/N Soooo what'dcha think??