Ch1 Lost
Toph looked to the left, then to the right. Of course she wasn't actually looking. She was blind. She had ran away from home, She didn't know where she was going, she just wanted away. She had wound up under ground, sitting on the cold dirt."Mommy" she sobbed."Where are you mommy" she put her hands on the dirt and crawled around, tears running from her blank eyes. She pushed herself up to stand, her legs wobbled."Mommy where are you" she wailed as she walked further into the cave. She tripped on a rock and fell over on her nose."Owie" she sniffed as she rubbed her nose. She picked herself up again, determined to find her mother."Mommy" she cried again, praying for an answer. She kept walking until eventually, 'Poof'. She ran into something. It wasn't hard like rock but rather soft like fur. She stroked the animal and giggled. The badger mole turned and rubbed its nose against Tophs. Toph Giggled again and fell over. The badger mole turned back around and started moving the earth out of its way making a tunnel. It beckoned Toph to follow with its tail. It started to crawl down the tunnel, Toph crawling behind it. She felt the earth move as the badger mole pushed forward and strangely knew exactly where it was.
More earth opened up to reveal a circular underground room with another badger mole and three pups. The father picked up Toph with its tail and placed her next to the three pups. Toph hugged the one to her left and the other two quickly joined in. The parents encircled the children and closed their white eyes. The pups also stretched out and closed there eyes. Toph quickly followed the badger moles in getting some sleep. The next morning Toph woke up and felt around the bedding. No pups were there, before she could exit she was scooped up by the female badger mole and placed in a pool of warm water next to the pups. She stomped around in the water and laughed. After a few minutes her along with the pups were scooped out and placed back on the bedding. The father then started moving the earth and making a tunnel out of the sleeping chamber, the mother close behind. One by one the pups hoped out of the bed and followed. Toph stumbled behind not wanting to be left behind.
Again Toph felt the strange feeling of the badger moles moving, even though she couldn't see them. She felt the walls open up so the badger moles could pass through. Eventually they reached the surface. The pups and Toph continued crawling into the sunlight but the mother badger mole stopped them. Then the father headed up to the surface. Then came back down, but this time rolling down two apples. Once he was back with the group they took the apples back to the den, closing up the tunnel behind them. One back at the den the mother sliced a few pieces off of one of the apples and put them in front of Toph and the pups. As she ate Toph wondered if her parents were eating right now, if they were worried about here, if they were looking for her. Probably not she thought, her parents never really cared for her. That didn't matter now though, she had a new family.