"Royalty"
By: ThumperMiggles
AN:This was a writing prompt from the lovely Twilight Rose2. Thanks!
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Of course, this will be another one of my Tokkas... Yay Tokka! Multichaptered, thanks to Twilight Rose2 's prompt. First multi-chaptered, please no flames. Please. , enjoy!
"Princess Toph, wake up." I groaned. As usual, I wasn't in the mood to be woken up so early, and this was no exception.
"Princess, you are to review the court." I chose not to answer.
"MISS BEI FONG! WAKE UP NOW!" I woke up.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."
I opened my eyes to the usual, dark and colorless world I always awoke to. It would be another sightless, boring, dark day with nothing to look forward to except or sitting on the throne that was mine, and "seeing" weak, pointless faces that would attempt to impress me and fail. I was going to almost look forward to feeling their mouths slowly turn form a smile into a frown, or see them leave the palace sulking, crying even, when I turned them down from a position on the palace guard or army. I enjoyed laughing in their faces when they treated me like a gentle, sweet princess, and feeling their hearts race with surprise. I got dressed in my robes, the ones that irritated my skin so much, it made me want to rip it in half. I slipped on the "slippers" I was to wear. (I had already ripped the bottoms of them off.) I walked out of my room, and pulled my hair up in it's favorable bun. Leaving my bangs in my face as I always did, I headed towards the throne room. I entered, where a few maids greeted me.
"Hello, Princess Bei Fong." My brow furrowed.
"Call me Toph. Princess sounds stuffy."
"Yes, miss," they answered. I slowly made my way over to where my parents sat, and the empty chair nest to them that was mine.
"Good morning, Toph," said my mother.
"Good morning mother." As usual, the morning greeting was forced, and I had my teeth gritted when I said this.
"Father is out today. We will be recruiting and reviewing the palace guard again today."
"Yes, mother." I smiled. Another amusing day.
SOKKA'S POV
I wrung my hands in nervousness, today, I would be trying out for the palace guard of King and Queen Bei Fong. I was still shaky on my swordsmanship, and apparently, only the best of the best were allowed in. However, to be in the guard or army of the Bei Fong's was such an honor (it had good pay too), that people in your village would know you almost forever. Or so it seemed to me. The gates opened, and I followed the long line of confident swordsmen, archers, practically every weapon possible was wielded. I gulped, and passed through the gates. As the line got smaller and smaller, it was eventually time for me to enter.
"So, another kid trying to get into the army, are you?"
I looked up, surprised. It was Toph Bei Fong, the princess of the Earth Kingdom. She was beautiful, like I had heard. For a twelve year old, she had a lot of spunk too. From the looks of it, exact opposite of the usual gentle princess type. She was wearing pale green robes, and when I looked at her eyes, they were a cloudy green. Like the rumors had said, she was blind too. Her ebony hair was pulled up into a loose bun and her bangs were covering most of her face. However, even though she was princess, I couldn't help but retort.
"Yep. Just another amazing awesome, smart kid like me trying to get into the army of the Bei Fongs." The queen was sitting at another line interviewing other candidates. to my surprise, the princess laughed.
"I like your spunk, kid. What makes you want to become a soldier?"
"For one, I'm not a kid. I'm older than you for that matter. and I want to become a soldier because many people dear to me died by the Fire Nation's hands, and I want the Fire Nation to stop causing other people suffering like mine." She looked rather thoughtful for a moment, and then said,
"Good reason. I'll leave you to the mercy of the generals and see what they think of your skills." She pointed directly towards the door, which was odd for one who was blind, I bowed.
"Thanks."
"Good luck."
TOPH'S POV
That had to be the first soldier I had let into the examination room in my entire life. Unlike the others, when he said things, he meant them. When people said, "It's an honor to meet you, princess," they never meant it. Lies were all I heard from them, and that was why I denied them. And he had character. Sarcasm, irony, the things that made me laugh, not the things that made me want to sleep or earthbend the speaker to the water tribes. These were my traits of a good soldier - integrity, confidence, and honesty. They had to be themselves, not some stuffy old soldier that they thought was ideal. The review of the soldiers was finished, and I headed back to my room for a small nap, smiling, and thinking about the funny, smart-mouthed soldier that made me laugh.