Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

By: Silent Gothic Lolita

(Avatar:TheLastAirBender)

Summary: After Toph gets insulted by the three girls, she leave Ba Sing Se and Aang. After about 2 year, there is only 8 weeks before the comet arrives, the Avatar gang return to find another Earth-Bender, wait till they see Toph again.

Chapter 1

All Hope Gone

Toph was curled up in a ball sitting behind a small abanded shop, crying at herself. She had just ran from three Ba Sing Se girls that had insulted her. After Katara dropped them into the river, she ran before Katara even notice. Toph was running through the abanded homes in Ba Sing Se untill she found herself in a small house on the floor, crying. Her make-up was smeared, her hair was messed up the her clothing got dirty from the dust and dirt of the house. She had found herself crying for about an hour.

She was about to leave when she heard thunder. She then felt the vibration of million of water drop falling from the sky. It was raining too hard for Toph to leave, and it was espuisally hard to for her to feeling any vibration with thousand of water fall messing it up her senses. She decide to stay there for the night. She walked down to the doorway. She open the banged up door and cupped her hands out into the rain. She got a handful of water and splashed it on her face to remove the sloppy make up. She closed the door shut and walked over to the disfigured bed and fell down onto it.

"TOPH! TOPH!"

Toph opened her blind eyes to the sound of the voice. It was Katara. She was looking for her. Toph was about to speak up when she remember want she was doing.

What I'm I thinking! though Toph, If Katara finds me crying she'll go all mushing on me and then tell Aang and Sokka. Aang will think I'm weird and Sokka will just laugh and make fun of me!

Toph stayed quiet till the sound of Katara's voice fade away. She fell, once again, on the bed and close her eyes remembering all the horrible things they said to her. All thing that everyone said to her. All the things that made her sad and feel like a traped bird and as evil as a firebender.

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"Ever since you joined us, you've been nothing but selfish and unhelpful," yelled Katara at Toph.

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"The stars sure are beautiful tonight, TOO BAD YOU CAN'T SEE THEM TOPH!" screamed Katara at the rock tent that Toph slept in.

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"Of course we could have gotten some sleep earlier, if Toph didn't have such issues." said Katara.

"WHAT!?" screamed Toph

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"How dare you blame Appa!? He saved your life three times today! If there's anyone to blame, it's you! You're always talking about how you carry your own weight, but you're not! He is! Appa's carrying your weight! He never had a problem flying when it was just the three of us!" scolded Aang at Toph.

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"It has made me realize something," said Toph's father.

"It has?" said Toph full of hope.

"Yes...I've let you have far too much freedom! From now on, you will be cared for and guarded 24 hours a day!"

"BUT DAD..." said Toph.

"Where doing this for your own good, Toph," said Toph's mother, cutting off her daughters words.

A small and silent tear slide down Toph's face and feel to the ground.

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"How could you let them take Appa? Why didn't you stop them?" said a enraged Aang

"I couldn't! The library was sinking! You guys were still inside and..." began Toph

"You could have come and get us! I could have saved him!" screamed Aang.

"I can hardly feel any vibrations out here! The sandbenders snuck up on me there wasn't time for..." said Toph

"You just didn't care! You never liked Appa! You wanted him gone!" shrieked Aang.

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Toph started to cry more and more. She remembered all the thing that cause everyone including herself lots of pain. Losing Appa. Lying to her parents. Slacking off her responsibilities. She wan't pretty. She wan't nice. She wan't like other girls. She was blind. She was a tomboy. She yelled. She tortured Aang on his earthbending. Everything was her fault. Maybe...even...her birth and existing here. Toph got off the bed as she felt that the rain has stoped.

Toph stepped off the abanded house and walked down the streets. She felt that everyone was asleep and that almost asleep. She could here faint snoring, babys crying and yawning. She felted the ruffle of bed covers over there bodies. Unlike them, she was cold and restless. She walked down a large buliding that she felt that had a large basement. She stoped as she heard an angry voice.

"QUIET YOU STUPID FLYING BISON!"

Toph head shot up and mumbled a single word.

"Appa."