I cannot be the only person whose wondering how Lin's meeting with her grandparents went- Toph isn't mean enough to HIDE LIN FROM THE WORLD. LIKE SOME PPL. Sorry... i rant...

OK: We have been through this: Avatar: Belongs to Bryke. Korra: Belongs to Bryke. The only cool thing i own at the moment is my brand new puppy ZUKO. yup. Zuko.

The worst memory Lin had as a child was the time Toph took her to meet her grandparents.

The way her mother described them, she expected to find two crazy old hags to be sitting on the small thrones in the sitting room. Walking to the room that occupied her grandparents, Lin let out a huff. Toph heard her teen daughter's sharp breath and lightly bumped the dark haired girl.

"Play nice!" Lin hissed; Toph's 'light bump' is a shove.

Toph chuckles and helps the dark haired child off the ground. "Sorry Linny. I guess I'm kind of nervous too."

Lin stood, rubbing her side. "Why mom? You're the most fearless person in the world."

Toph sighed and placed a hand on her only child's shoulder. They stopped walking as Toph spoke.

"Do you remember me telling you to do what you think is right no matter who is against you?"

"Yeah…" Lin was puzzled on where this was going. Her mother sighed and pulled a rough hand through her jet black hair.

"Well your grandparents never really understood my philosophy."

Lin was shocked. By habit, she balled her hands into fists, causing small rocks to pop out of the ground and become deadly little weapons.

"But why!"

Toph smirked. "Believe it or not but your grandparents thought I was a helpless little blind girl."

Lin started to chuckle, eventually buckling forward, doubling in laughter. "Oh mom. That was rich. 'helpless little blind girl.' Wow. They were idiots weren't they?"

Toph pretended to scoff, pulling her hand to her mouth in a mock-gasp. "Don't talk about your elders like that! But yeah… my parents were idiots. They still are."

Lin was still confused though. As they resumed their walk to the sitting room in the Bei Fong estate, Lin slowed down. Toph slowed down as well. Her daughter still had something to say. She could feel it.

Toph pinched the bridge of her nose. A habit she picked up from Zuko when she visited the Fire Nation. "Okay Linny- what happened?"

Lin figured she couldn't pull one on her mother. The human emotion detector her Aunt Katara once called her. "So they thought you were helpless when you were younger, right?"

Toph nodded slowly.

"But then why do they not respect you yet? You're the greatest earthbender in the world!"

Toph sadly smiled, lowering herself to be level with her daughter. "Apparently they don't like the way I'm raising you."

The expression that found its way on Lin's face was one of horror. She shook her head before speaking again, trying to keep a level voice. "They-what do they mean?"

Her mother smiled again, happy to hear the worry in her daughter's voice. She shrugged her shoulders. "According to the letters Aunty Katara reads for me, they don't like that I'm 'socially corrupting' you. Whatever that is."

Lin shook her head again, trying to comprehend where her grandparents would get these ideas. She was a well mannered (most of the time), obedient (ha!) and patient (… no comment) kid. She did well in school, was an up and coming earthbender, and her mom was proud of her.

The only other people who her mother prided herself to talk about were her old friends… the people who took down the fire lord in their teens.

She pulled herself out of her thoughts and looked at her mother's grown face. Some worry lines were forming on her forehead due to work pressure and Lin having a knack for getting into any trouble possible. Her lips were pulled into a small smile, her hair still in the same hairdo as when she was twelve, with just the slightest hints of fading color in the roots.

Lin hastily clutched her mother's forearm and pulled herself in for a hug. Toph, though taken by shock by this small gesture, hugged back just as ferociously.

Pulling away, a smile was plastered on both their faces.

Toph smirked a little. She sharply sighed. "Let's get this over with."

Lin lightly punched her in the arm. "Let's go."

That's my girl.

This shall be a chapter story :3 and i have chapter two written. it's terrible so i'm in editing mode. YAY FOR EDITING! Anyways...

one review= one dis Toph throws out to her parents.

~~Shelly~~