Chapter 1

As she woke up, she felt the pain in her arms. They were throbbing, her cheeks, stomach, and legs all in pain. She got up and tapped her foot on the cold earth floor. She could feel the vibrations of her father. He was still asleep. She walked down the narrow hallway filled with priceless vases, paintings and jewelry. She stopped at her mothers room and tapped her foot lightly again. As always no one was there. She thought back to the painful memory of her mothers leaving.

Flashback

"I can't take it anymore!" her mom said.

Toph was in the other room eavesdropping on her parents arguing. They had been arguing over Toph for months. Her mom thought they should give her up because of her blindness. Her father said it would be dishonorable and they should keep her. Toph was holding back cries of desperation she wanted to give her mother. 'PLEASE mom PLEASE let me stay. I can see! I can really SEE!' she wanted to scream. But if she told her parents she could see it would

"Please listen to me." Said her father

"No I'm not going to be apart of this family if your going to keep her around" Her mother screamed. She ran right past Toph and into her room. Toph could feel her packing her things. She ran into the kitchen crying. She ran up to her dad but was pushed down to the floor landing on her side.

"Look what you've done" he spat and kicked her in the stomach.

She ran to her mother's room clutching her stomach, but when she entered, no one was there. It was empty. She gave a soft sob into her mother's pillows and fell asleep crying never to see her mother again.

End Flashback

She walked into the green and brown kitchen and started her chores. She dipped her hands into the bitterly cold water and scrubbed the dirt off the dishes. She then moved on to dusting the furniture. She finished early like always and made some tea. She took her tea into the garden and laid down in the bed of flowers. She sighed a heavy sigh and drank her soothing tea. Her hands and body covered in various bruises, and scratches. She felt her father's vibrations getting up. That meant it was time to get ready for school. She climbed up careful of the deep gash in her side, and walked to her servant who took her to school.

"Good morning Ms. Toph." Satyr said. She smiled at Toph and noticed the hand on her side.

"What's wrong with your side ma'am?" she asked turning her head lightly.

"N-nothing I just fell this morning. I'm such a klutz" she laughed nervously and continued down the road. They made it to school a few minutes early. Toph headed to her locker and Satyr headed home. As she took out her books she noticed something… Someone was watching her. She suddenly felt self-conscious. She was wearing a lovely green dress lined with brown and fit her perfectly in all the right places. She could tell it was a boy, but she didn't know who it was. He started walking up to her. She was freaking out she couldn't talk to him. She couldn't-

"Hey Toph!" Katara said jumping up to Toph just in time. Toph smiled and turned around, turning away from the strange boy and facing her best friend.

"Hey Katara" she said and smiled in her 'this smile is so fake' smile.

"So wassup?" she asked smiling in a way that scared Toph.

"Why are you smiling like that?" She asked, Katara's smile widened as she reached into her knapsack and handed Toph a gift.

"It's a Welcome Back! Gift." She said and hugged Toph. Toph was pleased but upset she hadn't gotten her one back.

"Well I have to get to class now." She said and turned away leaving as fast as she came.

Toph went to her first class and sat in the corner of the room at the back. As far away from everyone as she could get. Then she noticed the same guy from earlier. He sat down right next to her. She kept her eyes on her hands and didn't look up. He was just staring at her.

"Good morning everyone" Said Master Jing

Toph noticed that he stopped staring for just a second looked at the teacher then decided to look back at Toph. She was getting nervous. She had only let one person get close to her and that was Katara and she wanted to keep it that way. She was told if she told anyone about how she was treated she would be killed. She only wanted what was best for her and if that meant only 1 friend she would make that sacrifice.

For the whole class she noticed he was staring at her. She couldn't stand it. As soon as the bell rang she ran to her next class, not giving the strange boy a chance to catch up. She turned into her science room and sat at her usual table not expecting anyone to sit next to her. There was an odd number of people in the class and everyone else had friends in this class and she didn't so it was only natural that she didn't have a partner.

Just then the strange boy entered the room and the teacher started talking to him. Toph was screaming in her head he was bound to be her partner. She was the only one without a partner and she was getting a good grade in this class.

As she predicted, the mystery boy was seated next to her. She could feel that he was smiling and she knew she was in for a long year. The class started and they were having a lab that day. Great she thought We'll have time to talk.

"Okay everyone get to work" with that from the teacher the room started up in chatter about everything but science.'

"So…" said the strange boy.

"Whats your name?" he asked in a sweet tone that sent shivers down Toph's spine.

"T-Toph" she wasn't sure why she told him her name so she blushed. His smile widened at the sight of her blush and he decided she was even more pretty when she blushed.

"That's a lovely name" he said and leaned a little closer than before and whispered in her ear

"My name is Aang" and with that the bell rang and everyone ran out of the room carrying Toph with it.

Aang she thought that's a lovely name too…