Finding Toph
Prologue
'Hitomi!' I gave a yelp as I heard the scream close to my ear. Turning around, I glared at my only sister, Hana.
'Hitomi! I just heard some bad news!' Hana exclaimed, flailing her arms around, trying to emphasize her point. It was quite amusing to watch. 'It's about Toph!' my ears immediately became alert.
'Toph? What about Toph?' I asked.
'Hitomi! Toph's gone! I heard that she got kidnapped! At least that's what aunt Yuriko told mother in her letter.'
'When did this happen?' I demanded.
'A pretty long time ago, aunt Yuriko uncle Isao have been looking for her, but the kidnapper is too good!' My eyes narrowed in anger.
'We can't just leave Toph to the kidnapper!' I exclaimed, getting up from the chair that I was sitting on and grabbing a small bag, stuffing some of my clothes in it.
'Hitomi! What are you doing?' Hana asked.
'I'm going to find Toph,' I replied. 'Don't tell mother Hana, this is important.'
'Is it because Toph is blind? I wonder how she's living with the kidnapper…' Hana drifted off.
'Hana, don't tell mother where I've gone. Tell her that you don't know and make sure that she doesn't find out that I'm gone until morning! Ok?' I asked. Hana nodded.
'I'll try my best.'
'Thank you Hana.' I said. I closed my bag and opened up the window.
'I don't know when I'll be back,' I started. 'But I won't be back until I find Toph.'
'What if something bad happened to her Hitomi?' Hana asked.
'Nothing bad will happen to her.' I said adamantly.
'But she's blind Hitomi, she can't protect herself.' Hana said softly.
'I know,' I lied. 'But she'll be fine, I know it.' Because she can protect herself. And with that I jumped out of the open window.