Hey guys. English is not my first language, so sorry for any mistakes. I would be happy to correct any mistakes if you point it out!

This will be a slice of life, some action will be seen eventually. I promise lots of bending, tough. We are talking about the Bei Fongs after all.

I am myself a teacher, I have worked with both kindergarten and Elementary School, and I based many thing on my own experience and studies on the area. I hope I can bring some sparkles to your hearts with it.

I am trying to keep the time line proper, but there maybe adaptations. There will be extra chapters focusing on Tokka, if you do not support them, just skip it, they will not impact in the overall story line.

I hope you enjoy it. Please rate, comment and PM. I am a very sensible girl who loves to get some attention, and I love talking about my fandom.

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Lin, the eight years old Bei Fong girl whose hair was still wet, and Suyin, the nearly completed three years old, all full of dirt, were completely bored at the one hour monologue the water bender Katara had been giving them. Su was so bored that her eyes were almost closing. At her age a five minutes conversation is something challenging, and that was simply unbearable. She had stopped to pay attention to the woman (who she called "aunty") and was about to sleep. Lin, on other hand, was very alert. She had not said a thing for the last half hour, since Katara would always interrupt her with something like "I'm not done yet" or "It's my turn to talk" but the Bei Fong wished she could scream out her lounges in frustration. The girl never thought they would be so happy to feel her mother's footsteps by the door, like if she was their savior.

"What's going on? Did anybody got hurt?" Toph Bei Fong, chief of police in Republic City was still wearing her uniform. As soon as she got into the room Lin stood up, clearly happy to see her mother and the young Su run to her arms on a big hug as she was seeking for help.

Toph grabbed the girl in her arms thanking the spirits that she as all right.

"Only minor injuries, but -" Katara was interrupted by the impatient voice of the girls' mother.

"Then what is so important that I had to leave my job earlier today?"

"This has to stop, Toph, the kids cannot continue behaving this way" the water bender was rather disappointed about the lack of commitment of the police chief. She has been home schooling her daughters for years, just like her own kids, Kya, Bumi and Tenzin, as they were part of her own family. For Katara's frustration, Toph did not seem to take part on their education. They never were grounded; they never were reprehended, not by their mother.

At that point Lin also rushed into her mother's direction "It's all Su's fault, mom! I was just trying to help an- "

"Don't try to justify your actions, young lady, you behaved just as bad as your sister" Katara interrupted the Bei Fong girl for the fourth time in the last hour, making Lin cross her arms in disappointment.

"Ok… I have no idea of what is going on. So can you try, one at a time, tell me what is going on?" the police chief said in a lack of patience.

They had a sit, and Katara told Toph how her youngest had started a fight with Tenzin, earth bending a rock onto him and blaming Lin of it, since she apparently could still not bend. Tenzin and Lin were involved in an argument for a few moments until they started a real fight. The result, beside some broken pots and the destruction of part of the pavement of the garden, was that both Tenzin and Su were buried into the ground for half an hour until the Katara's older kids found them. Thanks to Lin's skills, neither Tenzin nor Suyin got hurt, but the incident drove Katara crazy.

"The thing is, Toph, you have to do something about those girls attitude" The water bender really was exulted, this was not the first incident she had, but she by the tone of her voice, all could notice that she was hoping it to be the last.

"I don't need you to teach me how to rise my kids, Katara" the girl's mother groaned at avatar's wife words, she could not believe she had left her desk because of that. Even after all those years, her friend knew how to annoy her. Even the tone of her voice was irritating.

At this point of the conversation, Aang joined the group, followed by Tenzin, who had a bandage on his forehead. "Well, good we are all together. Tenzin has something to say to Lin"

"I'm sorry I didn't believe in you, Lin. And that I threw into the water… and that I hit you…"

Lin frowned "Apology accepted"

There was a brief silence moment, all looking to the oldest of the Bei Fong kids.

"Is that it? Don't you need to say anything to Tenzin?" the Avatar added.

"Like what?" Lin was still with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

"'I am sorry' would be nice" Katara pointed out.

"No way" Lin was offended at the Avatar's wife words. "I didn't do anything wrong!"

"You buried me!" Tenzin screamed.

"You could still breath, air head" it was amazing how Lin sounded just like her mother calling Tenzin names.

The adults started all talking at the same time, Katara and Toph were very loud, and Aang was just trying to calm them down, but he knew that when those two were arguing the best thing to do was to be as quiet as possible. They only stopped as Suyin started crying, so Toph knelt and got her youngest on her lap to calm her down.

"Things cannot continue the way they are, Toph. In a regular school both of them would be suspended" Katara conclude in a nicer tone, trying not to scare the infant even more "Suyin has the dirtiest mouth I have ever seen, she is teaching bad words to my kids, who are much older than her! Moreover, Lin is so stubborn that she thinks she can boss everyone around; I can't even let her close to Bumi. They would kill each other."

Toph rolled her blind eyes as she rocked her baby girl, who was now in silence. She did not want to keep arguing about it. She just wanted to take her girls home, knowing the water bender as good as she does, Toph knew she probably have given them a lecture about how unappropriated that was. Therefore, she just gave up. "You are right, Katara. I will get home and we are going to have a loooong conversation about it. There will be consequences to your behavior today, girls. Starting with saying sorry to Tenzin."

"I'm sorry" Lin said bitterly, holding her mother's free hand.

"Sorry" Suyin said in a very low voice, as she was herself so tired of the whole situation.

"I'm sorry for the trouble. See you guys latter" Toph left the island holding Su on with her left arm and holding hands with Lin.

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The Bei Fong residence was not far away from the Air Temple Island, but the walk that day seamed as long as crossing all the walls of Ba Sing Se on foot. The mother's silence was what make it unbearable. The girls were almost never grounded, when they were, the punishment usually came from aunt Katara or uncle Sokka, they could not remember when the last time their mother punished them. Suyin was already sleeping on her mother's lap, but Lin's heart was still racing worried about what would happen.

"Mom, are you really mad at us?" Lin broke the silence.

"Mad? I'm furious" Her mother spoke in a very low level, so the youngest Bei Fong would not wake up. "I'm not sure if I am at you and your sister or at Aang and Katara. Hunf, kids are such a blessing" she concluded ironically.

That was the last word spoken until they got home. They were earlier than usual, so the sun was not completely down yet. The routine continued the same, Lin was busy with some house chores, and Toph went to Suyin's room, since she probably didn't have her nap that day, and looked really tired.

As Toph left her daughter on her bad for a nap before supper, the girl groaned opening her green eyes and staring at her mother

"Did I woke you up, baby girl?" Toph sited next to her daughter on her bed, which was recently bought, since she was not a baby anymore, so the cradle needed to go.

"Mom" she rubbed her eyes yawning "I'm sorry. Because of me aunty Katara was mad at you"

"Don't be sorry. Sugar Queen and I are always fighting, but we like each other really much, just like you and your sister" The mother rubbed her girl's hair with a calm smile "Did you really earth bended?"

"Uhum" The girl nodded, but she was still worried that this would upset her mom.

"That's my girl. You did in such a young age, even before your own mother. You are a natural at this!"

"I did….?" The girl's voice was innocent and surprised "You not mad, mama?"

"Maybe a little. But this doesn't matter now, I'm so proud of you."

"But aunty Katara said I was thumbs down today" that was the expression she used when they did not behave well. At her age, Suyin could not discerned right from wrong, she just knew what adults told her. "She said the rules are no bending during classes"

"Sugar Queen doesn't get that sometimes, to do something awesome you have to brake some rules" she giggled, touching gently the point of Su's nose with her finger "I, myself, used to brake a lot of rules. That is part of growing up."

The little girl smiled, proud of herself. In fact, what she did was incredible. She earth bended for the first time that day. She closed her eyes and snuggled herself into the blankets. "I love you, mama"

"I love you too, my badgermole" Toph said kissing her daughters forehead.

She stayed at her room for a few more minutes, just until she was sure her baby was already sleeping. Then she tried to leave the room as quietly as possible, so she would not wake her up again.

Lin was in the backyard at this point. She was punching a bunch of rocks as to stress out. As she broke one into pieces she bended another one from the ground, angrily kicking and braking it.

Toph sited at the garden. Her eyes were closed, observing with attention every single move of her daughter. She was good for her age. She would be a metal bender in no time. However, that was far from her best performance. She was so angry that her moves were lacking technique.

"Humf… pay attention on what you're doing, badgermole" Toph interrupted clucking her tongue.

"Not now, mom. I'm not training, I'm just…." She throw the rock away, hitting the wall "chilling out".

Toph took a deep breath and stood up, going next to her. She got the rocks back together, gathering them into a big squared shape. "When you are angry you can't let this affect your bending. Concentrate your energy into one point makes you vulnerable. You never give a hundred per cent of yourself in one move; instead, you should make a series of well thought movements." She made around four movements, that did not seem to make much harm to the rock, nothing but some cracks. "And then you just let its own weigh brig your opponent down" she touched the rock softly, with the palm of her hand, and it became nothing dust, in front of Lin's eyes.

The young girl was flabbergasted. She just loved to train with her mother. She knew much more than uncle Aang could ever teach her. It took her a few moments to come back from her thoughts and finally get a new rock and try it herself. "Yes, chief"

Smooth, but strong. Consciousness, but full of feelings. Just like her mother, she turned the rock into dust within a few moves. She could not help but smile observing the dust being dragged by the wind as the sun finally came down and only the moon and the stars were lightning the Bei Fong's backyard. Lin cleaned her throat, and stopped smiling, concentrating her attention back to her mother, still believing she was upset "How many times should I repeat this exercise, chief?"

"As many as you feel like" she smiled tapping on her daughter's shoulder "Today you proved that you are really a great bender. You were able to immobilize Tinkle Toes' son and your sister at the same time. And believe me; I know how hard it is to make Su stop moving."

"So, you are not angry anymore?" Lin looked up at her mother still surprised.

"I already told you. I am furious. But this doesn't change the fact that you did a good job today. You did what you needed to stop the fight without causing any harm to them" she pushed her daughter closer, into a hug "I will not be surprised if in a few years you join the metal bending police force"

"Do you really think I can do it?" she sounded rather exited.

"Of course. But just if that is what you want"

"It's what I've always dreamed about!" and it was indeed. She created an incredible admiration for Toph's job, and, just like any eight years old girl, she would make everything to be just like her mother.

"So it's better if we start working on your metal bending skills as soon as possible. After today, I have no doubt you're ready"

Without noticing, Toph was showing two different parts of herself to her kids. While her older girl was admired by her sense of justice, the young Suyin created an esteem about breaking the rules, just like her mother used to do. It was not possible, back then, to ever imagine how this would always impact on the Bei Fong's lives.

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Just like any ordinary Friday, Sokka went to the Bei Fong's house for dinner. But this time he looked startled while opening the door.

"Are the girls alright?!" He was even louder than normal. Toph, who was lying down on the couch, trying to get some rest after that hard day (feet up and everything), just frowned at the councilman's voice level.

"Yeah… the girls are fine." She sat up waving her hand on Sokka's general direction

"Are you sure? When I stepped by the station and one of your man said you left earlier I was almost sure someone might have died!" He was steady still in front of the door holding take out bags he had got for supper. In fact, a very few things could drag Toph out of her duty as police chief. One of the few was her duties as a mother, though she did not like people in general to think so.

"Don't be so hysterical, Suyin is still in bad… well… forget about it… she just woke up" she twisted her mouth sensing her daughter's little feet touching the ground at her bedroom "Is that inherited? I hope not. You know, it was exactly this same hysteria that got me out of work to go to the Air Temple Island. Your sister is such a drama queen. And at the end… it was nothing serious, she was just freaking out about Su earth bending and Lin burring Twinkle Toes Junior to the ground."

"Lin did what…? Wait… did you say that Su earth- "

At this point Suyin appeared on the corridor, holding a water tribe blanket and badgermole plush. She opened that marvelous smile that just three years olds know how to do and run into Sokka "Uncle Sokka! You're home!"

"Hey, baby girl!" He said grabbing her and spinning around with her in the air "I've heard you can earth band. Is that so?"

"Uhum!" the little girl nodded giving the councilman a big hug "I threw a rock right into Tenzin's head! Puft!"

"No wonder why my sister got so mad" He looked at her trying to seem angry.

"Twinkle Toes is a pussy!" she said giggling at her "uncle's" face. She didn't really know what she was saying, she just heard it so many time, from her mother, and from Lin, that she mimic it every time she could. In fact, she thought it had something to do with cats, although she never saw any resemblance.

"Hey, watch out these words. You are talking about my nephew" He putted the little girl on the floor "But he really looks like his father too much…. Well, never mind! Now, go get your sister, I brought dinner"

Suyin already knew where her sister should be. Outside, training her bending, as usual. She went there skipping, while her blanket touched the ground. Toph stood up and went to the dining room setting up the table

"I thought we agreed we'd have barbecue today, goatee man" the blind woman said sniffing the air "Why did we end up with noodles take outs?"

"I was worried about the girls, so I got something faster" Sokka said taking out the lamem bags out and putting it on the plates. He was not officially part of the family, but he constantly showed up at the end of the day and even spent some weekends with Toph and the girls, what made them really close. Being there, on a Friday night, was just standard. He made himself home. "They look in trouble, are they going to be grounded?"

"Don't overdo it. I know how to raise my kids" she said, focusing on the word "my", what made Sokka frowned "Now, you owe me some meat."

"They can't keep getting away with their bad decisions, Toph. You have to stablish limits" he insisted.

"If you start talking like your sister I will kick you out" Toph said hitting the chopsticks on the table.

"I know I'm not supposed to be their father, but I want what is best for the girls too. Let me talk to them about it"

Toph kept silence for a long moment. She did not like to admit, but she had some trouble saying no to Sokka. "Fine… but I am telling you, if you make a statement that discourage them…"

"You have my word" he looked around for a moment "Speaking of which, the girls are taking too long to show up for supper?"

"Don't worry, Lin showed Su some moves and they are already going to wash themselves"

Imagining those two training together made the Councilman smile "Now these two might finally get along, since they have some common ground" he laughed at his own joke, as Toph just pretended to don't find it funny.

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The supper looked just as usual, they all talked about their days and what they did during the week, and, eventually the incident on the Air Temple Island was mentioned. This made both Lin and Suyin look down a little worried about what Sokka would say. He did not make a sermon out of it, but he made sure to point out that violence was not the answer to any problem.

"So, I know aunt Katara was overdoing it, but she was right at some point. We need to make sure nothing like this will happen again" He said finally, taking some noodles, forgetting about trying to look like a responsible grown up, as speaking with his mouth full.

"Maybe… we should go to regular school" Lin said, and this made Suyin and Sokka stare at her impressed. Toph just tried not to choke on her noodles. But the older girl continued. "I know it sounds strange, but I am almost nine years old and I have never met people outside our… "family"… and there we are going to have to respect the school's rules."

There was a non-spoken rule between all the avatar team members that their lives should be as private as possible. Aang was the Avatar, Sokka was the United Republic Councilman, and Toph was chief of police. Not to mention war heroes. Journalists and all sort of people naturally followed them, so they avoided putting their personal lives to the public.

It has not been more than two years since Sokka got divorced, and paparazzi had just stopped following him everywhere to make all sorts of unpleasant questions. Toph was also the center of attention during both of her pregnancies, especially because she always refused to say who the fathers were.

"Ok." Said Toph breaking the silence "It sounds good enough for me"

"Are you sure about this?" Sokka still sounded a little skeptical, something comprehensible since he was so directly affected by the public life. Toph, as the chief of police, just threatened putting everyone on jail.

"There is a school with a White Lotus support in this area, doesn't it? And we will make sure it is a serious school. I am quite sure there are all sorts of features to avoid problems with midia and stuff. This might put some sense into the girls' minds."

Lin could not resist, she found herself standing up and jumping on a hug. She had asked her mother to go to regular school before, but the chief of police insisted this was nonsense, since schools are nothing more than a bunch of walls and rules. "Thank you so much, mom, you will not regret it"

The police chief tapped her girl hand while twisting the mouth "I'm already giving it a second thought, this was supposed to be a punishment, not something to get excited about."

"Er—yes, I am sorry, mom." She let her mother go back to her noodles and got back to her sit.

The little Suyin did not say anything about it, she was too young to really know what they were talking about, but she did not like the idea of going to the so-called 'regular school'. She liked to be around her family, and being the center of attention, as the youngest member it was a really easy task. As the weekend passed, and her sister explained to her what a regular school looks like, she started hating the idea even more.