A/N: So this is going to be my newest story and it will take priority over my other two that I still have to finish. Give it a chance and I hope you like it. Drop me a review and tell me what you think of it. Also I have gotten back into giving my chapters names tell me what you think.

P.S. everything that may confuse you will be explained in later chapters

Chapter 1: First Impressions.

I stood at the head of the class with my brother, my twin brother and waited as the teacher calmed the class down enough for us to speak. I knew he would lead us off so I waited for my chance to say my name and head for the back.

"Hey the names Tenchi Bolin Beifong and before you start asking me all these questions. Yes we are related to THE Toph Beifong she was our great great grandmother." My brother waited a few seconds then continued. "I see some confusion on your faces and I'll just answer the questions that you don't know you want to ask. Well THE Bolin is out grandfather and I was named after him and I am the Avatar."

"Hi im Akira (Ah-key-rah) Toph Beifong." I said to the class as I walked away from the front of the class and headed towards an empty seat in the back. I threw my bag down and leaned forward on the desk.

'Here it comes.' I thought. 'Everyone goes crazy and forgets that I exist.' The class clamored and crowded around him.

"Typical, the whole class seemingly forgot about me and is now focusing on Tenchi. Well it's not unusual seeing as he's the avatar but as soon as he says it im swept under the rug and they don't even care that we are twins." I grumbled to myself.

I sat there staring out the window lost in my thoughts when I felt something hit my shoulder. I looked up to see a bright and bubbly face. I blinked drearily at the face until it became clearer.

"Holy shit you're beautiful." I blurted out looking at this girl. I shook my head and looked at her again as if I hadn't just made a fool out of myself. She had a half smile that looked more like a smirk and she chuckled.

"I was just going to ask to borrow a pencil but damn you get right to the point." She was in seat next to mine and she pulled out a notebook. She began searching through her bag and a moment later she sat back up and looked at me. "About that pencil." She said in a questioning tone.

I snapped my finger and sighed. I reached into my bag and grabbed a pencil which I handed to her.
"Im Aura by the way." She said after taking the pencil.

"Huh?" Was all I managed to say.

"My. Name. Is. AURA. As in Aura of the Fire Nation Royal Family, so what's your name?" She leaned in a little bit.

"You didn't hear me when I told the class?" I leaned towards her.

"To be honest no, I was listening to music. Hey who's up there that everyone is fawning over?" She whispered as she wrote in her notebook.

"Oh that's my twin brother, he's the avatar." I sighed. 'Here it comes she is going to forget about me and go to him now.' I thought and looked down.

"That's gotta be rough uh. Tell me your name already." She whisper yelled.

"Oh sorry it's Akira. Akira Toph Beifong nice to meet you Aura." I said as I reached out to shake her hand with a shy smile.

"Akira is a good name for you. So which one of you is older?" She turned her entire seat and propped one elbow onto the table.

"Oh I am I was born 49 minutes before my brother. I was born at 11:24 at night and my brother was born at 12:13 after midnight. So technically we were born on different days." I turned to look at her and finally got a good look at her.

She had long black hair draped around her right shoulder and piercing amber eyes. She was beautiful and she looked like she might have been 6 inches shorter than me with a tone figure. She wore an asymmetrical deep red top with her left arm being fully covered and her right cut at the shoulder. She had a pair of long baggy black shorts and a pair of black and red skate shoes.

"Akira you're staring." She said bluntly causing me to look away and blush.

"Sorry it's just that whenever anyone finds out about my brother im easily forgotten, I've never really had anyone my age to talk to." I felt her hand on my shoulder and I looked over at her smile.

"You got me now." The bell rang and she popped up. "What class do you have next?"

"Oh I need to go meet the headmaster." I said as I slung my bag across my shoulder.

"Daddy? I mean my dad? What for?" She skipped ahead of me.

"Your dad is the headmaster? I had no clue; we just got to republic city last night." I remembered getting woken up by my mom and being told to pack my stuff because I would be starting my new life in my grandfather's home town.

"Alright we're here; I can come in with you if you want." She teased as she walked away. I opened the door and stepped in.

"Uh hello head master sir?" I called out in the large room.

"Ah you must be Akira and where might your brother be?" A man sitting at the large desk asked.

"Uh going to his next class I think. Im not quite sure we were both told different things by our mom." I walked over to a chair that he had motioned to.

"My name is Roku and I am one of the Fire Nation Princes but above even that I am the head master of this school. Do you know why you were sent here?" He was an intimidating figure with a voice that matched.

"Uh no sir we left Zaofu day before yesterday and arrived here last night. All I was told was once I got to port we were to take a cab to the Pro-Bending arena and we would meet our uncle Aang there." I leaned back in the chair out of habit but sat straight upon seeing the look Roku gave me.

"Uncle Aang?" He questioned. "Oh that's right Councilman Rohan explained everything to me already." He shuffled papers around on his desk before he grabbed one and handed it to me.

"Club activities? Sports? Im sorry but what is all this for?" I asked.

"Every student is required to take part in some after school program. My great grandfather Fire lord Zuko made this school to sway troubled youth from a life of crime and it has been an institution like no other." His voice held so much pride that it scared me.

"So was there anything else that I needed?" I fidgeted in my seat.

"That will be all I'll have my daughter show you to your next class." As soon as he said daughter an audible squeak was heard from outside the door and he sighed. "You can go."

I stood up quickly and pulled the door open as fast as I could and saw Aura standing off to the side with a half-smile.

"Hey again." She said nonchalantly.

"Was that you that squeaked out here a second ago?" I said while stepping beside her. She stopped for a second then resumes walking.

"Yeah and?" She took a couple steps ahead. "So what's your next class?"

I looked at the paper I had in my back pocket.

"Bending Basics?" My confusion was very apparent.

"So we have the same class weird." She looked around and I followed suit. I spotted a face peeking around a corner and before I could say anything Aura was already there pulling on the person. I walked up to see a small cute mousy girl and a brash looking tomboy. "Hope I should have guessed something was up when the new kids were in our homeroom. You had Sky mess with the class rosters didn't you?" Aura hung her arm around the smaller girls' waists.

"Uh Aura that's too tight ease up." The mousy one piped up and Aura pulled her hand away.

"So what if I did it's not like your dad would do anything about it if he found out after all he owes my grandpa big time." The tomboy stuck her tongue out.

"See this Akira. This is a prime example of deception. Though Sky may look cute and small and shy she is a freakin genius and Hope here is really nothing but a little hellcat." Aura hissed and clawed at Hope.

Hope growled and a small bit of fire came from her lips. Suddenly my mind pieced memories and bits of conversations I had heard together.

"Hope and Sky as in Mako's granddaughters' right?" I shouted.

"Yeah." Hope said rudely.

"Im Akira, Bolin's grandson. So that means we are like cousins or something. I don't know the technical stuff about it but we are related." I snapped my fingers and did a quick fist pump.

"Oh so you're the stuck up snob my mom says is the next avatar?" Hope prodded my chest.

"No im not the avatar, that's my twin brother." I grabbed her finger and moved it away.

"Alrighty then we are good." Hope turned away and Aura followed her.

"Why didn't you tell me you had more family?" Aura asked as she pushed on Hopes shoulder.

"Didn't know I only heard about them from my mom a couple days ago." They got farther away and I looked down at Sky looking at me. She stared at me as if trying to read me.

"Uh hi?" She shushed me and went back to looking me over.

"Roughly 6'3", I'd say 207lbs solid muscle although not too bulky, more defined than most. Above average intelligence, often overlooked and although a little bitter about it mostly over it. Shaggy unkempt black hair, a sign of a rebellious streak. Deep green eyes holding a juicy secret. Unbuttoned red and black checkered flannel shirt over a black tank top and black basketball shorts for comfort not style. Heavy pair of ankle high boots that only thud once in a while only on the right side, possibly from an injury. Handsome face with medium amount of scars, fighter most likely an earth bender. Bandages on hands, fingers and one peeking out of the top of his tank top. A failed attempt at an advanced technique perhaps." She sucked in a deep breath and smiled. "It's a shame that this is the first time we meet. Our parents never mentioned any other family until a couple of days ago when we found out you were coming here and from what I heard your mother was sick often and couldn't afford to leave Zaofu."

I stood mouth agape and snapped out of it only after seeing Aura flick Sky on the back of the head. "Sky what have I told you a thousand times?" Aura shook her finger at Sky.

Sky looked like a child who had just been scolded by a parent. "That it's rude and even more so when you say it out loud to them." She looked to the ground for a moment. "Also I should only do it when im out of earshot or with you two."

Aura chuckled and looked at me. "Sorry about that Sky likes to people watch. She is also really Intune with spirits and nature and stuff and she trained herself to read peoples appearances whether inward, outward or spiritual. She gets a 100% accurate read on a person."

"I'll say, not one bit of that was off." I stared at the small girl. "What the hell man." I whispered softly.