Hey guys! Well this is my first attempt at a Avatar: the last airbender fic!
"Nine... Eight... Seven... Six... Five... Four... Three... Two-" I counted back word slowly keeping my breath at a steady pace. I sat in a lotus position hands on my knees eyes closed, all of a sudden Naomi (Sokka and Suki's daughter), Kya, Bumi, Tenzin and my sister Lin ran into the room laughing. I opened one golden eye;
"Oh my god that was so fun! Azar you should have been there! We so pulled a prank on Uncle Sokka! It was soo fun! You should have been there!" Kya exclaimed pausing to laugh.
"What did you do to them this time," I commented standing up from my place on the ground.
"You know mom's gunna kill you when she finds out, you're supposed to be on good behavior Lin," I said arms crossed staring at my sister.
"Oh loosen up Azar, besides I didn't do anything it was all Kya, and Tenzin" Lin replied.
"You guys might wanna book it, mom's coming home in like five minutes and you all know how what happens when Lin brings friends over when she's grounded." I commented stretching out my legs a bit.
"I know that's why you're going to say they came home with you," Lin replied.
"I would really love to Lin, I really would but I have to go get dinner started and you my dear have to go get ready for tomorrow," I replied heading toward the kitchen they followed closely.
"Why? What's tomorrow?" Lin asked as they all started to look through the cabinets for snacks.
"Our trip to the fire nation, you cannot tell me you forgot! All of you!?" I exclaimed as they jumped up instantly.
"Crap! We did! Sorry we have to go! We'll see you tomorrow!" They all ran out the back door and around the house just as our mother came into the house.
"Hey mom," I called to my mother as she walked in, my sister echoed my greeting. I then put on the water to boil;
"Hey girls... Say does anyone know why I felt a thunder of kids running around the side of the house?" My mother asked once she came back downstairs.
"Yeah Azula invited them here, didn't you Azar?" Lin replied instantly.
"Oh yes of course I did, because I so love having them around," I replied sarcasm dripping from my voice. I could feel Lin glare at my back, don't get me wrong I love my 'cousins' but they can be a bit... how do I put this nicely- annoying, selfish, troublesome, annoying, irritating, aggravating, annoying, tiresome, pesky... and did I mention annoying as hell.
"Lin you just added two more days to your grounding," my mother said as soon as I replied.
"But mom I did-" Lin was cut off.
"Don't you remember I'm a lie detector, you were lying again. So one day for sneaking them into the house when you're grounded and another for lying to me about it," my mother replied, the punishment was fair but my sister never liked punishments. She huffed crossing her arms over her chest.
"What's for dinner tonight Azar?" My mother asked smelling the filling for the dumplings I was making.
"Stuffed dumplings and rice topped with possum-chicken gravy," I replied as I worked. I turned my head slightly and smiled;
"Mmm, sounds good." Toph moved to my right side reaching for a glass. I continued cooking humming a song (Pan's Labyrinth Lullaby) I had heard in the fire nation softly under my breath as I worked.
"So are you girls ready for the trip tomorrow?" Toph asked as she and Lin set the table for dinner.
"Yup," I replied easily as I placed the plates of food on the table well Lin got the drinks.
"Yeah, mom I'm so happy we're going on this trip!" Lin exclaimed.
"So am I," Toph replied Lin and I both knew our mother needed a break from all her responsibilities as Chief of Police here in Republic City.
"So Azar how is your firebending training going?" my mother asked turning unseeing eyes to me.
"It's going really good, Aang says I'm practically a master already. Every advanced move he's shown me so fair I've mastered without difficulty, although he's still kinda worried about my ability to create blue flames... frankly so am I," I left the last part out of my statement.
"That's great honey! How about you Lin? Have you been practicing the moves I showed you?" she asked before taking sip of her drink.
"Yes... and No, I've practiced just not a lot. I don't know why I can't just move on to the more advanced stuff!" She exclaimed, I sighed the moves my mother was talking about required a fair amount of patients... and let's just say my sister lacks the patients to even open a can of sea squid without earthbending the house to ruins.
"Lin honey we talked about this, in order for you to advance you have to master not only the moves I told you about but the meditations I gave you. So far I've only seen you try the mediations once, I don't know about when you're out and about but so far nothing. I can't help you get the moves correct if you don't have the necessary patients to do so on your own," My mother replied calmly. Lin just pouted further.
"Lin just try out the meditations, I've meditated the way Uncle Zuko and Aang taught me. You never know it may-" I was cut off.
"What do you know about earthbending Azula! You're not an earthbender you don't know how h-" I cut her off now jaw tight.
"I'm pretty sure I know more about earthbending then you do at this point! I don't know what the hell is wrong with you! You've been so stubborn lately! You want to advance in your training and when you can't you get all 'poor me' and go crying to Avatar Aang to teach you the advanced moves!" Her face was covered with obvious shock.
"That's right I overheard you talking to him! What makes you think doing that is all-fucking-right! You have an the very best earthbending teacher in the world! And you think earthbending is hard to do! You don't have to worry about burning people because you lost control! You don't have to worry about causing a forest fire! Or anything like that! Fire is dangerous! It can kill you, chew you up and spit you out if its not controlled in the right way! Earthbending it's so easy! You don't know how good you have it Lin! God get your shit together and maybe one day you'll actually be able to live up to mom's legacy! Because at this point all I see it as a waste of mom's energy!" I snarled the candles in the room were blazing high I instantly calmed myself down and stood up.
"Enjoy your dinner mom, see you in the morning," I said in a softer tone to my mother then left.
Sometimes my sister can be such an iron skull, considering our tempers. Her's being stubborn and mine- well I was a hothead these two tempers combined in the same household add in our teenage hormones, and my ability to bottle things up until I finally explode and you get many verbal wars where I am mostly right.
I know its not what is expected but You'll find out soon enough why Toph's daughter has Azula's name! In this fic Azula the first is dead.