THIS IS A NEW STORY IDEA I GOT AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE AVATAR NETFLIX SHOW WAS ANNOUNCED.
I DON'T OWN AVATAR OR PJO
Prologue:
My early life was never that great I was the unwanted child in a southern water tribe family, I had an older brother and sister that were both favoured by the respective parents of the same gender. In most families you find that the youngest is often the most loved and cared for because they were the 'baby' of the family, well obviously my parents didn't get that memo as that sure wasn't the case for us. In my life I would often find that our parents had left with my brother and sister to go teach them how to do what our parents do such as dad teaches my brother Sokka how to hunt and how to use certain weapons whilst my mother taught Katara how to cook, clean and everything else that southern water tribe customs required of the females. However my father never took me out hunting with Sokka yet I was older than Sokka was when he first started, I was never taught to cook or clean by my mother either. The only thing they ever taught me was that if I was ever taken by the fire nation I was to never tell them of my sisters gift, as she was a water bender something that the fire nation was desperately trying to eradicate from our tribe. For the 60 years the fire nation had been coming to the southern water tribe at least once every three months to slowly kill or capture any water benders that the tribe had to offer. They had done this until only Katara remained. Or so they thought. I hadn't told anyone this not my parents or my sibling, no one knew it but I had recently learned that I was a water bender too, I had been training myself for a couple months and at the age of five I was able to lift the water and create shapes of things twice the size of me. That reason alone is the one good thing that came with being neglected by my own parents, it gave me more time to practice my abilities and looking back on it now it was the best gift they had ever given me.
However back then I still hated the feeling I got every time I got ignored by my parents or laughed at by my siblings or shouted at by my parents for being 'lazy' that I didn't help out around the house or that I didn't help hunt for food even though I had never been taught the skills required like my siblings had. I remember multiple times that I had wanted to run away or for someone to take me away from the horrid south pole, and in the end I got my wish just not in the way that I would of wanted.
~~~~~Flash Back~~~~~~~
It was a week before my sixth birthday, with Katara being seven and Sokka was eight was excited as my birthday was the first in the year which meant it was the only time that I was treated any better than the others. I heard the horn indicating a fire nation raid so I ran home as fast as I could however because of everyone rushing around I didn't reach my home until the raid was almost over anyway, when I walked in I found my mother and Katara being threatened by a fire nation man with a sword. He turned to me and smiled cruelly and was about to chuck me to my mother and sister when my mother spoke up "Please I will give you the information you want just please let my daughter go!" I looked at her shocked she was only willing to let Katara go, I knew that m relationship with parents was bad but I thought that she would at least want me to stay alive. The man only gave her a nod to indicate that she continue her statement "I will tell you who the water bender left in the tribe is if you just let her go please." This caught me off guard, I thought that the only water bender that my mother knew of was Katara so who was she going to tell the man the water bender was? The only one that I was aware of was... I then knew why my mother wasn't trying to ask for my freedom, she was going to tell the man that I was a bender, how did she know I never told her and I always made sure to practice my bending when she was busy doing something at home. That only meant that she didn't even know I was a bender in the first place that she was thinking that she was lying to this man if it meant the safety of only Katara.
"Fine then but if I find that you were lying then I will kill your whole family myself right in front of your eyes then leave you to live with the knowledge of what you have caused." My mother accepted that with a nod that if I was older and more perceptive I would have noticed the slight hesitation in it that showed that she didn't really know whether the person that she was about to say was really a water bender.
"You want a water bender then look no further than my son over there the one that you have got your hand clutched onto. I saw him water bending a couple weeks ago and knew that he was only going to give my family pain if I didn't tell you, I'm sorry that it took this long." My mother looked me in the eye and smiled sadly as if hoping that I would forgive her for basically sending me to my death. This caused me to collapse to the floor the only thing stopping me from lying down to cry was them man still holding my arm. I looked up at the man wide red eyes looking up at his cold hard gaze which seemed to soften ever so slightly at the look on my face, but hardened instantly back to what it was.
"Well lady you and your daughter are safe for now but if I find that this boy isn't a water bender then I will come back on my promise." He then turned around and was about to drag me out before shoving me back to my family. "Say goodbye to your family kid, although honestly if I were you I wouldn't even want to look at your mother." He laughed a cold almost evil laugh that sounded a bit like a cackle. I nodded to him and quickly rushed over to my sister as I could see the small tears falling from her eyes.
"I am sorry that this has to happen Percy but you know as well as I do that water benders need to be protected from the fire nation, it's our only chance to fight back." Katara whispered into my ear. This caused me to growl and let go of her from our hug.
However before I was far enough away that she wouldn't hear me whisper I said. "Then why me huh. I really am a water bender so thanks. You were always such a great sister" I said pouring as much sarcasm and bitter hate into my voice as I could to show her how she made me feel over the years. I turned away and walked back to the man who grabbed my hands and hand cuffed me using the handcuffs as a way to drag me by both hands leaving. Behind me I could here the sniffling of my sister and the encouraging words from a mother who seemed only slightly affected by the fact that she had basically just sold her own son to the people that had been killing people like him for decades. I was dragged onto the ship on the way I had seen the sight of Sokka fighting the fire nation men from afar and my father fighting them more up close both of them were pushing back the fire nation soldiers that were stopped by the man that was dragging me, the soldiers were told to retreat and that they had what they came for. The water tribe warriors each looked confused about what was said but none of them noticed me being dragged onto the boat as most of them left to find out what had happened and what was it that the fire nation took with them.
It was several minutes later where in the distance I could see both my father and Sokka rushing to the edge of the ice obviously having learned of my capture. I wasn't sure what to feel at the moment, I was happy that for the first time they were actively thinking about me, I was terrified of the thought that I was going to die, however I was hopeful as I wasn't dead yet which meant that I still had a chance to be able to escape or be set free. Maybe the man would feel sorry for me and let me go, or maybe I could learn to control the water under the boat to cause us to crash and sink so I could escape. Even at the time I knew that all of these ideas were wishful thinking that were never going to happen no matter how much I wanted it to.
Several weeks past and during that time I had been confined to one room in the ship that was dirty and dark and was the furthest point from the water making it so that at my level of control I had no chance of using the water to my advantage. I had been fed decent meals three times a day and was given a glass of water everyday so that I wouldn't die of dehydration. However the water I was given was never enough to be able to use to escape and even if I did try to use it to escape the amount of days that I would have to go without water would of made me too weak to carry on by the end of it so it wasn't worth trying. The last couple days I had heard my captors talk about us being almost there when they were on guard duty outside my cell, so from what they had last said I had only three more days until we reached fire nation only problem was that we were currently going past Earth Kingdom territory so we were weak to any Earth kingdom attacks that would take place. It was a couple days after this that I knew the Fire nation captors had jinxed themselves by one of the guards saying that the Earth Kingdom soldiers would never attack them, as several hours after he had said that the cell that I was in shook violently and a large spike of rock came through it. The rock then receded back to where it had come from before yet again striking the ship at a lower point, because of the attack the ship came to a complete stop and I could hear the voices of my captors shouting orders to attack back and then I saw an onslaught of fire coming from above me going to the ground below the ship. I walked over to where the hole in the wall was and found that if I jumped out I would fall around 10ft to water, a distance that I knew that I would survive but would still be painful for me. So I got on my knees and slowly started climbing down the side of the ship so that I could get to a more painless position, I had gotten around 3ft down when one of the earth spikes broke where I was about to put one of my hands causing me to slip and lose balance. I fell the remining 7ft to the water and found that the water broke my fall almost completely so that I felt no pain or anything when I made contact with the water.
I swam to down the water a couple hundred metres the way we came from knowing that the lace that we were currently at and the state of the ship that even if they do win this fight they were never going to turn around this thin a river with how badly the ship was damaged only half way through the fight. Once I had got far enough away from the ship that it was only a small spec in my sight did I swim to shore, once I was at the shore I walked around a mile before I collapsed of exhaustion a tree not taking any notice of where I was. I woke to find a small girl with light green eyes that seemed slightly glazed, her jet black hair covered was tied into a bun at the back of her head with only a couple strands of hair on her face. She was dressed in silk clothes that screamed 'super rich' with everything about them from the design to the material. "So your awake then." Her voice was slightly rough compared to Katara or my mother but was still feminine, I wasn't really sure whether it was a question or a statement so I answerd anyway.
"Yes?" She smiled broadly at that but I wasn't sure if it was because I sounded so unsure about my answer or if it was the fact that I was awake.
"Cool, so what's your name? My name is Toph Beifong and I live in the house over there." She pointed in the general direction a small set of large houses bigger than anything I had seen before. Each of the houses had to be as tall as the boat I'd been in for the last couple weeks and were about the same width and height as well with houses maybe being slightly bigger. Another incredible thing about the houses was the fact that they weren't made out of snow and ice like all the houses in the south pole that I had seen all my life.
"Oh hi Toph my name is Perseus but you can call me Percy." Toph smiled widely and gave my arm a small punch, she then followed it up with a hug. "Uhm do I know you? You seem to be awfully familiar with me." This caused Toph to let go and look away, from the small glimpse of her face before she turned away she looked crestfallen. "Oh sorry if I offended you I just wasn't sure if we had met before sorry.
This caused her to brighten up and smile at me, "No I can't say that we have met although you don't look like your from around her. You look like you come from those water tribes." This caused me to perk up, this meant that she knew of the place I lived maybe with her money I can be sent back there to see my family again, but do I really want to be sent back? Maybe I can be adopted into another family, maybe Toph's. Then again what about the looks on both Katara and my dads faces as I was leaving they both looked horrified and ashamed but on the other hand what about my mothers face she showed almost no guilt about giving me to people that would of probably killed me. I made my decision I was going to stay in the Earth Kingdom and make a new life for myself. Obviously I had been lost in thought for awhile as the look on Toph's face was impatient and angry. "Hey I asked you a question are you from one of the water tribes or not?".
"Oh uh yes of course sorry I was just thinking about certain things, anyway uhh yes I am from the southern water tribe and I was hoping is there anyway that I could stay with you. Even if it is only for a couple days as I don't have anywhere to live right now." Tophs face looked excited at the prospect until seconds later she seemed to remember something.
"I'm sorry I can't you see I well I'm not actually supposed to be out her, my parents always try to keep me locked away in my room as they feel that as I am blind per say that I can't be trusted to go outside on my own. Also yes I know it may not look like I'm blind but trust me I am, the only way that I am able to see you and I was able to find you was a special skill I have been developing since birth. Lately I have become very good at it as I have been learning off badger moles. What I can do is with my Earth bending I can sense the vibrations of the Earth and what each one is caused like such as you standing is causing enough vibrations for me to be able to see your general size and shape but none of the specifics like eye colour and hair colour or size." This was incredible news not only was that the coolest power ever but I had found another bender that didn't want to kill me or shun me.
"Hey I'm a bender too maybe we can learn together?"
"That's great I always wanted another Earth bender to practice with."
"Ah ah ah I never said I was an Earth bender." A large smile was on my lips at the look on her face trying to figure out what I meant.
"Ah hah that's it your a water bender! That's awesome whilst obviously not as cool as Earth bending as you know the ground is way better than any water can be." Her face was almost split in two how large her smile was and I could tell by how small noises were escaping through her mouth that she was finding it difficult to not laugh.
"Right is that why if you look on the map you will find that most of the world is taken up by water, You have no control over what most of the world is made out of unlike me so hah I win." This caused Toph's eyes to ever so slightly narrow and for a second I thought that she would hit me or something, however I was kind of right apart from the fact that instead of a fist coming at me a rock went flying over her shoulder and straight at my stomach. I doubled over in pain and the fact that the attack had knocked the wind out of me, I looked at her shocked for a second before a plan of my own formulated in my head. "Now that wasn't very nice was it. What did I ever do to deserve that?" I then used a conveniently placed puddle and lifted it in the air to just above her head, with a small flick of my wrist the water fell on her head leaving her hair and clothes soaking. This caused a shriek from Toph which was followed by a growl and another stone coming at me, this one though was very obviously aimed at my head, I dodged the stone this time and decided to rush over to her. When I got close enough I tackled her to the ground and pinned her down, we fought for control both of us spending the whole time laughing profusely. For a while I was winning keeping her pinned down however another rock hit me on the side of the head so I reflexively put my hand to my head which she used as a way to spin us over. Her grip was far stronger than mine which I wasn't sure whether it was a Earth bender thing or if she was just stronger overall but with it she was able to keep me pinned until I gave up and let her have her victory.
When she noticed that I was no longer struggling she gave a whoop of excitement laughing at me whilst jumping in the air in joy that she had beaten me. At that moment I realized that being with this girl hanging out with her and playing games with her made me the happiest that I had honestly ever been. I looked up at Tonks and found her staring at me. That was the moment that I knew that we would be friends for a long time, maybe not forever as the likelihood of that was low but my young mind knew even then that we would be good friends and would stay that way years to come.
1 year later
Whilst I never got to actually stay with Toph because Toph didn't want to risk her parents finding out that she had been sneaking out so we made me a home in the cave that she had first started learning to Earth bend. It was a large mountain that was only a mile or so from her house so it was easy enough to meet up when we could although most times she would come to my little cave so that we could train in the small room that she had made the day we had built it. She had built the room as somewhere we could train easily, or well somewhere that she could train easily with the mountain being pretty dry having no river coming from it or under it. This meant that my only source of water was the water that was in the air which took large amounts of effort to extract from the air. This meant that instead of extracting the water from the air I used the air itself as my weapon which meant that my control over water was much larger than if I had only used water because I had to learn to be able to control even the smallest parts enough to be able to make a large enough attack for it to be effective in anyway. I was only able to learn this in the time that I did because I had the threat of being pummeled by Toph if I didn't learn to fight back, another way that I learned to fight back was by learning close combat fighting if I ever had the opportunity to get close enough however Toph learning from her mistake in letting me close one time that we were training where I had been able to knock her unconscious without her being able to land a blow. This skill was trained a lot more as I had needed to learn to hunt for my food as Toph wouldn't be able to bring me food all the time, this meant that I had learnt to be stealthy enough that Toph could only find me if she was really concentrating.
However in the last year I wasn't the only one that had improved, Toph was now able to change the environment of our fight in seconds making it harder for me to prepare for fights if the very ground we were standing on was changing to make it easier for her. She had also learned an incredible skill where she could move the rock under my foot so that I was unbalanced allowing her to attack while I was regaining my balance which opened me up for it. Overall each of us had learned our new skills and showed it in our fights which were always friendly and as of yet no one had faced a worse injury than being knocked unconscious for 20 minutes by myself to Toph in the aforementioned incident where Toph let me too close.
Today though was one of the days where we didn't train as every so often when either of us don't want to train we both decide to go out to do something different and so today we went to go check out the village nearby called Chin village it was a place that was known for it's hatred for the avatar a notion which was quite common these days as many believed that the new avatar abandoned them at the start of the war and left them to fight the war themselves. The village itself was nice however it was quite small compared to Gaoling so we were only able to spend only a couple hours there looking around all the market stalls that were situated around the town. However as disappointing as the trip was there was one thing that was definitely good, when we went past the townhall there was a stall that had animals everywhere in cages as if they were selling them. There were chicken crows and crocodile bears but the one that caught my eye was a lone hawk monkey that was sitting off at the side in a slightly more secure cage, it was the most adorable thing I had ever seen and just being near it made me want to pick it up. It was a small monkey type creature that was the size of my head at the largest, on its back it had two large hawk wings that looked strong enough to carry the bird several miles within seconds. We were walking past it and when I stopped to have a look Toph who had been walking slightly behind waked right into me knocking me to the floor. To the shop owner it must of looked like she had pushed me or something as them man rushed over shooing Toph away no matter how much she tried to protest the man wouldn't let her explain what happened. When I got up I thanked the man but told him that she was my friend the man didn't look like he believed me and asked me what it was in his shop that had caught my eye. I pointed towards the Hawk monkey which caused the man to smile at me and pat me on the back, "Well your in luck then lad, this little rascal has been causing me trouble so maybe you could take him from me as a favor, hey maybe he could also help defend you from that friend of yours over there. What do you say huh, you take the hawk monkey from me as a payment for me helping you out with that young lady over there." My eyes went almost as wide as the tennis ball eyes the hawk monkey had at the statement. For several seconds I couldn't formulate any words all I could do was nod my head at untold speeds that were making me feel dizzy from all the movement.
"Yes! Uh sorry mean yes please sir I would gladly take the trouble maker off you if it would help you out." This caused the man to smile widely and reach into the cage and pass the hawk monkey over to me and placed him on my shoulder. "I think that I'll name you Coco after your fur" The man gave a hearty laugh and waved goodbye as I walked back over to Toph who had a confused look on her face.
"Sooo do you want to tell me what the hell just happened and why you now have a pet?" This made me smile but I walked past her and indicated that she follow me as we walk back out of the town.
"Well you see that man saw how you bullied poor old me by pushing me over and thought I needed protection from you so gave me this little guy to help keep me safe. Say hello Coco." Toph face palmed at the fact that the guy thought that she had pushed me over causing me to laugh and give her a little shove with my shoulder. She pushed back and we ended up shoving each other all the way back to the cave.
two years later
By now both me and Toph were above the normal level of adults in our own bending, as Tophs special connection to the Earth allowed her to have a stronger and more powerful connection to her element. However my skill had been forced upon me in the hopes of surviving the wrath of Toph, with me of creating a whole sub-section of water bending with my ability to control the water in the air. We had also found another place to practice that was next to a large lake but was some how still hidden and enclosed. We used this for training instead and it has allowed me to have more access to my element and have lately being destroying Toph in fights, I can now control almost half the lake as I could do around 1/4 of it and it was around 2.5km long 1km wide and around 400 metres deep which meant that I had enough control over water to be able to use that much water to surround Toph so she couldn't escape. However the one time that I did do that tactic I collapsed in exhaustion allowing Toph to win in the end so really I may be able to control that much water I could only hold that control for slightly over 3 minutes before I fell in exhaustion and almost fall unconscious just because I needed to sleep.
Nowadays I never really thought of home deciding instead to concentrate on having a good life with Toph and also making ourselves as strong as we can so that neither of us can get looked down upon like we both have been. Which so far had gone well with the constant distraction provided by Toph my life now was never normal or uninteresting, such as now for example we were about to start practicing our bending by using our new training area as a place to fight. Both of us were standing as still as a statue staring at something different for me I was staring intently at her ready for any slight indication that she was going to start attacking, whilst Toph was staring blankly at the floor in front of me probably doing the same sort of thing I was with her unusual method of sight. A slight shift of her right leg indicated that we were starting, this movement was soon followed by a large rock hand appearing out of the ground and was reaching over to grab me, I leaped to the side narrowly avoiding the large hand and then cut the fingers off the hand using the air. I quickly sent a follow up attack at Toph herself by gathering a ball of water the size of Toph and separating it to form 12 sharp spears, I fired three of them at her that she countered with a large stone wall, the stone wall gave me the opportunity to fire off three more spears but this time I didn't change the spears to ice making it so that on impact they made the stone wall wetter. I carried on sending three spears at a time until I no longer had any, I then gathered a larger bit of water and changed it into a large spike and a pair of handcuffs, just as I was about to fire the large spike at the wall the ground under me shifted almost tripping me to the floor if it wasn't something I had been getting used to for years now. When I regained my balance I looked up to find the large stone wall moving in my direction, I quickly used all the water that I had gathered in the stone to gain slight control over the stone and shift it enough for me to jump through the hole. "So you learned a new trick have you? I swear you seem to find new things to do with your water bending every couple months." This caused a small laugh from me but right now I couldn't afford to get distracted if I didn't win this, well I don't know what I would do the prize for it is... I didn't have time to finish the sentence in my head as three large chunks of rock came flying at my head from all sides except the side that Toph is. Normally this wouldn't be a problem for me however they were all placed in the exact way that I would usually dodge with one down low then another above that but slightly forward and another just behind that one, except the last one was also the one that was behind my head thus even if I move forward it will still hit me. This created a triangle of stone that was difficult to avoid if I didn't show another trick that I had been working on for the last couple months, I lifted both my arms up and then a large clap of my hands which resulted in me collecting enough water to create a small water Tornado type of thing that lifted me high in the air. This ability allowed me to control the speed and movement of the tornado whilst I was at the top the whole time able to see everything going on so I could control it better so it could gain me the advantage. "God damn it Perce I can't see you properly now I don't know how high that stupid thing has lifted you." This time I did laugh except it was a small evil cackle that seemed to crack up Toph as I heard a small laugh from her.
"Well you know me I will use every advantage I can get even if it means blinding you!" This was followed by a cackle from me and a flick of my wrist caused me to drop to the ground and the miniature tornado to go to Toph and pick her up so that she was blind in the air and unable to move properly. I then made a fist with one of my hands and turned the tornado into a cage with a bottom on it so that it wouldn't allow her to see. I also made sure that the water in the cage was the cleanest possible so that Toph couldn't try and do one of my tricks of controlling another element through an impurity in it or something of the sort.
"Ahh God sake Percy I swear every time we fight since moving to train here you have won what can I actually do to beat you? You are single handedly the most annoying person I have ever fought against." This confused me as I thought that I was the first person that she had ever trained with, who else was she training with and what was this feeling that I had right now.
"Well I'm the only person you've ever fought against, right?" This caused her to stutter for a couple seconds which only further confused me Toph was never at a loss for words that's just who she was, a smart mouthed obnoxious know it all. That was one of the reasons that we were friends really because of that side to her, and that fact that now of all times was the one time that she didn't have anything to say was bringing on feelings of confusion and this other feeling, the feeling feels familiar yet slightly different. The feeling kind of felt like when I lived in the south pole and I would watch my parents interactions with my parents.
"Well you see Perce lately there have been multiple other people that I have been practicing against, the first being a tutor that my mum hired when I accidently showed that I was an Earth bender when I was too angry to control it. Then also you know those times when I said that I was busy going to things after school well really I have been going to an Earth bending fighting club called Earth rumble V. I've only been doing it so that I can beat you, since we have been training at the new location you've been improving so much more than me that well I needed to go somewhere that I can see myself improving and beating people that I don't get to do when I fight you." This made the feeling slightly lessen but it was still there however my confusion was increased tenfold.
"Wait the reason that you are taking part in this tournament is because you aren't winning enough against me? But how does that make any sense? Toph what happened when we both first started to train together in that dark cave with no access to water? What did I do to allow me to be able to beat you?" This put a thoughtful look on her face and for several minutes she stood there thinking over what I had asked.
"Well I guess you learned to control air and to fight close combat so that you could see me better."
"Exactly Toph I adapted I learned to fight in a different way so that I had a fighting chance, I know that the way of an Earth bender is to stay as strong as the rock itself and to never shift but look at me what was I able to do today? I was able to bend the rock with the water this means that I was able to do something different whilst still doing and being the same thing. So what I'm saying is that look for things that you can learn to do without changing how you already are." This yet again set Toph off to think for a couple minutes to think up an answer.
"So wait are you saying that I should do that and quit Earth rumble V or what?" This caused a large sigh from me which made Toph go red in the face.
"No Toph I'm not saying that as it gives you a way to learn and practice these skills without me knowing like I do when you aren't here it will be good for you so that you can bring new things like my new tornado and my pseudo earth and water bending." This stopped her for a few seconds leaving her to ponder on what I had said.
"Oh ok then thanks for the advice an I'll look into what it is that I can learn."
"That's all I ak Toph."
2 years later
And learn she did within the next couple months she was able to have slight control over sand an ability that she had continued to hone until she was able to control sand as if it was regular stone. Another thing that she had done with the sand was learn to see with the sand so that if she ever went to the ocean that she wouldn't be blind, also with the sand she learned to grind up regular stone to turn it into sand grain this allowed her to perform sneakier attacks that her usual Earth bending wouldn't allow as the stealthiest attack she could do back then was chucking a rock at your face. Now however she would use that rock as a distraction to cause a large bit of sand to plant your feet to the ground so another rock can come over and take you out. As well as her learning Toph had been extremely busy with Earth rumble V so much so that her parents were starting to notice that something was going on which was saying something. The reason for her busyness as of late at Earth rumble V is the fact that she had become the champion of that place around 8 months after my advice with her sand bending being a key part in taking out some of the more intelligent opponent, something that many Earth benders were not known for. As of late I also had become quite busy with Earth rumble V as Toph had found a loop hole in the rules that allowed me to join the only problem was that I had to beat the current reigning champion which at the time had been Toph. Let me just say, we gave the spectators exactly what they were paying for with the fight being one that had been talked about for months, with it being slightly over 4 months ago and it was still common to hear people there talking about the fight. The show runner had instantly asked for a rematch the following week however I had refused saying that a fight like that would be for special occasions such as me entering the competition. After I had refused him he sent me to the bottom of the competition meaning that to be able to fight any of the top fighters that Toph fights I would have to work my way up. This was something that I was still annoyed about even if I had been working towards it so much over the last couple months that if I win my next fight then I will be moving into the big league fighters.
Apart from Earth Rumble V me and Toph had stopped training as if we still did training we would have no time for anything else and even though we take part in illegal fighting arenas doesn't mean we weren't still kids thus we used the rest of our spare time, that Toph could get away from the house for, we used on doing things like exploring places we hadn't been to before or just spending the day playing games or talking. Today was one of these days with both of us sitting at the top of the mountain that I lived in, it was a place that we came to often as for me it had an incredible view and for Toph as it was one of the places that she felt the most in touch with the Earth being at the very peak of what it has to offer. "So Toph how are those lessons of yours going with that master Yu guy?"
"He well I think he means well but he has been teaching me for over two years and he has only taught me basic things that too a months training with you to learn. And your not even an Earth bender!" Her little rant left her gasping for air which set off a round of laughter from me which gave me a punch to the arm from Toph, this only caused me to laugh harder and receive another punch and a death glare form Toph. "What is so funny? I don't get it what is so funny?"
"It was your face after your rant you looked as red as a tomato." This earned a small chuckle from Toph before her eyes widened and she punched me in the arm again except this time it was a bit lighter.
"Hah hah hah. It's not my fault my dad only wants to let me learn so far. I know you don't really understand and all but still it sucks having shitty parents who seem to care more about other things than you." This stopped my laughing and any sort of happiness that had been in my mind, I know that I hadn't ever told Toph about my life in the south pole but what right does she have to guess that I had a perfect little life, if I did why did she think that I had stayed away for so long. What did you think that the only reason that I stayed was for some rebellious, childish notion.
I decided that if this is what Toph thinks then I better teach her the truth, when I spoke my voice was ice cold and had a deadly edge to it.
Toph POV
I don't know what I said wrong to Percy but as soon as I said that I hated having a dad who treats you worse than something else his face just fell and if looks could kill that cold stare would of slaughtered millions. When he started speaking everything was cold and I'm not just speaking of his voice a small blizzard started picking up around the both of us. "How can you just say that huh? What do you know about my life before we met? Why do you think that I never wanted to go see my family in the south pole huh? Well I'll answer all of the above for you, firstly you can say that because your ignorant slightly self absorbed about your supposed daddy issues. Well let me just say at least your dad knew that you existed mine seemed to think I wasn't even there, the only parent that ever acknowledged me was my mother and that was only to demand that I do something for her and then get punished severely if I'm not able to do it. Hell because of these punishments I've gone two weeks without any food just because I wasn't able to catch us any food because my father had never taught me how like he had my brother. Second question, you know nothing. Lastly the reason I never go see my family is the reasons I gave you seconds ago and also one key fact is that well my mother is the one that gave me to the fire nation to die so that her life and my sisters life could be saved. She gave up the life of her own son, and after it looked as if she held no feeling of guilt for doing it, otherwise I might of been able to forgive her but the look of complete satisfaction killed all and any chance of me being able to forgive her now and forever. And to top it all of the fact that my sister had never said anything against it with my father and brother not even noticing me being dragged onto the fire nation ship even though I walked basically right past him shows how good of a father and brother they were to me to not even recognise me. So yes I do know how it feels to have a father and mother that prefer something else over you except for me it was blatant favouritism towards my brother and sister. This left me in shock what family would or could hate Percy he was kind and loyal, caring and protective, strong and deadly and best of all he was my best and only friend, the thought that someone could do something as vile as set him up to die at the age of 5 years old was something that I thought wasn't even possible but apparently proved by his own mother that it was very much possible.
"I'm... I'm sorry Percy I didn't know I just assumed that you had given up hope of seeing them again." This seemed to calm him down slightly but only slightly he still seemed slightly on edge and the blizzard was still there only more controlled and weaker than it was before.
"It's fine I shouldn't of expected you to know as I never really had the courage to tell you and I guess that hearing you say all those things just set me off so much that I couldn't control myself properly." I gave Percy a nod and a punch to the arm that seemed to calm him enough for the blizzard to stop and most of the tension in his body seemed to disappear almost instantly, with that we just sat their for hours in each others embrace neither of us noticing or caring about the time.
THANKS FOR READING I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LITTLE IDEA OF MINE I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE MORE FREQUENTLY BUT I CAN'T BE SURE IF I WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. LET'S JUST HOPE FOR THE BEST THOUGH!
~SonOfRiptide~
