"Toph?" A voice said softly from outside her earth tent.
"Humph…" The young earth bender quietly replied.
"It's time for breakfast" The voice perked up and once Toph was a little more awake, she realized it was Katara.
"Yes Sugar Queen," Toph said her voice suddenly perked. Katara raised an eyebrow- Toph never acted like this, and certainly not this early in the morning. Just then the front part of Toph's tent collapsed with a loud thud. There standing, hair tangled, and face coated with dirt, was the small framed girl. Toph rolled her eyes and gave a puff. 'Oh' Katara thought 'Just another smug Toph remark'. She face-palmed herself.
"Why so early?" Toph said while stretching.
"Well-" Katara said slowly.
"Because we all need to talk" Sokka said interrupting his sister. Sokka sat on the floor legs spread out in front of him. The Toph could sense some hesitation in his voice, she sighed and walked over to where Sokka sat and plopped down beside him. He smelled of meat, and sweat. 'Wow' she thought 'We all need a good bath'. She gave herself a quick whiff and scrunched her nose as her own body smell invaded her nostrils. She shook her head and zoned back to the Gaang.
"Where's Twinkle Toes?" Toph asked pulling her legs to her chest and resting her head on her knees.
"He's out," Katara said as she gracefully sat down "Getting breakfast."
"But we'll wait to talk until he gets back." Sokka said calming his now grumbling stomach.
"Am I in trouble?" Toph groaned burying her head with her arms.
"NO!" Sokka said quickly "Of course not"
"Why would you think that?" Katara said curiously. The tall, beautiful water bender tucked her dark hair behind her ears as she looked at Toph.
"I don't know" Toph shrugged. Just then Aang approached the group. He was carrying a woven basket full of berries. The master earth bender noticed his steps were more enthusiastic than usual (Not like she could feel him half the time).
"Morning Toph!" Aang said excitedly as he set down the basket in front of the group of now seemingly starving kids.
"Why so excited Twinkle Toes?" Toph asked reaching for a berry. She bit into it, and savored the sweet, juicy insides.
"Should we te-" Aang began saying in a quite tone.
"I think we should" Katara said turning her sensitive look towards Toph who was now mid- chew and staring in the direction of the others.
"What?" She said setting the half bitten remains of her berry down. She loosed her grip on her knees and was about to jump up and pumble someone in earth if they didn't tell her what was going on.
"Well," Aang said softly as he knelt down to Toph "We think we found someone in the North Pole who can fix your vision." Toph had no response other than to widen her unseeing eyes and let a few tears slip by. 'Nope- Toph' she mentally began to yell at herself, 'don't cry'. She wiped her tears and jumped up.
"What do you mean?" She began almost yelling.
"Well- when Katara and I went out last night to the library out in the main streets of Ba Sing Sei, we were looking through some scrolls, and we read about a lady who studied…" Aang chose his words carefully as to not make the strong bender hurt him, "Conditions."
Toph bit her tongue in effort not to smack the Avatar. 'Condition' She spat angrily to herself 'I have no condition'. She crossed her arms against her thin chest and thought to herself.
"What if her magic voo-doo magic doesn't work?" She said pulling on her eyelids. Aang glanced at her foggy gray eyes. They were pretty in a way. He shook his head and tried to focus again.
"Then it was worth a try" Sokka chimed in, mouth full of berries and their trace still clearly left on the side of his mouth. He shrugged and began to shove yet another berry into his mouth. Katara reached over and slapped her brother upside the head.
"So..." Aang said putting a light hand on Toph's shoulder "You want to go?" The earth bender revealed a large, beautiful smile, and nodded frantically trying to hold back tears.