Phoenix's Soul: Well I'm back with yet another Tokka story. I got so many good reviews from Keeping Warm that I decided to continue with a brand new story. So here it comes, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. "Now on With the Chapter"

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Keeping More Than Warm

"Sokka?"

"Yeah, Toph?"

"Thanks."

"For what?"

"For keeping me warm, snoozles," she said closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep.

Suddenly she couldn't feel Sokka beside her any more. Toph's eyes snapped open. No longer tired from sleep, but awake with fear. She shouted his name into the darkness, but was answered with nothing. Over and over she screamed calling for him. Then she heard it, a long low growl. She knew what it was. Oh how she remembered it, that monster was back. The one that had nearly taken Sokka away from her was now after her. That damned Walrus-Lion.

"Sokka!" Toph screamed. "Sokka please help me. Its back, its back. Please, Sokka. Where are you?"

The beast gave a mighty roar and Toph could feel the ice beneath her shudder with every footfall. She couldn't take it anymore, and she began to cry uncontrollably, calling out his name. Where was he? He had told her he would never leave her, and he was not here to save her when she needed him. The beast roared again, this time closer. All she could hear was it's breathing. Then there was something else, faint but still there. Someone was calling her name. It started soft, then grew louder and louder till it was the only thing she heard. It was Sokka's voice and he was calling to her.

"Toph!" Sokka shouted gently shaking the young girl. "Toph, come on wake up. Wake up, it's alright. It's alright, it's just a dream. Come on wake up."

Toph opened her sightless, breathing heavily she didn't know where she was or how she got there. The only thing she knew was that Sokka was there and she did the only thing that felt right. She flung her arms around his neck and began to cry into his shoulder sobbing his name every so often. Sokka held her tightly whispering comforting words into her ear and stroking her hair softly trying to calm her down. After a few minutes Toph stopped crying, wiping her tears away as she pulled away from him.

"Are you alright, Toph?" Sokka asked, looking into her eyes.

"I'm fine now," Toph said quietly giving him a small reassuring smile.

"It was the dream again wasn't it." he said in a serious tone.

"Yes," she nodded her eyes looking down instead of trying to find his.

"Toph, its alright," Sokka whispered gently placing his finger under her chin and bringing her face to look into his. "I'm right here, and there isn't a single Walrus-Lion within 1,000 miles of here."

Toph smiled, and gave him a slight nod. Leaning in just a little, Sokka planted a soft kiss on her lips and let his hand fall back to his side.

"Now go back to sleep and don't worry. I'm just in the next room."

"I will, Snoozles."

"That's my girl."

As soon as Sokka closed the door Toph remembered exactly where she was. She and the others were traveling once again. However, instead of for war they were on this trip for pleasure. They were only a 2 day flight from Gaoling her home town. She hadn't been there since she ran away with Sokka, Katara, and Aang. Now she was going back for a really big reason. There was something that she had to ask her parents, and even though she was pretty sure what they would say she still had to ask them.

If she had it her way she wouldn't even bother with it, but Sokka had talked her into it. She didn't know how he had done it, but he had some how finally beaten her down in the end. Now that she thought about it, it had to have been that kiss he had given her. The one that had made every fiber of her being go almost numb from pleasure. Now she wished he hadn't left a few minutes ago.

She gave a soft sigh, laid back down and closed her eyes. She just couldn't wait the day that she had been dreaming of since their first trip to the South Pole. Smiling to her self she fell into a peaceful sleep with only good dreams that fended off the bad.

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Phoenix's Soul: Well that's it for chapter one. I know it's short, but hey it's here to tantalize your taste buds and make your imagination run wild with what is to come. "Until the Next Chapter"