Sisters
Prologue: The New Baby
Six year old Lin Beifong looked up when Katara emerged from her mother's room. "Can I see Mommy now?" Lin asked.
Katara nodded. Lin scampered into the room. "Mommy, what's that?" Lin asked, immediately noticing the small bundle in her mother's arms.
"Lin, meet your little sister, Suyin Beifong," Toph replied, with an exhausted smile. "We'll call her Su for short."
"I'm gonna be the best big sister ever," Lin replied, happily.
Toph smiled and said, "I'm sure you will, Lin."
Lin grinned and then asked, "Mommy, why won't Su look at me?"
"She can't see yet," Toph replied.
Then Lin asked, "Mommy, when will I be able to play with Su?"
"Not until she's older," Toph replied.
Lin nodded reluctantly. "How much older?" Lin asked.
"Well, if you're very gentle, maybe when she's six months, but at most three years," Toph replied.
Lin sighed. "That's forever," the small child whined.
Toph laughed. "You said that I was still pregnant with Su," Toph grinned.
Lin smiled at her mother. "Can I hold her? I'll be really gentle," Lin promised.
Toph carefully handed Su to her older sister and watched as Lin smiled softly. "Remember me, Su?" She asked. "I've been waiting forever to finally meet you. But now you're here and maybe one day we can drive our cousins crazy."
"And by cousins, you mean, mother," Toph smirked.
Lin smiled innocently at her mother. Toph grinned and said, "I love you, my little badergmoles."