The sun was just starting to appear over the mountains. It was at this time of day that Kyoshi Island looked most beautiful. The island had the greenest grass and the bluest water, but at this time of day the whole island had an orange glow. The glow mixed with the green and blue made it look like no where else on earth.
It had been more than a year since the end of the war. The world had started to settle in to this new era of peace. The gang had grown into there new roles, some more so than others. Sokka was fully embracing his new role as a soon to be married man, his energy had rubbed off on the rest of the group that attend the wedding, even Toph.
"I think I'm going to be sick" Suki slumped down in a chair. In her hands she was holding the two bouquets of flowers, that Katara and Toph would carry down the aisle.
She had come to give them the flowers, and make sure they looked nice in there robes. The room the girls had been giving to get dressed in, looked like Aang had been doing some real airbending in it. In that minute al of the stress of the day washed over her, all that went throw her head was a list of all the things she still had to do.
Toph moved to the bride taking the bouquets out of her hands, then moved back placing them on the table in the corner. Katara stood behind the chair, and placed her hands on her future sister in laws shoulders "well Toph was sick on the boat trip here, so don't worry if you are"
"hey" Toph was now again facing the other two women, how where both now laughing.
Once she had regained her composer. Suki got to her feet "I'll see you in a little while then" she hugged her sister in law over the back of the chair. On her way out of the room she also hugged Toph.
"you look beautiful Suki"
"thanks"
Suki had such a happy look on her face after Toph said that, that Katara didn't have the heart to point out to her that Toph was in her own way being nice, but having a little bit of fun of her own. She made her way over to the younger girl "that was mean"
"what. I was paying her a complement"
There was no point in getting into this conversation any more, so Katara gave up. Once she reached Toph, she turned her round so that she now had her back to her "Do you think he is going to come" asked a now very nervous Katara, As she was tying the obi of Toph's dress. She hadn't seen Aang since she left Ba Sing Sa. She wasn't mad at him, she knew that there had to be a very good reason that he was gone fro do long. He was the avatar he had a lot on his shoulders. If she was honest with herself, then she would admit that she was glad that he wasn't here. She didn't know what to say to him, she cared about him, but she didn't know anymore if the kiss had been the right thing to do. Once she say him again she would know the right thing to do, she just wasn't ready to deal with that yet.
The two young benders where fifteen and fourteen. It was at this time of year that their ages where closest, As one would have their fifteen birthday soon, and the other had just turned fifteen.
"I don't know. it is possible he heard about the wedding" then under her breath "wherever he has ran of too" there was only the slightest hint of distain in her tone, she had learned to be more like the way she had been when they first meet. It was they way they wanted her to be to, needed her to be.
The two friends where the brides maids in the wedding, So they both wore similar dresses. Toph's was a green robe that had the tiniest embroidered cherry blossoms on it, her obi was a rich blue, with large waves in sea blue embroidered in it. Katara's dress was the same style, Only her dress was made of the same fabric as Toph's obi was, and her obi was the same as Toph's dress. The dresses framed the necklaces they both wore contently, passed down to them from their mothers. it was the first time they had all been together in so long, so they felt themselves regress to the way they where a year ago. Katara had braded her hair again, but had wound the brad into a bun at the back of her neck. Toph had but her hair up in a bun but only the top half the rest of it hung down, it was now close to Katara's in length.
"I just can't believe my brother is getting married" sighed Katara, as she took a step back to look at her friend, making sure she looked the way Suki had told her too. She was finding it hard to get her mind around the whole thing, it seemed that even after the war everything had just keep moving, she hadn't had a chance to stop and catch her breath
"Well don't look at it like gaining a sister in law, think of it as losing a brother" a smile crept across both the girls faces. Katara was just glad to have Toph acting like her old self again. She had heard word from Zuko that when Toph had been in the fire nation, something happened to her. He didn't tell her what it was, it wasn't his place to, he just told her not to be to hard on the earth bender if she was a little odd.
"Sooooo…. your ok with Sokka getting married" Katara was well aware that Toph's crush on Sokka had ended a long time ago, she just wanted to see how far she could push her friend.
"Yeah, your right I have to go and tell how I feel" her voice sounded so sincere, Katara was comply shocked. Once she had spoken Toph started to make her way to the door, Katara was on her tail in an instant.
"No you can't" she made it to the door first, and was blocking it with out stretched arms. Toph just stood on the spot, trying to fight back the laughter that was building up inside her, for as long as she could. She lasted longer than she had ever hoped she would.
"Why do feel the need to torment me" Katara whispered as she leaned ageist the door frame, with her right had ribbing her forehead. She was starting to wonder if Zuko had just been over reacting, Toph seemed fine to her.
"It's not just you sweetness" the fake sweet tone to her voice was what wound Katara up more.
"You have a real talent for getting your self into trouble, you now that" she yelled a little more than she had planed too, as she pushed herself off the door frame and walked into the centre of the room.
"I seem to remember you getting us all into trouble your self sugar queen" the use of the old nicknames was just to whined Katara up more, but it just felt right in a way, like everything was back to the way it had been just over a year ago.
"That was different" she too remembered the incident, when Toph gained an other name the runaway. She felt sad, It downed on her why she had found it so hard to get her head around the fact that Sokka was getting married. It meant they where growing up. The time they had spent together had been the most dangerous scary hard times of her life, but also the best in so many ways. Now it was ending, they weren't kids any more.
"Hey how do you feel about playing on final big prank" her face now had a grin from ear to ear plastered across it, and she moved to wrap her arm around Toph's shoulder, like she had done the last time.
"I don't know… your plans have never worked out that well for us in the past"
Toph couldn't see the grin leave her friend's face, but she felt it.
"But… when I have never been one to play it safe anyway….. So what is the plan"
Katara leaned in to whisper in Toph's ear. Her face didn't flinch as she listened to her friends plan.
"That has to be the worst plan I have ever heard…. I love it"
Both friends now had real smiles on there faces.
Thank you for ready. I know this isn't the most interesting story, but I am going to add more to it to make it better, as least I hope so. I am going to be doing the wedding soon, and I thought I would ask if there are any characters that you would like to see there, and maybe who they would take to. Please review.
