A/N: There is a lot ahead to read! I decided to part the episode here into two parts, mainly it would be just too much and writing fighting scenes is really something I need to get the hang out first. They just seem so powerless when I write them, which might be the case in this chapter and I'm sorry about that.

And also to answer to Review I got from a fellow guest. Thank you first off. I hope this chapter answers some of your questions. How she will interact with Team Avatar we will see later on, but for now, I think I have all the necessary things covered. Saanvi is a bender, yes and is older than Toph by four years. Of course, you really couldn't tell much from just the Prologue, but this will hopefully.

Alright, enjoy!


Waiting is always something so nerve-wracking, especially when you were looking forward to something so particular. Not that this was the first time I would see men fight, with their tank tops clinging tight to their body, drenched in sweat, throwing rocks and people in every direction possible. Considering, they even wore one. Which was never the case? But still, I didn't come here to see the male counterpart shove pebbles around. I came here to watch my sister kick ass!

You know, many people underestimated Toph. And this exactly is what made this entire matter a lot more entertaining. People viewed her as a small, innocent and helpless girl, always requiring someone to chauffeur her around because she was just too dependent.

The best example for that would be our parents. Mom and Dad never had problems with me growing up and being independent since I wasn't held back by a disability that limited me in every daily routine possible. That's why for my younger sibling, everything had been too overwhelming for them. They didn't know much about the whole blindness stuff. Were even more worried than Toph herself. And Toph never wanted to be pitied.

Humans that tend to have sympathy for others and worry about them. Which depends on their relationships with them, their own morals and standards of how to act around other people. Behavior is often reflected to one another and sometimes underlined with: "What goes around, comes around." So generally, they want to help when they meet someone who has trouble locating things or even several other illnesses, handicaps and so on.

Sometimes you call it social immigration. You try to work together with these affected people and attempting to pull them into your local circle with different personalities. And then they show you how to live, how to do this and that with no real independence needed when this is important for one with a hindrance. You need to work with their recourses to make the best out of it. It won't help them nor you if you ignore these. You take the work from their shoulders to do it yourself. No.

Most people with disabilities don't want that. They want social inclusion. To be seen as the human they are, with both strengths and weaknesses. They will always have more needs waiting to be fulfilled, but don't drag them into the circle when they can be in there from the very start.

I always tried to explain to Toph that both of our parents want the best for her even though their actions seemed so humiliating. I also talked to Mom and Dad multiple times, but there was never something I could do other than being glad I wasn't bound to the house every day and night. Sometimes I try to use that as an excuse to take my sister around the city, to catch up and do something together. Neither did the guards or Mom and Dad take that well. "Our precious daughter can't go out on so crowded streets because even a simple puddle could be dangerous!"

Yeah, like puddles just turned into ice and you slipped. Dangerous. Oh no, gotta look out for them puddles~

Maybe because I had always been with Toph - acting as her chauffeur - they gave me free entrance to the underground stadium. At first, they didn't want me here. Or my sister. To them we were just little girls trying to find a place in our oh so pretty pink life, wanting to shout to the world that we were all so different. But with every visit, they seemed to care less and gave up altogether.

And after a few months, it just happened to be that Toph herself took part in the tournament herself. And let me tell you: if you think she has always been this good, wipe the idea right out of your head. She may appear confident and believable in her skills now, but beginner's luck wasn't something she had access to. Yet with lots of experience and sneaky training, she got to where she is today.

And all of that made me now sitting in a smelly shabby room, waiting for Tophs round. Even with all these layers of rocks between us and the arena itself, you could hear the aggressive and loud shouting from the audience until here. I wondered if the vibrations came from the impact of rocks or because someone considered people as rocks. And I thought my sister was blind. Hm...

"I hope they beat The Boulders butt out there. Hate that guy. " I complained more to myself than to anyone in this room with me. It was just Toph and me, plus the ladies who would escort Toph to the ring and then pose super feminine, because I don't know.

"You hate like... everything and everyone," Toph spoke up unamused from beside me, picking at her toenails.

"Did you ever listened to him talking?" I asked, ignoring her. "He refers to him in the third person! I would go crazy. How can you not go totally insane?"

"I just don't. It's not worth the time." Toph answered with a shrug, leaning back, using crossed arms behind her head as a support. I would like it to be this simple.

And then we heard the bell ring, symbolizing the end of the second last match. As we got informed - the semifinals were fought by some bulky guy and much to my dislike, The Boulder. Who also won and with that would be my sisters last opponent. The ladies who had been in the back the whole time giggling to themselves happily now on their feet, ready to set on their best smiles. I waved my goodbye when they were about to attach the cap around Tophs shoulders.

The arena again pretty heavily filled with many people. Some nobler than the other, but they all came here for the same reason. If it wasn't for my sister taking part in the Earth Rumble Tournaments, I would most likely be not here. But I can see why people enjoyed it so much, I guess. Would you like to miss out on chubby half-naked guys fighting? Completely not being sarcastic here.

I took my seat in one of the upper rows, next to a guy who wouldn't stop eating and also broke a lot of sweats. It was pretty hot in here and even the cool stone I sat on didn't make it any better. Food and Drinks like in any other attraction were too expensive, or else that would have been my first go.

After the crowd seemed to come down from the previous match, a long-haired male entered the ring, known of the name Xin Fu. He was the host of the tournaments and had once himself fought in these.

"Now, the moment you've all been waiting for. The Boulder versus your champion The Blind Bandit!" he exclaimed enthusiastically, making the crowd go wild. Toph entered the ring and held her belt up high with a stoic face, whilst the two ladies did their posing - as predicted - and disrobed the much smaller girl from her cap such as her belt as they did the introducing.

There was cheering everywhere, the maturity seeming to go for The Blind Bandit.

"-she is going down!" someone from way lower yelled, taking The Boulder's side. This person was rather loud and soon my attention drew to him. With him were two other figures sitting in the front rows, clearly not from around here. Not only did their outfits gave them away but also, who sits in the front rows in Earth Rumble? You had to be pretty stupid for that. I did that mistake once and I will never do it again. One chunk of rock near my face was enough.

Tophs maniac-like laughing jolted myself back out of my thoughts, focusing again on the match in front of me that was just beginning. And here came the intriguing part. I never understood my sister's way of seeing. And I would most likely never because I had been given common vision. Though I knew she worked with vibrations emerging from the ground. Which was more complex than it seemed to appear.

The Boulder was about to do his first move, hoisting up one leg after the other to get more momentum that will hit the pavement of the ring with all its might. But even before he had been laying his second foot on the floor, Toph moved gracefully over the floor, barely lifting her feet. She moved forward a slide, arms open. Then she swung her right leg frontal to the floor, slamming her foot onto it harshly. Simultaneously, as her foot contacted the stage, the floor of the arena churned up, making its way straight to her opponent who hadn't yet achieved his first attack. And then everything passed quick. The Boulder got caught in the Shockwave that send off seconds ago, making the force do its last things herself. A perfect rotation later and The Boulder was presenting a perfect split, crying out in pain as something seemed to rip.

Making a chopping motion with her right hand, Toph created three stalagmites who rose out of the ground near the already suffering Boulder, who now was being forced out of the ring by said formed stalagmites. With the enormous power of the Bandits bending, he crashed into one wall beneath the stands, making the crowd yet go wild for the millionth time.

"Your winner, and still the champion, The Blind Bandit!" exclaimed Xin Fu who now moved into the ring from his higher up position.

"Yes! Show them where it hurts!" I shouted, gaining myself a few looks. What? They had been screaming the whole time, why can't I now?

"To make things a little more interesting," Xin Fu continued holding up a green bag, "I'm offering up this sack of gold pieces to anyone who can defeat The Blind Bandit!" No reaction from the crowd. "What? No one dares to face her?" The same spiel again. Xin Fu knew what he's doing and that nobody would enter the ring. The money was him far way to precious for that. Come to think of his face when someone really snatched it from him.

"I will!" It was one guy that sat in the front rows with his other two water tribe-looking friends. Ok, this was surprising. The tournament never took this far, and I really looked forward to some food, not for another fight. The boy wasn't much older than Toph I would say, probably even the same age. And he wore the identical uniform they wore at Master Yus earth bending Academy. Poor guy.

From down the front rows the same guy who had been 'predicting' Tophs loss, shouted: "Go Aang! Avenge The Boulder!" There again, what was so special about The Boulder that people keep on constantly voting. I hope he didn't bet on him or anything. They lay the prices rather high these days.

"Do people really want to see two little girls fighting out here?" Toph said, gaining an 'ooooh' from the crowd.
"I don't really want to fight you. I want to talk to you." Bad Timing Kid, bad timing. Here, we don't talk. Actions speak.

Down to my feet, the loud guy booed with the girl shushing him. Are they related? And what the heck were they doing here? Please don't tell me it was just for the talking.

As the boy in the ring moved - not intending to attack - Toph followed his every move. When he set a foot to the floor, she smirked and created a Shockwave, by stomping her left foot to the ground. Because of that, a large rock rose from the ground right underneath the boy's feet. But he seemed zero affected by it, moving swiftly to his right, landing on the ground.

What was that? Surely not something a normal human can do, nor a bender. At least not an earthbender.

"Somebody's a little light on his feet. What's your fighting name, The Fancy Dancer?" Oh Toph, you had better ones before... The boy just shrugged silly before avoiding another rock rising out of the ground with the same easiness as the first one. At that point, I don't even know anymore what he was doing. Wasn't that cheating?

"Where'd you go?" Toph mumbled to herself, trying to find the boy.
"Please, wait!"
"There you are!" She grinned, turning around and raised another rock out of the ground, much bigger this time and pushed it with both her hands to the boy. The said boy just jumped into the air, turned itself around and with two outstretched arms bended the rock backward with a push of air, sending both rock and Toph out of the arena. What?

"Hey! The Heck?" I shouted as I stood up, waving my arms around. I wasn't furious, no. But this wasn't fair games, was it? This event was about earthbending, not airbending or whatever that kid had been doing. The water tribe guy looked up at me with confused eyes, but I ignored him, making my way down the rows to the base of the arena. Where are you Toph?

"Whoever you are, just leave me alone." Ah, there. As I arrived down she closed the door behind her with a swift hand motion, leaving the boy who beat her in front of it startled. I had to hold myself together not talking back at him. I wasn't in the mood for fighting now. So I quickly passed by him, stomping my foot lightly on the ground, opening and closing the same door Toph used just seconds ago.

I caught up with my sister in the waiting room, seeing her collecting her stuff. "You alright?" Rhetorical question.

"Do I look alright to you?" she exclaimed, opening her arms, "This guy was cheating out there, I don't know. It's just... ugh!" Toph stomped her feet, making the ground shake.
"I agree, he was definitely playing some dirty games. I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Wanna go home?"
"Please." I sighed.


We sneaked into the mansion without big noise and got to our rooms. There was still a whole day ahead of us before we would go to bed, which also leads me to the conclusion, that my teacher would come later. He always came later - around dinner time - and the lessons were pretty short. It didn't really bother me. The faster I got this done, the better.

My parents hired me a teacher for my guzheng. I have been playing it for years, but recently never felt like playing. Now it stood dusty in a corner of my room just waiting to be used. And because Mom and Dad thought I wouldn't do anything but lazily lying around, they went for a teacher to keep me at least busy with something.

I always admired multiple instruments and the sound they made. Even as a kid I wished to get to know as many instruments possible. I never got to that point, since I was focusing on guzheng, which is a very traditional device. I loved the sound even though it's really hard to play. Especially with so many strings attached.

For the maturity of the time, I taught myself how to play, wanting to figure it out on my own. I listened more to the sounds and combinations of rhythm rather than learning by notes. It made it all a tad easier and gave me more freedom. So I could bring in own notes and change specific passages or notes up if I thought they didn't fit that well. Or if I just wanted to try something different.

Though I never changed up traditional songs. One of my most favorite pieces was "Autumn Moon Over the Han Palace". A pity I hadn't played it in so long.


"-vi,"
"-anvi," Hm?
"Saanvi!" A high voice yelled near my ear making me jolt and tear my eyes wide open in shock. When I saw Tophs face in front of mine I sighed hard, laying a hand over my chest and drew my head back.

"Are you crazy..." I mumbled as I tried to cover myself up in comfortable sheets once again.

"I felt someone outside, but I can't go out alone," she said, adjusting the light green sleeves of her rope they tucked into her white dress. Funny how fancy she always walked around the house, whilst I chose against it. I never liked fancy clothing. It was just not worth it, walking around with such a high price on you. That only made me uncomfortable.

"Give me a sec," I sat up, rubbing my eyes. Had I slept for long? I don't even remember laying down. "Wait outside." That gave Toph the signal to leave and me the opportunity to dress up. Or more like to fresh up a bit. My dark hair had loosened out of its hair tie as I slept, making it now seem like a bird's nest. I removed the hair tie and combed through with a thin calm, letting it fall over my shoulders. My hair reached mid back and fell in a neat V-cut. In the front, they framed my heart-shaped face well. Moss green eyes starred tiredly into the mirror whilst exhaling a breath of air. "More sleep, please." I sighed, moving on.

As for clothes, I didn't really care. I stuck to the ones I already wore: A yellow tunic that was about the same length in front such as back, with dark green pants that reached just underneath my knee, secured with an elastic to keep everything in place. Even though by now one side was hanging a bit lower than the other.

"Ready?" I asked my sister as I closed the door behind me, using the frame and her shoulder as a support to put my sandals on.
"Ready when you are." She said.


It was still warm outside - the sun still high and not many clouds to see in the sky - when we entered the garden, though not too hot. Just the right temperature.

"So, you felt something?" I recalled, getting back to the reason we came out here. I looked around. There were a few guards wandering around, but no one who seemed like an intruder to me. That is also why Toph used to make a game out of it when we were younger, making me wake in the middle of the night saying something was in the garden when there really was not. I should've guessed because the guards would have known, but I was just too gullible.

"There!" Toph suddenly exclaimed, taking in a stance and turning her feet making the earth rumble somewhere in the garden. Huh? Where? Then I caught sight of who she was sensing. Blue and orange were thrown into the air, a surprising screech wailing after them. We both moved forward to the intruders. As we got closer I groaned. Seriously, what were they doing here? It was the same kids I saw hours ago in the arena. Including the one boy who had beat my sister, now wearing different clothes showing off a big blue arrow on his head that I hadn't noticed before. Wait, these were airbender signs!
"What are you doing here, twinkle toes?" Toph asked, leaning over the boy's head.
"Twinkle toes?" I asked confuses but not with the intention to get an actual answer.
"Don't answer to twinkle toes. It's not manly!" The other guy exclaimed, who I remembered being very emotional back in the arena.
"You're the one whose bag matches his belt." The only girl in their group exclaimed, not affecting the male with it at all.

"How did you find me?" Toph asked.

"Well, a crazy king told me I had to find an earthbender who listens to the earth. And then I had a vision in a magic swamp and..." Airbending himself to his feet during his speech, getting cut off mid-sentence by the water tribe girl. Rude.

"What Aang is trying to say is, he's the Avatar, and if he doesn't master earthbending soon, he won't be able to defeat the Fire Lord." She said gesturing to 'Aang'.
"Wait, he's the Avatar? Didn't he vanished like, years ago?" I asked, turning my attention to Aang.
"He did, but all that matters is that he is here right now and that we need her help." The water tribe girl answered, turning from me to Toph.

"Right," I said slowly. I didn't want to look judging, but this whole situation was just weird. Maybe I really should go to bed again.

"Not my problem. Now get out of here or I'll call the guards." Toph said turning her back.
"Look, we all have to do our part to win this war. And yours is to teach Aang earthbending." Ponytail guy exclaimed. That sounded like she had nothing better to do than to teach the Avatar how to throw rocks. Not that she really was occupied with anything other than playing the innocent one and the Tournaments, but Toph was intelligent enough to not trust a stranger who just claimed to be someone so important. People made fun over being the Avatar even these days and disrespected the cycle. At some point, nobody believed you anymore.

But there was also this small spark in me, who believed Aang. Anyhow he could airbend and even looked like a nomad. And if you followed back the Avatar cycle, then you knew Air was the next in line.

I must have spaced out for a long time because when I drifted back to reality Aang and his friends weren't here anymore, now with guards crowding the area.

"I thought I heard someone. I got scared." Toph said to one guard, getting a hold on to my hand to emphasize her statement.
"Please take more care of your sister, Saanvi. There could have been bad things happening." The guard told me, taking one last look around before escorting both of us back inside. I didn't answer that.


"I'm pleased to hear that Toph's private lessons are going well, but I want to be sure that she's not trying anything too dangerous," Dad said before setting down his fresh tea. Beside him sat Mom and in front of them was Master Yu and my sister. They kept up with this weekly reflexive discussion even though they always came to the same realizing and that nothing really changed. But still; to my parent's eyes, Toph was doing greater than anybody else.

I leaned against the wall near the door, surveying this whole talk.

"Absolutely not. I'm keeping her at the beginner's level. Basic forms and breathing exercises only." Master Yu reassured Dad.
"Very good."

"Saanvi also does a great job when she is joining us," Master Yu smiled in my direction then back to Mom and Dad. "But she may want to work on her concentration and long-term attention. She keeps spacing out very quickly." Did I?

"I'm sure Saanvi will figure it out. All it takes are regular exercises and meditating and we have that problem solved in no time." Dad said, taking another sip of his tea carefully.

There we go. Whilst Toph always got the help she desperately needed in my family's eyes, I had to figure out everything myself. Not that this was a bad thing, never. That's how one learned through mistakes and its of importance. I wasn't jealous. I was glad nobody crowded on me like they did on my sister. But sometimes I wished for a little more help and support. You can't do everything yourself.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a servant coming in our direction.
"Excuse me sir, but you have a visitor." He exclaimed bowing slightly.
"Who thinks they are so important they can just come to my home unannounced?" Dad said angry. Oh yeah, he hated that. I once brought a friend from school over and he was about to throw them out the minute they got in. Because they came unannounced. Yup. It was so embarrassing that I didn't talk to them anymore and when constantly apologized for my Dad's behavior.
"Uh, the Avatar, sir." The servant answered, uneasiness in his voice.

Not just Toph raised her head at that, but also me. Mom and Dad looked at each other surprised whilst the Servant slowly back up outside. What are you doing Aang?


Soon we all together sat in the dining room around a long table with many specialties on them. Because Master Yu took his seat beside Mom, I had to sit on the other end of the table, opposite my Dad. Master Yu to my left and that ponytail guy to my right. Who messily scooped rice into his mouth with his chopsticks. There was more rice around his mouth than in I guess.

As it was Tophs time to serve, the Servant brought in a steaming soup freshly made and set it in front of her.
"Blow on it. It's too hot for her." Dad said to the Servant. I was lazily munching on one of the steamed puns on my plate, looking at my sister. Man, I felt so bad for her.

"Allow me," Aang said from the opposite, swirling his hand slightly creating a small whirlwind into Tophs direction, cooling down her dish. It earned him impressed claps from Mom, Dad, and Master Yu.

"Neat," I said, referring to Aang's bending.
"Right?" Ponytail guy exclaimed, his mouth still full of rice resulting into some falling out of it and onto the table. I looked at them, back at him, pursed my lips and exhaled loudly through my nose. Can you not...

"Avatar Aang, it's an honor to have you visit us." Mom said happily.
"In your opinion, how much longer do you think the war will last?" Dad asked curious, looking at Aang with expectant eyes.
"I'd like to defeat the Fire Lord by the end of summer, but," Aang looked at Toph, "I can't do that without finding an earthbending teacher first."

"Well, Master Yu is the finest teacher in the land. He's been teaching Toph since she was little." He gestured to the said man who still patted a napkin around his mouth.
"Then she must be a great earthbender, probably good enough to teach someone else," Aang said and jolted up into the air a bit. "Ow!"
I raised an eyebrow looking around the table.

"Toph is still learning the basics." Master Yu said with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, and sadly because of her blindness, I don't think she will ever become a true master." Aang shared looks with his friends, setting me off alert. Don't.
"Oh, I'm sure she's better than you think she is." With a fast rock of his chair, Aangs face planted straight into his soup. I snorted and straightened up high when Toph made a face at me.

The Airbender freed himself from the bowl, wipes the soup from his face with his hands, looking annoyed. Then his face scrunched up and a powerful sneeze escaped him, right to the other side of the table where all victims (Master Yu, Mom, and Toph) were now covered in soup. Some even landed on the wall behind them, leaving heavy stains behind. What was going on here?

Toph got up from her seat, slamming her hands on the table.
"What's your problem?"
"What's your problem?" Aang retorted, standing the same way Toph did.
Then both glaring at each other whilst Dad looked from his daughter back to the Avatar completely confused. And so was I.
"Well, shall we move to the living room for dessert then?" Mom asked, after wiping the soup off of her. The table was a mess and there was no way, you could eat here still. So living room it was.


As dessert was being served, no one really talked. This time I sat next to Toph, having her a bit under my wings. The atmosphere was quiet, but you could feel the tension between Aang and Toph. After dessert they were told to stay the night by Mom and that they could use the living room as their sleeping place. Toph got up to clean herself and change into her nightgown, whilst I helped with the dishes.

Just as I was about to go to my room to do the same, I passed by Toph who stand in the door of the living room, filled with the others.
"Let's call a truce, ok?" Toph offered and Aang relaxed from his fighting stance, whatever had resulted in that.
"Wanna go for a walk?" She asked the boy, who nodded. And then they left, leaving me behind with the Water Tribe pack.

They both looked at me as expectant as I did. And then I saw it.
"Holy, what is that?" I exclaimed, dropping my clothes that hung over my forearm, running to the big window in the room where a giant furry head was popping in. As I got closer my steps slowed down. I didn't want it to back away or anything.
"That's Aang's flying bison, Appa," The girl said.
A flying, what?
"You can pet him." She smiled and I held an outstretched arm into 'Appas' direction. When I was close enough, I felt hot air on my hand as he sniffed on it. Then with steadiness and holding my breath, I patted his nose, swiping over its textures.
"Wow, that is amazing," I said astonished, backing off.
"You have to see him fly. That's the best thing ever." The girl said dreamily.
"I can imagine."

There was silence in the room for a moment, interrupted by the boy.
"Hey, who are you anyway?" He asked me.
"Huh? Aren't I supposed to ask you that question? I mean you came into my house."
"Oh, I'm sorry," The Water Tribe girl exclaimed, shaking her head, "I'm Katara. This is my brother Sokka." Katara said.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Saanvi." I introduced myself.
"Likewise," Katara answered.
"So you were the girl who constantly groaned during the match with Aang," Ponytail guy now known as Sokka said.
"Hey! I wasn't groaning the whole time. Plus your friend disrespected the rules. You aren't supposed to airbend in an earthbending tournament." I defended myself.

I sat myself down on one of the red pillows in the room, playing with the bundles on the edges. This was awkward. I had always been bad at starting conversations. Then a hand waved in front of me and I looked up.
"What are you doing?" I asked Sokka confused, grabbing him by the wrist.
"Checking if you're blind too?" He said uncertain and freed himself out of my grasp.
"That's rude you know? You can't just do that," I told him sternly. "But if this calms you, I'm not." Sokka nodded. I looked around the room not really sure of what to do, to spot another white furry thing on the couch the Water Tribe siblings sat on.
"Just how many animals do you have?" I asked, pointing a finger at it. Mom will freak if she sees any hair.
"That would be the last one," Sokka said "Momo."
"He's a lemur," Katara added.
"Ah..." Because making a sound was better than nothing?

We opened up the more as we talked. I found out that both of them were from Southern Water Tribe and they had discovered Aang and Appa in an iceberg as they went fishing.
"That's crazy," I said with awe. Then Sokka explained how Appa sneezed on him, that the kids in their village didn't want to 'play' soldier anymore and that his watchtower got destroyed. All Aangs fault of course.
They also visited a lot of cities. Like Omashu or Kiyoshi Island. I heard of these before but was never there personally. But apparently they both are really pretty and they had lots of fun.

"So, are you and Toph related or anything?" Katara asked and even Sokka was curious by now.
"She's my younger sister. So, yeah." They both nodded.
"I feel bad for her and the way she is treated, but we can't just tell our parents "Hey, your daughter is a champion in an underground earthbending tourna-" I cut myself off as one guard hurried inside the living room.
"Someone took Toph and the Avatar!" He shouted, moving away again.
I instantly was at my feet and followed him outside, Katara and Sokka trailing closely behind. Fuck.


We all stood outside in the garden observing two flat areas in the grass where something big and heavy left an indent.

"Whoever took Aang and Toph left this," Sokka said, picking up a sword that had a scroll stuck on its blade. He lifted the sword in Katara's direction who took the scroll off of the blade.
""If you want to see your daughter again, bring 500 gold pieces to the arena." It's signed "Xin Fu and The Boulder."" She read out loud.

I hated myself for not reacting too fast. We were having a nice little chit-chat whilst they took my sister hostage.
"I can't believe it," Me too Sokka, me too.
"I have the Boulder's autograph!" He then screamed and took the scroll out of his sister's hands. I stomped my foot lightly to the ground as a small rock lifted itself with the force of it, only to be thrown at Sokka's temple.
"Ow!" He cried in pain, letting the letter drop to rub his hurting temple.

"Master Yu, I need you to help get my daughter back," Dad said.
"We're going with you," Katara said, turning to Master Yu.
"Me too," I said standing next to the Water Tribe girl. The look in my father's eyes told me otherwise, but there was nothing he could do. I am not staying here when my sister is in possible danger. I know Toph can do lots herself, but sorry sweetie, I am not having any of this crap today.

"Poor Toph. She must be so scared." Mom said as she knelt to the dents in the grass.


EXTRA

It was dark outside, the sun went down hours ago revealing the moon in the dark night sky. Aang walked beside Toph on the bridge, whilst she balanced herself on the guardrail.

"Even though I was born blind, I've never had a problem seeing." Toph started, jumping to the ground as the guardrail ends "I see with earthbending. It's kind of like seeing with my feet. I can feel the vibrations in the earth, and I can see where everything is. You, that tree, even those ants."
"That's amazing," Aang said looking around to find the ants himself.
"My parents don't understand. They've always treated me like I was helpless." She stated frustrated looking down.
"Is that why you became The Blind Bandit?" Aang asked.
"Yeah," Toph agreed. "The only person who supported me from the beginning is Vi. She doesn't see the blind Toph, she sees Toph. The real me with no Mask attached. But that still doesn't make things better."
"Then why stay here where you're not happy?" The bald boy asked.
"They're my parents. My sister. Where else am I supposed to go? I can't just leave them behind." Toph said.
Aang smiled, "You could come with us. You can take your sister too if you want."
"Yeah. You guys get to go wherever you want. No one telling you what to do, that's the life. It's just not my life. I guess Vi would enjoy traveling around, she is bored around here anyway. And is interrupting my training every time." Toph said sarcastically.