"Crud"

By: ThumperMiggles

AN: This story is dedicated to Nerf-or-Nothing, another one of my beloved reviewers, and a friend on Deviantart.

"Um, Toph?"

"What is it, Meathead?"

"You have a little piece of... A piece of crud on your... Actually, you have crud everywhere."

"Healthy coating of earth, Sokka. Healthy coating of earth."

"You should go ask Katara to clean that up."

"Why?"

"Because if you don't, that layer of earth will become two layers of earth."

I was going to bite back, but I decided he had a point.

"I'm doing it because I want to, not because you told me to."

I walked over to Katara, and asked her,

"Can you help me with something?"

"Yup?"

"I kinda need to get rid of my healthy coating of earth."

I hadn't expected the breaking of eardrums. Katara squealed in delight, and said,

"Toph, I'm so glad you finally want to be a little more girly!"

I didn't even have the chance to argue with her for she grabbed my hand, and practically DRAGGED me to the nearest river.

"First I'll give you a bath. Then we'll dress you up... Oo! And then we can play with your HAIR!!"

Before I even said a word, I was dumped into knee-deep water, while Katara splashed water all over me. I couldn't really see that well, we were standing on sand. Wet, cold, freezing, water. With sand on the bottom. It was almost too long before Katara grabbed me by the hand again, brought me to dry land, and waterbended the water off of both of us. She giggled.

"DRESS TIME!"

"Why do I have to-"

"Because I said so," she said in that girlish voice of hers.

"I'll earthbend your butt 50 feet into the-"

She cut me off.

"And I will dunk you in the ocean. There is one not that far from here. Do you like water, Toph?"

I shook my head. She had a good point... and when drowning was involved, I had no other option but to oblige.

"You will be a good Toph. Repeat it. I will be a perfect little girl until the end of the day."

I gulped.

"I will be the perfect-" I gulped again. "little-" I gritted my teeth, "girl-" I bit my lip, "until the end of the day." I finished.

"Good Toph. Now let's go get you dressed!"

I groaned. She, once again, dragged me all the way somewhere. This time, it was her tent. I heard her shuffling through her things after she said "Sit still." I heard her exclaiming in delight after each object that was carefully place on the floor.

"I'm SOO glad I kept this!" or "I KNEW this would be Toph's PERFECT size!"

Before I knew it, Katara had piled an enormously large amount of stuff, and said, "Go get changed."

I picked up a strip of cloth.

"Um.. Katara? WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?"

"Oh! Right! I forgot you didn't wear Water Tribe clothing. I'll help you."

And the madwoman was off. She stripped off my tunic and belt along with my headband and shorts. She grabbed a piece of clothing, and jammed it over my head, She must have been VERY excited. She quickly buttoned the back of the dress, She put wrapped bandages over my forearms, and on the bottom portion of my legs. I then felt an odd sensation prickling on my scalp. She was doing my hair.

"Katara, what the-"

"Oceans, Toph. Wet, cold oceans."

I shivered, and let her finish her work silently. She clapped her hands in glee, signaling that she was done.

"What did you do to me?"

I could feel her smile.

"Go outside and show the boys, will you?"

I tried to blow at a piece of hair, but nothing was there.

"What kind of hairstyle is this?"

"Just go."

She pushed me gently out of the tent.

"What the heck, Katara?"

I could feel both Aang and Sokka turn their heads, their attention caught by the yelling.

"Katara... Where did you find this girl? How do you know she's safe! She could be a spy for the Fire Nat-"

"Shut up, Twinkle Toes, or I'll crush you into little pi-"

"Oceans, Toph."

I straightened up.

"Apologize, Toph."

"Sorry, Twink-"

"Use his name."

"Sorry. Aang."

"Katara... Did you brainwash her," Sokka asked.

"Nope."

"Then how did you get her... In GIRLS clothes?"

That earned a punch on the arm for him.

"Need I apologize, Katara?"

"Nope."

"HEY! I DESERVE AN APOLOGY!"

I snorted.

"But really," Aang piped up, "How did you get her to let you put her in a dress... Let alone braid her hair with LOOPIES?"

"So that's what you did!" I said accusingly.

"Oceans, Toph. Oceans. Want me to bring you there?"

I shook my head.

"But you know, Toph, You should dress like this everyday," said Sokka contentedly.

"And why is that, Sokka?" I asked with a hint of sarcasm.

"Because you look nice."

My face turned red. He earned another punch.

"Nice try, Meathead."

"I was serious!"

"I think you look pretty too, Toph!" Aang said.

I grumbled.

The Next Day...

"Really, Katara, how did you get her to let you braid her hair with LOOPIES?"

"Oceans."

"But there isn't even an ocean near here!"

"SHH!!"

"Katara..." I started. She had already began to run. "YOU ARE SO DEAD!" I yelled after her as I began to chase her.