The house was in a mess, and everything was half packed when the Kyoshi warriors showed up at the door. Toph had heard them knocking at the Kang's front door, and then making their way to the garden house, but she hadn't been sure how to tell her parents, so when they did knock at the door to the garden house, no one else was expecting them. "Don't worry; I'll get it," Toph told her parents, which of course, scared them more than anyone who might be at the door, so that they came with her to the door to see who it was.
Ty Lee was one of the three Kyoshi warriors who was at the door, but she stayed back and let the leader speak. "We're here to escort Toph Bei Fong to see the Earth King," she said gravely. She had a surprisingly deep voice for a girl, and was no doubt the most intimidating to hear of the three. Poppy let out a little squeak, which delighted Little Iroh into laughter.
"What is the meaning of this?" Lao asked indignantly. "What does the Earth King want with my daughter?"
"That, I can't say," the Kyoshi warrior responded. "My orders are only to bring her to the King."
"Can we come with her?" Poppy asked shyly.
"Of course we're going with her!" Lao exclaimed. "I'm not leaving my little girl to go alone!" Toph felt the urge to put her arm around her father. They didn't always get along, but it was nice to know he still thought of her as his little daughter, no matter how wrong he really was.
"Come on; let's go," Toph said, putting on a smile. She had no idea herself why the Earth King would want to see her. She doubted he was angry about last night's events, or that the Kyoshi warriors would bring her in for punishment. She was more curious than anything. "It wouldn't do to keep our good king waiting too long."