A/N: Well, I'm back. Yay! Heh heh. I have nothing else to say, except for the fact that I only own the idea for this story. I'm not getting ANY money for this.
Oh, this is AU, so Toph and the others don't (really) have their bending skills. In fact, they have completely different powers (with the right element) and Ty Lee, Mai, and Sokka have actual powers. Heh heh.
One thing I have to say right now, I'm starting to get sick of Snow Days. I swear.
Summary: AU Toph is bored one day, so she decides to make up an alternate world. But then this world becomes… real? Taang, Zutara, MaiLee and Hakka, one-sided AzulaxToph (just a little bit)
Toph was at first on a beach. She was all alone, with just the waves lapping at her feet. Suddenly, the world around her began disappearing, and being engulfed in nothing-ness. Toph screamed as the blackness approached, but she had no where to run. And then she fell. A voice resonated around her, "You will be mine, princesssssssssssss…"
"Toph! Toph, are you okay?" Aang was shouted when Toph regained consciousness.
It felt like Aang was holding her, touching her head like she had a fever or something. She pushed herself away from him and stood up. She fell over, woozily pressing herself against the ground, making sure it was still there.
"I don't need your… help, Aang," she stuttered, her face still in the wet grass.
Aang stood up and walked slowly away from her.
Katara pushed her way through the gang with what looked like half a coconut with some strange soup in it. She handed the bowl to Toph, "Here, eat this," she said.
Toph smelled it and pushed it away, "I'm not sick, really, I just had a bad dream! Okay?!"
The gang backed away slowly as Katara kneeled to look Toph straight in her non-seeing eyes, "Well… just in case, I want you to eat it. It's good for you."
Toph growled low in the back of her throat and sighed, picking up the bowl and slowly drinking the contents.
The rest of her friends breathed out slowly, though Toph could feel Aang a ways of, sulking. She ignored him, still embarrassed from her morning wake-up surprise.
"We should get going," Sokka said when Toph had finished. Katara nodded and rinsed out the bowl in the river. She shoved in an old leather bag Sokka had around his waist.
"Ahem, personal space issues, much?" Sokka asked as she touched his hip to get the bowl in the bag.
"Have you ever known me not to touch people constantly?" Katara asked.
Sokka shrugged and began walking. Everybody followed, except for Aang, who hadn't heard the last fifteen minutes due to his childish sulking.
Katara stopped Toph before she could go any farther and turned to where Aang was sitting, "Go talk to him, Toph," she told her, shoving the younger girl toward the boy.
Toph found Aang through the ground and walked up to him.
"Aang, Aang I'm sorry for this morning," Toph said. When Aang wouldn't move, she took his arm and pulled him to his feet, "I'm baring my soul to you here, Twinkletoes…"
He looked at her, "What was wrong with you this morning?" he asked.
"I had a bad dream, and you… you surprised me," Toph replied, looking away from him.
"I didn't mean to… you just scared me. You were, like, screaming and sweating in your sleep," Aang replied, a hand landing on Toph's shoulder.
She turned to him, "Well… thank you for worrying. If you hadn't, I guess I would have kept falling and hearing that creepy voice."
Aang and Toph started walked, then running. When they caught up with the group they slowed down.
"Darkness and a creepy voice huh?" Aang asked.
Toph nodded, shivering at the memory, "It was like, this girl was a lesbian or something."
"It was a woman? What did she say?" Aang asked.
"Somethin' like 'You will be mine, princesssssssssssssssss…'" Toph replied.
"Ooh… you're right, that is creepy. Almost like that leader of the GSA back home… what was her name?"
"Azula?" Toph asked, shivering.
One day Aang and Toph had followed Haru into hid GSA meeting, and Azula had taken quite an interest in Toph, it creeped both of them out.
"What's this about my sister?" Zuko asked.
"Isn't your sister a trained sorceress or something?" Haru asked.
Zuko shrugged, "She has done some pretty weird stuff in her day… but I'm not sure if this is her fault."
"Are you standing up for your evil lesbian sister, Zuzu?" Katara asked.
"Never," Zuko replied.
The conversation ended abruptly as the gang walked straight into the bustling town. People were out shopping and running around, some even lay down in the streets.
"Okay… Toph, Aang, Haru and Sokka, you guys go find us a big animal to ride, and Zuko, Mai, Ty Lee and I will go find us eight sleeping mats. Meet us outside the town in an hour or so, the OTHER side of town, I mean," Katara said.
The gang nodded and split off.
"Where do we find an animal in this mess?" Sokka asked.
Aang laughed and pointed towards the outskirts of town. Toph recognized the foot stomps of the animals in the fenced in fields.
"Appa!" she shouted.
In this world, Appa was a giant horse-like thing, a grey color with a white mane and tail. He had one spindly horn in the middle of his forehead, and two black demon wings on his back. Instead of four legs, Appa had six.
"That's Appa?" Sokka asked.
"Then Momo and Bosko must be around here somewhere," Haru replied, paying for the giant unicorn.
"Found them!" Toph yelled, as she was jumped by a small fox squirrel. Bosko now looked like a hybrid of a fox and a squirrel. He had orange fur with black stripes all down his back and up his fluffy tail. His eyes were a solid green color, with no pupils. His ears were long, almost like bunny ears, only squared at the ends. Momo, on the other hand, was a phoenix. He was still young, for he was still a blue-ish, purple color.
"Yeah, will take the bird and the fox squirrel too," Haru replied, handing the man another bill.
"Where'd you get the money?" Aang asked as Momo made a home out of his shoulder.
"I had money in my pocket when I went to bed before we came in here," Haru replied as they walked out of the town's outer limit. The second group was already there.
"What the hell?" Mai asked, looking up at Appa.
"This is Appa, the phoenix is Momo, and the fox squirrel is Bosko!" Toph told them.
"I didn't notice the fox squirrel!" Sokka laughed, tapping the animals's nose. Bosko promptly bit him on the finger.
"YOW!" Sokka screamed, "Your cat still hates me!"
"When did you forget that, Sokka?" Katara asked.
"It's been a while since I've seen him, okay?" Sokka growled.
"Let's get going, Gaston," Haru said. Appa had lain down and the gang was already getting up. Sokka ran up a flank of the back leg and into the saddle.
Appa started running, and his wings flapped. Soon the gang was airborne, and on their way to the scary black castle.
"What do you want to do to pass the time?" Aang asked from the driver's seat.
"Sing?" Toph asked.
"What?"
"Beauty and the Beast, duh!" the girls sang.
"Okay…" Sokka replied, "One song."
Aang tooted a small whistle he had around his neck and they began:
Toph: Little town
It's a quiet village
Ev'ry day
Like the one before
Little town
Full of little people
Waking up to say:
Haru: Bonjour!
Ty Lee: Bonjour!
Zuko: Bonjour!
Sokka: Bonjour!
Mai: Bonjour!
Toph:
There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Ev'ry morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town
Aang:
Good Morning, Belle!
Toph:
Good morning, Monsieur.
Aang:
And where are you off to, today?
Toph:
The bookshop. I just finished the most wonderful story
About a beanstalk and an ogre and a -
Aang: That's nice. Marie! The baguettes!
Hurry up!
The Gang, excluding Toph:
Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?
Katara:
Never part of any crowd
Zuko:
'Cause her head's up on some cloud
The gang, excluding Toph:
No denying she's a funny girl that Belle
Haru:
Bonjour!
Ty Lee:
Good day!
Haru:
How is your fam'ly?
Mai:
Bonjour!
Zuko:
Good day!
Mai:
How is your wife? (she points to Katara, who shoves her gently.)
Katara:
I need six eggs!
Aang:
That's too expensive!
Toph:
There must be more than this provincial life!
Haru:
Ah, Belle.
Toph:
Good morning, sir. I've come to return the book I borrowed.
Haru:
Finished already?
Toph:
Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?
Haru:
Not since yesterday.
Toph:
That's all right. I'll borrow . . . . this one!
Haru:
That one? But you've read it twice!
Toph:
Well, it's my favorite! Far off places, daring
swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise – (she 'looks' at Aang, who doesn't notice anything.)
Haru:
If you like it all that much, it's yours!
Toph:
But sir!
Haru:
I insist.
Toph:
Thank you. Thank you very much!
The gang, excluding Toph:
Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy, far-off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle
Toph:
Oh, isn't this amazing?
It's my fav'rite part because --- you'll see
Here's where she meets Prince Charming
But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three!
Katara:
Now it's no wonder that her name means "Beauty"
Her looks have got no parallel
Haru:
But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very diff'rent from the rest of us
The gang, excluding Toph:
She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!
Ty Lee: I got it Gaston! Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston!
You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!
Sokka:
I know.
Ty Lee:
No beast alive stands a chance against you. ---
And no girl, for that matter.
Sokka:
It's true, LeFou. And I've got
my sights set on that one.
Ty Lee:
The inventor's daughter?
Sokka:
She's the one - the lucky girl
I'm going to marry. (Toph sticks her tongue out at him.)
Ty Lee:
But she's -
Sokka:
The most beautiful girl in town.
Ty Lee:
I know, but -
Sokka:
That makes her the best. And don't
I deserve the best?
Ty Lee:
Of course you do!
Sokka:
Right from the moment when I met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle
Mai, Ty Lee and Katara:
Look there he goes
Isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Gaston
Oh he's so cute!
Be still my heart
I'm hardly breathing
He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!
Ty Lee:
Bonjour!
Sokka:
Pardon
Toph:
Good day
Katara:
Mais oui!
Mai:
You call this bacon?
Katara:
What lovely grapes!
Haru:
Some cheese
Ty Lee:
Ten yards!
Haru:
one pound
Sokka:
'scuse me!
Aang:
I'll get the knife
Sokka:
Please let me through!
Katara:
This bread -
Zuko:
Those fish -
Katara:
it's stale!
Zuko:
they smell!
Aang, Zuko and Katara:
Madame's mistaken.
Mai, Ty Lee and Katara:
Well, maybe so
The gang, even Toph and Sokka:
Good morning! Oh, good morning!
Toph:
There must be more than this provincial life!
Sokka:
Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!
The gang, excluding Toph and Sokka:
Look there she goes
The girl is strange but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle!
Katara, Ty Lee and Mai:
It's a pity and a sin
Zuko, Haru and Aang:
She doesn't quite fit in
The gang, excluding Toph and Sokka:
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle!
"Wow you guys are mean to me," Toph said, giggling as the song ended.
Sokka looked at the horizon, "Perhaps we should stop, it's getting dark, and we're not there yet."
Aang nodded and guided Appa down to a new campsite, near the same river they had slept next to the night before.
"This river is the most familiar thing here," Katara said, smiling.
Jobs were divided up quickly. Toph was in charge of water tonight. She took the vase and dipped it into the river. She felt someone put their hand to her mouth. She tried to scream, but all that came out of her mouth was a muffled cry. She felt herself sink to the ground in agony. "HELP!" she managed to scream before blacking out completely.
A/N: Next chapter is going to be s-weet! I'm excited because there will be Longerbee in the next chapter. Whoops! Didn't mean to give that away. Oh well… it's something for you fans to look forward to.
Toph
