Hey. I hope as always that you are enjoying the story. As there have been no reviews for the last 3 or 4 chapters, I didn't know what you think of this part. I know that it is very different from the other parts. That was why I was worried about this part. I would really like to know what you think.

The avatar won, he defeated the fire lord, and stopped Sozin's comet from hitting the earth kingdom, but this victory came at a price.

Aang was able to hold own long enough for Toph, Sokka and Suki to get to him. Toph with a little help from Suki. Till she was unable to carry on, cleaned and banged his wounds, but there was too much internally damage. Not even the highest skilled healer could have saved him. That won't stop Katara from beating herself up about it from the rest of her life.

His last words where to Toph, as Sokka and Suki had gone to look for anyone to help them. When the family of misfits were reunited Aang had passed on, with only Toph by his side. Toph was able to tell when anyone was lying, so to make it fair that she could read people so easily, she made sure she would always be honest with people, but now she lied to all her friends.

She told Katara, that his last words had been to her. That he asked her to tell Katara that he loved her. He wanted her to be happy, no matter what. Zuko that he had more than made up for his past mistakes, he was a true friend. Sokka, he had looked up to him, and not just because he was taller. He hoped to be half the man he is, when he grow up. And Suki, Kyoshi would be proud.

His real last words had been that he didn't what to go. There was so much he wanted to see, and do. Toph thought it best that they didn't know that, it was already too sad. There was no need to make it worse. He was going to be remembered as a hero, who saved the world, that was how his friends should see him too. Instead of a young boy dyeing, with some much still to experience.

There was a huge funeral held in Ba Sing SA, a few days later. The day after the funeral his friends went their separate ways. They would never be all together again.

A week after the avatars death, news spread that the next avatar had been born in the northern water tribe. Katara went to the northern water tribe to be around the new avatar. She would be his waterbending master, and is first Sifu. Sokka and Suki lived on Kyoshi Island, where they married and started a family. Zuko five years later was crowned fire lord, he married Mai, but the love had long since gone.

Toph had isolated herself from everyone completely by the first anniversary of the end of the war. She had learned to bonebend, something that frightened a lot of people. She used it to heal the wounded from the war. Once they were healed, her form of healing was no longer tolerated. She lived in a house on a hill in the earth kingdom. If anyone wanted to find her, to gain the help of her healing, they just had to ask the right person.

This world was in balance, it was starting over again. A new beginning, that the person who had made it possible was not able to see, or share in.

The first thing Aang saw when he opened his eyes was a large hill in-front of him. He was sitting under a tree. For some reason he found himself walking towards the hill. When he got closer he saw a small house, built on a flat platform in the hill. As he walked he stretched out his arms, and realised that the wound to his right shoulder was gone, there was no scar, no sign that it there was ever a wound there to begin with.

When he reached the bottom of the hill a figure left the house. He couldn't make out any detail, except that the person was female, as they had very long black hair with brads throughout it. They were wearing a yellow waistcoat, with a long trail that came to their knee. Under the waistcoat was a white short sleeve top, and brown trousers that came to the knee. The figure slowly turned to face him, as they became aware of his presence. As she turned and smiled at him, Aang saw her turn into a twelve year old girl in a swamp for just a second.

Toph started to run down the hill towards him. She was running so fast Aang was worried she was going to trip up, and tumble the rest of the way down the hill. When she reached him, she trough her arms around his neck. Holding on so tightly she forced him to lean back a little, lifting her feet off the ground as he did.

When he straightened up he was about to wrap his arms around her, when she quickly pulled away. Her hands remained on the back of his neck. She sled her hands from the back of his neck to rest on his chest. Feeling his heart beating steadily under her hands. Aang looked into her eyes for a split second, before she throw him to the ground.

"You died."

Aang couldn't help but smile, even thou she was yelling at him. She was here, she was alive, and she seemed to be ok.

"What are you smiling at." She of course could not see his face to know he was smiling, but she could hear the hint of a laugh Toph was scared, happy, sad all at the same time. The only thing she could do was yell at him, because she was also mad at him for leavening.

Aang pulled himself onto his feet. "I'm just glad to see you." He saw her take a step back as he spoke; she was clearly not comfortable with him talking to her that way.

She didn't have a comeback for that. Again she found her body moving independently of its self. Her right hand reached out to touch Aang again to make sure he was really there. Before her hand made contact with his face, they were interrupted.

"Help...help."

A women came running out of the forest behind them holding her young son in her arms. "Help...please are you the witch of the east." She was now standing next to them, looking at Toph as she spoke.

"Yes I am." She moved to place her hand on the boy's forehead "He has a fever, take him into the house." She led the way. Aang had not been invited to follow them, but he did so any way.

He knew the story of the witches of the east, Toph had told him years ago when she explained how she learned bonebending. He didn't understand why the women, that had come here for her help, would call her it thou. He thought was meant as an insult.

The boy was laid down on a bed that was pushed against one of the walls. His mother didn't leave his side for a second. Aang found himself leaning against a wall, to stay out of the way. Toph moved over to the bed, and sat down.

Two blankets where placed over the boys feet. She seemed to be concentrating very strongly on something. Her left hand was placed over the boy's heart, and the right on his fore head. She was lowering her body temperature to draw the fever down to his feet, the wormiest part of his body now. Her hand was on his heart to stop the fever from stopping there.

The small house was in total silence till Toph got to her feet a few minutes later. She walked over to a large row of selves, pulled down a bottle of green liquid. Aang noticed that her balance seemed a little off, but said nothing. Two drops of the green liquid was dropped into a cup of water. Once it was mixed together, she made her way back to the boy on the bed. Lifting his head up, she poured the water into his mouth.

"Put two drops of this into a cup of water twice a day, till it's used up." She handed the bottle to the mother. Even thou she couldn't see her face, Toph knew she was giving her a lot of distrust "His body's out of balance, this will help balance it out again." The mother a little hesitantly took the bottle.

Aang wanted to yell at her. Toph didn't have to help her son. She had been the one to ask for her help in the first place. He could tell that Toph was weakened by bring the boys fever down, and yet she was being very polite to the women. This was not like her, not the Toph he knew. This Toph had stopped fighting; she had had enough of it. She used her bending for healing now.

A few minutes later the mother and her son had left and Toph was reorganising the room, doing her best to ignore Aang till she could make sense of it all in her head, when Aang finally spoke "Why did she call you the witch of the east."

"Because I am."

She didn't make any effort to turn and face him.

"I know what that means, why do you let people call you that." He walked towards her, at the other side of the room.

"It's better than the other name they have for me." He was almost by her side, but she still didn't face him.

"What's that."

"Earth angel."

He had heard her called that name before as well, by the soldiers she healed after the war. He knew she hated it, it implied that she was a perfect person, when she saw herself as being as far from perfect as it was possible to be. She turned and walked right passed him, towards the door. She had so many questions, but she didn't want them answered here. The walls felt like they were beginning to close in on her. Making it hard to think clearly.

"I need to get some more plants, you can help." She stopped by the door for a second, then went on.

Aang followed her out of the house, down the hill and into the forest. Every few feet or so she would bend down and pick a plant from the ground, and place it in the bag she had picked up from the table by the door of her house, she now wore around her waist. Aang followed her, at a safe distance.

After picking a red flower, she got back to her feet. She planned on finally saying something, asking one of her many, many questions. Before she was fully standing, she became aware of a man coming towards them. When she was finally standing up right, she stood still, and waited.

Aang was a few feet away when he noticed her freeze to the spot, he was about to ask her what was wrong, but before he could get a word out a loud yell was heard. As an older man ran up behind Toph, with a Dagger in his hand. He was slow, she could have moved, blocked him, but Toph didn't. She let him stand behind her with the dagger at her throat. She didn't even flinch.