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Toph P.O.V

I was almost jumping for joy when we reached the island; but that would have been very un-Toph like; so instead I fell face first into the ground.

"SUKI!" Snoozles shouted before jumping over me and taking off, which I promptly tripped him. I felt the girl; Suki freeze. I could almost hear her heart pick up, this couldn't be good. I frowned. I rembered her from serpent pass, so why would she be frightened? I don't know…but I am going to figure it out.

"Ouch! Toph! Why'ja do that!" Sokka whined

" Maybe you shouldn't use me as a hurdle Snoozles!" You know, he could be such an idiot.

"Hey Sokka." Back on the subject at hand.

"Suki!" Snoozles shouted before pulling the warrior into a hug.

"I missed you!"

"I missed you to Sokka! What are you guys doing here?" she questioned, was it just me or did her voice raise an octave?

"We're looking for members of our group." Twinkletoes stated I felt the warrior's heart speed up; I narrowed my eyes.

"Re..Really?" Suki stuttered but it seemed I was the only one who noticed

"Ya," Snoozles continued "but it's not only Katara, we have a new member his name's Zuko… you know the hot-headed prince? Well anyways we were separated-"

"Black hair, a scar, tall, happen to see him fan girl?" I interrupted narrowing my eyes at her. Her heart sped up. She looked down as if ashamed.

"Suki?" Snoozles asked

"I…I saw them but…. they're gone to an Earth Kingdom town across the ocean." I heard Snoozles let out a sigh of relief.

"Good for a second I thought you were going to say something, like…. Oh I don't know that you killed Zuko or something!" he let out a laugh.

There it was again! I swear if my eyes get any wider they're going to pop! As soon as Sokka mentioned killing Zuko her heart went off the chart! I narrowed my eyes, I would get to the bottom of this! Suddenly I felt them…the familiar footsteps. I sat up, my face breaking into a grin.

"Uhhh…Toph?" Twinkle toes questioned. I didn't reply. Instead I jumped up and grabbed the man, pulling him into a hug; he jumped in shock before his face broke into a grin.

"Iroh!" I hollered

"Ahh… nice to see you again! He gave a chuckle.

"uhh…Toph?"

"Yes Snoozles?" I questioned moving away from Iroh.

"Why did you just hug that old man?" he asked dumbfounded; oh ya…I didn't usually hug people, huh?

"I know you! You helped me in BaSingSe!" Aang shouted; I rolled my eyes, he was so LOUD! Iroh turned to Aang.

"Ahhh…yes, young avatar. But this means if you're here, my nephew is also no?" I could hear the excitement, the longing to see his nephew again.

"No." we all looked to the ground as Aang answered.

"What? I..I was positive he would come to you. I..I heard he left?" He stuttered I maybe blind but I could tell he was worried and shocked.

"We were separated" Sokka answered looking him in the eyes.

"How?"

"Azula captured him." He hesitated

"Azula…his..his sister" he asked I could feel the fear; it was like…waves crashing in the ocean. I grabbed his arm.

"Come on we better take this somewhere else."

"I have a place, follow me" I jumped slightly; I completely forgot about Suki. I felt her walk away and followed bringing Iroh with me. When we reached the place it was empty, but there were a couple of cots around. After searching for a moment I found what I was looking for and dragged Iroh over to the table in the middle of the room. Everyone joined us, and Iroh looked up.

"Please, tell me what happened." He asked

"Well he's fine I saw him the day before last." Suki answered and I felt him breathe a sigh of relief. But I could also tell she was lying; she saw him…but he wasn't fine. I am going to get to the bottom of this.

"Well" Sokka started. "We were at the air temple and Zuko was injured…" and we told him everything, filling in spaces the others missed. When we finished Iroh took a deep breath and looked at Suki.

"You say he was here?"

"Yes" she answered.

"Did anything seem wrong?"

"Well" she hesitated " I found them collapsed on the beach." My mouth dropped open, she was just telling us this! How dare she…this..this…ughh!

"YOU WHAT!" I yelled jumping up and slamming my palms on the table, she was acting suspicious and keeping stuff from us! Well more that I thought.

"YOU FOUND THEM ON THE BEACH! WHAT? WERE THEY DEAD? SICK?" she didn't respond

"WELL?" when she didn't respond, I walked around the table and put my finger under her nose.

"Listen to me missy! If I find out that Sugerqueen or my brother has been hurt by you." I gave a bone chilling laugh. "I swear if you did, I will not hesitate to kill you!" I growled I could feel everyone's eyes on me. I turned to stomp out the door but stopped.

"Load up Appa; we're going to find my family. And bring her with us; I'll be back in a little while. Be ready." And with that I was gone. I walked down to the beach and hid myself in between two rocks.

Flash back

"Come on Sparky!" I yelled. I was having Zuko take me around the temple and up into the fields.

"I'm trying! It would help if you would quit trying to trip me you lit-ugh!" He grunted as I shot another stump from the ground. I laughed

"But why Sparky? It's so much fun!" I laughed as he mumbled to himself.

"Why am I doing this again?"

"Because, you burned my feet remember?" I answered holding back another laugh. I felt I could be a little more…free with him. He didn't judge or underestimate me like other people had, he treated me as an equal.

"Oh my gods! I apologized like a billion times already!" he groaned, I laughed in response

He looked at me a moment. "You know your evil…. an evil little earthbender!" he grinned

"Why thank you, now onward my trusty steed! To the top of this temple!" I laughed as he groaned and broke into a jog. When we finally reached the top, he walked to the middle and looked up.

"May I stop now, Master?" he asked with a grin. I looked thoughtful for a moment.

" I suppose" I replied. And laughed as he collapsed flipping me to the ground next to him. We sat for a moment, in a peaceful silence. I felt Zuko move and look at me, but he did what I least expected… he leaned over and tickled me!

" wh….what are you do…do..doing Sparky! That tickles!" I laughed as tears started to come out of my eyes.

"It's called payback Toph" He laughed.

"Ok! Ok!" I laughed and he stopped. It took me a moment to regain my breath.

"You know what?" he asked

"hmmm?"

"You're like the little sister I never had…or at least one that didn't want to kill me." He admitted. I was shocked but not really; I thought back to all the times like this; when we had played around, not afraid of what other people would think.

"Well" I started "you're the big brother I never had and I'm glad you're here. You know?"

"Ya, I get it. I'm glad too. I feel that…I can be me, not what everyone else wants me to be. My whole life I was just a pawn to everyone, entertainment. My father didn't want me, my sister hated me… the only ones I could really trust were my Uncle and Mom. But now I'm happy." He stated before looking up to the sky. We stayed silent, till night came and we headed back down to the camp.

End flashback

I felt a tear run down my face before I got back and headed to Appa; it was time to find my brother and Sugerqueen.

Note: I'm so sorry this took….2 weeks! I was swamped with homework and just didn't have time. So I hope this makes up for it and I promise to have the next chapter up A.S.A.P! Also I thank ZkKtTysoul for your advice on how to make this story better, I hope I went into better detail! And Meegan here's the news from the Gaang! And all you other readers I thank-you for all of you reviews!

I have questions!

Did any of you expect Iroh to show up? Oh and do you think I did Toph Ok?

Love,

Maddy!