AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Toph screamed, the loudest she had ever screamed. She sat up, covered in sweat and tears that she couldn't control. She was shaking so badly that she couldn't do anything but cry. She heard whimpering, but she didn't know that it was her own. Someone grabbed her and pulled her into a tight, protective hug, but she still screamed. "Toph, it's okay, it's okay," she heard a soothing voice, but didn't know who it was, or whose arms were around her. "It's okay, calm down, calm down. I'm here for you, shhh…" Toph finally realized that the person talking to her and hugging her was Sokka. She quieted down, her tears stopped flowing, and she opened her eyes.
Blackness.
How was this right? Toph thought. Had it all been a dream? "Sokka?" she whispered. "Toph! You're okay!" He pulled her into a harder hug. She felt him shaking. No, he was crying. "What's wrong?" she asked, puzzled, but finally calming down. He let her go from his hug. "What's wrong? You've been out cold for two days since Katara tried to heal you. Yeah, she told me. How could you do that Toph? Why?"
"Because I wanted to see like you guys see. I wanted to be a part of that world. I wanted to see that beauty. And in my dream, I saw it."
"I know."
"I saw…wait, you know?
"Yes"
"How?"
"You said everything out loud in your dream. About everything. You were screaming and yelling so much, that we were worried. Aang tried to feel what you were thinking. He went into the Avatar state, and put his hand on your forehead, and he told us to grab hands. We were all in your dream. Aang and Katara let go after the part about them. But I held on, and surprisingly, with probably all that Avatar-mumbo-jumbo stuff, I was still part of the dream even though Aang wasn't. I'm sorry about invading your privacy, but you wouldn't wake up, and you wouldn't stop screaming sometimes."
"So, you know what I felt, about, you know, us?
"Yeah. And that part in your dream, well, that was exactly what I felt, too. I guess we are all connected, just like that one guy, Hue, in the swamp said. Everything is connected. But, I wanted to say, Toph, I care about you."
"Sokka, I wanted to say, from my dream, and this is from my heart:
I love you."
"Toph, I love you too." He answered back.
She felt his arms around her, and feeling her hands up to his face, found his lips. She looked at him with blind eyes, and she leaned up to him. Their lips touched, and they kissed all over again. They ended, and Toph sighed. "So are you, as the big brother, okay with Aang and Katara's love?"
Sokka was silent for a minute. "Yes," he replied. "Aang's my best friend, like a brother, besides you and Katara as sisters, and I know he'd never do anything to hurt her. He loves her, and all I'd ever want is my sister to get a great guy. I think she found him. And I'd think she'd want the same for me. And I'd think she'd agree with who I picked." He kissed her again. "Let's go outside and plan our next move with the others. The final battle is only a few months away." "Sokka?" Toph asked before he stepped out of the tent.
"Yeah?"
"In my dream, did you look like you were described?"
"Yeah… We were all about how we look now."
She laughed. "Good."
He smiled, grabbed her hand, and they stepped out of the tent into the afternoon weather. Katara and Aang were sitting close to each other, leaning against Appa, and they were sleeping peacefully, as they hadn't gotten any sleep from the past two days either. Aang's arm was around Katara, and her head was resting on his chest and shoulder.
"They look so happy," Sokka whispered.
"So in love," Toph replied.
She could feel their vibrations, of their happiness. She was glad to have her bending back. "Let's start dinner," Sokka said. He started a fire, and cooked the rice, and then Aang and Katara joined them. They all sat silently, watching the fire. Then Toph started. "Guys, you were right. Being blind is a good thing for me. It's made me who I am, and it's how I fight, and it's how I live. But keeping my blindness, though learning in life, is how I'll see in the way you do. You guys are awesome. Thanks for everything."
They all grouped together for a hug, and stayed in that way for a while. They became silent for a while, and then suddenly, Toph yelled,
"Now, let's make plans for the Final Battle!"
They looked at each other and laughed.
Sokka looked as his family and the girl he loved. "I guess we got the old Toph back."
Toph smiled, glad to be blind again, and to see in her own way.