HI everybody! It's been a while, and I really apologize to all my readers that were waiting soooooo long. With school getting out, sports, writing, painting, a cousin making state championships, and all the like, I was VERY busy. I finally got back to the storyline, and here's the next chapter!

This chapter is kind of filler, but it has a little bit of character development. It hath fluffiness, too, so don't totally skip it. I needed this to get back on track, so please don't flame me for it! Thank you!

Disclaimer: You know the drill...

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"Why am I Snoozles?" Sokka whined to the newest member of their band of royals. "I don't waaaaaaaant to be Snooooozles!"

SLAP

"Oww!" Sokka yelped, rubbing his cheek.

"You're Snoozles because when I attacked, your heartbeat and adrenaline levels were below average, meaning you were unsurprised and/or bored. By determining your blood sugar levels and the such, I can assume that you sleep a lot, there for giving you the 'snooze' part of the nickname 'snoozles'," Toph said snootily.

"She's good," Aang commented, smiling at Toph's very accurate analysis.

"How's Katara doing?" Sokka called back to Aang, who was sitting in the back of the cart.

"Still knocked out..." Aang grumbled. He pressed the back of his hand to her forehead, hoping she would wake soon. He sighed and looked up to the moon. Closing his eyes slowly, Aang drifted off into an uncomfortable sleep.

"Ugh... where am I?" Katara groaned, lurching herself upward to sit in an upright postition. Looking around lethargically with heavy sleep weighting her eyes, she blinked and saw Sokka sitting with the girl that knocked her out.

"What are you doing sitting with my brother?" Katara shouted, whipping out a lethally flashing ribbon of water. She somursaulted up to the front and headlocked the fragile Spanish Princess. Swirling her fingers into the air, bringing them back to her chest, and then menacingly near Toph's neck, the water following quickly with deadly accuracy.

"WHAT. THE. HELL. ARE. YOU. DOING?" Toph grunted in between struggles beneath Katara's iron grip.

"Katara! Katara! It's okay! She's on our side!' Sokka said, waving his arms around crazily.

Katara turned her head to face Sokka.

"ON OUR SIDE? SHE FREAKING KNOCKED ME OUT!" Katara shouted, livid.

She froze as she felt two warm, fluid but strong arms envelope her neck. Her face went hot as she felt two smooth lips press against her cheek, and slid down the side of her jaw to her neck.

"Calm down, please," Aang said, his voice resonating in her neck. "Toph did have not-so-great intentions, but Sokka got her to come with us, and she could be of some use to our group."

"But-..." She was silenced by Aang slowly lifting his head up and placing his lips over hers.

"Katara, she's Princess Toph and she could tell us which princes are available and who's not," Sokka explained after Aang returned to the back of the cart.

"Yes, I'm Princess Toph, and I'd kindly appreciate it if you can get your FREAKING HANDS OFFA ME!" Toph shouted at the top of her lungs, ripping Katara's headlocking arms off of her neck.

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They camped just outside of the border of Spain.

"Uhh, Toph? There's something I would like you to know..." Sokka started uncertainly.

"What?"

"Um... there's only two tents, and Aang sleeps next to Katara for safety purposes. Since you're a princess as well..."

"Sorry, Snoozles, but I make my own tents," Toph said flatly.

"Huh?"

Toph slammed her foot into the ground, and two flat rectangles of earth rose and connected at the top.

"'Night, everyone!" Toph said, turning and crawling into the makeshift tent. She pounded her fist into the ground, and finally two trianglular pieces rose to complete the triangular prism of earth.

Sokka ogled after her in disbelief, but then stumbled back to his tent. Aang and Katara laughed silently after him. Closing the tent slowly and falling onto the blanket tiredly, Katara fell quickly into dreamless sleep.

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The sun rose, shedding colorful light into its surroundings. The lush, green trees were decorated with flecks of orange and yellow, the birds flying lesiurely through the skies. The grass beneath rustled as a small breeze swirled through, shaking the settling dew on the tender green blades.

"GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!"

The shout ripped through the encampment like lightning.

From shock, Sokka tumbled out of his tent. Katara sat up so quickly that she hit her head on the top of the tent, only to fall back onto Aang's chest.

"You okay?" Aang said quickly, his eyes wide open.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Katara smiled, and then narrowed her eyes. "I know someone that isn't going to be so fine in a second..." she said, trailing off venomously. She rolled off Aang and slid out of the tent, storming up to the unusually jubilant Spanish Princess.

"Yo, Sugar Queen!" Toph said excitedly.

"Don't wake us up that early in the morning," Katara said angrily, narrowing her eyes even more. "That was not pleasant."

"I'm sorry, Queen of the Sugarpuffs, but I don't listen to stuck-up snooty-butts like you," Toph said, taking a ferocious bite out of an apple. "And furthermore, I follow my own rules. If I wanna shout at flipping five in the morning, hell, I will shout at flipping five in the morning," she finished, bits of her apple flying out into Katara's face.

You could literally see Katara's temple vein throbbing with frustration. Her fingers clenched into fists, ready to strike.

And then she felt those annoying- but-oh-so-nice hands on her shoulder.

"Cue the loverboy that will stop you from hitting me," Toph said, snapping her fingers, cocking her head to the side, and smirking.

Right before Katara melted into Aang's arms, she pointed a wary finger at Toph and said threateningly, "I won't forget this."

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