Disclaimer: I do not own.. Ok so I'm almost at forty reviews! Come on, if you get me forty-three reviews by next Friday, I will have an extra long chapter. :) Thanks to everyone that favorite my story and put me on story alert.
Anon: Please quit reading the story if you don't like reading this. This is an alternate universe and this is why Fan fiction was created so fans can create their own version of the story. If you don't like it, then why read it?
ComicCartoonFreak13: Yea in this chapter, Toph will join the group along with those shenanigans. Lol. Yes, Sadistic sociopath because do you think Mai and Ty Lee are truly her friends? She made them join her in fear of being hurt and out of boredom. Since she is actually pretty smart, she will eventually figure out that her father was planning on throwing her out like he did to Zuko and she eventually helps the Gaang. Also it will be them wacko guys and stuff when toph gets tracked down…Anywho, thanks for the review and the positive criticism. I have a hard time trying to update regularly without having access to the computer until like 7:30 and I have to be off by 9 o'clock and stuff. Yea I will add some oc's but not even now. It will be sometime in season three, near the middle or end of it because I asked a friend of mine if I should add some. Anywho once again thank you so much for the positive review :D
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"What would you like to speak about Lady Katara?" Lao Beifong asked, his daughter and wife looking at her with questioning looks on their faces.
"I wish to have Toph join our group."
"Absolutely not," Lao Beifong growled. Katara looked at him and smirked.
"And why is that?" Katara asked, feigning innocence.
"One, you have absolutely no escorts, you are low-class, and you won't even care for her." Katara cut her eyes and glared at the man.
"Oh really, well Lord Beifong, I guess the title of Princess has me ranked as low-class, my mistake," Katara sneered, crossing her arms looking at the man impatiently. Lao's eyes widened in shock; Toph's expression stayed the same considering she already heard this, moments before when the two girls spoke briefly.
"Princess of what tribe?"
"The Southern Water Tribe. My father is chief."
"She is still not leaving. She has a heart condition and she can't even defend herself. She can barely even earth bend if she has to. Plus, it's not like the Southern Tribe has helped, their just a small village with children and women there. How where you raised a princess if you didn't even have tutors or masters?"
"Who said I didn't?"
"Well she is still not coming with you. Just because you are Princess doesn't mean a single thing, and I don't care if you're a Master, she still isn't coming." Katara scowled at the man, and turned around quietly and left the room. Sokka, Aang, Zuko, and Ty Lee all jumping back in surprise. They all caught up to the raging water bender, looking at her with curious looks on their faces.
"What happened in there?" Ty Lee piped in, cart wheeling in front of Katara, hands going to her hips a curious look on her face.
"I asked them personally if Toph could join our group. We know that she is truly an Earth Bending Master and that they are just being snobs with her being their only child, but they don't need to smother her in protection. She told me that she never truly had any friends because her parents wouldn't allow her."
"Wow, that really sucks." Ty Lee frowned before placing her hand on her chin to think.
"Come on." Katara spoke quietly. "Let's get back to the campsite. I bet Mother, Ursa, and Uncle will be wondering where we are at."
The adults they were traveling with watched as the children walked away. Kya looked at Iroh then at Ursa studying their faces.
"You knew Hakoda." Kya spoke softly. Ursa nodded her head silently, Iroh watching the interaction between the two women.
"We grew up together. He was my best friend. After my mother passes away, my father took me back to the Fire Nation."
"What noble family are you from?"
"My grand-father was Avatar Roku." Kya's eyes widened slightly, and then composed herself.
"I'm just curious, why did Hakoda take Katara to the Fire Nation to visit you and Zuko?"
Ursa sighed. "After not hearing from him in a long time, I sent a messenger hawk to him saying that my son was born. I knew that eventually the war was going to end in the next few decades. I told him that we should have Katara and Zuko grow up together. W-" Kya cut Ursa off, and glared at her.
"You didn't arrange a marriage for them did you?" Ursa's eyes popped out of her head before she finally responded, still shocked from the question.
"Heavens no! We would never do that. I'm against that. I grew up in the Southern Tribe knowing what a true family is like, not having to be forced into one who you don't love. I guess even though I was raised that way doesn't mean it always happens the way I want it to."
"Oh," Kya murmured softly.
"But," Ursa spoke quietly, "They have feelings for each other. Iroh watched it happen over the months while they traveled to the North Pole. They've been really close since they have been reunited."
"I know he loves her. I can see it by the way he looks at her. The same with Katara; they are in love, but they don't know it."
"You can tell all of that just by watching them?"
"No. Before Zuko was banished, the night before I went into his room after he went to sleep. I went to his vanity and he started to write a letter. It started off Dear Katara, I know that and that was all that was written. I guess he couldn't bear to write her with all the emotional stress he was under since he was banished the next day."
"If I may, you are incorrect Cheiftess Kya." Iroh spoke out as he listened to the women.
"Zuko sent her a letter shortly after the Agni Kai explaining what happened. I fear that she may or may not have received it by the way she acted when we went to the South Pole. I fear that it was intercepted and may have gotten into the wrong hands." Iroh had a grave look on his face, but was distracted by the sound of somebody walking up.
"Hello Ursa, Iroh, Cheiftess Kya." Mai spoke.
"Hello Mai."
"Where are the others?"
"They went to speak with a Noble Family about an Earth Bending teacher. They will probably be back pretty soon." Mai started to fiddle with her knifes that she kept in her sleeve, keeping her occupied.
"We will find an earth bending teach for you Aang. I know it." The rest of the group nodded their heads in agreement, trying to persuade the young avatar. They started walking back to the campsite, but heard yelling from behind them.
"Wait! Wait up, I convinced my parents to let me go with you," Toph caught up to the group, huffing from the run she just endured. Katara grinned, the rest of the group looking at her wearily, aside from Aang who was also grinning.
"What did you tell them?"
"I told them that I needed to eventually grow up and that they needed to let me out more. I told them I was a Master and they let me go." Katara looked at the young girl, before believing her somewhat.
"Alright then, I guess we will go back to the campsite now and introduce you to everyone," The group of teenagers silently walked to the campsite. Katara could hear chatter not far from them.
"There's the campsite, come on guys," Katara urged. Everyone followed silently. The arrived at the campsite within minutes. The other half of the group was looking at the newest member of their group.
"Well, well well.. Look who we have here," A voice drawled, making the entire group of traitors to jump into a defense stance.
Sorry folks, this was all I could write in an hour. To make my promise of updating every Friday. ( i was blocked from the computer until just now :P). Also PLEASE PLEASE we are almost at forty reviews! If you can get past forty reviews by next Friday I will write an extra extra long chapter to make up for this :) Toodles!
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