This is my first FanFic. So would you mind not being too harsh? Of course though, I would appreciate it if someone noticed something I really need to improve on. I already know I need to work on my descriptions but yeah.
I can usually spell pretty well, but my grammar is not the best. So bear with me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar the Last Air bender. Of course though I don't know what genius would actually think that a sixteen year old girl would own it, but better to be safe then sorry, right?
Chapter 1: New Beginnings.
She was running through the forest as fast as she could. All in hopes of dodging her attackers.
Why can't they just leave me alone? I've not even done anything . . . yet. She thought grimly. With that thought a group of men in grey cloaks were closing in on her.
Damn. I can't keep running like this! Wait a second . . .
The moment the thought occurred, she reacted without hesitation. Her hands flew up in the air, forcing a dust of smoke to cover her every move. So within a blink of an eye she threw herself up into the trees in hopes of cover. Of course though the moment the landed in the trees, she had made enough noise to alert her assailants of her direction. The men in the grey cloaks threw shurikens (A/N like Ninja stars) in her direction, hoping that one of them would hit her. She dodged each one with great skill, but even the fastest person in the world could not have dodged all of them. One of the shurikens had skimmed across her torso, opening a gash that would easily incapacitate her in a matter of minutes.
"Come on Thea. You know you can't fight us any longer. We will just keep on finding you." Yelled one of the men in the grey cloaks.
He's right. They'll just keep on hunting you down. You're already wounded and you probably won't last in a real fight. . . No, don't think like that! You always have a choice. You need to get away now and plan ahead. Roku needs you right now. You can't let him down.
That was what decided it. The girl named Thea went back to action. Her pair of hands moved in the air forcing walls of earth come up from the ground and had cornered all the men against the trees and the walls of earth. With that as her farewell, she started to leap from branch to branch. All she had to do was get far enough away so that she could finally rest after what felt like days. Except after about 5 minutes of running, Thea had to stop and rest. Of course though she could not have decided to rest in a worse place. For below her, she heard some people arguing.
"I said no, Sokka. We don't have the money or time to stop and get supplies." Katara replied, by finishing her statement with her foot meeting the ground as if to end all rebuttals. It was in vein thought because if there was food involved, then Sokka would fight tooth and nail to get it. "There! You're doing it again!" Sokka said, while pointing at her and his mouth gaping open.
"Doing what?!"
"You're doing the whole motherly thing . . . again!"
"Hey! It's not my fault that almost everyone here acts like children!" Katara yelled at Sokka.
The rest of the group did not take too kindly to Katara's accusation that they all acted like little children. So Zuko and Aang plunged themselves in to Sokka and Katara's fight. Toph though just stood in the side lines, apparently just staring into space. This probably wasn't so hard considering she was blind.
"We don't act like we're little children! We just aren't as much of a stick in the mud, like you! Right Toph?" Sokka asked clearly looking for back up. Of course though, he could have asked a rock the same question and gotten a better response. Because all Toph did was stare into space, concentrating on something really hard.
"Toph?" Sokka asked once more, with no reply again.
"Hey Toph! Are you listening?!" Zuko had shouted pretty loudly before he walked over and shook her shoulders. All in hopes of getting some reaction out of her, even if it meant getting a rock thrown at him.
"Hey! What do ya think you're doin' sparky!?" The little blind girl yelled at the top of her lungs.
"I was just trying to make sure that you were okay!"
"Did I ask for it?! No! And don't ever shake me like a can of soda (A/N I'm just gonna say there is soda in this time 'cause I don't know what else people shake for an effect.) again!" Screamed Toph. Zuko by now had already forgotten the reason he walked over and was trying with all his might not to storm off and let her win again. In retrospect sending the angriest guy try to comfort the shortest tempered girl was not such a bright idea.
That girl . . . she keeps on looking in my direction. But she's blind! Her cloudy eyes show proof of it! Then, why is she looking in my exact location. There must be thousands of other plac-ow! I don't think I can last must longer, before I collapse from pain. I just need to get out of he-
"Toph, we were just worried. You usually jump head first into an argument. Yet, this time you just stood in the sidelines." Aang spoke softly to Toph, so that she wouldn't go off the handle again.
Just shut up mind! You gotta pay attention to what's going on. Just figure out what's going on and find out when to make your escape, before they figure out you are there.
"I'm fine okay! I am just trying to figure out something?!" Toph answered, clearly wishing that everyone would go back to their little spat.
"What are you trying to figure out, maybe we can help!" Aang replied in his normally cheerful voice.
"Ya know what twinkletoes? I think it was just a bir-." Toph was just about to finish her sentence when she thought she felt something.
Thea was still in the tree waiting and listening so that she could run off when the time was right, when she finally thought it was a good time to escape, everyone was paying all their attention to the blind girl. But, when she had turned to flee, she accidently grabbed a branch that was too weak and as a result it broke creating just enough of a noise for Toph to hear.
"Scratch that twinkeltoes. There's someone in the trees!" Toph responded in a loud enough voice for everyone to hear except for their "vistor". Before Toph even had a chance to finish her sentence though, everyone got into their fighting stances.
"Whoever is in the trees show yourself!" Aang had yelled to the trees.
Augh! How could I have been so stupid! Of course that girl would be able to tell if made a stupid mistake! No time for stealth now, I'll just have to run for it.
With that Thea tried to run, but Toph was quicker. "She's making a run for it!" Toph howled to Aang. So with the speed of a cobra, Aang threw a gust of wind in the trees in hopes of knocking her on to the ground.
When the wind finally reached Thea, she was in mid jump between branches. So she had nothing to grab onto or break her fall, when she plunged head first into the ground. Of course though Aang hadn't anticipated the rate she would fall when there was nothing to slow her down. Everyone in the gang just stared in shock as Thea plummeted down. Just as Thea was about to fall to her death, she up righted herself by reaching her arms to the ground and forced herself into a cartwheel, so that her legs would absorb the impact.
To say that the gang was surprised by the female's display would have been the understatement of the century. The entire groups of teens stood with their mouths gaping open. For before them, was a teenage girl, with the likeness of nothing they've ever seen.
The girl in front of them had flowing ivory hair, that should have been paired with an aged face but, it was only paired with the features of a beautifully youthful face. Her hair though was not what had them in a trance, it was her eyes. Her eyes were as if you were looking into the ocean. They were not like the eyes the people in the Water Tribe had, they were as though they actually held ever flowing water in them. However the moment she spoke, her eyes turned into ice, which put everyone on the defensive.
"Oh my dearest Aang, I thought you would have tried a little harder at killing me." The mysterious girl replied with absolutely no emotion seeping through. It was at the sound of her voice that everyone unfroze and had the sense to go back into their fighting stances. Well, everyone except Toph who just stood there, apparently knowing something no one else knew.
"How do you know my name? Are you following us?" Questioned Aang. Who obviously had thousands of more questions going on in his mind.
"Sorry my little Aang, but I really need to be going soon bef-"
"You're not going anywhere!" Sokka shouted to her.
"Like I said Sokka, I am in no position to be talking to you at this moment. I need to g-"
"Not until you answer our questions!" Roared Zuko, like usual he was already tired of all the talking and lack of physical violence.
"Hm . . . I'm surprised I did not notice you. No matter. I will find out later. But like I must have already said about ten times, I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Thea finally answered with her emotions leaking through. She had turned to leave when all the sudden all of the pressure had finally come down on Thea, she finally felt the pain in her torso that had been put on hold with all the commotion.
She gasped for breath, trying to ease some of the pain, but it would not leave. When she grabbed her side it was easy to see the blood soak through her hands. It was at that moment, that her body could not take it anymore. Her eyes grew heavier and heavier, until it there was nothing but darkness.
Sorry for having such a short chapter but I promise the next one will be longer!
Also don't worry, I do intend to reveal what Toph knows. ;)