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A/N: Finally got back on to this story. Please enjoy.

-Haiban Hollow

Chapter 5

POV of the All Knower

"You captured me to have your way with me," Toph says with a strait, bored, face.

Zuko jerks back and gives a sound of more surprise then disgust at what she said and if he'd been drinking water he'd of done a spit-take. "Oh Kami, NO! What would made you think that!," he gives her an astonished look even though he knows she can see it, but at least it helped him snap out of that strange trance. She really did have a way of mesmerizing him.

Toph face cracks not being able to hold a strait face any longer after more hearing than seeing his reaction. She laughs lightly with her blind eyes pinched shut not trying to cry as she clenched her teeth to keep from rolling on the floor laughing. Her self-control gave way as she fell over sideways unable to control it at last. Zuko gives a strange look thinking she's gone made and pondered over whether or not to leave until she was though with this sudden out brake of madness, but thought better of it. She was his prisoner not the other way around. He must be unmoving for this to work, to get the needed information out of her to capture the avatar and restore his honor.

Zuko stared at her awkwardly as she began another giggling fit. Finally unable to take the strangeness of the situation for much longer he braked in with a hint of annoyance in his voice saying, " It wasn't that funny," though still not sure what was funny to begin with.

After a few giggles she takes in a deep breath and exhales a few last laughs along with it. She sits back up with a toothy grin, "Sorry, but you took it way to seriously. You need to lighten up a little," the toothy grin still in place.

Zuko takes on an unmoving face, that of royalty, that of his rightful place. "I am a prince not a commoner like you."

"Me? A commoner? Ha! You make me laugh. I may not be a princess, princie, but even I know how to act all regal too," she puts on a face and sits stare without a slouch much like that of people of his own stature then brakes the look with a tongue sticking out and relaxes back to how she was before continuing, "I was born into a rich family too you know and even I don't act like you."

"I wasn't brought up to be childish," Zuko states still composed looking down his nose as if everyone and anything was beneath him.

"More like you where brought up not allowed to be a child," Toph stares into the source of heat that warmed her cold skin looking distant.

Zuko shoulders sagged for a second loosing his composer but regains it no longer looking down his nose now. Looking at the blind girl watching her everything, "No one is a child for long, we all have to grow up sometime." He watched her eyes look into the flames watching nothing for they are blind but even with them being blind they seemed to age in the light of the flickering flames.

Toph was quiet for a long while just watching nothing with her sightless eyes. Laying back against the wall of smooth warn wood she closes them, "Even I found a way to get away from push for me to be a what others wanted me to be." Toph opens her eyes imaging what stars looked like. She heard once from one of the servants over the years in her parents home that it was like one big black ocean with little white stones that sparkled though she didn't know what sparkling looked like she could almost see it in her mind and it did seem calming but frightening at the same time not. It was strange. Being in water was terrifying enough for not being able to see, an ocean was a nightmare. She never understood how an ocean with small white stones could be calming but she learned to accept that as calming.

Zuko could feel her mind heavy with thought though her age she looked no older then thirteen. Zuko could barely escape his father's push of expectations and wondered how she escaped the pressure, "How did you do it?"

"Well compared to you I was expected to be a helpless, little, blind girl."

"But I've seen your bending. You're amazing."

Toph smiled at the compliment but it vanished as quickly as it was to appear. "My father didn't think that way when he saw my talent. Then again I did beat up a whole gang of earth bending wrestlers," Toph gave a grin and the corner of Zuko's lip twitched almost smiling alongside her. She sighed and lost the smirk, in its place was a sad smile, "But he thought it'd be better if I were never let free again. As if I was free to begin with," she gives a halfhearted laugh at the mockery of her father's thoughts and beliefs. "The same day I got my first real friends." Toph looks over in Zuko's direction "Who was your first friend?"

"First what," Zuko asks startled at the question.

"You know… Friend," Toph says pushing the question.

Zuko looks around trying to find a way to answer her. "uh… it's getting late. Time to sleep," he turns and lays down using his arm as a pillow leaving Toph's question unanswered. Toph stares out blankly in the direction of where Zuko lay just a bit annoyed.

"So… do you even have a friend," Toph asks. She waits a minute or so hearing nothing in response to her question. "I'm taking that as a no."

"Good night, prisoner," Zuko growls out as a command and less to being polite.

"It's not prisoner, its Toph, princie," she exclaims lying down.

"Good night…Toph," Zuko whispered. The last word was almost unheard if her hearing was any duller and even to her sounded surreal coming from his lips. But she did here it.

With almost the same politeness, "Good night, princie… Zuko," Toph whispered his name as he did her own, barely heard by the other. She turns her back to the fire pit and curled to conserve heat, here clothes and hair still damp.

Toph quickly dozed off. Zuko on the other hand though on her question. 'Do I even have any friends?' His mind searched for even the name of one person he could call his friends hoping that the answer was anything, but no. Both he and his mind knew she was right. He fell asleep as the fire burned out completely leaving him in total darkness.

…End of Chapter Five…

Sorry for the completely ridiculous gap all I have to say is If I don't update, feel free to poke and prod me. In other words feel free to drop a message in my box. I'll try to update more frequently, and finish what I started. Thx for reading! please drop a review!

-Haiban Hollow