Here is part 2 of The Tale of Toph Bei fong

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-The Next Morning

The sun rose over the horizon and rays of sunlight met Sokka's red, puffy eyes. He rolled onto his back and sighed. "Thank god it was all just a dream." After a few minutes the young warrior opened his eyes, what he saw suprised him to say the least. He was looking up at a pinkish, blue sky. Did I fall asleep outside? Then he felt wetness all around him, he sat up and turned to look at the ground, he had fallen asleep in a puddle. Then it hit him, his eyes, no longer heavy, shot open. Slowly he turned to look at the guard railing of the wall before him.

Sokka had wept on the inner wall for hours, and had fallen asleep in a pool of his own tears. The guards were long gone, deciding it was better that they leave him to grieve. They didnt have the heart to make him move. "It wasnt a dream?" whispered the warrior.

Slowly he stood, facing the edge of the wall, where his best friend had been standing hours before. "Sokka, your about to make me happy, im about to have my freedom." thats what she had told him.

"Good your finally up." Sokka turned to face the source of this new voice. It was an elderly looking guard, most likely in his early fifties. Then he spoke again "Im very sorry for you loss son. I can take you to her grave if you would like." his voice was low, but reassuring. "She was already buried?" he questioned "Yes, im very sorry, but there would of been no possible way to move the body. I thought it was better to bury her there." Sokka could tell that the man was truly sad about what he had to do. Most likely because the blind girls friends, and family could no longer provide a proper burial. "Its alright sir, thats what Toph would of wanted." Sokka felt a stab of sadness hit him as he spoke her name. "And if you would, please take me to her grave." "Of course son." replied the guard.

The soldier guided Sokka down the thousands of steps that scaled the inner wall. Finally they made in to the bottom, on the opposite side of the city. Sokka stared at the rising sun as he made his way out of the hidden doorway. Sokka thought to himself. Sunrises represent new begginings, not endings.

The guard stopped and pointed to a recently disturbed patch of earth. It was perpendicular to the inner wall of Ba Sing Se and the head of the grave was only a few feet away from it. If Toph ever had gotten to chose her own grave. I bet this is where she would of liked to be put to rest. Sokka's eyes, again, began to water. The guard took notice of it, and look at the ground. "We found something lying next to her body, I think its made of some kind of stone, or maybe metal." the older man took a black, ringed shape object out of his pocket and handed it to the young man. Sokka examined the artifact like it was the most important thing in the world. It was the space bracelet he had given her during the war. On it he noticed something that was never there before, it had been ingraved. It read "Please forgive me." He stood that way for several minutes before he regained his composure. The guard was very curtious and gave him the time he needed. "Could you take me back to the other side of the wall? I need to let everyone know what has happenend. "Of course follow me." replied the soldier.

-One Month Later: Two days before Sokka, and Suki's wedding

Toph's funeral was being held, and a raised stand with a podium on top sat five feet to the left of the grave. People had flocked from all around the world to attend, It seemed like all of Ba Sing Se was here to pay there last respects. There where a couple reasons that the funeral had taken so long to get prepared.

First of all was the fact that it took time for people to travel to Ba Sing Se. Even a few water tribe members were there to say goodbye to the greatest earthbender to ever exist. She was the only one powerful enough to bend metal, and that secret art died with her.

Secondly, Sokka wanted to make sure everything was perfect. He had spent hours upon hours preparing everything, And the thing that he was most proud of was her tomb stone. It was not just a tomb stone though, It was also the great wall. The entire inner wall of Ba Sing Se was Toph's. Every time someone arrived he heard them gasp at the magnificence of it. Sokka had worked with a group of some of the most skilled earthbending artist that the city had to offer. It had taken three weeks to complete, but it was all worth it.

On the wall was a picture, it was of a beautiful young girl in an unusual earthbending stance. At least it was unusual to a regular earthbender, but it was Toph's signiture style. The picture almost took up the entire wall, and Sokka made sure that the funeral was held at sunrise to make sure everyone got the best look possible. The image stopped about ten feet from the ground and carved into the wall were large engraced words.

Written:

"Toph Bei Fong"

A War Hero, An Avatar's Teacher

And the greatest friend anyone could ask for

However, these were not the only words written on the wall. If someone was looking for it, they would have seen a small, poorly engraved sentence below the others.

We will never forget

Sokka had insisted that he carve these words himself, he didnt care how bad it looked. It was more from him than anyone else, he had even contenplated writing I Instead of We.

He sat among all the other speakers, they included, Aang, Katara, Iroh and himself. These were the people who were closest to Toph. The ones who understood her the best. Our at least Sokka thought he understood her, but that was before what had happened, did he really ever understand her?

Katara was the first to step up to the podium. Her speech was very short and sweet. It summed up there relationship and how unexpected and sudden her death was.

No one but Sokka, Iroh, and the guards that where there knew the real story of what had happend to Toph.

Next was Aang, who's speech was longer than Katara's, and spoke of how they had found Toph. he told them of their adventures, and how Toph helped end the war. How she helped bring peace back to the world. This gained Aang a round of applause as it gave the thousands of attendents complete respect for the recently passed earthbending master.

Then it was Iroh's turn. Sokka felt his stomach flip as he watched the wise old man approach the stand. If any one knew the other side of Toph it was him. The Dragon of the West cleared his throat.

"Im here to talk to you all about the side of Toph Bei Fong no one else knew like me. Every speaker here today was close to Toph, and she considered them all family. But, I was the only person Toph would talk to about her inner feelings. On the outside she was extremely tough and headstrong. However, on the inside, she was a boiling pot of insecurites. Toph always regreted her blindness, although it gave her incredible powers. She wished that she could see like all of us. I sat with her many times and we discussed these feelings. She would always think of herself as an ugly, blind, rude, obnoxious, little girl that no one would ever love." Iroh started to choke up, but willed himself to fight through the pain "I told her everytime that she was dead wrong. Toph, truly, was a beautiful, unique, thoughtful, funny, young women, but she would never listen to me. I told her that anyone would be lucky to be with her." Iroh spared Sokka a glance and returned his gaze to the crowed. "But my words of praise fell upon deaf ears, she would not listen to me, and I regret not being able to help her.

Iroh's head drooped and a single tear fell down his wrinkling face. He walked back to his seat, and wished Sokka luck. Taking this as his cue, the young man stood, and shuffled over to the podium. Sokka was never good at speaking in front of a crowed, but dammit this was for Toph. Wish me luck Yue.

Sokka turned to face the gathering of people in front of him. They were all staring right at him expectantly, exept for one that he could not pick out in the thousands of morners. He cleared his throat and began.

"Im going give my speach a little differently than the others, I would like to let everyone know what happend on the day that Toph died," he paused letting everyone settle down "because I was there." These words created a massive wave of gasps among the crowd, infact, only two people in the thousands were not suprised. There was Iroh, who Sokka had told, and a mysterious hooded figure, who was standing among the crowd, with their head pointed torwards the ground.

Sokka then told the story of what had happend. Tophs confession, her leaving, him trying to find her, and his chase up the inner wall. When he finally reached the part where he caught up with her on top of the great wall, realization spread among the crowd. They knew how she had died now, but they didnt know why. So Sokka continued with the exact words each of them had used on that terrible day.

Finally he reached the part where she was dangling over the wall, with him holding onto her for dear life. "Her last words where Its for the best Sokka, goodbye." Now the warrior was openly weeping for the loss of his best friend.

"How do we know you weren't the one to push her off of the wall. Maybe your just trying to save yourself." yelled someone among the crowed. Sokka looked for the source of the extremely rude comment, but could not find it. So he replied to everyone. "There were guards present, they saw the whole thing." Everyone instantly stopped and looked back at the warrior who was explaining every excuciating detail to them. Sokka could see in their eyes that they felt for the young man, and used them to show him how sorry they were for his loss. Not only that, but the reason that Sokka couldnt find the source of the disruption, was because the hooded figure was literaly beating the shit out of him. No one seemed to mind, like they thought he got what he deserved.

"Toph told me it wasn't my fault, she told me that I needed to move on. Im here today hoping that Toph's spirit is among us right now." He paused and gazed torwards at the rising sun "Toph, if you can hear me, I would like you to know that I can never move on form what you have done. I know that there is no way for this not to be my fault. You thought that when you left this world, you would be forgotten, and that all of your grief would disappear. Instead that grief was passed on to me, and I will never be able to forget you."

The hooded figure stopped their merciless beating of the accuser, and turned to face the water tribe warrior.

"Thank you for all being here to give her your last respects. She deserved it."

The Hooded figure stood, thinking, amongst the crowd of people passing by her as they slowly made their way back home. She was still there when almost everyone was gone.

My plan had worked perfectly, Toph Bei Fong was dead. So why do I feel like shit?

The ominous figure made her way torwards the giant figure of the late Toph Bei Fong. It was beautiful, she couldnt believe that Sokka had done this all for the girl that had hurt him so much. "Do you think its to much?" asked Sokka. Startled the women pointed her head to the ground. She was a full head shorter than the young man, and she knew he couldnt see her face under the hood. "No, I think Toph would have loved it." replied the stranger "Thanks, by the way, have we met." "No, I cant say we have." "Oh, you just seemed really familiar. Whats your name." asked Sokka "Lily" "Thats a really nice name. I hope I see you again, but I have a lot of work left to do so ill see you later Lily." The warrior turned to leave "Goodbye, Sokka. Have a great wedding" called Lily, Sokka instantly froze. Was that? No it couldnt be. Sokka turned back to where Lily was standing, but she was gone. Did I just imagine that? Sokka asked himself as he resumed his walk .

That was stupid what was I thinking. Sokka could of found out, my whole plan could of been a waste of time. I made this decison, I cant take it back, Toph Bei Fong was dead. Like the sunset and sunrise. Toph had died at sunset, and Lily was born at sunrise.

'Lily' better known as Toph walked amongst the crowd, through the busy streets of the earth kingdom capitol. The reborn lily knew where she was headed, but decided to take her time. Besides its not like Iroh will make it back to the Jasmine Dragon for a couple hours. I can waste sometime.

-End Part 2

Toph's alive! What does this mean? What is she going to do? What was her plan?

Find out next time.