Alright I got a few repiles on the next chapter and i decided to update. I'd like to mention that it's not super late at night and i actually went ove rthis chapter.

I want to thank doctor anthony for helping me with an importaint decision that had almost nothing to do with the chapter. xD

It probably looks kind of short but it's actually over a thousand words. There just isn't much but monologuing.

The next few minutes was an utter disturbing silence. Katara hadn't taken her eyes off Zuko and at this point she didn't want to. Toph was still quiet. Of course a near death experience and almost loosing her best friend and someone she loved probably wasn't easy on her.

Suddenly Aang climbed in the back, wincing as he sat. He probably shouldn't have been so active after the battle but there wasn't much a choice.

"So where do we go now?" Aang asked, glumly.

"The earth kingdom isn't going to be safe for us. I doubt even Kyoshi or Omashu is" Suki said, the last part barely a whisper. How much she wanted to free the girls right now and her friends were the only thing keeping her going at the m moment.

"We could go to the Northern Water Tribe" Aang suggested. "Katara could probably heal Zuko with the spirit water"

Sokka looked at the small map. "If we did that we'd have to cross the fire nation and part of the earth kingdom" he snapped. Sokka probably shouldn't have been so angry but nothing was how it was supposed to be. They were supposed to have won. Ozai was supposed to be dead. An d Zuko was supposed to be fire lord.

"We could go to the Southern Tribe" Suki suggested, in attempt to keep the peace.

Sokka smiled a bit. "True. People there will easily welcome us, and the haven't suffered any damage. Also we only have to fly over water. It will take at least a few days of straight flying though." Sokka contemplated.

"It's the best option we have, isn't it?" Toph asked, more to herself that the others but they heard.

"Yeah" Katara said in a small voice. "It's the only option we have"

Aang nodded and went back to Appa's head.

Sokka looked off into the sky almost painfully. He couldn't cover it up anymore that he was upset.

"This is so wrong" finally Toph spoke with the outmost casualty of the Blind Bandit. The outmost respect so say the blunt truth no matter how much it hurts. Toph was back. Katara looked up, tears stained her face and she motioned for Toph to shut up.

"No. Someone needs to say this cause we're all thinking it and I'm sick of listening to your sorry emotion" She was pissed now. And Toph was extremely stubborn when pissed. She took a breath. "We lost"

The voice of the earth bender was as simple as if her were discussing the weather but it was such a pang to the others to actually here it. Then what she said next was a......surprise. "So what" the others heads snapped around. "Not that kind of 'so what" Toph explained.

"The so what that means, we've lost before. We lost at Ba Sing Se. We lost In the fire nation. We lost on the day of black sun. So what!" Toph raised her voice now. "What did we do. We stopped. We healed. And we got our asses up and made a new plan. Then what did we do....we executed it. And even though we lost we're one step closer." she took a breath as the others looked down pondering her words.

Toph snapped her head back up. "So that's what we're gonna do now. We've learned from this right. We've learned allot of important lessons" Now in Katara's mind what Toph was saying was cruel but she was making a point when she said this. "So Aang, what did Aang learn ....hmmm..... Maybe not to run away and appear after the comet started. How about Katara.....maybe not to let her emotions clog common sense. How about Sokka? Maybe to think things through a bit better. Suki.. Maybe to act like more of a leader. You were in charge of the Kyoshi Warriors, people I've only heard amazing things about. Why don't you show some of that spirit here? And me. Oh don't think I've forgotten myself. Yeah I try to do everything with force. Major no no. Well so is walking off the top of an airship. And Zuko..." yup the girl was pushing it now. "Why do you think he's in this position. Because he HAD to go fight Azula alone."

Katara looked down as fresh tears fell onto her clothes, though she listened to every word the blind earthbender spoke. "So? I make it like it's a bad thing. We're only kids. Twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen year old kids! So we don't have to be perfect. We shouldn't be" Toph clenched her fist. "But we shouldn't have this sappy hopeless attitude either." Toph practically screamed.

"I'm no optimist" she looked down. "I'm not stupid either." Toph's voice dropped down to a whisper. "We almost died out there. We all did. And like it or not, we weren't ready. So what?" she asked again. Now Toph spoke loudly. "Cause eventually we're gonna be ready. And dam it, I'm gonna make sure we're fighting when that day comes"

Nobody responded to Toph's speech but hearing their heartbeats settle Toph was satisfied. She brought her attention back to Zuko, who still had no change. She sighed.

Everything after that remained mostly quiet. Aang turned and asked directions every once in a while but other then that nothing. They also debated on flying through the night or landing. Everyone agreed to get as far away from the fire nation as possible.

Okay that was kinda deep in my oppinion. Something new foe me. xD

So yes, it was mainly Toph centered in this chapter. Its goign to be like that throguh the trip. Allot of Katara's feelings in the prologue and allot of Toph's here. The next chapter will probably go deeper into Aang. Only they get the the water tribes it will be more of a third person point of view then it is now.

Again thanks for reading and please leave a reply.