Chapter 11

Toph sat in the back of her living room, watching her parents converse with other adults in disgust. She groaned, and thought to herself, this is sooo boring... I miss Zuko.. She sighed and leaned back into her chair, then a moment later sprung up, and headed for the door. Her mother grabbed her from the arm,"And where do you think you're going?" Poppi asked strictly. Toph groaned,"Out." She said, swinging the door open.

Her mother sighed,"Alright, but don't stay out past 8 o'clock, alright?" She asked.

Toph rolled her eyes,"Okay okay!" She said and hurried out of the house. She sped through her garden and down the hill to the city. The fresh air helped calm her. She stopped at what felt like a store. She turned to the merchant,"What do you sell?"

The man stared at her and realized she was blind,"Oh, bread, miss." He also realized who she was.

She smiled and handed him a coin,"One loaf please." Bread sounded good to Toph at the moment, and she had stolen the coin from her father and wanted to spend it on the first thing that popped up as pay back for treating her like a baby her whole life. He had gotten around to the idea of letting her have more freedom, and Toph was pleased, but at the same time still angry enough to take his money. It's not like it mattered, they were rich. She thanked the merchant and walked further down the street, munching on pieces of bread. Toph stopped at a bench to rest her feet, when she overheard a group of girls talking. From the sound of their voices, it sounded as if they were in their late 40's. Toph listened in, since there was nothing else to do. Except eat bread.

"I just can't believe it." One said.

"I'm putting my money on that father of his. I never liked him." A different girl said. She sniffed.

"I'm putting mine on that lunatic of a sister he has." The third said.

The first girl spoke up again,"She's too insane to do anything that clever."

"Well, she used to be clever." The third woman defended.

A fourth cleared her throat,"I think she just got lost."

The second girl shook her head, ignoring that comment,"It has to be one of the two... They obviously have something big in mind, they wouldn't just do that just to do it... Would they?"

They continued to converse, and Toph started to pay attention to other things. Like dropping small crumbs for the ant below her. But her head sprung up when she heard one of the girls mention the Fire Lord. She jolted from the bench,"What about the Fire Lord?" Toph asked.

They stared at her, confused,"Haven't you heard? The Fire Lord has recently lost his girlfriend.. Or she was taken." The second girl said, shooting a look a the fourth girl who was talking earlier. Toph's eyes widened,"She was what?"

"Gone missing.. And don't I know you from somewhere?" The first girl asked.

Toph ignored her and started running back to her house, leaving her bread on the bench. The third girl squealed with delight,"Ooh! Bread!" She said, picking up the loaf for a bite. The other three girls watched in disgust.

Toph hurried up the hill and bursted through the doors. The adults in her living room that had been invited for a party earlier stared at her, confused. Toph ignored them as well, and ran to her bedroom. Her mother went after her, and eventually caught up to Toph. She saw her throwing an outfit and a pillow into a bag, and heading for the door again. "What are you doing?" Poppi asked.

Toph groaned impatiently,"I'm leaving. Sorry, but I have to. It's important." She said, already planning the quickest route to the ocean in her head.

"But, why?" Poppi asked, a frown spreading across her face.

"I told you, it's important. I have to leave right away." Toph said, scooting past her and heading back towards the door. For some reason she didn't like talking to her parents about her friends at all. Her mother quickly explained to her father, who ran up to her.

"Toph, you can't leave. You just got back." He begged her.

She sighed,"I was here for a week or two. But a friend needs my help, and I have to go." Toph said, throwing her bag over her shoulder.

Her father sighed as well, and checked to make sure Toph's mother wasn't looking. He set a hand on her shoulder,"Alright. You can go. Just don't disappear for as long as you did last time."

Toph couldn't believe what she had just heard,"Really?" She shouted excitedly.

He put a hand over her mouth,"Sh!" He warned.

Toph nodded and hugged him,"Tell mom I said bye." She whispered, and hurried out the door and back down the hill.

Aang stared out at the horizon. So much had happened in the last few days, to him at least. Roku's words hadn't left his head since he had spoken them. He groaned, irritated he couldn't think of anything else but that conversation he had. It was literally the only thing on his mind. His thoughts were interrupted by Katara running into his igloo,"Aang, it's a letter from Sokka, with some good news and some bad news. Well, to him it's considered bad news and very bad news." She said, looking at the letter one more time.

She handed it to him,"Here, you have it. I already read it."

Aang nodded and took it from her, and began reading,

Dear Aang

Okay.. A lot of things happened in the last week.. A lot of things I should have told you all way earlier... But, anyways, I'm telling you now.. So listen!! Or.. I mean, read!! ... Okay, back to what I was saying.. Well, I have some bad news, and some very bad news. The bad news is, Suki's pregnant. Yeah. We totally went there. And the day she told me, that night I was thinking about it a lot and I fainted. Zuko had to pour gross salty seaweed ocean water all over my face to wake me up. I can still taste it if I try really hard. And guess what? You guys are the only people I told about the Suki pregnant thing. Nobody else knows. NOT EVEN ZUKO! I am telling him later. Oh! And, about Zuko.. There is some really bad news about him.. Well, about Mai, but you know what I mean. Mai's been taken. By Mr. Pervy McPervPerv. Actually, no, Mr. Pervy McPervPerv's little helper, Perv Jr.

We found out Azula is behind the whole thing, like usual. She obviously has something against Mai, which is weird, since I thought they used to be friends or something. We don't know if Perv Jr. is the actual guy that took her, but we know Perv Jr. had a lot to do with it... Oh, I still didn't write exactly why she was taken.. Well,heres the story. These weirdo pervert freaks that can't get girls decide that they will just buy themselves a girl. But, wait. What girl would volunteer to be bought buy old freaks with no life? That's right. None! So, the king of all messed up perverted freaky weirdo's decided to start a little perverted freaky weirdo business. He kidnaps girls around the ages of 15-17 and puts them up for sale. To any messed up freak that might want one. So, that is what happened to Mai. It ticks me off. And Zuko is also mad as hell. I think he broke about all of the furniture we have on the entire ship. {By the way, I'm on a ship.) Oh, guess I was wrong. He just broke the table I was writing on. Now I have to write on my hand. It hurts. Okay it hurst to much to explain anything else. Bye.

Write back!!!!!

-Sokka :)

OH! and KATARA DO NOT TELL DAD ABOUT SUKI AND ME! NOT YET! I WILL TELL HIM MYSELF DON'T WORRY!

Aang stared up at Katara when he finished reading. "Wow." Was all he could say. That was a lot of news. Even though it had a bit of Sokka's touch to it, that last bit of news was still heart breaking. Katara stared at him, worried. "You think we should help?" Aand spoke in a whisper.

She nodded.

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