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Toph's POV

"Breaking your nose wasn't enough, was it?" I asked the guy who was starting to resemble a fly around meat. Always near it and sometimes landing on it when the meat could really do without it.

By fly I mean Andy and by meat I mean me.

"You broke his nose?" Heidi whispered in awe.

I nodded.

"Yes," Andy said in that pedophile voice of his. "And I of course have to teach her a lesson."

"Darn it, Warhawk. Why don't you just go back under that rock you crawled out from? Nobody likes you and nobody will ever like you. Are you doing this because you have self-esteem issues or something. Honestly, it's pathetic." She jumped off the hood and so did I. "You need to get over yourself before I beat you up again."

I heard him sigh and it pissed me off. "Still as annoying as ever. Why don't you just go back to your country and leave the ones who actually belong here do what they want?"

Heidi scoffed. "You're so stupid it's a wonder you even know how to talk. Now I'm not going to repeat this again so listen well. I…am…an American. And don't you forget it."

"I'm sorry did you say something," Andy mocked her, "your voice was just so annoying that I just shut it out."

"You didn't shut it out," Heidi smirked. "It went in one ear and came out the other because there's nothing inside your head to stop it."

"Ha!" I exclaimed.

"Shut up, Tophy. Learn better manners," the fly said to the meat.

"Good manners means not harassing people and not being an annoying little pest that seems like it's attached to my back," I retorted.

"I'd be happy to oblige if that's what you want," the fly answered.

I groaned in disgust.

"Warhawk," Heidi said, "would you just go already. I'm not in the mood to fight with you right now. If you don't go I'll just yell out for my dad and you'll be out of here faster than a rabbit out of a trap."

"Just give it a rest already Melon head," I added in.

Enraged, but knowing that if he screamed at Heidi her family could hear it, he whispered low voice, "I'm sick of you guys telling me what to do–" I heard the sounds of an attack towards Heidi being blocked. A thud landed squarely under Warhawk's ribs, knocking the breath out of him. But when Heidi started walking back towards me Andy lunged at her.

As quick as a rabbit out of a trap I shot a pebble towards the lamppost up above Warhawk's head, leaving everything in total darkness. Well, for them anyways. Both of them stopped in their tracks.

"Take one more step and die, Warhawk," I threatened in the silence. I grabbed Heidi's hand and pulled her towards the car, towards safety. Warhawk stayed where he was.

"Toph, what are you going to do?" Heidi asked uneasily from behind me.

"I am about to send Andy Warhawk to hell," I happily answered.

I cracked my neck and the knuckle of my unbroken hand.

Time to show this guy what I think of him.

"You're in a cast; you're no match for me," Andy said arrogantly.

"One on one I could beat you, but with your buddies hanging out near the end of the street waiting for your signal it might be tougher, but not impossible."

Andy gulped. "How'd you know?"

I laughed in the cold stone silence of the night feeling the cool air against my face. "After I get rid of you, Warhawk, I'm going to get rid of your buddies that you have waiting at the end of the street," I threatened him.

I could feel his heartbeat increase.

I encased his feet in earth and began hitting him in places where I knew would be the most painful to any body (thanks to Ty-lee and her freakish extensive knowledge about human pressure points that I thought I'd never use). She taught me how to get a feel for the exact location through vibrations.

I hit him repeatedly just under his ribcage, the crease of his elbows (resulting in a dead arm that he probably wouldn't be able to use for a couple of days), face and groin. His groans of pain and fruitless resistance he put up against me had me laughing in his bloodied face. The fight was over so quickly that it couldn't even be called a warm-up.

He fell to the ground and I earthbended him a couple of hundred feet away, just for good measure. Then I cracked my knuckle and walked down the street to meet up with his buddies.

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"Toph? Toph?" Heidi asked nervously when I came back to her (she had waited near the car). I wiped my hands clean. "Toph, what just happened? Are you okay? I'm scared of the dark…just so you know."

"Never better!" I exclaimed. I stretched out on Heidi's porch, waiting for her to open the door. I felt so good about myself beating up 7 guys total.

"A-are you sure? Not hurt anywhere, maybe your arm?"

I held out my arm for her to inspect. "See? Not a scratch…not that I can see for obvious reasons." Though I knew she wouldn't find a scratch or any other external injury on me, I tried to hide the fact that my arm felt like it was on fire from earthbending.

She led me up to her room and prepared the bed for us to sleep in.

"I can't believe you," she said in wonder. "You beat up seven guys…fat, muscle-y guys that are just as, if not, worse than Andy Warkhawk!" She sighed, "We can't tell anyone."

I gasped and plopped down on the unmade bed. "What are you talking about? We have to tell someone! I was in a cast and I beat seven…" As soon I started gushing about it I realized that I had not just fought seven guys–I had earthbended them, practically, out of this world. Thankfully, it was dark when I did it, but how was I going to explain the fact that I had beat them in a cast? I couldn't. Not without having to expose the fact that I don't belong here.

Don't belong…. I never realized that this world would bring back the feeling of not belonging. By not belonging I meant with my parents. I loved them and they loved me but the way they had wanted me to be and the way I actually am were two different people. Different worlds.

Ironic huh?

"What's this song?" I asked Heidi when she turned on the radio I've come to love in this world. And the music. The amazing music. Especially that rock stuff.

"Um…ooh! It's Who I Am by Jessica Andrews. This is like my second favorite song in the entire world," Heidi exclaimed as she plopped down beside me.

"What's the first?" I asked.

"It's a tie between Lucy in the Sky by The Beatles and Love Story by Taylor Swift. Both great songs. Want some icecream?"

I shook my head. "Nah, let's just go to sleep. Beating up stupid hambones really tires me out." I slid under the covers.

"Kay…." Heidi slid underneath as well but kept the unspoken required amount of space between us. A pact between girls that was easily broken if you slept with someone like Heidi who enjoyed taking up the space in her sprawled out sleep.

It took me a while to get to sleep. But before I could that song: Who I Am was stuck in my head.

Sometimes I'm clueless and I'm clumsy
But I've got friends that love me
And they know just where I stand
It's all a part of me
And that's who I am

So when I make a big mistake
When I fall flat on my face
I know I'll be alright
Should my tender heart be broken
I will cry those teardrops knowin'
I will be just fine
cause nothing changes who I am

I bet this Jessica chick didn't get transported to another world. If she did I bet that would change something about her.

How could I be my truly amazing kick-butt self if I had to hide a part of me from my new friends? I didn't want to hide it…but I couldn't tell anyone because of our pact.

I snuggled deeper into the cover, kicking Heidi's leg out of my way, and went to sleep. I did have school tomorrow.

"Toph? You're alive?" was the first thing Ana said to me when Heidi and I had arrived that morning into homeroom.

Heidi and I went still. Did Ana know what happened last night? Oh, please let it be anything but that.

"I would've thought that Heidi would've forgotten to feed you or worse…" she lowered her voice, "clothe you." She laughed heartily.

Heidi and I kind of just did some awkward chuckling.

"What's wrong?" Ana asked.

Heidi and I both tried to explain our awkwardness.

"...spiders were everywhere and it freaked me out and we were stomping..." was part of Heidi's story.

"...pickles-there was an augmentation of pickles-in the bathtub and we had to clean them..." was part of my story. (Don't even ask where I got the pickles from but I just really had nothing else to go on.)

Ana, though, found it really hilarious. She started laughing heartily.

Twinkle Toes came up behind me with Toto.

"What's so funny Ana?" Toto asked.

Twinkle Toes put his hand on my shoulder as a greeting.

"Toph and Heidi were probably up to no good but they have lousy cover stories," Ana smirked.

Toto whistled low. "What were thine ladies up to last night?"

"Um..." before I could answer Twinkle Toes pulled me a little closer towards him. Close enough where I could smell this really weird smelling stuff on his person. It was strange...this wasn't his usual smell and, though it smelled good, I didn't like it. "Why do you stink Twinkle Toes?" I asked holding my nose. He grabbed hold of my nose and wiggled it; I smacked his hand away.

"Hey guys," Twinkles addressed the gang. "The principal needs a word with Toph and I, so we'll see you in homeroom in a bit okay?"

Before I or anybody could ask him why he dragged me off tightening his grip on my shoulder as he steered me away from our friends and towards a secluded hall.

"Twinkle Toes, you're not acting like yourself. What's up?" he let go of my shoulder.

"What's up? I'll tell you what's up!" he hissed.

"Could you? I mean it's not like I asked or anything," I retorted.

He sighed. "Toph…I know what you did last night. It's not like Todd's house is that far away from Heidi's or Ana's. It's right in the middle."

I gulped.

"Were you spying on me?"

"No! It's not like I was spying. I was going to see if you wanted to go back into the Spirit World. Then when I finally got there I found many bodies strewn everywhere with pieces of earth either on top of or beside them. Toph, you're injured!" he grabbed my plastered arm. "And you still earthbended? I thought I told you not too!"

I pushed him away from me.

"Twinkle Toes, just because you're the Avatar doesn't mean you get to boss me around. Don't forget, I was your teacher. I boss you around." I flicked his forehead. "I think this world and all the attention you're getting is filling up your head with arrogance and it's really pissing me off."

"It is not," he retorted harshly.

"Then what is your problem!?"

I'd been getting so angry that I didn't notice the footsteps coming towards us until a nasally voice said, "Is there a problem here kids? Why don't you go to class now?"

"Sure thing." I turned away and went to class, not even bothering to wait for Aang because I truly had nothing more to say to him.

In fact, I was tired of him making me do things I didn't want to do. I wanted to tell Ana and Toto all about me (maybe they could've helped) but Mr. High-and-Mighty had convinced me that it was better to just shut up.

If he wanted to talk I'd only listen if he was going to apologize, until then I wasn't speaking to him.

A/N: So sorry that I haven't updated since like 3 weeks. I lost my flashdrive and found it just a couple of days ago. Sucks, I know. But I'm thinking of making a series of short chapters to make up for my abscence. So again, totally sorry but I'm writing now so whatev.

I don't feel like sleeping so I'm going to work on the other chapter.

Love: Lola of the Peaches

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