Later that evening after the guests had all left, and the main hall had been cleared. Everyone was in their rooms sleeping, resting for the next day. Except Aang, he couldn't sleep. Since the end of the war he had been having the same dream at least once a week. In the dream he was walking down a dark corridor, the only light seemed to be coming from one door. Once he reached the door, he slowly entered. The room was split in two by a metal bars. On the other side of the bars, laying in the pool of moon light was a figure covered by a dark cloak. As he got closer he was something embroidered on the back of the cloak, was want he thought was a white lotus flower, but he never got a good look at it, because once he was close enough that symbol caught fire. Soon the whole figure was on fire, and he had to walk away. It was at his point that he would wake up.

There was another reason that the young avatar could not sleep, he was thinking about the ceremony that was happening tomorrow. It was a ceremony to set up the new political order, that was meant to help keep peace and balance in the world. There was going to be ambassadors for each nation. So they could talk out any problems that they might have. Aang would represent that air nomads, as he was the last one lift. Zuko was not yet able to take his true title as fir lord, so he was going to be that fore nations ambassador till he could take his true title. Toph had had to be talked into taking her title. As she was seen as the strongest earthbender, and was of noble birth she was the only really choice. Katara been the only choice to represent the water tribes after that other ambassadors had been chosen.

Iroh was also going to be crowned fire lord, at the ceremony. He was only going to take the title as some fire nation nobles had a problem with Zuko being so young and having so much power, He would take the title once he was eighteen. Until then ?Iroh would act, as a care taker to the throne , as he saw it. He never wanted the title like this brother had. He was doing it from his nephew, to insure his future.

Suki and Sokka where also going to be given high ranks in the kyoshi warriors and the water nation navy, for their important part in the battle of wulong forest.

He was worried because with these new reasonability's it was going to be harder to just act their age, and spend time together. He was starting to wonder if he had made the right choice letting Toph stop him from leavening. There was a part of him that wanted to just keep walking. The corridor he was walking down at this point was slightly narrower than the others in the palace. The walls were covered with paints, of important people. Aang was looking at them, trying to see if there was any one that he might recognize, or had heard of.

There was one that he came across that he recognized, the women in the painting looked just like Toph, only a few years older. While looking at the painting he heard Toph's voice in his head telling him to stop thinking like a airbender, and face things head on. He even though that mouth of the painting had moved, but he put that idea out of his head. He was just tired, and had a lot on his mind. That was all.

"Ah, just the avatar I was looking for" as he was lost in his own thoughts, Aang was taken by surprise as Iroh's voice.

Iroh had been waiting for the chance to talk to Aang "would you mind walking and talking with me"

"Of course not" Aang too had been hoping to speak to Iroh too; he was the wisest person he knew and needed some of that wisdom at the moment.

Iroh lead them along the corridor, and down a set of stairs "You know you also have an other job, that only you can do as the avatar"

Aang felt his heart sink at that, the last thing he wanted to hear now was that he had an other job to do. He had only just finished a war, he needed a brake "What is that" Aang respected Iroh, so he decided not to start complaining about anything till he knew more.

"Don't sound so disappointed. You have done more than enough fighting. No this is something that only you can do, because only you can bend all four elements, and therefore see the differences in the forms"

They were now walking along another corridor, with paintings on the walls. The walls weren't as covered with paintings, as the one Aang had been walking down before. Iroh had come to a stop in front of a painting, Aang turned to look at it. The painting was of a man, that couldn't be any older than the former fire lord. He was dressed in a dark green robe, with heavy gold detail. There was something in the mans face that seemed familiar, like Aang had seen it before many times.

"Do you know who this is" asked Iroh, who had a small smile on his face when he asked. Like he knew a joke that no one else did.

"I think I do but I am cant really remember. Maybe once you tell me I will remember" a forced smile came across the avatars face as he spoke, hoping to gain some sympathy from Iroh. That way he might just tell him what this was all about, instead of making him guess.

"Yes, I am sure you will. This is a panting of chin the conqueror. I know what you must be thinking and yes he let power go to his head. Before that he trained with avatar kyoshi. He was the last grand master earthbender"

"What, so I knew him in…." Aang was finding it hard to see chin in any other light other than that of a evil conqueror. Who wanted nothing but power.

"that is not really what I wanted to talk to about"

Aang then asked the next question on his mind, since his first didn't seem to be right "well, what is a grand master. I have never heard of that title before"

"I am glad you asked That is the real reason I what to talk to you about" the young monk almost felt like giving up, he didn't know how Zuko could have put up with getting important information and advice in this way, no wonder it took him so long to find his way. That was unfair, sure Iroh was a little odd, but then again they all where. He was the last airbender, Katara the last waterbender in the south pole, Toph a blind earthbender and Zuko the banished prince.

"A grand master is a bender who has gained a level higher than master, a bender who…..How best to put it. Life is made up of black and white, but they mix and than the world is grey that is when you see the world most clearly"

Iroh looked at the pained expression on Aang's face as he tried to understand what Iroh had just said. He took pity on him.

"That didn't help you did it"

Aang lowered his head and shock his head.

"Ok. Lets take your friend…. Toph as an example. She learned how to earthbend herself without the guidance of a teacher. She invented metalbending"

"Are you saying Toph is a grand master" Iroh had to stop a sigh of relief from coming out. The young boy was finally starting to get it, but he had to come to the same conclusion as he had on his own.

"I am saying, that she is a very strong earthbender. To be a grand master you must understand the forms of the other bending styles, and find a way of using it in their own bending with their own element"

Aang felt like he finally got what Iroh was talking about "like the way she used a waterbending stance to bind the mud"

"I guess that would count but it would have to be more than just copying…"

"She has got a lot faster like an airbender, and I always thought her metalbending was a lot like firebending in form"

"Well if you think she is a grand master then I will take your word for it. As only you would know for sure. And only you can make her one"

"How do I do that" Aang felt himself getting carried away a little, it was nice to final be able to understand what the new fire lord was talking about.

"If you where going to. You could give her a symbol to show her new title. Maybe something with the earth kingdom on it, a bracelet is normally best for earthbenders"

With his work done Iroh turned and started to leave. He had given the young avatar enough to think about.

He had known from the first time he meet Toph that she was special, but it had taken him this long to figure out how special she was. He knew that it would take Aang a lot longer to learn for himself, but he could not get involved anymore than he had done. Toph herself he knew would never really know. When it came to other people she could see right through them form the first minute she meet them, but when it came to herself that was when she was truly blind.

I know I have changed history a bit, but I haven't gone against any thing we are told. I like the idea of grand masters. I think it make sense a bit. I am not trying to make Toph all powerful or any thing I just think Katara got to be very well rounded with healing and bloodbending, and I thought Toph should be too, I am going to go into that more in future parts of the story. If you have already read the other parts of the story then you while know, where all this about Toph is going. I thought it might be best to put a mint of all of that into the story sooner.

There is a reason that I am not making Zuko fire lord at the moment. It is so I can do what I have planed for him. He will be fire lord in the future.

I know this isn't the best chapter Aang seems a bit dim I tried to make it as interesting as I could but it just doesn't work.

The dream acts as a kind of clue as to what is going to happen in the next chapter, so if you read the next part when I rewrite it you can see if it kind of fits.

Ok questions. There still hasn't been much response from anyone about the story, so I have to assume that you are liking the way the story is going. Until you tell me what you may not be liking about the story it isn't going to change, so tell me so I can make the story better and you may like it more.

One. Dose it make sense, what Iroh is talking about, or dose it seem like a very stupid idea.

Two. What do you think about that idea of grand masters.

Three. If you are rereading, as I am rewriting and know how it will all end up, do you think it was a good idea to start to link more strongly to the secret surrounding Toph sooner.