This is the last chapter in this story and I hope that you will like it. Thank you for reading.

All around them was white. It was so bright that it hurt Aang's eyes. Forcing him to have to sequent through them. He seemed to now be kneeling in space. Toph was resting in his arms. Her eyes remained closed, and the only movement that she made was breathing. After all that had happened, she looked peacefully.

"What is going to happen now." Aang didn't have to look up to now that they had been joined by Roku.

"Nothing."

Aang slowly pulled his eyes off of Toph to look at his past life. Roku's face gave nothing away of the emotion that he was feeling now. Out of the corner of his eye thou Aang could tell he was watching Toph. She reminded the old avatar of Ta Min. They looked so much alike. Her hair was almost the same colour and her features were almost identical. Soft, but striking at the same time. It was very hard to ignore a combination like that.

"Nothing!" Aang repeated his voice was much louder than his past lives. "After all of that, nothing." He pulled Toph closer, burying her head back in his robe.

A faint smile crossed the older man's face. "That is correct. There is nothing that has to happen next. Except for you to live your life as the avatar."

"What about Toph."

"You couldn't live your life without her could you." There was no point in Roku waiting for an answer to his question. He already knew the answer. "The last chakra gate has been closed. When she offered to give up her life, she did that to protect her earthy attachments not give up on them. That blocked the last gate sealing her power. You refused to give up on her, that was the strength that she need to fight the power from taking over. As a whole you two were able to control the most destructive force in the world."

The whole time Roku had been speaking, Aang had never taken his eyes off Toph, but he had taken in every word that had been said. He lowered his head, and pulled her head up so he could kiss her forehead. A faint smile of pride creeping slowly across his face.

"What about Koh."

"He is no danger to you or the fate..."

"Toph her name is Toph!"

He hadn't meant to snap at Roku like that, but it was starting to get to him that he would never refer to Toph by her name. It was only after his outburst that he understood why he never said her name, maybe to refer to her by any name was like admitting that she wasn't Ta Min any more, she wasn't his anymore. He thought of all the years that he had gone without seeing her. He wondered how he would cope with that, when his time came. As he knew all to well that it would.

"Sorry."

Roku accepted the apology with a gentle nod of his head and a smile. "At this time there is no remaining threat to Toph or you. Her power can still be unlocked, but only by opening the last chakra gate." Roku paused, as again Aang lowered his head to look at Toph. The look of worry in his face was clear to see. "To open that gate, she would have to disconnect from all that keeps her bound to this world. You, your friends. She is also an earthbender above all else. She would never willing leave the earth. There is too much keeping her in the world."

A faint smile crossed the younger avatars face as he nod gently and he pulled Toph closed to him. He closed his eyes as he concentrated on her heartbeat next to his. Still in perfect time with each other. When he opened his eyes they were back in the swamp in the same position they had been in, in the spirit world. The cold wind blew through the trees, as Aang lifter the still unconscious Toph off the ground. He pulled her as close to him as he could to keep her warm.

He cared her out of the swamp and to the nearest village. Luckily there was a healer there, that he had look over Toph. The healer told him that Toph was fine, just very tired and needed to rest. She also told him something that he had not been expecting. He left Toph to rest in the healer's house, as he went for a walk to clear his head. He found himself drawn to sit under a cherry blossom tree. He had just sat down when his eyes closed and he drifted off to sleep.

A few hours later, as the sun was starting to rise he slowly opened his eyes. To see Toph standing in front of him, she was wearing a white night dress, and the sun was setting right behind her. She looked like a vision like she wasn't real.

"It's really me."

She seemed to be reading his mind. A smile crossed her face as her wondering eyes meet his. They were still the deep green that he saw before. Aang found he had to blink, to keep his own eyes from hurting as he adjusted to the new brightness in her eyes. He would miss her unique jade coloured eyes. He felt a little possessive about them. As he believed that he had been the only person to have looked close enough into her eyes to see the small flashes of bright green. Now the whole world would see it.

"You should be resting." Toph let out a quite laugh as she pushed back her hair behind her ear as the wind picked up.

"The truth is...I can't sleep without you next to me. Your heart beating next to mine." It was now Aang's turn to let out a laugh. Letting herself fall to her knees at Aang's side Toph continued. "Now I can ask you a question."

This was a game that they had played when they had slept under the stars at their second wedding. Toph used to play it as a child with her maid. You told a secret then were able to ask a question that had to be answered honestly.

"What happened." Her voice still had an air of humour to it, but also more stern than before. She wanted an answer.

Taking her hand in his, and still trying not to look her in her new deep green eyes he answered her "Nothing. We can just get back to our lives."

"Aang." Her tone had now lost its humour, and she had called him Aang.

"You closed the last gate. You have too much keeping you here. Giving up on your earthy attachments, isn't really you. There is no threat anymore."

He expected her to ask more question, but she remained silent. The look on her face let him now that she was deep thought. She would know that he was telling the truth, but she still had a lot to take in, and there was still more to tell her. Much more that couldn't just be pushed aside.

"Ok your turn, tell me a secret." The full power of Toph's bright sightless eyes now hit him. There was no way he would ever be able to say no to her again. Not that he had really been able to before.

He held her hand a little tighter. "You're pregnant."

She was silent again for a second. As she took in what was she had just been told. "This has to be the first time in history that a husband has been able to tell his wife that she is pregnant." She was trying to make a joke of it all, but he knew that she must be scared.

"I had a feeling, when I woke up...I felt like I did when...the last time." She could feel Aang's head fall to face the ground. She gave his hand a squeeze "I just have this feeling that it is going to be ok this time."

The faintest grimmer of a smile crossed Aang's face as he lifted it. He pulled her into a hug, her head rested on his shoulder. Toph's hands griped onto his rope. She had lied again. She didn't have a feeling that it was going to be alright. She didn't have any really feeling right now, she was numb. She had lied because she needed him to believe it, to make it easier for the both of them.

"So can I ask you a question now." Aang was whispering into her ear. She gave a gentle nod as an answer. "How do you feel about it, really."

They slowly pulled apart, as Toph thought of her answer. Forcing herself to feel something, anything she found an answer. "Scared." Again she felt disappointment and worry take over Aang. "But good scared. Like when I started to earthbend, or when I left with you and the others. When we got married, when I realised I was in love with you."

Running his hand through her hair, he pulled her into him to kiss her. Once they pulled apart they rested on each other's foreheads.

"I have never felt so weak, and yet so strong. I feel more connected to the earth than I ever thought was possible, and everything else. I know more than I ever realised there was to know. But I am so scared of something so simple." As she had been speaking, she slowly pulled her head back from his. "We keep pushing each other, and I am scared that we will get to the point that we push each other too far. Then there will be no going back."

Aang placed his hands on either side of her face, so he could look her in the eyes. "That isn't going to happen. I won't let it."

"How are you going to..."

"Let's get married again." It was the conviction in what he said that made Toph Smile.

"I think getting married twice to the same person is the limit." She let out a faint laugh. "Is that your answer for everything anyway."

Aang's hands slid down from her face, the right took hold of the pendant she wore. It was made of the most important thing she owned, and one of the only things he owned. "I avatar Aang, promise that I will never run away from any problem that we face. We are stronger together than we are apart. I will try and see things from your point of view more. I will always love you. In this world and in the next. I take you as my wife now, as an adult."

He didn't have to explain she understood. When they were married the first time it was a way to keep her freedom, it was the start of their relationship. It was like saying that they were committed to making this new relationship work. The second time, was because they loved each other, it was for love pure and simple. Now it was about them being adults. A new chapter in their relationship. No more mistakes.

"I Toph, formally Bei Fong still heir to their fortune. Grand master Earthbender, general, ambassador. Princess of the fire nation, and witch of the east promise, I will talk to you when I get angry at you. That I won't feel like I have to do everything on my own. I love you, and I still want you as my husband." As she spoke she had taken hold of the Tag Aang wore, that was the same as the pendant she wore. Aang couldn't help but laugh, as she named all of her tittles. The ones she remembered at least.

They consummated their new stage of marriage with a kiss. Then Aang pulled Toph to his side, and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, as she rested her head on his. "So what do you think would be a good name."

"It's a little early for that isn't it."

"Maybe."

"What were you thinking of." Her curiosity got the better of her and it was clear Aang had an idea he wanted to share.

"If it's a girl Coda."

Toph thought it over. "It's pretty, but I want them to have a name that means something. Like we do, peacefully soaring, and supported lotus. They link us to our elements, and you are the most peaceful person I know."

"And you are a great support to a lot of people." Aang kissed the top of her head. "Ok let's leave it for now. I like your hair."

"Shut up." Toph placed her hand over his mouth to get him to be quite, it didn't work he kept trying to talk louder.

They stayed under the tree till Toph feel asleep, and Aang carried her back to the house they were staying in. The sun was now at its height, but when Aang's head touched the pillow he fell asleep.

The hair comment was because she cut it a few chapters ago, and he is trying to change the subject. I just thought I would make that a bit clearer. The reason that Toph still knows so much about the world, it because she is the fated spirit, they have an understanding of the balance of the world. Now that she is aware of that she is more aware of the balance, and the spirit world. She still can't go to the spirit world on her own or bend any element other than earth. Sorry if this seems patronising. I just don't trust how well I write to explain this stuff. It is a comment on my writing skill, not on any reader's ability to understand the story.

I would like to ask for help in writing the next part of the story, part 19. I plan to have the first chapter of this up by the need of next week. I would like to ask you for ideas. The story will be about Toph's pregnancy. As I have no idea about this I need help. Any little ideas about things that could make up a chapter on this subject would be great. As it is going to be the last major part of the story, there for last chance to address certain things. I would like to ask if there is anything that you feel I have not fully addressed or explained in this story that should be done by the end of the story. Also any characters that you would like to see.

I hopefully look forwards to reading your comments and ideas. I really need them. Thank you.