I'm really excited to write this one.
Day #11: Prepared
Characters: Toph
Setting: Post Sozin's Comet
7/16/12
She was alone. He was gone. But then again, she thought as she ran a hand over her belly, she was never alone anymore. Her baby was due within a month and she had no idea what to do.
Her baby kicked, and she rested her hands on her stomach, feeling the movements of the life within her. When she was born, this child would depend on her for everything. For food and for safety, and everything else necessary to survive. Toph wasn't ready to be a single mother. She wasn't even sure what being a mother meant. Her own mother had never been there for her, but Katara had been.
When she thought of Katara, the first word that came into her mind was nurturing, something Toph could never call herself. But she would have to be. She would have to be careful and gentle, move softly and speak lowly. They were all things that she had never done before.
Again she felt the movement inside of her and her heart swelled with love. Whatever her child needed her to be or whatever she would need from her, Toph was determined to be that. If her child needed her to be soft and sweet, she would be. If she needed to be careful instead of bracing, she' be that. She would protect her baby from the world and the cruelty that lived in it. She would accept her for whoever she was, whether she was loud and strong like her mother or a soft and timid child.
Toph placed both her hands over her belly and smiled to herself, she was prepared for this.
Ugh, I can't find words tonight. This could have been so much better. But you guys get the idea.
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