A/N: I had originally planned on writing more than this but it turned out short. Maybe I need to work on that…sorry. X3

Sokka had been rather quiet the past few days making everyone but Katara worry. Toph was more worried than anyone since it was her fault he was so reserved all of a sudden. She questioned whether she should have showed him his past but then she realized everything happens for a reason and set out to go find his mate. Of course she had known Zuko was lurking about at a nearby river above them but he didn't know there was a temple right under his feet. So here she was so lost in thought she forgot to be alert when entering a fire bender's campsite. In a moment of panic she fell to ground when she felt fire lick at her skin and started to crawl away. Unfortunately the fire had circled back and singed her feet making it impossible for her to walk. It was moments like this she wished she weren't blind maybe then she wouldn't be so panicky.

Once she made it back to the others they helped nurse her feet and made sure she got to the places she wanted to go to. They handed everything to her and she would admit that it piqued her to be treated like a baby but after a while she got used to the idea of her friends catering to her will. But in the back of her mind she wished she had paid better attention to her surroundings so she could've talked to Zuko at least to see if he remembered anything of his past at all.

"Hey Butterfingers!" Toph yelled from across the yard they had set her down on hours ago.

Sokka for once seemed to hear her and came to her side.

"What is it?" He asked.

She smiled. "I just wanted to talk to you if that's okay."

He chuckled for some reason she didn't understand.

"What's so funny Butterfinger's?"

"Hm? Nothing it's just that even in our last life you never asked permission to talk you just did whenever and however you felt. Nothing stopped you before and now I hear you asking if it's okay. Kinda scary if you think about it is the world ending?"

"Can the sarcasm buddy I'm the only one allowed to use that much." She playfully punched him in the shoulder. "So how are you holding? I'm sure I shouldn't have showed you your past yet but I couldn't help myself. I got tired of being the only one remembering."

"I'm alright all things considered. I just still can't get over the fact that I failed the one person I swore to protect with my life. I mean we were so close to stopping the Slayers of Vire. Now they have regrouped to who knows where. And I hate that let him die in my arms. Zrae was my most precious treasure and I just let it happen. I feel like I failed not only him but everyone that was counting me that day for a victory." Sokka let his head fall back to hit the rock wall.

"Don't worry too much over it you and Zrae have the chance most people would never be able to get except the Avatar of course but you and Zrae get to be reincarnated. Old souls are very rare and you shouldn't take this rarity for granted. Look at it as a second chance to finish what you started hundreds of years ago. And as far as victories go what's one battle against a whole war? The war wasn't won then and it still hangs in the balance as we speak you just have to lead like you did then and everything will be fine."

"Damn it. I hate how you're always so sure it makes me feel a little incompetent."

"Sorry." She chuckled. "I'm a dear friend and much older than you so you should expect to be treated like a child from me."

"Whatever Granny."

Toph growled. "Call me that again."

"Granny."

"Bastard. You're lucky I am such an endearing person otherwise you'd find yourself shit out of luck in the ground." She glared in his direction.

Sokka out right laughed at her expression. When he sobered up he just then thought of something.

"Why do I have Arctic powers Toph? Come to think of it I was always born in the fire nation and this time I was born in the Southern Water Tribe. I'm a dragon I shouldn't be an Arctic anything." Sokka said with a slightly peeved look.

Toph had stopped moving as she finally realized he was right. He had been the greatest fire dragon centuries ago and now all of a sudden he was an arctic dragon? What the hell was wrong with this picture? After a few minutes of processing she started to remember one particular evening when Zrae was having problems with Sayele. There was something he said that had made her laugh. Now if only she could remember what it was he had said. That's it!

When Toph busted out laughing Sokka looked at her perplexed. What part of this did she find so amusing?

"I think Zrae got his retribution on you." She said between laughs.

"Retribution? What the hell did I do to deserve this?"

At the angry and confused tone she sobered up. "Do you remember one year when the winters were greater than the summers?"

He nodded his head still confused.

"Well you were always making comments about how the winter should stay in one part of the world and let the summer rule your lands. You also said how much you hated the cold and in doing so you hurt Zrae. He came to me to vent his feelings and said something about this."

"I admit I should have worded that better and I also should have accepted what nature was. I never meant to hurt him like that." Sokka looked down in shame. "What did he say?"

"He knew you didn't mean it but he said it still hurt all the same. And no matter how you worded it you still would have hurt in some shape or form." She gave a small smile. "He said: For all his superiority that idiot should walk a mile in someone else's shoes. He may not like what is but he should accept it nonetheless. I think that will be his punishment in our next lives. He can have my powers while I take his. Let's see if he still has the galls to hate winter after this."

Sokka looked at her in shock. "He didn't. I didn't think it was possible to switch someone's powers."

"Neither did I but apparently he knew how. So have you unlocked your dreaded powers yet?" Toph smirked.

"Shut the hell up Granny." He got up to walk off but soon found himself face first on the ground.

"What the fuck?" he nearly yelled at her.

"You should be more careful how you talk to your elders."

He groaned in pain. "I'll remember that next time. Did you have lay me out so hard? My face hurts."

"You'll never learn otherwise. Now go on and do your thinking I won't bother you again until tomorrow."

"Yeah don't make me any promises."

"I didn't promise you anything I only said I wouldn't." Toph smirked as she walked away.

Sokka watched her leave with a sad expression. She always knew when he needed his space and she did so much for him even in his last life he felt so incompetent. He never really got the chance to be there for her like she was for him and that is what really made him mad at himself.

"I'm way too selfish." He muttered to himself before getting up to go to the small river above ground.

When he made it there he was surprised he hadn't tripped or done something klutzy. Not even he knew why he was like this he just hated being a danger hazard. A few feet away he saw a ledge of rock to sit on so he could cool his feet and think. He went over in his mind the details of his past life with Zrae and tried to gather as much information about the Slayers of Vire while he was at it. Turned out the Slayers started with the Nashoba Clan eons ago and since then has erupted into an almost apocalyptic war. Clans were bound together to fight alongside one another and slowly they were driven from their home in the Heavens. So many were lost and when hope was nearly extinguished Zrae had proposed to seek out the powerful Sayele. He had vowed one way or the other to make the mighty dragon fight for them. Little did any of them know at the time that Sayele was already looking for young Zrae and when he showed up shortly after Zrae's mother had sent him to earth they were bound together forever.

Sokka chuckled as he felt the arctic ice in his veins. He had to give his little fireball credit since no one ever really got the drop on him before. No his name was Zuko now. A fire bending prince. If Toph had never shown him his past he would never in all his life had guessed Zuko was Zrae. It was daunting but ironic in a way. And it was perfectly alright with him. The only problem Sokka had with this though? Trying to get Zuko to remember. Toph had always been there for them ever since the beginning and Sokka never took that for granted. He loved her like family. Now if only he could get on her nerves in a different way.

So lost in thought he didn't notice when Katara came up behind him.

"Don't you have something better to do than just sit here? Try some fishing or go hunting for some food that's actually edible." Katara snapped at him.

He sucked in his breath at being caught off guard but soon became very annoyed with her shitty attitude. "Aren't you the water bender? Get the fish yourself and if it's real food you want have that inventor kid make some traps for you but me on the other hand am fed up with your bitchy superiority complex. Go fuck yourself."

He left her there with her mouth hanging open in shock and went to find Aang so they could spar. He hadn't sparred with his friend in a while so this should be good.

It wasn't until he was almost back to the fire where Aang was sitting that he realized Toph had walked off. On her supposed to be burned and out of commission feet. Out of irritation and exhaustion he could only laugh.

Sorry people I messed up on the last bit so I went back and changed it hopefully making it semi-better. Do forgive me. X3