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Toph woke up extra early this morning. She slept, ate, and did physical training most of yesterday, so she was ready to do some intense morning workouts in her room. Her body was feeling sluggish after only being able to move her body around for more than an hour just yesterday. She missed earthbending and fighting, but she will have to wait until she was out of this house in order to do so. Sirius went up stairs to give her breakfast around five in the morning to avoid any questions from Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, the rest of the Weasley children, and the other adults. The earthbender packed up her things in her trunk while she ate.

She's to be accompanied by Sirius to the train station and wait on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters until the train arrived. Toph didn't like having to need someone else's help, but she can't read. They left the house as quietly as they could. He apparated himself and Toph near the King's Cross Station where there weren't many people. The earthbender thought Sirius, the black dog was insane when he pointed his paw towards a wall. It was obvious to her that he wanted her to run into it. She reluctantly did as she was told after telling him that he's going to take the blame if the station reduces to rubble. Toph was surprised to find herself in a completely different place (still in a train station of course). She made time pass faster by telling the black dog of her experiences with the trains in the Earth Kingdom.

Students started to arrive and the train appeared to be preparing for its ride to thanked Sirius and said good-bye to him before she boarded the train. It was difficult to move around the train since there was wood and rugged floors everywhere. Dumbledore told her that he made Harry Potter's friends Perfects and they will be helping her around the train and getting to Hogwarts. She picked a random seat to sit on for the time being and began to sleep.

"I don't think we should wake her up."

"And why the hell not?"

"Well, she must be tired coming here from somewhere far away. I feel bad if we just wake her up."

"She's supposed to be tagging along with us! How can we do that if the girl sleeps?"

"He says to accompany her, not have her tag along. We should give her some time to rest and not disturb her."

"This train has a long way to go before it reaches Hogwarts Hermione. Just wake her up!"

"No!"

"Will you please argue someplace far away from here?" Toph snapped. "I don't need either of you yelling in my ears."

The girl apologized profusely before turning her head towards the boy wearing a scowl upon her face. "See what I mean Ron? She must have been tired and now we disturbed her." This must be Hermione Granger and the guy with her must be Ron Weasley, thought Toph.

"Well I was going to wake her up anyways," Ron muttered.

"Ron!"

"Ahem." The two looked at the transfer student and Hermione started apologizing to her again while Ron just mumbled to himself.

"My name is Hermione Granger and this is Ron Weasley. We are Perfects at and we were told by the Headmaster to help you around til we get to Hogwarts," said Hermione. "So um...you can place your hand on my shoulder for the time being." Toph took the girl's offer and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Our friend is waiting for us. We will introduce him to you."

"She probably knows about him," says Ron. "He's famous remember?"

"Maybe it's different in other countries Ron," she turned to Toph. "Do you know anyone named Harry Potter?"

"Not really," Toph lied. "Is he someone important?"

"Important? He's the only one in history to survive a killing curse, and he was able to survive Voldemort as a baby!" explained Ron. "I can't believe you don't even know about him. Anyways, he's a friend of me and Hermione-so yeah."

"I see...hm?" Toph noticed the floor felt cold beneath her bare feet. She let go of the girl's shoulder. Hermione turn around. "I can see now." She pointed down at the floor. The earthbender could sense her doubt, but she kept walking until they arrived to a car where four other people were sitting. Toph recognized one of the boys as Harry Potter.

Hermione introduced her to everyone in the train car and she introduced the others to her. The other boy was named Neville Longbottom who appeared to be similar to her best earthbending students when it comes to politeness. One of the girls was named Ginny Weasley (she did feel that she knew this girl from somewhere). The other girl's name is Luna Lovegood, a friend of Ginny's. She was gaining a lot of attention from them as they were curious of the new transfer student.

"Isn't there a magic school in Asia?" asked Luna. "I believe the name of it is Mahoutokoro."

Toph nodded. "My parents wanted me to broaden my horizons or something like that."

"Hm…" she could literally feel the younger girl staring straight at her. "Are you perhaps blind?"

"That's right." The others couldn't believe she asked the question so directly. Harry and Ginny were surprised to know that it's the truth. Toph knew what was coming and before anyone else asked her anymore questions, she quickly held a hand and said, "Ask me after I take a nap. When I wake up, you can ask me whatever question you would like." This seemed to silence them. Toph went on and got herself in a comfortable position to sleep in. She made a mental note to rest for a few more days before doing any early morning warm ups. A while later, the others went on and started talking about The Quibbler, where Luna's father is the editor. She fell after a few minutes of them talking. Unfortunately to the earthbender woke up from her nap to the sound of unfamiliar people and audible insults.

"Awake now?" she heard Luna say to her.

Toph nodded. "It was a nice nap…" she started. Everyone in the compartment-including the three unfamiliars were startled when they felt the ground beneath them shake. The floor shook so violently that many of them were on the floor or grasping a hold of their seat. "Til certain people ruined it."

"W-what's going on?" Neville said while panicking.

"An earthquake," concluded Hermione.

"Earthquake?" many of them cried.

"Quit your crying," boomed Toph. This made everyone flinch. She took a deep breath and the compartment stopped shaking. All eyes were turned to her, all suspecting the same thing. One of the three guys unknown to the earthbender took his leave while mumbling a few curse words and with a mention of his father. The other two, probably his cronies followed suit. Luna was the only one who dared to ask the question everyone else who remained in the compartment wanted to ask.

"Was that you, Toph?" girl asked with not a hint of nervousness or fear in her voice. "Did you make that earthquake?"

"Yup," Toph confirmed it. "And it sure as hell worked with getting rid of all the fuss that woke me up. By the way, that wasn't an earthquake. I only shook the ground a little."

"A little?" Ron had his jaw dropped. He and the rest couldn't believe her either. The new student only shrugged indifferently.

"If you guys wanted me to wreck this whole train, you guys probably would be dead by now."

"How did you do it?" asked Hermione, who still was having a hard time grasping what just happened. "What sort of wandless magic did you use?"

"It's not magic. It's bending," she corrected her. "Bending allows people to manipulate one of the four elements, and as I just demonstrated I am able to manipulate the earth. This is also the same skill that helps me see. I see through the use of earthbending."

"I've never heard of bending," said Harry. "Are you sure this isn't a magic just found in Asia?"

Toph thought for a moment. That explanation seemed like a good cover up and it was best not to expose herself like that. Explaining it that way seems easier and there would be less people wanting to question her. She did not need any nosy people looking into her background and such. "Technically it is magic, but for us benders it is an entirely different skill because it is. Like I said before, benders can only manipulate one of the four elements: water, earth, fire, and air. The way a person learns to bend is different for each element for they represent different things."

"That's quite interesting," thought Ginny. They all nodded.

"Do you think it's possible for us to learn this kind of magic?" asked Hermione. The girl was now fascinated with this bending-magic that was foreign and new to her.

"I don't know," was Toph's answer. When Hermione had doubt in the other girl's answer, Toph sighed. "Seriously, I don't. (Hermione sighed disappointingly.) There are signs of a person's ability to bend. When you are young, you would sometimes bend unconsciously when feeling a strong emotion."

"Like accidental magic?" asked Luna.

"Uh, sure." She could only guess that it was probably the same thing. "If something like that happens, then that may not mean you can't learn how to bend. I never did any accidental magic, but I'm able to do it." Those words made Hermione's eyes sparkle with glee.

"Do you think you could teach me-I mean, uh, if you don't mind," Hermione said sheepishly. "N-nevermind. I-I take that back…"

"Sure. I don't really care," said Toph. Hermione looked at the girl with wide eyes. "But I must remind you that you are born able to learn one element. I don't know if you are an earthbender or not, so don't get your hopes up. I could probably teach you for a week and see if you can bend earth or not."

"Even if i can't bend earth, learning about it is more than enough for me," the girl said gleefully.

"Do you think I could join in with the week lessons, too?" asked Luna.

"And me?" asked Ginny.

"I-I am interested, too," said Neville.

"Hey! Count me in!" said Ron.

"If you don't mind," started Harry. "I would also like to learn."

Toph was surprised by the large interest in earthbending. She didn't think they would be that interested in rocks like herself. Though it could be because bending is so foreign and unknown to them. Toph mentally face palmed herself. Of course it is! Bending is something outside this world. That was the first time they knew of such a thing. Even so their interest made her happy and it was a nice feeling teaching students, even if all she could do was teach what earthbending was and not actually perform the art. The earthbender's lips formed a large grin. "You guys are going to have a hard time, you know. i don't go easy on anyone. Still up for the challenge?"

"Yes!" they all said in unison.

Toph couldn't wait.

Once the students arrived at Hogwarts, Ron and Hermione went ahead of them-most probably something to do with their new duties as Perfects. Luna, Neville, Ginny, Harry, and Toph got out of the train with all of their pets or pets of the two Perfects. Toph went on to "see" what's around this place. She could feel any sort of huge castle yet. Ginny explained it will be a while until they got to the school.

"Where's hagrid?" asked Harry, who is looking around him.

"I don't know," said Ginny. "Though I think it's best if we move away. We're blocking the door."

They were then separated from Ginny and Neville and were riding the flow of the crowd. Toph thought it would be best to stay near Harry, but it was almost impossible with so many people heading out of the station. She was lucky that she knew where he was, so the earthbender was able to meet up with him. He was heading towards one of the carriages and when he finally noticed her, Harry helped her up and got himself on soon after. Ron and Hermione came in as well. Hermione told them of how the Malfoy kid started picking on some of the younger students, and it was clear to them all that she was not happy. Luna then came in holding Ron's owl.

Harry then began to point out something that seemed extremely unusual to him. He kept pointing at something that looks like horses, but it seemed neither Ron or Hermione could see them. "Can't you guys see what's pulling these carriages?"

"You're talking about those things outside, right?" said Toph.

"Y-yeah."

"What are you guys talking about," Ron said feeling a bit frustrated on not knowing what is going on. He then pointed at Toph saying, "How do you know what's outside if you can't see? You're on a carriage!"

"I felt them earlier," she replied. "I'm surprised you can't see them."

"Don't worry Harry. I can also see them, too. You are just as sane as I am," Luna said dreamily.

Nobody said anything as they continue their ride to Hogwarts. She followed Harry and his friends inside the huge castle and went into the Great Hall that's continued to be filling itself up with returning students. Nobody didn't seem to pay any mind to her as she walked in. Toph could only guess that their eyes were more focused on a certain boy named Harry Potter. She seated near them and was confused by the voices that she was hearing. Toph felt shivers down her spine when she was told of the ghosts that were floating around. That may explain the voices they she was hearing, but it didn't help her that she couldn't feel them since ghosts are dead and rock knows it.

"It's Umbridge!" exclaimed Harry.

"Who?" said Hermione and Toph in unison.

"She was at my hearing," grumbled Harry. "Anyway, that woman works for Fudge!"

"She works with chocolate?" said Toph. "Wonder if I could ask for some free food while she's here." Ron sniggered. Harry and Hermione both tried to not react, but they ended up choking and joining Ron. Hermione was the first to calm herself knowing how potentially serious this could be.

"She works for Fudge…" she then muttered to herself. "No...it can't be…"

Toph knew of the man named Fudge and of how much he can't face reality. She only pretended to act ignorant of the Minister, but it was evident from the darkened look on her face that she didn't like where this was going.

The doors of the Great Hall were then opened. Professor McGonagall led a long line of first years while carrying a hat and a stool. Toph could tell that the younger children were scared and anxious. She thought of how fun it would be to tease them a little and maybe give them a punch on the shoulder. There wasn't any reason for them to feel scared...maybe. The earthbender sighed. All those kids needed to loosen up, that's all they need.

The Great Hall was silent and waited. It was then that the Sorting Hat began to sing. The song was long, but it had its meaning. The song summarized a bit of history and ended itself with a warning. She could only silent agree and nodded as the hat sang a few of its lines;

"Though condemned I am to split you

Still I worry that it's wrong"

After it finished its song, the hat moved no more and the whole hall applauded the hat. However, Toph could hear people whispering about the hat's song. She wondered if the hat gives warnings often. The hall then became silent as the sorting began as she heard a sound of parchment being unrolled by Professor Mcgonagall. The long line of students became smaller and smaller as each first year was sorted and went to their respective houses. The last of them, a girl named Rose Zeller was last and sorted into Hufflepuff.

Dumbledore rose from his seat to greet everyone in the hall. "To our newcomers I welcome you!" his voice rang. "To those of past years-welcome back! Now before we begin our feast, I would like everyone here to give a warm welcome to our new transfer student from eastern Asia, Toph Beifong!" Toph stood up and from there, the students broke into an applause. Hollers and shouts boomed from the Gryffindor table as they her amongst them. Professor McGonagall made sure that the screams, claps, and shouts died down, so that the Headmaster could continue.

"Miss Beifong," he said. "Please step forward, so that the Hat could sort you."

The earthbender walked towards Professor McGonagall and sat on the wooden stool. The elder woman placed the hat on her head and much to Toph's annoyance, the Hat really did speak to her. "Well well well," said the Hat. "What do we have here? A bender? Hm...so it seems you have lost a bit of your memories."

Not remembering how I got here is a lot less than 'a bit,' she informed the Hat. And I really don't appreciate you looking through my head either.

"Hm...secretive, are we? I can only think of that as something a Slytherin would mostly do…"

No, I just find it creepy.

"I see…Well yes, actually-let me see," The Sorting Hat began. "I honestly can't see you much as a Ravenclaw since you don't exactly value knowledge as much as your strength and abilities, but you do know its worth. Since you do and have your own wit, you would use it to your advantage-something Salazar would appreciate in one of someone in his house…

"You are also brave and daring as shown from your contribution to the war you had fought…

"But what shines is your loyalty to your friends, students, and to your morales. You care deeply for your friends and mentors in life, and the students you teach at your school have a place in your heart. You may be strict on your students-and sometimes brutal, but you always believed in their abilities even when they doubt themselves. Hm…where to put you..."

Before the Sorting Hat continued with his thought, Toph interjected. Before you pick whatever house I'll be staying in, I want to ask you something. Why do these lilies need to be separated? Even a complete idiot can tell that the students will turn from each other. This so-called 'house rivalry' isn't a healthy one. Look at the Slytherins for one thing. Everyone in the school is pointing fingers and assuming everyone in that house is evil and a total asshole. I bet I'll meet a prick from Gryffindor without even trying.

"Hmm...to answer your question, I suppose it is for the sake of tradition to honor the founders of Hogwarts. I can't agree with it all-especially us knowing what is to come, but I have this hope knowing that there will be a day when these complete separations and stereotypes will become minimal," the Sorting Hat chuckled. "Maybe even that is too idealistic."

Why must you keep tradition? I know now that sometimes it could be a good thing, but is one is obviously not. Are these people stupid?

"I can only think of it as respecting the founders," was all the hat said. "You know, all of this questioning is making you appear like a Ravenclaw."

I know, she thought to the Hat. And it's exhausting. Do you have an idea of where I will be sorted into?

"Hm...It's still tricky. Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Slytherin are some possible choices, but your brutally honest personality might not work as well in Hufflepuff compared to the other three houses...though I suppose your bluntness could be another form of kindness at some points...then again I could see that you really don't have that good of a filter," the Hat observed. "Do you have any preferences?"

Nope.

"Then what is that you value most?"

My friends, my teachers, and my students. I thought you were supposed to know all this? Losing your touch?

"Then let me rephrase this. Who would you save; those you care for or your world?"

The dinner hall was filled with hushed whispers from all the tables and houses. Most of the Professors began to worry-even Snape was starting to frown. Professor McGonagall couldn't help but feel the same. The Headmaster continue to wait silently knowing that Toph must be having a conversation with the old Sorting Hat. The students in Gryffindor are beginning to doubt that the new student will be in their house, but the twins from the Weasley family are making bets on which house she'll end being sorted into.

"Do you think she will be in Gryffindor?" asked Ron.

"I don't know, but it's taking an awfully long time just to sort a single student," Hermione bit her lip as she glanced at the girl sitting on the stool. "I'm worried. She's been on that stool longer than you have Harry. Do you think something might be wrong?"

Harry didn't say anything. He also wondered why it was taking so long for the transfer to get sorted. She didn't appeared to be complex or anything. She's harsh, but she is an interesting person and the girl didn't appear to be a bad person. She even agreed to teach us earthbending. Harry also thought that Toph would be in Gryffindor because of how she carries herself. Maybe he-and his friends, were wrong? That doesn't answer any of his questions.

"Wait-why that house of all houses?" yelled Ron. "I know you guys have a lot of the devil's luck, but there's no way she would be…"

"Wait and see…" began Fred.

"Oh little 'Perfect' brother," ended George.

"What are you guys arguing about?" asked Harry.

"These two think that the Toph girl would be sorted into…"

"SLYTHERIN!"

Author's Note:

Well this was a lot of dialogue...oh well. Hope you enjoy.