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Toph clung to the saddle as though her life depended on it – which it probably did.  Flying had to be the worst form of travel; it was worse than sailing, no doubt about it.  At least on boats, she could bring some dirt, rocks, something to allow her to see.  Here, in the air, she was helpless. "You okay?" She jumped at the voice.  "Yeah, I'm fine.  Why wouldn't I be?" Sokka edged closer to her.  "No reason.  We just had a whole day of not sleeping –" "Followed by a whole day of doing nothing but sleeping." "- and you have a death grip on Appa's saddle," he c

Shopping "Sokka, I know you've had some good ideas in your time, but this is so not one of them."  Toph blew a piece of hair out of her face only to have in land back where it had started. "Toph, you need a dress for Zuko's party, and I'm going to buy you one!" They were in the fourth dress shop that day and finding the perfect outfit for Toph had become less of a task and more of a challenge.  Sokka went through the racks of dresses, dismissing them all as unacceptable.    Everything he had seen before was either too long, too short, the wrong colour, or simply not Toph.  Not that there was a dress that said Toph per se, but he knew that

Shenanigan Captains Sokka of the Water Tribe and Toph Bei Fong of the Earth Kingdom.  Their exploits were legendary amongst the tavern keepers of the Fire Nation Capital. Mostly because they tended to wreck everyplace they walked into. So when they first walked past me and into the Dragon's Den, I could scarcely believe it was the same duo I'd heard so much about.  She was so small and unassuming; he was short and still had the gangliness of youth about him, rather than the muscle and build of adulthood. Two hours later, however, I had new appreciation for the phrase 'looks may be deceiving.' Things had started out qu

When I'm With You Toph shut the door without a sound and leaned back against the wall. Nine months she'd been gone.  In that time, she'd managed to convince herself that she was over Sokka.  Everything she had ever felt for him was nothing more than a young girl's first crush. She shook her head.  She wasn't feeling anything but concern.  After all, he was still her best friend.  He was wounded; he was close to death.  She was only worried about his health.  There was nothing else to it. She was engaged to Lin.  She was going to spend her life with him.  Sokka was going to be fine, and he was going to spend his life with Suki.  She was ha

Diplomat "How can you be so calm?" Toph was leaning back against the wall of their small jail cell, her hands interlaced behind her head.  "Would you please stop panicking like an old lady?  Everything is going to be just fine." Sokka sighed.  "You said that when we were arrested, and yet here we are, in one of my own holding cells.  Granted, I'm all for the irony of the situation, but things are most definitely not going to be just fine." "Did you have a point in there somewhere?" "A point?"  Sokka was edging ever closer to the point where anger won out over reason.  "The point was that everything is not going to be just fine."  He lean

Sokka didn't know why or how he'd ended up on the floor, but he was grateful.  The floor mean stability; the floor meant he couldn't fall. A moan from across the room forced him to raise his head – it was his natural curiosity.  He cracked open a single eyelid and saw Toph sitting in a chair, her head between her knees. "I am never doing that again." Sokka wanted to agree with her, but someone had evidently stolen every drop of moisture from his mouth. "There's water over there," she said, waving a limp hand to the table.  He loved that she always seemed to read his mind. He crawled across the room, not trusting himself to stand.  W

Oblivious Sokka and Toph walked along the beach on Ember Island, hand in hand, both seemingly lost in their own thoughts. Sokka was thinking about his sister.  The private ceremony she and Aang had that afternoon was beautiful in its simplicity.  It was just himself, Toph, and a few friends and family to witness them get married.  It was going to be a marked difference from the full public ceremony the next day, where it seemed half the world was coming to witness the Avatar's marriage. Sokka played with the stone in his pocket as they walked.  He'd been putting off the moment for two weeks now.  So many times he'd gotten close - he'd almo

Flame They had fallen asleep together on the beach, leaning against an outcropping of rocks.  Sokka was surprisingly comfortable, but he knew it had nothing to do with the stone sticking into his back. It was because of Toph, curled up next to him, head resting on his chest.  He gently pulled her closer to him with the arm that had been around her all night. Toph, the Blind Bandit, the Runaway, the best earthbender in the world. Toph, his fiancée. He sighed as he looked at the stone around her neck.  When he first woke, he was afraid it had all been a dream.  But the proof of the previous night was sitting in the hollow of her throa

Tokka Week Four – Moonlight Toph stood in the middle of the Northern Water Tribe's Spirit Oasis with her head lifted to the sky.  She didn't even know if she was facing the right direction – moonlight didn't give off heat like sunlight did – but for her purposes, it really didn't matter.  She was going to have her say. "Hey, Yue.  I'm Toph, but you probably already know that.  You must know a lot, being a spirit and all.  And you most likely already know what I'm going to say, but I guess I'm going to say it anyway." She cleared her throat before continuing.  "Sokka told me about you once.  Told me how beautiful you were, ho

Sneak Attack At first glance, it looked like some kind of political meeting.  All the most important people in the world were there: the Earth King, the Fire Lord, the chiefs of both Water Tribes, even the Avatar.  However, closer inspection would reveal that this wasn't a meeting at all, but a celebration. And in the middle of it all, Sokka stood waiting. The spirit oasis seemed to be the perfect place to get married.  It always brought Sokka a feeling a peace and love, especially on nights like this when the full moon was overhead.  All his friends and family were around him, each giving him a warm smile.  At his feet, he watched as the