Ba Sing Se Boarding High

Haunting Grounds

*Toph POV*

Having someone think I'm cool because I taught myself earthbending is awesome. I'm only letting Sweetness come because she asked. She obviously pities me because I can't see, but I'm not a dipshit. After everything is out of the bag and into my portion of the closet, we head out. Rockstar is pretty cool. They get it. You get oppressed, but they stay on top of it. I can tell Sugar Queen thinks they're weird, but I don't say anything. Twinkle Toes is... original. He's the kinda guy you wanna be friends with because he's nice to you no matter what. He's probably the wide-eyed wonder type. That's cool. But he's an airbender. I heard that a bunch of them recently got wiped out. I can tell he's hiding a bit of his sadness, but he's mostly just like this. If it were me, I'd be pissed all the time. Ah, we're here. My favourite place in the whole world. The Avatar Kyoshi statue. I could feel it, and it was fairly hidden I like this place. I come here to calm down and practice earthbending. She's a great role model of mine. She's a really stronger female, and she didn't let anyone get in her way. I don't do that warrior training program she started, but she's super cool.

"Avatar Kyoshi!" I felt Aang bow. Kinda weird but okay. Everyone shows respect in their own way. "She was the tallest Avatar, and also the Avatar with the longest reign if you want to call it that. She was extremely powerful and was the founder of the Dai Li. Many believe that she was the greatest Avatar," He knew an awful lot about Avatar Kyoshi for an AIR nomad. I know everyone is supposed to learn about them, but that's stuff usually only taught in the Earth Kingdom. 

"You know an awful lot about Avatar Kyoshi," Rockstar looked over at Aang. His heart rate sped up drastically. 

"I, uh, just really find the past Avatars interesting," He lied. Why would he lie about that? I'd ask him about it later. Unlike Katara's little lie earlier, this one seemed a bit bigger. But he knows I can detect lies, so he's doing it for a reason. Later.

"Yeah. I come here all the time to earthbend. It's a great spot. But out of respect for Kyoshi, I always clean up after," 

"I didn't take you for the type that did that kinda thing," Rockstar moves towards me.

"Only for Kyoshi. She's a really big role model of mine, and she deserves respect from everyone. No one should disrespect Kyoshi," I say while looking to where her head is. I can't see it, but I can feel it. All of a sudden I get soaked from behind. 

"Kyoshi, shmyoshi. Kuruk was much cooler," Sugar Queen waterbended at me. Next to the statue. That's just weak.

"Actually, Kuruk was one of the least respected Avatars. He was extremely rude to the spirits and didn't complete the duties he should have. The spirit world was extremely mad at him because he flaunted his power instead of using it for good. Yangchen may have slightly contributed by siding with humans in the fights that happened between the two worlds, but Kuruk didn't help himself at all," He knows way too much. No way he knew all that. Maybe about Yangchen, but Kuruk. I've heard scholars talk about the past Avatars, but some of what he said is unknown knowledge. Lost information. The most we really know is that Kuruk flaunted his power and that Koh stole his would-be wife. No one knew that the spirit world was mad at him. I was getting impatient.

"Let's head back to the dorm," I would pull Twinkle Toes into the hall and ask him how he knew that stuff. I had a hunch.