The day had started very normally. I had some breakfast, Aang practiced some earthbending... It was genuinely like any other day before it. There was literally no way that I could have ever predicted how it would end up turning out.
"Good job, Twinkle Toes. Visualize, then attack," Toph congratulated Aang, before two of her boulders almost hit me and Katara.
"Maybe you should take your own advice, Toph!" Katara complained.
"What's the matter? Can't handle a little dirt, Madame Fussy-Britches?" Toph taunted her.
"Oh come Katara, it's just a little dirt. I'm sure it was an acci--" I didn't even finish before Katara waterbent a jet of water to Toph, but most of it ended up hitting me. "Hey, Sprinkler, watch it!"
"Oh, sorry. Did I splash you, Mud-Slug?" Katara told Toph with a smug smile.
"Hungry for mud pie?" Toph asked, sending the mud around her back at Katara, and also hitting me in the process.
"Okay, you're both going down!" I said, standing up and charging toward them with everything I had.
They took turns hitting me with earth and water, but mostly with mud. I used my firebending to evaporate the attacks threatening to splash my hair and face, but I was unable to deflect any others. I was really starting to get mad.
"Nice try, Firecracker!" Toph celebrated, before she swooped my legs and made me finally fall onto the mud below.
"You little..."
"Uh guys, I thought we were supposed to be training me," Aang said, stopping the three of us just in time before our next three-way clash.
"Very well, pupil. I believe we've had enough training for today," Katara said, clearing her throat.
"While the two princesses clean up, let's go have some fun!" Toph said, making the boys celebrate in agreement.
I sighed, walking behind Katara and away from the muddy pool we'd created. After we had both finally cleaned ourselves up, Katara walked toward me with all of our food supplies.
"We should start preparing lunch."
"I'll get a fire going," I said, as I created a makeshift fireplace and ignited a flame before getting the pot over it.
We didn't much more time before the others returned, carrying buckets filled with food and treats. I raised an eyebrow, fully aware that we didn't have the budget for all these things.
"Where did you guys get the money to buy all this stuff?" Katara asked on behalf of the two of us.
"Toph got us money. She scammed one of those guys in town who moves the shells around all sneaky-like," Aang explained.
"She used earthbending to win the game! Classic!" Sokka said.
"You mean she cheated?" I asked, shaking my head.
"Hey! I only cheated because he was cheating! I cheated a cheater. What's wrong with that?" Toph said.
"Under normal circumstances, nothing. But these kind of things end up drawing a lot of attention to you, Toph. We need to lay low as much as we can."
"I agree with Hana. This isn't something we should make a habit of doing," Katara added.
"Why? Because it's fun? And you hate fun?"
"I don't hate fun!" Katara protested.
"Well, you certainly don't love it, either," I said, earning a glare from the waterbender.
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The Fire Prodigy {ATLA}
FanfictionMy whole life I was taught that the Fire Nation was the greatest empire on Earth. That we were sharing our prosperity with all the other nations. But it wasn't until after two years of banishment with the Crown Prince that I began to realize that it...
