The fire war renaissance

Chapter 4: The field trip part two

Well, as I feared the comic con provided us with absolutely no closure on what they plan to do about anything with the show. So I'm just going to squee about the three sixty minute mini episodes that people on ASN are finding flyers for, though it hasn't been confirmed yet I need something Avatar related obsess about. Okay so back to the story yes? Yes?

Disclaimer: I don't own avatar….but someday…..I probably still won't.

Chapter Four: The Field Trip—Part Two

It was a bitter-sweet moment for Toph, walking through the streets of Gaoling. She couldn't say being in the market brought back any memories because frankly she'd never spent much time there. All her memories were either in her courtyard, her house, or at the Earth Rumbles.

"Are you okay?" Zuko asked as they approached the gates to the Bei Fong estate. Toph just nodded while clenching her stomach as it churned in nervousness. Zuko placed a gentle hand on her back and the two walked up to the gates.

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They were enjoying a calm quiet dinner at home. Poppy, Toph's mother, was staring out the nearby window seeing all the messenger hawks fly by but none landed in the mail receiver.

"Don't be discouraged Poppy," Lao, and Toph's father, encouraged her wife. "We sent out the letter a week ago it takes a while to get all the way over to the Fire Nation and Toph is a busy-"

"Uh, Sir?" One of the house butlers announced; interrupting Lao's comforting.

"Yes Yuexi, what is it," Lao hissed at his butler. Yuexi was rather young, around 16, he had been around the house with his father who worked in the kitchen for quite some time but after his father died a year ago he had been working as a butler for them.

"Well it seems you have a visitor."

"From who?" Poppy asked, jumping out of her depressed mood for the moment.

"The gateman didn't say, but the visitors assured him that you would want to see them." Yuexi walked up to the door and looked inside the small window to see who he was announcing to enter. He almost gasped when he saw who was standing there but opened the door regardless.

"Hi Mom, Dad." Toph whispered, her hand awkwardly over her mouth. A manner Zuko had never seen. Poppy almost feel flat down but regulated herself to run over and hug her daughter.

"Oh, my sweet little Toph!" She cried, crushing Toph into her chest. "Oh, how I missed you."

"Um, alright mom, please not in front of Zuko." Toph pleaded and the Fire Prince blushed a little, he loved watching these touching family moments, especially when Lao joined the hug;

wrapping his arms around his wife and daughter. He thought he saw a smile on Toph's face before she buried her face in her mother's shoulder, but she just as quickly pushed away.