The fire war renaissance

Chapter 18: Social dinner for two

Sorry for the lateness. My older sister dragged me car shopping with her as soon as I came home from school and then when I finally got home at 9pm my mom hogged the computer until 11pm. Oy.

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, I probably have, but in the cute, little Love Potion #8 book Toph had a cute romance with this servant boy from her house named Ohev or something like that. I just thought that was weird, since Yuexi is pretty much the same basic idea.

Anyways, if you would like some general background of Toph and Yuexi's life before Toph ran away with Aang you can read one of my oneshots called "Covered". It'll give you a heads up on where they stand and whatnot. You don't have to read it to understand what'll be going on in the next few chapters but it's just nice little tidbits that'll help understand things more thoroughly.

Whew, that was a long note. Onward with reading.

Chapter Eighteen: Social Dinner for Two

With the escort they received from the some of Toph's near-by relatives, Sokka, Katara, Toph, Appa and Momo made it to the Gaoling Bei Fong estate in just a few days.

"So this is how to other half travel, huh? Getting there in a quarter of the time?" Sokka marveled when they finally reached their destination, stretching his legs from all the sitting they had done.

"Sokka, don't say things like that," Katara chastised him and smacked his shoulder lightly. Katara and Sokka had decided to stay at Toph's house for a few days, to rest and recoup before they took another escort. Everyone had decided that Appa would go with Sokka and Katara, but Momo's attachment to Toph's shoulder since Aang had left proved that he'd rather stay with her, which worked out fine as well. With the big estate Momo would be free to fly and eat wherever he chose to.

"Toph you're finally here!" Poppy called out as soon as Toph set foot off the small airship they had taken once they got on the mainland.

"Hi M-ah-m." Toph choked out when she found herself in a bone-crushing embrace, soon joined by her father.

"Oh, and you finally decided to show your beautiful hair," Poppy also noticed. Toph had been putting her hair into a pony tail for the time being. Katara had been experimenting with Toph's hairstyles, reminding herself that Toph didn't like her hair to be in the way, so a ponytail at the crown of her head seemed to fit, plus, Toph didn't seem to complain like she did with some of her other hairstyles.