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Ugly in the Light	By : Greyson Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > General Views: 3777 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Ugly in the Light
Afflictions are sometimes your greatest gifts.
Adult + Angst, Violence, Language, Death
{Epilogue}
“Why…why do you want this? You are happy, as you are Toph. You cannot tell me otherwise I see it every day. I see it when you smile at the warmth from the sun and the coolness from the morning breeze. I do not und…”
Toph reached across the table to lay her hands on top of Katara’s with gentleness. It stopped the ranting coming from her friend. She could sense the Empress fear, smell it as it filled the small gathering room in the palace. She knew it would be a hard decision for Katara but she had no idea just how hard she would fight her. All she wanted was a fair playing field. It was an easy thing to want and Katara could give it to her. The water bender knew what she wanted and she knew what disadvantages she had. Any friend who was as close as a sister would do this without questioning her.
Toph squeezed her hands and sighed feeling the sting of tears already coming to her eyes. She had never cried so much in her life. This decision haunted her. She wanted Sokka back and knew this affliction was why he left her for another. If she could be better then he would stay with her. Katara thought otherwise, she had told Toph on several occasions, even though Sokka was her brother she was too good for him and there was only ugliness in the light. However, Toph had to see that for herself, she had to live that for herself; she had to be in the light for herself.
The first tears fell onto Katara’s hands and she could feel the moisture soak into her skin. The pain and sorrow of Toph filled her body. It was suicide. Toph was perfect because she would never see the pain that people created on others. The darkness protected her from the horrors of the world. It was mean and insensitive for her to want it lifted and the light to surround her.
Katara pulled her hands away and rubbed the spot where the tear fell. “I will not even for you Toph; I will not. ”
A deluge of water poured from the earth bender. Uncontrolled and uncensored her cries tore into Katara’s heart swifter than any bolt of lightning from Azula ever could.
Toph pulled her hands back from the table and towards her body. She felt the warm hands of her friend grab onto hers strongly and pull them back onto the table.
“I have enough water I do not need yours to bend my sister. ”
Toph calmed her crying and gripped Katara’s hands tightly. “Then help me Katara. You think I will not survive this. You think this is suicide. What if I need this?”
What did she need?
Katara had never thought that she needed anything. Sokka was young and stupid for leaving her. She knew her brother would return because Toph was the best woman for him. Secretly she hoped that Toph would look to Aang for comfort and show Sokka that he made a mistake. She did not want her friend to be like this. She had always known Toph to be as hard as stone. Perhaps Toph thought of herself as that as well and they both were misled.
“What do you want to see Toph? What she looks like? Why he is with her? I will not do this for you to get him back because you have all the power now to do that right now. It would be waste for me if that were your reason. To me, you are perfect but apparently my opinion matters not to you. ” She felt Toph’s hands trying to pull away but she held firm and would not let the earth bender go.
Katara stared into the face of her friend with the sting of tears in her eyes. She would never see the innocence that lived there again. She would only see what she was seeing now; rivers of waters running down the face of her one time sister.
“I want to see what the warmth of the sun does to the ground. I want to look out over the hills and see where I come from. I want to see you…my sister, your children. I want to see everything and only you can give this to me. ”
Toph felt trembling in the always rock steady hands of the empress. She could hear her anguish, smell her resolve strengthen even with the words she spoke to her. Toph tightened her grip and closed her eyes. “I will not change my Empress. ”
Katara was silent for a long while as sounds of the servants working outside in the garden filled the room. The long dark hair of the Empress fell onto the table between them as the tears rolled down her face. “You force me to do what I cannot. ”
“I will not change. ”
Katara slowly raised her head and stared into the tear stained face of her friend. “What is it that you want from me?”
Toph opened her eyes and stared at the point from where the voice came. “I wish to see what is in the light. ”
Author’s note
I know this is short. It is just the epilogue. This situation just would not leave me alone and I often wondered about what would happen. This is my rendition. The Malestrom
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