Hello good citizens! This is my very first fanfic ever, so tell me what you think. Also, I'm a little nervous about describing battle scenes, mostly the characters' movements, so I would really like it if I got some helpful feedback on any fight scenes in this story. Finale pairings and Toph/OC. Hopefully this fic will help sooth my achy, breaky, Tokka heart.

Disclaimer: Sadly, Avatar: The Last Airbender doesn't belong to me. Ownership and all copyrights belong to its creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and to Nickelodeon Studios and Viacom.

Suki's POV

"Oh man, this is gonna be so much fun!"

Toph sits next to me, whispering with mischievous delight and an impish smirk on her face. We looked down at our two targets (Toph in her own way), trying to avoid snickering too loud, lest we blow our cover.

"I know. I can't wait to see the look on their faces. I mean…uh…sorry."

"Don't be. Listening to their screams will be more than enough for me. Just remember the plan, I get Zuko, and you get Sokka. Got it?"

"Yeah, but are you sure you'll be able to hang on and not get hurt? I mean, this isn't exactly like riding on Appa."

Toph grinned. "Don't worry about me. You just worry about how you're going to pay me my 50 gold pieces."

"Please, in your dreams, Toph. Just so you know, when you fall off first, I want my payment all up front."

"Whatever. Hey, they're sitting up right now. Perfect. Let's hurry up and do this before they lean their backs against the rocks again."

Zuko and Sokka were sitting at the base of a 7 foot tall ledge having a conversation about random things. Fortunately, they were still completely unaware of our presence and facing away from us. We quietly switched places so that I was directly above Sokka and Toph was directly above Zuko.

"Ok. On the count of three. One… two…"

Toph tensed up ready to jump down in a split second.

"Three." We silently jumped off the ledge like ninjas and landed on the backs of the two guys. Let the fun begin.

As soon as we landed, I heard Zuko let out an ear piercing scream and both of them started jumping around like crazy. I didn't think we'd scare them that badly.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"We're under attack!"

"Hold on Suki, we've got ourselves a couple of wild ones here."

As soon as they heard us laughing, they stopped panicking, though they were still jumping and twisting around in a humorous attempt to get us off.

"Suuukiii, get off!" I laughed at my boyfriend's whiney voice.

"Make me!"

Sokka momentarily stopped. "Oh, so that's how its gonna be, huh?"

He started laughing and slamming his back, and, consequently, me, into various things like trees and large boulders that were scattered around the field we were in.

"Give up?"

"Never!"

"Oookaaaay." At that point he fell heavily to the ground, landing on his back. The force of his weight on my chest was too much, and I let go. We got up and dusted ourselves off, still laughing. At least Sokka won't be mad at us.

"Are you OK?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, but where is Toph?"

We looked around and I saw two dark haired figures about 20 feet away. What we saw before us had us doubled over in mirth.

Toph was still hanging on to Zuko, her waist length hair flying wildly behind her, and it didn't look like she was giving up any time soon. Well, there goes 50 gold pieces.

"Get off me, you little squirrel rat!"

"Tsk tsk, Zuzu, you'll have to ask nicer than that."

"Shut up and get off my back NOW!"

"Not happening. I said I'd get you back for burning my feet, and now I'm doing it."

"That was FOUR years ago, Toph!"

"So? Better late than never."

"ARRRRGGGGGHHHH!"

Sokka and I had finally calmed down enough to watch as Toph skillfully dodged Zuko's attempts to reach around and pluck her off of him. How she managed to do that when she was off the ground and therefore completely blind is beyond my understanding, though I supposed she could sense his movements somehow.

"Toph I mean it, get off before I kick your ass!"

"That's no way to talk to your lord and master. Now, get going, Sparky!"

She kicked her heels into his side, as if he were an ostrich horse. Zuko let out a sharp yelp and started running around, franticly trying to get the little earthbender off his back. After a few minutes, Zuko stopped, apparently out of breath.

"What's the matter Sparky had enough?"

Zuko stared ahead for a few seconds, and then had an evil smirk on his face. He grabbed Toph's arms, which were wrapped tightly around his neck, and began pulling on them and Toph almost immediately wrapped her legs around him. Zuko must have been expecting this to happen, because he instantly let go of her arms, grabbed her feet, and started raking his nails across the bottom of them. Toph screeched and let go of him. After letting her hit the ground, Zuko immediately jerked her back up by the back of her tunic's collar and held her off the ground in a head lock.

"Hey! What gives?!"

"Yeah, not so funny anymore, is it? When I say get off, I mean GET OFF."

At this point, Sokka and I walked up to them, still snickering.

"Come on Zuko, lighten up, they were just playing."

"Yeah, it was just some light-hearted fun."

"Fun? You three might think its fun, but I just see it as immature. When you all going to grow up?"

Toph looked up at him, still trying to wriggle out of his iron grip. "When it stops being optional. Face it Zuko, you're 20 years old, but you act like a stuffy old man."

Zuko narrowed his eyes at her. "Well you're 16, but you act like a 3 year old!"

"It's called staying in touch with your inner child. Learn how to do it some time."

"Fine. You think I can't have fun? Just watch."

Zuko flipped Toph upside down and held one of her feet. He then started to tickle the bottom of her sensitive foot, causing a now tortured Toph to squirm and giggle.

"Hey, what are you- stop it!...hahaha… That's enough!..heeheeheehee... I mean it!"

"Is that fun enough for you?"

"Let her go, she's had enough."

"Fine."

And with that, he let her drop to the ground, and Toph scrambled over to me and Sokka. Then out of nowhere, the boulder that Zuko was standing directly in front of moved aside, revealing a large mass of brown fur that proceeded to head butt Zuko from behind, shooting him forward and crashing to the ground. I was beginning to wonder when that fuzz ball would show up.

"Good girl, Cabi! (A/N: pronounced 'Ca-bee') Show Zuko what happens when someone messes with me."

The badgermole grunted and calmly made her way around Zuko, burying her face into Toph's open arms and purring softly. She's just a juvenile, being about a year younger than Toph, and was only about 5 ½ feet at the shoulders. Sokka and Zuko were taller than that. But she still had plenty of growing years ahead of her. Groaning, Zuko turned over onto his back and looked up incredulously at Toph and Cabi.

"You actually brought that thing with you?"

"Of course. How do you think Suki and I got to this field? I've been teaching Cabi to accelerate along the ground using her earthbending. She can even follow Appa's scent and keep up with him now. Cabi is my best friend and we're inseparable. I've had her since the end of the war and she's not going anywhere, so get used to it, Sparky."

"Hey, what about me?" I looked over at Sokka, who had a very hurt look on his face.

"Besides you Snoozles. Cabi is my best non-human friend."

Toph "looked" at Zuko and stomped her foot on the ground, making the earth push him to his feet.

"You people think you know me so well. I can have fun too, you know." Zuko said as he dusted himself off.

Sokka looked at him with a small smirk. "Whatever you say….Sifu Hotman."

"For the last time, DON'T CALL ME THAT!"

As Zuko said that, his entire body momentarily became engulfed in flames, yet he didn't burn himself or his clothes. Sokka had this frightened look on his face.

"H-how did you d-do that?!"

"It's a new fire bending move I've been working on. I've been practicing it a lot lately. What I did was an accident and I apologize, but you guys can be so infuriating sometimes."

"Hey, what good is being family if we can't get on each other's nerves. So, what can you do with that new move, anyway?"

"I haven't figured that out yet."

Suddenly, Zuko's eyes widened and a smirk slowly etched its way across his face.

"I can prove to all of you that I can have fun, and if you want to see how, meet me in front of our house just after sunset. I'll show you a real prank."

"Sure thing, Zuko. Plus, that gives us a few hours to enjoy day 1 of the World Festival. I would've gone sooner, but they weren't selling food yet. Some nonsense about 'you can't rush perfection.'"

"That is so like you. Well, since the sun is so hot right now, it must be midday. They should be selling food by now. Wait, how am I supposed to know when it's after sunset? Night and late sunset feel the same to me."

"Suki and I will come find you. If Cabi is with you, it shouldn't be that hard."

"Sweet. Alright, Cabi lets go get some food. Hop on everyone, oh, and Suki, you owe me 50 gold pieces."

"Yeah, yeah. Just stop by the house. I'll get it for you. Stupid bet."

"Toph, don't you think I should drive?"

"Driving a badgermole is way different from driving Appa, Snoozles. I can actually feel a decent amount of vibrations through Cabi so I can "see" where I'm going just fine. Except when she's swimming. I can't do anything about that. Now are you getting on or do you just want to walk there?"

We all climbed up on Cabi. Toph nudged her shoulder and Cabi lurched forward, gradually picking up speed as Toph guided her back to our house in Ba Sing Se and then to the festival.

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Toph's POV

"So Cabi, what do you want to eat first?"

Cabi grunted and nudged my side. She must have been really hungry. I could've heard and felt her stomach rumbling from way over in the Fire Nation. We slowly walked down the street among all the food vendors, taking in all the different smells. Sokka ditched us as soon as we arrived at the festival, claiming that he smelled a meat vendor nearby. He ran off so fast, I could barely feel his feet touch the ground, with Suki trailing after him. Zuko muttered something about going to look for Mai and wandered off, leaving Cabi and I to explore on our own. The World Festival always had the best food from all the nations. Even Aang usually makes a few air nomad dishes to sell, though they were usually some kind of fruit pastry. Apparently, people can't get enough of them. I'll have to try some this year.

The World Festival is part of Zuko's peace plan as the new firelord. He's determined to show everyone that he is nothing like his horrible but now pathetic and bendingless father and his psycho sister. Every year, a different nation hosts the festival, which lasts for a whole week. This year it's being hosted by the Earth Kingdom in Ba Sing Se. As the main war heroes, the whole gang, which now includes Zuko, Mai, and Suki, has to make an appearance. That's fine by me, since there is plenty of food and entertainment to keep me occupied. The only thing I have to put up with is people crowding around me talking about how great it is that I taught the avatar earthbending and helped end the war. I enjoy a little praise here and there, but come on people, give me some space! Cabi suddenly jerked to the right, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Cabi, slow down! You're going to damage something!"

I ran after her and made sure she didn't hurt anyone or anything. Normally she's very calm, but when she's hungry and there's food nearby, she can be a bit reckless with her movements. Fortunately, the streets of Ba Sing Se have been made much wider to accommodate the larger population, so even when Cabi reaches full size, she can still walk around the festival with me when it's in the Earth Kingdom and not have a high risk of upsetting anything. She stopped in front of what smelled like a meat stand. A fire nation stand to be exact. I felt the woman turn to face us, and I could hear the smile in her voice. From the sound of it, she was a fairly young woman.

"A badgermole? Then you must be Lady Bei Fong. It is an honor to meet you."

"Lady Bei Fong is my mother. Just call me Toph. And this fuzzy girl is Cabi." Ugh. People and their formalities.

"Hello Cabi. She is so cute. You must be a very noble person, Toph. Only a few people in the entire world have been deemed worthy enough by the badgermoles to have one of their own as a personal companion. Even several war heroes were turned down in the past."

I heard Cabi sniffing hungrily at the assorted meats. I hope she doesn't ransack the whole stand.

"Looks like your friend is hungry. We have a large variety of meats here."

"Do you have any large cuts of meat? And it can't have any spicy seasonings on it. Those kinds make Cabi sick. Oh, and I'll have a mixed bowl of komodo rhino and roast turkey chicken with sweet and sour sauce."

"You're in luck, my sister is almost finished cooking a large side of a hippo cow. I'll tell her not to use anything spicy. And your order should be done in about 15 minutes."

When the woman came back with the food, Cabi quickly snatched the large cut of grilled hippo cow out of her hands. Seriously, where were her manners today?

"How much for the food?"

"It's on the house."

Unlike Twinkle Toes, I enjoy freebies. But this seemed like a lot of food to not pay for.

"At least let me pay for mine and half of Cabi's"

"If you insist. That will be 5 gold pieces."

I thanked the lady and paid her, then focused my attention back on Cabi only to realize that she had already started tearing into her food like a rabid animal. She must be going through a growth spurt. I had to practically drag her out of the middle of the street just to find a table to sit at. Though I can't say my eating habits were much better. We both wolfed down our meals and continued onward in search of

Aang's stand. After several hours of walking around and stopping every now and then to enjoy various performances, I finally recognized Aang's light footsteps a short distance away.

"Hey Twinkle Toes. How are the fruit pastries selling?"

"Hi Toph. It's going great! The fruit pies are practically selling themselves. I just got finished serving a wave of customers and I'm about to close up the stand. I only have a few left, want to try one?"

"Sure."

Aang handed me what smelled like a watermelon fruit pie. Words can't describe the sweet fruity goodness that my mouth was experiencing.

"Wow! These are really good! Do you have any- Cabi, no! Get away from there!"

But I was too late. Cabi grabbed the rest of the delicious fruit pies from the stand's counter and gobbled them all up. I have got to start watching her more closely. I heard Aang chuckling softly.

"It's OK Toph, I had to get rid of those one way or another. Besides, if I'm not mistaken, young badgermoles start growing rapidly around her age. Here Cabi, look what Uncle Aang has for you."

Aang pulled out a large earthen barrel filled with different kinds of fruit. Cabi sniffed at it, then licked Aang before starting to empty it. I was pleased to know that she was eating the fruit a lot slower than she ate that meat. Suddenly, I felt the vibrations of a struggle going on between five people in an ally close to me. As the team who ended the war, my friends and I are not only expected to keep the peace in the world, but also at any festivals we attend. Personally, I don't see why the guards can't just do their job by themselves, but it does give me an excuse to knock some heads.

"Aang, could you watch Cabi for me. I'll be right back."

"Sure Toph."

I walked over to the alley in question and hid just around the corner to listen in on the fight. I felt five people in total, two standing on one side of the ally and three on the other side. From the way that they moved around, I could tell that three were earth benders, one was a water bender, and one was a fire bender. I heard a guy of about 17 or 18 yelling and another larger guy who was probably in his early 20's laughing in the smaller guy's face and felt him holding something just out of reach.

"Come on Roan(A/N: pronounced row-an), give it back! I won it fair and square in a game by myself. You had nothing to do with it! What's your deal?"

"Aww. Does my baby brother want his stuffed moose lion back? Tell you what. I'll give it back if you dance for it."

I heard a little girl join in. "Just give it back. It means nothing to you anyway."

"You know what? You're right Tao, (A/N: rhymes with 'how'") it doesn't mean anything to me. So why should I care what happens to it."

Roan handed the stuffed animal to his fire bender friend and I heard him incinerate it. The smell was awful. What on earth was this guy's problem?

"Hey! What was that for?! You're such a jerk Roan!"

"Shut up Tao! Nobody cares what you think."

I felt the little girl earth bend a small rock at Roan, but he dodged it and it hit the water bender instead.

"That's it runt! You're outta here." The water bender walked over to Tao and hoisted her up in the air.

"Hey let her go Lin! It was an accident!"

"Shut it Terran! She has it coming. If you're old enough to hit, you're old to get hit."

"Let me go or I'll beat your ugly face in!"

"Yeah, you wish."

With one strong swing, Lin threw Tao out of the ally, and Tao landed right next to where I was standing, just outside the alley's entrance. I had heard enough.

"Who are you?"

"Just get behind me. I'll deal with this."

Tao did as she was told and I stood ready at the alley's entrance.

"That was my baby sister, you bitch!"

"So? What are you gonna do about it?"

Terran lunged at Lin only to be caught and then pinned to the wall by Roan.

"Hey! If you low lives are looking for a real match, you've got one standing right here!"

As soon as I felt Roan turn his head to look toward me, Terran slammed his fist into the wall he was pinned to, causing a small pillar of rock to jut out of it and nail Roan in his gut. Roan fell back against the opposite wall, wheezing while his two no good friends ran to his side. I used this distraction to send a wall of earth hurtling toward them and push them out of the alley into the street on the opposite side from where I was standing. I told Tao to stay put and ran after them.

When I reached the street on the other side of the alley, Roan had apparently recovered and had assumed a fighting stance along with the fire and water benders. Also, there were several people gathering around to see what was going on.

"You three have harassed and assaulted two innocent people. Before I forcefully contain anyone, I'm required to ask the three of you to peacefully leave the area."

"It's three against one, short stuff. Why should I leave? You're the one who needs to beat it."

"OK, your funeral." Well, well. Looks like I'll get to see some action after all.