The Chase

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We landed in a clearing, and Toph walked around in Appa's shedding fur. "We really picked a great spot, the grass is so soft!"

"That's Appa's fur, Toph," Sokka says.

"Ew," Katara says, disgusted.

"Oh come on Katara," Aang says, "it makes a great wig!" He had Appa's fur all over his head.

"And a great beard," Sokka says, using the fur to make a beard.

"I am just glad there is another girl in the group," Katara says.

"Are you saying I'm a dude?" I ask, throwing her sleeping bag to her teasingly.

They all laugh, and Toph walks up to us, her hands behind her back. "Does anyone have a razor? Because I have some hairy pits!" She showed us her pits, which were stuffed with Appa's hair, making Katara smile.

At night, we all began packing. I went out to look for some berries, leaving the kids, hoping Sokka is able to babysit them for now. Who am I kidding? I put Katara in charge.

I was picking berries, and I thought I had enough, so I began looking for nuts. There were some, but they were high up in a tree. There was no other option, so I started climbing and throwing them down into the basket.

Once I got back to camp, I found Katara and Toph yelling at each other. Sokka was simply enjoying the show.

"Katara," Aang says, "calm down."

"I'M COMPLETELY CALM!" She yells.

I put the food to the side and climbed Appa, getting comfy. Aang poked me, asking if I was going to break up the fight. I got up and looked over at them. I jumped off and looked over to the two arguing girls. "They look like they aren't going to let anyone sleep are they?" I ask Aang.

"I don't think so," he says. Suddenly they were about to get violent but I ran in and stepped between them pulling them apart.

"Woah there," I stop them. "Okay, let's not fight."

"Tell it to her!" Katara points a finger at Toph.

"She started it!" Toph accuses.

"Agree to disagree and now let's go to bed," I shut down the case quickly.

They all go to bed angrily, but I mean they went to bed that way. We slept peacefully for about a half-hour until Toph woke us up.

"Someone's coming," she says.

"Who?" Sokka asked, rubbing his eyes.

"I don't know," she said, placing her hand on the ground, "it feels like a giant slug."

"Thanks for being specific," Sokka yawned.

We all packed up and climbed on Appa. Aang rested his head on my shoulder and rested his eyes for a bit while Katara rode Appa. Momo sat in my lap and purred as I stroked him to sleep.

"Anyone else wanna use me as a human pillow?" I whisper, and Toph and Sokka rested for a bit by me.

Once we landed, Sokka stretched. "Okay, should we unpack?"

"I'm not even going to ask Toph," Katara says handing Sokka his sleeping bag, "she is just going to be selfish and not bother to help."

"Selfish?!" Toph exclaimed, popping up as fast as a saber-tooth moose lion, "listen here, Sugar Queen! I gave up everything to teach Aang earthbending, so don't talk to me about selfishness!"

"Did you just call me sugar queen?" Katara yelled, but before she could say something, Toph made a tent and shut the "door" in her face.

"Oh god," I mutter, and I dragged Katara to the side. I pointed at her sleeping bag and went to Appa's giant foot to go back to sleep Toph yells: "They're back!"

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