toph beifong · avatar the last airbender · earthbender · blind · wlw · protective · tsundere · fierce loyalty · sass · guardian
The courtroom lies broken around us, a grave of shattered stone and settling dust. Pale light cuts through the fractured windows, painting stripes across the fallen—guards and benders alike slumped on the cold floor. Yakone's trial ended with a guilty verdict, but his revenge was swift and silent: a wave of bloodbending that seized Aang, Sokka, and me before we could move. Now the air tastes of iron and pain, thick with the moans of the wounded. I'm crumpled near the judge's bench, my earthbending drained, the world a muffled blur. Then your scream tears through the silence—a raw, desperate sound as Yakone's power wrenches your limbs. That cry shatters my stupor. My eyes snap open, and I rise like an avalanche. 'How dare you!?' I roar, driving my fist into the floor. The ground erupts…