At night, Suhara was sitting next to Toph, eating stew when Zuko walks into the room as they were all having supper around.
Zuko: Listen, Everybody! I've got some pretty bad news. (He hung his head) I've lost my stuff.
Toph: Don't look at me! I didn't touch your stuff!
Suhara: Why would you?
Zuko: I'm talking about my fire bending. It's gone.
Katara started laughing.
Katara: I'm sorry. I'm just laughing at the irony. You know how it would have been nice for us if you lost your fire bending a long time ago?
Zuko: Well, it's not lost. It's just weaker for some reason.
Katara: Maybe your just not as good as you think you are.
Toph: Ouch.
Suhara: No. I have seen this before. It had to me once as well.
Katara: Your bending was weak as well?
Suhara: Yes. It was when I left Fire Nation. Because of that, my fire bending became weaker. But, I don't know how Zuko's fire bending became weak.
Zuko looked away before turning back.
Zuko: I bet it's because I changed sides.
Katara: That's ridiculous.
Aang: I don't know. Maybe it isn't. Maybe your fire bending comes from rage. And you just don't have enough anger to fuel it the way you used to.
Sokka: So, all we have to do is make Zuko angry. Easy enough.
He began poking Zuko with his sheathed space-sword, pointing and laughing.
Zuko: Okay! Cut it out!
Sokka got so startled that his sword flew into the air, falling back and landing on his head
Zuko: Look, (Pinch the bridge of his nose) even if you're right, I don't want to rely on hate and anger anymore. Like how Suhara does. There has to be another way.
Suhara: If you're want to use fire bending like how I do, you're gonna need to learn to draw it from a different source. The original source.
Sokka: How is he supposed to do that? By jumping into a volcano?!
Toph: No. What Suhara's saying is Zuko needs to go back to whatever the original source of firebending is.
Sokka: So, is it jumping into a volcano?
Toph: Not that he told me. (Sets down the bowl she was eating out of) For earth bending, the original benders were badger moles. One day, when I was little, I ran away and hid in a cave. That's where I met them. They were blind, just like me. So we understood each other. I was able to learn earth bending, not just as a martial art, but as an extension of my senses. For them, the original earth benders, it wasn't just about fighting. It was their way of interacting with the world.
Suhara: (Scoots closer to Toph and rests his head on her head) In a way. I'm glad they found you, otherwise, I would've never met you.
Toph: (Wraps her arms around Suhara) I guess so.
Aang: That's amazing, Toph. I learned from the monks, but the original air benders were the sky bison. (He leans back so that he could see Appa) Maybe you can give me a lesson some time, buddy.
Appa stopped eating for a second to roar in response.
Zuko: Well, that doesn't help me. The original fire benders were the dragons, and they're extinct.
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Earth and Fire [Toph Beifong x OC]
FanfictionSuhara is a runaway prince of the Fire Nation, presumed dead by his family. He was taught fire bending at first by his father, but because of being a runaway Suhara meets the last dragon on the planet, Ghidorah, who was born with a defect so he wou...