300 word drabble: Stop the Rock
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avatar_500 prompt #45, Earth.
Summary: If you ask Katara, Toph's a horrible earthbendng teacher. But nobody asked Katara.
Stop the Rock
Aang peered anxiously at the boulder on the ledge above them. "You really think this is the best way to teach her earthbending?"
"Actually," Toph beamed at him and hopped down off the ledge. "There is a better way." She snatched Katara's belt and wrapped it around her eyes. As the light cut out, Katara sighed hard. "This way she’ll really have to sense the vibrations of the boulder to stop it. Thank you Aang."
Katara sighed harder.
Toph bounced back up onto the ledge and shoved the boulder with a smirk.
Katara felt it. She could really feel it rumbling towards her. It rumbled, and she rolled out of its way like a spinning top. She let her head hang for just a second. "Sorry."
"Yeah, you are sorry." Katara wanted to smack her, but Toph wasn't finished. "If you’re not tough enough to stop the rock, then you could at least give it the pleasure of smushing you instead of jumping out of the way like a jelly-boned wimp! Now, do you have what it takes to face that rock like an earthbender?"
"Yes," she snapped. "I do."
"Then prove it!" A new boulder burst out of the ground and Toph sent it careening towards her, faster, and larger than the last. Katara planted her feet and held her arms ready.
The rock hit them She thought for certain they were going to break. But it wasn't her bones, but the rock that broke, raining down around her.
The laughter leapt out of her. "What do you say to that?" she crowed at the tiny earthbender, yanking her blindfold away.
Toph walked over and tapped one of the stone chunks with her toe, grinning. "You're supposed to stop the rock, not blow it up, what's wrong with you?"
avatar_500 prompt #45, Earth.Summary: If you ask Katara, Toph's a horrible earthbendng teacher. But nobody asked Katara.
Stop the Rock
Aang peered anxiously at the boulder on the ledge above them. "You really think this is the best way to teach her earthbending?"
"Actually," Toph beamed at him and hopped down off the ledge. "There is a better way." She snatched Katara's belt and wrapped it around her eyes. As the light cut out, Katara sighed hard. "This way she’ll really have to sense the vibrations of the boulder to stop it. Thank you Aang."
Katara sighed harder.
Toph bounced back up onto the ledge and shoved the boulder with a smirk.
Katara felt it. She could really feel it rumbling towards her. It rumbled, and she rolled out of its way like a spinning top. She let her head hang for just a second. "Sorry."
"Yeah, you are sorry." Katara wanted to smack her, but Toph wasn't finished. "If you’re not tough enough to stop the rock, then you could at least give it the pleasure of smushing you instead of jumping out of the way like a jelly-boned wimp! Now, do you have what it takes to face that rock like an earthbender?"
"Yes," she snapped. "I do."
"Then prove it!" A new boulder burst out of the ground and Toph sent it careening towards her, faster, and larger than the last. Katara planted her feet and held her arms ready.
The rock hit them She thought for certain they were going to break. But it wasn't her bones, but the rock that broke, raining down around her.
The laughter leapt out of her. "What do you say to that?" she crowed at the tiny earthbender, yanking her blindfold away.
Toph walked over and tapped one of the stone chunks with her toe, grinning. "You're supposed to stop the rock, not blow it up, what's wrong with you?"
