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Flashback-
As soldiers approached a young??Dak felt worried. "Dad!" he said. A man came out of the house. He saw th soldiers and his eyes widened. "Jeong Jeong! Come here!" he yelled. An aging man walked out. "What is it Juu?" he asked, alarmed. "Get the boys to safety," he whispered now "soldiers are coming, quickly!" he urged. "What about y-" "I'll be fine, go!" Juu replied.??"May the spirits guide you brother." he whispered also.??A very young boy came out of the house. "What's going on, Uncle Jeong Jeong?" he said groggily, he had obviusly been sleeping. Jeong Jeong picked him up. "We're going on a trip!" he said feigning excitement. "What about the soldiers?" Dak asked. "Oh, that's just a routine search, nothing to worry about." he said as he climed into the front of the ostrichhorse-drawn cart. "Come now!" he said urgently.
As they were driving away, Dak turned and saw a man shove his father into the house. "Dad!" he screamed as he jumped off the cart. "Dak, no!" Jeong Jeong yelled as he ran after him. As Dak looked inside his house, time seemed to slow down. He saw everything. The house was on fire and his parents were looking at the soldier with defiance as he coldly killed them. "NOO!" Dak yelled. As the guard rounded on him he felt a tug at his waist and saw Jeong Jeong rush into the room just as everything went black.
See what happened to them, boy? They didn't fight and they payed the price! "Shut up!" Dak replied forcefully. Your little girlfriend will end up the same way. The voice began to cackle wickedly.
"No!" Dak yelled as he woke up. "Just a dream, just a dream." he assured himself. He looked around. "How'd I get in an alley gutter?" he thought. "Oh, yeah, thats right." After they had escaped from the arena, Dak had immediately looked for a place to hide. Eventually, they found an alley and squeezed in between the walls of the side gutters. They had been there for several days,Toph had enough sense to steal food from the cafeteria.??He looked at Toph. She looked so peaceful, he thought. He had watched her sleep in prison and she had always looked sad. Now she was smiling, happy to be free. He decided it was time to wake up.
"Hey, Toph." he nudged her. "Hmpf." she muttered. "Toph, time to wake up!" he said louder. "What?" she asked sleepily. At that moment Dak thought of his dream. "Nothing, just that we have to get moving." he said. "Wait, we need to fit in, I almost forgot.". "Okay, how?" she asked. "Take your clothes off." he said simply. "What!?" she asked incredlously. "Huh? Oh. Your prison clothes." he restated with a smile. "Keep you underclothes, thats what the beggars and peasants wear.". "Oh." she felt embarrassed as she got rid of her overshirt.
They walked out of the alley and moved down the street. But they weren't alone a figure passed behind the shadows as they walked along. "So, whats the plan?" Toph asked. "Well first we need to find a nice family, then we need to steal their gate passes, and we should be home free." He said as if stealing from a nice family was nothing. "Okay but- Someone's coming!" she said. Dak knew that someone was a soldier or soldiers. Sure enough..."Hey! You there! Turn around!" a soldier said. "Over here! I found the fugitives! Ha, you're not going anywhere." he smiled crookedly. "Toph, go, I'll get them." Dak said. "But-" "Don't argue, you're hurt, you're no good in a fight. Now!" His dream flashed before his eyes. Yesss. I told you it would happen. Before they??kill her,??let me loose! He felt it begin to take over. Good. Now, kill them! "Ahh!" Dak yelled as he charged.
Toph wasn't 30 feet away before she slammed into a man. An old man, in fact. Somewhat fat and full of mirth. A familiar person to Toph. "So, young lady, what problems do you want to talk about over a good cup of tea this time? I'll let you pour your own cup, I promise." he said, a smile on his wise face.
Take a wild guess. No, not santa, it's- Insert Dime For Next Chapter.
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