Okay, so this is my first fanfic EVAA! Seriously, I've never done this before so give me a break if you find mistakes. I just finished watching Avatar, for like the fifth time, and I thought "I've gotta do a fanfic! It just REALLY deserves one! (from me, hah im so selfish XD)" Anyways, yeah REMBER I want some good critizm, not like my friend over here *Alex being hanged* Yeah, he will be my example for those who need one. MWAHAHAHA! Thankies for those who do give me good critizm. (god, i think I keep spelling that word wrong... T.T)

So, enjoy!

--NW :3

Pinky Promises with Five Fingers

Prologue

"Sempu, get up!"

"No, lemme alone." Jake muffled in his hammock.

There was laughter.

Then suddenly, the world was upside down and his heavy body thud on the floor of their small hallow.

"Sempu, come! You promised me!"

Jake let out a groan. Why did she have to wake him up this early in the morning? Sure it was good to be a morning type of person, but the sun wasn't even in the sky yet.

"Not now Seze. Not now."

"But Sempu!" Seze grabbed at his arm. "You pinky promised!"

Seze was named in honor of her mother's long passed Ikran. And since Seze and he were one of the only Na'vi in the clan that had five fingers, pinky promises were extremely important to her. Seze tried to lift him and bring her father out of their little hallow, but his weight was far greater than she had expected, and so his arm slipped out of her grasp and she tumbled back on the floor.

"What's going on?" Neytiri rubbed her eyes and yawned.

"Se'nu! Get father to come with me! He promised that he would show me the sun rise today."

"Did you promise this to her, Jake?" Neytiri glanced at his lazy body on the floor.

"Yes! He even pinky promised!" Seze nodded frantically. For a twelve year old, Seze was very eager to learn anything and everything in her world. Sometimes if she was lucky, her father would tell her stories about his original world. A beautiful planet called Earth. A place that used to be so beautiful, the other planets would be jealous. Jungles, deserts, plains, mountains, oceans, forests, lakes, rivers, clouds, rain, and cities. All those things sounded so amazing, but it was hard to believe that now, Earth was nothing but a ball of rock and dust. When her father, as the clan leader, had time to talk to her and the youngsters, he would tell them of his experiences and that there was much more to the sky than they thought. Most of the children thought it was over the seas and forests, but Seze thought, no Seze dreamed of beyond the eye could see. She dreamed of flying, soaring into the sky, into the stars and to Earth. When she asked her father if it was possible, he replied, "If you're crazy enough. Though I don't think you would get very far." Seze thought it over and over, but she decided to let the dream wait. Life now was too important.

"Okay, Seze," Jake picked himself up and sighed. "Let's go."

"Yes!" Seze gave a tiny whoop and started up the long coil of the Home tree.

Each step brought her closer to their destination, and she couldn't wait. Soon her steps became into a speed walk, then a jog, and then a run. Seze ran all the way up as fast as her legs could carry her.

When she finally reached the top, she chose a wide tree branch and sat on it, careful that she didn't accidentally slip off and fall to her death.

"Sempu, hurry!" She called.

By the time Jake had reached her, he was huffing and puffing out of breath. "Seze, you have to wait for me, or I won't follow you anywhere."

Her cat-like ears pulled back in shame. "I'm sorry father."

Jake sighed. He remembered Seze's birth like it was yesterday. The clan's medicine Na'vi, Keta'yu, had presented her to Jake. A tiny Na'vi girl who seemed too small for her age, and too human. Her features were fine and so was her blue striped skin, but when she opened her eyes, they weren't a pretty gold colour, they were like the ocean. Not the polluted oceans on Earth, but the green tinge of the sea. Her fingers on each hand were different too. She had five instead of four. Her toes were the same. This was when Jake suddenly realized that she was like him and the features and things that he gave her were human from his human DNA.

At first, Jake and Neytiri worried of their daughter's well being. But seeing her grow up with the children of the clan, well, it gave their hearts a string of hope to hold onto. It wasn't until Seze's third birthday when something strange happened.

It was her first time to go hunting with her mother and father. Of course she was put in a pouch carrier that was slung in front of Neytiri. They had been about to catch a good meal, a healthy looking caribou animal, when unexpectedly, a cry of fear rang through the trees. Suddenly aware of the danger, the animal raced away deeper into the forest with its life. Jake had looked down to see fear and terror in the young child's eyes. It was obvious it was she who had howled out loudly. Staring up to see her angry father, Seze uttered her first sentence. "Please Sempu, do not kill it."

Struck with astonishment, the mated couple stared at their child in surprise.

Seze had always been different, and being so, the children about her age would steer clear of her. The word "friend" was one of the many words she could not find the definition of; because she didn't have any, let alone understanding the concept.

But she never found that a bother. Maybe it was because she thought that's how life for her was supposed to be.

Jake sat down beside his daughter.

Silence over came them like a soft eerie blanket.

"Sempu," Seze whispered quietly. "I'm…I really am…" she stuttered. Seze never knew how to really communicate with her father. Because deep down, she had a feeling he despised her. Not just because she was a failure, but also, she knew in her heart, she was different. She was a mistake. Of course, he never said so with his words, but she saw it in his eyes. She'd always been able to tell how someone really felt through their body emotions. She knew he wanted a better daughter. Maybe even a son. But there was nothing she could do about it. In and out of her home, she was an outsider.

A lump formed in her throat, and she felt like she was going to throw up. Her eyes watered, but she forced them to retreat.

"I'm really… I'm so sorry father!" she burst. Hot, burning tears came running out of her eyes. They rolled down her cheeks like a waterfall and dripped onto her knees. She tried to wipe them away furiously. Tears were weakness. Weakness was feeble, and that meant she was weak and feeble. She didn't need her father knowing she was weak, feeble and different. No, she wanted to show him just because she seemed to look and act different, it didn't mean she was a little baby.

"I can't help it," she tried apologizing through her quivering voice. "I don't think I'll ever find my place in the world…" she stopped. Feeling a hand on her head, she turned to see her father smiling at her. "Why are you so upset, Seze? You sound like me when I realized it was my fault that the original Home tree of this clan was destroyed."

She stared at her clan leader for a moment. She remembered the story about how all the Na'vi had thought he was a traitor, a few months before she was born. He had told the humans how to destroy their original home and they were all furious at him.

"Listen Seze, everyone makes mistakes. They'll always be people who don't fit in. Especially on Earth, there are always people who think they're alone in the world, but they're not. You have me, your mother, and the rest of the clan. I once was an outsider, but look at me now!" he gestured to himself.

"Exactly my point," Seze laughed quietly.

"Hey, I heard that." Jake grabbed her in a playful head lock. "Take it back!"

Seze giggled non-stop, and soon, both father and daughter were having a giggle-fit.

"Never," she screamed. She couldn't remembered having this much fun with her own father.

"Sempu?" Seze stopped laughing. "What you said a moment ago, were you telling to truth?"

Jake couldn't help himself and patted his naive daughter's head. "Yes, I meant it."

"Pinky promise?" Seze held out her fifth tiny finger.

Jake chuckled. He held out his own fifth finger and interlocked it with hers. "Pinky promise." They curled their pinkies and shook them once, twice, and three times. Then they let go. That was their own deal they always made to each other. If a pinky promise was broken, that person would be in serious trouble. So far, none had broken any.

Before Seze knew it, the sun began to rise over the forest. Its warmth touched Seze's blue-ish skin. Putting her arm over her eyes to shield them from the light, she turned to her father and grinned. Smiling back, Jake whispered in her ear.

"Happy thirteenth birthday, Seze." Seze's grin grew wider.

Smiling she repeated the word in her head. Thirteen… thirteen… Thirteen! She was thirteen at last. The day had finally come. The first day she got to go to "training school". All the children started training at thirteen. Maybe she would be really good at training and everyone would forget she was different in a bad way. Maybe they would start to respect her. Maybe she would make friends.

The thought made her shiver in happiness.

"Thank you…" she tried remembering what they called fathers on Earth. "Daddy," she said firmly, suddenly remembering what the word was.

Sitting there with his mouth wide open in shock, Jake watched as his daughter walked towards the trunk of the Home tree. He didn't think she could say or even recall the word he had said once. She had asked him millions of questions about his original life on Earth, including what they called Sempu and Se'nu. "Humans call them 'Daddy' and 'Mommy'" he replied simply. But she hadn't forgotten.

Even though Seze was a strange little Na'vi child, in her own ways, she was dangerous, but also very innocent. So he smiled when he saw her trip as Seze climbed into the trunk of the tree.

"Clumsy!" he laughed at her. She smiled back, proud he thought of this as amusement instead of disappointment.

Please fogive me if you think Jake sounds like a bully XO I tried to make him sound like he found it nice that she wasn't all that he expected but also more than he expected... if that makes any sense... Well, I hope you liked this tiny (or long) prologue! It was really fun and I think I should do more... RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT MORE!

hm... that's strange... my hand is up... OH! that means I want more! well then, I guess the decision is closer to most likely than not likely...

Thankies again! I'll try to update as soon as possible!

--NW :3