Thanks for checking out my story! My first 'Avatar' fic so some of the names might be a little off. I only saw the movie once so if I get anything about the humans or Na'vi wrong, please let me know.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, locations, events, or anything else from 'Avatar'
It had been three human months since the Sky People had been exiled from Pandora and the Omiticaya still had yet to find a proper home tree to house the large tribe. For the time being though, they had to remain at the tree of souls. Several scouts had been sent out to try and locate a new one but their searches have lead to dead ends.
One of the scouts had returned and was walking to the edge of the cliff near the arches that covered the tree of souls. He was immediately stopped by two other Na'vi that were guarding the rest of the Omiticaya. Ever since the Sky People had left, the security of the tribe was stepped up immensely. That is not to say it wasn't tight before, but now they knew that they couldn't be too careful. The one scout exchanged a few words with the guards as proof of his being a real Na'vi and not a dream-walker or from being in another tribe. After he was accepted, he climbed back towards the tree of souls and the guards returned to their original posts.
Once one of the guards had stopped moving, the first thing he felt was a thing vine wrapped around his neck, it tightened very quickly he was without breath. He struggled against his unknown assailant but to no avail. No matter what he did, the vine only got tighter. He tried to scream for help from one of the other guards, but no breath or voice could escape his mouth. After that, his body fell limp in seconds and the killer let go and moved away, carrying the body with it.
As the first rays of light pierced into the tree of souls, most of the Omiticaya were already woken up. Jake was woken up by the loud commotion that was being created underneath the arches of the tree of souls. As soon as he opened his eyes and looked toward where most of the people were standing, it did not take him very long to see why there was cause for concern.
The seven guards were all hanging by their necks from the arches above the tree of souls. As Jake got closer he could see that in the sections of vine around the victim's necks, nails of some sort had been stabbed in at four identical locations on all seven Na'vi. The one thing that caught Jake's eye though, was that on all of the victims, there was a letter 'E' carved on their chests.
As the Omiticaya were trying to piece everything together through the sadness of those lost and the fear of whomever or whatever may have done this and whether they will strike again, a figure sitting in one of the trees outside the cliffs of the tree of souls was smiling lightly to himself, looking down at the Na'vi, admiring his latest work.
Yeah it's short, but I didn't know how to really transition to the next part without making it another chapter. Trust me, when Chapter 2 comes out, that part might make a little more sense.