It's been 6 years since the sky people left our home. Or that's what they say anyway.

Life here is peaceful once again. The aliens that were chosen to stay have been very kind toward us. Life has returned to normal here. Yet is has changed. Jakesully has become clan leader in honor of his victory in the war with the sky people and in memory of the late Eytukan.

But I'm not here to tell you about how grand our planet has become since then, but I'm hear to tell you a story behind the story. We all know the story of how our princess Neytiri fell in love with the alien Jakesully and how he saved our people. But while the two were finding their true feelings in those few months. Another alien also has a story to be told.

But to tell his story, I must first tell you mine. My name is Neytikai. I was here the first time the aliens touched down. It wasn't so bad at first. Grace, a teacher they called her, was so kind and gentle. She had such a pure spirit. We learned many great and wonderful things from her.

But a couple years passed and everything started to turn. The aliens started to take our planet from us. A little while after that Eytukan asked Grace and the other aliens to leave. He said they were demons that could not be trusted.

And that brings me to 6 years and 6 months ago.

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I leapt through the trees with my bow at my back. We're not supposed to leave Hometree and venture out on our own, but I've always been a rule breaker.

I loved feeling the wind upon my face and the smell of the fresh, ripe forest. The beads fashioned in my hair clashed with each other as the wind blew through my hair. I yelled up at the to the hovering ikran.

Anyone who accompanied me only slowed me down. Except Neytiri. She was just like me. Such a carefree spirit, something that you cannot leash.

I sat on a well high up branch to stop and rest. I picked a nearby flower and placed it in my hair. I smiled feeling content.

"Hey cut that out, Marine." A voice came from below.

I perched up on my branch and hid myself from sight.

"So where are the Natives?" Another voice added.

"They're probably watching us right now."

I smiled hearing this.

"Here look Norm. Just take this here and… there." The voice belonged to none other than the pure soul of Grace.

"Wow, it uploads that fast?"

"Fascinating isn't it." She smiled.

She was with two others. One had one of those awful monsters in his hands. It has killed multiples of our people. He obviously wasn't interested in the work Grace and the other alien were doing so he wondered a little ways ahead of them.

"Don't touch that- Nice… Now you just decontaminated the sample, Norm." Grace said hitting him upside the head. I couldn't help but smile.

Suddenly there was a roar. I jumped to the tree next to me to find the so-called 'marine' had messed with one of our native beasts.

"Don't shoot. You'll only piss him off." I heard Grace say from below me.

I feel like I should do something, but at the same time I feel like the alien deserves to be trampled.

"Don't run or he'll charge. Just… hold your ground." Grace said.

Yet he did what he was supposed to and held his ground.

The animal left without question. I laughed at the ignorant fool. He was lucky… this time.

I turned my attention downwards to see another animal ready to rip him apart.

"So what do I do? Run. Don't run. What?" the marine asked.

"Run. Defiantly run!" Grace yelled as the animal ran after him.

I was beginning to get bored. Watching aliens get killed was a normal day-to-day thing nowadays.

I turned my attention toward Grace and her partner. I lye down on the mossy branch and watched the unfamiliar alien.

This alien was different from the others I encountered. He was… skittish. It was quite funny. I smiled leaning down a little so I could see his face more, but not enough where I would be noticed. He was an alien alright. Their false bodies weren't hard to spot.

"We need to get back to the ship. Get the equipment and I'll get Trudy to start up the ship." Grace said as she raced in one direction.

"On it!" He shouted running the other direction.

I cocked my head to the side. He was so strange. I mean all the aliens were strange, but he was… handsomely strange.

I followed him to the spot we were in previously. I want to talk to him so badly, to see how an alien works. But again we are forbidden.

But I'm also a rule breaker, right?

I watched him fumble with the backpack, that's what they call it, and laughed when he spilled its contents. He looked up at this. Whoops… guess I just blew my cover.

"Who's there?" He asked pulling out a knife.

I swung upside down on the tree branch and looked at him from behind. I felt like being mischievous so I swung my tail and whacked him in the head.

"Ahh!" He jumped and fell hard onto the ground. I couldn't help but giggle.

"Y-Y-You're a-a-a- n—n-n-native…ah-ahh." He stuttered

I jumped down and walked over to him. I cocked my head examining him. He was stuttering some nonsense that I couldn't understand and tried to stand, but wound up running headfirst into a tree branch.

I laughed hard. I fell onto the ground clutching my stomach. This alien was very funny.

He blushed holding his face. He took his hand away to see blood and quite a bit.

My face became serious then. I ran over to him and placed a gentle hand on the gash. He hissed under my touch.

"Uhh it's n-nothing r-really. I-I can p-patch this up w-when I get b-back to the lab-" I licked my thumb and ran it across the gash to clean it. He tensed up immediately. I looked around for any herbs I could use. And just my luck there were some nearby.

"Stay. I make better." I said in the best English I could.

"Umm, alright." He said blinking as I passed him.

I came back and sat in front of him. I tried to smooth out some herb extract across the gash, but he kept backing his head away.

"Stay. I make hurt no more." I said. He still tried to back away.

I huffed feeling frustrated. I sat up, pulling my legs around his waist, straddling him. I held the back of his neck so he couldn't move.

"Still." I snarled watching the blush grow brighter on his face.

"Uhh- I-I d-don't t-think t-this is a-appropriate." I smoothed the extract over the gash and placed an herbal leaf over it. He stood still and watched as I did so.

"There. Not so bad." I smiled sweetly at him. "And this make pain come back no more." I kissed the wound tenderly and let his scent fill my nose. He smelt odd and strange.

"T-Thanks…" He said swallowing hard. I stood up walking to leave.

"H-Hey wait!" he yelled. "What's your name?"

I looked at him and smiled warmly. "Neytikai. You?" I asked cocking my head.

"Uhh-Uhh c-cheek…" he said touching the now bandaged wound. "I-I mean N-Norm." He said shaking his head.

I laughed. "Funny name." Just then, a sign I have only heard about from Mo'at or have only seen during ceremonies involving Eywa, floated down onto my nose. A seed of the Sacred Tree. It blew from my nose to his. I watched mesmerized. After it flew off I walked back up to him and looked at him directly in the eyes. I pulled my face to his and brushed my face to his. "Cheek." I whispered with a smile. I pulled away to see him blush even more if that were possible.

"Norm!" I could hear Grace calling. Norm looked in the same direction. I took this chance to slip back into the trees.

"Norm! Where the hell-" Grace walked up with an annoyed expression.

"I-I w-was-" he turned around to nothing.

"I don't care what you were doing. We need to find this damn marine before something else does. Let's go!" Grace said stomping off.

Norm looked up into the trees and watched as a blur drifted away. He looked down to see a yellow flower that had previously been in the female Na'vi's hair.