Hello fellow readers and writers! So I've been working on this story for a long time but I put it away and recently I found my notes and started jotting it down. All original characters from "Avatar" belong to James Cameron. Please read and review and I will continue this story! Enjoy the first chapter of this story! Rated K for now but later T for language.

What started out as a dream…

It started out with a dream and then an opportunity arose. It was placed on hold by an order but continued with a habit, then a way of life. It grew with the power of love, but destroyed by hatred. But with an act of courage, it healed and won. What was 'it'?

"Hope…" I managed to mumble, awaking to the sound of my alarm clock. That little saying has been stuck with me since I could remember. Growing up, I memorized it so one day I could tell my kids and they would tell their kids and so on, for generations to come.

Great, here we go, back to work. I lifted my sleepy body up from my bed and rubbed my face. Looking at the window, I remembered I wasn't at home anymore, if you really consider Earth home anymore. No matter how long I've been on this planet, 1 day or a whole year, I still can't get used to the idea I'm here. 8 years in the voyage to Pandora felt more like taking a drug to sleep and waking up to realize you are 8 years older than when you left the planet destroyed by man-kind. My alarm clock rang again, hitting my hand over it to shut it up. I stumbled to the bathroom and got ready for the day.

Passing the hallway, I reached my office. Swiping my card to gain access, I turned on the lights and monitors, paying no attention to the lights from my desk but at the window above my work station. It was a huge view of the forest. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I could see the wild life scattering through the trees, sometime even an ikran with a Na'vi on its back.

"Another glorious sunrise, time to wake up, chief", I muttering under my breath, I placed my headset and viewed the monitors that glowed symbols in my eyes.

"Pandora Haven, this is Eagle's Nest, come in, over", I spoke over the microphone. Nothing was heard over the other line.

"Pandora Haven, this is Eagle's Nest, do you read me? Over", I tried again. Nothing from them was exchanged. I waited a minute, still nothing. Suddenly and finally, someone picked up the call.

"This is Pandora Haven, we read you loud and clear Eagle's Nest, over", the husky voice I knew was on the other line.

"'Bout time you wake up, Jake. Started to thinking maybe Neytiri killed you or something", I said over the microphone and smiled.

"Ha ha, very funny Charlie", he answered, deadpan. "Anything on Pandora's atmosphere?"

"Nothing so far…the skies are clear", a smile still plastered on my face. My eyes darted to the keyboard but not before seeing a photo. It was a photo of Jake, Neytiri, Mo'at, Norm, and Max, and myself. We were all smiling and enjoying the day. Behind the photo was one of Dr. Grace and I; she towered over me in her avatar body. A symbol then flashed on the monitor, snapping me back to reality.

"Jake, I have to go to the landing dock, something is up and I have to know what it is", I answered. "I'm turning on Silent Vigilante." Placing an ear-bud in my ear, I shut down everything and made my way to the port.

The landing dock was one of those places you know something can't be good. But none the less, I liked going there, for some unknown reason.

Once on dock, everyone was bustling by. People had their exo-packs off, the AMP suits were in motion.

"Exo-packs on!" someone ordered. Everyone started to get an exo-pack on their faces and started to breathe in the purified air from the pack. Taking my exo-pack and fidgeted to get it on right, I mentally counted down the time I had left before the dock would be infiltrated with the natural air from Pandora. After a struggle, I managed to get the pack on before the vents opened and allowed the cargo ship to enter.

"Jake, a ship just landed on Hell's Gate base", I answered, trying to keep my voice as even and relaxed as possible. "It's a cargo ship."

"Anyone alive?"

"Doesn't seem like it…wait, yes…it's a boy." A boy, probably a bit bigger than me, stumbled out of the ship and looked around.

"Just one boy?"

"Well, unless you count the guards but other than that, yes just one. I need to get a closer look at this, Parker is up to something. I'll keep you posted Jake", I answered.

"Charlie, be careful", Jake ordered me from the other line.

"You got it, chief", I answered a smile crept on my face, turning off my radio. My smile disappeared into a straight line on my face.

The ship landed a few meters away from me, the doors already opening after it landed. Soldiers and AMP suits headed into the ship, removing everything inside it, giant glass panes, metal sheets, and tubes, and I made my way to head.

"Charlie", a voice called out to me, making my head turned in the direction where the vocal sound originated from.

"Parker", I answered, noticing he was coming in a rather quick pace.

"Nice to see you out of the nest, thought we might have to get you out of there", he commented, watching me observe the action taking place.

"I've heard about catching big fish but don't you think this is too much?" I asked, still looking at the AMP suits carrying the sheets of glass as if it were paper.

"Well, stop by the lab station tomorrow morning and you will see the "big catch" we got", he told me, patting my shoulders.

"I will do my best to stop by", I answered, looking at him, crossing my arms across my chest.

"You know, for a girl, you make quite a lot of observations and smart remarks", he continued.

"Well, someone has to", I answered, focusing my attention to the boy. The boy was then surrounded by soldiers and one of them pointed a gun at him to keep him moving and away from the AMP suits from crushing him. "Why did you bring him? You know what Toruk Makto said if we bring any more humans here."

"Well hopefully, old chief out there will understand we follow our own set of rules, not his", Parker mentioned in a very annoying manner, turning his back to me, starting to walk away. Uncrossing my arms, I grasped my hands to my back.

"You know, for someone who is looking for a diplomatic solution to deal with the Na'vi, you are taking a really tactless method. And last time I checked, we can't follow Earth's rule, we follow Pandora's", I commented as I watched him stop dead on his tracks and turn to face me.

"Did Dr. Augustine teach you to say that?" he asked, with a fake confused look plastered over his face as he tried ever so hard to remain calm.

"No, I didn't need her to tell what was going between you and Quaritch, and like you said, I pay attention to everything and make observations. Excuse me; I'm late for an appointment. I'll stop by tomorrow, 8 a.m. sharp", I answered, heading in the opposite direction. I turned once more to catch a glimpse of the boy. Just my luck, we both faced each other at the same time and our eyes refused to let our views go. He was escorted to the building and I headed the other way. My hair swirled and cascaded down my shoulders, knowing that I will soon see Jake and tell him the current situation.

"Time to meet up, Jake", I whispered over the microphone, hiding in one of my buttons of my shirt. I smiled and breathed in deep.

-Ta-da! First chapter done! Boom! Just to clear things up, Charlie is a girl and Quaritch and Grace are not dead (yes I know they died in the movie but this is my take on the story). Parker and the RDA members came back and Jake initially tried to kick them out but Charlie was in the mix. More will be explain in the following chapters. Please read and review! Keep on writing fellow writers and readers!