Before Reading this: I read other Avatar stories and I saw how people made the conversations in different text so I did the same so it makes it easier to read:
Bold italic: Allia's thoughts
Italic: Na'vi conversations
Normal text: English conversation and story
My name is Allia Cheye; I was born and raised in Oregon. I'm fifteen years old now and life on Earth is becoming really hard now, the economy is the worst of all, my family can't even feed all of us, even though its only me, my mom and my brother, since food prices have gone up. I heard about the trip to Pandora from my older brother, listening to the exciting stories of the people who have gone, my brother is thinking about going and for me, well I'm thinking about it too. The only thing is that you have to be eighteen to go and in my record, I can't go because I'm fifteen but my brother knows me well.
My brother, Alex, told my mother, Sandra, he was going but he didn't say he was taking me with him. Alex knew I would love this trip to Pandora, to leave Earth and see another world in our galaxy, a much stranger one. "So baby sis, you excited to go to Pandora?" Alex asked, looking at me as I packed for Pandora, "no shit big bro, I'm way over excited to go, I get to leave home for a different planet" I said, packing a plaid shirt. Alex laughed, "You always do like saying that don't you?" I smiled at him.
I had been learning about the language and ways of the people that live on Pandora for years, since I was eight or nine I got interested in it and they had classes at school for it. I laughed, no more school, no more bullies, no more popular kids to boss me around I thought. Living on Pandora was going to be fun for me because I got all A's in my classes and I was a good listener so, no school on Pandora because of no children allowed. I wasn't a child anymore so I didn't have to listen to that rule.
The day that my brother was reporting to the Pandora program, I would come along. "Good morning mom, see you after school" I said as I went out the door after my brother, shutting the door behind us. Alex had hid our suitcases in his car overnight after we packed, four army sized suitcases packed into my brother's car, unbelievable. Three suitcases full of clothing, one full of our electronics we just couldn't leave behind. Mom would soon find out we had both gone off to Pandora, leaving her to live on this overly populated, overly polluted and overly dirty Earth. "So what's my Pandora age, Alex?" I asked as we buckled in, "your twenty-two, you have the same name and here is your I.D" Alex replied, pulling out his wallet and holding out my I.D card. I smiled at the card then put it in my pocket, as my brother took off towards the Army center in town.
Alex pulled into the Army force center, parking the car in the garage with hundreds of other cars. Alex locked the car as we got out suitcases and rolled them into the center. We were the last two people able to get our names put on the list of people going on this trip to Pandora, the guards put our luggage in the cargo area of the ship.
It was a five year nine month trip there, and the people who got on the ship were asleep all of the trip, which kind of sucked for me because I thought you would be able to move around during the trip but no, you have to be asleep for some reason. We were helped finding a place to sleep for the whole three months, the beds looked like file cabinet shaped hospital beds that somehow fit a person in there. Kind of reminded me of the show CSI when they put the victim's body in a file cabinet storage thing.
The guards found Alex and me two "beds" beside each other so I was thankful for that, the sleeping part, not so much. I climbed into the file cabinet bed, which kind of freaked my out then turned to Alex. "See you in three months big bro" "sleep tight little sis, see you when you wake up" and with that, our file cabinets were slowly shut and everything went pitch black.
Soon I fell asleep, hearing my brother's light snoring from the other cabinet, it was so quiet when I slept, besides my brother's snoring, I heard everything happening outside of this. The ship launching off, the wind whooshing by as we soared into space.
Five years, 9 months and 22 days later
I woke up slowly, opening my eyes first to look around, to see if it was still a dream or if it was true. It was true, I heard my file cabinet unlock then saw one of the doctors' look at me to see if I was awake. "Are we there already?" I asked, looking up at the doctor, the doctor chuckled, "we're there princess, we're there," he said. I smiled, Pandora, we're here! I saw my brother peek out of his file cabinet then look at me, "well, we're here" Alex said, smiling at me. I smiled back then heard the ship as it landed. We got out of our file cabinets and first thing they let us do on the ship was go to the bathroom, I knew I had to go so I went then headed for the entrance of the ship, I saw my brothers and my suitcases now army bags as we lined up to get our bags and air purifier mask. All thirty of us new recruits walked out of the ship, putting on our masks before the entrance opened. Alex and I walked side by side, looking around at our new home; it was exciting for both of us.
When we entered the building we took off our masks, there was a guy speaking to us about Pandora, telling us noobies about what would happen to us without the masks and who the natives who are closest to us. I didn't listen because I didn't need to, I already knew about the air here and the natives who live close to us. It was kind of boring to me but it was a five-minute speech so I didn't have to sit long. I walked around then met a guy named Norm who showed me and another guy, Jake Sully, where our Avatars would be. I was excited to see mine, Jake wasn't supposed to be here but his twin brother had died in training so he was here to take his place. I thought that was nice of him, to come here and take his brother's place here on Pandora. Norm showed me my Avatar first. I looked my Avatar, gaping at her blue skin and long hair.
"Are you sure that's me, Norm?" I asked, looking at Norm, Norm nodded, "that's you, she looks just like you, except for she has blue skin and is probably four or five feet taller". I stuck my tongue out at Norm for his secret way of calling me short then I glanced at my Avatar before we walked over to Jake's, "he looks like you, Jake, doesn't he?" Jake looked at his Avatar then at Norm, "yeah, he looks exactly like me" we left the Avatar tanks, walking into the link room. As soon as we walked into the link room, Grace Augustine walked in, "is that who I think it is?" I asked, looking at Grace, "yes, that's Dr. Augustine, the Director of the Avatar program…" "I know who she is, I just wanted to ask," I said, cutting Norm off. Grace walked by us then stopped, "Norm, I hear good things about you, how's your Na'vi?" Grace asked, looking at Norm, "may the all mother smile upon our meeting" "not bad, you sound a little too formal" "I studied for five years, but there is much to learn". I smiled, understanding the Na'vi language, Grace turned towards me, "who's your new friend, Norm?" Grace asked, looking at me, "my name is Allia Cheye, I have studied the Na'vi since I was young, nine at the latest" I said, smiling proudly.
Grace smiled at me, "wow, the Na'vi language and way's must have caught your interest" I smiled then nodded, "yes they did, it reminded me of the ways of my people way long ago". "Your people?" Grace asked curiously, "I'm Native American, British and German", "ah okay, so that explains the hair, eyes and copper tan skin" Grace said. "I'll be keeping an eye on you, Allia, you're a person of my interest, someone who cares about the Na'vi and Pandora" Grace turned to Jake, "I heard about your brother but we needed him, not someone who knows nothing about the Na'vi" Grace said harshly, "I'm sorry I'm not the right guy for you but they sent me anyway" Jake said.
Soon it was time to get into our link beds, which are much more comfortable then those file cabinet bed's I've heard. I lied down in my link bed, Grace closing the lid over me; I felt my mind go blank as I was linked with my Avatar. I opened my eyes, and looked around, two doctors, a male and a female were the first I saw. "She's awake" the male doctor said, I sat up slowly, looking over my avatar body. I wiggled my fingers and toes then stretched my arms and legs, listening to the doctor's orders, I shook my head then stood up slowly, minding my tail. Jake got out of control with his new body; he made a mess of the room, his tail knocking down everything on the hospital tables. Jake walked over to the window, "I feel great" he said, grinning at Max, I smiled; I bet he'd feel great since he could use his legs again. Jake ran outside, Norm soon following after him, the doctor's let me go change into human avatar clothing.
I ran outside bare footed, dressed in gym shorts and a leopard spotted shirt. I walked over to Grace then stopped, "I see you," I said, using the Na'vi greeting, Grace smiled at me, "amazing, how many year's did you say you studied the Na'vi?" "Thirteen years to be exact, half of it perfecting my Na'vi language" "still amazing, thirteen years and you've got it all down to a know it all" Grace said, tossing me a Pandorian fruit, I took a bite then smiled. Grace and I walked to the Avatar shed, where the Avatar's slept during the night, I wasn't small at all, 8'9 and a ½ stature is big to me, so Norm was right, my Avatar was four feet taller than me. Grace had measured me at the door to the shed, I saw my brother in his Avatar, "I see you" I said, walking up to Alex, "I see you" Alex said, smiling at me.
"Can't call you little sis anymore, can I?" "Nope, I'm only a few inches shorter than you" I said, smiling at my brother. "Ten minutes till lights out kiddies" Grace called out, I said goodnight to my brother then walked over to Grace, "where do I sleep?" Grace looked at her bunk chart, "you sleep on the top bunk", "which one?" "Mine, the chart goes from people who know much about the Na'vi to people who know very little, like Jake" "Oh okay" I smiled at her then climbed up onto my bed. "Night Grace" I said, lying down to sleep, "night kid" Grace said, walking down the isle's to turn off the ceiling lights. "Lights out! See you at dinner kiddies!" Grace called out then lied down on the bottom bed.
I woke up back in my link bed then opened the lid up and stepped out, stretching my bones. First thing I did was Daily Log, its something you had to do everyday here on Pandora.Daily Log
Name: Allia Cheye
Date: September 3rd 2154
Location: RDA Base, Pandora 8:30 P.M
I had my glory with my avatar for a while, it was fun to be tall but now I'm back to my normal height, back to being human. Grace said my interest in the Na'vi is great, it means I care about these people that live here, and I don't want their home being destroyed like mine is back home. Grace was surprised at how well I knew about the Na'vi, their greeting, their language, their ways of life and their love for Eywa. Ah Eywa, the Na'vi's mother of all, the goddess of life they worship and love as a child to their mother. I can't wait for another day in my avatar; Grace said that we're going to head out into the forest tomorrow. The whole idea for me is to come here, see if the stories are true and enjoy myself here on the base and out there with the Omiticaya, since at home, there basically is no more Native Americans, we're almost all wiped out, we might as well be history by now. I remember my mom used to tell me the stories of our people and teach me how to make moccasins or a dream catcher, even a bow the size of my own… that's gone now, I'm here, light-years and light-years away from earth, away from my dying home. The Omiticaya remind me so much of my people, but there is so little appearance from them to the Native Americans back home, there are so many of them and so little of us. I'm glad my brother brought me here with him, I'm glad he signed me up, I hope to pay him back for what he has let me do, all that money saved since he was three just to do this, amazing, I know it was worth it to come here and get away from home. I know the war back from is close to its end and the economy will be better once we have to leave here.
I'm glad I took the classes in elementary, middle school and high school for this, to learn about them though they call us sky people and think we cannot see what they see, I see what they see, Alex and me both. It was my brother who got the packets for Alex and me to come here; we had to pass a test too to get here. It wasn't that hard for me to learn the Na'vi language; it was like me learning the languages of my people all over again. Alex didn't want to learn about our native tongue, but I did, I cared, I want to pass down what I know from my mother to my children and so on forth. I know my brother is probably saying different in his log but I know I speak my mind in my log, if you speak from your mind then people will understand you better. I don't know what to say anymore, my stomach is growling like a bear and that means time to go eat usually, anyways I'll tell you about tomorrow when I log back in. Allia Cheye, signing out now.
End Of Daily Log
"Okay, my butt is so sore now, too much sitting" I said, standing up slowly from my chair, "that's what happens when you talk too much silly" Grace said, coming up behind me. "Hey Grace", I said, "I see you" Grace smiled, "I see you, come on Allia, an avatar driver needs their food". I smiled then walked to the cafeteria with Grace. Norm was already eating and Jake was gone so he must be wheeling around here somewhere. I lined up and got a plate of spaghetti with salad and strawberries, I walked over to Norm, "hey Norm" "hey Allia, just talked to your brother" "oh yeah? What's he say?" "He was just wanted to check in on his sister" "ah, my brother" I smiled at the thought of Alex always checking in on me then started eating. The spaghetti was great but the salad and strawberries were okay to me, nothing will ever taste as good as mama's food, I sighed, Mama, I wonder how she is doing right now, probably worrying about her children, me especially. I finished my meal then put the tray back on the counter, "time for some sleep kiddy" Grace said, looking at me, I smiled then laid down on a normal bed. "Goodnight Grace" "Goodnight Allia" Grace said, tucking me in, then watching me as I fell asleep.
P.S I also have a link for a Na'vi translator, I will post it below if you want
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