The base of hometree was tilting dangerously and a mother was holding her child to her chest. The child saw the tears running down the side of her mothers face, and was confused as Metal birds threw fire at her home. Her mother sprinted to the forest as the great tree fell from its base, her father grabbed the arm of her mother and she tripped, causing the child to slip out of her arms and splashed into a stream. Her mother screamed and ran after her, not seeing her child, only 4 years old, beneath the waters surface.
Tears dripped into the stream and the pair had to move on as the tree was coming towards them. Her mother looked back once more, tears streaming like the river that swallowed her child...Or so she thought.
Tie'Menue was wooshing down the stream and bursting up through the surface every now and again. She found a low edge and managed to flop onto the side. She lay there, her light blue beads in her hair were glistening in the sun, panting, she thought about her mother and wished for the warmth of her arms. She heared growling and got up on her little legs to look around.
A pack of viper wolves were prowling around her, deciding weather or not to attack a small meal and possibly attract more Na'vi. The adults decided that it would be good practise for the pups and let them attack. She managed to hold one off but was getting tired. She heard a deep growl behind her and the Viper Wolf pup instantly ran to its parents.
The pack took one look at Tie'Menue and then between her and scurried off without a look back. She got up and turned to see two Thanatores looking at her, one female and a male. The male put away his claws and patted her body gently, the Female growled softly, in a motherly way. The male tinted his head and scooped her up onto his back. She saw his que and they connected, she learned their names. He was Pu'Lei and the female was Mie'tan, the male began to turn around and the small grou began to run through the forest.
Tie'Menue held on as they wizzed by trees and rocks, streams and ditches. They arrived at a cave that was hidden behind a waterfall, it had moss on the floor and a perticularly soft part was where Pu'Lei slipped Tie'Menue off his back. She opened her eyes and saw that a small pup came through a hole. It snuggled up to her mother and looked nervously at her. She giggled and the pup slowly approached her, wide eyed, the pup looked at her an tilted her head. The pup patted Tie'Menue's head with a soft paw, purred and snuggled beside her.
After a few days Tie'Menue became used to the home, the parents would bring food for their pups, Na'vi and Thanator. She grew stronger and her teeth sharper than normal Na'vi. When she was big enough to go outside from the cave, her and her sister Nie'kay would play fight in the mud, Nie'kay keeping her claws in incase of hurting her sister.
One day when Tie'Menue and Nie'kay were eighteen, she decided to surprise her parents so she woke Nie'kay up gently and told her the plan. They would go out and split up, Nie'kay, with her claws, would hunt some animals and Tie'Menue would foriedge for berries and fruit that she new where their favourites. When they met up, Tie'Menue got a large leaf to use as a plate. They placed the foods on it in a split fashion, one side for their mother, the other for their father.
Once they were done, the enfusiastic Thanator went in and gently woke up their parents. The Na'vi went in and presented the food, their parents were surprised and purred delightedly in response. The left overs from the hunt and foriedge were eaten by the young ones. When they were done, to show their gratetude, they went for a run. The young Na'vi rode on her sister as they swished through the green forest, spooking a herd of Yerik in a clearing.
They stopped at a sight before them, a gigantic tree...it was on its side. When she saw it Tie'Menue shed tear's that ran down her blue cheeks. Her bright blue eyes were glistening with tears. She had a ballerina form and was quite petite. She had bio-luminescent dots that scattered her body with beautiful patterns.
She jumped down and nelt on the ground as heart rencing memories escaped her mind. The fire...the screams...her mother. She had always known she wasn't really a Thanator...but Pu'lie and Mie'tan had been such good parents she had forgotten.
Pu'lie nuzzled her face and she got up and cried into his sholder, both the females snuggled up to her, trying the best way they could to comfort her. She wiped the tears off her face and prayed to Eywa that the fallen home would grow over and become a home for animals and insects. They traveled back and prayed to Eywa also to tell her that her mother was safe.
When they arrived back at the cave it was getting dark so she snuggled on her bed and cuddled Nie'kay to sleep. Her dreams mixed with fire, Viper Wolves...and that protective growl Mie'Tan had given her...and her mothers tears patting above her head. When she woke up, it was still dark, something had woken her but she didn't know what. She had gotten used to the sound of the waterfall and found it soothing. She got up and stood stock still when she heard something crunch on the ground. The sound continued, oblivious to its observer. It changed to a pat on the ground, followed by another one. Then it sploshed into the pool that was made by the waterfall. She slowly creeped to the edge and peered out, seeing another Na'vi floating in the calm waters. She gasped as she had never seen another Na'vi before. He looked up but she ducked behind the waterfall.
Her thoughts raced around in her head...'should i greet him?'...'Is he dangerous?'...'Is he friendly?' These questions swirled around and made her head dizzy. She decided to go down and greet him, but not to let him know where the entrance to the cave was. She slipped down the rocky side and ducked down into the tree's. She got onto all fours with her legs higher and began to crawl towards the person floating in the pool. He looked up to reveal Dark bronze eyes that clashed against her bright blue ones. "Hello? Can't you see i'm bathing!" His angry tone and foreign tounge confused Tie'Menue and she tilted her head. He started mumbeling to himself and began to talk once more. "Hello?! can't you understand me?" He seemed agitated and she tilted her head to the other side, a sound of a shout of another Na'vi sounded and she was frightened. She scurried into the trees, looked back at the male who looked confused and went off into the greenary. She dashed in zigzags so he couldn't follow her.
When she saw him get up and run to the forest, she walked back to the waterfall...amazed by her experience, she didn't want to tell anyone. She just went back into the cave and snuggled by Nie'kay and had dreams of the bronze eyed male that made her forget about the fallen tree home, her mother and the Viper Wolves.