I sat at the edge of the river watching the small fish flitter around chasing shadows. I found myself wishing I was a fish. I would swim forever in a river with no worries or sorrows and know where the next step is.

Seeshsan whinnied beside me, nudging my lift elbow as his tongue flickered in and out of a nearby flower. I patted him affectionately. I've had Seeshan since I could walk, and no one could really ask for a better companion. The Pi'li tilted it's long snout at me in question. He always sensed how I felt. "Mawey Seeshan lor pi'li", I whispered to him. He snorted and trotted away to another flower so he could feast.

I sighed looking into the water. How could Neytiri ask me to forgive that demon so easily. Wasn't she the one who got betrayed by him the most? He was a disgrace to the Na'vi people and to the eyes of Eywa yet we let him become our leader! Outrageous! My fist balled up at my sides as I took a deep breath. I spared a glance at the bow and quiver of arrows beside me. I've been telling people I've been hunting without luck ,but really I've just been sitting here in this very spot for several days. I picked it up, examining my mother's great craftsmanship. This bow was made from a special tree found only at the deepest and most dangerous part of the jungle. I had never felt closer to my mother than when I held this tool. She had made it for father ,but when he was killed by a palulukan (thanator) it was passed down to me. Which in turn it would have been passed down to my sister when she was old enough to hunt.

"Ha fì'u pelun tsatseng hi'i yom"(so this is why there's a shortage of food), a voice caused me to nearly drop my bow into the river. I turned to see Dar'nin, a youngling from the village sitting up in a tree.

"Nga skxawng za'u ta tsaseng" (you idiot get down from there), I hissed irritably at him.

He landed with a not so graceful thud but regained himself quickly and smirked. "Tsu'tey is not going to be happy about you just being lazy all day".

I rolled my yellow eyes at him, " you're barely seven cycles old, I'm sure he would be furious at you being so far away from the village without someone with you".

"You're here", he continued smirking. Dar'nin was a young wannabe hunter who risked himself too many time for my taste, and he also had an ego about as big as a thanator itself. He was barely the height of my hip with a small body and big, curious eyes that wanted to see the world, and a black thicket of hair that stuck on top of his head and around his braid. I could pick him out of a crowd because he always wore an orange warrior mark on his round face no matter where he went. It was quite comical.

"srung oe" I muttered looking down.

Dar'nin looked past me to the river, "why are you here anyway?"

"Because I want to be alone that's why. I can't even walk around the village without people trying to talk to me about what happened. I just want to be left alone". I trembled slightly, "ni'awtu".

The little pup shrugged, "well you can't just hide out here forever, Tsu'tey has already noticed you haven't been turning in your fair share of kills".

"Srane" I muttered and blew a black hair out of my eyes, "guess I need to get myself back on track".

Dar'nin's face brightened up, "can I come hunt with you please!" he shouted so loud I had to cover my ears. "I swear I won't be loud and I won't run the kill away again I promise!"

"Kea!" I hushed him, "your mother would feed me to the naantang if I took you anywhere".

His face sunk as he pouted.

I patted his bushel of a head apologetically, "ka kelku", I whispered, "and I won't tell Tsu'tey where you've been sneaking off too". With a nod the little tike was nothing but a blue blur through the bushes. I shook my head at his naiveness. He had several cycles to grow before he would become a full fledged hunter. He would learn the ways of the bow then claim his ikran.

Speaking of which it was Ni'wins feeding time, and I always took her out for her dinners.