Thank you to the 5 people who reviewed ^_^ I'm sooo glad you like what I've done so far. And so as promised.... here's chapter 2!!

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Italics: Thoughts

Bold Italics: Speaking in Na'vi.

Chapter 2:

And so they meet.....

Jake smiled softly as he watched people move from place to place, settling into the new Hometree. It had only taken them a few days to find a new one with the help of the other clans. Ok so it wasn't as big and grand as the old one but it was still a young tree and still had some growing to do. His eyes wondered over the new Gathering hall, taking it all in, until he spotted his Mate. Another smile graced his lips as he watched her. Neytiri was tall, graceful and to him the most beautiful thing on this world. But as he watched her his smile faded a little. Her tail was twitching behind her in agitation and behind her, he noticed, was one of the young Hunters. He looked worried and just a little scared. When Neytiri finally got to him he held out his hand to her and pulled her to him, touching his nose to hers. "I see you", He said to her softly. He felt her lips move into a smile of her own as she replied to him, "I see you". He nuzzled her cheek softly before looking at the young Hunter who had been following her. The male bowed his head, "I see you Leader". Jake nodded his head, "I see you Hunter. I take it you have some news?"

The young hunter had watched his Leaders greet one another and bowed his head as his Leader looked at him and spoke. "Yes I do my Leader. My name is Tu'cay and I hunt in the northern section of the forest. Today while I was hunting..." The hunter recounted what he has saw in the forest. The strange Sky person with Silver wings and what happened between it and the Nantang. When he had told his tale he kept quiet while he waited for his leaders to decide what to do.

Jake listened to the Hunter, his fingers gently rubbing Neytiri's hand as he thought. When the Hunter went quiet he looked to his Mate, his eyes asking her many questions. She looked back at him and nodded her head, answering his unvoiced thoughts. He smiled softly to her and kissed her quickly before jumping down next to the young Hunter. He grabbed his bow, arrows and daggers and looked back at the Hunter. "Tu'cay was it? Do you have a Pa'li?"

Tu'cay nodded. "I do. She is outside resting" Jake looked outside and nodded back. "Come with me then. I want you to show me where you saw this Sky person and then we are going to track it down" Tu'cay smiled brightly and followed his Leader outside. He waited beside Etlia, his Pa'li while Jake got his own. When they were ready Jake gave the signal and Tu'cay led the way to where he last saw the strange Sky person......

Nat sat next to the pool of water and sighed in pleasured as she dipped her feet into the it, enjoying the cold feeling on her skin. Beside her lay her jacket, the creature still sleep soundly within it's folds. She tilted her head and looked at the creature. "Maybe.... I ought to give you a name. Instead of calling you creature all the time...". She looked around, the sun shining on her face. She noticed something out of the corner of her eye and watched the sun reflect slightly off the creatures skin. She smiled and chuckled softly. "Well seeing as your skin is Obsidian.... how about I call you Obs?" Inside the jacket the creature stirred a little and huffed in it's sleep, as if agreeing. Nat laughed and looked back at the pool. She leaned over and looked at her reflection in the water. Her Silver eyes stared back at her. She felt her braid slip from her shoulder, the tip of it just touching the water, making her Hazel hair turn dark as it got wet. She looked at her self and snorted, thinking to herself, "I seriously need to wash. I stink and these clothes were used when I out them on to start with" She sighed again and laid back into the soft moss behind her. She hadn't really moved far from where she had found Obs. She didn't want to take her too far from her territory. She closed her eyes, resting. Her body was still sore and complaining to her about it each time she moved. Has she felt herself begin to fall into a light sleep she heard a noise. She shot up and looked around quickly. She closed her eyes again and listened hard, trying to figure out what the sound was. She quickly realized what the sound was and grabbed her boots. She shoved her feet into them and gently picked up her jacket. Holding it and Obs close to her and opened her wings, ran a few feet and then kicked off. She beat her wings hard for a moment, taking to the air. She quickly picked a good hiding place in the trees and flew over. Back winging hard she landed as softly as she could and hid amongst the branches.

After a few seconds she saw she was right about the sound as two horse like creatures appeared out of the trees. She tilted her head around the trunk of her hiding place, looking at them. They were big, with different shades of blue marking them. They had six, well muscled legs just like Obs, but these ended in hooves instead of hands. Their heads were small and narrow and they had large, sail like manes. But the one thing they shared with Obs, was the strange tentacle like appendages coming from their skulls. She followed one of the tentacles and gasped lightly. It was then she noticed the riders. She bit her lip to stop herself from crying out, almost mistaking the riders for her own people. As she swallowed the cry she looked at them. They were tall, at least 7" or more from what she could tell. Their skin was blue like the horses but they had tiger like markings covering them. She looked at their faces, studying them. They had large Golden eyes and what looked like a type of snout for a nose. She saw a tail twitching from behind the one closest to her, her eyes misting over with tears. If not for the fact that she knew she wasn't home and that these people had slight differences to her own, she would have sworn she was home. They had same Cat like look that her people had. But they had no fur covering their bodies, except for their heads and tips of their tails. She bit her lip as she felt the tears roll down her cheeks, the shock to much for her. She moved back into the branches and leaned against the trunk of the tree.

Jake and Tu'cay moved into the clearing that the trail had led them too. They moved slowly, looking about them for any sign of the Sky person. Jake made the signal to stop and slipped from his Pa'li to study ground. As he looked he heard a noise in the trees nearby and saw a flash of silver as something moved. He carefully palmed his blade, ready to throw it if needed. He motioned for Tu'cay to ready an arrow, moving closer to the trees as he heard the young Hunter put arrow to string. Jake sniffed the air quickly and blinked. He smelled the air again, "Tears..... and Blood....."

He looked behind him quickly, making sure that Tu'cay had an arrow trained on the tree before he spoke out, in perfectly clear English, "Hello....Look we're not going to hurt you. Please... just come out and tell us why your here. And maybe we can treat what ever wound you have as well"

Jake heard a gasp come from a tree to his right and turning his head, looking up, he watched as a young human woman moved into view, with tears running down her cheeks.... tears the colour of blood.......

Well then that's Chapter 2! I hope you enjoyed it. Please R&R. I will write and post the next Chapter when I get 5 or more reviews for this one ^_^

Pa'li: Direhorse