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I was lying on the roots of the Tree of Souls, watching Mo'at dancing wildly in front of Norm and I, and I saw through the glass of my oxygen mask the bright glowing lights of the small floating creatures I had seen before. They were filling my vision, making me smile as I reached up with my tan fingers to touch them.

I felt Jake try to restrain me, but Mo'at stopped him with a hiss, and he slowly pulled back. Neytiri was watching me with a look of wonder as my fingers slowly touched the creature, and I didn't have time to wonder why she looked that way, because the instant I touched the creature, my mind went blank, my eyes sliding shut without warning.

It was the strangest feeling, as though I was flying through a rainbow of colors. I vaguely saw my human arm fall limply on the ground beside my head, and then it all blended into the brightness of it all.

I was slowly flying through the light, and I felt myself touch ground, but when I opened my eyes, I was standing on what felt like solid rock. I looked around, but it was all blurry. I thought I smelled the scent of flowers, and realized that I was still in my human form, and I didn't have my oxygen mask on.

I scrambled to cover my face, but I felt warmth rush through my fingers as I did so, and something softened inside my heart, soothing me.

I had no reason to be afraid.

I don't know where the words came from, but I slowly lowered my hands, and climbed down the rock with clumsy movements, finally reaching the bottom.

It took me a second to realize that I was standing on water; only I wasn't sinking or unbalanced, like I should've been. It was instead similar to standing on a thick sheet of glass, but when I knelt down to drift my fingers across the surface, it rippled like water usually did. I frowned, and was going to investigate further when I saw a soft glow in the corner of my eye. I looked up to see a softly glowing tree in the center of the body of water that I suddenly recognized as a lake. A small shore surrounded it, and I instinctively made my way towards it.

My feet made no sound as they touched the shore, and I felt soft sand between my toes.

This was a very strange dream. Was this what was supposed to happen while transferring into an Avatar body?

I looked up into the waving branches of the tree, seeing the bright pink strands that hung down like a curtain, pulsing with energy that made the very air seem to shiver.

I reached out to touch them, and they felt like thick ropes that were strangely soft and silky against my long, blue fingers. I looked down with a yell. I was in my Avatar form, somehow, and I rushed to the shore to stare down at my reflection in the water.

Large, almond shaped eyes stared back at me with such an expression of surprise that I could almost see myself in their golden depths. The small dots on my face were glowing softly in the light of the tree, and I saw with slight annoyance that I was unclothed.

But I didn't feel embarrassed, for who was there to see me?

No one.

A strand of the tree slowly touched my forehead, and I felt my body freezing, even my fingers slowly hardening into the curved position they were in now. I couldn't move, couldn't turn away.

A deep pulsing feeling began in my chest and spread throughout my body, searching, studying. I felt as if I was being scanned somehow, but before I could think about it, it was over, and I fell backwards onto the grass. I was gasping for breath, but I was uninjured, as I realized when I looked down at myself in worry.

What had just happened?

I looked up at the tree again, and I saw something walking across the lake toward me, and turned to see a horribly familiar person standing there.

It was a short, slender girl with long blonde hair, her bright hazel eyes shining in the glow of the tree, her small hand waving at me. There was a sad smile on her freckled face, and she was dressed in a baggy tank top and jeans. She looked awkward in her clothes, but she didn't seem to notice. Her eyes were glued on me like I was the only thing there.

I blinked, and it all seemed to click.

It was me.

I spoke, and my voice echoed, slightly lower and more raspy than I was used to.

"What is this? Where am I?"

My human form just shook her head, and touched her throat with her calloused fingers, smiling ruefully. I frowned, and she just shook her head, coming even closer, until the only thing that separated us was the line that linked the water and the grainy sand of the shore. She reached out slowly, and I felt myself doing the same.

Sadness boiled in my heart as I saw her struggle to speak again, tears pricking in her eyes. She wanted to say something, and yet something prevented her from doing so. What did she want to say?

I felt her fingers, small and cool against mine, and a spark of light seemed to glimmer between our connected palms, shining in between our fingers, mine that were so much larger than hers. And yet if you looked closely, you'd see that our hands were exactly the same.

She was me, Sara Mason. She was a deep part of my heart that I hadn't realized was there until this moment. She knew me inside out, my good side and my bad side, my fears and dreams, everything there was to know about Sara Mason. I smiled at her, and let my fingers intertwine with hers gently.

The ghost like figure of myself glowed as a tear escaped her hazel eye, and a blinding smile split her face.

I felt a rumbling in the tree behind me, and turned to stare at the waving threads of glowing pink. I felt one of them wave around to gently brush against my arm, and I gasped as the strange floating feeling came back, along with a humming sense of rightness that hadn't been there before. I looked up the bark, and felt a glow of content, as well as pride.

The girl who was me laughed, and I reached forward to keep her hands locked in mine. The floating feeling receded slightly, and I heard her speak.

"Its time to go back."

I blinked. "Wait, why couldn't you talk before?"

"I couldn't, because she wouldn't let me. You had to go through with it without knowing."

I blinked again. "Wait, go through what?"

"Eywa's test. She doesn't just lend her power to anyone, you know. You have to have a good heart to pass her test…and you have a good heart, Sara Mason. I'm happy for you." She said with a grin, touching my larger cheek, another tear dripping down her button nose and into the water, creating a slight ripple. I stared down at her, staring into her hazel eyes.

"Then why are you crying?"

The girl who was me stood with a fluid motion, tears coming in a torrent now.

I felt myself floating again, and I felt something wet running down my cheek. The girl remained on that shore, staring at me as I floated away into the light. Her mouth moved, and the hum was so loud in my ears that I couldn't hear what she said. I yelled to her, but then everything snapped, and all was dark again.

I felt the cool bark against my bare back, and heard soft voices around me. I picked out Norm's anxious one among them.

"Jake, what's happening? She isn't waking up."

"I don't know." Jake sounded frantic, and I opened my eyes, surprised to find them awash with tears. Jake's relieved face wavered in front of my eyes, and Norm's joined a second later.

"Sara! We were so worried you wouldn't wake up." Norm sounded close to tears, and I slowly sat up.

I was in my Avatar body, but there was a sense of finality this time. I knew that when I went to sleep, there would be no waking up in my human body anymore. This was who I was now.

I looked over at my human body, and slowly moved so I was above its cold figure.

The body's blonde hair was strewn around her head and back, and the slender curve of her spine fitted perfectly into a smooth curve of a nearby root. Tiny hands were curled into gentle fists, and the face was perfectly smooth, calm. I felt tears falling when I saw the tear glimmering on the smooth tan cheek.

I knew what that girl had said now, how she had closed her eyes in calm acceptance as I floated into the light.

"Goodbye…" I whispered, reaching down to cradle the golden head in my hands. I felt Norm's hand on my shoulder, but I brushed it away, stroking the wisps of stray blonde hair behind a small ear.

I heard the others moving away, until Jake and Norm were the only ones remaining. I saw the tight braids falling onto my shoulder, and felt the thick braid that was somewhat separate from the others falling to my waist, sliding over my shoulder as I hunched forward to kiss the cold forehead for a moment.

Goodbye.


Electronic Journal

Name: Sara Mason

Location: Avatar Holding Shack outside the abandoned RDA station.

Time/Date: November 20, 2154. I forgot to bring a watch, so I don't know what time it is.

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Entry 3

It was done.

I was in my Avatar body, forever.

Should I feel happy? Should I be running around like a maniac, like Norm was currently doing? What should I do now, now that I had left everything that tied me to the human world behind? I hope that whoever is reading this now knows what I should have done, because I was coming up with nothing.

After a few more minutes, I moved away from the body, and vaguely noticed that Norm had his arm around my shoulders, and was leading me somewhere. It was too dark to know where, but I felt myself being placed down on a soft surface, and I was asleep before I could try to wipe the tears away.

The next morning I had woken up to Jake's smiling face, and Neytiri holding a bowl of what looked like a kind of grain mixed with vegetables. I ate without tasting, and Jake explained what was to happen with Norm and I.

He explained that we were to stay with the Omaticaya clan, and that we would have a week or two to rest before the training began to make us truly one with The People.

My response had been interrupted by a loud voice barking something at Jake. We all had turned to see a tall female Na'vi with elaborate face-paint and fierce eyes. Her hair was tied with brightly colored beads, and I stared at her blankly, too numb from the recent meeting with my inner self to consider being afraid.

Neytiri growled, but Jake put a hand on her arm, and stood. Neytiri stood as well, and Jake slowly said something in the dialect of the Na'vi. I focused, and I could catch glimpses of what he was saying. Neytiri joined, and the three began arguing.

The stranger wanted something from me, and Jake was asking what she wanted, and Neytiri was asking why, why choose her?!

What the hell were they talking about? And why were they talking about me as if I was somehow mysteriously absent?

I remember clearing my throat, and they all stopped to look at me. I looked at Jake.

"What's going on?"

Jake sighed. "This is the leader of the Tipani clan, and she wishes to have a say in where you will live."

Neytiri's lips twitched slightly, and quietly amended his statement. "She wishes to adopt you into her clan, for she sees much strength and you. It is a great honor, for the Tipani do not usually have any patience for the dream walkers."

The leader nodded, and spoke again, this time in English, which surprised me.

"I return tomorrow, come if you wish." Her accent was thicker than Neytiri's, and it took me a moment to understand exactly what she meant. I gasped in shock, and the leader was gone before I could ask her to repeat herself. I looked at Jake, who was emotionless, and Neytiri, who was a bit awed.

Jake spoke after a while. "Will you go?"

I swallowed hard, watching as a couple of Na'vi children chased Norm around the camp, their giggles pure and ringing as the chiming of bells.

"I don't know." I had replied.

Life was sure getting demanding, wasn't it?

I mean, first I'm asked to be a Na'vi, and next I'm asked to come with a stranger to a village that doesn't normally accept Avatars.

I was too terrified to be flattered.

End of Entry 3