When my vision is clear I look up at the canopies curiously then Jake's face comes into view and everything comes back to me.
The Thanator, The Chase, The Viperwolves, The Arrow, Everything and I glare at the moron infront of me.
I make an effort to get out of his arms. Once out I glare at him before walking away from him ignoring the exrusiating pain.
"Hey Mav! Mavis come back! where are you going?" he yelled running after me. I stopped turning to him glaring like I could rip his head off and feed it to a Thanator.
"as far as possible from you!" I spat going around him walking the other way "wait Mavis! it's not sa-" "well I would have been safe if you didn't decide to become a large ego idiot and get in the way of a Thanator's hunt!" I said yelled at him.
"look Mavis I'm sorry but-" "but nothing leave me alone I don't need you! you'll just get me killed or worse!" Spining on my heel I went to walk away when I saw a female Na'vi.
"you didn't. you shit head" I muttered under my breath.
I avoided her gaze directly to my eyes but I'm pretty sure she spotted my fringe.
Jake went to talk when suddenly a whooshing sound swung through the air and a bolo flies at us, entangling our legs.
Jake manages to get out of the rope but I struggle as pain runs up my side. I let out a pained gasps as the rope dug into my wounds and Jake was by my side in a second untangling them.
Jake pulls me up wrapping my arm around his neck but I push it away to stand in front of him as several na'vi and their direhorse towards us.
In a quick movement I'm behind Jake but I didn't protest as I saw their weapons. The riders aim their bows, arrows and spears at Jake and I but I averted my eyes, bringing myself into Jake's back clinging to his torn shirt.
Jake's suddenly on the ground me nearly being squished by his large figure. Jake quickly pulls me to his chest so no one could see my eyes. It's vital they don't because if they did they could kill me without thought.
The female na'vi that had been standing there dropped to the ground next to Jake and I while confronting what looks like the lead rider.
"Tsu'tey, what are you doing?! they are my captive!" she yelled at him. No matter how much I wanted hurt her right now I had to stay calm and act frightened.
"These demons are forbidden here. I will kill this one as a lesson to the others!" he snarled I clung as I felt like he wanted to kill me.
"Stop! there has been a sign. This is a matter for the Tsahik." she said coming inbetween us and the lead rider.
The sound of someone angrily walking before mounting a direhorse made me alert but I felt nerved as he yelled 'bring them'.
They grabbed us hauling us to our feet but I nearly colapsed as I let out a gasp of intense pain making Jake pick me up bridal style holding me close to his chest as he's shoved forward.
After awhile I would have fallen to sleep if it wasn't for the intence pain in my side and a spear poking me in the back but not once did I move away from Jake even if I did feel alittle uncomforatble.
I opened my eyes making sure no one saw them as I looked at the Hometree infront of us as we walk closer. I close my eyes moving as close as I could to Jake as Tsu'tey I preume was yelling an ululating warning when Jake is force-marched through the pillars into an open central area.
A sudden mass of pain rushed over my body as we entered making me wimper and bit my tounge from screaming but the pain didn't subside as Jake was hauled through the villagers.
I shook slightly as I glanced around to see childrens huge eyes following us and the others exspressions ranging from curiosity to outright hostility.
I close my eyes blocking everyone and everything out as the pain surges through my body.
Third peron's POV
Jake is amazed at the size of hometree inside. by the light of the cook-fires he can see up to a vast cyrindrical gallery, a living cathedral.
Clear membranes filled with fluttering bio-luminesnt insects, act as area lighting. The central space is dominated by the skull of some enormous creature, mounted with much embellishment on a totem.
Standing in front of this, awaiting their approach, is Eytukan, the Clan Leader.
Eytukan has deeply chiselled features and a long chest mantle of Thanator Claw and is mate to Mo'at, the Tsahki. His normally stern features are clouded further by anger.
Mavis's POV
"Why do you bring this creature here?" the clan leader asked anger in his voice.
"I was going to kill them, but there was a sign from Eywa" The female na'vi addressed the clan leader.
The pain was going only by a little though, I moved giving Jake the signal to let me down and he obeyed but not once did I open my eyes even though I wish I could I felt weak without my sight and it fustrated me.
When Jake put me down I made no move to move from infront of him but I kept my head down. "I have said no dreamwalker will come here, to offend our home! their alien smell fills my nose." Eytukan said.
I could feel his burning eyes on me as I try not of open my eyes. I could hear them. I could hear him. His deep breaths of anger I could hear everything clearly. The small convosations. The comments.
Everything. "Father,many atokirina came to this alien." The girl said. Her father!.
"what's going on?"Jake asked placing his hands on my shoulders.
"My father is deciding whether to kill you"the na'vi spoke in english "your father!?" Jake stepped around me, offering his hand, My eyes snap open and as quick as a flash I pulled him back towards me as my eyes made a intence stare.
The clan leaders eyes held shock, anger, suprize and confusion. The hunters jumped to restrain him, shouting oblivious to my eyes. But they all freeze as a commanding female voice echoes through the chamber.
"Step back!" Everyone looked up. A na'vi women stood on the second level, looking down. She is a severe women in her 50's. Her bearing is haughty, her exspression friendly as a hang-judge. Her outfit is elaorate, denoting her rank as clan matriarch.
"I will look at these aliens." There is an expectant hush as the women descends the helical core of hometree, a kind of natural spiral staircase.
"That is Mother. She is Tsahik, the one who interprets the will of Eywa." the girl answered to Jake's unasked question.
"Who's Eywa?" Jake asked in my ear I turned my head slightly but never moved my gaze from the clan leader, neither did he.
"Their god you could say" The pain I was feeling was subsiding but the stinging was still there.
The girl kneels before her like an acolyte as Mo'at passes. The villagers stare 'at circles slowly around us, examining Jake's tale and the end of my queue.
"what are you called?" Mo'at asked her accent layering on thick making me intreeded. She locked hold onto my eyes. "Jake Sully" he answers but I stay quiet.
Jake shook me but a stinging pain went through my arm and I turned hissing at him as I clutched my arm. Mo'at watched me couriosity masking her features.
"Mavis. Her names Mavis" Jake answered for me but his eyes never left me.
She poduces a long thorn between her fingerips. With a flourish she stikes my chest. And it was like I was brought to a different time.
The ground flushed with a fluoresint blue like a pulse. The na'vi people sat moving in a circular motion with their bodies singing a song. Mo'at stood up front at the base of the tree of souls chanting with her people.
Two bodies laid behind their covered in little roots climbing their skin. My vision gets blurred and I'm braught back.
Mo'at rubs my blood between her fingertips then tastes it. "Why did you come to us?" she asked she stared at me expecting me to answer but I didn't so Jake did for me.
"We came to learn." Mo'at turned to look at Jake now "We have tried to teah other Sky People. It is hard to fill a cup which is already full" Mo'at eyed Jake.
"My cup is empty,trust me. Just ask Doctor Augustine. I'm no scientists." this braught a small smile to my face in amusment.
"What are you?" Mo'at asked galncing at me "I don't know. I was a Marine-uh, warrior. of the Jar head clan."
The Tsu'tey guy spoke up in rage "A warrior! I could kill him easily!" I didn't move only if he was a threat I'd throw myself infront of Jake.
"No! This is the first warrior dreamwalker we have seen. We need to learn more about him!" The clan leader spoke stepping towards us.
"And you? What are you?" Mo'at asked turning to me but I never spoke a word "She's also a warrior but a...a warrior of heart and soul" I looked at Jake with a sad look.
Mo'at seemed to consider this and turned to the girl "Daughter. You will teach them our way, to speak and walk as we do."
The girl looked shocked, then angry. "Why me? That's not fair! I only-"
But Mo'at cut her off "It is decided!" The girl subsides, turning to glare at us. Mo'at looked between Jake and me.
"My daughter will teach you our ways. Learn well, Jakesully and Mavis. We will see if your insanity can be cured." Mo'at turnes back to her daughter her exspression stern "They are your resonsibility."
The girl nods, accepting, but anyone could tell she was not a happy camper. She grabbed Jake's arm and went to grab mine but I fintched away and I think she remembered why I had hissed at Jake before so she grabbed my other hand and pulls us roughly away.
"So it's all good, right? You, me a-" but Jake was cut off by the girl "Do not speak"
Later, the girl, who's name I still haven't found out, led us up the spiral to the second level of Home Tree. Jake now wore only a ratty lioncloth while I wore a ratty black lioncloth that fell to a point and stopped just above my knee, my breasts were covered with a necklace with feathers and beads, my wounds were bound with plat-fiber bandages and my hair hung loosly around my middle back and splayed over my shoulders.
I haven't talked at all since I was yelling at Jake and he hasn't really asked why but I knew he wanted to but everytime he tried he'd just start staring and I'd just ignore him and follow the girl.
The entire clan is squatting at dinner in a huge circle. They stop talk and turn to gaze at us as we enter. I grab Jake's arm and slightly pull myself behind him.
"Don't get up" Jake said as he walked over to a spot. On the way I could feel the stares and hid more behind Jake so everytime Jake stepped on someones tail they would hiss at him or yell at him and I'd hide more behind him.
Once Jake had found a spot the girl came over to us with several large leaves heaped with food. She kneels next to me, placing the food infront of us almost defiantly.
"You never told me your name." Jake mention and I metally rolled my eyes.
"Neytiri te ckaha Mo'at'ite." I couldn't help but smile at Jake's face "Okay, again, a whole lot slower"
"Neytiri. Nay-Tee-ree." I instructed Neytiri looked suprized that I had talked and Jake gave me a 'really' look "you know I'd never pass up a chance to make fun of you."
Third Person's POV
Across the circle, Tsu'tey, Mo'at and Eytukan sit together, glancing up occasionally from their food to the strangers.
"These aliens try to look like people, but they can't." Tsu'tey spat truth was he was jealous of Jakesully but had yet to know why.
"He seems dim to me. His eyes are to small. But her. Eywa has a future for her." Mo'at said placing her eyes on Mavis.
Neytiri motions for Jake and Mavis to take portions from the serving leaves into their own leaves.
"Your mom likes us. I can tell." Jake said as he notices Mo'at staring at them. Mavis how ever refused the food and avoided any eye contact with Mo'at.
Mo'at, watching Jake,Mavis and Neytiri, leanes over to Eytukan.
"Neytiri will test these "warriors". They may learn nothing- but we will learn much" Eytukan nods "You speak truth. We must understand these Sky people if we are to drive them out."
Jake munches on Teylu while Mavis watches amused at Jake as he had no idea what he was eating. "These rock. What are they?"
"Teylu. We call it beetle larvae." Mavis answered Jake branches. Neytiri heaps some more onto his leaf, a challenge, Jake meets her eyes, takes a handful, and starts munching enthusiastically.
"That's some fine Teylu. That's like grandma's teylu." a large smile grows on Mavis's face in amusement as she watches Jake shovels more into his mouth.
Across the circle Tsu'tey, warily eyeing Jake " I say she will kill him." Mo'at who had heard what he said looked at Tsu'tey "and what about Mavis?" she asked Tsu'tey glances at Mo'at before looking at Mavis and his eyes seemed to soften a bit.
"I suppose"
Mavis's POV
I lied awake in my hammock I look to Jake to see him 'asleep'. Sighing I got out of my hammock and walked over to the large open like window.
So many things running through my head. I don't get it. Why did Eywa want us alive?. Staring out into the dense jungle I didn't knowtes the footsteps coming towards me.
"You look troubled" Mo'ats' voice rung through my ears.
"no not troubled. different is what you reallywant to say." I breathed. 'Why did I come here I would have never been able to survive. Oh how I wish Mike was here with me.'
