PLEAES READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE. ALL OF IT. Especially the FYI and the really long paragraph. It's important, I promise.

Okay kids, storytime! I saw Harry Potter at midnight and I loved it SO MUCH that I thought about re-writing my Harry Potter story. I posted a prologue on here but nobody appeared to see it. I also saw Inception while I was on vacation- I was so intrigued that now I'm rafting a fanfiction for that. So if you're interested in seeing any of that, please let me know!

FYI: Guys- please give me feedback on the OC's. Let me know if I'm portraying them well or not. I feel like I'm only going all-out with my personal OC's- Rayne, for example, is prominently a douche, seeing that she is disrespectful to everyone- she was pretty rude to Alex, who is unable to speak. I enjoy working with character development, so I will see how this is going to work out.

I have to give a shout-out to chawk1993, who always points out my mistakes. Thanks so much dude. My mistake this time? For some reason, I neglected to consider a thumb to be a finger. I claimed that Na'vi have 3 fingers and a thumb (which remained unmentioned) rather than just four fingers. I hate how my mind works sometimes. That is truly what happened. So, thank you once again.

Thanks again to everyone who volunteered to be apart of this team. It truly ties wonderful subplots into the story.

I know I said that they would arrive on Pandora in this chapter because I was not going to have Ella skip cryo to study the culture. However, some people do have to learn. I wanted some narrative chapters because I want you guys to have a grasp of what's going on. For example: has anybody seen SALT? I watched the director's cut with my friends one night after I'd already seen it in theaters. At the part where I knew "Oh, she's going to kill Orlov and her Russian homies from her awful childhood." Firstly I'd noticed that they changed the way they killed her husband; they made her watch while they drowned him instead of shooting him. Then she never kills them. I was jumping up and down and screaming "WHAT? WHAT? WHAT SICK GAME IS THIS? SO SHE STAYS AN EVIL TERRORIST FOR THE ENTIRE FILM?" Eventually we switched back to the regular film and we never finished the director's cut. Anybody who has seen the director's cut, correct me if I'm wrong; I'm assuming that in the end, when she's being interrogated by the…well, interrogator, they're going to show the same thing that they showed in the original cut; the CIA interrogator getting a text that says "Salt's fingerprints found at Orlov's barge. Everyone dead." Even though it didn't show her killing everyone like the original cut did, we'll know she did it because of all her Jesus-like behavior during the end of the film. And the part where it's revealed that she didn't really kill the Russian President and all that jazz. But what sucks about that is, the entire damn movie you'd be confused. "Is she evil? Why did she kill her Liev if she's evil? Isn't he a sleeper agent too? WHAT'S GOING ON?"

That's kind of what I want to avoid. You're going to get into the following minds: Porter, Daegan, Logan, and my pal Dr. Vixen.

Enjoy!

8 months

Nicholas Porter was not born a hateful person. In his childhood, he'd been known as the sweet boy of the family. He'd had the biggest heart and been the most intelligent of his siblings. He's learned to read and write at an extraordinarily early age. He was learning calculus when normal children were learning how to multiply and divide, and he'd developed an obsession with astrology that followed him to his teenaged years. His grandfather had been on the pioneer journey to the new galaxy; his father had spent Nicholas' early teenage years on Pandora with the military as head of security and a part-time Avatar Driver. He'd died on the return trip; not everybody was equipped for space travel after the number of times his father had been in his Avatar body for long periods of time. He'd been old, and it had taken out a lot in him. His mother had died in the plague around the same time.

After losing his brother and sister to the war- his brother, a reckless Marine and his sister, an overly-brave journalist- he'd changed from sweet Nicholas Porter, future astronaut to stone-cold Nicholas Porter, the scientist bent on turning the world around so that nobody else would suffer what he had. Then, when he was eighteen, his mother's step-brother, Miles Quartich, had messaged him with the promise that he, Nicholas would take his father's place after finishing Avatar training.

That, of course, had been nearly eight years ago. As soon as the ISV Venture Star returned from Pandora with the entire military and the news of the deaths and those who had opted to remain on Pandora, all Nicholas could feel was hurt and betrayal. Who were these people to go against their troops, their world, their species? He'd then found out who was behind it all.

The bastard ex-Marine, Jake Sully.

The stone-cold attitude that Nicholas had received from the heartache of losing his entire family drive Nicholas to what he did best: revenge.

The plan was simple. They infiltrate the Na'vi in their new home, start another war, and when they call other tribes, they will all be exterminated. All at once, the Na'vi will gather to take down the human species, and the bomb will be dropped.

Dr. Kaul and his team had been working on the bomb that would kill the savages, but spare the vegetation. Not easy, but not impossible, he'd said. But they needed a way in.

That was where the girl came in.

Ella Sully. What a stupid girl. Wouldn't she know that even if the other scientists had been taken hostage by the Na'vi, they would have died anyway? The air on Pandora was not breathable to humans. Nicholas rolled his eyes when he thought of the girl. Her eyes had been so full of fear for her brother. He'd been anticipating her to say no to the whole operation; that she would have moved on after all those years. But no. Loyalty between blood was stronger than anything. The Sully boy would know that; once she revealed herself, they had to agree. It had to work. He breathed out hard through his nose, shaking his head.

"Sir?" Nicholas snapped out of his thoughts and turned to the boy beside him. Daegan. Nicholas saw himself in the boy. Or, what he'd used to be. He'd seen Daegan when he heard that his brother may die. They were both last-minute additions to the escape pod for the scientists. Daegan had held Brandon's thin body in his arms as the boy bled profusely from the side, crying for help.

"Ke'u Daegan. kä ne." he nodded toward the language book that Daegan was holding. The boy sighed in frustration; it couldn't be clearer that he didn't like taking orders from someone barely older than himself.


"Srane, sir."



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Daegan wasn't an idiot. He wasn't as smart the scientists on this voyage- hell, sometimes he considered Brandon smarter than him. He knew why this journey was taking place. His father had returned from the original journey a changed man. He'd refused to wipe out an entire race of innocent creatures and been arrested by the commander-in-chief.

Daegan's heart had been swollen with pride when his father had told his story. Brandon had been the one to ask whether or not they should continue with their training. Their father had shrugged. "Maybe one day, they will turn around and realize that what they're doing is foolish. You'll be able to go soon, my boys."

He knew better. Humanity would never right itself.

Daegan wasn't stupid. He knew that somehow the plan that the Na'vi cannot know about their true species would fail. They weren't experienced enough. And even though he'd just met Ella, he could tell that she would be a delicacy in the mission. He had identified the look in her eyes when she saw the Avatars; and he knew her story. She wasn't selfish. She was only in it for her brother.

They were alike. Daegan knew this mission wouldn't be easy, especially since he had to watch over Brandon. They had nobody now. They were on a mission to help save the planet. He'd never seen himself to be the hero, no matter how many times Brandon had told him that he was a hero. He'd never wanted to be. He just wanted to help others, and now he had the opportunity.

Yet, he felt, their time had come too soon.

2 years, 7 months.

Dr. Vixen had seen a lot in her relatively short life. She was barely older than the woman who was silently working with the computers, Jenna Orville. She recognized her from her years at the Aeronautic Building. They'd never had the chance to talk; she wasn't the one who made trips to the receptionist' office. She made the orders for the visits.

She'd been on this very ship when the Earth began to fall apart. She hadn't expected it so soon; who had? Nobody had anticipated the end of the world to occur so quickly.

Had she expected it to happen at all? Yes. She'd spent the majority of her youth protesting the government's treatment of the planet; didn't they realize that this was a delicate planet? Hadn't they all been taught when they were young that Mother Earth would one day lash back after poor treatment by her people? Eventually, she came back to Earth and settled for employment with the Resources Development Administration as an attempt to do some good for the planet-and learned to keep her mouth shut along the way. The RDA bosses didn't like it when anybody disagreed with their procedures. Dr. Vixen became unsettled when the RDA began mining resources from the planet Pandora.

She could almost hear her long-gone grandmother's voice in her head; "Of course, they've trashed this planet so they're moving on to the next planet…and the next after that…"

Still, she stayed silent. She knew that she should be relatively pleased with visiting Pandora. She'd been studying it for years, but when the ISV Venture Star had returned with half its crew missing and the news that they were "no long allowed in that sector of the galaxy," she became suspicious. The remaining crew was completely mum about what had happened. All she knew was that they were returning to Pandora and Porter had some chickenshit plan that involved tricking the Na'vi into letting them use the land again.

She shook her head, as though trying to rid herself of an irksome fly. Was Porter naive? This plan would never work. The Na'vi are much too clever to be deceived. They would not want to share the planet with the human race and be cheated on a second time. Dragging the Sully girl into this mess was a mistake. She was much too fragile. Dr. V could see right through her. Ella Sully wore a mask; she hid behind a wall that she'd built up after she, like many others in the world, had lost her family. Though she looked professional, she was only here because she clung onto he hope that her brother was still alive.

Dr. V shook her head. To be young and hopeful again, she though sadly.

The day before

Logan stared onto the tank in amazement. He'd never imagined how far science could take them in this department. The Avatars were fully grown.

He bent over the tank labeled 859. He knew this was Vendetta Blake's avatar. He chuckled at the sour look etched upon her face- it certainly was her.

Cyrus Blake would also be playing the role of the brother to the avatar he'd just observed. They looked too similar to just be two Na'vi's in a village.

"I can't help but wonder what Porter's going to do once they get down there," Katherine said over lunch that day. Their conversations would remain hushed to keep the other scientists from suspecting them.

"I don't know," Logan said coolly. "I suppose that Porter is going to work around how a group of Na'vi who were untrained in their ways were wandering around the forest."

Jenna chuckled. "They'll be accepted into the clan for sure, they will." Jenna has become more comfortable over the months, studying with the younger two while her brother and adopted sister were in cryo. "I barely know anything about what's going on, but from what I understand, we're on a suicide mission."

"I'm pretty sure that we're meant to be in the dark," Katherine said quietly.

Logan shook his head as Daegan entered the lunchroom, headed straight toward them. The boy had been spending countless hours with Porter; who knew what they told each other. They couldn't be held accountable for treason.

"The conversation doesn't need to end, especially if it's about weirdo Porter. Man, he gives me the creeps." he bit into his sandwich and met the gaze of the scientists. "Daegan Mitchell."

"Katherine Simmons."

"Jenna Orville."

"Logan Smith."

Daegan swallowed. "So we're gossiping about our oh-so-wise mission commander?"

"We just think his plan is a little..."

"Juvenile?" they all nodded. "I kept dropping hints every chance I get; I ask him why Ella Sully is here when she's had zero Avatar training-"

"Ella's brother was on the last trip," Jenna said quietly. They looked at her, interested in her story. "Porter told her that he may still be alive."

"Alive where?" Logan said. "He wouldn't be able to survive unless he's in his Avatar body, which should remain under authorized surveillance. He'd need a nutrition patch good for fifteen years-"

"Unless Porter lied," Katherine cut in. "He could have easily been lying."

"Nobody could know if he's alive or not," Logan rationalized.

"Nobody but Porter," Daegan said. "My father was on the last voyage- Porter had a family member who was also on the last voyage. He must have demanded a full report about what happened there. And besides, I heard that a bunch of scientists were left on Pandora, including-"

Someone cleared their throat, causing the group to jump. Dr. Vixen was standing a few feet away from their table. Logan couldn't read her face- had she heard their conversation?

"You may want to come up front," she said. "We're approaching Pandora.

Logan stood and left the lunchroom, following Dr. Vixen with Katherine an Jenna right behind him.

They walked the long hallway to the front of the station after taking the elevator. They entered the cockpit, where Porter was standing with his back to them. "Ladies and gentleman," he said. "Pandora."

Jenna gasped as Logan turned. Katherine grabbed his arm. "Look!"

His heart suddenly jumped. He could see it- Pandora, the planet of the Na'vi, approaching the ship rapidly.

It was time to wake everyone up.