Chapter Nine
La'Ki found herself face down on the ground, and upon lifting her head, she realized that it had happened again, instead of awakening in her hammock, she was here again…. She was dreaming. There was less fog this time, although now it was raining slightly, the clouds in the sky appearing bleak and colorless. La'Ki's heart seemed to skip a beat when she heard a small whimper behind her.
"You came back?" asked the small na'vi child. Unlike the last time La'Ki fell asleep and met this child, the child wasn't in hysterics, but just looked rather upset. "I thought you would, you're not like the other grown ups, you're different."
La'Ki stared at the child for a second, before bending down to her level, and looking at her square in the eyes.
"Are you really Yawne?" she asked cautiously. Taking the child's hands into hers, she let small tears roll down her face. The child seemed not to understand at first, the words seemingly going through one and ear and out of the other, she just stood there, transfixed, looking at La'Ki straight in the eyes.
"I'm part of her." Spoke Yawne quietly. Suddenly, everything faded to black, followed by shouts of pain seemingly in the voice of Yawne.
La'Ki awoke, cold sweat bathing her body like water from a lake. Sitting upright, it was now that she realized how lonely it was next to her without Yawne sleeping soundly. Both her mother and Dr Jude wanted to take a look at Yawne, who still insisted nothing was wrong with her. The thing that hurt La'Ki the most was that Yawne refused to acknowledge that they were lovers; they were so close that Yawne was the only other na'vi she had ever considered bonding with… It seemed so far away and distant now that La'Ki thought about it. According to Dr Jude, Yawne had been under an enormous amount of stress, causing her to forget important parts of her life, including her love for La'Ki. This made no sense to La'Ki though, Yawne had seemed perfectly fine the night before and yet, this had just came out of nowhere, just thinking about it made her eyes water.
"La'Ki?" whispered a voice from behind her; La'Ki turned and saw to her surprise that Yawne was behind her, gently propped on the leaf next to their hammock. Yawne bowed her head gently and curled her tail around her waist, almost as if she was ashamed. "I'm so sorry, I must be causing you so much pain right now, I had no idea what you said was true…" seeing La'Ki's confusion Yawne continued, "Dr Jude filled me in, she told me everything… But… I still don't remember anything about us La'Ki; I can't possibly imagine us doing anything Dr Jude mentioned… Not with you, or with any female, it just sounds and feels so wrong when I think about it..."
These words crushed La'Ki's heart, and Yawne took one look at her face and looked ashamed.
"I know you love me La'Ki, and deep down I'm sure I love you too, maybe I just can't see it now…" she whispered ever so silently, almost as silent as a mouse in a human house. La'Ki trembled, not because of the cold night air, but simply because she was afraid. What if Yawne never got her memory back? That thought alone turned made her blood run cold, without Yawne as her mate, almost half of the year seemed to be a lie, a simple harsh lie.
Yawne looked at the hammock where La'Ki lay, and smiled.
"I suppose we both sleep here?" she asked amused. To this La'Ki nodded, and to her surprise Yawne jumped from the leaf and onto their hammock.
"I'm not doing this because I remember, I just want you to feel normal La'Ki, maybe if we both act like before I might remember something important, maybe it'll fix my memory… Maybe…"
Before long Yawne had fallen asleep, leaving La'Ki to her thoughts. What could have caused this? Dr Jude's theory must have been incorrect. Maybe it had something to do with the dreams she was having… There was no way of knowing for sure, none at all. La'Ki gently pushed herself forward, so that she was touching the other female na'vi, and wrapped her arms around Yawne's stomach, making sure not to wake the sleeping female. Just that small feeling of Yawne's body made La'Ki smile; much more so than she had all day.
*
Anyu smirked, his plan had worked, no one had suspected him… Sweet innocent Anyu, the one who everyone could trust, the one who everyone could count on would never do something like this! He laughed aggressively as he thought about this because he knew it was true. La'Ki would be his, one way or another.
Yawne had told him about her dreams before, when he had actually befriended her, originally it was a plan to get closed to La'Ki, but after a while she seemed to open up to him, telling him things that no one else knew… Including her dreams…
"Big mistake," Anyu said out loud, before smirking once again. Looking down from the tree he was currently stood on, he saw both Yawne and La'Ki together on the hammock. "Enjoy it while you can La'Ki, it only goes downhill from here."
*
Yawne awoke, her sleep uneventful and boring. The first thing she noticed when she opened her eyes was that she wasn't alone in her hammock, and that someone was hugging her close. It was then that Yawne noticed that the na'vi hugging to her was La'Ki. Memories of the previous day came flooding back and yet, she still couldn't feel anything even close to love towards La'Ki, she could feel respect, admiration, even as close as desire, but not love. She could never love another female na'vi, that she was sure of. But for now, Yawne lay close to La'Ki, not wanting to move simply incase she woke the poor na'vi female, which was something she really didn't want to do.
Dr Jude walked back and forward inside her hut, turning to La'Ki's mother, she spoke softly, yet respectfully.
"What do you feel has caused this sudden amnesia?"
To this Yeha shook her head gently and looked at Dr Jude with saddened eyes.
