Title: My Ocean, My Moon
Author: Red Hawk K'sani
Word Count: 379
Warnings: Spoilers for the finale
Challenge: N/A
Pairings: Tui/La (and a lot of symbolism that might imply other pairings… :cough:)

La stared at his good friend and counterpart, Tui.

Ready, my Moon Spirit, my friend? La asked.

Yes, Tui responded.

Together, the two held their hands and closed their eyes. Light glowed from the center of their embrace, until it encompassed them both and sent them to a different world.

Tui was the first to open her eyes. La, my Ocean? she called.

All was black around her; Tui could not see anything. And yet—there, a little white spot in the water—

I am here, my Moon, murmured the dark voice of La.

My Ocean, my vast Ocean, called Tui, I was afraid I lost you.

Be afraid not, my Moon, my pure Moon. I am here. I am safe. I am black as night; that is why you cannot see me, responded La.

Tui twirled around. All I can see is a white something in the Waters, like a moon.

It is you, as you are a part of me—and I am a part of you, my Moon. Look upon yourself and see the black abyss the Ocean that stains your pureness, advised La.

Tui swam in a circle, seeing the whiteness of her body, her fins, her gills. But she never saw the black circle on her head.

My Ocean, I cannot see you as a part of me, Tui said, worried.

La looked thoughtfully at the luminescent Tui through the dark Waters.

I can not see you, my Moon, as a part of me either, but I know you are there. We can see each other's circle—but we can not see our own. It is something that is meant to be the way it is, Tui, my Moon, my Love.

Tui smiled happily, swimming to catch La. La darted away from her; he was afraid of what would happen to her if she touched the darkness.

And so they swam in circles for all eternity, Tui chasing after La, La retreating from Tui, and neither seeing the other in their own souls, but seeing themselves in the other's soul, and to this day, they call:

My Ocean, my vast Ocean, come to me, for I miss you!

My Moon, my pure Moon, come not to me, for I am tainted; I am darkness.