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Chapter 4: A Sign From Eywa

Whilst the Kutawato were still trying to decide the fate of Tuk, Kauri had sat with her. He had offered her some food but she seemed to refuse it at first. "What? You don't like berries?" Kauri asked her, a little curious.

"I don't like being here." She said simply, folding her arms.

"Okay?" He said confused. "And what must I do about that?"

Tuk looked at him as if he was talking absolute nonsense. "Tell your sister and the people to let me leave and I promise you I will never return, even if I wanted to." She said simply. He just laughed at her. "What?" Tuk asked a little frustrated, he bothered her so much.

"That's not how it works."

"What do you mean?"

"We don't get outsiders often and when we do, it is very rare that they leave." Kauri explained.

"By choice?"

Kauri hesitated slightly. "The Kutawato are very protective of their home. It is safer for them to teach the outsiders their ways or…" He paused for a moment.

"So choose to stay or be killed?" Tuk asked simply, figuring it all out.

"Kutawato only wants peace." Kauri told her.

"So much peace in all that killing…" She muttered sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "So, If I am not killed then I am stuck here and forced to become one of you?" She asked. Kauri looked at her and nodded slightly. "Fantastic." She said sarcastically in such a manner like her father.

"It is the way of the people."

"Well I am not one of you and I don't want to be!" She told him in a raised tone. "Your sister insulted my family, called us traitors for migration and yet you forced other Na'vi to leave their clans otherwise death will be their consequence?!" She asked angrily, standing up.

"I never said I agreed with any of this!" Kauri told her to stand up too.

"Yet you still bring me here, knowing I could not leave?!" She yelled at him, going to walk away but he grabbed her arm. "Do not touch me!" She yelled, pushing him to the ground. She would not be stuck in this hell hole. Though its beauty was unfathomable, the people who reside within Rah'witi's walls were nothing but evil and corrupt.

It was only at this moment that Hanoa had walked over, seeing the incident. She instantly tackled Tuk to the floor for pushing her brother, holding a knife to her throat. "You dare lay hands on the future Olo'eyktan." Hanoa threatened her. Tuk just hissed at her and looked up at her. "On my little brother." She added once more.

"You are no daughter of Eywa." Tuk told her knowing this was not the way of the great mother. "This is not the will of Eywa, but the will of demons within you." she added once more. "Now, remove your knife from my throat." She warned her.

"You speak out of line, traitor. You will respect your leaders, your Tsahik." Hanoa told her. Tuk almost laughed at her words.

"I will respect those who earn my respect." She said simply, pushing her off her quite hard causing Hanoa to fall to the ground. She looked at her elbow that had been grazed and was now bleeding. This pissed her off.

"Your verdict will be held tonight, under the new moon." Hanoa told her simply before walking away. Tuk hissed at before wiping herself down. Kauri went over to her to ask if she was okay but Tuk intervened straight away.

"Stay away from me." She warned before walking away too.

Shortly after, whilst Tuk was minding her own business and keeping to herself, Kauri walked over to her.

"I invited you for a reason." He said simply.

"I am not interested." She mumbled, not looking at him as she carved a new knife out of wood. Kauri sat next to her and clenched his jaw.

"I brought you here because I knew you would not stand for the beliefs of the Kutawato." He said softly, looking around to make sure no one was listening. "Look, I have been wanting to leave the clan ever since I was old enough to understand what all of our beliefs meant. Our traditions, the way in which we worship Eywa. All of it is wrong and my mother thought so too. She was trying to change all this, to make the people better." He said softly, knowing his mother had died far too early but he wanted to continue what she started.

"And what do you expect me to do?" She asked, finally looking at him.

"Get us out of here."

"Us?"

"I'm coming with you."

Tuk just laughed at him. "No, you're not. I'm not your friend, not your ally and I am certainly not here to fix these corrupt ways. All you have done is sentence me to death." She said simply.

Kauri sighed, "There has been a sign from Eywa." He said softly. "That night I was out hunting, I saw you. I was going to kill you but I felt her. She was all around me. I knew you were something important, that you were different. I don't know how but I knew you could save us. Save the Kutawato clan from these dangerous ways." He said to her, he seemed desperate.

"I am not a leader." She added.

"But your father is and I know you are too. I just feel it." He told her. Tuk was silent for a moment.

"Well you're wrong and I am not helping you." She said simply, going back to carving her knife.

"You do not trust Eywa?"

"I do not trust in you." she said firmly. "And I am sure that my verdict ends with your psychotic sister's knife in my throat." She said simply.

"Under the new moon." He whispered. "It is the night of sacrifices." He told her softly. Tuk just laughed sarcastically.

"I should have guessed it. You people are crazy." She added, she wasn't afraid of death. Perhaps it was because her older brother Neteyam was within Eywa and was always guiding her. Perhaps it was because her parents had raised her so strong and brave. A perfect mixture of them both.

"Tuk, I am not your enemy here." He said softly, moving his hand to her arm. She moved it away quickly.

"And you are not my friend." She said firmly.

That night at the verdict, Tuk stood under the new moon which appeared through a gap at the top of the cave shining the only light from the night sky directly onto her. She rolled her eyes at how dramatic this was. She wondered why Manaaki as the clan leader had been so quiet in this whole situation, it was Hanoa that was taking over the most.

"People of the Rah'witi." Hanoa called to her people. "Do we have a verdict for this traitor? Do we decide her fate?" she asked again. Tuk watched as the people, even some of the children yelled in agreement. All the same really, an execution. Kauri watched on and swallowed hard.

"Father, this must stop." He begged his father.

"It is the way of the people, son." Manaaki said softly.

"But it is not the way of the Na'vi. This is not right!" He begged.

"You know I have no say in this." He told him.

"You are the Olo'eyktan!" He yelled. "You are supposed to be our leader!" He added once more. Manaaki ignored him, clenching his jaw and watching on. Kauri scoffed in frustration and knew he had to do something. Tuk just looked up at the moon and managed to see a shining star.

"See you soon, Neteyam." She whispered softly, to the star truly believing it was her brother.

"Then it is decided." Hanoa said with a hiss, pulled out her knife. "Death will be your fate." She told her, walking towards her and grabbing the back of her hair. Tuk hissed out at the hair pull, her hand on her own knife discreetly.

Kauri however had had enough and ran straight up to them, "Sister stop this!" He said, moving slightly in between them. "You kill her, you kill me!" He said. Hanoa's eyes widened.

"Why do you defend this traitor?!" She hissed.

"Because it is not right. What we are all doing is not right." He told her.

"You betray your people, Kauri." She told him simply. Kauri just swallowed hard and clenched his fists.

"You kill her, you kill me…" He whispered. Tuk's ears flinched slightly and her eyebrow bones arched. What was going on? She honestly thought she had eaten something incredibly poisonous and now she was just hallucinating. If her parents knew of this they would cause murder. Whatever the case, Tuk was ready to fight. Not for Kauri or these deranged members of the Na'vi, if that was what they even were but for her freedom, for her beliefs and because it was within her honor to do so. She was a Sully and they never gave up.

"If that is what you wish…" Tuk heard Hanoa say, before seeing her lift the knife to the air.