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Differences in speaking and thoughts:
"Words, words, words…" = In Na'vi
"Words, words, words…" = In English
'Words, words, words…' = Thoughts
Chapter 4: First Day of Training
Tekumseh woke the others up the next morning with ease. He was pleased to see they were easy to wake. Some Dreamwalkers he had heard were near impossible, if these were even Dreamwalkers. He brought them to breakfast before they walked down to an almost ranch like area that had a couple of the horse like creatures. The girls went to another location with one of the creatures.
"What are these things?" Crow asked.
"Pa'li," Tekumseh answered. "His name's Yosu." He looked at the youngest there. "Leo, right?" The boy nodded. "Come, you will try riding Yosu first." He slowly stepped forward and Tekumseh gave a little help to him on getting on the Pa'li since he was still a bit short. "You asked about the tsaheylu, right?" He nodded again. The teacher grabbed a cord attached to his head and leaned it towards him and they all noticed the similar looking veins as from their hair inside. "Connect each other." Leo gave a confused look but slowly brought his braid around and connected his veins to it. The Pa'li jumped in alarm for a moment, but Tekumseh calmed him down. He turned to Leo who seemed a little shocked. "That is tsaheylu, Leo, the bond. Feel his strong legs, his breath, his heartbeat." Leo closed his eyes already sensing for it. "Now, to move, think of a direction while thinking of walking. Not one at a time. Think of it together and he will follow." Leo slowly thought of it and the horse moved forward. "Now, try doing a light run in a circle."
"Right," Leo agreed slowly and thought of it while holding on a bit tighter. Yosu began to get a bit faster. Suddenly, the horse seemed to get a bit spooked and Leo slipped off, landing in the mud. "Ow."
"What happened?" Tekumseh asked.
"I'm not sure. He suddenly got spooked by something," Leo answered. The elder Na'vi looked over the terrain and noticed a Palulukan standing there watching.
"What is that?" Crow asked a bit nervously.
"A Palulukan," Yusei answered. "They are dangerous. My mother was the first to gain the right to ride one. Others who were met by one either killed it or were killed." He turned to Yosu. "Easy, Yosu. Easy." They watched as the creature walked away. The Pa'li calmed down again. "Crow, you're turn." The bird named man got on and did fairly well, but when he got to a faster running he fell off. When Jack got on and Jack told it to start moving, it began to run and he fell off. Yusei smirked as he got Yosu back.
Acala and two others came running up. "You three should go away," the man ordered.
"So you can speak English," Crow commented.
"You should give up on them. Look at that one," Acala told Tekumseh and pointed to Jack. "A rock could see better."
The next Olo'eyktan of the Omaticaya smirked. He walked over and ordered, "Go." He slapped the Pa'li Acala was riding and the horse ran, followed by the others. He turned to the three he was teaching. "Again."
Leo got on Yosu as he asked, "Are all we doing today Pa'li riding lessons?"
"No, we have a lot of work to do today," he answered. "Bow and arrow training, speaking, and going around the forest."
"Why going around the forest?" Crow asked.
"So you can learn to work your way around it and you need to learn to trust your body to do so," Tekumseh answered. "And not only do you need to trust your body, you need to trust the forest. To trust Eywa."
"Eywa?" Jack repeated.
"The Great Mother who protects the balance of life," he explained. "She is the guardian of all and she lives with us and cares for us. She is made up of all living things."
"So, she's a goddess?" Leo broke down.
"In Sky People terms, yes," Tekumseh answered. "If you do not know of the Sky People, then how do you know the Sky People's terms?"
"Who are the Sky People?" Crow asked.
"My father says they are called humans. They come from ships high above," the Na'vi explained. "My father had beaten and banished them at one point, but they have returned. We're only waiting for another assault by them."
"But, Tekumseh, we weren't lying when we said that you are in a coma right now on Earth or at least another Earth since ours doesn't have the capability these ones have," Leo told him.
"Leo's right. We were brought here by the Crimson Dragon somehow and put in Na'vi bodies most likely to wake you up," Jack agreed.
"Even if it were possible, how would you end up waking up this other sleeping form from this world?" Tekumseh asked.
"We're still figuring that out," Crow answered.
The experienced Na'vi shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Leo, ride," he ordered. Leo did so and lasted a bit longer this time, getting to a good speed, before falling off. "You seem to be able to connect with Yosu better than I anticipated. You pay attention to tsaheylu and feeling the bond inside. Good." He looked at Jack. "You need to work on that." The man scoffed. "Crow, you're up." This continued on for a couple more hours before they stopped. "Let's get into the forest to practice speaking in a more private area. So people don't hear you and laugh as I slap you for saying things wrong if you repeat the problem." They looked at each other nervously, but quickly followed Tekumseh into the forest. They climbed up trees, the others struggling a bit, and ran across giant roots in the air and branches before coming to a stop on one. "Sit." They sat down with Yusei facing them and in front. The others were looking at the forest around them which was beautifully lit up by the sun's rays. "The forest is beautiful, is it not?"
"Yeah, it really is," Crow agreed while the others nodded.
"Everything is Eywa. She keeps the world alive and protects us and it," Tekumseh told them. "She creates the network of energy that flows through all living things. And that energy is only borrow, and one day you'll have to give it back." They looked at him. "If you manage to learn and see, you will become part of the People forever."
"Tekumseh, you seem really important to your People," Crow commented.
"Crow's right. Why is that?" Jack asked.
"The woman who studied you and the leader you saw when you first met in the clan are our leaders and my parents," he explained. "The woman's name is Neytiri and she is our Tsahik, our spiritual leader. The man is Jake and he is Olo'eyktan, our chief. I am the next Olo'eyktan."
"And what made that Arati so special to be training Luna and Akiza?" Leo asked.
"She is the next Tsahik. We are to become a mated pair when it is our turn to take over," Tekumseh explained further. That shocked them a bit. "Anyway, we need to get to teaching you our language. After that, I will begin your training with a bow and arrow." They nodded and for about three hours they sat, getting the language down. About thirty times during that period, the elder Na'vi slapped at least one of them in the forehead, as if trying to snap them to attention. They had managed to get down a third of the number of words and put them into decent sentences in that time but that still wasn't a lot compared to the dialect they needed to learn. Eventually, Tekumseh sighed and said, "We'll pick this up tomorrow. For now, let's finish the day with bow and arrows."
They hurried to another place in the forest after Tekumseh had grabbed a bow and arrow for them to use. Tekumseh instructed them on sucking in their stomach as they pulled back and angle of which to hold the bow properly. Crow tried first and Tekumseh immediately had to fix the stomach and posture. The near same thing happened with the other two.
"Why is it so hard to shoot an arrow?" Leo muttered.
"It is only hard if you make it hard," Tekumseh replied. "Think of it as easy and it'll be easier. But either way, you'll need practice to make it perfect."
"Yeah, I guess," Leo agreed.
"With that being said, we are doing it again," Tekumseh ordered and it went over the same repetition until nightfall. By then, the others felt a bit tired, but the teaching Na'vi stated, "It's time for you to see the forest in its beauty." He guided them through it as it glowed with all sorts of colors.
They soon came up on a small creature on a thick grass strand. They approached it slowly and Crow tried to pick it up, but it jumped into the air and spread out a multicolored glowing fan and spun away. Tekumseh sped walked through the tall grass and about ten others sprung up into the air.
"What are they?" Leo asked as one flew by him.
"Kenten," Yusei answered. "Fun little creatures of the forest that are harder to see during the day."
"Tekumseh!" called Arati's voice and they turned to see Arati, Luna, and Akiza running up.
"I see you, Arati," Yusei told her, doing the gesture as well. She did it back in respect. "How was their training?"
"Pretty good. They both need some work in all areas, but they seem to see into the tsaheylu very well. But bow and arrows need a lot of work. What about you?" she replied.
"Leo has a good touch with tsaheylu, Crow is better, and Jack needs to work on feeling the bond. Language is okay, still working on it. Bow and arrows, have a lot of work to do there," he answered.
Arati giggled. "Are you surprised about that?" she asked.
"Not at all," he answered with a grin. "Anyway," he turned to the others, "how do you think of the forest so far?"
"It's so pretty!" Luna exclaimed. "I didn't think I would ever see a forest like this. It's almost like a dream."
"Well, this is no dream, Luna," Tekumseh told her.
"By the way, why do you seem to hate the Sky People so much?" Crow asked.
"Awhile ago, we had another Hometree where we had lived for hundreds to thousands of years. Then the Sky People came and started destroying the forest and all creatures in it," Arati began. "They tried doing everything they could to get us to leave Hometree."
"In the end, they burned it down and destroyed it, leaving the People with nothing," Yusei finished. "My father was once a Dreamwalker who turned to our side. At the end of the last time the Sky People came here, my father gathered all the clans together to fight the Sky People as they were planning on destroying the Sacred Tree. The tree of which is most thoroughly connected to Eywa. It is our direct line to her." They went wide eyed. "My father prayed to Eywa for assistance and when the losses were too great for her to stand by any longer, she sent help through the creatures of this world. Together the forest was saved and we were able to find a new Hometree. The one you know now."
"They really did all that?" Luna asked.
"The Sky People do not respect the forest or the Great Mother," Arati told her. "They only wish to destroy it and us. That is the reason we do not like them. Once you learn to see, you will understand."
"Right," they agreed.
"Anyway, we need to get back soon," Tekumseh commented. "Come on." They hurried back with that.
