My response was walking away. I didn't want to know anything about anyone now. I climbed down to the patio where Na'tsuey was waiting for me.
"I heard the news" said Na'tsuey.
I just hugged him and started crying. I was pretty upset, I felt terrible, like I didn't want to know anything from the rest of the world.
"Shh... everything is going to be okay" Na'tsuey said in Na'vi language.
I wish what he said was true. I was extremely sad. My tears fell down thought Na'tsuey's torso, I sobbed and cried in silence. I didn't care for the gazes of the Na'vi people looking around me.
"want to go for a walk?" He offered.
I nodded with my head and dried my tears. The rest of my friends joined as we walked towards the forest.
The smell of wet grass ran through the air, and the mist of atokirina filled the gaps of sadness. As we silently walked together we arrived in our secret hide out, where we hang out after school or during the free days with no training.
"Hey... I am sorry..." Whispered Na'tsuey.
"It's ok, not your fault" I sniffed and dried my tears that ran through my cheeks.
Na'tsuey's gaze broke through my sight, his sad eyes filled my mind. His golden eyes hypnotized me like crazy, like I wanted him. His hand brushed my cheek and kissed my forehead.
"Marie... we are going to fight against this" Said Dalue'.
"No, this is my problem, I should talk with Neytiri" I stated.
All of the sudden every gaze that was on my range looked at me. La'ki, Talika, Na'tsuey, Dalue' and Amhelu's gazes focused on my. I got onto my feet.
"It's not fair, I came here to save the human race, not the Omaticayan clan. I'm going to fight against this, as my name is Marie Rouge" I spoke with confidence that soon was beaten up by the looks of my friends looking at each other
"Sometimes you forget that you are in Pandora. This is Pandora. The girl has not much of a say when it comes of mating arrangements" Said Amhelu.
"Well I'm from Earth and I do what ever I want, I am going against Pandora rules!" I shouted with with a hint of rouge concience.
I ran up to Na'tsuey and kissed him with all the passion that I had left from the last conversation, I started running up the hometree. running as fast as I could, jumping and leaping upwards until I ran through the maze of branches of the forest. Later I was on the patio of the hometree. Confused I looked for Neytiri's face. Until I spotted her with the Elder council. I ran up to her breathing heavily, with all my curly hair going to all directions.
"Neytiri, I wont mate with Te'tsan" I gasped, out of air.
All of the gazes jumped of me. I forgot I said that out loud.
"I want to mate with the person I choose and he will choose me" I stated.
Parker appeared out of no where, he walked slowly by Neytiri's side. Even though Neytiri gave him the death stare. He looked down at me, as I slowly looked up. A pair of sad golden eyes were focusing on me. What have I got my self into?
"Marie, your will is to be who you are, but just understand, he... well... he is the gray crayon in the crayon box, not the brightest color. Yeah sure, you have Na'tsuey, Dalue', Amhelu... But, maybe if you try it... you change your opinion...." Parker tried to explain me, it turned out to be a fail.
Neytiri rolled her eyes and moved Parker aside with an arm, with all the authority she aspired, she looked down at me.
"Eywa chose you to mate with Te'tsan. Thats it, you can't go against Eywa. If you don't, the balance is lost." She stated fiercely, like she make me want to cry after she said that.
"But..." I complained.
"There is no buts in Eywa's will. Its the balance of life." She stated.
"But I don't believe in Eywa, I believe in.... let me rephrase that, I am atheist. I don't believe in anynothing" I spoke with courage. If it wasn't for that I wouldn't be here.
Every single gaze of the Elder council focused on my. All of them in indignation, than I just remembered, I just dissed their goddess. Burn!. Joking. I was going to pay for that.
"We feed you, we clothe you, we make sure you sleep on a hammock, train you, and in exchange you disrespect our goddess?--"I instantly cut Neytiri.
"I didn't disrespect her! I just... don't believe in anything!" I shouted "Is it so hard to understand?"
Neytiri looked at my puzzled, as Parker crossed his arms. He looked at me frustrated. I looked at him for comfort and someone to support my words, but their response was nothing.
"go to your hammock" said Parker.
"But--"
"I said go! God damn it!" He shouted furiously.
I fought back my tears and swallowed, kept my head high and walked away. I still kept my head high even when all of the people that gathered around our little scene murmured nasty gossip about me. As I found the faces of my friends on the crowd, who looked sad as I walked away. Climbing up the tree's spiral towards my hammock seemed an endless trip.
"Eywa's balance, ha!" I cried.
Suddenly the sky turned gray, I ignored the fact that nobody was in the hammock area. I was kneeling down beside my hammock and cried. I still heard the deaf screams on my mind fighting for silence and trying to calm everything down. A blue lighting stroke the sky. The rain started to fall and the echo of the little drops of water tormented the hammock area of the tree. It was getting dark and and the biolumicent light of my body shone with a faded glimpse. I stopped crying and I just sat there alone. It stopped raining suddenly and I felt the world fall in silence, and a huge cry. I looked up and I could hear a million of steps running up the spiral.
"Marie!" Screeched Parker.
I flung my head around and with grace I got onto my feet and walked towards him.
"What!, what happened!" I said surprised
"no! You interrupted Eywa's balance!" Cried Neytiri.
Her eyes were flooding with tears, she cried while Jake soothed her with a sad expression.
"You monster! May Eywa feast off from your insides" Cried once again Neytiri.
I looked confused towards Neytiri, she cried nonstop, what was she talking about?
"You no longer belong to The People! Go Away!" she Screeched as she pushed me.
"what--!" is was in the floor with Neytiri on top of me, her hands were strangling me. Her hard grip didn't left me breath. I posed my hands on my neck to loosen Neytiri's grip and kicked my feet in the air to get her off me. I could feel my lungs scream for air, gasping for air I could see Neytiri's face loosen up, her grip was strong thought, but somehow I felt like I could breath again with no problem. Something smooth brushed my forehead, and suddenly I felt a lift.
"Eywa's balance.... you form part of Eywa's balance..." the wind carried the words along with the leaves.
Soon the Atokirina seeds gathered around me. Neytiri stopped strangling me and got off me. Then I came to reality.
I gasped for air like a fish outside water. I cough hard at the same time I gasped for air. I sat there for a moment, breathing heavily.
Neytiri covered her mouth and fell to her knees and begun whispering words in Na'vi.
"C'mon Marie... I gotta tell you something" Parker helped me up and walked me towards a corner of the Keluxtrel.
He grasped my arm by my bicep and walked furious with a wrinkled forehead. I could still hear the screams of Neytiri on the air.
The air was cold and the hints of chill spiced the air, and the scary views from the branch made my light headed. The wind shook hard against my face, making my eyes water. The sloppy clouds filled the valley and the faint glow of biolumicent light shone around the sight, Parker stood straight on at the branch, he wore his Na'vi clothing while he usually wore sweatpants and a tank shirt, dirty from all the training that he did, while I wore my ragged jeans and tank shirt. He looked disappointed on me, and made me just hide in a corner of the tree and cry to my self a bit more, but I think I have no more tears left to do that. From now on I should quit crying. I am sixteen years old, not four. I looked for comfort in Parker's eyes, but the only thing I found is emptiness, this in not good.
"What happened?" I questioned.
"Hun, remembered you said you don't believe in Eywa?" he said.
I nodded my head and he crossed his arms.
"let my show you something..." he quickly jumped from the branch to the huge leaves that hang from nearby trees.
I followed his movements and grasped to the leaves that confronted my fall against the hard floor. The whistle from the wind screamed against my ears while I free fell from the tree. The cold wind pushed against me but gravity pulled me down. I crashed against the leaves with strength feeling some burns had created from how hard I grasped the leaves. And I kept falling until I fell to the floor in the most awkward way there is.
"Try to keep up now" he said before sprinting into the forest.
I follow his footsteps and the forest that danced around me became blurs in my sight, until we arrived on a clearing in the forest, but we could see the hometree from the clearing. In the middle of the clearing there was a body, and a huge crater around it, everything in the clearing was burned, small flames warmed the sight let me see better. The Na'vi was facing the ground with its face away from us. I walked slowly to the crater, slid down and moved the body for a better sight. Of it, thought I couldn't see the face because of all the braids. I checked for a pulse, and it appeared to be slow, there was some serious burns in the body. I brushed off all the braids and a long gash of blood spread across her face not letting me see right her face. Gently I pulled away some of the blood from her face and I recognized her face.
"Mo'at got struck by lightning... By Eywa" whispered Parker.
I covered my mouth to see her face move and her eyes open.