Hey everyone! It's chapter three time! Once again, I went back and did some edits. I also have the directors cut so yay! Unseen scenes!

"Talking…"

"Na'vi talking…"

"Animal and plant talking…."

I want to point our that Celene does most of the talking through her mind. It's like she's just staring at the plants and animals she's talking to.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC.

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The following morning I woke up with a huge headache. Last night's experience left me weak. I've never experienced anything like that before. It felt like…it was my real body and the one I am in now, is fake. Everything seems backwards now since I got to Pandora. Why is this happening to me?

"Celene? Are you up?" My mom called through the door. I threw off the covers and opened the door. My mom wore a smile on her face that made me give her a questioning look.

"What's with the face?" I asked her.

"Guess what you're doing today?"

"Avatar training? Paper work? Helping Max look at DNA?" I asked to which my mom found amusing.

"None of the above. Today we're going out of Hell's Gate to do some hands-on work. I'm taking you, Norm, and Jake with me in your Avatars so you three can get a feel on how we'll be doing things. Get ready." She said. I nodded and went into the bathroom to take a shower. Once I was clean and dressed, I quickly ate a makeshift breakfast and headed to the Link Room. There Norm and Jake were waiting.

"Sleep well?" Jake asked.

"Somewhat. I had one hell of a weird dream though." I told them.

"You too? I thought I was the only one." Jake said.

"You kiddies ready?" My mom sounded a little too cheerful. It was unlike her to be cheerful.

"Who put happy candy in your coffee?" I asked her.

"You did." She smiled then kissed my forehead. Being here must've put her in a good mood and I mean a good mood.

"Mom." I whined which only made her smile. I walked over to my case and opened it. I climbed in and watched as my mom quickly typed something then closed the case with a smile.

Happy candy is right.

The day was beautiful in the morning when we took off with Trudy, our pilot, and her gun ship. My mom had given me a new pack to put a heath kit and such if someone got hurt. I guess I was the medic on the team even though I hate the sight of blood. But once we got in the air…WOW! Pandora was even more beautiful when you're in the sky. I sat next to Jake on one side while Norm and my mom sat on the other with the human we brought in the middle. We passed by some waterfalls and a whole flock of Tetrapteron. The Tetrapteron is a class of flamingo-like birds that look almost Earth-like until one notices it has four wings, with two on either side. The tetrapteron also features a unique twin tail used for balancing its body weight as it hunts or lands. I'm kind of animal fanatic when it comes to this stuff.

The ride was amazing and better than earth. When we got to our location, I was the first to hop off and start looking around.

"Shut it down. We're gonna stay awhile." My mom told Trudy. I grabbed my pack and walked over to Jake who was scanning the area. "Norm, your pack."

"Pack." Norm was the most forgetful person I've met. He would forget his own head if it wasn't attached.

"Stay with the ship. One idiot with a gun is enough." My mom told Wainfleet, the guy who was hitting on me when I first arrived.

"You're the man, doc." He said and backed up. I followed my mom through the colorful bushes and trees until we came across a bunch of Prolemuris. They look like monkeys but with skin and four arms. This was a perfect time to see if I can talk to them.

"Hey! Someone! Can you hear me?" I called. One of the lemurs stopped and looked at me.

"You talk?" He asked me.

"Yes! Can you come here? I won't hurt you." I asked. The lemur jumped from its tree and landed on my back. When it did, Jake pulled his gun on it.

"Prolemuris. They're not aggressive." I told him. Mom walked up to him and shoved his gun down.

"Relax, marine. You making me nervous." My mom told him before walking over to me to take a look at the Prolemuris on my back. Jake sighed and walked ahead of us for a bit. Once my mom as done looking, we continued on.

"You can understand?" The lemur asked as we walked.

"I just can. It's complicated. Would you like to tag along with us?" I asked but the lemur jumped back into the trees.

"Must get back. Will tell others. Welcome back." The lemur took off into the forest. Welcome back? What did he mean by that?

We continued to walk for about almost 3 miles. I was ahead of everybody by a least a few feet but stopped when I saw an abandoned shack up ahead. Everything fascinated me and it made me want to explore more. The vibrant colors and similarities to earth's plants and animals were so amazing!

"So, how will they know we're here?" Norm asked my mother. They were probably talking about the Navi people.

"I'm sure they're watching us right now." My mom told him as she walked past me. We walked towards the shack and looked around a bit before my mom spoke with sadness in her voice. "This was our school. Now it's just...storage" My mom sighed. I touched the empty desks and forgotten books laying everywhere. "The kids were so bright. Eager to learn. Picked up English faster than I could teach it." She turned to me as I stood besides her. "They would have loved you." She said and went over to a table with Norm. As she talked with him I stayed close to Jake, giggling every time he jumped at something. Jake would give me a look but I should just shrug my shoulders.

"Nothings gonna jump out and kill you Jake, relax." I told him but he shook his head.

"I keep hoping someone will come back in and read them." My mom said.

"Why don't they come back?" Norm asked.

"The Omaticaya...learned as much about us as they needed to." My mom answered and I looked to where bullet holes were made in the wood of the wall. Jake noticed them too and touched them.

"What happened here?" He asked. Mom noticed the holes and looked sad before toughing up, and looking at Jake with the same hatred expression. But not at Jake, the human. Jake the soldier.

"Are you going to help us with this gear? We've got a lot to do." She answered him and Jake sighed. As the three of them packed up, I reached out and touched the bullet holes. I felt a shiver go through me, freezing my body as screams rang in my ears. I felt so afraid, like I was going to die. These holes caused pain that created tears in my eyes. When my mom said we were leaving I gather a few books and stuffed them in my pack. I don't know why I grabbed them, I just did.

We continued to walk more after the shack. Everyone was quiet as I was once again in front of them with my mom close behind me. I wanted to push out the screams I heard as I looked around in wonder and excitement. There are so many things I have yet to learn about this place.

"Keep moving Norm." Jake gave Norm a slight shove.

"Celene slow down! Keep up, guys!" My mom shouted at them. I stopped and waited for them to catch up. Once they caught up, my mom decided this would be a good place to stop. I rested against a tree while my mom and Norm took samples of a tree root. I looked over at Jake who decided to venture off onto his own.

"Where are you going?" I whispered.

"Just looking around. Wanna come?" Jake asked. I looked over at my mom who was doing fine. I nodded and followed Jake into the forest. In the next patch over there was a family of Helicoradin, which are actually part animal - part plant! They respond to touch by coiling up so that the single large leaf is no longer exposed to any herbivores that would eat it. Really an amazing species if you think about it.

"Amazing." I said aloud. Jake reached over and touched one.

"Cool." I too reached over and touched one. Watching it coil up was fun and it made me want to do it again and again! We kept going until, like a chain-reaction, they all coiled up. Once they were coiled there in front of us was a young hammerhead titanothere. I quickly hid behind Jake as he raised his gun.

"Jake, don't shoot. Celene stand still." My mom called to us. I got out from behind Jake and stood beside him.

"So what do I do? Dance with it?" Jake asked.

"That's a territorial stance. Just hold your ground and don't shoot." Great! That means no asking him to back off. Just great!

"That armors too thick Jake. Don't waste your bullets, you'll need them." I told him. Jake staggers a bit but started to charge when it did.

"AHHH!" Jake yelled and I closed my eyes. I peaked between my fingers to see the hammerhead back off. "Yeah! Come on! What you got?" Jake called after it. Something was wrong…

"Yum, lunch served fresh." A voice made a shiver crawl up my back. Shit….

"Jake…." I tried to call but my voice was cracking.

"Oh, yeah. Who's bad? Bitch." Jake snarled but quieted when the thanator jumped in front of him. Jake held his gun up and backed up towards me. Fear crept its way into my blood and I was frozen in place.

"You scared away my dinner. I guess you'll have to do." The thanator spoke to himself.

"But we're all bones. You wouldn't want to eat us." I countered and tried to smile but it came out as a grimace.

"So this one speaks? How…odd. There are only two people how can speak our language. Eywa and….her daughter." I froze. Please find her. Remember where you left her.

"Eywa's daughter. She's missing? Eywa said I had to find her. Do you know where she is?" I asked. The thanator shook it's head as it came forward.

"No. No one knows where she went. If Eywa asked you to find her, I cannot harm you but I can't say the same for your friend." The thanator hissed and it looked like it was smiling.

"Run. Definitely run!" My mom shouted. Jake grabbed my hand and we took off running with the thanator right behind us.

We climbed over logs and roots of the trees to get away. I fell a couple of time but Jake was there to help me up. My heart pounded against my rib cage violently as we ran for our lives. Fear made my stomach turn and my lungs burned. The thanator was getting closer and closer by the minute…

"Jake!" I screamed when the thanator grabbed Jake's bag. It shook him like a rag doll until Jake un-clipped his bag and we made a dash of the underside of the trees roots. The thanator didn't give up. He reached with his paw and took swings at us. We crawled before Jake took out his gun and fired at it. It roared in pain as the bullets grazed its skin. "AHH!" I yelled as the thanator's claws made contact with my side when its paw came down. I could feel my blood run down my skin and onto the forest floor. Jake grabbed my arm and we began to run again. I couldn't hold my wound for I was pushing leaves out of my way and jumping over roots.

"We have to jump!" Jake yelled as we came to a waterfall.

"Are you serious?" I asked. We heard a roar and turned around. "You're serious." Jake took my hand as we jumped into the cold freezing water below.

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Whoever said viperwolfs were peaceful creatures, I'm gonna kill them! As of now, Jake and I are running for our lives as viperwolfs chase us to nip at our ankles. Once we got out of the water from our fall I healed my wound pretty good but it left three fresh pink scar claw marks on my torso.

My first battle scars.

"Jake!" I yelled as viperwolfs jumped in front of us.

"Shit!" Jake cursed and made a sharp left. I followed close behind. Everywhere I looked, there was viperwolf. I lost control of the voices and my head was swimming with their little comments. I couldn't tell if the viperwolves were talking or the other creatures were. There's just too many. I couldn't focus on just once voice, it felt like they were everywhere.

"Jake your right!" I called and kicked a viperwolf away from me.

"Thanks." He said and ducked when a viperwolf jumped at him.

"Watch out!" I pushed him aside and two viperwolfs jumped on me. I scrambled to get up but the one bit down on my leg. I tried to reach for anything but there was none except plants…

How stupid can I get? I reached over to one closest to me, placing my hand on the forest floor.

"You are a keeper of life. Mercy and kindness are your weapons." The voice spoke in my ear.

"There is always an option…" I whispered to myself. I closed my eyes and felt everything fade away as I threw my voice out to the plants. "Protect me!"The plants around me grew and shoved the viperwolfs away. I ran for Jake, only to see a viperwolf on him. "Help him!" The plants swung and knocked the viperwolf off him. I grabbed his arm and forced him to run with me.

"What the hell?" Jake began.

"Not now! Run!" I shouted at him and kept running. My leg was screaming in pain as were the rest of my body.

"You can kill those things! Why run?" Jake asked.

"Because there is always another option. Running is one. Now move!" I told him. Viperwolfs were close on our tails, literally on our tails.

"Celene, watch out!" Jake shoved me aside as a viperwolf jumped out.

"Jake!" Before I could do anything, a Na'vi woman jumped out and shot one of the viperwolfs. She jumped in front of us and started to knock them around. One managed to jump her but she stabbed it one to death once she pinned it to the ground. No sooner had it started; it ended with the viperwolfs running with their tails between their legs.

"No, wait! Don't!" Jake cried but the Na'vi woman just tossed our torch into the small pond. She looked around and stopped when she heard a viperwolf that was still alive whimper in pain. An arrow was the only thing keeping it here. She bent down and took out her knife. She went to stab it but I stopped her with one of the pants.

"Wait. Maybe I can help." I said softly. The Na'vi woman looked at me then at the viperwolf. She lowered the knife and I let her go.

"How?" She whispered giving me a questionable look. I knelt beside the viperwolf and rested my hand on its small head.

"Slowly pull out the arrow when I say. I will do the rest." I spoke in her language. She nodded and I placed one hand over the wound as the other still rested on its head. I lowered my lips to its ear and softly hummed to it. I felt the viperwolf calm down and I nodded to the woman. Slowly she pulled out the arrow as I healed it. My hands glowed a light blue as I concentrated on fusing the skin back together.

Once the arrow was out, I helped the viperwolf stand. It looked at me and licked my face as a thank you; I patted its head and smiled. The viperwolf nodded before taking off into the dark. The Na'vi got up and walked to another viperwolf that was close by. She looked at me but when I touched its forehead, I shook my head. It was too late. The Na'vi woman closed her eyes and started to recite a Na'vi prayer.

"Look, I know you probably don't understand this, but thank you." I looked over at Jake with a glare in my eyes. How rude can you be right now? The Na'vi woman continued her prayer despite Jake's attempt to talk to her. "Thank you. That was pretty impressive." He said as she pulled out the arrow. "We would've been screwed if you hadn't come along. It was…" The Na'vi woman stood and walked away. "Hey, wait a second! Hey, where are you going?" Jake asked but she didn't stop. "Wait up!"

"Jake..." I tried to warn him as we followed her.

"Just…hey, slow down. Look, wait up. I just wanted to say thanks for killing those things." Jake said only to be wack in the face by her bow.

"Should've listened." I muttered.

"Don't thank." She spat at him. "You don't thank for this. This is sad. Very sad only." She spat again.

"Okay okay. I'm sorry." He said moving her bow away from his face. "Whatever I did, I'm sorry."

"All this is your fault. They did not need to die. If she had not been here, more would've." She pointed at me.

"My fault? They attacked us. How am I the bad guy?" He asked her.

"Your fault! Your fault!" She yelled.

"Shh. Easy. Easy." He said and pushed her bow away from him again. I shook my head.

"You're like a baby. Making noise, don't know what to do." She pointed at me again, "At least she acted!"

"Fine. Fine." Jake said getting up. "If you love your little forest friends like she does, why not let them kill my ass? What's the thinking?"

"Why save you?" She tilted her head to the side. "You have a strong heart. The both of you. No fear…but stupid. Ignorant like a child." She said and walked away. Jake looked at me and ran after her. I sighed and ran after them.

"Well, if we're like a child, then…maybe you should teach us." Jake called.

"Sky people cannot learn. You do not see." She said and continued to walk. She knew who we were?

"Well, then teach us to see." Jake said.

"No one can teach you to see." I told him. The Na'vi woman looked over her shoulder but didn't falter in her step.

"Whoa." Jake and I said as we looked down from where we stood on a large tree branch we were on. That's one hell of a drop.

"Look, come on can we talk?" Jake asked. "Say, where'd you learn English? Dr. Augustine's school?" I must've jumped the wrong way because my foot slid and I almost went falling if it wasn't for the Na'vi woman.

"You're like a baby. The both of you." She said to us.

"We need your help." I told her.

"You should not be here." She held up her hand.

"Okay, take us with you." Jake jumped in.

"No! Go back!" She said and turned.

"No." We protested.

"Go back." She said again. When she went to turn something caught her eye. We looked up to see woodspirits coming towards us. They're so beautiful. I've only seen pictures of them but never one's up close. They usually never come this close to people. When one came close to Jake, he swatted it away. "No!" She exclaimed when Jake swatted it again. Unlike him, I allowed them to land on me. Enjoying the feeling of them on my skin, I felt calmer. When all of them landed on us, I felt a spark shoot down my spine and…

I saw something…

A small girl runs through the forest. Her white hair flows behind her as a white thanator follows her close behind. A smile spreads across her face as she runs. The forest started to sing and life grew as she ran. The small child continued to run until she got to a cliff. Closer and closer she gets until she jumps off the edge. The thanator sits on the edge as the girl falls…then unexpectedly a huge Leonopteryx swoops and catches her on his back. A smile sits on her face as she flies off towards a whitish-purple color tree…

"Come." The Na'vi woman said to us, snapping me out of what seemed like a dream. The place changed as we walked. As we followed the more colors and everything seemed to glow with life.

"What is your name?" I asked her but she didn't answer. The sound of something flying through the air caught my ear. I jumped sideways and I managed to evade whatever was flying. Thank God for those couple of years in gymnastics. I managed to look at Jake before he fell to the floor.

"Shit." He cursed as he fell. I ran over to him and help him untangle the ties.

"Just for the record, I heard that coming." The sound of hoof beats came closer and closer as were the cries of warriors. I pulled Jake up as we were soon surrounded by Na'vi warriors. Some rode bareback on direhorses while others rushed in with spears drawn. Jake pulled me behind him as they pointed their spears at us.

"Jake…listen to me. You must speak only when spoken to. Don't do anything rash and let me to the talking." I whispered to him.

"But if worse comes to worse, you run." Jake said to me.

"Said the man who got help from a plant." I almost laughed at what I said.

"Yeah, how the hell did you do that?" He asked.

"Long story. I'll tell you when our lives aren't in danger." I told him.

"Calm people, calm." The Na'vi woman spoke. "What are you doing, Tsu'tey?" She asked as the warrior stood before her.

"These demons are forbidden here." He told her.

"Demons?" I whispered to myself.

"What?" Jake asked me.

"Shh." I hushed him.

"There has been a sign. This is the matter for the Tsahik." She told him and that seemed to shut him up.

"Bring them." His voice was cold as he got back on his direhorse.

"What's going on?" He asked her but the warriors closed in on us. They place knives at our necks and braids, dragging us along with them.

"Be quiet. They're taking us to the clan leader. Remember what I told you." I told him but he chuckled. "What's so funny?"

"Your hair. It's not white." Jake chuckled. I realized that since I was rolling around in dirt, my hair decided to take a dirty brown color.

"Great." I muttered. Jake laughed but then stopped. I looked ahead and saw why he stopped.

A giant tree…

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