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Fate
You have always been a curious child, but I must admit I am surprised that there is a question that you've never asked of me. To be honest, it is also one I'm glad I've never had to answer.
If your father views the ocean as dangerous, then why would he name his child after it?
We never told you, we were both too afraid it'd send you running to the ocean arms wide open to sail away from us, never to be seen again.
But here you are standing in front of me, ready to sail off anyway, and as scared as I am for you, I know it is what you must do. Not just to save our people and stop Te Ka, but also because it is your destiny.
When I was expecting you, your father consulted with others to find out your future. Would you be a strong chief? A son or a daughter? Would you be a credit to your people? Would you be healthy? Would you be happy?
These were the questions he asked of them and the stars above us, but he did not receive the answer he was looking for. We were told that our child would be strong, but her heart would belong to the ocean, and she'd never place a stone on top of the mountain.
Your father did not like that answer because of what happened to his friend and he feared for your future. So when you were born he said we should name you Moana after the ocean, because then you could belong to yourself rather than the actual ocean. Then you'd be happy where you are and stay here on Motunui.
It was foolish to think that we could go against the gods and fates by naming you Moana. Like him though, I feared for your future and was willing to do whatever it took to protect you.
Each time you ran to the ocean, your fate became more and more apparent to us. If your father could have gotten away with weighing you down with rocks around your feet to keep here on the island, he would have. Though to be fair, you tried so hard to fight it and make us happy, to be the perfect chief to take over for your father and serve your people.
But it never made you happy. You may have been safe staying here, but you were never happy, your heart always longing to sail off into the distance. In turn, that breaks my heart. For while a mother always wants their child to be stay, they want their happiness as well. It may be dangerous and you might never come back, but you deserve a chance to go and be happy.
That's why I'm not talking you out of going, or going to your father. I know that this is something you must do, not just for our people, but for yourself. I can no longer protect you from the world and the danger that lies out there. You are the future chief second, and my daughter first, so I must do the hardest thing I've ever had to as a mother—I must let you go.
Just please promise me one thing—you'll come back.
Author's Note
I'd like to thank Menamai for the review. I have issues with Maui as well, mainly the fact that it seems like they deleted a scene with him. That'll be dealt with in chapter 6.
So well I had more issues with her grandmother's collapse (last chapter) and Maui's return (future chapter), my fiance who watched it with me had issue with Sina, and how she could just let Moana go off without saying anything. This is what I was thinking, that she just accepted Moana's fate and wanted her to be happy. That then led to me questioning why would Tui name his daughter after the very thing he fears so much, which then ended up tying back to Moana's fate.
Next chapter is Tui's.