"Come."She said but neither of them moved to follow her, since just before the Woodsprites arrived, she really had wanted them to go back."Come!"She repeated in a stronger voice and grabbed Jake's arm, pulling him along.
Having no choice, Lia, once again, started following them while trying to keep herself evenly balanced as she sprinted after them. When they started following the Na'vi woman on their own, she let go of Jake and continued.
"Where are we going?"Jake asked, but got no answer.
Along the way, he started touching some of the plants, watching them glow."Jake, remember what happened the last time you decided to play with the plants?"Lia reminded him in a questionable voice, causing him to stop and looked back at her in embarrassment.
The Na'vi woman, realising the two Dreamwalkers weren't following turned back to look at them and said in a stern voice;"Come."
As they ran across the uneven terrain and jumped from one branch to another."What's your name?"Jake asked curiously before his legs were suddenly forced together by a rope, that had been thrown at him, and wrapped around his ankles."Shit!"Jake hissed as he fell forward and hit the ground.
The Na'vi woman turned around with a gasp while Lia's eyes widened."Jake!"She exclaimed and quickly jumped down and landed next to Jake, crouching beside him, as he got rid of the rope binding his legs together."Are you ok?"Lia asked in concern, her eyes wide and filled with worry, having seen how hard he hit his head.
"I'm fine."Jake said just before a group of Na'vi riding Direhorses came, jumping over the foliage, with bows in their hands.
Jake got up, pulling out his army knife, while grabbing Lia's hand in his and whirled around to run, pulling Lia along, only to come face to face with a group of Na'vi, with their bows and arrows dawn, ready to fire, all the while, they were ululating at the Siblings. Realising that they were outnumbered by the Na'vi, Jake dropped his knife and put his hands up in surrender as a Na'vi man on a Direhorse aimed his arrow at Jake's face, and ended up chuckling nervously while Lia looked around with wide eyes and her ears were pinned back in fear.
The Na'vi woman jumped down with a yell and turned around, glaring at her own people."Calm, people, calm!"She said, glancing around at everyone before looking at one of the Na'vi man who got off of his Direhorse and walked towards them with a dark glare on his face."What are you doing, Tsu'tey?"She questioned the Na'vi, which Lia now knew his name was Tsu'tey, looking agitated.
"These Demons are forbidden here."He hissed, glaring over the Na'vi woman's head at Jake and Lia.
"What are they saying?"Jake whispered to Lia, but she hushed him, seeing the way Tsu'tey's eyes narrowed.
"There has been a sign!"The Na'vi woman snapped."This is a matter for the Tsahik."Lia blinked and looked at the woman sharply before looking back at Tsu'tey, who was looking at her, causing Lia to take a step back, intimated by the harsh look he was giving her, and caused Jake to step forward, glaring back at Tsu'tey.
"Bring them."He said to the other Na'vi before getting back on his Direhorse.
"What's going on?"Jake asked the only Na'vi that seemed to be on their side as the others came over to him and Lia. One of them grabbed Jake by his braid, causing him to cry out."Wait!"He exclaimed.
"KEHE!"Lia hissed loudly, backing away from the Na'vi who went to grab her braid, and quickly she held her main braid, the most precious braid by Na'vi standards, keeping it away from the Na'vi, who all froze at hearing her speak their language."Do not touch me!"She snarled, looking warily at their hands which held their weapons. She started panicking and her heartbeat sped up while her mind started forming violent images of things she didn't want to remember.
Jake, seeing the panic in Lia's eyes, became worried."Lia."He called out gently, causing her gaze to snap to him."It's ok."Everyone glanced between them, confused and worried as they all could smell the scent of pure fear in the younger Dreamwalker, a type of fear that only children have after waking from a nightmare."You're not there. He's not here. He can't hurt you."At hearing this, Lia's physically relaxed, but was still eyeing all the Na'vi."Don't look at them, look at me."Lia looked back at Jake."You're here, on Pandora. You're in your Avatar, remember?"The younger slowly nodded as her heartbeat slowly calmed down."Please, don't do that."Jake said, when he saw a young looking Na'vi slowly move towards Lia from behind, but froze at Jake's voice and Lia tensed, her eyes going wide again as she looked at the Na'vi that would have snuck up on her.
"Leave her!"The Na'vi woman hissed, glaring at everyone before grabbing Lia and pulled the smaller Avatar to her side."She will walk with me."She growled, bearing her fangs at her people who went to protest, but were shut up by Tsu'tey glaring at them, before ordering them all to follow."Come."She said in English to Lia, who watched as Jake was forced to run by the Na'vi.
"What's happening?"Jake asked, looking back at the Na'vi woman, only he was ignored by her, since she was helping Lia run alongside them.
The Sully Siblings were brought to the largest tree they had ever seen. Lia, who had calmed down along the way, was once again, amazed by the sight of something that her Planet could no longer grow, but could grow on this Planet without dying within a few years.
Lia's attention turned away from the tree, as they were taken inside, and she glanced around, seeing all the natives whispering and chattering around her, looking between her and Jake, ogling them. Especially her since she wasn't being held like a prisoner and was sticking to one of their own like a child would with their Mother.
Out of natural shyness, Lia ducked her head and hid the blush that appeared on her face. When the Na'vi woman moved away from her, walking to the front of the group, Lia moved over to Jake, who had been let go. Immediately, Jake pulled her into a side hug, asking if she was ok, and she nodded, resting her head on his chest tiredly as she glanced around. She saw Tsu'tey standing next to another Na'vi man, who looked much older and was most likely the Leader, judging by the way he wore clothes that a Chief wore.
"Father."The Na'vi woman greeted the older Na'vi, drawing his attention away from Lia and Jake, and to her instead."I see you."She added, making the same gesture that Norm did to Grace, as he walked down to meet her halfway with Tsu'tey behind him.
However, he walked around her, while Tsu'tey stayed back, to look at Jake and then glanced down at Lia, who had wrapped her arms around Jake's middle, and her eyes widened in fear, having seen her stick close to his Daughter, before walking past them.
"These creatures..."He trailed off as he turned to look back at the Na'vi woman."Why did you bring them here?"He asked her.
"I was going to kill them."Lia softly gasped at her blunt answer."But there was a sign from Eywa."
Lia noticed that the Na'vi's Father did not look impressed with her answer."I have said no Dreamwalker will come here."He reminded her."Their Alien smell fills my nose."A few of them laughed at his last comment.
"Lia, what's he saying?"Jake whispered to Lia questionably.
"Her Father says we are not allowed here. He has banned Dreamwalkers from coming here."Lia whispered back."He also does not like how we smell, which is why they laughed."She couldn't help but frown.
"Her Father?"Jake's ears perked up before he let go of Lia, who looked up at him in confusion, only to realise what he was going to do."It's nice to meet you, sir-OW"He yelped when Lia suddenly grabbed the back of his shirt and yanked him back, away from the Na'vi who all started exclaiming in Na'vi."Lia!"He growled.
"Are you stupid!?"She suddenly snarled back, surprising him."We are outsiders, Jacob!"She hissed his full name and watched his eyes widened and he pinned back his ears at the scolding voice she used on him."They"Lia gestured to the agitated Na'vi surrounding them."obviously don't know what a handshake is, Jake, so they will think that you're trying to kill him."
"Oh."Jake said weakly.
"You're such an skxawng!"Lia unintentionally said the last part in Na'vi, causing a few Na'vi to laugh, including the woman's Father, who glanced at her in surprise.
"I'm a what?"Lia blinked at him."You spoke Na'vi."
"Idiot. You're an idiot."She repeated in English.
"Step back!"A new voice said, belonging to a woman, rang out among the crowd, catching everyone's attention and everyone turned to see a woman, wearing similar clothes to the Na'vi Chief, come down the stairs."I will look at these Aliens."
"That is Mother."The Na'vi woman spoke in English to Jake."She is Tsahik. The one who interprets the Will of Eywa."
"Who's Eywa?"Jake asked and Lia gave him a look that screamed; Idiot.
The older Na'vi woman grabbed his braid, then his tail after she let his braid fall against his back, and curled her wrist around his tail. Lia tensed the moment her braid was grabbed and shifted away from the woman, causing her to pause and look at her in curiosity before also grabbing her tail, and surprised Lia with how gentle she was when her trail was grabbed.
The woman came to a stop in front of them."What are you called?"She asked, glancing between them.
"Jake Sully."Jake answered and was pricked with a bone like dagger, which had been attached to the woman's hair, causing him to yelp. The Siblings watched as the Na'vi woman licked his blood, tasting it and had a thoughtful look on her face.
"Why did you come to us?"She questioned him.
~~~Preview~~~
~~~ Arguments Before Dinner~~~
"But you said he does not speak our tongue!"Tsu'tey spoke up sharply, stepping towards them, but paused when the Tsahik glanced at him sharply."Yet you speak of your Elder Brother as if he..."He trailed off as Lia stared at him, her eyes welling up with tears caused him to freeze.
"Tsyeyk is my only, living, Elder Brother."Lia corrected herself."Our other Brother, who was older than us, has passed."Lia choked out, her shoulders shaking as her bottom lip trembled."We are still sad. We miss him."Tsu'tey backed off at hearing this while the Tsahik looked at her in understanding.