RIPTIDE - Neteyam fanfic

seven

"Thank you deeply stelle'", said the old woman.

Stelle' had helped her carry her things to her hut as she was now old and weaker. "It is no problem, Ramii. Anytime you need help please do not hesitate to call for me."

The woman placed a shaky hand on stelle's face. "You are so kind and strong hearted. You will truly make a good leader. I'm just sad I won't be able to see it."

"Do not say that, Ramii. You are still healthy and have more time than you think. I will come by and check on you regularly ok?"

"I appreciate that, dear but I understand you have many responsibilities and a busy schedule. If you can make time for me that is great but do not tire yourself out. You are still young and must enjoy it while you can. Please my stelle'. For me."

Ramii had known stelle' since she was born, having been a very good friends with Ronal's mother. She always made food for her when she was little and was often around the house when she could make the time.

A little girl came from inside the woman's hut holding a flower crown. She ran to stelle' and reached up to try and place it on her head being far too small to do so.

Stelle' bent down so the girl could reach. " thank you."

Ramii only smiled at the sight. "That is my grand daughter. Always gifting people her crafts. Reminds me of you."

"She is beautiful.", stelle's said. "I must get going but I will come by tommorow."

"Ok, dear."

Stelle' left. Training had started again which meant her schedule was even busier now as she had to fit training the sully's in between meeting with her family and doing her acts of service daily.

It wasn't a problem though. she had learned to hustle and gotten better at multitasking, a good skill that would come to good use.

The sully's, tsireya, and announg were already at the beach. It seemed that Stelle' was always the one they waited on. It wasn't her fault she was always rushing everywhere.

"Hello everyone.", she greeted as she made their way to them.

"Great! Now that everyone is here we can start! We will be doing more breathing exercises today." Tsireya had planned everything herself, stelle' being too busy and Announg uninterested. Stelle' admired her taking the initiative to plan everything out to help the sully's. "We will be throwing a rock to the bottom of the reef and you must go and get it in one try, holding your breath." It seemed simple enough. Maybe not as much for the sully's though. "Tuk and kirri, you are with announg, Neteyam you are with stelle' and Lo'ak you are with me."

Stelle gave her a look. Of course she was still convinetly pairing Neteyam and her together and then pairing herself with Lo'ak.

She looked for a good rock that would sink to the ground faster and met with Neteyam by the water. "Hello partner."

He smiled. "Hello partner."

Stelle' called for her Ilu and they rode them a bit deeper out into the reef where the ocean floor would be further from the surface.

"This spot seems fine.", said stelle', stopping and getting of her Ilu.

Neteyam got off of his. "Don't go too hard on me alright?"

Stelle' chuckled. "Where's the fun in that?"

"You love to watch me suffer.", he joked, getting ready.

She tossed the rock into the ocean and lowered her head underwater to watch it sink. Neteyam followed after it, using his arms to push himself deeper and deeper with his eye on the prize. There was no way he would fail this. Not in front of her.