HOME | Neteyam

Chapter 14

Sometimes, all you need is one massive move to realize and assess yourself. I didn't plan any of that and I especially did not expect that to happen. I was prepared to give the battalion of Na'vi a war once I failed.

And now I'm in the air, screaming my lungs out, riding an Ikran after the most expectacular thing happened to me. The realization that I proved Neteyam right with the chosen one stuff was never in my to-do-list, now I've accomplished it, it sort of triggered something in me. Something I don't want to confess for a long time.

"Look-- Hey look at Norm." Neteyam called me while we're in the air. We've decided to switch places now after I rode his Ikran with him at my back.

I looked below where he's pointing out and saw Norm about to go back to the lab, not noticing us. "Go down, go down." I frantically ordered.

"Hold on." he said then held one of his hands on my thigh to support me as he dived down.

"Yo, Norm, watch out!" I yelled at him and before he even look around, we flew just above him and I gave him a smack on the back of his head making him rub it.

"You little shit!" he angrily shouted and Neteyam and me laughed in the middle of the cold night.

"Did you see his face?" I said laughing.

"Yes, I did. Hilarious." he agreed, also laughing.

We flew together like there's no tomorrow, making happy noises above as we looked below. I didn't even realize how cold it is.

"Hey, are you sure your wound is okay? I don't want to tire you." Neteyam said.

"I haven't feel any pain ever since we flew, I think I'm fine." I answered back.

"That's good to know."

"Hey, I just noticed something." I suggested.

"What?"

"I think my scar's gonna stay there forever thanks to your stupid brother and because of that, we've got matching scar." I proudly said.

He chuckled. "That's not something to be proud of, but that's fluttering to know."

"I know and you should be. You're matching with me. Me." I said jokingly and he laughed out loud, sending vibrations throughout my body.

I looked down below seeing every beautiful sceneries of the Metkayina Clan. I would always watch it from afar wondering how it would feel like to be part of their clan. Of course it was before.

"I want to go to the Tree." I said to Neteyam as we stabalize above. I looked at my home. It's starting to look alive.

"Let's go."  He compelled and flew towards the forest. He directly rode it in the heart of the jungle where the Soul Tree resides, bringing us down carefully beside the pond.

Neteyam helped me down then I started stepping forward to gaze at the glowing tree. Suddenly, something big gently pushed my back and when I turned to look at it, it was Neteyam's ikran's head with their queues attached, him controlling the animal.

"Silly." we both laughed and I started leaping on the stones to go to the soul tree in the middle while Neteyam followed behind.

After arriving, I immediately sat down facing the tree with my legs crossed. It didn't take long time before Neteyam sat down beside me too. We both looked at each other and smiled in ecstasy.

"The stars are very visible now." I said looking up. It's so weird to star gaze with someone not an animal.

"They are pretty. I love watching them every night before I sleep." he said and let himself fall down on the ground. His head at the edge of the water. It looks so fun so I let myself fall down too.