˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ blue blood ⋆ - neteyam sully.

˗ˏˋ 2. 'ˎ˗ The Metkayina Way.

We reached the start of the maze of marui pods and Reya spun on her heels, smiling broadly.

"Okay, before we start the tour of our island, I'll re-introduce in case you forgot," she said sweetly. "I'm Tsireya-" she looked at Aonung who was busy picking at something in his teeth and simply stared blankly at her. With a sigh and roll of her eyes, she continued, putting on her smile again, "that's my older brother Aonung and my older sister Āmāna."

  I nodded, trying not to think about the awkwardness of the situation. It felt like a school or something, with the clueless,  yet to learn standing in front of me, waiting to be told more.

  "I'm Lo'ak," the younger boy said bravely, smiling at Reya.

I watched her blush. "Lo'ak, that's a nice name."

   Aonung pulled a face at me while Reya and the boy made eyes at each other. I had to cough to muffle my laugh. I looked up to see the older forest boy biting back a laugh too. It seemed he had also noticed how silly they were acting. I met his eyes and he raised his eyebrows, smirking. For a second, I forgot he was a stranger.

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   It turned out Kiri, the oldest daughter, was adopted. Her Mother had been a Sky Person who was loyal to the Na'vi people, eager to learn and fascinated with the beauty of our world. Her mother had died too. I felt a certain connection to the forest girl simply because of this. I wasn't the only adopted one.

   Tuktirey was the youngest and Neteyam was the oldest. Their father was Jake Sully, their mother; Neytiri. Jake Sully had become Toruk Makto the first time the Sky People attacked their clan, the Omaticaya, years before Neteyam was born. They all found it cool that we had heard the tales of the Toruk Makto too.

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  After the tour of the marui, we started with the water. The reef, home to the creatures, home to our Ilu, home to us. They were eager to get in the water, yet when it came to swimming; they proved to be far worse than we could've imagined. They were slow and had to keep going up for air, which made our trip very frustrating and slow.

    I vowed to keep my cool, while Aonung let out blunt snorts and scoffs as the Sully's struggled. Reya, who was kicking Aonung everytime he laughed, had taken it upon herself to coach Lo'ak, of course.

   We moved to breathing, after we realised they would need to be able to hold more air in if they were to survive living here on Awa'atlu. Reya and Lo'ak paired up, shocker, Aonung unwillingly got paired with Kiri, leaving Neteyam and Tuk to me.

   I took them to a quieter spot on the beach, as they needed to focus hard and have no distractions in order for this to work. Neteyam walked behind me, as Tuk sped past, giggling as she flicked up the sand with her hands.  I smiled as I watched her. She reminded me of Tsireya when she was younger. I was excited to have a little sibling of my own again.

   I sat, and Neteyam followed my lead. "Come, Tuk. Sit here."

Tuk giggled as she slammed down next to her brother.

  "Careful," Neteyam said, in a tone only the eldest child could perfect. He pinched her cheek gently as she crossed her legs, still grinning.

I didn't realise I was smiling as I watched the forest boy look after his sibling so fondly until he cleared his throat.

   "What are we doing, if you don't mind me asking?" His big yellow eyes blinked at me earnestly.

I fell back down into reality.