"The Na'vi Saved my life, I didn't have a choice but to follow their ways."
-Tarya
"They call you Tarya now?"
-Quaritch
Short story based on James Cameron's Avatar: Way of...
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Not long after Tarya's return to the Ometikya clan, she had her child. Zia te spelman Tarya'ite. Zia was the name of Miles' younger sister who died when she was young, and Tarya couldn't say no. It was a beautiful name and she loved it.
His fatherly intuition was right, a daughter. She had bright yellow eyes, ashy hair and paler skin. She was perfect.
Everything had gone to plan, even though Miles nearly missed the birth due to him being away scouting. Apart from that it was perfect.
The new parents decided on not letting anyone visit for the first few days, except Spider. Spider was already apart of their family and they would never make him feel like an outsider. (Sully should take notes.)
Miles had never seen himself as a parent, even when he knew he was one. With spider, everything was 'Fucked'. Yet they had a good relationship as far as distant fathers go, all thanks to Tarya.
"What if I get a new name?" Miles whispered over to Tarya, out of nowhere.
Tarya had Zia strapped to her by a long fabric. Zia was sleeping soundly next to her mothers chest. "What?" She questioned. "Where did this come from?"
Miles looked over to her. "Nowhere." He says. "Just you all have Na'vi names, like Tarya, Toruk Makto."
"Miles, you are perfect the way you are." She tells him. "I only lost my name as I lost most of my memory, it came back after a few years but still lots missing." She tells him, placing a hand on his knee. "I see you, no one else, my love."
She quickly took her hand away and yawned, covering her mouth as she did so.
"Get some sleep love, let me take her." Miles said.
"Is that okay?" She asks, unsure if she was actually allowed to do that. Tarya felt a lot of responsibility, being a mother, sometimes forgetting that she had help when she needed it the most.
Miles nodded his head. "Of course, we'll go for a walk and get out of your hair." He smiled.
Tarya placed her arm underneath Zia's back and the other hand removed the brown fabric from behind her neck, slightly waking Zia in the process.
She passed it all over to Miles, who immediately started cooing and lightly bouncing Zia in his arms to try get her to fall asleep, while also placing the fabric behind his neck.
Miles took Zia and left Tarya to rest. The camp was busy, people were preparing to fight, children were playing, trying to make the best of this situation.
Miles felt a little tap on his arm, he turned around to see Kiri, and Neytiri.
"We came to find you, my mother would like to apologise to Tarya, and you." Kiri said, blankly. It reminded him of the way Grace would talk to him.
Miles nodded his head. "I left Tarya to sleep, I can tell her when she gets up."
"Thank you." Kiri said.
Neytiri came forward. She didn't look to impressed by being dragged along by Kiri. Until she noticed the baby.
"Is this baby?" Neytiri says, looking curiously.
"Yeah." Miles said. "Mrs. Sully I don't want any more fighting, I understand the way you feel about me but don't take it out on Tarya." Miles spoke, fully open hearted. "She and my family deserve nothing but happiness, that includes spider."
"I forgive you, miles." Neytiri says. "You are a lot like ma Jake, strong but soft heart." Kiri tried not to giggle. Neytiri moved to the side of miles, peeking in the carrier to see his daughter. "She is beautiful, is she named?"
"Zia te spelman Tarya'ite."
"Beautiful." She says. "Kiri look." She says, pulling on the side of her daughters arm.
Kiri simply replies with "Cute." And smiles. Like her mother, she wasn't the best at showing affection but she managed.
Later that day, Miles returned to the Mauri to hear another voice in the home.
"I didn't know if I could get you alone." A male voice said.
"Why are you afraid?" Tarya almost yelled. "He won't hurt you, ever." She says. "I have a family, spider was always my family. Why won't you accept that?"
"Because I didn't expect his father to become one of the people and fall in love with you!" By now, miles could tell this was Norm.
"Get out." She stated. "If you don't want to be in my or my children's lives you can leave."
Tarya didn't want to send her brother away, but if he was going to accept who she was now there was no point. "I hope I saved your life for a better purpose." Tarya said just as he left.
Luckily, Norm went the other way and didn't see Miles but if he did, miles would be in a lot of trouble.
A long time had past. The RDA was still thriving after the many attempts to weaken their forces but they had never attacked the Na'vi. Parker was playing strategy, and if they knew him well enough the next move would be big and bold.
Zia was growing up, she was 2 when her parents got back in the fight, and now she was 4. Already trying to make her own path.
"I can help." Zia said to her cousins, holding up her small bow. "Where is mum and dad?"
Lo'ak shook his head. "You are too little, but one day you will be mighty." Lo'ak said. He was now 19, and he had promised himself to Tsireya, even though her parents did not accept. He would often Visit the metkyina reef to see his Tulkun and Tsireya.
"Brother, tell them." Zia said, looking to her older brother, who shook his head.
"Sorry, Lo'ak may be stupid but he is right." Spider said. Not much had changed for spider, except that he has started his own Avatar. The RDA had left over materials from previous avatars, and with help from Tarya he had managed to start his own in the lab. Soon he will be one of the people, which is something he has always wanted. "Put the bow down, let's go find Tuk and Kiri." Spider said, waiting for his sister to place down her bow and take her hand.
"When will mum and dad be back, I miss them." Zia told her older brother, with near tears.
Spider held on to his sisters hand. "Any minute." He smiles.
Once Lyle and Z-dog took over babysitting, Spider went to Lo'ak and Neteyam. "What is going on?" He said. "Miles and Tarya were supposed to be back this morning."
The two sully brothers were in charge of communications on the home front, due to losses all forces were out. "I don't know all coms are blocked, last we heard Chief was injured." Neteyam told him. "We will have to wait it out."
Not long after that, screams and cries for help came from the camp. Everywhere.
The RDA was making their first attack in years, Lyle and Z were suspecting something.
Z-dog held her best friends child tightly in her arms as gas began to fill the area, making sure the child's face was covered.
When everything went black, she knew she had failed.
