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AU'RAIS POV It was early in the morning and I was engulfed in Neteyam's strong arms, I could feel the warmth of the suns rays hitting my face. It was pleasant, until it wasn't. The loud sound of metkayina warrior calls was heard along with the sound of a horn. I quickly sat up and realized what was going on.
"Au'rai?" Neteyam awoke from his sleep "what is happening"
I saw all of the warriors fly down onto the island on their skimwings. I saw mine and Neteyams father walk towards us, looking absolutely outraged.
"A search party" I spoke.
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NETEYAM'S POV When we arrived back home the whole village was there waiting for us. To say it was embarrassing was an understatement. My mother shook her head as soon as she saw me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Ronal take a strong hold on Tsireya and Lo'aks arms before dragging them to the very familiar pod.
My dad grabbed the back of my neck and lead me there too, followed by Au'rai, her father, and my mother. When we got to the pod I couldn't help but feel a sense of deja vu. My mind went back to the first time we got in trouble.
"I want to know what in gods name you were thinking Neteyam?! Taking Au'rai away from the reef and not coming home?!" My father exclaimed
"And you so foolishly following him! What were you two doing with each other anyways?!" Ronal yelled before looking at Au'rai "I don't know what was going through your head, but you do know that he is your sisters future mate, right?!"
"Mother he is not my mate!" Tsireya yelled. Everyone was silent and turned to look at her. We were all shocked, I've never heard her stand up to her parents, much less her mom. "I do not want to mate with him! I wish to mate with Lo'ak!" She said as she held Lo'aks hand in her own.
Ronal scoffed.
"And I do not wish to mate with Au'rai, I want to be with Tsireya, and it is obvious that Neteyam and Au'rai want to be with each other." Lo'ak said
"No! You are promised to Au'rai and Neteyam is promised to Tsireya! It is the way it must be!" My mother exclaimed
"Why?!" Lo'ak shouted
"Because you are nothing like Tsireya!" Tonowari yelled "and you" he turned to look at Au'rai "are not like Neteyam! You and Lo'ak go around causing issues wherever you go! Trouble is constantly following the two of you, do you really think that we are going to allow you to mess things up for your siblings who actually do what is expected of them?!"
I look at Au'rai and I could tell that his word hurt her. But she didn't just look hurt she looked mad. And honestly I was too. What do personalities have to do with love?
"Tsireya will be 16 in four months" Tonowari stated looking around the room.
"So will Lo'ak, in three months" My father said jumping in.
"Neteyam is already 16 so him and Tsireya will mate on the night of her birthday" Tsireya and I looked at each other in a worried way. "And since Lo'ak will soon be 16 he will have to wait for Au'rai to come of age"
"I don't see why they should wait" Ronal said "when Lo'ak turns 16 they might as well mate" Everone looked around and seemed to agree.
"You cannot do this!" Au'rai exclaimed "I'd rather not be mated at all if it is not to someone I love!"
"It's been decided!" Tonowari proclaimed.
Why does this have to happen? Why can't I just be with who I want?
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TSIREYA'S POV Au'rai and I were preparing some fish and seaweed for tonight's dinner, we were both silent. After this mornings events everything and everyone feels off. While we were preparing our food my father and Jake walked in with Lo'ak, Aonung, and Neteyam. They seemed mad. I looked at the boys and saw they were bruised and had busted lips.
"What has happened?!" I worriedly walked towards Lo'ak and held his arm. I looked him over to see what other damage had been done.
"Your brother and the Sully boys got into a bit of an altercation" Said my father. "Tsireya, take Neteyam to patch him up, Au'rai will take care of Lo'ak here"
"But-" I tried to protest but was cut off by my dad.
"Go" he said sternly. I moved to Neteyam and grabbed his arm walking him to a different pod. He sat down and I sat next to him.
"So what happened?" I asked
"Aonung got too touchy with Kiri"
"Oh" I said confused "but they are dating, are they not?"
Neteyam scoffed.
"No never, my sister is too good for a skxawng like him"
I giggled at his words. I took care of his wounds as we continued to talk when finally I got to his last wound. I grabbed the healing paste and got closer to his face so that I could directly place it on his lips. When I applied it I could feel the softness of his lips, I looked up and saw that he was looking at me. We were only a few inches apart and I could practically hear his heart beat. We were like this for a bit before I found myself leaning in and he did the same. I put my hand on his face and brought him in closer when finally, our lips touched. The kiss was sweet and soft, it felt too perfect.
"Tsireya mom said-" Neteyam and I pulled away at the sound of Au'rais voice, but it was too late. She saw us.
"Au'rai I-" Neteyam tried to speak but Au'rai didn't let him finish.
"Don't ever talk to me again! And you" she said looking at me "you are the worst sister Tsireya" Au'rai ran away with tears flowing from her eyes.
"Neteyam I'm so sorry this is all my fault I shouldn't have kissed you"
"Hey it's ok it was both of us" he said reassuring me. "I have to go talk to Au'rai about this, hopefully it's not too late to fix things" Neteyam left the hut leaving me alone. I started to cry too. Where did that kiss come from? How could I do that to my sister? How could I do that to Lo'ak?
