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twenty

༺chapter twenty༻
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⇝ I don't dance

For the past two months Amiryat had spent it healing, being with her family and most importantly spending quality time alone, not trying to hide the scar on her shoulder or to hide the fact that she died and saw eywa, even if it was just a distant voice she still felt it.

It was a fine sunny day, children were playing as they laughed. Most adults were helping to prepare for the celebration of the Tulkun when they returned, after the war they left in such a hurry that they came back after a two month which Tonowari called it, a blessing, it was rare for them to come back so soon.

"Steady, hold position... fire when ready."

Jake stood close by his daughter keeping an eye on the way her hands gripped the bow amid down to the ocean, Amiryat kept her promise to her father when she told him that someday when the day comes she would go out and take her bow and they would spend the day together and practice to use her bow again

It wasn't easy, her left arm kept shaking with a tingle running down her arm refusing to let her do anything right, her right hand lightly pressed against her face with her other hand shakily pointed towards the sea, Amiryat shudder licking her lips. "Dad, i- I can't."

Jack stepped down from where he stood, as she brought down the bow 'n arrow to to her side. "What do you mean you can't, you had perfect aim." Jake said softly not understanding what she was trying to say.

Amiryat exhaled plonking the bow down onto the sand by her feet twirling the head of her wooden arrow. "My hands keep shaking and my arm keeps darting me away from the target, I can't do it, not like before. I should just stick to making... charms." She sneers meeting her fathers non-pity eyes, she hated when they pity her.

"It amazes me how I refuse to use my bow because of an accident that happened years ago that I still deeply regret to this day," Jake shoulders drop at her words, hands unclenching as he watched her eyes began to water.

"Maybe this is it for me, maybe this is what was meant to happen—" Jake shook his head stepping down towards her. "No, it's not, okay? You haven't used your bow in years and I know that it will take you some time to get use to, there's no rush babygirl." Jake leans down picking up the bow passing it back to her. "That's why your family is here, to guide you as much as we can."

Amiryat sighs and nods, turning away from her father down to the ocean. She wiggles her toes in the sand keeping her back straight, bringing the bow back with her hand shaking. Inhaling sharply and released the bow, it disappeared into the ocean. "Crap." She mutters.

"Babygirl! You caught one!"

Amiryat watched her father jumped down into the water, grabbing the arrow sticking out from the water, he revealed a fish. His smile was so big that it brought him to tears. "Oh my god, I'm so proud."