Avatar the Way of Water (My Version)

A Bad End to the Day

Lo'ak and the baby creature played around the cave, tagging each other. The baby creature waggled its tail like a happy puppy.

"Pretty baby," Lo'ak stroked him and he licked his face. "Wanna play hide and seek?"

The baby cocked its head in confusion. "You hide. I seek. Come on. Let's try it," Lo'ak covered his eyes and started counting. "One. Two. Three...."

The baby wondered where to hide.

"Ten! Ready or not!" Lo'ak searched the cave for the baby. But he saw no sign of him. Unknowst to him, a pair of yellow eyes stared at him from a secret hiding spot.

The mother creature snuck elegantly into the forest, avoiding Thantors. It then climbed up the trees like a reptilic squirrel before walking along the bridge-like branches. It sniffed the air, for any predators, but most importantly food. It found what it was looking for. Berries in the tree. First with her long-forked tongue, she devoured some for herself. Just then her ears flicked upwards to the sound of a name.

"Lo'ak!" It was a Navi. "Lo'ak!"

The mother stopped eating and stared downwards, crouching carefully on her back feet. Her eyes saw a blue Navi with dreadlocks, stalking through the forest. "Lo'ak!"

The mother's nostrils sniffled. Was the boy she rescued the one he was looking for? Suddenly her feet snapped a branch.

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Jake spun around in a flash and looked up, wielding his bow and arrow. He didn't see anything. He thought he sensed some movement. But he couldn't see anything. He thought he could see a bit of movement. Still, there seemed like there was nothing. He continued on his way. "Lo'ak!"

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For over fifteen minutes, the kid searched for the baby in that huge cave but found no sign of him. "Where are you?"

He heard a loud purr behind him. It was coming from the cave ceiling. He looked up but saw nothing on the ceiling. Just then he saw a flash of colours and he saw the baby creature again, hanging upside from the ceiling. "Wha..."

The baby let go of the ceiling wall and landed elegantly on its four feet. "How did you do that?"

The baby purred.

"That was so cool. You're so cool," He stroked it again. The baby licked and licked his face making him laugh. "You're so slobbery,"

The baby walked around to his queue and gently pulled him. "Why are you pulling me?". He noticed the baby's head was cocking towards another section of the cave. "You wanna show me something?". His friend pounced around like a pixie horse. He followed him a bit further to the back of the cave past some stalagmites and to Lo'ak's astoundment, he saw a multi-coloured crystal. And there were flowers blooming around it. "Wow. It's beautiful,"

His friend purred and tapped it with one of his baby claws. It chimed. It then raised its little queue braid which was similar to Lo'ak's and it touched the shiny surface. Its eyes closed and it hummed. To Lo'ak, it was like connecting to the Spirit Tree of Eywa. The baby purred, inviting him to do the same. The kid took his queue. He was about to connect it to the crystal when they heard loud neighing echoing from outside and they saw that the mother had returned with loads of berries. She escorted them back to the nest and she placed the branch of berries that were in the mouth down in the nest. Lo'ak watched as the baby nibbled piggishly on the delicious berries. The mother snorted at him to stop, to eat more nicely and leave some for Lo'ak. She picked one with her teeth and dropped it down into his hands. He took a bite.