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Chapter 2

Stepping closer, Jake held his hands out and took the gun from his daughter's hands and pulled her into her arms and she cried. "Dad!" The man shushed her as he held her in his arms. "I got you sweetie, I got you." As the two walked back to the family, Natasha ran to Neytiri who embraced her. "My daughter! Are you alright? You are not hurt?" The girl shook her head as she clung to the woman. Watching this, Jake made up his mind. They had to go. He hated the fact that he almost lost his kids to the man he thought was gone. He was worried when he got the call from Lo'ak and was even more so when he heard that 5 out of 6 of his kids were there.

They took Spider but he knew that the boy was tough enough to handle himself. Back home, as Neytiri and Jake talked while Kiri played with Tuk, Natasha was looking at her hands, arms and tail while sitting on the edge of their home. She knew she wasn't like her family, sure, but she hadn't noticed nor did she care. She was proud to be different and she loved that she could do things that her siblings could not, but now, she wasn't so sure. Was she a freak? Was she-"Natasha, Come. We must go." Neytiri said as she put a hand on her head.

Standing and following her mother, the girl looked confused if anything. Where were they going? The next day, she got her answer. They were leaving to the eastern seaboard of Pandora to seek Uturu aka refuge. The girl had little to no thoughts as she witnessed the upsetting ceremony of her adopted father giving up his title before they left on their Ikrans. The girl was snuggled up to Neteyam who was more than happy to have her flying with him. Lo'ak however, was not. Both he and Neteyam had discussed their crushes on Natasha to each other before and decided on friendly competition.

It was up to her to pick who she'd rather have as her mate. Once the family finally arrived at their destination, Natasha was sleeping on Neteyam's back with her arms locked around his waist. Her tail swayed a bit as her ears started to perk up. "Natasha? Yawne? We're here." The teen whispered in her ear while gently rubbing her hands with his to get her to let go. Whimpering and mewling as she finally opened her eyes and letting Neteyam go, Natasha got off the Ikran with him. The Na'vi girl was too busy rubbing the sleep out of her eyes to really notice the looks she was being given by the people.

Neteyam, still holding her hand, was holding up his other to show that he wasn't a threat, much like Jake was doing before the Chief and Tsahik arrived. The girl's tail swayed more and flicked around as she tried to make out what she was seeing. It wasn't until she felt herself being yanked away from Neteyam did she finally awake fully. Her eyes met those of who she assumed as the Tsahik of this seaboard clan. The Na'vi woman scanned her body with a sort of erratic movement and then touched the arm where her tattoo was."Woah! Hey!" Natasha looked at the woman in surprise and confusion. 

Why was this lady scanning her so intensely and pawing at her? Neytiri moved to stop her but Jake insisted against it. "Tonowari!! Look!!"  The Olo'eyktan moved towards his wife and looked upon Natasha with amazement. The moment his eyes met her tattoo, he had to take a brief moment before looking her in the eye. Looking for any sign of doubt or a trick. But there was none. "My child, do you know who you are?" Natasha shook her head slowly as Tonowari took her arm in his hands. Tracing the tattoo with his fingers he looked her in the eye once more.

"This mark was given to you when you were born. Eywa told us you were special. You were going to do something remarkable one day. My daughter." Natasha froze as she looked at Ronal and Tonowari. Daughter?! They had to have been mistaken! There was no way that she was their daughter! Right? Before she could protest, Natasha felt a warmth come over her that she never felt before. Seeing the face of Ronal took her back to memories and never knew she had. She remembered now. She remembered the faces of Ronal and Tonowari looking down at her in sheer joy.

She remembered a little boy looking at her in curiosity and she remembered the sister she shared a womb with. She remembered everything. "Sa'nok...Sempu..." The girl embraced them both as they joyfully reciprocated her affection. Tonowari then looked to the Sullys. "You brought back my child, to show my thanks, I grant you Uturu." Jake could only reply with a thank you while Neytiri stayed silent. It wasn't like she wasn't grateful for being able to stay, but she never wanted to leave in the first place. Now she's forced to witness the true mother of her adopted daughter give her the affection she used to. Her expression didn't go unnoticed by Jake either. He knew that she had to have been exhausted mentally, physically and now emotionally.

Later that day, the Sullys were led to their new marui pod while Natasha was escorted to the marui where her other family lived. Neytiri once again wanted to protest but Jake also urged against it. Tuk watched sorrowfully as she saw one of her sisters being taken to a different pod. "Why isn't Tasha staying with us?" Jake began trying to rack his brain for an answer to give to her. "You know how she's not like us? Well we finally found the place where she belongs, little sister. They want to celebrate her return. Don't worry though! She'll come see us soon!" Neteyam said as he patted Tuk's head. He knew he was partly saying this for her and partly for himself. He really was hoping that she was going to come see them.