Lost and Alone

Family of 7

The forest of Pandora holds many dangers. But the most dangerous thing about Pandora. You may grow to love her too much.

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We sing the songcords to remember. Each bead is a story in our life. A bead from the birth of Ney'lana, and a bead for the birth of our son.

Neylana stands within the Navi, beside her mother and grandmother, holding hands. Moat, Ney'lana, and Neytiri could not help the ginormous smile that graced their faces. Today, Jake would present Netayam to the clan and confirm the young babies name. Jake lifts his son into the air as Netayam squirms, kicking his limbs all around.  Ney'lana made sure to keep her eyes on Netayam, as Neytiri bends to put her on her hip and holds her mother's hand.

"Netayam!"

Little Netayam squeals slightly when hearing his name echo from his father. The sound makes Ney'lana and Neytiri giggle as the clan repeated the name.

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"I am getting another sibling?!"

Ney'lana had just been told by Jake and Neytiri that Graces avatar was pregnant. The thought alone confused Ney'lana to bits as Grace wasn't even alive. How could a dead person have a growing baby inside of them?

But even though Ney'lana was entirely confused, she was beyond happy. Neteyam wasn't even a year old, and she was already getting another sibling.

Neytiri and Jake had went to the lab after Norm called them down there. Ney'lana had refused entirely to go anywhere near it. Ever since the war was over, Ney'lana hated being close to it. She never liked seeing Norm outside of his avatar body. She wasn't fond of any avatar in general.  But she would make sure to be there when the baby was born.

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A bead when we adopted our daughter, kiri. Born of Grace's avatar. A daughter whose conception was a total mystery.

The family of five are sitting by a fire, Jake has kiri, the newest addition to the family, and Ney'lana  is happily talking to Netayam who let's out loud baby squeals with a large happy smile. Ney'lana looks up at kiri, who raps her five fingered hand around her father's. Ney'lana absolutely loved the fact that kiri had five fingers. It reminded her of Sey'lana.

Sey'lana.

The smile immediately dropped from her face, and she looked behind her mother. The small girl standing there, smiling. Her sweet, sweet laugh echoed in Ney'lana's head. She didn't even feel Netayam's hands reach up to her face, trying to gain her attention again. Netayam could feel the shift of his older sisters mood. He didn't like it. He let out a loud, high-pitched noise, but she didn't even blink.

Ney'lana finally snapped out of it when she felt her mother's gentle hands lay on her back. She moved her eyes to Neytiri's hesitantly. When her magenta beauties connected with her mother's, there was nothing but worry in them. She could see her father looking at her also. She turned her head to look back in the direction of Sey'lana, but she was gone. Ney'lana sighed and handed Netayam to Neytiri so he could be fed. She placed a kiss on his forehead and got up to take Kiri from her father.

Kiri, like Netayam, was always entranced by her sister. The two girls could already feel a strong bond forming between them. Every time Ney'lana touched her, she could feel a familiar presence with her. It was electrifying. Kiri's eyes lit up when she saw Ney'lana, she let out a happy squeal and kicked her feet.  The sound and movement from her baby sister made Ney'lana smile. A happy smile. A smile that reached her eyes.