You are the only one I need

CHAPTER 2 - The New Life

The next morning arrived sooner than any of the Sully's hoped, the children being awoken by the presence of none other than Tseriya herself. The overly energetic girl leads the Sully kids towards an edge, meeting along with Ao'nung and Roxto (Because of Ao'nung stating the night before that he needed some sort of "help" while teaching the Sully kids and would not be doing so without Roxto.) Tseriya, always being kind and optimistic, tried breaking the tension in the atmosphere with the two pairs of boys having a stare-down, Tuk busy in her world and Kiri just being bored and wanting this whole ordeal to be over.

[Tseriya:] Alright! So starting with introductions, I'm Tseriya and I am 14 and they are Ao'nung, 16 and Roxto,15. I am Tsakeram while Ao'nung is the Warrior leader in training along with Roxto.

[Neteyam:] I am the eldest Neteyam,17. This is my younger brother, Lo'ak, who's 16, and my Younger sister Kiri who is also 16. The youngest one here is Tuk, she is 7. I do not wish to offend you both, but how come Ao'nung isn't Olyektan in training being the eldest?

[Ao'nung:] It is because I am not the eldest. We have an elder sister.

[Lo'ak:] Elder sister?

[Tseriya:] Yes. Her name is Thalirana. She is currently venturing beyond the reefs but she should be back before the tulkun's return. Which should be in about 4 months approximately.

Before Tseriya could go ahead talking, more like fangirling over her sister, she was interrupted by Ao'nung and Roxto diving into the water. Tseriya followed, along with the two brothers cannonballing in, while the sister jumped in more quietly.

The Sully kids were mesmerised by the surrounding oceanic beauty. Multi Colored fishes, weird plants, various textured corals and so much more! It was a different world from the world they were living in.

The metakayina trio had dived in much deeper than the omatikaya quartet. The quartet could not survive more than a few minutes without resurfacing. Even the technique was not refined and smooth, but rather clumsy (and dare Tseriya say funny).

Resurfacing and meeting the now omatikaya trio, they were greeted with Tuk angrily splashing around expressing that Tseriya, Ao'nung and Roxto were way too fast for her liking. To this, Tseriya just asked Tuk to breathe, and Ao'nung snickered quietly that they weren't even going fast.

[Ao'nung:] That was fast? None would be able to match Thalirana. If we were fast, she would be as fast as an Akula for them. You are not good divers, maybe swing through trees but...

This comment was met by Tseriya smacking him on the back of his head.

[Tseriya:] Stop Ao'nung! And you can not ask them to compete with Ali, she is the best diver and the longest breath holder in the clan!

The comments intrigued Neteyam about the mysterious Elder sister and future olyekte of the clan. He also commented on the fact of their lack of knowledge of their "finger talk", his comments were however interrupted by Roxto asking for Kiri's whereabouts, sending everyone into a frenzy. Nevertheless, she was soon found nearby connecting with her surroundings, completely mesmerised.

The day soon came to an end, The Sully children were exhausted beyond imagination after the chaotic first day, retiring for the night.

Two and a half months had passed since Sully's arrival. Their time spent was chaotic, to say the least. The Sully kids explored the oceans and their habitat, alongside being educated about day-to-day activities.

They were introduced to the extremely cute and ever-energetic ilus. Ilus have sleek, slimy skins and long necks. They possess four eyes and two, antennae-like neural whips extending from their temples. They usually occur in a dark colour scheme of black and blue, to blend in with the aquatic surroundings, highlighted with metallic accents. Each Sully got their own, with Tuk immediately falling in love with her young ilu who circled her and splashed water playfully. Kiri was favoured by a purple accented ilu, quite rare to be found. This surprised the metakayina kids, having seen barely 2 or 3 purple ilus before. Lo'ak was chosen by a yellow accented ilu while Neteyam was favoured by a red one. He was pleasantly surprised to know that his ilu was mated with Thalirana's two and a half years ago and that Tuk's ilu was their first child. The lesson continued, with Kiri easily mastering it on her first try without Roxto's help, shocking him quite a bit and leaving him, maybe, slightly disappointed (which he obviously would never admit out loud). Tuk caught the hang of it with the help of her elder sister and Neteyam also succeeded after a couple of attempts. Lo'ak, however, was a completely different case. The poor lad was frequently thrown off his ilu into the air as well as the sea, providing quite a spectacle for the rest (even Tseriya couldn't stop laughing even if she did not want to). His hopes of ever impressing his crush were down the drain.