The Mute Warrior [James Cameron's Avatar Reader Insert]

Chapter Three

~(Y/n)'s P.O.V~

~Flashback~

I was fifteen when it happened. On the day the school to teach the Na'vi was closed and we were kicked out of Hometree. It was one of the days I wish never happened. It was normal at the beginning, Neytiri and I were braiding the hair of some of the younger Na'vi students, each child having a conversation about what they learned today and what they hoped to learn in the future. Of course, I couldn't tell them that there weren't going to be any other classes. Nobody knew.

It was a day when classes were held at Hometree, like it usually was, instead of in the fence that my parents swore to keep me behind until I was eighteen. The classes were in the fences until I was the age of thirteen, when my parents were killed while gathering samples. The scientists didn't know what killed them, they just knew it was a one of the wild beasts in the forests.

I have been teaching for two years.

It was later on that day, when I was teaching some of the children and parents how to speak in sign language as one of the side classes, that I realized some of the warriors from the clan were watching us like they've never seen us before. Like we were strangers trespassing on their property. As the class ended and I began walking towards Grace, the warriors that were watching us grabbed us by our hair and began to drag as away from the children. Some of us, like Avi and Zanani, were confused. Others like me and Iris were struggling and trying to find out what was going on (mainly Iris trying to find out).

When we were being shoved towards the entrance of Hometree, I saw Neytiri being held back by her caretaker Ya'Ni as she tried to make her way over to us, screaming, Tsu'tey in the background with slightly wide eyes. I don't know exactly what she was screaming, because everything around me was quiet and moving too fast for me to concentrate. I don't know what happened next, but all I remember was hitting the ground and someone trying to help me up as we were thrown out of Hometree, making our way back to Hell's Gate.

Some people say that someone was stealing, some say that the Omaticaya just had enough of our presence in their home. No one really knows what happened that day, but one thing was clear; we weren't allowed back to Hometree.

~Nineteen Years Old~

I stood, staring through the exopack I was given, as I waited to introduce the new scientists and welcoming the old ones back as they made their way in after traveling in cryo for a little over five years. I have stood at the entrance, watching the scientists walk in. After they all entered the door, I could've gone with them, but I didn't. I was too busy watching the marines as they also got off the Valkyrie, following in line with each other through another one of the entrances. As I was about to turn around and follow the scientists, I saw one peculiar sight- an ex-marine was exiting the Valkyrie using a wheelchair. That's something you don't see everyday.

I watched him until he was obscured from my vision by the Hell Truck that drove by, staring instead at the arrows that pierced the tires. I decided I've stood outside in this mask ling enough so I turned my back on the marines and walked back inside, removing the exopack when the door was firmly sealed shut. I put the mask away before heading towards the marine-filled Hell's Kitchen, currently being used as a briefing for the new personnel there. I stood in the doorway of the room, all of the eyes on Colonel Miles Quaritch. I analyzed the crowd, seeing some scientists and that peculiar marine I saw earlier.

After the briefing was over, I made my way to the link room, looking over the status of the newly arrived Avatars. I watched as a few of the new scientists were already working with the older ones to get more experience and catch up on the data that they have. I walked over to one of the scientists- one of my friends- and looked over his shoulder, checking his scans for the Avatars' heartrates and their body scans for any sudden or building diseases. I gently patted his shoulder.

"Good work, Delphieo." I signed when he turned to me. I turned around, right as one of the Avatars in training and the marine from earlier walked in.

I watched as Norm continued to talk to the marine, even when his friend wasn't really paying attention and was instead moving toward the Avatars in their amnio tanks. I was standing next to one of them, the one that tends to twitch sometimes, as I watched the amazed look on his face as he shook hands with Max Patel, one of our lead scientists.

As Max pointed to the tank I was next to, I moved out of the marine's way enough to let them through, but they seemed to have not seen me, as he stared at the Avatar. I watched him analyze the Avatar as Norm and Max made their way over.

"He looks just like him." I heard the marine say. I watched as Max and Norm both watched the Avatar before Norm turned to him.

"Looks like you." He stated. "This is your Avatar now, Jake." I smiled as I leaned gently against the tank. 'So his name is Jake. Suits him.' I thought. We stood there for a minute or two before Max finally noticed me.

"Ah, (Y/n)! I didn't know you were here yet." Max said, gaining the attention of Norm and Jake. I guess they were surprised to see me, since their eyes were a little wide. "Everyone, this is (Y/n). She was the second Avatar to be linked by a kid." Max stated as I gave a silent laugh and rolled my eyes.

"You didn't have to tell them that, Max. I'm just a normal Avatar driver." I signed as Max smiled and nodded. Max and I noticed the slightly confused look on Norm and Jake's face before Max decided to explain.

"I forgot you didn't know she was mute." As he said those words, the others were going to look back at me, but I was gone, heading towards the link room so that I can use my Avatar and play a few rounds of basketball with myself since no one was really using their Avatar bodies today.

I was going to use my Avatar body as much as possible to get used to it again, because I knew this year was going to be crazier than the others when there's more marines coming in.