"𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕝." 𝐀𝐲𝐥ì𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧-𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Because what would be Awa'txur without its infamous rivalry between the top students? Aonung, Neteyam, and me. Sometimes, one of us scores higher than the rest in an exam, sometimes there are some differences in our strengths and weaknesses, but ultimately: If you add our scores all up, we are all tied for first. Which is a problem. Because one must come out victorious. Only the very top student can earn a fully paid scholarship and sponsorship from the school to their desired university. And that victory is mine to take. I've vowed, I've prayed, and now I'm going to act on it.

"𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞." "𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐦𝐞." "𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐲." ⋆｡°✩ Saval is a female warrior of the Mangkwan Clan-Varang's most loyal blade. Ruthless in execution, quick in judgment, and trusted to survive alone where others would burn. But most importantly she is sent to spy. Instead, she is captured by the Metkayina clan. Neteyam, son of Toruk Makto, is ordered to guard her-to watch her, to decide if she is worth keeping alive. He wants her gone. She is everything he despises: ruthless, cold-blooded, and-by his belief-a disgrace to Eywa. This is a slowburn enemies to lovers story ⋆｡°✩

Alya'ra knows loss, and she knows the sea, and the quiet. When the forest people arrive seeking uturu, she is forced to teach them what it means to not just survive the reef, but to live with it. Neteyam does not ask for kindness. She does not offer it. Somewhere between breathless dives and unforgiving tides, something begins to change. Somethings neither name or deny. 'Salt and Silence' is a fanfiction set during the events of Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash. While the story follows the movie's timeline, it introduces significant changes and focuses primarily on the journey of my Original Character (Alya'ra). Note: This story exists in an alternate universe where the character 'Spider' does not exist. Content Warning: This fic is intended for mature audiences and may contain gore, smut, depictions of war, and other sensitive themes. Specific trigger warnings (TW) will be provided at the beginning of each relevant chapter.