꧁ ⟡ STORY DESCRIPTION ⟡ ꧂ When the forest becomes a battlefield, the ocean becomes a refuge - but refuge does not mean mercy. Lor'eya, daughter of Jake Sully and Neytiri, is forced to leave the only home she has ever known when the sky people return with fire and blood. The Sullys flee to the distant reefs of the Metkayina clan, where the water is endless, the rules are unforgiving, and the forest girl does not belong. There, Lor'eya meets Ao'nung - proud, sharp-tongued, and everything she despises. He is tasked with teaching her how to survive the sea, and from their very first encounter, sparks fly - not of attraction, but of rivalry, resentment, and unspoken tension. Every lesson becomes a battle. Every argument drags them closer to a line neither of them is willing to cross. She fights the water. He fights wanting her. As danger closes in and loyalties are tested, hatred blurs into something darker, deeper, and far more dangerous than love. In a place where breath is borrowed and the tide remembers everything, two enemies must decide whether they will drown in denial - or fall together beneath the same sea. Enemies to lovers. Slow burn. Angst. Avatar: The Way of Water inspired. ꧁ ⟡ Some ties are not chosen - they are pulled by the tide. ⟡ ꧂ Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar or its characters. This is a fanfiction written for entertainment purposes only. I do own the female protagonist, Lor'eya.

"ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅʀᴏᴡɴ, ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ." growing up in the metkayina clan was a blessing. the reef, the people, the sea, you were in love with it all. being rotxo's older sister was even better. the kid was the light to your darkness. until you watched your own parents drown in front of you all because of the sky people who hunted tulkun. years later, a family from the omaticaya clan pays you a visit. will it change your terrible fate? or will it just bring more sky people into your not-so peaceful life? DISCLAIMER: some parts of this story will not align with the actual movies/official books. *lowercase intended. *present humor(?) *story of TWOW / AFAA. *y/n POV fem! reader x neteyam sully UNEDITED. START : JANUARY 10, 2026 END : JANUARY 27, 2026 (UNEDITED)

The time of war had ended. Peace flourished as the remnants of the RDA fled the Western Frontier, only leaving behind scraps of metal as proof they'd ever been there. For a time, Pandora began to heal. She reclaimed what the sky-people had ruined, stitching the wounds of time closed with root and vine. Life moved forward. The Resistance turned its focus to the living world Ewya breathed. Alma settled into her human body again. Ri'nela learned what it meant to carry the weight of a tsahìk's voice. Teylan shaped metal and wires into something meant to protect, rather than destroy. Yet, Tamtey did not find peace. Sleep brought the memories of TAP that haunted her, driving her from her bed night after night. Only the soft wind beneath unfamiliar stars offered any peace. She was rarely alone for long. So'lek always found her there, sharing quiet hours until the dawn chased away the dark, trading dreams and the horrors that kept them awake. Still, the forest shook with unease. Ewya's song wavered, strained by something distant -- quickly approaching. Smoke stained the horizon. Thin and gray, whispering against the clouds. A single flake of ash drifted down, landing on top of Tamtey's bouncing knee. So'lek reached out and swiped it away, pinching it until it vanished. "Ash..." he murmured, gaze fixed on the rising plumes beyond the trees. "And fire," Tamtey replied, her voice unwavering. The forest fell silent around them. Even the animals did not cry out. A new enemy was coming.

A stolen voice. A guarded warrior. A world to reclaim. When Seya'ri awakens from cryosleep, she remembers nothing but her name - and the echo of a sister lost to fire. Raised in captivity by the RDA and preserved by the one human who dared to love her like a daughter, Seya'ri escapes into a world she was stolen from - a body she doesn't recognize, a forest that does. Guided through the chaos by a silent warrior named So'lek - the last of a forgotten clan - she begins to reclaim her place among the People. But Eywa does not restore without cost.

Txe'lan Tskaha-Tskelani (Skay-lah-nee) was born on the beautiful planet of Pandora. Belonging to the Sarentu Clan she had a beautiful life ahead of her, she would grow to tell stories to other clans and settle down where the wind would carry her. Unfortunately life had other plans when she along with several other kids in her clan were kidnapped by a man named John Mercer and his unwitting companion Alma Cortez. Desperate to make sure their TAP ambassador program worked they targeted young children to mold their minds, rid them of their roots, and make them into powerful tools the humans can use. When Tskelani's symbol of hope Aha'ri was murdered in cold blood she took it upon herself at the age of 9 to escape successfully. Unable to bring anyone else with her she made it her mission to get strong enough to return for them and set them free. She would complete her mission but at a heavy price....

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 ໒꒱ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘋𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. ⋆｡‧₊°♱༺𓆩❦︎𓆪༻♱༉‧₊˚. ⚠𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆⚠ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵/𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. ⋆｡‧₊°♱༺𓆩❦︎𓆪༻♱༉‧₊˚. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦!! ⋆｡‧₊°♱༺𓆩❦︎𓆪༻♱༉‧₊˚.

───ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ʟᴇꜱꜱᴏɴꜱ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ʙᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴏᴏᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ. 𝙖𝙤'𝙣𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙭 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧

𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. °•°•° '𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬. "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮."'

❝You have bewitched me with those eyes.❞ ❝You're delusional.❞ With the return of the Sky People leading to the destruction of Katiya's home, her family had no choice but to flee to a place unknown. The challenges that came with adapting to change also led to the endurance of a certain boy. Mixed with mutual antipathy for one another, it wasn't long before she found herself entangled in a messy altercation with the future Olo'eyktan of the Metkayina clan. Aonung was aggravatingly stubborn, but so was she. Enemies to Lovers trope 🤍 Rankings: #1 slowburn [6/18/23] #1 maturethemes [6/18/23] #1 aonung [1/3/25] Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar or any of the characters from Avatar.

sᴀᴇɴᴀɪ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇsᴛ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛᴏɴᴏᴡᴀʀɪ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏɴᴀʟ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇs "sᴏɴɢ". ɢʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ғᴏʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ sᴏɴɢ ᴄᴏʀᴅs ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ғʀᴇᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴇᴛᴋᴀʏɪɴᴀ sᴛᴏʀɪᴇs ɪɴᴛᴏ sᴏɴɢ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴏғ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛ ᴏᴜᴛsɪᴅᴇʀs ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇ ᴀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴏᴍᴇ, sʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʏᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇsᴛ sᴏɴ, ɴᴇᴛᴇʏᴀᴍ. ᴀs ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ʜᴇ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇs ʜᴏᴡ ǫᴜɪᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʟᴏsᴇᴅ ᴏғғ sʜᴇ ɪs ᴀɴᴅ sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇs ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʜᴇʀ ʜɪs ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs. 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐀𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍