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constant and indefinite; continuing forever.

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A DEAD TULKUN was floating in the clear blue water, her spirit taken to Eywa everything she loved was gone. Her body, her baby was dead , all for some money hungry sky people. It left an ache in the ocean, everything was wrong.

Elyä woke up sweating her heart pounding, the image of that poor animal floating alone demon ships rushing away.

She silently left the pod, it haunting her every time Lyä closed her eyes, the image raced through her mind.

She ran into the forest the one comfort of her and Neteyam's place was the only place Elyä could really be herself, the sound of water dripping into the cave it calmed the ache in her bones.

Footsteps filled Elyä's ears in walked Neteyam in all his glory, "Nete, why did you follow me?" Her strong voice asked wiping the tears away.

"You know are mats are next to each other right?" He chuckled noticing the tears slowly filling her irises, "hey whats wrong Lyä?" Neteyam asked walking closer to the girl his accent filling her ears.

"Nothing I promise just very emotional right now," the lie slipping out of her mouth easily.

"I've known you since we were kids you know you can't lie to me," he told her wiping the tears off her cheeks their breathes mingling in the darkness before she stood up needing space.

"I had a nightmare, it was a dead tulkun and her baby," Elyä mumbled trying to keep her composure in the starlit night.

"Shit, I'm so sorry Elyä but those dreams aren't real," he muttered going to hug her, "no! It is real Eywa is warning me of something I know it!" She yelled pushing him away from her.

"I know it, I know it," Lyä continued whispering the same sentence going crazy, no one really saw what she saw.

"The sky demons did it," she spat glancing at the boy who looked at her with concern.

"Hey, hey, it's okay, everything is okay, let's get you back to bed," he told her taking her hand in his in Elyä's, her hazily nightmare filled mind etched with sorrow.

Jake sat awoken by the sound his son and his best friend talking outside the mauri pod their voices low as to not disrupt the peace.

He slowly untangled from Neytiri wanting to get closer to hear what his kids were talking about, "Neteyam I can't just walk up to the Olo'eyktan and tell him I dreamed of a dead tulkun!" Elyä whispered glancing at the boy shaking in the cold sea air.

"You have too it could be important," a plea in his voice even though he knew it was only a dream or was it ever just a dream?

"I will not," she grumbled walking back into the pod silently not knowing Jake was wide awake.

"Elyä-" Neteyam whispered in the dark following her Jake watching the interaction not knowing what's happening but was intrigued.

"What are you two doing up?" Toruk Makto finally voiced making them jump.

"Nothing I just had a nightmare," she lied partly telling the truth, "he was trying to get me to fall back asleep," the teenage Sully nodded not wanting to deal with angry Jake late at night.

"Just go back to bed you two we don't want your mom to wake up do you?" He asked his son as Elyä laid back down not wanting to get yelled at.

She closed her eyes hoping for no sense of that feeling of death that clouded around her, it filled her mind and veins as she tried to run from it. Everything she had was gone, everything is dark, life is nothing no more.

Sometimes dreams can tell the future no matter how much it scares you it can either help or cause mass destruction but it could be worth it in the end.

THE ONCE CLEAR OCEAN was full of death, it's scent having a strong hold onto the now blood-filled water it's harsh red contrasting to blue it once was. The adults shocked filled of grief having lost one of their own in the most inhumane ways possible.

The other tulkun crowded around it grieving the strong mother and warrior of their pod, those demons desperately seeking attention by killing, no matter how much they begged.

Ronal swam up to her spirit sister anguish plastered onto her beautiful face.

The other adults following behind having no idea how to feel, Tonowari concerned for his love losing someone you love can cut deeper than any knife ever will.

Birds clinged onto the dark grey tulkun their talons leaving small scars as they fluttered away glancing at the dead meat that once lived.

Tears formed into Ronal's eyes small whimpers escaping her.

She climbed onto her fin grasping her decaying spirit sister glancing at the Ro'a baby tears falling down, a scream escaped her pregnant body agony pulling at her lost soul.

"Her name is Ro'a," Tonowari told Jake and Neytiri.

"She was my spirit sister," Ronal cried, "she was the composer of songs. We would sing together, she waited many breeding cycles to have this calf," the Tashaki told about her all choked up.

"The clan was so happy for her. What is this, Tonowari? What is this?!!" A screaming plea echoed through the ocean waves.

He looked down sadness filling his body for his wife, anger taking over Tonowari's usually calm self.

Neytiri cried reminded of Seze, the first war playing like a movie in her strong mind. The second war is coming, he's making his calls and not even Eywa could stop it, not this time.

Jake and her went under the dead Tulkuns fin that was floated on a red float.

The sound of beeping filling their ears, a tracker. He knows, Quaritch has found them by taking the one thing the people had left. Their spirit siblings.

Elyä watched as they came back to the village Toruk Makto holding a tracker anger plastered onto his face as everyone crowded around, this wasn't gonna end well for any of them.

You can run from fate but you can never hide from the consequences.

ESME'S CORNER!
so this wasn't as long as I wanted it to be but that's okay because the next few chapters I have planned will be at least near 2K words with a lot of angst and possibly happiness if I decide who knows. I love you all so much I can't believe Saudade is nearly at 6K and 500 votes i love you all so much and I love writing for this book. MWAH MWAH remember to eat and drink and always vote and comment!!

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